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12:03 AM
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Q: Trying to figure out the title to an old point-and-click adventure game.

capnIt was from the early to mid-90's, it had a first person view, but the view was always static i.e. you couldn't move around except to go to the 'next room' or change the 'state' of the room. In the beginning of the game you were in a room, I think your were supposed to be an apprentice of some s...

 
How many times do we have to deal with the same "old point-and-click adventure game" title that tells you nothing?
 
@Grace they should have lead with the bat story, much more unique
 
@Aardvark Done.
 
:)
 
12:33 AM
Anyone want to help breathe life into the Cooking Town hall?
 
@Josh I would if I knew anything about the issues Cooking.se faces. I doubt they are the same as those I asked about for Gaming.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Yeah, I am at a loss of what to ask!
It's me, Rebecca, and the two candidates, LOL
 
Poor Cooking. :(
 
Yeah. On the plus side this is the easiest digest evar
 
@Josh Was ours the toughest? Or is SO's still number 1?
 
12:37 AM
@Josh: Aw, poor cooking. :(
 
Well, I did SO's very differently, I did theirs as a second chat room, and posted permalinks. But I'd say the two different town halls made Gaming's digest the most difficult :-)
 
My cooking XP is very low. I obviously need to grind more.
 
Same here!
 
Considering I'm still (fairly) satisfied with ramen as a meal on occasion, I don't think I'd have much interesting to add to their site...
 
@Josh why even has a THC then?
with 2 candidates there are no elections
 
12:41 AM
@badp There's 4 candidates, I guess one couldn't make it and the third might show up. But yeah, I don't know
LOL
 
I'm currently using a Gravatar for Seasoned Advice, who, while an expert chef, only cooks meals with carrots as the primary ingredient. So take from that what you will about my cooking skill.
 
Hahaha
 
12:56 AM
in Seasoned Advice Town Hall Chat, 28 secs ago, by Michael Mrozek
You're got mad and are abusing your mod powers. A dev is on the way to suspend you for life. You only have time to ban one person before they get to you. Do you suspend: Rebecca Chernoff, Jeff Atwood, Josh, or whichever innocent user's profile you can find first
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Hi @Oak :P
 
 
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2:36 AM
Huh, Spore.com has sent out a community beta invite for Darkspore to everyone registered on the site. You have to recreate one of three creatures in order to get in.
 
2:49 AM
@FallenAngelEyes Yea, Darkspore actually looks pretty nifty
I'm just too lazy to play a beta.
 
Yeah, I've been kind of surprised at how good it looks.
 
3:04 AM
Yay, I again have more Gaming rep than MSO rep.
 
0
Q: How do you wipe your hands in Nethack?

TrevokeI opened a tin can and ate something with my hands, which made them greasy. Now holding a weapon is impossible, and so is wearing rings. I tried #wipe but it seems that's only for the face. How would I wipe my hands?

 
Nethack questions crack me up
 
3:58 AM
yay 9k.
 
4:47 AM
yay...6k...
 
5:00 AM
 
Okay, that's actually a decent xkcd
 
5:32 AM
@Oak It looks like you'll be a moderator for today too
 
Hooray, I beat the Great Gatsby Game.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I lost in level 2-2 once and gave up.
the game didn't seem to be that appealing
is it important historically?
 
@badp It's a joke about The Great American Novel
Fun Fact: I went to High School in the town that West Egg is a thinly veiled representation of.
 
5:48 AM
Okay, I'm going to sleep.
 
6:37 AM
@LessPop_MoreFizz I don't like the fourth panel though...
 
room topic changed to The Bridge: of Gaming's StackExchange™ AlienOverlord AskQuestion™ mothership has fired its lazers.
Mind you, I'm putting my priorities straight
First off: pixelation.
Box shadow is so pretty with that scanline effect.
 
@badp You has your Diamond! Grats!
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Thanks.
 
Have you abused your power yet?
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Obviously. I'm looking at your voting stats right now.
 
