#Soylent | Logs for 2015-05-21

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[23:58:30] <kadal> takyon, what does soylent upgrade do?
[23:55:48] mechiancjay is now known as mechanicjay|away
[23:41:29] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - The MinION - Genome Sequencing in a Handheld Device - http://sylnt.us
[23:32:18] <takyon> http://puu.sh
[23:30:47] <Scruffy> ^ 03SN journal Soylent Upgrade Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey extension v3 04(0 comments)
[23:30:46] <takyon> http://soylentnews.org
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[22:51:14] <n1> not going to have to pay for it?
[22:35:38] <cmn32480> while I was in a meeting
[22:34:27] <cmn32480> nope
[22:34:24] <crutchy> coffee gone. must be time to go
[22:33:30] <Scruffy> ^ 03Revealed: The NSA's plan to 'hijack' Android app stores
[22:33:29] <crutchy> http://mashable.com
[22:32:12] <n1> after you'd handed they keys back though i take it?
[22:31:01] <cmn32480> parked to close to a stop sign
[22:30:52] <cmn32480> hehe.... yeah.... my rental car got towed
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[22:30:34] <cmn32480> if I thought I could get that AND the towing fee on my expense report, I would
[22:30:10] <n1> more beer time?
[22:30:06] <cmn32480> yup
[22:29:44] <n1> that sucks
[22:29:34] <cmn32480> 4
[22:29:28] <cmn32480> f you and the horse you rode in on ciri
[22:29:11] <ciri> 3
[22:29:10] <cmn32480> 2 hour flight delay due to weahter
[22:28:16] <n1> what happened?
[22:28:05] <cmn32480> well... this sucks
[22:26:46] <chromas> seea crutchy
[22:26:32] <crutchy> cya n1, cmn32480, chromas
[22:26:25] <cmn32480> see ya crutchy
[22:26:09] <n1> laters, crutchy
[22:25:58] <crutchy> damn. gotta go to workipoos soon :(
[22:25:42] <exec> Friday, 22 May 2015 @ 8:25 am GMT+10 - Melbourne VIC
[22:25:41] <crutchy> ~time
[22:25:08] * crutchy hasn't been drunk for a long time
[22:24:39] <cmn32480> time to get drunk
[22:24:36] <cmn32480> shit... 2 hour delay
[22:24:31] <cmn32480> yup
[22:24:25] * crutchy tries to erase that mental image
[22:24:13] <crutchy> the pilots?
[22:23:40] <cmn32480> unlikely... one of them just walked by in swimmies and fins...
[22:23:39] <chromas> You mean they don't get the job done?
[22:23:34] <crutchy> the hot ones go work for rich nerds
[22:23:21] <crutchy> stewardesses aren't what they used to be
[22:23:17] <chromas> one can hope
[22:23:00] <crutchy> pilots are prolly still getting their bjs
[22:22:13] <cmn32480> my flight was supposed to take off 2 minutes ago... and is still shown as on time
[22:22:00] <cmn32480> i have decided that Southwest's website isn't updated enough
[22:20:38] <cmn32480> my wife wont't
[22:20:38] <crutchy> my kiddywinks are growing up. little one is in grade 1 or 2 or something
[22:20:34] <cmn32480> my son will understand
[22:20:13] <cmn32480> heya n1
[22:20:10] <cmn32480> not a good time, but a command performance
[22:20:00] <crutchy> g'day nick
[22:19:55] <cmn32480> nope
[22:19:51] <n1> ahoy, cmn32480 & crutchy
[22:19:46] <cmn32480> *I* need....
[22:19:40] <crutchy> ooh. good time
[22:19:28] <cmn32480> my middle one graduates pre-school
[22:19:24] <crutchy> i'll get around to fixing it one day. when i can be bothered reading google's search results html. its a bit of a chore
[22:19:20] <cmn32480> no need to be home for tomorrow
[22:19:02] <cmn32480> for being a hipster's paradise
[22:18:47] <Bender> karma - apple: -5
[22:18:47] <cmn32480> apple--
[22:18:37] <cmn32480> hehehe
[22:18:32] <crutchy> just for changing shit
[22:18:26] <Bender> karma - google: -13
[22:18:26] <crutchy> google--
[22:18:24] <cmn32480> just for being borked
[22:18:18] <Bender> karma - exec: 27
[22:18:18] <cmn32480> exec--
[22:18:13] <Bender> karma - home: 2
[22:18:13] <cmn32480> home++
[22:18:11] <cmn32480> amen
[22:18:10] <crutchy> only 1?!
[22:18:05] <Bender> karma - home: 1
[22:18:05] <crutchy> home++
[22:18:01] <crutchy> ah
[22:17:56] <cmn32480> that is the only reason I actually care
[22:17:50] <cmn32480> home
[22:17:45] <crutchy> ergh. that almost sounds like a microsoft slogan
[22:17:43] <MrPlow> Today: Showers and thunderstorms early. Lows overnight in the low 70s. Tomorrow: Sunshine and clouds mixed. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. High 84F. Winds ENE at 10 to 15 mph.
[22:17:42] <cmn32480> ;weather new Orleans, LA
[22:17:32] <crutchy> where you flying to today?
[22:17:23] <cmn32480> time to get drunk!
[22:17:05] <cmn32480> and my bleeping flight might not take off in a reasonable time frame
[22:16:50] <crutchy> hmm. that's an interesting hypothesis
[22:16:32] <cmn32480> I'm trying to find out if it is raining. the thunder says yes
[22:16:28] <MrPlow> Syntax: ;weather City, ST or ;weather zip code
[22:16:28] <crutchy> ;weather new orleans
[22:16:14] <cmn32480> BOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
[22:16:08] <exec> syntax: ~weather <location>
[22:16:06] <cmn32480> ~weather new orleans
[22:16:04] <crutchy> its borked
[22:15:58] <exec> syntax: ~weather <location>
[22:15:56] <cmn32480> ~weather Kennar
[22:15:53] <exec> syntax: ~weather <location>
[22:15:52] <cmn32480> ~weather Kenner
[22:15:31] <exec> syntax: ~weather <location>
[22:15:29] <cmn32480> ~weather kenner, LA
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[22:13:56] <Bender> karma - coffee: 1384
[22:13:56] <crutchy> coffee++
[22:13:56] <Scruffy> Karma - coffee: 273
[22:13:56] <crutchy> ++coffee
[22:10:19] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - New Class of Swelling Magnets Have the Potential to Energize the World - http://sylnt.us - applications-coming-soon-since-1842
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[20:39:10] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Hackers Love Robots.txt - http://sylnt.us - hackers.txt
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[19:08:00] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - U.S. Mulls Export Controls on Zero-Days - http://sylnt.us - what-is-this-bis
[18:26:58] * SirFinkus preps for the riot
[18:26:54] <SirFinkus> so I guess this happened in my town last night
[18:26:49] <Scruffy> ^ 03Officer-involved shooting press conference at Olympia City Hall - YouTube ( https://www.youtube.com )
[18:26:47] <SirFinkus> https://youtu.be
[18:16:48] <janrinok> that is great news!
[18:16:36] <Subsentient> janrinok: Looks like we won't be homeless.
[18:16:21] <janrinok> er, I think that means things are getting better but, if not, best wishes
[18:15:40] <Subsentient> janrinok: Nurble nurble, flesh eating gerbils. Peanut butter going burble. Go out and munch yourselves some bad guys!
[18:14:47] <janrinok> Subsentient: hi, how are things?
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[18:07:14] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Mozilla Integrates Proprietary Pocket Plugin - http://sylnt.us - what's-in-its-pocketses
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[16:18:36] <Bender> karma - coffee: 1383
[16:18:36] <everdred> coffee++
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[14:22:03] <janrinok> hi TK
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[14:20:19] <janrinok> er, I just observe them, but if your culinary skills are up to it, then yes they do.
[14:19:47] <n1> some make a tasty snack apparently
[14:12:51] <janrinok> I don't mind insects - well, the vast majority anyway
[14:11:35] <n1> aside the insects, sounds good
[14:10:13] <janrinok> very nice, and the garden is alive with birds, insects, and other wildlife
[14:09:44] <n1> it's a nice day for it
[14:09:41] <n1> if weather here is anything to go by
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[14:04:17] <janrinok> just got back in from a bit of work in the garden. Still got to take it easy but light gardening is OK.
