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Q: Minimum Viable Hardware for Emulation System

I'd like to set up a device on my TV that let's me play NES, SNES, Genesis, and maybe some 80s/90s-era MAME games. Here's what I want out of it: Must be able to run games at reasonable frame rate w/ reliable sound Must be able to store a bunch of ROMSs, so either built-in memory or slot for USB...

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Q: What are these codes on game covers?

I'm organizing some console video games and I was wondering what these codes on game covers stand for and what is their purpose?

ps3 xbox console physical-media

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Q: How to abort a siege assault without breaking the siege?

When besieging an enemy castle, it is often beneficial to sally, use up all ammunition that the attacking archers can carry, and retreat - repeating the action turn after turn, until the enemy is weakened enough to make scaling the walls easy or at least feasible. When this is attempted in-game,...

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kalina

@SaintWacko A sonic rainboom! yaaaaaaaaaay!

user15026

@fluttershy I kinda want that RD hoodie

kalina

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Fluttershy

@BenBrocka I want to get Suikoden. The website says it's available for Vita, but when I try downloading it, it says it isn't compatible.

kalina

right, now I actually have to go and do some work

Fluttershy

15:01

@kalina About time! >_>

kalina

pff

Ben Brocka

@Fluttershy What do you mean? It shouldn't show up on the PSN store on Vita if it isn't compatible

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

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badp

@kalina what? you're doing it wrong. multitask like a real woman.

Fluttershy

@AshleyNunn I'm interested in the Fluttershy hoodie... But I would probably get beaten to death with a baseball bat around here...

kalina

15:02

@badp I am

multitasking on 3 different work things

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

This isn't exactly show accurate, since technically speaking Angel doesn't speak

fbueckert

@Lazers Who the crap upvoted this?

Fluttershy

@YiJiang'sEvilClone That is awesome! =3 Thank you!

@fbueckert Which one?

fbueckert

@Fluttershy The emulation req question.

First one.

Fluttershy

Someone star that wallpaper for me. <_<

Ben Brocka

15:03

the emulator PC one

@Fluttershy it's star'd

StrixVaria

20 hours ago, by StrixVaria

Someone should write a browser plugin that automatically google reverse images searches every image posted in here and then blocks it if it has to do with ponies.

Fluttershy

@BenBrocka Thanks! I can only star if someone else has. If you wanna remove your star now, you can. =)

@StrixVaria I will never understand why people insist on segregating fans of the show...

It basically boils down to "stop liking what I don't like." It's ridiculous.

StrixVaria

@Fluttershy I don't want to stop you from enjoying it.

I just don't want it to be on my screen at work.

Fluttershy

@StrixvVaria That makes more sense.

Ben Brocka

@Fluttershy Really? That's weird. I thought mobile chat just didn';t have stars

OrigamiRobot

15:07

@Fluttershy I think the desire to have your browser block images you don't want to see is perfectly reasonable.

Fluttershy

@BenBrocka If you can tap on another star, it'll work, but it won't let you star an unstarred post.

fbueckert

I still don't like this question. All it wants is links; there's no way to fix that.

user15026

@fluttershy the only reason I could get away with RD is because I am female although it would likely still get me teased a lot.

SaintWacko

@AshleyNunn RD?

Tim Stone

@BenBrocka Yeah, mobile chat is kind of silly.

Fluttershy

15:08

@AshleyNunn I could handle the teasing. Not so much the hate crimes.

@SaintWacko Rainbow Dash.

SaintWacko

@YiJiang'sEvilClone That's fucking awesome

user15026

@fluttershy yeah, see, either is hard for me at the moment. Not exactly as stable as I would like. Although hate crimes are definitely worse.

SaintWacko

@BenBrocka Yeah, they have a huge collection

@Fluttershy Ah

I want a Maliwan hoodie

and I shall buy it when it hits the gearbox store

OrigamiRobot

@Fluttershy What is a hate crime?

badp

oh look finally a non-fucking-mlp reference

Tim Stone

15:10

I wish mobile chat looked like ^

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@TimStone Is that a mockup?

badp

@TimStone I guess this is more than a mockup

Tim Stone

Yeah

badp

Damn you @TimStone.

user15026

@timstone that would be awesome chat.

Tim Stone

15:12

@badp At the moment it only exists as an image, I'm afraid. :P

Fluttershy

@OrigamiRobot The fact that I would likely be beaten to death with a baseball bat for wearing a MLP hoodie.

Tim Stone

Although one failing of my mockup was that I didn't consider what happens when you go to type and the keyboard comes up.

