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12:00 PM
@pixel Oh, so you totally have room for the 1.6 GB of Smite!
=}
 
I do now
I also deleted all my crappy 1980s movies
and emptied my FRAPS working folder
but it still has a icky icon, so I'm not downloading it again
plus it will just be global agenda all over again
and that won't end well at all
 
speaking of FRAPS; I tried dxtory
 
it any good?
better than FRAPS?
 
It's also for-money and the free version has no time limits and a really obnoxious text on top of your videos
but I'd say it's probably better than FRAPS.
Mostly on the factor of size
 
I accidentally left fraps running and recording
it took a lot longer than expected to fill the disc up
 
12:02 PM
It still generates in the order of a gigabyte per minute or something equally silly
 
4gb per 45 seconds or something like that
 
but it takes less of a toll on the system while producing smaller output
@pixel yeah, depends on the resolution
 
1920x1080 for any game I play
 
I dunno, if I were to record a game I'd play it at 720p or whatever that number is
Mostly because there's way too many people playing a 1080p video in the SMALL YOUTUBE WINDOWED PLAYER
 
meh I still get 60fps at 1920x1080 in everything except RAGE
 
12:04 PM
What is even the point
 
so I don't have to change resolutions when I decide I'm going to record?
 
@pixel NO. WE ARE DONE WITH THIS.
 
@Sterno lol
am I the only person here that never reads through what has been said?
 
@pixel I used to, but have been more and more lazy these days.
 
 
12:10 PM
I only read stuff when I get pinged
 
(youtube player sizes actually depend on your screen resolution to a certain extent, I believe. YMMV.)
 
You dont know english? its a simple question — AndroidLearner 1 min ago
 
@badp yes, when I play videos fullscreen they use 1920 pixels by 1080 pixels
@fbueckert good morning
 
@pixel grats for actually having a full HD monitor
 
@pixel Morning
 
12:11 PM
(I kinda wish I had one and kinda don't)
 
@fbueckert aw man
 
@badp three full hd monitors
 
shush <envier/>
 
@badp but yeah I've kinda gone off 'widescreen' monitors
I was looking at some extortionately expensive monitors the other day for inspiration
 
eh. I still have this trusty Acer AL1721
 
12:13 PM
0
Q: EVE Online - selling large quantities of ore quickly

cornjulioxI'm docked up in Yarebap, that's where our corp HQ is located. I mine a lot in my spare time, and so as a result I've got lots of extra ore I'd like to sell. Amarr is the closest market to me, but whenever I post stuff on the market it takes quite a while to sell, even if my sell price undercuts ...

 
1280×1024
roughly 10 years
no dead subpixels
uneven backlighting but eh
I guess I'm going to use it until it breaks... or I break it. evil chuckle
 
I dunno, this doesn't feel horribly subjective to me, besides the point clarified by the author in the comment.
 
@badp That's not much higher than the retina display on my iphone4
 
The thing is, today's operative systems are generally poorly geared for high definition displays
 
thoughts? I feel like this is one of the good questions focused around strategies and what-not we want to accept on the site.
 
12:15 PM
I was looking at setting up a new trio of monitors in this kind of arrangement
 
@Mana I have the same feeling but I'm not an EVE player
 
I would buy the monitors myself though, since their prices ranges are off the charts
 
@Mana Seems perfectly fine to me.
 
cool.
 
@Mana Looks answerable to me, and not too subjective. The answer might very well be "there is no faster way", but that's okay
 
12:18 PM
cooooooooooool.
 
@badp don't you just wish you had a monitor setup like this? cinemassivedisplays.com/Quad_Gemini_24TW.php
only $6,499
 
and for watching a boat.
was it really worth it?
 
well no, it's a multiple of 2 setup
so my gaming character would be in the middle of multiple displays, split by the bezel
 
@pixel Where would you PUT something like that? It's far too massive for home setups.
 
@fbueckert I currently have 3 24" widescreen displays side by side
 
12:21 PM
@pixel I can do three as well, but there are limits to physical space.
 
ok but
3x 24" = 72" + bezels
= 77 inches
 
@pixel 24" is the diagonal.
 
true story
 
It's not that long, length-wise.
 