[14:03:52] <Bender> karma - tea: 470
[14:03:52] <janrinok> tea++
[14:03:43] <ciri> not sure
[14:03:42] <n1> how is your day going
[14:01:47] <janrinok> that has got to be good work then :)
[14:01:30] <n1> so far it's not, and hopefully in the longer term will mean i have less work to do
[14:01:14] <janrinok> as long as it is not unpleasant
[14:00:56] <n1> good, i think
[14:00:32] <janrinok> good work or bad work?
[14:00:20] <n1> but trying to do some real work also today
[14:00:09] <n1> i plan to do some more later this evening
[14:00:04] <n1> cool
[13:59:54] <janrinok> just 2nd ed'ing your stories
[13:58:59] <janrinok> hi n1
[13:58:53] <n1> hey there janrinok
[13:56:13] <janrinok> hi guys
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[11:19:54] <Scruffy> ^ 03Give A Little - YouTube
[11:19:53] <crutchy> https://www.youtube.com
[11:16:07] <crutchy> is it just me or does hason make decent songs?
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[09:22:27] <TLA> welhaithur!
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[08:32:00] <crutchy> yet
[08:31:59] <crutchy> hmm. doesn't seem to be much search features in api
[08:30:37] <exec> http://wiki.soylentnews.org
[08:30:36] <crutchy> ~api
[08:29:36] <crutchy> they're saved complete
[08:29:14] <chromas> are they pulled from the server incomplete? or can you store them before truncating for irc?
[08:28:36] <crutchy> might wait till the api goes live
[08:27:45] <crutchy> problem with #comments is that most comments are incomplete
[08:26:05] * crutchy is looking at exec's mysql lib. i could prolly make an alias that searches SN comments similar to how ~last works
[08:23:32] * crutchy is slow
[08:23:21] <crutchy> haha. just realised who randy marsh is
[08:22:46] <chromas> wrong kind of old fashioned
[08:21:45] * crutchy closes browser. news is depressing
[08:21:09] * crutchy isn't really much into whiskey
[08:14:19] <chromas> having a hard time sleeping? Time for an Old Fashioned!
[08:14:04] <chromas> Take a lesson from Randy Marsh
[08:13:28] <crutchy> went to bed just after the kiddywinks last night
[08:12:10] <chromas> Need some powernaps
[08:11:57] <crutchy> been having some shitty nights lately. not sure if its cos work is stressful atm
[08:11:31] * crutchy needs to do some programmering tonight
[08:10:59] * chromas allots 20 ebils to crutchy
[08:10:41] <crutchy> but he's still ebil
[08:10:20] <crutchy> which has worked in south america. i guess its a little easier since the evil capitalist who walks out has already invested capital (buildings, equipment, etc) that employees can just take over
[08:08:31] <crutchy> luckily things will get so bad that small business owners might just say 'fuck it, if you pricks think you can do better, go for it' and write it all off to walk away
[08:07:57] <chromas> We probably have a few somewhere. There used to be a couple chain bookstores in the mall when we had one
[08:07:09] * chromas looks around for an area bookstore…
[08:05:06] <crutchy> running a business is so easy, anyone could do it. its the workers and consumers that take all the risk. its hard to just show up for work and collect a pay check, or go shopping. risking your personal savings and running the gauntlet of red tape is child's play
[08:04:35] <chromas> then it talks about a bookstore, as if it would be making a profit in the first place
[08:03:31] <chromas> (the nope was related to the quote I pasted)
[08:03:21] <chromas> nope; the employer works hard to make money and hands it out for free to his lazy employees who don't do anything for the company
[08:03:13] <crutchy> all capitalists are evil. cos the tv said so
[08:02:49] <chromas> I like this part: "They believe money just appears in an employer’s pocket, and he refuses to share it because he’s evil."
[08:02:28] <chromas> "but these idiots have probably never actually a business."
[08:01:58] <crutchy> "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money."
[08:01:00] <Scruffy> ^ 03MSNBC moron host BEWILDERED by business that SHUT DOWN because of minimum wage hike » The Right Scoop -
[08:00:58] <crutchy> http://therightscoop.com
[07:56:41] <crutchy> most just fall into line :/
[07:56:34] <crutchy> i watch a fair bit of cspan on yt and there doesn't seem to be much in the way of congressmen and women standing up for what's right
[07:47:18] <crutchy> fkin aight
[07:46:47] <Scruffy> ^ 03After Over 10 Hours, Rand Paul Ends His NSA 'Filibuster' - NationalJournal.com
[07:46:46] <crutchy> http://www.nationaljournal.com
[07:38:07] <Bender> karma - coffee: 1382
[07:38:07] <crutchy> coffee++
[07:38:05] <Scruffy> Karma - coffee: 272
[07:38:05] <crutchy> ++coffee
[06:39:21] <arti> i've enjoyed the universe and story
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[05:30:26] <Landon> that's how rpgs are meant to be made
[05:30:23] <Landon> witcher 3
[05:30:21] <Landon> whew
[05:28:07] <Scruffy> ^ 03Zen Riddles for Millennials - YouTube
[05:28:06] <Subsentient> So this is depressing but extremely accurate. https://www.youtube.com
[05:02:21] <SirFinkus> off to bed for me
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[04:53:10] <SpallsHurgenson> because Steam is just so well designed :)
[04:52:46] <SpallsHurgenson> the only problem is that if I leave the group, steam randonly picks another officer to be the new owner :)
[04:52:21] <SirFinkus> yeah, I've admin'd before
[04:52:10] * juggs hits the init 0 button. If there are pieces to be recovered.... they'll still be smouldering tomorrow. I trusted you SpallsHurgenson.
[04:51:51] <SpallsHurgenson> invite, kick, promote, etc
[04:51:39] <SpallsHurgenson> you can do pretty much everything now I think
[04:50:53] <SirFinkus> and arti
[04:50:37] <SirFinkus> but I did
[04:50:35] <SirFinkus> don't think I need the powers to do that
[04:50:27] <SirFinkus> I used the powers to invite landon
[04:50:16] <SpallsHurgenson> if I leave the group he becomes the owner :)
[04:49:50] <SirFinkus> aww shit
[04:49:40] <SpallsHurgenson> almost as bad, I've given SirFinkus admin powers :)
[04:48:28] <juggs> No I closed out steam, I need sleep before next venturing near their password policy again. SpallsHurgenson, I trust you not to put the cats on the late watch while I am gone.
[04:46:02] * juggs promises to better prepared the next time through.... to be fair.... some excuses, "don't shoot me!", BLAM, yeh...
[04:45:49] <SpallsHurgenson> this much power in my hands is risky :)
[04:45:30] <SpallsHurgenson> need to get juggs to join so he can become the owner :)
[04:41:17] <SirFinkus> invite me, I'm lazy
[04:41:06] <SpallsHurgenson> somebody join the group soylentnews on steam :)
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[04:37:52] <juggs> your*
[04:37:47] <juggs> Just don't make you password too long on steam sign up man - that shit will strand you down the line.
[04:36:48] * SirFinkus assumes everyone else probably has it
[04:36:32] <SirFinkus> you still got portal waiting for you if you ever get it working juggs
[04:35:52] <SpallsHurgenson> if I make the group, can I cede control of it to someone else later?
