The Bridge

user15026

03:02

Okay, I am giving up on my fruit because, in the words of Douglas Coupland, this is how my mouth feels: "‘I sandpapered the roof of my mouth with three bowls of Cap’n Crunch – had raw gobbets of mouth-beef hanging onto my tongue all day. It hurt like crazy, and it made me talk with a Cindy Brady lisp until late afternoon."

user15026

(I blame the pineapple)

2

LessPop_MoreFizz

Must... Not... Star...

spugsley

@AshleyNunn probably the grossest sentence I've ever read. At least top five.

user15026

@spugsley I know, which is why I remember it, because it just stuck in my head as being so icky

user15026

That was also the only Douglas Coupland book I didn't hate.

FEichinger

03:04

@LessPop_MoreFizz Think of it this way: It's too long to star anyway.

Ktash

and, the run around has begun! Go Comcast Agent, go! Try to get me to spend more money! You can('t) do it!

user15026

@Ktash giggles This sounds like a bad reality show

Ktash

It would be a terrible reality TV show

No hope for the competitor at all

user15026

@Ktash It just sounds like a weird like Survivor challenge or something

OrigamiRobot

@spugsley Is that a challenge?

user15026

03:09

Is Survivor even a thing anymore? I don't watch TV :P

spugsley

@OrigamiRobot NO O_O

Ktash

It, unfortunately, is

user15026

@Ktash weiiiiiird

user20683

no weirder than the fact that Snookie has not one but three books

Ktash

hold on, you may loose me as they change my internet

user15026

03:17

@WorldEngineer ...oh dear lord. I did all fo 50 Shades, all of Twlight, Jenna Jameson's biography (actually good), Pamela Anderson's novel (not so much with the good),and a few other crap novel series, but even that is too much for me

user20683

@AshleyNunn Team Nostalgia Chick is crowdsourcing a Lovecraftian Twilight knockoff

user15026

@WorldEngineer Nice. I know that Gene Ambaum (one of the creators of the Unshelved comic, which I looooove) is helping write a zombie 50 shades knockoff

user20683

@AshleyNunn I just want Rothfuss to finish the Doors of Stone

user15026

I am trying so hard not to get sucked into any more fantasy series right now that aren't fully completed.

Ktash

... And comcast guy just made a big misstep. Oooh, will he recover

user15026

03:23

@Ktash NO ONE KNOWS! Stay tuned to find out! cue commercial break featuring puppies selling toilet paper

Ktash

►

Hahaha

> You take good care

> Sorry for the typo

user15026

@Ktash That song is really catchy.

Ktash

►

And Comcast Guy has lost. Poor guy. At least he gets a consolation prize

user15026

@Ktash I had never heard the whole thing. That was kinda awesome

user15026

@Ktash Oh?

Ktash

03:37

@AshleyNunn I'm not canceling my service... today

user15026

@Ktash Fair enough :)

Ktash

I hate comcast.... so much

user15026

Some youtube stuff is locked by country, yeah?

Ktash

this guy is floundering and still trying to make a deal

user15026

@Ktash wow, he doesn't know when to give up, huh?

Lazers

03:41

0

Q: What games support the ps3 controller on the mac?

This isn't a question about how to get the ps3 controller to work on the mac. Its assuming you've already done that. (support is build into Mountain Lion, some people just have issues getting it to work) This isn't a question about what Mac (OSX) games support controllers in general. Many suppor...

Ktash

It's literally less than a dollar to add on basic TV service to an internet package?? That just shows how overpriced their stuff is

when is Google Fiber gonna move in?

Fluttershy

@Ktash Still hasn't left Kansas City.

user15026

@Ktash oh man, I am not so secretly hoping that somehow with Google Waterloo here we end up with GF

user15026

it is so unlikely but would be the awesomest ever

Ktash

Google Fiber will never come to Seattle. They don't want to bring Fiber to all the Microsoft employees lol

Fluttershy

03:45

wat

user15026

@Fluttershy Oh, people.

Fluttershy

@AshleyNunn (THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID)

user15026

@Fluttershy .....that makes odd mental images.