6:46 AM
@badp Oh noes. See anything interesting?
 
not really.
(Besides I don't get to tell you.)
 
I have now cast 1,000 upvotes. I shall never upvote anything again.
 
7:01 AM
Alright, now I'm really off to sleep. I assume mod access on meta and chat is just a matter of time.
 
7:56 AM
@badp Hmmm... v-alignment on that envelope is off
 
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Q: Civ 5 Wonder tracking

AlbortIs there somewhere accessible in the game to see what wonders you have built previously...? I guess the same applies to what units you have built previously. This is in reference to the Steam achievements for having built all the Wonders and all the units (2 separate achievements).

 
 
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10:34 AM
In case anyone missed all the fun about Experts Exchange: hackerne.ws/item?id=2225884
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12:18 PM
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Q: Brood war mining worker micro

tenfourBackground: I played sc:bw when it came out but I was extremely casual just playing the campaign and a couple for-fun LAN games with friends. I now play SC2 and, probably due to the internet community, I have developed much more strategy to the extent that I think about things like efficient min...

 
12:33 PM
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Q: Is there any way to switch your point character after character selection but before the match?

StrixVariaIn MVC2, if you held either of the assist buttons going into the match, that character would come out first, in place of the character you chose first. If you held both assist buttons, the 2nd and 3rd characters would switch positions. Is there any analogue to this functionality in the new 3rd ...

 
1:25 PM
5 messages moved to The Relaxation Vault.
 
I just got a Nice Answer badge for "How do I wipe my hands[...]". I guess I'll put it alongside my badges for "How do I eat a ring?", "How do I pray to God?", and of course, "How do I tell if a corpse is safe to eat?"
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Next up: "How do I breathe?"
lunch.
 
Oak
1:51 PM
@badp!
 
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Q: Identify a GameBoy stunt racing/logic game

Let_Me_BeThis is a game I played on GameBoy (the original). It was a maze-like game, where you had to control your car (or bike, not sure which was it) to get through the level. There was definitely a limited turbo and a break (not sure about pitch control). Each level contained various obstacles that h...

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Q: Is use of micro force fields "required" by Protoss?

altCognitoI'm not very good with my micro, and frankly, I'm not sure if the responsiveness of my machine will support good micro play (it's a very baseline machine with settings already turned down to minimum). For the average opening skirmish between 8-16 troops, am I going to struggle as Protoss? I see a...

 
@Oak!
 
2:25 PM
I feel like I've just watched a torch be passed.
 
Oak
@LessPopMoreFizz :)
@badp just wanted to congratulate you for real
I'm happy you got the job
 
@Oak Why, thank you.
I'm kinda scared to be the only EU-based mod now, but that'll change. Eventually.
 
Oak
Why scared? One's enough
 
You were enough. :D
 
Oak
2:44 PM
I told you, I think your volume of activity is higher than mine
btw, do I still appear in the moderation-action list?
 
Do you mean the list of faces of people who looked at a question?
or the moderation history page?
 
Oak
history page
 
You don't.
 
Oak
:(
 
What was your high score? :D
 
Oak
2:46 PM
to think how I could have abused it if I knew it wouldn't have shown :(
:)
Something like 140-370
 
I started at ~35 for some reason. It also counts your actions as a normal user.
 
Oak
And I expect you to exceed that :)
Though keep in mind it's not very accurate
 
I'll have more time than you had. Eventually.
I mean, if I don't shoot myself in the foot.
 
Oak
Shoot how?
 
...and it's a matter of "when" rather than "if"
@Oak I was thinking the gravity gun.
 
Oak
2:50 PM
OK now I no longer understand you
... which I guess is my default state :)
 
@Oak It's a lot like APM for RTS games, hehehe
 
Except more like "actions per month"
is amused by thinking at a 150 action per minute moderator, given that by "action" the site means edits, closes, deletes, merges, migrations...
 
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Q: What champions can break out of suppression or use abilities while suppressed?