[04:35:46] * chromas enqueues the zerglings
[04:35:19] <juggs> I'm going to have to disappoint the eager gamers waiting around the camp fire for an SN posse raid in Steam games. We have a hiccup around account signup. I'm still keen on swarming though :)
[04:34:40] <SpallsHurgenson> they renamed it eventually
[04:34:16] <SirFinkus> FANTASY ADVENTURE TO ADULT LECHERY
[04:34:06] <SpallsHurgenson> yes, but I didn't wanna go there
[04:33:34] <SirFinkus> anus circumference too
[04:33:21] <SirFinkus> the review is worth reading, although most people that would be interested in that kind of game have read it already
[04:33:10] <SpallsHurgenson> FATAL... where the only thing you got to chose about your character was your gender... everything else, from class to dick size, was determined by die rolls
[04:32:52] <SirFinkus> I tried to get my friends to play it with me
[04:32:31] <SpallsHurgenson> I'm pretty sure the number of people who have actually PLAYED FATAL number in the low teens...and all of them are currently incarcerated in low-security mental institutions
[04:32:12] <SirFinkus> (this is official)
[04:31:45] <SirFinkus> it has a theme song
[04:31:43] <Scruffy> ^ 03FATAL RPG original theme song - YouTube
[04:31:42] <SirFinkus> https://www.youtube.com
[04:31:12] <Scruffy> ^ 03Review of F.A.T.A.L. - RPGnet RPG Game Index
[04:31:10] <SirFinkus> http://www.rpg.net
[04:31:10] <SirFinkus> ever play fatal?
[04:29:05] <Scruffy> ^ 03Battletech Loves the 80's
[04:29:04] <SpallsHurgenson> heh, http://www.somethingawful.com
[04:27:13] <SirFinkus> or "fell down the stairs"
[04:26:12] <SirFinkus> I bet she ate human flesh or had some kind of other fetish like that
[04:26:12] <chromas> looks like she walked into a door one too many times
[04:25:52] <SirFinkus> hot
[04:25:39] <Scruffy> ^ 03Imgur
[04:25:38] <SpallsHurgenson> http://imgur.com Natasha "the Black Widow" Kerensky in all her '80s (3025) glory
[04:25:05] <Landon> the beachcombing scene carried the movie for me :P
[04:24:45] <Landon> I enjoy it
[04:24:45] <SirFinkus> but the fact that the VERY sexy robots weren't enough to carry the movie says a lot
[04:24:38] <Landon> :)
[04:24:29] <SirFinkus> very sexy
[04:24:25] <SirFinkus> I'll concede that the robots were sexy
[04:23:47] <Scruffy> ^ 03Imgur
[04:23:46] <SpallsHurgenson> http://imgur.com
[04:23:28] <SirFinkus> or at least they landed there
[04:23:21] <SirFinkus> instead they shot for mediocrity
[04:23:11] <SirFinkus> it should have been slightly worse so it would have been so good it's bad
[04:22:37] <SirFinkus> no, fuck that shitty movie
[04:22:26] <Landon> watching too much pacific rim lately?
[04:22:25] <SirFinkus> that's just solving the "mapping abstract controls to humanoid robots" problem with a hand wave
[04:21:59] <SirFinkus> otherwise you go crazy or something
[04:21:58] * SpallsHurgenson thumbs through some of the older Battletech books and marvels at the '80s style giant hairdos in the illustrations
[04:21:50] <SirFinkus> if you control it with your mind, you can at least do some sexy thing with requiring training or special ability to control it
[04:21:23] <SpallsHurgenson> (exact details varied depending on the author)
[04:21:22] <SirFinkus> even worse
[04:21:07] <SpallsHurgenson> actually, it was more "it uses your sense of balance to keep the thing from toppling over"... actual controls were joysticks and pedals
[04:20:28] <SirFinkus> I kind of consider "you control it with your mind" handwaving
[04:20:05] <SpallsHurgenson> except for the neural interface helmet
[04:19:08] <chromas> in the future, shouldn't the computer do all the work?
[04:17:21] <SirFinkus> the control systems are usually hand-waved
[04:16:57] <SirFinkus> my impression with mech games is that haven't really worked out how people would actually pilot them yet, so that's why they don't have super fancy controllers yet
[04:15:40] <SpallsHurgenson> erm, Shadowhawk :)
[04:15:37] <SirFinkus> it's like not knowing what an X-Wing has
[04:15:31] <SpallsHurgenson> bah, I'll stick with my Shadowcat :)
[04:14:51] <SirFinkus> especially since the madcat is one of the most famous mechs
[04:14:46] <SpallsHurgenson> I didn't do the Clans. I was into 3025 Inner Sphere :)
[04:14:44] <juggs> Does that count as a headshot?
[04:14:36] <SirFinkus> thank you
[04:14:28] <juggs> SirFinkus, you are full of bullshit.
[04:14:03] <SirFinkus> you should have called me out on my bullshit instantly
[04:13:59] <SpallsHurgenson> they called it MadCat 'cause it was a cross between the Marauder and a Catapult
[04:13:55] <SirFinkus> you aren't a true nerd though, because you had to look it up
[04:13:48] <juggs> Oh come on.. give me a fucking break,,,,, Your password can't be longer than 16 characters. Sent from hell.
[04:13:38] <SirFinkus> I was saying it was the variant
[04:13:29] <SirFinkus> yeah, same chassis
[04:13:22] * SpallsHurgenson nerds out
[04:13:17] <SpallsHurgenson> Timberwolf is a MadCat (MadCat was the Inner Sphere designation :)
[04:13:10] <SirFinkus> may have been a custom build
[04:13:01] <SirFinkus> IDK, I had one of those fuckers with two gauss
[04:12:00] <SirFinkus> timber wolf had the ppcs
[04:11:44] <SpallsHurgenson> alt configs A and D used ER PPCs :)
[04:11:28] <SirFinkus> well, it had the best chassis
[04:10:53] * SpallsHurgenson checks the 3050 technical readout... default loadout of the madcat was 1 ER LargeLaser/1 ER Medium Laser per arm (w/assorted other weapons elsewhere)
[04:09:33] <SirFinkus> I cut my teeth on 2, so that's always been my favorite, haven't played them in a decade though
[04:09:01] <SpallsHurgenson> MW3 was the best of the games
[04:08:49] <SirFinkus> which was fun too
[04:08:46] <Landon> making me want to install mw4, but I lost one of the discs :(
[04:08:42] <SirFinkus> I think there was a variant with two PPCs
[04:08:27] <SpallsHurgenson> bah, Clans ruined Battletech. :)
[04:08:26] <SirFinkus> or whatever the one with the two gauss cannons was
[04:08:16] <SirFinkus> I loved the Mad Cat
[04:08:03] <SpallsHurgenson> I still have my shadowcat miniature :)
[04:07:42] <SirFinkus> I'm not nerdy enough to play the tabletop stuff
[04:07:26] <SirFinkus> mechwarrior stuff
[04:07:21] <SirFinkus> I prefer the battletek or w/e mechs
[04:06:20] <Landon> hehe I'm glad my parents didn't let me blow $200 on that game
[04:06:08] <Scruffy> ^ 03Wiki: Steel Battalion
[04:06:07] <SirFinkus> http://en.wikipedia.org
[04:05:19] <SirFinkus> I know steel battalion had a thing, but I think that was more Japanese swordfighty mechs
[04:05:15] <Landon> mad catz bought/took over/dated saitek in the past couple of years
[04:04:58] <SirFinkus> it was on newegg
[04:04:54] <SpallsHurgenson> I'd settle for a decent mech game :)
[04:04:50] <SirFinkus> idk, I closed the window
[04:04:38] <Landon> or is there an actual mad catz branded hotas :|
[04:04:30] <Landon> SirFinkus: are you talking about the X52?
[04:04:22] <SirFinkus> I want a super autistic mech cockpit simulation
[04:03:52] <SpallsHurgenson> the inevitable divorce?
[04:03:30] <SirFinkus> what could possibly go wrong?
[04:03:23] <SirFinkus> lol mad catz has a clone
[04:02:52] <Landon> so now you have the rails covered
[04:02:45] <Landon> and you can re-use the throttle as a train throttle ;)
[04:02:28] <Landon> land AND air superiority
[04:02:19] <Landon> you can justify a nice wheel too
[04:02:15] <Landon> if you get a chair
[04:02:14] <Landon> well
[04:02:12] <SirFinkus> naw, this is a movey deal
[04:01:58] <SirFinkus> which means I'd need a better graphics card(s)
[04:01:42] <SirFinkus> and if I got a chair, I'd need at least 3 monitors
[04:01:42] <Landon> like the saitek x65
[04:01:39] <Landon> so you don't actually move the stick, you just apply pressure
[04:01:30] <Landon> the pressure sensors
[04:01:26] <Landon> can't tell, but does that stick have the whatchacallits?