Fluttershy

Mission accomplished.

And now I sleep.

user15026

I am SO AWAKE

user15026

03:49

which is good, I can get more of my paper written

Gaming Topics From Outside

0

Q: How do i install mods on rigs of rods?

How to install additional cars and maps on rigs of rods? I install game from ppa and want install additional cars and maps. Sorry for my english.

12.10 games

LessPop_MoreFizz

@ktash doesn't Google have a large office in Fremont?

Ktash

Yeah, it's next door to Adobe. They also have an office in Kirkland, so there are 2 offices in the Seattle Area

FEichinger

An AU games question I cannot answer, what the hell is wrong with me?

user15026

@FEichinger blah, that reminds me I need to wipe and reinstall 13.04 on my netbook, and hope it fixes the inexplicable system errors

FEichinger

03:53

@AshleyNunn And I'm gonna either downgrade to 12.04 or switch flavor soon. Not sure yet.

user20683

I'm gonna probably go Plan 9 on my netbook

user15026

@FEichinger Yeah, I am going ot give 13.04 another shot (because 12.04 was also broken, the update was supposed to maybe fix it) but I might try another flavour. Not sure, though (need something simple to use, as I am not really OMG smart with these things)

user20683

@AshleyNunn Puppy Linux

user15026

@WorldEngineer ???? Not sure if trolling

user20683

puppylinux.org/main/Overview%20and%20Getting%20Started.htm

user20683

03:55

not

user20683

trolling

user20683

puppying :P

user15026

@WorldEngineer That does sound interesting.

FEichinger

@AshleyNunn I know. I watched the discussion back then. I just don't like the direction Ubuntu's heading, and 13.04 looks less-than-stable to me, so ... yeh.

user15026

@FEichinger yeah, I basically want some sort of Linux that doesn't make me hate life and also allows my netbook to not run like total and complete crap (like WinStarter did, when I got it)

FEichinger

03:58

God dammit, what the hell is wrong with Logitech mice right now? They seem to have gone up in price two-fold.

user15026

@FEichinger maybe too many got caught in mousetraps. (Terrible joke is terrible because it is late and I am writing papers)

FEichinger

@AshleyNunn Lubuntu is usually light enough to avoid causing trouble, and easy enough to use.

I say usually, because I have no idea if they get along with 13.04 nicely enough.

@AshleyNunn I just want a cheap wireless mouse with at least five buttons. What is wrong with that? :(

user15026

@FEichinger I was going to say that seemed like a lot, until I realized thats how many I have, if we count the clickable scrollwheel

user20683

I have an arctouch mouse I won

user20683

it's quite nice

user15026

04:02

I am using a Microsoft Wireless Mouse 5000 (at least that is what it says on the bottom)

user20683

Puppy Linux apparently supports Ubuntu Apps

user15026

@WorldEngineer this is a good thing, yes?

user20683

@AshleyNunn yes

user20683

it means that if you use stuff from Ubuntu specifically, Puppy can handle it

user15026

@WorldEngineer Ah, so a very good thing

user15026

04:07

Right now I don't use much, and I don't require it to need to do much other than being able to access my dropbox stuff, and word processing

user20683

Puppy Linux could theoretically run with a WP and Dropbox built in

user20683

meaning you'd not even need a working hard drive

user20683

as long as Puppy is on a CD/Stick

user15026

@WorldEngineer that would be cool

user15026

I mean I have one, but it is cool that I can do that

FEichinger

04:08

@WorldEngineer Since Dropbox does save to hard drive, yes it would.

user20683

@FEichinger yeah that's true

FEichinger

Just sayin' :D

user20683

there's way around that though but that's venturing into complexity

user15026

Eh, the netbook has a pretty decent hard drive, for being a tiny POS

user15026

I just need it to do some simple stuff

user20683

04:09

Puppy is all about easy

user15026

@WorldEngineer it is sounding more and more appealing

user15026

plus, hello, named after a cute dog

FEichinger

Gorram Logitech ... When I bought this mouse, it was 30 bucks. Now it's 50+. For crying out loud.

