The Bridge

fbueckert

4:00 AM

@Fluttershy Yeah, one of the humans.

Fluttershy

k

fbueckert

That way, they'll both survive better.

winterswift

@Fluttershy Definitely a human. Choose the one without any XP.

@Fluttershy Or the one in your engine room, if you've got them all manning stuff.

Fluttershy

Oh hey! I just found another Engi! Woo!

winterswift

@Fluttershy Well, that helps.

Fluttershy

4:01 AM

I have a crew of 6 and I just got to the next sector. =3

GnomeSlice

UGH

Mana

@Jin oh man, not this again

Gaming Topics From Outside

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Q: Best server for a Indie game

I'm currently using MonoGame (very similar to XNA) to develop a game. What are some recommendations regarding servers that are really fast and easy to develop with? Think of gameplay being similar to Dota or League of Legends. I'm not familiar with what servers are out there and which ones are c...

fbueckert

@GamingTopicsFromOutside Glad that ain't here. It would get closed so fast.

Fluttershy

Well, my mantis died in a 1-on-1 fight against a human.

fbueckert

4:07 AM

@Fluttershy What!? How?

Wipqozn

@Fluttershy That's pretty pathetic.

Fluttershy

@fbueckert No idea. But it happened.

Wipqozn

You should just go cry in a corner and consider yourself a failure.

Ullallulloo

2

fbueckert

@Fluttershy Was he in a medbay?

GnomeSlice

4:08 AM

@Ullallulloo CLIPPY HAT

Ullallulloo

there

Fluttershy

@fbueckert He was not.

OrigamiRobot

@Ullallulloo Nice

winterswift

@Fluttershy Apparently FTL is conspiring against you.

fbueckert

@Fluttershy That's crazy.

Wipqozn

4:08 AM

Oh snap. It's midnight.

Fluttershy

@winterswift This game hates me. I'm pretty sure of it.

fbueckert

One for one, mantis always wins against humans.

Wipqozn

I lost track of time trying to get this B+ tree library to work correctly.

winterswift

I wonder if the Torus-type med-bot augmentation works on enemy ships?

Fluttershy

I now have Slug, Human, Engi... Would have Mantis if he hadn't died. =(

winterswift

4:11 AM

@Fluttershy Never thought Slug crew were much use.

Fluttershy

@winterswift I still need the achievement for having 6 species...

winterswift

@Fluttershy Ah. Heh.

@Fluttershy It seems like a lot of the slaver ships carry Zoltan and Rockmen.

Fluttershy

@winterswift Yeah. I'm hoping to come across one of those soon.

winterswift

All this talk of FTL is making me want to go play FTL.

And yet, calculus beckons.

Does anyone here play Project Zomboid?

GnomeSlice

@winterswift AH I FORGOT ABOUT IT

I downloaded it months ago and was going to play it and didn't

Fluttershy

4:16 AM

Well, so much for that run.

user15026

Yay! Finished my Languages and Society quiz! Do you know what time it is now, @fluttershy? (Hint, there is my ereader involved)

Fluttershy

@AshleyNunn Cloud Atlas time? =D

user15026

@Fluttershy You are way too good at this guessing game!

winterswift

@GnomeSlice They're up to v2.0 now, apparently.

Fluttershy

@AshleyNunn yayy! =D

GnomeSlice

4:17 AM

@winterswift I'll have to check it out ~~again~~

winterswift

@GnomeSlice I used to play it back when they were releasing versions once every however-long-it-takes-us-now-leave-us-alone.

@GnomeSlice Apparently they've got a Steam roadmap now.

GnomeSlice

@winterswift I don't know what that means.

user15026

@Fluttershy eriously the book is awesome

winterswift

@GnomeSlice They're going to fix things and then submit to Greenlight, I'm guessing.

user15026

so awesome I forgot a consonant just now

GnomeSlice

4:18 AM

Cool!

Fluttershy

@AshleyNunn How far are you?

winterswift

'Things' meaning a lot of things. And adding features. And making it a salable product.

user15026

@Fluttershy Not very. Still first story. It is forcing me to really pay attention to every word.