@pixel really... no. I don't know what to do with eight monitors.
 
12:22 PM
I have space to fit myself either side of my current setup
 
I'd be happy to go back to using my external monitor as a second monitor
 
@badp you use a laptop?
 
a laptop chained to the wall plug and put upside down to help keep it cool.
 
@fbueckert realistically I'd never need more than 3 screens, although I am intrigued by the idea of using one huge screen and two smaller screens sideways
 
It's pretty decayed into a very small, non-upgradeable, poorly ventilated desktop.
 
12:23 PM
^ like that
@badp why not just get a desktop?
 
@pixel Waiting for a good moment to get a new computer
@pixel It's kind of a gambit, though, because you need to adjust the subpixel smoothing per-monitor.
I guess.
 
well and the other thing that in that picture the resolutions of each monitor are different
like the main panel is 2650x1440 and the side screens are only 1280x1024
It would drive my loopy to have differing resolutions on the screen edges
 
12:39 PM
Is a question solely about how a game console interacts with a PC more of a PC stackexchange question or a gaming stackexchange question?
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Q: How do I share media with my playstation 3?

EnderThe Playstation 3 has the option to pull data out of your wireless home network and stream it. How do I do this? (This question is deliberatly vague, I want a block of instructions on how to accomplish this from A to Z) Should there be more be multiple options, Bonus Points for including every ...

 
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Q: How do I share media with my playstation 3?

EnderThe Playstation 3 has the option to pull data out of your wireless home network and stream it. How do I do this? (This question is deliberatly vague, I want a block of instructions on how to accomplish this from A to Z) Should there be more be multiple options, Bonus Points for including every ...

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Q: How do I get the "Experience without Dying" portion of the monthly achievement?

SaintWackoFor experience without dying, what counts as dying? If I'm downed, but rally myself, does that reset the counter? What if I die completely, but someone else revives me before I return to a waypoint? And does crafting experience count towards this? What about quest rewards? Achievement experience?...

 
tonight I am going to watch serenity
 
1:03 PM
@pixel Quick tell me how to stay awake!
 
@PatrickStalder I duno, I can only stay awake when I'm interested in something, I sleep the rest of the time
 
Ugh why did I just respond to a work e-mail during my week off?
 
@StrixVaria gz
 
@pixel Good night then... your were very helpful.
 
I monitor my work email when I'm off, so I can calculate in advance how much of the first day back I can skive
@PatrickStalder awww
 
1:09 PM
!@#$%$ why do hair get stuck under your skin?
How the ***** does a single strand of hair penetrate 2cm straight into my palm and get stuck there?
 
@YiJiang I have never ever seen that happen before
 
Never got hair stuck under your skin before, like wood splints?
 
@YiJiang Ultra strong hair gel?
 
I don't use gel...
 
@YiJiang nope never had a splinter either
 
1:15 PM
and at the third real game of Smite I play the curse of MOBAs ruterns on me
 
@badp wait, Smite is a MOBA?
 
it looks like everybody knows the killer combinations of attacks except me
@pixel yes
I end up scratching enemies, retreating without success and getting killed for nothing
 
@badp my pixel sense saved me from starting a game that I would have uninstalled immediately, then
 
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Q: Is it a good idea to use Graphics Accelerator Software in place of a graphics card?

Shivam PandyaI want to know that if it is safe and a good idea to use Graphics Accelerator Software, in place of a graphics card. I want to play Star Wars Jedi Knights: Jedi Academy, but it need graphics card. My System Info: Windows XP 2.88 GHz 32bit with 1GB RAM and 500GB HDD It's more helpful if you tell...

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Q: What is the best place/way to farm Jute Scraps?

Emerica.I have made a potentially horrible descision to take up Armorsmithing as one of my professions. I am overstocked on every crafting material right now except the elusive Jute Scrap (used to make Jute Bolts). So what is are good methods to farm Jute Scrap? Are there any locations that are particula...

 
1:18 PM
@YiJiang done
 
Thanks
 
what exactly is "graphics accelerator software" ?
 