[04:01:23] <SirFinkus> and if I got pedals, I'd need to get a chair
[04:01:14] <SirFinkus> and if I got that, I'd need to get pedals...
[04:01:06] <SirFinkus> since their flight stuff is shit
[04:01:00] <SirFinkus> I can't justify it for arma
[04:00:38] <Landon> SirFinkus: a game, you want a sim!
[04:00:30] <SirFinkus> it looked neat, but the actual gameplay looked terrible
[04:00:15] <SirFinkus> yeah, I saw that
[04:00:11] <SirFinkus> $460 apparently
[04:00:07] <SpallsHurgenson> I remember drooling over 'em back in the Falcon 3.0 days :)
[03:59:55] <SpallsHurgenson> thrustmaster sticks are awesome. pricy though
[03:59:33] <SpallsHurgenson> DCS A-10C Warthog, perhaps? :)
[03:59:29] <Scruffy> ^ 03PC Joystick - HOTAS Warthog™ + Throttles - US AIR FORCE Licensed | Thrustmaster
[03:59:28] <SirFinkus> this one
[03:59:27] <SirFinkus> http://www.thrustmaster.com
[03:59:05] <SirFinkus> METAL EVERYWHERE
[03:59:00] <SirFinkus> super sexy
[03:58:56] <SirFinkus> I played with that at frys once
[03:58:50] <SirFinkus> I want a game to justify that awesome a10 joystick
[03:58:08] * SpallsHurgenson debates reinstalling XWing vs TIE Fighter... it broke my last joystick :)
[03:57:10] <Landon> boy, that looks like a pretty turn of the century game :)
[03:56:46] <Landon> found it
[03:56:36] <Landon> link?
[03:56:28] <SirFinkus> sounds pretty neat with 3 beers in me though
[03:56:04] <SirFinkus> I feel like I need to be on LSD to really enjoy this
[03:55:54] * SirFinkus is listening to Ozric Tentacles — Dissolution (The Clouds Disperse), from the album Pungent Effulgent
[03:55:15] * SpallsHurgenson gives up on Pioneer. Deep space and no gas is boring
[03:55:01] <SirFinkus> just seemed that way
[03:54:59] <Landon> I can only assume the 1tb requirement was "so you have room for games!"
[03:54:45] <SirFinkus> idk if that's what it actually does
[03:54:41] <Landon> there's a better packaged installer though, steam rocket or something
[03:54:38] <juggs> I have Camembert, don't make me eat it along with elderberries.
[03:54:30] <Landon> not sure about the installation method for that
[03:54:17] <Landon> I think the Official Install does
[03:54:06] <SirFinkus> do they still require a blank 1TB to DD onto?
[03:53:58] <Landon> doesn't work period on my not-old not-new amd card
[03:53:48] <Landon> steamOS is a pile right now though :(
[03:53:38] <SirFinkus> *steamOS
[03:53:36] <Landon> ;)
[03:53:33] <Landon> and you might even use the defaults
[03:53:24] <Landon> within the year you'll be running windows
[03:53:21] <Landon> juggs: consumer software is just tryin to smooth your rough edges
[03:53:18] <SpallsHurgenson> stock up on penicillin first. ciri is a dirty, dirty bot
[03:52:59] <juggs> Well that was a roaring success. Let me try changing email provider.
[03:49:59] <SirFinkus> fuck you ciri
[03:49:53] <ciri> doing great here
[03:49:52] <SirFinkus> how can he be fucking if he's dead?
[03:49:40] <juggs> Just a fucking dead hamster.
[03:49:38] <Landon> I have 57 cents in my steam wallet
[03:49:28] <SirFinkus> PAY ME FIRST
[03:48:49] <SpallsHurgenson> so... we gotta steam group yet? :)
[03:46:59] * chromas grabs the lube
[03:46:47] <juggs> Fuck me
[03:46:43] <Landon> stallman hates this one weird trick, learn how to make money with open source now!
[03:45:54] <chromas> SirFinkus: one weird trick?
[03:45:09] <SpallsHurgenson> also, I'm out of gas now :)
[03:44:24] <SirFinkus> Stallman HATES it
[03:44:15] <Landon> only 5... never go -z
[03:43:53] <juggs> how many degrees of freedom does this thing have?
[03:43:50] <Landon> and it lands you with precise burns on your engine _on the launch pad_
[03:43:48] <SpallsHurgenson> it seems a good idea, especially since my spaceship seems to be doing that anyways:)
[03:43:41] <Landon> there's a button for autolanding at the space center
[03:43:32] <SirFinkus> forgive me soylent, for I have sinned
[03:43:27] <SpallsHurgenson> I've changed my mind, screw mars, I'm heading out into deep space :)
[03:43:22] <Landon> I've got no idea how close pioneer is to KSP, but one of the most impressive things I've seen in KSP is the Mechjeb mod
[03:42:54] <Landon> burn harder!
[03:42:47] <Landon> turn retrograde, burn!
[03:42:38] <SpallsHurgenson> where are the brakes on this crazy thing?
[03:41:47] * SirFinkus remembers the dark days where one change in a 10GB game file would cause the entire thing to be re-downloaded
[03:40:56] <SirFinkus> dunno why your update is taking so long
[03:40:34] <SirFinkus> and their servers are blazing fast, if you get the right one
[03:40:24] <SirFinkus> they do use diffs now juggs
[03:40:19] <SpallsHurgenson> I think I'm about to crash into Mars
[03:39:15] <Landon> .. but you mentioned apparmor, so you won't be on an OS destined to have that problem!
[03:38:38] <Landon> juggs: the real hell is when you start installing games and every game installs its own directx version
[03:38:14] <Landon> but most games just show actual update size, it's puzzling
[03:37:54] <Landon> some games (TF2) look like they have a 10gb update, but it starts 99% completed
[03:37:18] <Landon> I've never actually run into that :) diffs are done
[03:37:01] <juggs> Updated every day... with no diffs no doubt.
[03:36:25] <Landon> which is good, since the state of the art in gaming is apparently to give you 40gb of uncompressed wav files for each language option
[03:36:02] <Landon> most of the time I'm maxing my connection though
[03:35:53] <Landon> if it's anything like the servers they serve games off of, sometimes you just get a terrible one :(
[03:35:25] <Landon> ouch
[03:35:18] <juggs> damn - I'm not sure if this is my crappy connection or steam.... YAY reached 50% of a 200MB download - achievement unlocked (Lvl3. Patience).
[03:34:32] * SpallsHurgenson achieves orbit (sort of) and decides to get his ass to Mars
[03:33:54] <Landon> but I get the idea, it's ipretty easy to tell a half assed source engine game by the menus, unreal game by the slick-oil-skin-shaders, and apparently unity games from some criteria I still haven't figured out
[03:33:07] <Scruffy> ^ 03Stealth Bastard Deluxe on Steam
[03:33:06] <Landon> http://store.steampowered.com apparently this is a Gamemaker game, but I never would have called it
[03:33:03] <SirFinkus> odd behavior with windowing
[03:32:58] <Landon> for example
[03:32:42] <Landon> I'm optimistic
[03:32:40] <SirFinkus> subtle differences in font rendering and padding
[03:32:25] <SirFinkus> even if it's themed, you *know*
[03:32:17] <SirFinkus> like using something with a swing gui
[03:32:11] <SirFinkus> I doubt it, it's blatant in almost all cases
[03:31:48] <SirFinkus> hard to fuck up scrolling text, and it makes sense because css is easy
[03:31:25] <Landon> it would have slipped past your radar, right
[03:31:23] <SirFinkus> I suppose textual kind of counts, but they just use it for the text fields
[03:31:16] <Landon> but how would you know? ;)
[03:31:07] <SirFinkus> I've never used something that uses a webui like that that seemed native
[03:30:30] <Landon> heh
[03:30:27] * SirFinkus misses native clients
[03:30:09] <Landon> roughly
[03:30:00] <SirFinkus> since that seems to be what all the cool kids are doing with their uis these days
[03:29:42] <SirFinkus> their client is probably just a webkit window for their website
[03:29:41] * juggs goes to a commercial break
[03:29:41] <Landon> SpallsHurgenson: ah shame, I only ran it once last night before going to bed
[03:29:27] <SpallsHurgenson> love the service though :)
[03:29:21] <SpallsHurgenson> the galaxy client is awful (and they're making their website look like the client)
[03:29:18] <SirFinkus> can I play half life on gog?