Fluttershy

My hometown isn't exactly accepting of things which they feel are not societally normal.

user15026

@fluttershy :( :(

badp

@TimStone Too late

OrigamiRobot

15:13

@Fluttershy Where did that come from?

Tim Stone

I was considering prototyping it for fun :P

Since, you know, I don't have enough todo items already or anything.

user15026

@timstone you have an odd and delightful idea of fub

badp

What exactly would the drawer hold?

user15026

fun.

user15026

Damn you mobile chat

Fluttershy

15:14

@OrigamiRobot Were you not reading chat? I was talking to @AshleyNunn about a hoodie I saw.

Ben Brocka

@badp Make it so, number one

Tim Stone

@AshleyNunn I'm slightly insane

OrigamiRobot

@Fluttershy Nowhere was a baseball bat mentioned.

Tim Stone

@badp The pull tab? It's for hiding the side bar if you don't want to use the menu items.

user15026

@timstone at least it is the interesting sort of positive stuff happening insanity

badp

15:14

@BenBrocka What? I've already created the conversation, encapsulating the cruel statement in its purity

Objective complete

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

The coloring makes it look like Facebook chat

Fluttershy

@OrigamiRobot It was. Look below the wallpaper YiJiang made me.

Tim Stone

@AshleyNunn Yeah, not always good for work-work productivity though ;)

user15026

@fluttershy I would get the Fluttershy one if I could wear yellow. But yellow makes me look weird. So RD it would be. And I would run around in it happy forever.

Ben Brocka

@YiJiang'sEvilClone It's just the generic mobile/beta site background color

Tim Stone

15:15

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I sampled some colours from stackexchange.com I think

Fluttershy

@AshleyNunn I look rather nice in yellow. =3

user15026

@timstone shhhh look at all the shiny things that could be created.

OrigamiRobot

@Fluttershy Ah, I see it now.

Fluttershy

@OrigamiRobot <3

Tim Stone

@AshleyNunn :P

user15026

15:16

@fluttershy then you could be the Fluttershy to my RD <3

SaintWacko

@AshleyNunn Same here. Yellow is not good on me

OrigamiRobot

@Fluttershy If you are in a place where someone is likely to be beaten to death for any reason, you should probably move.

user15026

(the fic implications of that notwithstanding)

SaintWacko

Well, same for the yellow part, not the fluttershy part

user15026

@saintwacko I want to wear yellow because I like it. But it haaaaaaates me b

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

15:17

@AshleyNunn *cough* Shipping *cough*

SaintWacko

@AshleyNunn I've learned to avoid it

user15026

@yijiang giggles oh dear.

OrigamiRobot

@YiJiang'sEvilClone It has come to my attention that Arqanoids will ship anything

Ben Brocka

@OrigamiRobot s/arqanoids/the internet

Powerlord

Welcome one and all to the first annual race to the end of the race... wait, Homestar Runner already did that one?

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

15:18

@OrigamiRobot RD x Fluttershy is probably the oldest ship in MLP.

Powerlord

@BenBrocka Doh!

Ben Brocka

someone was shipping their twitter followers with other twitter folowers the other day. Was weird

OrigamiRobot

@YiJiang'sEvilClone My statement was not limited to MLP.

user15026

@yijiang which I realized after I said it. XD

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

And before you ask, no, I don't read shipfics

user15026

15:19

@yijiang I totally doooooo

user15026

@BenBrocka what. Seriously?

Powerlord

My Doh joke just went over your heads or was just ignored? :(

badp

@Powerlord A mixture of both I think.

Ben Brocka

@AshleyNunn Well, he was saying he was more than annoying the actually shippage

Powerlord

It's not funny if I have to explain it, but Doh is the boss of Arkanoid.

Ben Brocka

15:21

@Powerlord I don't get how it applied, especially combined with the Homestar reference

> yes but u must find the magic unicorn and ask him to merge them and then you have to find the 3 main pieces of the rainbow slim jim

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@BenBrocka ...

Ben Brocka

(random already deleted SO answer)

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Ewwww

Ben Brocka

@Powerlord Oh, never actually played arkanoid

OrigamiRobot

Hey guys, it's impossible find this in the internet, except two demos were found in gamespot and ign-pc sites. CGW demo for example was found into a magazine CD from PC Gamer. I'm asking if someone have these demos. If you have, share it in some sharing files site. — Allan 8 mins ago

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

15:27

@OrigamiRobot That was basically the original question

Someone kindly salvaged it by editing it into pieces

badp

I played the hell out of one of those ReVolt demos

I have no idea which one it was though.