The JugWith the v1.0.0.111 patch notes it is mentioned that Tryndamere had a bug where he couldn't use his ult during suppression. This sounded weird to me since I was under the idea that suppression was a stun that you couldn't cleanse out of or use abilities while suppressed. Looking around the Intern...

 
Oak
And MAN my UI is so narrow now.
All my edit links are missing!
 
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Q: Why are my goblins panicking for no apparent reason?

UllallullooRecently, I've noticed that my goblins have been panicking around a lot and interrupting their jobs. At first I thought it might be because they get really hungry or something, but I checked the Goblin Camp Wiki, and it said that it's because they saw an enemy. I can narrow down it down to the bo...

 
3:02 PM
@Oak The comment edits you mean?
On the upside you can gain reps through tag wiki suggested edits!
 
Oak
3:13 PM
@badp I mean everywhere :) comments, FAQ, messages here in chat, etc.
 
Cool, I can finally see the FAQ history. (Hint: the post number is 7147.)
 
Oak
We could actually edit the moderator election header page as well
 
Hrm, doesn't the FAQ accept markdown?
@Oak Yeah, I've seen such an edit on the SO elections page.
 
Oak
The FAQ? I don't think so
I think it's just HTML
 
3:58 PM
If I was badp, I would migrate all the above to the mod room. [Oh hi. §]
 
@badp Why so...blue? Hah hah hah.
 
@Brant Prolonged exposure to 5 YW lazers do that to you.
 
Speaking of which, why aren't the lazers charging for the upcoming....uh...well, why aren't they charging?
 
user30
Oh @badp, I don't think I actually said congrats. So congrats.
 
There's nothing to shoot just yet.
 
4:01 PM
room topic changed to The Bridge: of Gaming's StackExchange™ AlienOverlord AskQuestion™ mothership will now resume charging its lazers. For science.
 
The lazers should always be charging.
 
user30
You monster.
 
Shouldn't there be some sort of question on Meta announcing the winners of the moderator elections? I didn't see one.
 
@Brant Routine post-lazer maintenance.
 
@Badp -- blue ninja face scares me.
 
4:02 PM
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A: 2011 Community Moderator Election

badpBallot file contains 10 candidates and 118 ballots. No candidates have withdrawn. Ballot file contains 118 non-empty ballots. Counting votes for Gaming Moderator Election 2011 using Meek STV. 10 candidates running for 3 seats. R|Ivo Flipse|Grace Note|C. Ross |Kevin Y |Juan Manue|badp ...

 
@badp well, that's not an intuitive place to find the results. But maybe that's just me.
 
@RavenDreamer The actual, official result page is on (surprise) gaming.stackexchange.com/election
 
Maybe we could get a banner for that then?
For a few days, or w/e
 
At any rate I don't see the value in making a "oh hi! so, um, is this mike on" banner for everybody to see.
 
user30
@badp Man, I was halfway through reading that message, and it's not stored as a onebox in the history :(
 
4:07 PM
@ThomasMcDonald It was Robert advising us to not [ab]use the feature, for users can't dismiss it. Only really really really really really really important stuff, like "Arda is ugly", should go there.
...although I guess the same point doesn't apply on meta.
 
Eh, moderators are more of a "back room" thing, most people aren't too interested/concerned about it (except us here in chat)
 
has anything fell to pieces since the new mods got in?
 
@RonanForman Well, they're slacking on implementing the "Arda is ugly" system message that they were elected to put in place, so on that front, things have definitely fallen to pieces.
 
Good news, everyone! <a href="http://i.imgur.com/h1Jcs.jpg">The mothership has fired its lazers</a> and <a href="http://gaming.stackexchange.com/election/1">we now have our very own permanent moderators.</a>
 
@badp Hey!
 
4:14 PM
What could possibly go wrong?
 
@RonanForman My idea of right and wrong.
@LessPop_MoreFizz I don't like you anymore.
Blue badp is ugly.
 
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Q: Will Rift Beta Characters persist after launch?