[03:29:18] <Landon> which I'm 99% sure you can use just for updating/library management and then not run it at all after that
[03:29:02] <Landon> still in beta, but gog.com has a client
[03:28:54] <Landon> actually, there has been a recent viable alternative
[03:28:52] <SirFinkus> the whole "updating" thing is one of the few things they get right
[03:28:41] <SpallsHurgenson> steam sucks. just accept its necessity and move on :)
[03:28:29] * SirFinkus has fresh installed steam several times
[03:28:17] <SirFinkus> should only take a few seconds juggs
[03:27:48] <SpallsHurgenson> and somehow I crashed again
[03:27:45] <Landon> hah really?
[03:27:30] <juggs> OOk - nice that steam distributes an ancient version of their shitware then demands a massive update pull to bring things up to date... we'll get to the grouping thing right after several commercial breaks.
[03:27:19] <SpallsHurgenson> Pioneer
[03:27:11] <Landon> I can't tell if you're playing KSP or Orbiter
[03:26:49] <SpallsHurgenson> (yay, I managed to get airborne! Low-earth orbit, here I come!)
[03:25:39] <Landon> sounds kinda like programming..
[03:25:35] <Landon> I actually don't think I enjoyed the full games as much as I did those demos, something about being constrained and trying to make the most of that :)
[03:24:44] <Landon> looks like I was just a behind the times gamer, that was january 2004 issue and the game came out in 2000
[03:24:14] <Landon> also thief 2
[03:23:29] <Landon> I'm actually kind of curious how they pulled it off, it wasn't exactly ancient when they did that
[03:23:13] <Landon> one christmas they included Deus Ex. it was like christmas, oh wait it was!
[03:23:09] <SpallsHurgenson> hmmm... my spaceship seems to have leapt into the air, then landed upside down. I don't think this is good
[03:23:00] <Landon> I'd play those demos that came with it over. and over. and over.
[03:22:53] <Landon> I had a computer gaming world subscription back in the day
[03:22:50] <SirFinkus> waiting 45 minutes in line to download a file over dial up
[03:22:33] <SirFinkus> oh god, I remember those ftp sites
[03:21:54] <Landon> however, my poo looks suspiciously like the easter bunnies, I think I could sell it in the candy aisle
[03:21:38] <Landon> improved a ton when I started blending it and adding chocolate though
[03:21:02] <Landon> actual soylent report: tastes less like people, I was able to chug half a cup at a time today
[03:20:33] <Landon> back in my day you had to go navigate a dozen ad ridden sites to get incremental updates!
[03:20:20] <Landon> pfshaw
[03:20:19] <Landon> you no longer have to visit fileplanet to get your updates
[03:20:15] <juggs> Ach fuck... I apparmored the wrong browser and wrong user, what a tool. Here goes... maybe this time I won't be the mad man with the machete.
[03:20:11] <SpallsHurgenson> oh, "restart gane", Details details
[03:20:09] <Landon> SpallsHurgenson: they stick their slimy hooks in you with that autoupdating nonsense
[03:19:35] <SpallsHurgenson> why won't Pioneer let me change my screen resoultion? :~~~(
[03:17:40] <SpallsHurgenson> those fiends!
[03:17:28] <SirFinkus> yes
[03:17:10] <SpallsHurgenson> the Iowa Medicaid Enterprise? Independent Medical Evaluations? Institute of Makers of Explosives?
[03:16:17] <SirFinkus> they utterly break IME every other update, then fix it
[03:15:34] <SirFinkus> lol
[03:15:28] <juggs> uch fuck me, my apparmor list just grew a few thousand lines. Thanks steam.
[03:14:04] <SpallsHurgenson> I'd just be happy if Steam let me use a bigger font. :)
[03:13:47] <SpallsHurgenson> I gave up ranting over DRM clients. I fought that battle -posted on forums, wrote articles, ranted on my blog - for years but the gaming community made their choice and now I have to live with it :)
[03:13:47] * SirFinkus has reported several showstopper bugs to steam support
[03:13:29] <SirFinkus> I wouldn't go that far
[03:12:58] <Landon> it really does, one of the better pieces of software on my computer
[03:12:57] <SirFinkus> I have a tolerance for ONE of those in my life though
[03:12:46] <SirFinkus> I don't really mind the steam client, it stays out of my way for the most part
[03:12:42] <juggs> Oh for fuck's sake.
[03:11:56] <Landon> and some games (UBISOFT) have the steam client launch the uplay client so you can launch their games!
[03:11:51] <SpallsHurgenson> I did a huge giveaway of humblebundle duplicate games last XMas, just to clear out my library
[03:11:39] <Landon> gooba gabba
[03:11:37] <Landon> gooba gabba
[03:11:35] <Landon> one of us
[03:11:34] <Landon> you'll love it
[03:11:30] <Landon> you do!
[03:11:25] <juggs> Please don't tell me I have to install the steam client
[03:11:18] <Scruffy> ^ 03Star Trek - We are the Borg (2013) - YouTube
[03:11:18] <SirFinkus> https://www.youtube.com
[03:11:10] <Landon> if you're into grand strategy games, this is the one for you...
[03:10:49] <SpallsHurgenson> that reminds me, I need to check humblebundle.com :)
[03:10:47] <juggs> SirFinkus, I appear to have a steam account - just digging around for the group thing
[03:10:46] <Landon> now I am a more reasonable consumer :)
[03:10:40] <Landon> SpallsHurgenson: I used to buy every one when it was fresh and new, ugh
[03:10:26] <Landon> NCommander and juggs are having a tryst elsewhere
[03:10:24] <SpallsHurgenson> humble bundle is evil
[03:10:06] <SirFinkus> juggs: you ever get signed up?
[03:09:46] <Landon> "Oh, 2 games in this $2 bundle? Worth it. Comes with 8 other games too, whatever, I'll redeem their keys anyways"
[03:09:30] <Landon> the humble bundles* and indiegala and all that
[03:09:03] <SirFinkus> you can get the latest game for $15, or that and the entire back catalog for $20
[03:08:39] <Landon> and there's a lot of useless shit bundled
[03:08:38] <SirFinkus> the bundles
[03:08:33] <Landon> that accounts for a lot of my games actually
[03:08:23] <Landon> I've done a lot of bundles
[03:08:17] <SpallsHurgenson> although since I repurchased a lot of older games just so I don't have to f**k around with CD-ROMs anymore. If you take that into consideration, the number drops to < 10% :)
[03:07:45] <Landon> my steam library was actually a big motivator in getting diagnosed with adhd :X my case notes literally say "I'd buy games because I thought I'd play them and.... forgot about them within minutes"
[03:07:31] <SpallsHurgenson> technically, almost half of my steam library hasn't been played...
[03:06:29] <Landon> sure, over a hundred of those have less than an hour but you can blame tha...oh a squirrel
[03:06:11] <Landon> I've played 350 games!
[03:05:09] <Landon> that's not my most played!
[03:05:04] <Landon> has dota 2 at to
[03:05:02] <Landon> all games, sort by playtime
[03:04:57] <Landon> heh what
[03:04:44] <SpallsHurgenson> watt
[03:04:35] <mrcoolbp> what?
[03:04:32] <SpallsHurgenson> what
[03:04:20] <Landon> you say what
[03:04:16] <Landon> oh
[03:00:28] <SirFinkus> I know you haven't played half of those
[03:00:13] <SirFinkus> landon has too many games
[02:59:17] <SpallsHurgenson> I'm the only Spalls Hurgenson on Steam so I'm not hard to find :)
[02:57:12] <Landon> I want to gawk
[02:57:10] <Landon> link?
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[02:56:51] <Landon> you have to be level 10 steam user apparently (for those who don't use steam, I am not shitting you)(
[02:56:44] <SpallsHurgenson> 2062 achievement, 37% completion :)
[02:56:34] <SpallsHurgenson> ah!