Fluttershy

@AshleyNunn Yeah. That one's probably the hardest to read. But it's worth powering through!

fbueckert

I will have chips and salsa, and watch more Chuck.

Then go to bed.

winterswift

4:20 AM

@GnomeSlice Ah, nevermind, apparently they're already Greenlit.

GnomeSlice

@winterswift Ah, awesome.

user15026

@Fluttershy That's my hope!

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@Fluttershy I'd say the story one is the middle is the hardest to read, if you get what I mean

user15026

@fbueckert grumbles You are going to be so far ahead of me

Fluttershy

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I enjoyed reading that one. =3 It was fun in my head.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

4:20 AM

@fbueckert Is it still going?

@Fluttershy It is, it's just that the language is... you know

Fluttershy

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Yyyyyeah....

user15026

Now you two have me so CURIOUS AUGH

Wipqozn

WHY IS IT WORKING NOW?!?!?

I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING

las;dkfl;ask

ADF;LSDKF;LSDFK

Scumbag perl.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@AshleyNunn Flip to the middle story, read the first paragraph

fbueckert

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Nah. I'm rewatching it.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

4:22 AM

You'll get what we mean

user15026

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Can I have a title? That's easier on the reader

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@AshleyNunn Sloosha's Crossin' an' Ev'rythin' After

user15026

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Is the rest of it written like the title?

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Yup :P

user15026

Ah, I am used to things being written that way :)

user15026

4:25 AM

(I read way too many books in that style)

Fluttershy

Letters from Zedelghem was probably my favorite chapter. It was very easy to read, and I could hear it in my head in the tone in which I feel it was written. =3

Wipqozn

Now it's not working again. #FML.

Fluttershy

@Wipqozn Eh?

Wipqozn

@Fluttershy Perl code.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@Fluttershy bbc.co.uk/programmes/p007wh53

Wipqozn

4:29 AM

Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn't.

Fluttershy

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Wow that is lengthy. <_<

Wipqozn

I have no idea what's going wrong, but I don't think it's with my code. I think it's with this CPAN library.

Ullallulloo

lolwut?

user15026

@Ullallulloo Oy.

winterswift

@Ullallulloo All dat new user.

Ullallulloo

4:41 AM

@winterswift It's at least his third post.

I reviewed another of his today that was more normal.

But neither was in the First Posts queue.

The first two just got deleted.

winterswift

@Ullallulloo Do things land in First Posts if they're unregistered?

Ullallulloo

@winterswift Yep

allquixotic

Hi guys! Arqade noob, SU veteran here just looking to scope out topicality for Arqade: my question is, whether there's any faster way to demote an inactive guild leader in SW:TOR than to wait for 8 weeks of inactivity when the system will automatically demote them.

Ullallulloo

@allquixotic Sounds fine.

Mine turtles!

allquixotic

@Ullallulloo Hallo! (: explodes

user15026

4:49 AM

I am annoyed at how my landlords password the internet because it makes it impossible to use the wifi with my Kobo :(

Fluttershy

@LessPop_MoreFizz You still around?

Lazers

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Q: 8 weeks for Guild Leader transfer in SW:TOR?

I submitted an in-game support ticket to Bioware on 1/16 requesting guild leader transfer for our guild. Is it really necessary to wait the full 8 weeks for the system to automatically transfer guild leadership? Our guild is organized via a formal document that states that all seven of the office...

swtor

user15026

This is so true

winterswift

@Ashley Is your computer not connected via wifi?

user15026

4:55 AM

@Fluttershy Finished the first story!