I have no idea
 
I'm desperately resisting posting trollface.jpg and then a wall of round about text that has no real content in it
 
I did a quick Google search, and the first thing that came up was Intel's Graphics Accelerator chipset
The second was a rather dubious download link which I'm not willing to open
And the third is the Wikipedia article for Hardware Graphics Acceleration
 
1:20 PM
0
Q: About Graphics Accelerator Software

Shivam PandyaI'm new to this forum and i want to know that is it safe and good idea to use Graphics Accelerator Software, in place of graphics card? I Wan't to play Star wars Jedi knights: Jedi Academy. but it need graphics card. My System Info. Windows XP 2.88 GHz 32bit With 1GB RAM and 500GB HDD ...

shock horror
 
Oh god
 
can we even do cross site closes as duplicates? :p
 
I'm just going to drop a comment asking him to clarify
 
"Wan't"?!
 
@TimStone out of this whole question, that is what you found fault in?!
 
1:22 PM
@YiJiang I'm sure there's a hairy palms joke to be made here, but I am also confused how that happened, so we'll let it slide.
@pixel I only glanced at the onebox because I've yet to have coffee and I don't want to start my day off with a headache
 
I was rubbing my hair, and felt a sharp pain in my palm. Looked at it to find a piece of hair stuck in one of the palmlines
 
@TimStone It's only a single question, it's not like there is a huge discussion about politics going on!
 
Pulled it out to find that it had went in about 2cm. There's now a red dot in that place. The area around it is slightly inflamed
 
@YiJiang are you still talk about hair?
 
Yes :P
 
1:24 PM
@Lazers The reason we have graphics card is to take the load off of the CPU. Software doesn't do that; most motherboards nowadays comes with an integrated video card to handle the heavy lifting.
"Graphics Accelerator Software", even if it DID work, would just put that load squarely back on the CPU.
 
Yeah, which seems like a bad idea
AFAIK the GPU and CPU are specialized to handle different types of computations
And neither would do each other's job well
 
@pixel All it takes is one headdesk!
 
A question about an imaginary piece of software is no reason for a headdesk
just trollface it and move on
 
@TimStone I'm good at those! It usually happens from stuff like this
 
:D
 
1:29 PM
0
Q: How can I intimidate Ulfberth War-Bear when Ulfberth War-Bear is dead outside my home?

NormanI just started the Companions Quest, and was told to Intimidate Ulfberth War-Bear in Whiterun. Problem is, this guy is dead and his corpse with only a loin cloth is lying outside my home in Whiterun. What do I do now? He got killed during the war between the Imperials and the Stormcloaks, when I...

Title lengthened for the sake of humor
 
Oh. His comment got removed.
 
Hmmm? What comments?
 
1 hour ago, by fbueckert
You dont know english? its a simple question — AndroidLearner 1 min ago
 
why haven't I been downvoted yet
 
@pixel Done
 
1:32 PM
@pixel I considered it.. but I'm too fascinated by the trollface... if I look away from it I would sleep in...
 
ty for peer pressure badge
 
You're welcome
 
oh, I already had it apparently
sigh
 
@pixel That's not fair. I deleted your post
You can't get it if I do it.
oh you beat me to it
 
@badp actually I deleted my own post
 
1:34 PM
dammit
 
and I did just get it
go me \o/
 
._.
 
I haven't had a single downvote on gamedev yet
 
I'm certainly not gifting that badge again
 
@pixel Your post is very useful to me.
 
1:35 PM
@badp you can only get it once I think
 
I'm sort of proud of the fact that none of my posts have ever been eligible for the peer pressure badge
@pixel Yup
 
@pixel As if, you don't have it on gamedev.
 