And no, I'm not gonna get a used one. Not for stuff my hand touches.

user15026

@FEichinger I can appreciate that

LessPop_MoreFizz

PoorChoices.jpg http://t.co/fCFqKrwC6C

Tweeted by LessPopMoreFizz on April 5, 2013 at 4:13 AM

user15026

04:15

@LessPop_MoreFizz Beer, yes, a poor choice. The chips I cannot judge.

user20683

okay, time to make a good choice and go to bed

Lazers

0

Q: At what time will Age of Empires II HD Edition be released on STEAM?

The game releases on April 9, 2013, but people who preorder on Steam have access on April 5, 2013. At what time will the game be released? Would it be 12:00AM PST?

age-of-empires-2-hd

FEichinger

@Lazers If Steam doesn't tell you, this is speculation.

Also, while VALVe like their name in almost allcaps, Steam does not.

user15026

04:46

Okay, my brain is stalling on this paper. I think I will call it an early-ish night, and curl up with a book. :)

FEichinger

I don't think curling up is what you should do with books.

user15026

@FEichinger Lacking another human to curl up with, a book is second best

FEichinger

@AshleyNunn You won't make me feel guilty, so stop trying! :P

user15026

@FEichinger Psh, you are oceans away, you are useless to me anyhow ;)

FEichinger

"useless" she calls me. Tsk.

user15026

04:49

@FEichinger For curling up with? Yes, most definitely

FEichinger

YOU ARE SO MEAN!

user15026

@FEichinger sorry, cnat help an ocean keeps you from being snuggle-able

user15026

thats all on you

FEichinger

@AshleyNunn !!! >.<

Hush, go, curl up with your book. Tsk.

user15026

@FEichinger See, I knew you would come around to seeing it my way!

FEichinger

04:52

@AshleyNunn ò.ó

user15026

@FEichinger innocent grin

FEichinger

@AshleyNunn ò.ó

Lazers

0

Q: Which items are essential to finish the game?

Super Metroid is interesting in that it is linear in some places and non-linear in other places, providing the player a fair bit of freedom in how to work through the game. I know some items are certainly required, such as the power bombs and the dash boots, yet certainly not all of the missile p...

super-metroid

FEichinger

@Lazers All and none.

user15026

@FEichinger pats Yet, you seem to like me, like a little kid throwing sand at a girl he likes on the playground

FEichinger

04:53

@Lazers The win button 1000.

@Lazers The Ending-O-Tron 3000.

@Lazers The Shield of Infinite End.

user15026

@FEichinger I thought they updated that to the Ending-O-Tron 3500?

FEichinger

@AshleyNunn ò.ó

user15026

:D

FEichinger

@AshleyNunn Nah. Not yet. That's a planned feature for ME4, though.

user15026

@FEichinger Oh, okay, so it is still in development. I must have read the wrong article. :P

user15026

04:56

FFS, the dictionary requires me to have an online account now? WHAT THE HELL IS THE WORLD COMING TO

FEichinger

Always Online DRM - It's everywhere on the Internet.

Shit. Why didn't I bring that joke the last time? sigh

user15026

Okay, for realsies, I am going to curl up with my book now

user15026

for reals

FEichinger

Sure.

Just go already.

Leave.

:(

user15026

I will!

FEichinger

04:59

Obvy.

user15026

aww no not a sad face

user15026

that is not fair

FEichinger

Oh, yes a said face. You friggin earned that sadface!

user15026

@FEichinger but....but....but....

user15026

they make me sad

FEichinger

05:00

You. Earned. It.

user15026

I AM SORRY

user15026

I am just tired

user15026

and my book is good

user15026

and my bed is comfy

FEichinger

I just read that as "and my book is comfy", which makes disturbingly much sense right now.

user15026

05:02

nah, ereader is not comfy

user15026

bed is

user15026

and blankets

user15026

and a cat

user15026

has pillows

FEichinger

Sooo ... you lie on your cat?