OrigamiRobot

Whoever is voting to close that question as NC is wrong.

user15026

I think I tapped NC by mistake. Stupid phone. :(

OrigamiRobot

@AshleyNunn GUILTY

badp

Side thought: isn't the whole point of a demo to be shared?

user15026

15:29

@origamirobot I feel terrible forever

OrigamiRobot

@badp There are still copyright issues.

When a demo is distributed through something like a magazine, the point is to sell more magazines.

fbueckert

Speaking from the Arqade viewpoint though, questions that just ask for a link (such as this one), aren't really a good fit.

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badp

@OrigamiRobot brb, I'm off to buy the March 1995 issue of IGN America just to get the companion CD. I'm sure they'll print a copy and burn a CD just for me

Wipqozn

Anyone familiar with Unix around?

fbueckert

Some can be salvaged to answer the underlying question (which is what we do about "Where can I find a guide for X?" questions), but if the entire question is, "Link plz!", then we should be closing it.

badp

15:32

@Wipqozn Try and ask your question

OrigamiRobot

I'm no lawyer, but I'd imagine there is some license agreement that specifies it can only be distributed through the magazine.

fbueckert

I tried to salvage it, and got shut down.

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert No, just because they ask for a link doesn't mean we can only give them a link.

Wipqozn

@badp Want to connect into someones already running session, whilst still having him connected and controlling it. In other words, I want us to both be able to control the session he is running. I know it's possible, but not sure how to do it, and my googlefu is failing me.

fbueckert

1 min ago, by fbueckert

Some can be salvaged to answer the underlying question (which is what we do about "Where can I find a guide for X?" questions), but if the entire question is, "Link plz!", then we should be closing it.

badp

15:34

@Wipqozn okay, what flavour of Unix, what kind of session, etc.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@Wipqozn I've sshed into the same computer with a friend before.

OrigamiRobot

@badp How does this resolve copyright issues?

Fluttershy

Wait, did I miss something? Did I get shipped?

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

That worked like what you're describing

@Fluttershy Thank goodness no

Wipqozn

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Go on.

@badp One second, let me check. It's the schools network.

Ben Brocka

15:35

@Fluttershy @Fluttershy and @Wipqozn sittin' in a tree

Fluttershy

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Oh. Okay. I was really confused for a second.

OrigamiRobot

@Fluttershy You are constantly being shipped.

Fluttershy

@OrigamiRobot Well, I know we are to some degree. But I wouldn't say constantly.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@Wipqozn It was a server cluster we were suppose to use for a competition. Each team is assigned a username and password. We sshed into the server from our own home desktops, and found that we can basically work the same session

We can type over each other, etc.

Wipqozn

@YiJiang'sEvilClone That's exactly what I'm looking for.

Fluttershy

15:36

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I'm reminded of NCIS... two people on one keyboard.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@Fluttershy Yeah, it was like that at first

OrigamiRobot

@Fluttershy Is @FAE ever not shipping us?

user15026

@fluttershy I said you could be the Fluttershy to my RD, then things got shippy for a moment.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

We had to open an IM session beside it to keep things sane

Fluttershy

@OrigamiRobot I'd imagine she doesn't when she's sleeping. She has some crazy dreams that likely distract her from shipping us.

OrigamiRobot

15:38

@Fluttershy The brain can have multiple thoughts simultaneously.

Wipqozn

@badp CentOS release 5.8; SSH

badp

There's probably something saner than that

@Wipqozn Shell or GUI?

Wipqozn

@badp shell

Fluttershy

@AshleyNunn Aaah, gotcha. At least FA x RD is the safest of the MLP shippings...

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Unfortunately I have no idea how it worked. I'm not sure if it was my friend who set the session up like that, or it was the admin

Fluttershy

15:38

@OrigamiRobot you are underestimating her dreams.

badp

@Wipqozn What I've seen is based on ssh + screen but I wouldn't be able to replicate it

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

I remember being able to open multiple sessions, only one of which is shared.

badp

Basically what @YiJiang'sEvilClone's desribing, but using screen which means you get to work on multiple terminals independently at the same time

I know a person who's done this before. I can try and get him here if it helps

(alas he's afk on Skype)

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

unix.stackexchange.com/search?q=shared+ssh+session

Wipqozn

@badp Screen seems to have helped me enough, thanks.

@YiJiang'sEvilClone that helps too.

