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7:00 PM
Well, that was relatively simple. got @GnomeSlice's station core into orbit.
 
@TrentHawkins He's gonna blow a gasket.
 
@fbueckert And I lost an engine on the launchpad too.
(Kaboom) "What was that?" "Eh, who cares, full throttle!"
 
@Wipqozn What?!?!?!
@TrentHawkins I have a feeling your style and my style would complement each other very well.
Alas, I do not have the full game :(
 
Cost doesn't actually mean anything in sandbox, does it?
 
7:08 PM
@SaintWacko Nnnnnnope.
 
@SaintWacko Other than bragging rights, nope.
 
When I'm building a rocket, how do I move it up? It's sticking through the floor right now...
Oh, there it is
Had to select it then drag it
 
What the crap, SPD!? First you continually crash because I'm trying to save some code, and not save my changes.
Then I try another method, only this time when I save, you still crash, but you kept my changes this time.
Make up your freaking mind!
 
7:20 PM
Okay, trying a launch
I have no idea what I'm doing
Oops
As soon as it took off it tipped over, did a spiral, and crashed into the ground...
 
@GnomeSlice docs.google.com/open?id=0B8OztLAvX3nDWEFJcENkeE84M2c Instructions: once loaded, launch - Pres space fast, else engines start exploding, keep throttle as high as overheat will allow. once you reach 30km(during second stage), reduce power and angle craft 45 degrees in the direction of desired orbit. once out of the atmosphere, aim even to the ground and burn for a bit. And then just prograde at the apogee until orbit achieved.
 
@SaintWacko Welcome to KSP!
Everyone does that the first time.
 
@fbueckert Advice on avoiding it?
fins helped a bit, but not much
 
@SaintWacko ASAS.
 
Also, I think it scraped off a couple engines
 
7:25 PM
Throw an Advanced SAS module in there.
 
@fbueckert I have one
 
Before you launch, hit T.
 
@SaintWacko My solution to spiraling out of control is usually to add more rockets. It's also my solution to get my abominations into orbit, and my solution to the rocket being unable to lift it's own weight due to the extra rockets.
 
@TrentHawkins So, when in doubt, add more rockets
Well, this time I made it to about 75k before running out of fuel, but didn't make orbit
I'm falling back in now
 
7:31 PM
@SaintWacko Exactly! See @fbueckert, SaintWacko gets it.
:D
 
@TrentHawkins Mine too!
 
@TrentHawkins Your "solution" is a brute-force approach to the elegance that is rocket science.
 
@fbueckert Pffft hahahahaha
 
@GnomeSlice Rocket science is ALL math.
Every single little bit of it.
 
@fbueckert Even the exploding?
 
7:32 PM
@GnomeSlice Physics at work.
 
@fbueckert Physics gave me lemons, so I made lemon grenades and burned physic's house down.
 
Well, nobody died this time
I'm counting that as a success!
touchdown!
 
@TrentHawkins See, I can do the same thing you can, without needing to build giant rockets to achieve it.
 
@SaintWacko I stopped giving them parachutes. it helps motivate them to NOT hit the ground.
 
@TrentHawkins Hehe
In the SAB, is there a way to translate the camera, instead of rotating it?
 
7:39 PM
@SaintWacko Hold the middle mouse button and drag.
 
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Also, what does 'SAB' even stand for.
something assembly base?
 
@GnomeSlice Spaceship Assembly Building
 
Oh, right, that's the rocket one.
 
Yep
 
7:41 PM
@SaintWacko In that case, just grab the capsule and move your rocket to the side.
I don't think you can translate the camera in that one.
@TrentHawkins THIS IS MY KIND OF ROCKET
See, I love building shit like that.
 
Hmmm...
As soon as it appeared on the pad, the first stage disappeared or something
 
@fbueckert HAH no gaskets blown!
@SaintWacko disappeared?
 
@GnomeSlice From the listing on the side
 
@SaintWacko Did you fire it?
Or maybe it broke off.
Try starting it, see what it does.
Maybe it came detached.
 
@GnomeSlice I hit space to activate the engines, and thats when it vanished from the list
 
7:45 PM
@SaintWacko Did the engines start firing?
@SaintWacko Check to make sure your decoupler isn't in that same stage.
You want it to be after it.
Otherwise it will decouple as soon as you hit it.
 
I think that's it
How do I make it after it?
 
@SaintWacko Click the little + beside one of the stages in the SAB, put the decoupler in it, and then drag it to be above the rockets.
 
@SaintWacko The staging does strange things by itself.
 
Your stages should look like 'rockets' 'decoupler' 'rockets' etc.
 
The rockets get put into a default stage, not where you want them.
 