And that cat has pillows, yes?

user15026

05:04

@FEichinger Nooooo

user15026

@Wipqozn Are you a tiny turtle investigator too?

user15026

OKAY BED NOW

user15026

YOU CANT STOP ME

LessPop_MoreFizz

05:50

The ending of the NWN2 OC always cracks me up.

ROCKS FALL. EVERYONE DIES.

That is literally the ending of NWN2.

Or rather that's the 'good' ending.

There's also an evil/ 'bad' ending in which you can side with the villain at the last moment, and fight a pretty badass final battle against all of your companions.

And then rather than ROCKS FALL EVERYONE DIES you get to go back and kill all the NPCs who pissed you off and rule the land as a dark warlord with an iron fist.

It's all pretty metal and much more satisfying than the 'real' ending.

user15026

06:25

That does sound pretty damn awesome.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

06:37

@LessPop_MoreFizz Red Son was awesome. Thanks for the recommendation.

user15026

@yijiang I still need to get to the library so I can get my card and check that book out.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

It's a fascinating piece of alternative history fiction

Or I suppose alternative alternative history

Weird, my router just rebooted itself

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

06:58

imgur.com/a/gW7F9

1.8M population city in SimCity. No power, water, sewage, garbage, parks, commercial or industrial zones. All you have to do is set taxes to zero, and the Sims suddenly don't care about anything.

Lazers

07:53

1

Q: How do you upgrade your Spawning Pool?

I'm stuck in the second tutorial mission of A Game of Dwarves. I need to upgrade my spawning pool in order to recruit more dwarves, but I have no idea where to click in order to accomplish that.

a-game-of-dwarves

user15026

@yijiang that is so weird. Makes me feel like the Reaper planet did in Serenity.

Blem

08:09

morning

That is some sexy pineapple eating going on in the stars @AshleyNunn

user15026

@Blem I am never telling anyone when I am eating fruit again ever, I swear.

user15026

So now the list of things I can't tell the bridge I am doing is as follows: eating fruit, or taking naps.

Blem

uuuhhhh taking naps

I could use a nap right now

but I just arrived at work, so my boss most likely wouldn't be happy with that

user15026

Also the fact that I have seen 4 am two nights in a row because my brain is dumb really sucks.

user15026

@blem highly unlikely, yes.

Blem

08:18

well you get to talk to me and @YiJiang'sEvilClone then :)

user15026

That's true. :)

user15026

I miss sleeping though.

Lazers

1

Q: League of legends Tristana strategy

So i've heared of using tristana her jump in teamfights to jump behind the enemy their ad/ap carry and ult them towards my team. I can definitely see the advantage in this but what im wondering is how do you get out safe again? You just used 2 of your skills to get behind their team and your team...

league-of-legends character-build tristana

Blem

I went to bed at a reasonably time yesterday... then i spend 2h on my tablet surfing the net watching YouTube and playing games >.<

user15026

Yeah, I was in bed at 1230, read on my ereader til 2,ans since then I am just awake for no reason. Can't even blame taking a nap this time.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

08:37

Blem

@YiJiang'sEvilClone is that some MLP thing?

It's the T-shirt you painted your self right?

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Yes, and yes

The T-shirt was about to be thrown out by my mother anyway, so I salvaged it in a sense

To be honest, I'm a little disappointed with the result. The paint bleeds quite a lot, so the edges are not as sharp or straight as I'd like them to be. The coloring is also fairly uneven, as you can see in the pink center star. And I don't really know how long the paint will last.

Lazers

09:05

0

Q: Deleting a tag on a question [tristana]

Someone asked the following question: League of legends Tristana strategy He created a tag while doing so, [tristana]. First of all, I can't imagine how that tag would be usefull to the site. Therefore, I think the tag should be deleted. Is retagging (removing the tag) enough to accomplish so, o...

discussion tags retag-request

badp

09:29

@Ben in the settings you can choose between a transition period of 10 seconds or 1 hour

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

0

A: Can people playing the original Age of Empires II play online with people who buy it on Steam?

It is possible, but you'll need to do a bit of coding.

I didn't know AoE II HD was open source

Lazers

1

Q: What will happen with items I put into someone's inventory during Pickpocket?