[02:56:31] <Landon> some of my rarer ones were just stupid dlc ones that no one bought -_-
[02:56:18] <SirFinkus> I think mine may have been a stupid audiosurf one or something
[02:56:13] <Landon> pick Achievements or Rarest Achievements
[02:56:07] <Landon> SpallsHurgenson: go to your profile and edit it, at the bottom you can select a showcase
[02:55:49] <SpallsHurgenson> there's a way to see how many total achievements I have? that's the sort of useless information I crave!
[02:55:34] <Landon> that game renewed my interest in 2d games period
[02:54:56] <Landon> (Also, cave story on your wishlist, ++)
[02:54:49] <Landon> my rarest achievement is the platinum god one from isaac, super fucking proud and disgusted at that
[02:54:36] <SpallsHurgenson> there are no wrong windows, only unexpected ones :)
[02:54:36] <Scruffy> ^ 03SN comment by [02Anonymous Coward] (02Score:0)
[02:54:35] <mrcoolbp> takyon: http://soylentnews.org
[02:54:13] <chromas> (wrong windows dangit)
[02:54:05] <chromas> no
[02:54:02] <Landon> my 100% super meat boy is because the game glitched and just threw a handful of achievements at me *cough*
[02:53:43] <SirFinkus> I have a really rare acheivement on one of these games, forgot which
[02:53:13] <Landon> and surely I don't have 1900/8000 achievements
[02:52:27] <Landon> it's definitely not tied to "perfect games"
[02:52:12] <Landon> I've always wondered what game completion rate meant
[02:51:52] <Landon> weird, doesn't show any
[02:51:48] <Landon> oh i refreshed
[02:51:13] <SirFinkus> should have cheevos
[02:50:21] <Landon> rarest achievement sorting can be fun to get a list of which ones you might want to be proud of ;) mine had some crap in it though so I switched
[02:49:49] <Landon> SirFinkus: :)
[02:48:55] <mrcoolbp> on moderations stuffs
[02:48:53] <SirFinkus> stupid thing
[02:48:47] <Scruffy> ^ 03SN comment by [02mrcoolbp (68)] (02Score:2)
[02:48:47] <mrcoolbp> http://soylentnews.org
[02:48:34] <SirFinkus> I should?
[02:48:33] <SirFinkus> yeah I do
[02:48:11] <Landon> you don't have a showcase turned on
[02:47:11] <SirFinkus> there
[02:46:10] <Scruffy> ^ 03Steam Community :: Sir Finkus
[02:46:09] <SirFinkus> http://steamcommunity.com
[02:46:05] <Landon> I want to spy on your games mastery
[02:46:00] <Landon> SirFinkus: boo, forgot achievement showcase wasn't a default setting on profiles
[02:44:16] <juggs> Oooh wait I have an NC calling in that other place... don't want to miss that guy
[02:44:15] <Scruffy> ^ 03Steam Community :: Landon
[02:44:14] <Landon> http://steamcommunity.com add this person too
[02:43:51] <SirFinkus> when you sign up hit me up juggs, I can give you a free copy of portal
[02:43:43] <Landon> SpallsHurgenson: in ur dct discarding de high frequencies
[02:43:23] <juggs> awesome to see so many people pop out of the woodwork so soon :)
[02:43:03] <SpallsHurgenson> oh son-of-a-snigglebit... I saved in JPEG!
[02:42:19] <SirFinkus> it's not you juggs
[02:42:04] <juggs> woo - there it goes.... fuck me - 5 attempts at capcha after only 2 beers.... perhaps I need an eyetest
[02:41:26] * SirFinkus grumbles
[02:41:24] <SirFinkus> just like their GUI
[02:41:14] <SpallsHurgenson> steam itself is pretty terrible in general
[02:40:50] <SirFinkus> I think they rolled their own
[02:40:45] <SirFinkus> valve is famous for terrible captchas
[02:40:24] <juggs> wth is up with steam's sign up capcha
[02:40:14] <Landon> even locked though, you can still sometimes scroll without having it click
[02:40:12] <SirFinkus> you could probably bind that key to something different
[02:40:02] <Landon> one of the logitech ones that you can unlock to scroll foreeeeever
[02:39:49] <Landon> I have a touchy wheel :(
[02:39:36] <SirFinkus> or you can use middle mouse button, which is what I do
[02:39:22] <Landon> I'd dropkick the binary into my back yard if it couldn't
[02:39:08] <SirFinkus> I believe you can do that
[02:38:59] <Landon> mapping camera to wasd
[02:38:56] <SirFinkus> you could have snap to hero, but that would interfere with many skills
[02:38:54] <Landon> that was one thing I was going to play with before I called it off for good
[02:38:40] <SirFinkus> I think the main issue isn't the zoom, it's the method of moving the camera, idk how to fix that though
[02:38:04] <Landon> let me know if you find that whitepaper again
[02:37:10] <SirFinkus> there's a reason most have settled on it
[02:37:03] <SirFinkus> the close view thing is a balance issue, I read some whitepaper once on how it affected rts games
[02:36:31] <Landon> they really distilled the fun parts of warcraft
[02:36:27] <SirFinkus> you're with strangers for an hour, and making a mistake can fuck over your entire team
[02:36:25] <Landon> SirFinkus: I like the concept though, but it seems most mobas are either a very niche game or have the same close view limitation
[02:36:00] <Landon> I just wildcard it
[02:35:59] <SirFinkus> dota is a unique case
[02:35:58] <Landon> "setting up an email alias" pf
[02:35:42] <juggs> Thank you guys for averting me from just setting up an email alias on my own domain for this. I forgot how hostile gaming can be. Alias elsewhere, created (1) achievement unlocked "Listening".
[02:35:40] <Landon> too much to experience and too little time to get sucked into something that annoys me :)
[02:35:30] <Landon> right, I've become a lot more picky about UX lately
[02:35:12] <SirFinkus> it is annoying though
[02:34:47] <SirFinkus> second nature after a while
[02:34:46] <SpallsHurgenson> we could always Call of Duty on XBox, I hear the community there is quite... interesting :)
[02:34:30] <Landon> repeat
[02:34:28] <Landon> take 5 steps, reposition camera, click further
[02:34:12] <Landon> I feel like I was tied to my hero like a little kid with a balloon tied to his hand
[02:34:08] <SirFinkus> that's actually a thing, there have been studies
[02:33:50] <Landon> ... really? it wouldn't be balanced to zoom out my fucking map in a game that effectively implements fog of war and minimap scrolling
[02:33:48] <SirFinkus> I mainly watch these days
[02:33:37] <SirFinkus> dota is really fun, but the community is pretty awful
[02:33:24] <Landon> and it's on forums and all of the replies are lit up with "BECAUSE BALANCE, YOU NEWB"
[02:33:06] <Landon> and then I start googling my problems
[02:32:56] <Landon> not sure I will bother, the interface annoys me to no end
[02:32:55] <SirFinkus> of dotes?
[02:32:47] <Landon> I haven't gotten out of the tutorial yet though
[02:32:42] <Landon> I have been!
[02:32:37] <SirFinkus> lol, should try dota, you'll get apocalyptic rage instead
[02:32:32] <SpallsHurgenson> Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwbbbbbbbbbbb!
[02:32:01] <Landon> ranked match, even*
[02:31:55] <Landon> I could tell they were a little annoyed with me
[02:31:50] <Landon> although it put me in a match with more experienced players
[02:31:37] * SpallsHurgenson is stepping on errant d4s and getting nostalgic
[02:31:36] <Landon> pretty fun
[02:31:34] <Landon> I just picked up CS:GO though
[02:31:22] * SirFinkus is watching old hl2:dm videos and getting nostalgic
[02:31:04] <Landon> sounds expensive
[02:30:58] <SirFinkus> buy a third
[02:30:55] <SpallsHurgenson> 3) buy new screen :)
[02:30:50] <Landon> need another one for the blender tutorial video
[02:30:45] <Landon> I only have 2 screens
[02:30:38] <Landon> :)
[02:30:28] <chromas> one on each screen
[02:29:32] <Landon> or 2) do I kick some monster ass in witcher 3
[02:29:27] <Landon> 1) do I spend an hour brushing up on blender
[02:29:01] <SirFinkus> fps
[02:29:00] <SirFinkus> valve's finest multiplayer fsp
[02:28:50] <Landon> ah
[02:28:46] <SirFinkus> Half life 2: deathmatch
[02:28:36] <Landon> are we talking CS:GO?