Fluttershy

@AshleyNunn Yayyyy! =D

user15026

@winterswift It is, but they use a webpage to authenticate, which my Kobo can't bring up, lacking any sort of functional web browsing capability. At least as far as I can find.

allquixotic

@AshleyNunn is that a Volus? :D

winterswift

@Ashley Ah, I've had that issue before.

user15026

@winterswift It not the end of the world, I have unlimited phone data, but blergh. Just a weird extra step

winterswift

4:57 AM

@Ashley Can/are you tethering the Kobo?

user15026

@winterswift Kobo is tethered to my phone, yeah

allquixotic

Tethering FTW. LTE is the fastest internet I can get here, so I actually prefer tethering (also unlimited data) over crap DSL or cable.

winterswift

@allquixotic I could totally do this if I lived in a place with LTE. :(

Alas, none. Or rather, alas-ka.

allquixotic

@winterswift I feel ya'. My city was one of the first in the US to get LTE. Verizon is apparently committed to rolling out LTE to all areas that currently get EvDO, which is an improvement over the "oh, we'll take millions in tax dollars and then just stop deploying FiOS because it'd cut into our profits".

user15026

@allquixotic Yeah, I am not that lucky. My phone internet is not as good as my other internet by a long shot. (I am in Canada, if that makes a difference)

winterswift

5:02 AM

@allquixotic I used to have LTE, which is the part that really bugs me. Not only am I still paying for the same smartphone data package, but I know what it feels like.

My 15Mb cable line isn't so bad though.

allquixotic

@winterswift yeah, 15 Mbps is about average for what I can expect here, but it's rare to get anywhere near the upstream on cable or ADSL that you get on LTE...

winterswift

Sadly, non-cellular uploads are still what I think should be illegally slow.

GnomeSlice

FINISHED

gnomeslice.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/the-joys-of-soundcloud

allquixotic

that 26.82 Mbps is actually what I got while sitting at a Pizza Hut within physical line of sight (and a few hundred feet away) from a Verizon tower across the street. I get considerably less inside my home about a half a mile away.

winterswift

@allquixotic So pretty much what you said.

GnomeSlice

5:05 AM

It seems a little disjointed

Good thing I named my blog 'disjointed'.

allquixotic

@winterswift yeah. only other thing I notice about LTE is that if you have a lot of traffic going on, sometimes, the whole thing will stall for 15 - 60 seconds. enough to drop you out of a game occasionally. still, compared to my old ADSL, it's actually more reliable.

might just be my handset's firmware though...

winterswift

@allquixotic The data stalls happen for me too, it's just on any network. It's a bug on several phones, but one they've tried to fix in major Android rollouts.

allquixotic

@winterswift I have a Razr Maxx HD running Android 4.1. Hopefully it'll be fixed with the Qualcomm 800 era phones sporting LTE Category 4.

winterswift

@allquixotic And one of these days actual 4G will come around.

allquixotic

since I'm grandfathered unlimited, I have to shell out about $600 every time I want to upgrade my phone... but if it'll get me more reliable or faster internet, by God, they can shut up and take my money -- just like Bioware.

as long as this uneasy truce remains and I can get mostly unthrottled, unlimited LTE and they don't shut down ADB (which would eliminate my tethering solution that I use without rooting the phone), I'm happy with VZW.

even if I have to pay out the nose for a new phone.

winterswift

5:09 AM

@allquixotic I've got a Bionic right now, which is my last contract phone with the unlimited data. If I end up in a Sprint coverage area (back in the States, essentially), I'll probably just sign up with one of the MVNO's.

allquixotic

@winterswift but Sprint's coverage is extremely limited relative to Verizon, and they are very anti-tethering, to the point that they go out of their way to prevent you from doing it... application-level filtering etc

winterswift

Otherwise I suppose I'll stick with Verizon, assuming they move their arse and get their own towers put up here soon, like they've said.

allquixotic

Verizon is the only carrier left that seems to keep their promise about not caring about the nature of your traffic, and it's mainly thanks to the FCC

winterswift

@allquixotic I don't personally care about tethering much, and I'm planning to live in an urban area. The MVNOs seem a little friendlier than Sprint itself.

allquixotic

@winterswift moving is not an option for me, not even in the slightest, so I have to make do with what I have

I can almost see a fiber optic cable on a telephone pole from my second story window, and no amount of money can convince Verizon to bring it the last mile to my door.

winterswift

5:12 AM

@allquixotic Unlike me, for whom moving is not an option, but a requirement.