The skill called Pickpocket allows taking things from unaware people, but also allows put something to someone's inventory. I want to get rid of trash (spoiled food, old equipment). So I came with some questions about that. Is there a limit things I can put into someone's inventory during Pickpo...

skyrim

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

09:51

badp

The Nexus 7 is guilty of this

@YiJiang'sEvilClone ...that is the back, not the front of the shirt isn't it.

Also, nice house, or fraction thereof.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@badp No, it's the front. The front has a slightly deeper cut around the neck, while the back has a piece of thick lighter purple linen

@badp It's your run of the mill Housing Development Board apartment. This one is around 30 years old I believe

badp

I suppose it should've been on the side anyway if you wanted to be just like "the real thing."

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Which means in two decades they're probably going to tear it down and rebuild it

badp

That's an... interesting approach to housing

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

10:01

@badp Uh, in theory flanks should correspond to thighs. I'm not going to print something on my pants, though

badp

You're just a casual!

:P

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@badp Singapore is mostly public housing. Around 70%, I believe, live in government build apartments.

badp

Is some public housing more equal than other?

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Actually, yes. Location matters, of course, and the newer the apartments the more expensive it is.

badp

Makes sense.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

10:04

The apartments can be resold. There is an open market for them, though with restrictions. It's the supply of new apartments that is closely regulated. You have to meet certain criteria to qualify for one

This is the view from my window.

badp

I suppose that yellow.. brick is the 30%?

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Uh, that's the recycling center

badp

Oh.

Also uh at using English to paint stuff on the street

guess it's cheaper

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Why wouldn't they use English?

badp

is English the official language of Singapore?

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

10:09

@badp Yes

badp

oh. Then it makes sense.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

This is what a private condominium looks like. Well, sort of private

It's the university's residence for professors and staff.

Notice the tennis/basketball court and wall at the bottom.

badp

...so the same but with a garden on top.

I guess that's not too bad.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Well, the biggest difference with private property is that a) They're ridiculously expensive, b) they come with amenities like swimming pools and tennis courts and c) they're fenced off, unlike HDB estates

Lazers

0

Q: What does season lock exactly mean in Starcraft 2?

While I was checking this website (http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Battle.net_Leagues#Seasons_and_Winners) about season dates and more information, I noticed that there is, beside "Start Date" and "End Date", a so called "Season Lock". What does the season lock do? Does it mean (being in r...

starcraft-2 battle.net

badp

10:19

Actually does your home come with anti theft sensors?

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

No

badp

Him.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Who?

badp

Are you allowed to install one?

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

I think so. I'm not sure if it's possible to have one directly contact the police, but alarms should be fine

badp

10:22

That was supposed to be a hm.

Oh, okay

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

> Housebreaking and Related Crimes registered a 20 year low, dropping by 110 cases (-16%) from 706 cases in 2011 to 596 cases in 2012. At the same time, Police arrested 25 serial housebreakers in 2012 who were responsible for at least 300 cases.

Looking at Singapore's crime statistics.

25 buglers responsible for 300 cases, wow

badp

That is nice. I suppose it helps when the police knows the buildings inside out

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Ha, there were more than 1200 cases of bicycle theft in 2012

Our bicycles got stolen in 2007. We never bothered reporting it to the police because the chances of them being recovered is close to nil

badp

Yeah, they probably disassembled them into spare parts

FAE

@YiJiang'sEvilClone There's about 100,000 bicycles stolen in Amsterdam alone per year. About a quarter of those just end up thrown in canals.

badp

10:29

Clearly you should have climbed them all the way into your apartment at the stupidth floor. Using the stairs

@fae does throwing in canals even technically count as stealing?

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

This is what happens on r/mylittlepony on no pics Thursday during the season break

badp

There's also the abandoned bicicles with bent wheels

Bycicles

Bycycles

Bicycles

Whatever

@yij the op swapped the two emoticons around

FAE

@badp It still got stolen from you.

badp

It's more like vandalism.