@YiJiang none of mine have been, I had one legitimate post on meta which reached -3 for a merge request, but none of my gaming questions have ever been <0
@badp yes but gamedev is a different site
 
2 mins ago, by pixel
I haven't had a single downvote on gamedev yet
1 min ago, by badp
I'm certainly not gifting that badge again
 
oic
I have to delete it myself to get the badge
 
1:38 PM
Gah, I need to pay more attention
 
start paying attention at hometime
that's what I do
 
Accidentally a word on another title edit there
 
means you don't use up much energy during the work day
now I need to ask an obscure valid question that I can put a bounty on
 
@pixel Googles answers to ensure bounty can't be placed
 
@fbueckert won't stop me from placing a bounty
the alternative is I could ask a question that I know how has a massively in depth answer
get a massive post from somebody
and then give them a bounty for being great
 
1:42 PM
@pixel Oh, you just have to place a bounty, period.
 
yeah but I'd rather not place a bounty for the point of placing a bounty
else i'd stick it on one of my existing questions
 
Technically, you could place a bounty for one of my exemplary answers. :P
 
yes but
counterproductive
I already have the badges for placing and manually awarding on somebody elses question
I need the badges for placing and awarding on one of my questions
I am thinking "wtb outline of how to land on mun" ksp question
 
@pixel That's...going to be fairly simple, actually.
 
mmh
well
I would require all terminology explaining in depth for the bonus points
 
1:47 PM
@pixel You want an answer that explains rocket science. Then you should ask a question about that, not how to land on Mun. :P
 
well no, in fairness I care not about either subject
 
@pixel Rather than going for badges, why not ask a genuine question about something you play?
 
because I usually get bored of whatever I'm playing before I have any questions to ask about it
and any question I would ask is usually too far outside of the scope of what people would put up with on here :p
like in spell coefficents, theorycrafting, mana regeneration, all stuff that would get too many blank faces
 
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Q: In Minecraft Pocket when surveying a new world what do I need to check exists that I can't create later?

Jon WI realised with my last world that when I came to build a bookcase there were no reeds (sugar cane) anywhere in the world even though they do exist in the game, so I started a new world and after exploring a few found one that did have reeds in it. However, there may well be more items out ther...

 
@pixel Really? We've been discussing proc coefficients and game mechanics about D3.
 
1:51 PM
@fbueckert we'll see how well that goes down in the first week of HC raiding in MoP
I guarantee I'll get better answers from EJ/my own research/my own gaming
 
@pixel It will depend on the amount of interest in the game; D3 had a huge playerbase on Arqade to work with.
 
@fbueckert I don't see Arqade suddenly attracting the best theorycrafters in the world just because MoP released :P
especially since that amount of speculative discussion on how stuff works would result in a close-fest
 
@pixel No, it won't. Speculation and discussion is not what we want here; for pure theorycrafting, Arqade is not the place to be.
 
but I said that literally 10 lines ago
oh well
 
I was addressing your example; it was not a good example, because we do much of that stuff for D3.
And honestly, I could care less about WoW at all.
But you know as well as I what sort of questions are good and which aren't.
 
1:57 PM
what really surprises me
is my trollface on gamedev still hasn't been nuked
 
Probably it's just that time of the day
 
Very clever.
 
@GnomeSlice The moon does not have that first phase.
 
@fbueckert No, but it's still clever.
 
2:24 PM
Only two downvotes on gamedev...
 
1
Q: How does spirit shell work?

dujoreIn the new Mists of Pandaria patch (5.0.4), Discipline priests receive a new ability called 'Spirit Shell'. How does this new ability work? Does it use a cooldown? When should I use it? Is there anything else to know about this ability?

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Q: How do you get Black Dye besides buying it?

Tapan ZeeWith a selling price pushing 3G, Black Dye is clearly in demand. Other than buying it, how can someone get it? Random drops only? Can it be forged with Mystic Coins?

 
@pixel gamedev doesn't really downvote things.
 
-2
A: About Graphics Accelerator Software

pixelGraphics **Accelerator** Software? ... ...

not downvoting that = desperate for people to post on there
 
@pixel Lol, what the fuck is this.
 
@GnomeSlice my point exactly
 
2:25 PM
brb logging into gamedev to upvote
 
@BoltClock I probably shouldn'ta did that.
 
rofl
upvoting it is counterproductive
how am I going to get these stinking badges if you don't act predictable!?
 
@pixel By earning them, like you're supposed to?
 
@fbueckert in my mind I am currently trying to earn peer pressure
I'm not sure how you would "earn" this badge any other way
 
Wait wait wait wait
 
2:27 PM
@pixel Your mind is a strange and scary place.
 
other than being genuinely bad at all of this
 
You mean he asked it on gamedev first?
 