> No amount of money

@allquixotic I'm sure there are certain things that could incline them.

allquixotic

I called, spoke to a manager, and offered to campaign with neighbors to raise $10,000 to get them to FiOS-out our neighborhood. their answer: no, and not even if you said $100,000

it's like they specifically dislike us or have some kind of grudge against us and don't want us to be able to enjoy actually decent internet

winterswift

@allquixotic In that case, you probably live above a nuke silo.

@allquixotic Or perhaps you're above one of those secret US bunkers where they keep the secretaries and/or President.

allquixotic

@winterswift no, I don't think so... we already have cable and ADSL.... I mean, they don't maintain the lines at all, they're terrible terrible lines that have a ton of noise and the connection constantly gets interrupted, but they successfully installed them with apparently no resistance from authorities

but we have plenty of underground utilities, even electricity

winterswift

> a ton of noise

> apparently no resistance

Conspiracy starts here.

allquixotic

@winterswift stop with the Deus Ex interpretations of my speech :P

I guess I will have to entertain other alternatives (petitioning Comcast to fix the cable line quality, petitioning Verizon to install FiOS or fix the ADSL line quality, Sprint LTE, moving house, etc.) if Verizon someday kills my unlimited data plan or otherwise finds a way to restrict me from tethering at all, or severely throttles my bandwidth.

for now it's plenty, and has been for a while. before LTE, EvDO was "good enough" for me, but LTE is really more than good enough.

good enough for MMOs, anyway. I'm not sure the ping is consistently low enough for good FPS gaming.

Lazers

5:27 AM

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Q: PS1 Game Search

I don't know if this is the right place to ask, I'm looking for the game I played when I was a kid. Basically the game is a turned-based strategy game, there is a gundam/mech that looks like this The game language is Japanese, I just managed to play it somehow, so I don't know the names of the c...

ps1

0

Q: Do units recieve a defensive bonus when you select "Do nothing" or hit space?

Units get a defensive bonus when you put them in "Fortify" or "Alert". But sometimes I just want to pass them over for a single turn. If I select "Do nothing" (or hit space, which is the same thing) do they still receive the defensive bonus?

civilization-5

winterswift

@Lazers Seems to me that the first post is against the "no game identification" rule.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@Fluttershy Listen to it while doing chores or driving to work or something

It's pretty good

Fluttershy

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I can probably swing that one. Thanks for the tip!

@Lazers Also, I don't think those screen shots are from the actual game...

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@Fluttershy No they aren't

It's ITG

Fluttershy

Curses! Foiled again by @fbueckert!

winterswift

5:40 AM

@Fluttershy And the sheriff vanishes back into the night, just as quickly as he came.

Evening, @dpp.

Fluttershy

►

@dpp That's the closest thing I could find. =\

dpp

@Fluttershy Thanks for your help, I really appreciate it but it's not what I'm looking for. I'll try to take a look at all Gundam games in PS1

Ktash

@dpp What gundam game are you looking for

dpp

@Ktash I really don't know the name of the game, it was in Japanese, please refer to this post gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/102314/ps1-game-search

Ktash

ah, got it

japanese only?

dpp

5:57 AM

@Ktash I don't know if it was released only in Japan, sorry.

Ktash

Hmm, RTS elements you said?

I'll go through the Gundam games I had for PS1 first...

There was Gundam Battle Assault which was a street fighter -esque game

dpp

@Ktash it is a turned-based...

Ktash

@dpp Where the Gundams SD (Super Deformed) or did they look mostly normal

dpp

@Ktash ah, they are normal sized Gundams. I remember there is a jet fighter in the game too.

Ktash

@dpp This look like it?

dpp

6:09 AM

@Ktash yeah it does... I'll find more screenshots

Ktash

It's called Mobile Suit Gundam - Perfect One Year War

gundam.wikia.com/wiki/Mobile_Suit_Gundam:_Perfect_One_Year_War

@dpp This is the only other screenshot I could find

Credit to this page for the info

dpp

@Ktash this is from "Mobile Suit Gundam: Giren's Greed, Blood of Zeon" gameplace.bizhosting.com/Giren05.jpg. I think I'm getting closer to that game, I just need more screenshots. Thanks for your help :)

Ktash

►

how about a trailer :)

dpp

6:26 AM

@Ktash Man! I can now rest in peace! :D I think that was it! That's the same gameplay! Thank you so much, I hope I could return the favor.