Raven DreamerI know that different MMOs with different Betas have done different things regarding beta characters. For Rift in particular, the beta characters have persisted across the 6 betas -- will these characters persist after launch? Only for a privileged subset of players? (such as pre-orders / colle...

 
No offence, but you really picked the wrong shade of blue there.
 
@ArdaXi :(
 
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Q: Dual Wielding and Rogue Poisons

Raven DreamerTwo of the roles in Rift, Warrior and Rogue, have the ability to dual-wield. Certain "souls" (effectively classes) gain buffs that grant on-hit effects to weapon attacks. For instance -- the Assassin Soul offers poisons (up to two at a time, even) while the Rift Blade Soul offers the StormBlade ...

 
4:23 PM
@badp Did you make your avatar blue?
 
Do not readjust your monitor. I have turned blue.
24 mins ago, by badp
@Brant Prolonged exposure to 5 YW lazers do that to you.
 
high levels of awesome detected here
 
SO Inc. uses blue lasers? Awesome.
 
I know! The pack more punch per shot.
 
And they look so awesome.
 
5:06 PM
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Q: What is true damage?

DrakeChangelog of patch 1.0.0.111 reported: Smite now deals true damage instead of magic damage. What does true damage mean and how does it differ from magic/attack damage?

 
@badp Breathe, dammit! Breathe!
 
So, because I'm too lazy to check other SE sites: How did our election participation compare?
in terms of number of people that voted vs. number eligible, etc.
 
I haven't made comparisons, but worse than AskUbuntu.
 
5:24 PM
Posted by Jeff Atwood on February 16th, 2011

I’ve been a longtime fan of Rich Skrenta, who you might know as the author of the world’s first computer virus. He’s also on our board of advisors, and he founded a search startup — blekko.com. Blekko’s claim to fame is that it attempts to meld human curation with traditional Google-style search algorithms. It’s what they call slashtags.

As originally announced on meta, the Stack Overflow community has agreed to help curate the programming side of blekko hashtags. So far that includes: …

 
@badp So, vastly better than Programmers, comparable to everyone else except for Comp Sci, who were very high participation.
Hooray for Average!
 
So who's going to sign up to help with the videogames blekko tag?
 
5:40 PM
@badp what's with the new icon (probably already asked)
 
1 hour ago, by badp
24 mins ago, by badp
@Brant Prolonged exposure to 5 YW lazers do that to you.
 
chuckles yet @GraceNote is fair as ever
 
Sentient battleweapons react differently to lazors than...whatever badp is.
 
As for Juan, he had the shrewdness of placing a protective glass ahead of his axe.
 
Grace Note just absorbs and metastasizes the energy to power its moderator functions over time. Did you think the timing of the election was a coincidence? It only happened now because of a low power situation.
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6:06 PM
@bwarner needs more info
 
@bwarner Gaming.stackexchange.com. fin
I still don't get the point of blekko, I kind of liked the slash tag idea until I realised I discovered a lot of new sites I didn't know about on Google.
 
6:38 PM
Final proof that democracy is broken:
 
Proof that OpenSTV, or even STV itself was completely unnecessary, at least.
 
Hmm, now I have to remember who my third choice was...ah, right.
 
@badp You have the raw data for that?
Well, the processed data, with the amounts of votes for each.
 
No choice 0 5 8
Ivo Flipse 3 9 12
Grace Note 65 22 11
C. Ross 5 3 8
Kevin Y 0 5 5
Juan Manuel 10 25 22
badp 25 31 22
FallenAngelEyes 3 4 9
Fabian 2 7 5
Arda Xi 3 5 11
Powerlord 2 2 5
 
6:57 PM
I wouldn't say that democracy is broken just because there were a few really popular candidates.
 
It's broken because I got votes at all obviously.
 
And the use of STV is still beneficial because it eliminates the need for tactical voting.
 
no, it just obfuscates tactical voting
 
I don't see how. The formula only takes as large a fraction of your 1 vote as is necessary to get your favorite candidate elected.
It's better than "throwing away" your vote on someone you want to win but know won't, or on someone who is clearly a leading favorite
 
7:13 PM
@badp you monster.
 