@pixel If 'peer pressure' were a badge, I'd have like twelve of them.
 
@BoltClock Yes.
 
@pixel Mostly because, well, that.
 
2:27 PM
@GnomeSlice peer pressure is a badge
 
@fbueckert Well, shit
Oh well I added a comment to boot
 
Oh, I already have the peer pressure badge, apparently.
@BoltClock heeheehee +1
 
@GnomeSlice this doesn't surprise me at all
 
@pixel No point downvoting that. VtC the question instead.
 
@pixel Actually, I'm surprised I only have one of them. I guess most of my stuff gets deleted my mods and not by me.
 
2:29 PM
@MartinSojka you are mean
@GnomeSlice you can only get it once
 
Oh.
 
Any of you listened to the Portal 2 developer commentary?
 
@pixel Well, I don't have enough rep there to give you your third downvote, sorry.
@BoltClock I think I listened to it in the original Portal.
 
(I'm not just referring to the node in the secret room that makes weird beeping noises)
 
I just have to keep monitoring it until it gets to -3, so that it doesn't get hijacked by a moderator and turned into a deleted question that I didn't delete
 
2:31 PM
Dark flair still looks like ass for Arqade.
And not the good kind of ass.
 
@BoltClock The Arqade icon looks terrible.
 
@GnomeSlice I see what you mean...
 
the only good kind of ass is a guy in tight jeans
 
@BoltClock Is the meta thread still around?
 
2:34 PM
@GnomeSlice Which one?
 
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Q: Dark flair looks bad

fredleyOur new branding has fixed previous problems with flair, but has introduced a new one: The logo just looks bad on the dark flair, you can't make it out at all.

Ah, that one.
And the upvotes increase...
Cool, that displays in real-time now?
 
Apparently
 
@GnomeSlice has done for as long as I've been here
 
Neat!
 
I find that the rep counter in the header bar is more reliable for updates though
page updates seem to be inconsistent
 
2:35 PM
y u no bounty meta =[
 
more importantly
why isn't it hometime yet
 
@pixel You've got -3 on that answer now.
Go go go
 
@GnomeSlice ta
 
What games have we been playing for Game On! lately?
 
I duno, what is game on?
 
2:47 PM
@Wipqozn Do you think you could do me a favour at some point and record a short amount of footage of you playing Xonotic? I only need like 10 seconds, but it should have some good action in it.
 
@GnomeSlice I don't have any sort of recording software on my computer. I'm also not sure if I still have Xonotic installed.
 
@Wipqozn asdadsasdawdsasd I thought it was one of our game on games?
@Wipqozn Is it not, any more?
@RonanForman @Wipqozn What games have we been playing lately anyway, for Game On?
 
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Q: Why is this question allowed?

SocioMattIs Ragnarok Online enjoyable without using bots or cash items? The question is asking whether a game is enjoyable within a set of circumstances. Given the format of the website, this doesn't seem to be constructive or follow any of the question guidelines laid out in the faq. This seems unanswer...

 
@Lazers Oh my God I'm dumb.
3
I just flagged that as 'migrate to meta'.
It is on meta.
 
@GnomeSlice Hahahahahahahaha
 
2:57 PM

 SE Game On!

TF2 server is TF2.stackgaming.com Minecraft server is mine.sta...
 
20
Q: Can the Meta sites have non-color-based visual cues to help distinguish them from the Main sites?

KitFoxA color-blind user posted a feature-request on our English.SE site, asking for non-color-based visual cues to help distinguish the Meta site from the Main site. I think it is an excellent request to accommodate users with poor color vision. Some of the suggestions on that user's request include...

 
Well, this is frozen, so I'm guessing we haven't been doing GO at all...
@BoltClock Funnily enough, I'm not colour blind.
I'm just still used to the old dark theme on the main site.
But upvoted regardless.
Ours doesn't even say 'meta' in the logo, either.
 
@GnomeSlice We're UHCing this Saturday.
 
@RonanForman So, just Minecraft, then?
 
We did MvM too.
 
2:59 PM
Men vs Machines?
 
The TF2 game yeah.
 
@RonanForman The... what? Okay, nevermind then, hah.
 

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