Ktash

@dpp No problem, glad to help

G'night empty room

Ullallulloo

@Ktash Goodnight. >.>

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Lazers

7:04 AM

0

Q: Is there anything particularly good about legendary items in Diablo 3?

I've almost got 2 lvl 60 chars and have only just found my first legendary item, and well, I wasn't that impressed. I thought I may have just been extremely unlucky in my find and so I took a look at the Auction House to compare legendaries to decent rares. To be honest, the only differences I s...

diablo-3

Tim Stone

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I made this the background image for the chat input box and I am now thoroughly amused.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@TimStone Ahahahahaha

Hmmm, it does fit the box rather well

For anyone else who wants to try this:

$('#input').css('background', '#DDF5FF url(i.imgur.com/UmqzP.gif) no-repeat center center / 100%')

Fluttershy

7:50 AM

@YiJiang'sEvilClone What do I do with that? <_<

murgatroid99

@YiJiang'sEvilClone That's great. And really distracting

Lazers

8:07 AM

1

Q: Could minecart be used as defence?

Will minecard go off tracks when collided with goblin? Can I setup tracks around walls of fortress and circle minecart around it to smash ambushers/siegers?

dwarf-fortress

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

8:23 AM

@Fluttershy Ctrl + Shift I, copy paste it into the console, hit enter

kalina

8:51 AM

@YiJiang'sEvilClone stop procrastinating

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@kalina Sorry, that's Twilight's job

kalina

bla

lol @ pinkie pie in the input box

damn that makes it hard to see if I've typed stuff correctly

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Just refresh to get rid of it.

kalina

obviously

but why would I want to get rid of it

badp

Brain cancer

kalina

8:59 AM

pinkie pie won't cause brain cancer

badp

There are many studies linking MLP with brain cancer and videogame violence. We do not benefit from ignorance

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@kalina I don't know, too much sugar could cause brain cancer

kalina

I want one of these for my desk

to sit next to my gir

fredley

9:14 AM

@kalina You realise that's a program for grown men don't you?

kalina

@fredley invader zim is for men?

joker

gir is too cute

fredley

@kalina MLP

kalina

@fredley lol

fredley

@kalina What's a teenage girl like you doing watching MLP?

kalina

well tbh it was digested like all other TV shows I watch

ie: playing on one screen while I'm gaming on another

but

your justification against me watching it is flawed

I am going to have to refresh, pinkie pie is making me lag

@fredley why are you messing with me

fredley

9:17 AM

@kalina Because it's early in the morning?

kalina

you are evil

fredley

@kalina This is not news to me

kalina

I've been awake like an hour, and haven't had any coffee, and had to walk to work in the snow

and now you're messing with me

if this was face to face you would be wishing for your own death

but over the internet I can only get upset

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Anyway, brain cancer is perfectly curable - with Princess Celestia's Magic in a Jar!

fredley

@kalina I've been awake 20 minutes, and I'm working from home today, due to snow

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

9:18 AM

kalina

@fredley I HATE YOU

fredley

@kalina Aaaw

badp

@YiJiang'sEvilClone ... that only heals you for a fraction of damage dealt to people soaked in it

kalina

I wonder if I could fall asleep at my desk again today

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

fredley

9:22 AM

@kalina Eh, are there other people in the office today?

kalina

@fredley yes, far more than yesterday

badp

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Jarate isn't Mad Milk.

fredley

@kalina Not so good

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@badp But it is yellow

badp

@YiJiang'sEvilClone but it isn't Mad Milk, if you know what I'm saying.

That said I didn't know Mad Milk was MLP canon ;)

kalina

9:26 AM

I'm bored already

today is going to be a wasted day

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@kalina Ever the optimist, you

kalina

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I'm just setting the scene for the disappointment early on so that I can classify the day as going 'exactly as I expected' later

putting that positive spin on the negative

badp

but you're still open to the possibility of the day going worse than that

That is a problem.