3 hours ago, by Thomas McDonald
You monster.
 
I think it's just a popularity contest.
hide
 
@GnomeSlice Nonsense, all votes for @badp weren't cast because he was popular, but rather because he eats delicious things for lunch and will be obligated, as overlord of the community, to share said things.
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Now I want delicious lunch.
 
Or at least that's what I told myself. Let's work on making that true.
 
7:15 PM
@badp I apparently missed his post. Whoops.
So... where's my share of this delicious lunch?
 
I know, I'm starving. :(
 
Delicious lunch was served at 14:00 today
You are 6 hours late.
I suggest switching to CET in the future to avoid trouble.
 
I just ate delicious lunch full of BACONS!
 
@badp I will happily accept a share of delicious dinner, that I might consume it as lunch instead.
 
@sjohnston Lunch? at 2019?
You crazy person.
 
7:19 PM
@badp The thing about 'lunch' is that it's not really defined by time of day, as much as it is 'hours since one woke up'
People on the graveyard shift eat lunch at 4 AM.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz ...in which case for me it was really breakfast, since I had it 30 minutes after I woke up.
 
@badp 13:19 for me, which is still rather late. I was waiting for a coworker posse that never formed.
 
user30
Can we keep quiet about food? I'm absolutely starving.
 
@ThomasMcDonald Bacooooooooooooooooon!
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I opted for a calzone. I guess I can partially credit @badp for that.
 
user30
7:25 PM
@sjohnston FFFFFFUUUUUUUU!
 
I am still waiting for @badp to share his delicious dinner.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I have made a package and I'm sending it over. It'll reach you in 7 days, and rot in 10 hours. I wouldn't be surprised if the shipment got rejected midway
 
@badp That is decidedly not delicious.
Learn to freeze things!
 
Freeze a cooked meal?
Nonsense.
@LessPopMoreFizz can you make sense of the formatting in the middle of this answer?
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A: Is it possible to reach Max Stats in Fallout: New Vegas?

CJ HillThis is calculated with the Dead Money DLC, which raises the level cap to 35: Starting Stats Strength: 1 Perception: 5 Endurance: 6 Charisma: 5 Intelligence: 10 Agility: 5 Luck: 8 Skill Books add +3 to a given skill. There are currently 5 skill books for each skill. You need the Co...

 
which segment?
 
7:36 PM
Javascript, oh no.
 
1- 28 skills which needs 72 points to reach 100

6- 36 skills which needs 64 points to reach 100

2- 38 skills which needs 62 points to reach 100

2- 61 skills which needs 39 points to reach 100
 
user30
Wait, since when has Steam had additional DRM on-top-of being logged in?
 
@badp [Number of skills] - [at X skill points] which means [Y more skill points required] to reach 100.
 
user30
3rd-party DRM: SecuROM™
4 machine activation limit
 
7:37 PM
@ThomasMcDonald That's not Steams DRM, that's the game.
Steam is just informing you the consumer that the game has that DRM in it.
Which, is actually, pretty damned progressive.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Knowing that it makes sense is good enough for me.
 
user30
@LessPop_MoreFizz Yeah, I thought all games through Steam solely had the Steam logged in thingy.
 
@ThomasMcDonald Negative. Not all games sold through Steam use Steamworks for DRM.
 
@Mana when you get messed up whitespace alignment in <pre>'s, the text is mixing tabs and spaces.
Just select all the whitespace and replace it with spaces.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz ....which is also why I own the console version of certain games, rather than the PC version, despite thinking that the PC version would be superior.
Batman: Arkham Asylum, I'm looking at you.
 
7:40 PM
DRM?
 
Digital Rights Management, or an attempt to fight the fact you can copy and paste files.
 
Nevermind, I don't want any more information input right now.
Ahhhhh!
 