7:47 PM
@fbueckert Yeah, and it's a little worse in this update than it was before, too.
 
I see how it works, now
Okay, this should go better
 
@fbueckert @SaintWacko what's the key to temporarily toggle SAS, again?
 
@GnomeSlice F
 
Oops
 
Right.
 
7:49 PM
I think I got a couple decouplers mixed up
 
@SaintWacko You're joining the ranks in fine form!
 
@GnomeSlice Can I name a cat after you?
 
@SaintWacko Heh, yeah, they're really hard to tell apart now that it highlights everything below them.
@OrigamiRobot ...If you want, sure.
But that's a really shitty name for a cat...
 
No, it's great.
 
Well, I'm going to reach 371k, but not at the right attitude to be in orbit
then going to reenter and land in the ocean
No, not the ocean
and down
 
7:59 PM
EUGH
my boss just sent me an email saying "thank you very much for you're help"
facedesk
 
@pixel Ugh
 
@pixel Offer some more help, of a grammatical nature. =]
 
I'm staying out of this one
I will get myself fired if I do it via email
 
@SaintWacko You need to start turning to the side at like 10k up.
 
@GnomeSlice Oh, okay
 
8:01 PM
@SaintWacko 'start', don't go crazy.
I take it you just went straight up that time?
 
What are Shards of Crystallized Mists Essence for?
 
@pixel =P
 
@GnomeSlice Well, it went over some, because I didn't have any stabilizers on the second stage
 
@OrigamiRobot They go in the fog machine
 
All I can find is that it's something to do with the Mystic Forge.
 
8:06 PM
Do solid fuel boosters have any sort of built in decoupling?
Bah, still didn't make orbit
Made it a good way around Kerbal, though
I'm going to land smack in the middle of the south pole -.-
 
@OrigamiRobot Ascended gear.
 
@Fluttershy Which is?
 
@OrigamiRobot the tier above exotic gear
 
@pixel And the details about it are?
 
That's all I know
 
8:18 PM
This should tell me what I want to know.
But it does not.
Neither does the mystic forge page
 
@SaintWacko Nope.
 
@fbueckert Yeah, found that out :P
 
@SaintWacko If you do it right, and you need to decouple burning solid boosters, you could add separators that blow when the decouplers do, and they should take the boosters away from you.
 
@Fluttershy That tells me nothing.
 
8:25 PM
@fbueckert Alright, I'll look for the seperators
 
@SaintWacko They look like little tiny rockets.
You should attach them so they burn away from your rocket.
 
@OrigamiRobot You asked what they were used for, I told you what they were used for. Not much more I can do for you.
 
@OrigamiRobot if only we had some people to run through dungeons with
 
@Fluttershy No, you told me what the Ascended rarity is. Which I already knew. I want to know specifically which recipes they are used in. Why should I want to get them?
@pixel I know, right?
Maybe we should start our own guild. With tacos. And piggies.
 
facepalm
 
8:29 PM
mmm tacos
 
I forgot to put nose cones on my new side mounted fuel tanks
 
mmm tecos
Hey ladies and gents
@SaintWacko That reminded me of nosepass
 
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How far should I tip when I'm achieving orbit?
I'm going 10 degrees, but I'm not sure that's enough
 
@OrigamiRobot Good thing there's a line in the page I linked saying "For a list of all ascended items" blah blah, with a link to this page...
 
8:36 PM
@Fluttershy So I have to click each individual link instead of having a nice list like the have on every other page?
@Fluttershy Is this worth using? No
 
Ah, hell
 
@Fluttershy Is this worth using? No
 
I found out how to switch to other spacecraft
by double clicking on them
So I switched to my second stage to watch it splash down
And now I can't switch back to my command capsule
Because it says I'm in atmosphere
Which means my command capsule is going to crash because I can't get back to control it >.<
 
@OrigamiRobot Just sayin. =P You asked, I answered. Not my fault the wiki doesn't meet your approval.
 
No, you did not answer. Downvote. Don't talk to me. holds breath
 
8:41 PM
woo
I have toy doll minipet
I win cake
 
This sounds like the title to a high school term paper. gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/96475/…
 
There's a new Indie Royale but... nothing exciting
 
8:57 PM
I'm really enjoying KSP
Building rockets is fun
 
@SaintWacko Isn't it?
@badp Serious Sam and Puzzle Bots
Also Offspring Fling
 
@GnomeSlice Have Serious Sam already
 
@bwarner I wonder if he's writing one. :P
@badp colour bind, too.
Looks interesting.
But also looks a little limited.
 
Yeah, I can read the list of games too :P
 
Colour Bind looks a bit like Fantastic Contraption.
 