You should take a while to elaborate the worst possible scenario, and then say "welp, at least today was better than expected"

kalina

@badp such is life

I can't predict an asteroid hitting earth and killing everybody on it

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@badp Hmmm, today Earth might be invaded by a swarm of invulnerable alien monsters who destroys all the major cities of the world and enslave mankind

kalina

9:30 AM

or an alien species finding us and launching a full scale invasion

or global warming suddenly accelerating and wiping out life

and even if I could, I wouldn't tell anybody because they'd think I'm crazy

you don't hear me telling everybody how the government experiment on us every day, do you?

no - because I'd get locked up as a crazy person

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I don't live in a major city, this wouldn't affect me. My body temperature would fade into the background inside my super thick walled multistory house as well

badp

Well it is obvious that Italy is just an extended large scale experiment on how long people will tolerate charismatic fucktards

We just don't know who's funding the experiment

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@kalina I haven't heard of any fluoride conspiracy theorists getting locked up

Although I wish they would

kalina

THE ILLUMINATI ARE EVERYWHERE, WATCHING US, EXPERIMENTING ON US, CONTROLLING EVERYTHING WE DO

why can nobody but ME see that?!

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@badp Well Berlusconi is no longer the President, so that's good, right?

badp

@YiJiang'sEvilClone He's running again, did you forget?

(Also he never was the president, he was prime minister)

First he said he was done because he was building the Greatest School of all Lifetime, with teachers such as Bush or Putin teaching the most brilliant minds

then he said he'll have to delay the expected opening in March because he must run in the elections for the sake of our country

then he said he wouldn't run for PM but instead satisfy himself with ministry of economy while filling all other roles with his puppets

except the party mark will bear his name

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

9:37 AM

And people still vote for him?

badp

@YiJiang'sEvilClone That's what the Illuminati must be doing SCIENCE about.

Oh, he also claimed he'd never ally himself with Lega Nord again (and viceversa). Twice. He then proceeded to do so. Twice.

kalina

reading the news... that's enough brain damage for the day

closes pages

badp

He claimed that this time around he would not be electing people with "murky past", until a guy with proved connections with Mafia threatened to remove his support from all kinds of local institutions - he gave in as a result.

kalina

time for coffee!

coffee coffee coffee ding 1

badp

He signed a document in 2011 saying we'd reach balance parity (?) in 2014, which basically means getting overtaxed in 2012 and 2013. He didn't want to do that however, so when things got out of hand he resigned (that's when Monti took over).

Obviously now he's claiming he holds no responsibility for all the taxation in 2012 and promises tax cuts, as he's done in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, ...

Basically it's all Monti's fault and spread is part of a worldwide plot against him, Italy and our freedom to choose for ourselves without undue external pressure.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

9:42 AM

I suppose at this point the only positive thing you can say is, "We're not Greece yet!"

badp

Basically he's managed to done none of the things he's promised to do in 15 years of governments because of stupid things such as "opposition", "parliamentary discussion of laws" or "voting"

(whereas Monti, in that very same role, had "more power than the Fascist govt did")

@YiJiang'sEvilClone That's not for lack of trying.

I guess we only have one palm permanently affixed to our forehead.

He's currently credited with ~16%, so his odds of winning aren't very high. Yet.

While Monti is struggling to get any TV air time and Bersani doesn't apparently care to, however, Berlusconi is appearing at least twice on various TV channels every day

kalina

oh no

politics talk

badp

(Laws are supposed to enforce fair air time for everybody)

@kalina lol at calling this bullshit "politics"

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@kalina Don't worry, this is Italian politics. It's like comedy. Or reality TV.

kalina

all politics is bullshit

badp

9:49 AM

not all bullshit is politics

This is more like "politicians talk"

kalina

nearly all bullshit is politics

politics = poly ticks = many parasites

badp

Politics is figuring out how to actually stay true to our promises without destroying economy in the progress

Talking about Berlusconi is merely gossip

You're supposed to love gossip.