@GnomeSlice GnomeSlice just had a StackOverflow.
 
Initiating the OOM-killer
> @GnomeSlice is out of memory. Killing... done.
> Memory restored successfully. Exiting.
The OOM-killer saves the day again!
 
@badp successfully? x_x
 
7:44 PM
It's okay, you have many more continues.
 
Oh, good.
 
@GnomeSlice So what's your memory filled up with then?
 
I had a burrito!
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Mission complete
Now you can join the conversation.
 
7:48 PM
@ArdaXi Theusualjunk
Uhoh
 
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Q: Why do my items sometimes disappear after dropping them on death?

SubleakCould someone please explain the reason items disappear when you die a far distance from spawn? Do you have any tips on how to reduce item loss? Or any suggestions that stop the items from disappearing all together? From what I understand so far its due to chunks not loading, or unloading when...

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Q: How do I ace the Rookie Test level in LittleBigPlanet 2

splattered bitsWhenever I play the Rookie Test level in the DaVinci's Hideout world, I get to a point where the game forces me to fall into a pit. The only way out is to open my popit menu and hit the Retry button. This allows me to progress and eventually finish the level, but the forced death prevents me fr...

 
Ok, 没有承认哦么isputtingthingsin撒哦么佛日恩language
What
Chrome
I冬天understand
 
rm -rf /users/GnomeSlice/brain/theusualjunk
2
There you go.
Also rm -rf /users/GnomeSlice/computer/chinesecharacters
 
Ok, doesanyoneknow他和是哦如同粗体 佛如changing 他和language鸥鸟 承认哦么?
o.o
哦.哦
 
I wonder if GnomeSlice has the language bar showing.
Stupid thing kept coming back on me in XP SP3.
...but it can be used to change languages, iirc.
 
7:52 PM
Idon't个头it
What, it'sdifferentagain
??????
Idon'tknow What吐哈他和河里了thisis?
 
I can't do anything fancy on mine... the default input language is locked at English in the Regional and Language Options settings in the control panel on this PC.
 
妇产科
It'schrome
It's 出日哦么.
C H R O M E *
Time天哦head天哦 Superuser
天哦 =  "T O "
D:
Copy/pasting from notepad seems to work ok. It's definitely Google Chrome.
 
Weird.
I have no clue about how Chrome does user input.
 
I must have hit some keyboard shortcut to change some language setting. Weird.
It's rather annoying though.
Wait a minute.
It....it stopped doing it.
Well that'sinteresting
 
@GnomeSlice You must have switched to a japanese or chinese IME
 
7:58 PM
Assoon阿斯I closed 你哦特怕的 N O T E P A D , It 使他人特点again
:(
What do you know, it seems to have stopped again on its own?
Thisisgettingreally欧蓝德
O L D
 
We need a mod. I think we have a case of PUI here.
 
Ctrl + Spacebar seemed to fix it that time.
 
@GnomeSlice That's the language bar, yes.
 
It also seems to start it again.
@ArdaXi Why didn't you just say so?
 
Ctrl + Space is the standard shortcut to change locales.
@GnomeSlice Because @Powerlord already had.
 
8:06 PM
@ArdaXi He hadn't given me the shortcut.
 
@GnomeSlice Oh, I only knew it by association, so I wouldn't have known if you hadn't mentioned it.
 
@ArdaXi Aha.
Well, I got it now.
 
I kept hitting it, which put my PC in Dutch keyboard mode, which is really annoying because nobody uses those.
 
8:28 PM
Sony is finally banning people who connect to PSN using a hacked PS3.
 
8:41 PM
"OMFG BUT I JUST WANTED THE OTHER OS WARRRGARRBL"
 
@badp Thanks for the editing advice
That whitespace was such a pain to deal with
 
8:59 PM
I found some good design advice.
 
I really feared that my new gravatar would trigger Avatar jokes. What I didn't intend instead is the now unescapable feeling of TMNJ
 
@badp I totally did not get "Avatar" from that, but now I sure do.
 
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