[02:28:32] <SirFinkus> but if I got a mag and a shotgun, it was over
[02:28:19] <SirFinkus> I didn't even need to pick guns up, grenades, gravity gun, and smg were all I needed
[02:26:55] <SpallsHurgenson> here, let me make you feel better: I use cheats in most of my (single-player) games :)
[02:26:47] <SirFinkus> all rp servers now
[02:26:42] <SirFinkus> of a game nobody played or cared about
[02:26:38] <SirFinkus> I was probably in the top 5% of players in my prime
[02:26:22] <juggs> That still leaves a bajillion people who can headshot me through a wall..... my confidence is hitting an all time low and I didn't even set up the initial account. AAAARGH - gamers and their mid worms. FUCK OFF!
[02:25:54] <SirFinkus> tossing toilets all day
[02:25:49] <SpallsHurgenson> semi-jinx
[02:25:47] <SirFinkus> I was a fucking beast though
[02:25:30] <SirFinkus> which nobody cared about
[02:25:27] <SirFinkus> half life 2 deathmatch
[02:25:27] <SpallsHurgenson> except for that one game... which usually nobody else ever plays
[02:25:22] <SirFinkus> I was good at 1 game
[02:25:08] <SpallsHurgenson> in my experience, 99% of people are shit at games :)
[02:24:53] <juggs> I always bite the dust, I'm shit at games.
[02:24:34] <BadCoderFinger> Well, Spalls, we'll mock you for a while after juggs bites the dust, but that's it.
[02:24:28] <juggs> Google gropes you cat? I have no idea... what secrets are you keeping?
[02:24:24] * SirFinkus requests an invite to da steam grüp
[02:23:55] <SpallsHurgenson> I meant, what's the worst that could happen to me? :)
[02:23:35] <juggs> I get assassinated in real life?
[02:22:45] <SpallsHurgenson> oh just call it SoylentNews and use Juggs as your nick. What's the worst that could happen?
[02:22:20] <juggs> BadCoderFinger, shut up. Cover's kinda blown anyway once group invites go out - I know, I'll call it soylentINhiding then never contact anyone. Not sure that would work for this purpose though.
[02:18:46] <BadCoderFinger> otherjuggs works too.
[02:18:37] <BadCoderFinger> You could call it morejuggs and nobody will figure it out.
[02:17:29] * juggs hastily sets up an alias that can be burnt in the fires of hell if it gets burnt... which it will
[02:17:12] <SpallsHurgenson> long and peaceful :)
[02:16:49] <juggs> SpallsHurgenson, chromas, I'm reliant on you devious bastards here. What's life without risk?
[02:14:01] <SpallsHurgenson> juggs is leading us astray!
[02:13:56] <SirFinkus> I love shennanagins
[02:13:44] <SirFinkus> oh shit, are there shennagins happening?
[02:12:45] <juggs> I've had my shots
[02:11:57] <SpallsHurgenson> don't do it! DRM and stuff!
[02:11:39] * juggs creates steam account
[02:07:57] <juggs> Next thing you know we'll have SN posse twitch feeds and YT catch-ups :D
[02:06:53] <SpallsHurgenson> depends on the game. most games use Steams own voice-chat thingee I think
[02:06:17] <juggs> This could be a lot of fun. Do we need a TeamSpeak or something too? Man, I am so out of date...
[01:59:14] <SpallsHurgenson> first thing to do would be to start a group on steam... then get people to join... then pick a common game(s) for people to play... then dominate the game :)
[01:58:11] * chromas Likes this
[01:55:15] <juggs> We're building a fucking farm, we don't care about your troubles with the zombie apocalypse, we got a good thing going on here. Just join in, stay the hell away or be dead? :D
[01:54:09] <juggs> SN Flash Mob games??
[01:53:38] <SpallsHurgenson> form a group on Steam :)
[01:53:21] <juggs> SpallsHurgenson, that's why I would like to see a hefty SN posse hit a game and be all "we're nice but don't piss us off, we'll ruin your day"
[01:52:27] * SpallsHurgenson cries plaintively, "Can't we all just get along?"
[01:51:03] <takyon> noobs in the team
[01:50:39] <SpallsHurgenson> I get enough cut-throat antisocial behavior in real life to want to have it show up in my games
[01:50:19] <SpallsHurgenson> thats why I always liked Left4Dead more... the game forced cooperation if you wanted to survive
[01:49:41] <juggs> I guess that goes with the "survival" theme of the game - stay the hell away from other people who may have guns :D
[01:48:11] <juggs> Well the areas they had to run around seems huge, but it seemed people tended to congregate in specific hotzones to "loot" civilisation centres with a lot of wilderness in between that just involved lots of running. I guess they are still working out the dynamics.
[01:46:33] <SpallsHurgenson> oooh, Pioneer! I can try that now that I got my joystick working again!
[01:45:47] <SpallsHurgenson> I got the impression it was more along the lines of DayZ, with big maps
[01:45:34] <BadCoderFinger> I like Pioneer. Runs on my FreeBSD laptop.
[01:45:24] <SpallsHurgenson> dunno, you probably know more about it than I do.
[01:45:00] <juggs> From the small amount of time I spent spec'ing h1z1 vids, is the idea that the map is small but the company sets up lots of server instances so the population on each is small?
[01:44:44] <Bender> karma - windows: -14
[01:44:44] <chromas> windows--
[01:43:17] <SpallsHurgenson> too many damn games out there
[01:40:32] <juggs> I'm sooo out of date with gaming :/
[01:40:22] <SpallsHurgenson> h1z1 is more of a MMORPG-sorta game than an FPS
[01:39:56] <juggs> I think h1z1 has both pve and pvp servers right? I take it Columbus / Sony run those? That annoys me... what happened to private servers in games since I last gamed? Just set the servers free!
[01:38:19] <SpallsHurgenson> although if I had a choice, it'd be PVE and I'd snipe the monsters before they ate the other players :)
[01:37:48] <SpallsHurgenson> omigod, I totally would :)
[01:36:57] <juggs> EF would turn up, all berseker one day and all philosophical the next.... chromas & crutchy would run interference and distraction.... Spallls would be camped up the top of some way of tree on top of a mountain equipped with all the gear just sniping people then going into hiding.
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[01:33:47] <juggs> predictable bunch :D
[01:33:47] <juggs> I would cackle my hind legs off if SN could put together a crew in one particular game that just dominated one region by being omni-present and always online. Of course this being SN, by the time we'd agreed the platform through an 18 round voting system then chosen a game via 256 way, 512 round vote, the opportunity would be gone. I can still smile at the opportunity for some serious messing with minds that would ensue as we would be a terribly un
[01:32:04] <SpallsHurgenson> hmmm... I'm missing a d4
[01:26:26] <SpallsHurgenson> next game I buy will probably be City Skylines. I've a hankerin' for some buildin' :)
[01:24:18] <juggs> Anyways, I just thought some of the gameplay was funny - probably more the player(s) doing the stream than the game I suspect.
[01:22:35] * SpallsHurgenson quits witcher 3 and looks for his bag-o-dice
[01:22:22] <juggs> Seems you can loot corpse shells in h1z1 - might come in useful.... or use them as a cooking implement.
[01:21:55] <chromas> & cheese
[01:21:42] <SpallsHurgenson> better than corpse shells
[01:20:59] <juggs> *shell corps
[01:20:45] <juggs> Do they make all these shell games to pass interests between to create an artifial sleuth game in and of itself that keeps them in our minds?
[01:19:59] <juggs> OK - so now another trail to find out who the hell Columbus Nova are
[01:19:30] <SpallsHurgenson> "On February 2, 2015, Sony sold Sony Online Entertainment to Columbus Nova, who renamed it Daybreak Game Company."
[01:18:54] <SpallsHurgenson> oh wait, didn't sony divest themselves of their online games division?