I think I've found a few solutions.THank you @badp, @YiJiang'sEvilClone.

badp

15:41

You're welcome

Fluttershy

Why do I get bored when the conversation switches to something I know nothing about? <_<

badp

I could say the same about the last three hours of MLP @Fluttershy

Wipqozn

@badp I love how quickly you turned that against @Fluttershy. It's great.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@badp Well, there is one simple solution to that...

badp

(and I "belong" to one of the apparently most annoying fandoms of the internet to boot)

OrigamiRobot

15:43

@badp Beiber? Twilight?

badp

@OrigamiRobot Homestuck

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

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Q: Blizzard Download: This download is not authorized

On Windows 7. When I download Starcraft Anthology from the website and try to install it on my computer I get the error "This download is not Authorized" followed by "There was a problem authenticating your download. Please go to http://www.blizzard.com/account/ to start a new download." I've...

starcraft

Ben Brocka

@YiJiang'sEvilClone three more hours of MLP?

badp

You know the little annoying grey-painted horned loud cosplayers that get worked up about baskets in the relevant conventions

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

What the heck do I do with the giant "Googled reference" list there?

OrigamiRobot

15:44

@badp Nope.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@BenBrocka Not what I had in mind, but that's a good alternative

badp

@OrigamiRobot Consider yourself lucky

That stuff disgusts me too

(Never actually seen one with my eyes mind you)

OrigamiRobot

Baskets?

I can make baskets.

badp

@OrigamiRobot Yeah. Well the metal ones. I forget the exact name

Fluttershy

@BenBrocka I like where your head's at, dood!

OrigamiRobot

15:46

@badp I have no idea what you're talking about.

Powerlord

@Fluttershy Hey, you asked me not to talk about one of the things you DO know about

badp

@OrigamiRobot A metal basket. A... uh, yeah, a bucket.

Fluttershy

@Powerlord Eh?

OrigamiRobot

...

badp

Bucket's the word.

Ben Brocka

15:47

Weaving metal baskets is surprisingly difficult

OrigamiRobot

I can't make buckets.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

There were some hidden characters in the URL in the question. Weird.

Powerlord

@Fluttershy Don't tell me you forgot?

Fluttershy

@OrigamiRobot I can make a paper cup, but I can't make buckets.

badp

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Maybe he just wanted to make sure people wouldn't shut his question because he didn't google enough?

Fluttershy

15:49

@Powerlord I didn't. I tried (and failed) to get you to lose.

OrigamiRobot

@Fluttershy I can make a paper anything.

Fluttershy

@OrigamiRobot Prove it. Make a paper time machine.

Powerlord

@OrigamiRobot Speaking of which, did you see the Yahtzee review of Paper Mario: Sticker Star Saga?

OrigamiRobot

@Fluttershy Done.

user15026

@powerlord omg I want to see that review.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

15:52

@AshleyNunn I could get you the link, but you can't see it on mobile devices

Powerlord

@AshleyNunn Zero Punctuation: Paper Mario Sticker Star

I hope that's the right link anyway

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

If I can remember correctly, he trashed the game

Ben Brocka

@YiJiang'sEvilClone that's kinda the point

badp

@OrigamiRobot Buckets aren't metal baskets?

user15026

@yijiang that would not surprise me at all.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

15:54

@BenBrocka There are actually games he likes.

badp

Hm, baskets can have lids.

Ben Brocka

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Portal, Psychonaughts...if there were others I haven't seen them, but I haven't kept up on them for a while

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

In his Far Cry 3 review he admits he must be turning into a banana, because he's turning soft

@BenBrocka Minecraft, Far Cry 3

OrigamiRobot

@badp I can't make a metal basket.

Ben Brocka

To a robot a metal basket is probably like a basket made out of flesh

user15026

15:55

@BenBrocka now I have mental images of that and it is gross.

Ben Brocka

Yeah metal baskets are pretty nasty

user15026

... Oh you.

OrigamiRobot

@BenBrocka To a robot, humans are simply baskets made out of flesh.

Fluttershy

@OrigamiRobot What are ponies to robots?

Other than best friends, of course.

Powerlord

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Yeah, and given that I beat world 1 and got bored with the game, I'd probably trash it if I reviewed it, too.

OrigamiRobot

15:57

@Fluttershy Bigger flesh baskets.

Ben Brocka

@OrigamiRobot I don't think you know how to make baskets

Fluttershy

@OrigamiRobot =(

OrigamiRobot

@BenBrocka I didn't say I made the baskets.

@Fluttershy My best friend is not a pony.

Fluttershy

@OrigamiRobot You can have multiple best friends.

Ben Brocka

@OrigamiRobot As far as you know

They can be sneaky

fredley

15:59

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OrigamiRobot

@Fluttershy I am aware, but none of mine are ponies.

Ben Brocka

Weee running 60 payroll reports at random until I find the one that has the formula I need to reuse

fredley

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