The vandal doesn't get your bike for his trouble

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

10:44

It's only vandalism if it's public property

badp

The canal is public property

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

11:01

Stacking 40-80% off D&D games on GOG this weekend

2

Gaming Topics From Outside

0

Q: How to properly install PlayOnLinux, all the drivers, etc?

I am (re)installing Ubuntu 12.04 now, and I'd like to ask what things I have to install to properly run games with PlayOnLinux? I mean do I need to install some kind of graphics driver, or DirectX, .NET, etc? Does it come with Wine? How do I patch the games and how do I install the latest PunkBus...

drivers wine games playonlinux

Blem

normal day at work as a developer

badp

11:26

@Blem Siesta time?

Blem

@badp si

badp

@Blem bueno, bueno. Reposa tu cerviello.

Haciendal factorìa de procsi singletonn no se escribe de suela!

Lazers

0

Q: Page Not Found error after reviewing an answer

After reviewing this answer in the 'Low Quality Post' queue, and then clicking on 'Recommend Deletion' selecting a comment, I get to this URL: http://gaming.stackexchange.com/posts/112855/recommend-delete?delete-main=&fkey=40ef87016c8df76d1946073ffd62e27f This is the screenshot of the page I get...

bug reviewing

Blem

En este momento estoy extraer alguna información de la base de datos

Ben Brocka

11:44

@badp Does the change come more slowly then? It seems more like 1 second, but 1 hour might work

How XCOM: Enemy Unknown overcame the accessibility stigma

LessPop_MoreFizz

@YiJiang'sEvilClone /cc @AshleyNunn This includes the games I've been talking about lately.

Ben Brocka

12:11

5

Q: Can we see some of the AB testing results that StackExchange run?

Following on from this question: Stackoverflow questions not displaying in chronological order in Chromium webbrowser it would be interesting to see what some of the other AB tests that Stack Exchange have run, what they involved, what the findings were, and whether any changes to the site(s) we...

feature-request testing

Do want

badp

12:33

Ben Brocka

@badp pretty sure that's supposed to cost more

badp

@Ben yeah, but if your monitor is good enough the first day you'll still see every single tick of the transition

OrigamiRobot

Who buys Ether?

badp

Then you'll stop caring

Ben Brocka

@badp I assume you mean "then you'll uninstall it"

OrigamiRobot

12:36

...

LessPop_MoreFizz

Kerouac was an idiot. First Thought != Best Thought.

OrigamiRobot

Indeed.

badp

There is one big flaw with flux. It doesn't affect your mouse cursor

I'm sure you noticed yesterday

Honestly though it grows on you. Like beer

LessPop_MoreFizz

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Oh sweet, the stacking D&D promo gives you discount credit for eligible games you already own.

badp

Also I apparently managed to screw myself out of Lucca's side quest. :-\

Go me

Lazers

12:45

0

Q: must-have keybindings for ArmA 3?

I'm new to the whole ArmA-Universe and just started playing the Alpha of ArmA 3 and never played any of the previous versions of ArmA or OF (ok, OF:DR, but that's kind of arcade compared to ArmA I guess). With that in mind I'm wondering which keys are must-have binds and if possible some "comfor...

arma-3

badp

That's what I get for doing my own thing and only checking the walkthrough when stuck

@ori right now I don't know what to do with this pile of money I'm sitting upon so I might as well enjoy some tech spam

I'm aware it's littered everywhere.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@LessPop_MoreFizz Yup, that's how the promotion works.

Ben Brocka

@Retrosaur No, 52. Only played twice and we were farming for eridium last night

@badp you played shootmania, right? Do you ever stop feeling like you're walking on butter?

OrigamiRobot

13:01

@badp I suppose.

Martin Sojka

13:22

@BenBrocka Mannimarco can totally whoop Tom Cruise's arse.

badp

13:54

@Ben that game never actually worked for me

Lazers

0

Q: How do you get out of the barracks view?

I opened the barracks view, assigned some gear, got back to the list of peeps, and... there's no back button, Escape does nothing. Clicking outside the menu does nothing. F1 does nothing. All I can do is click on a soldier's name, and I see no way to get from that screen back to the main view,...

xcom-enemy-unknown

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