[01:18:48] <juggs> © 2014 Sony Online Entertainment LLC. SOE and the SOE logo are registered trademarks and H1Z1 is a trademark of Sony Online Entertainment LLC in the United States and/or other countries. All rights reserved.
[01:18:48] <juggs> H1Z1™
[01:18:32] <juggs> Free to Play. Your Way. is a registered trademark of Sony Online Entertainment LLC. All rights reserved.
[01:18:31] <juggs> Free to Play. Your Way.®
[01:18:29] <juggs> BOOM... there it is...
[01:18:24] <juggs> Just checking their site... lots of Everquest stuff,
[01:18:21] <SpallsHurgenson> anyway, if I need to kill zombies theres always left4dead
[01:17:52] <SpallsHurgenson> dunno, I could be mistaken
[01:16:54] <juggs> Are they a sub of Sony?
[01:16:48] <juggs> Daybreak Game Company LLC in the United States
[01:16:10] <juggs> Ohhh - hadn't picked up it's a Sony title.
[01:15:29] <juggs> I haven't the hardware to run it at present sadly. Perhaps if I sold off all my old esoteric boxes of crap I could afford an upgrade for the space heater disguised as a PC under the desk that never gets used :D
[01:15:02] <SpallsHurgenson> plus, it's a Sony game, isn't it? I try to avoid Sony stuff
[01:13:24] <chromas> dylsexia of the fingers
[01:13:18] <Bender> karma - beta: -20
[01:13:17] <chromas> beta--
[01:13:17] <SpallsHurgenson> I thought it was out of early-access... but I haven't been following it that closely
[01:13:16] <Bender> karma - beat: -1
[01:13:15] <chromas> beat--
[01:12:54] <juggs> Yeh - I kinda picked that up. Hadn't heard of it before yesterday. Not even Beta yet is it?
[01:12:49] <SpallsHurgenson> supposedly it is more solo- and newb-friendly than DayZ, which is why I was considering it
[01:12:28] <takyon> still in early access Iguess
[01:11:59] <SpallsHurgenson> (although supposedly there was just a huge mass-ban today)
[01:11:49] <SpallsHurgenson> H1Z1 looks interesting but apparently it is infested with cheaters
[01:11:35] <SpallsHurgenson> my campaigns are similarly low-magic and gritty.
[01:11:26] <juggs> As a side note - anyone been following the progress of H1Z1 (game) at all? I watched a few YT's the last couple of days (no idea how I stumbled on them) and it looks promising but a bit of a time consuming demon.
[01:11:12] <SpallsHurgenson> playing Witcher 3 makes me want to play some tabletop D&D
[01:10:25] <Bender> Added quote 525
[01:10:25] <SpallsHurgenson> !grab chromas
[01:10:10] <exec> 0376
[01:10:04] * chromas touches SpallsHurgenson's stash
[01:09:49] <chromas> ~count message=^systemd(\+\+|--)
[01:09:33] <SpallsHurgenson> juggs: true, but I check the IRC logs first to make sure nobody else is online that has a bigger stash than mine :)
[01:08:56] <juggs> takyon is SYSTEMD - KILL HIM!!
[01:08:39] <juggs> SpallsHurgenson, we know that's a lie, you just come here to gloat about your stash of capacitors that have yet to have eruption failure.
[01:08:11] <takyon> I've transcended logs!
[01:07:40] <SpallsHurgenson> of course, I just go to see the IRC logs before I log on here :)
[01:07:25] <SpallsHurgenson> I visit the website every day...
[01:07:08] <chromas> I'm not even here. I just left a bot pretending to be me :D
[01:06:35] <juggs> chromas, do you ever visit the SN website or just hang around in here for shits n giggles?
[01:05:05] <juggs> available on gopher too - at least I think NC said he got that working - I may have imagined that too.
[01:04:34] <chromas> now oyu know how sane he really is
[01:04:25] <chromas> no
[01:03:47] <SpallsHurgenson> wait, soylent still has a website?
[01:03:27] <juggs> Is having 9 Soylent related browser tabs open at the same time a sign of a sane mind? I think Soylent may have to piss off to its own browser profile or 2.
[01:02:03] <SpallsHurgenson> preferences, too :)
[01:01:53] <SpallsHurgenson> I'm not saying one is better than the other (well, except for classic MacOS; anything was better than that); just that I have certain preferenecs :)
[01:00:43] * juggs ducks Mac v MS OS outrage war stories. Some reminisce about those says, they trigger ptsd in me. Always something.... choice of editor, OS, systemd.... when will it stop? Please make it stop! Oh great, now the evil faces are coming out of the wall again. Now, I'll have to hide under the upturned table to protect me from the imminent nuclear strike. Someone let me know when it safe to come out :D
[00:56:24] <Scruffy> ^ 03Wiki: Chip's Challenge
[00:56:22] <takyon> can't beat https://en.wikipedia.org
[00:55:37] <SpallsHurgenson> of course, Macs did have Afterdark screensavers. I have to admit I was jealous of that :)
[00:55:02] <Bender> karma - alllentils: 1
[00:55:02] <juggs> AllLentils++
[00:54:49] <chromas> At Skool I found I could set the mouse hotzone for starting the screensaver by dragging the mouse, so I made it fill the entire screen
[00:54:36] <SpallsHurgenson> I have to admit I have no idea what that is. Or if I knew, I've forgotten. Then again, I've done my best to forget everything about classic macs
[00:54:28] <Scruffy> ^ 03Wiki: Best of Microsoft Entertainment Pack
[00:54:26] <takyon> https://en.wikipedia.org or BOMEP
[00:53:38] <takyon> plus it had BOWEP
[00:53:23] <SpallsHurgenson> seriously, Windows3 was more stable than MacOS 6 through 9
[00:52:56] <SpallsHurgenson> often they told me this while calling me over to fix a crash :)
[00:52:52] <takyon> RIP in peace Steve
[00:51:42] <SpallsHurgenson> mostly due to Mac users who claimed "Macs never crash and are so easy to use"... except since I was fixing 'em all the time I knew that wasn't true
[00:51:26] <chromas> Since 1984 or so?
[00:51:08] <SpallsHurgenson> my disdain for Macs is decades old
[00:49:51] <takyon> Mac OS XI is pretty good
[00:49:51] <chromas> You love it and you know it
[00:49:38] <SpallsHurgenson> side note: I absolutely despise working on Macs.
[00:49:05] <SpallsHurgenson> I do that with MACintosh computers sometimes too.
[00:48:49] <chromas> because COBOL
[00:48:38] <SpallsHurgenson> why did I all-caps Java earlier?
[00:43:46] <takyon> L'Oral
[00:43:37] * chromas closes his mouth
[00:43:27] * SpallsHurgenson crosses his legs
[00:42:54] <chromas> Today I leaned the phrase "Metzitzah B'Peh" :(
[00:42:37] <SpallsHurgenson> "No longer intelligent" :)
[00:42:20] <takyon> "Artificial Intelligence Learns to Program COBOL"
[00:41:27] <chromas> ooh, line numbers
[00:40:57] <SpallsHurgenson> JAVA might get him a job, COBOL will ensure he keeps it :)
[00:40:13] <takyon> damn son
[00:40:09] <SpallsHurgenson> jinx
[00:40:06] <SpallsHurgenson> COBOL
[00:40:05] <takyon> COBOL
[00:38:40] <chromas> my nephew wants to move up from Scratch for programming. We all agree Java's the next step, right?
[00:38:14] <SpallsHurgenson> had a 'puter that liked to reboot spontaneously once; turned out the ground wire in the outlet didn't go ground
[00:36:21] <SpallsHurgenson> maybe its a grounding issue (the reboot, not the burps)
[00:35:51] <ciri> HEHEHEHE
[00:35:51] <chromas> lol
[00:35:49] <Bender> Added quote 524
[00:35:49] <chromas> !grab SpallsHurgenson
[00:35:30] <SpallsHurgenson> wow, my burps are more powerful than I thought
[00:35:11] * chromas frowns that his computer reboots at the slightest power flicker
[00:34:21] * SpallsHurgenson burps cheerfully
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