9:01 PM
Wow...
About 200m up, my parachute disconnected for some reason
 
@SaintWacko Heh... stress?
Better abandon ship.
I'm not sure why the Kerbals don't have personal parachutes. Especially when you jump out of a plane.
 
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@Lazers Fixed.
I hate it when someone else saves their edit after you save yours and it's not as good.
@Fluttershy You still here?
Guess not
@Fluttershy Anyway, my friend tells me that a big thing for him was to first figure out out where he smoked the most, and then try to avoid those areas more often.
> It's difficult, to say in the least. Everyone has to find their own way to get over smoking. For me, it was finding out where i smoked most, and getting a way to reduce the cravings. I would just close my eyes and take 10 deep breaths whenever i was having a craving and it helped to get rid of it.
If that helps at all.
 
9:22 PM
Orbit!
 
@GnomeSlice Thanks. I appreciate it. Problem is, I can't get away from the places I smoked most (work, car, and home). But, I did just learn that I could purchase two plane tickets a year with the money I would save from not smoking, so... <_< Gonna keep not smoking. Plane tickets are important.
 
@Fluttershy Woohoo!
 
@GnomeSlice Yep... Spending $30-45 a week on cigarettes is equal to $1560-$2340 a year...
 
@Fluttershy You smoke?
 
@GnomeSlice Does aerobraking work in KSP?
 
9:28 PM
@SaintWacko I dunno, what?
 
@GnomeSlice Oh, of course it does
Nevermind
 
@SaintWacko You mean like, parachutes?
 
Aerobraking is using the atmosphere of a planet to circularize your orbit
 
@SaintWacko Oh. I expect so, yeah.
It's a pretty thorough physics set.
 
Woohoo!!!
Orbited three times and then landed just off the coast
 
9:29 PM
@Wipqozn I did. I quit on Nov. 26th.
Still struggling through it, but I think I can make it.
 
Does the flight log not register touchdown?
There. My first orbital rocket
Although I realized an earlier version could have gone orbital if I hadn't been being stupid about how to achieve orbit
This one can probably carry a payload
 
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@Ullallulloo Bah, I don't think it's loading for me.
Also, cool!
 
9:46 PM
@GnomeSlice Well, you don't have internet.
@pixel What is stuffing/glue at right now?
Also, why did you ask me if I was a smoker the other day?
 
@OrigamiRobot So you can get high together?
 
@GnomeSlice Closest I can come is Nyquil when I'm sick.
 
So as part of my uni application they're asking me for my Skype name. Hmm...
 
@RonanForman What if you don't have Skype?
 
@OrigamiRobot It's not required, I asume it's so they can save money instead of calling you using a telephone
 
10:02 PM
Also, uni... teehee
You Brits are adorable.
 
So, after 15 levels of it, does engineer in GW2 get less awful if I keep going?
Because I have most of the kits now and I find them all frustrating to use.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz CC: @Wipqozn
 
@OrigamiRobot Pretty sure loads of people say that.
A lot of the people I went to highschool with wrote/write it as 'uni' too.
 
@GnomeSlice It's a distinctly non-US thing.
Here in the US we call it College.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Oh, I thought it was as an abbreviation of 'university'.
 
10:08 PM
@GnomeSlice It is.
 
...You don't have universities in the states?
 
I'm just teasing him.
36 secs ago, by LessPop_MoreFizz
Here in the US we call it College.
 
College vs University always confuses the hell out of me
 
@OrigamiRobot Why would you call both college and university 'college'.
 
My current mental model is College is where you live while you attend University
 
10:09 PM
@GnomeSlice Why would you call both college and university 'university'
 
@GnomeSlice I'm not sure what you are calling college.
 
I have no idea how wrong that'd be
 
@badp That's more or less correct for Europe as I understand it. Here in the states, it's... a bit more complex.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz We call them 'college' or 'university'.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz All I know is I commute from home to university :P
 
10:09 PM
Depending on which one they are.
It's not hard.
 
College isn't even on the radar.
 
@OrigamiRobot wat
 
@GnomeSlice What do you call college?
 
Seriously? You guys don't have both? Huh.
@OrigamiRobot A college.
 
I'm done here.
 
10:10 PM
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@OrigamiRobot What? What do YOU call a college??
 
@GnomeSlice The point is that people pursuing an education beyond high school attend one of several different types of institutions. Sometimes they are colleges. Sometimes they are universities. When Americans want to refer to that tier of education collectively, they use 'college'. Just about everywhere else in the world, 'university' is used in the same way.
If you are referring to a specific institution, and not the generic concept, you use the appropriate word.
 
This isn't as hard as you are making it out to be.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz That's weird, when I and all of my highschool classmates were applying, facebook was full of both 'college' and 'uni'.
@LessPop_MoreFizz It's not hard at all, I'm not the one who was confused.
 