kalina

I don't like talking about politics

badp

Oh, okay, you're just in denial

kalina

no.

there have recently been a lot of crap questions raised

let's talk about that

badp

9:56 AM

That's not enough, you've got to present us with crap questions too

kalina

it would be too painful, I'd get caught by the anti-spam and end up frustrating myself

but fine, how about these

-5

Q: Why did Rare die? (bought by Microsoft)

As we all know (kids that had N64 and such) RARE games where the BEST, and the name "rare" really fits. As the media-shy brittish company that they where. They brought us THE best 3d platform experiences of the generation, Jet Force Gemini(my favourite game growing up) Banjo Kazooie series, Perfe...

nintendo

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Q: Online game where user behavior data is free and open?

I'm a young psychologist working on distributive justice, ie the way people share goods and money, what characterizes a fair split, etc... I'm sure online multiplayer games have a lot to teach us about that. For example I've heard of games where you have collective quests and have to share the r...

world-of-warcraft

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Q: Will ESO not allow interaction with other factions?

For eg. If I choose any of the factions like Daggerfall Covenant, then I can't interact (chat, make friends with) with players of the Ebonheart Pact & Aldmeri Dominion?

elder-scrolls-online

-3

Q: Best follower in Skyrim?

I've just started my second play through of Skyrim and I want to have a follower which one should i pick my first choices would either be Uthgerd, Lydia, or Kharjo. This time I'm trying to be more of an assassin/archer but all of them seem to give me away any ideas or should I go alone?

skyrim

-4

Q: When do i tech in SC2HotS?

I play Zerg in the HotS beta mainly, and i errytiem i die its because of plain stupid reasons, i have great economy 3+ more bases then my opponent good saturation etc. i usually like to keep denying their bases, im supposed to try to think about denying the third at least. but WHEN do i tech? Whe...

starcraft-2-hots

badp

So I wonder if the UK poll about the EU is a thing that is actually going to happen or not

kalina

don't care

won't take part in it even if it does

have no actual idea what you're taking about

don't vote because it's a pointless activity

don't take part in political discussion because it's depressing

badp

@kalina That's precisely what people buying votes want.

@kalina There's nothing depressing in discussing how things should be run. We do this all the time in here, and you take part in it with gusto!

kalina

@badp regardless of who you vote into power, they never do what they promised, they always end up fucking everything up and they never take any responsibility for their actions

@badp no actually, I've tried to avoid taking part in discussions about how arqade is run since that time I nearly quit due to taking part in discussions about how arqade is run

FAE

10:01 AM

Ugh, awake way too early.

badp

@kalina That doesn't mean voters also get to deny their responsibility for voting these fucktards in place.

kalina

@badp yes it does

it is a pointless waste of time that has no real effect on how future events pan out

@FAE morning

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

How did you manage to get so bitter and cynical so young?

That's suppose to be the job for older folks :P

kalina

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I'm not willing to discuss my life story

badp

@kalina Choosing the right men to represent you does have deep real life ripercussions. If Berlusconi didn't make Europe that promise we wouldn't have been overtaxed last and this year. If Berlusconi didn't resign, spread would've risen up to the point where we couldn't afford to pay our own debts and we would've gone in bankruptcy.

If Berlusconi didn't ally himself with Lega, we wouldn't be paying the spread cost of our risk of leaving the Euro - which translates in very real hard cash leaving our pockets

etc.

FAE

10:06 AM

@kalina Hellos

badp

Since B. resigned, our interest on sovereign loans halved, which is actually a huge deal.

kalina

@badp anybody would have done that in that position

you're making out that only that one particular individual would have made that choice, which is wrong

badp

@kalina but the markets would have given somebody... anybody else more credit to figure something out, and we would've saved money. Since Monti arrived our loans have become much cheaper.

kalina

YAWN POLITICS DISCUSSIONS

badp

As soon as Berlusconi announced he'd run, our loans became immediately more expensive

kalina

10:08 AM

.oO( zzzz )

badp

So yeah, making your bed is important when you plan to complain about lying in it.

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