10:12 PM
@GnomeSlice This is because Candians exist in a weird twilight zone between american english and british english - one that is especially goofy and confusing when dealing with institutional language.
 
Oh wait, maybe I was.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Okay, that's something I can parse
 
I went to The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, but I would still say "When I was in college...."
 
@GnomeSlice We still don't say "uni" even for universities though.
 
@OrigamiRobot Does that mean College > University on a prestige scale?
 
10:13 PM
@Ullallulloo I don't think anyone says it, but people type it.
 
@OrigamiRobot Right, because you're using 'college' to refer to the tier of education, in much the same way that you'd say 'high school' even if the school you attended defined itself as a preperatory academy'.
 
@badp No, it means nothing of the sort. The two terms have nothing to do with prestige.
 
@badp See @LessPop's explanation.
I was just giving an example of how we call it college no matter what.
 
Bah, I don't know what 'Peter & the Wolf' means.
 
10:14 PM
@OrigamiRobot LessPop said college and universities are two alternatives for Bachelor's+ levels of education. Seeing how one compares to the other is the next natural step of understanding!
 
In terms of descriptors, anyway.
 
@badp I mean, if you really want to get technical, re: how the US deals with the subject, a University is technically a collection of colleges, wherein each college has it's own faculty, standards, and issues it's own degrees. So, for example, I might attend the college of arts and sciences at a university, which also has a college of engineering. Or, I might attend a liberal arts college which is not part of a larger university.
So some colleges are part of a larger institution, and some are not.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Right. Within UNCC, there was the College of Engineering, the College of Nursing, the College of Architecture, etc.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Just because you work for Google doesn't mean you have to read every page.
 
But we still call it college.
 
10:16 PM
@GnomeSlice 1) I don't work for google. 2) what the fuck is that even supposed to mean.
 
Huh, my college has 'departments'...
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Oooooh okay, now that's something I can understand.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz It means why do you know that.
I mean I guess it's not that obscure.
 
@GnomeSlice A department is an even smaller subdivision.
 
Something completely different from what you previously said but still enlightening.
 
10:16 PM
@GnomeSlice It's not obscure at all, you're just willfully ignorant at times.
 
@GnomeSlice Within the College of Engineering, there was the Mechanical department, the Civil department, etc.
 
@OrigamiRobot My departments sound like your 'colleges', there's everything from police sciences to media and design, to hospitality.
maybe it's 'faculty of media and design', but I thought it was a department.
 
@GnomeSlice That sounds like an appropriate translation.
 
@badp The thing you have to understand is that Americans use 'college' in the same way Europeans use 'university - to refer to post-secondary education as a collective noun. This is in addition to the more technical definition I just provided.
 
I don't pay much attention.
 
10:17 PM
It's like how in the Polytechnic of Milan we have the School of Engineering and the School of Design (and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the Department of Maths, and...)
 
@GnomeSlice No, departments/faculties are a further subset.
 
Oh, maybe it's 'school of media and design'.
I forget.
Yeah, it's 'school of'.
 
@GnomeSlice @badp Yeah, many american universities will use 'school of' and 'college of' interchangably, but they are all colleges.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz My whole school calls itself a college though.
'Algonquin College'.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Okay, that makes sense. Hopefully I can get this stored in long term memory.
 
10:21 PM
There are two separate parts here
1) The term used for post high school education.
2) What an actual institution calls itself.
In the US, #1 is always "college", regardless of #2
 
I shall conclude that 'merikans prefer "college" to "university" because "college" has fewer syllables.
 
@badp Probably accurate. WHAT'S A SYLLABLE?!?!?!
 
I read it on the internet that any word in English with more than two syllables is reserved purely for showing off your degree in English, so it must be true.
 
@badp What's an internet? That's a big word, I've never heard it before.
Do you mean The Web?
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz or the 'net
 
10:26 PM
@badp I'LL HAVE NONE OF YOUR APOSTROPHE FUNNY BUSINESS MISTER.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz What? You must mean The Google.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz a... po... strophe???
 
@badp poss-tur-fee
 
(Did I mention I never formally studied how to split English words in syllables? The above is probably so very wrong.)
 
Guys. This isn't difficult.
 
10:27 PM
@OrigamiRobot Jeez, that's a lot of sounds. Keep it simple stupid.
Call it "buncha mouth sounds"
 
@GnomeSlice urmom isn't difficult.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Is that what she said?
 
@badp If I were speaking non-professionally, I would actually say "buncha"
 
@OrigamiRobot Not surprised
 
Accents are a thing.
My cousin in Ohio says "Tenner shoes", but that's not even an accent anywhere that I know of.
 
10:43 PM
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