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By suitable for a netbook, I mean not dependant on a mouse - suitable for a touchpad. It might help if they were, for example: turn based, reversible (at least within a turn), and not graphically demanding, or demanding in terms of CPU or memory. Other useful features: being able to sa...

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That question was changed to be netbook specific.

Sathya

was on a hotstreak on Bebo and it f'ing crashed. grr

Arda Xi

I still answered it based on that

Grace Note

I don't know what makes a netbook any different than a laptop

Noctrine

I don't really get it either, I thought it had something to do with processors. I don't think I've seen a dual core netbook yet, or any with a graphics card suitable for gaming

Arda Xi

It's just a lot smaller.

Designed to run only a browser

But Torchlight has a netbook mode, I'd assume it works well on netbooks

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10:11 PM

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Can you respec more than once in Diablo 2?

I know Akara will reset your stats and skills for you in the first area once... but are you able to do it again later in the game? Or again when you come back for the next go around on the next higher difficulty?

diablo2

Grace Note

They added a respec to Diablo 2?

Every time I think I can stop playing it, there's more reason to go back and start playing again. Can that respec be earned retroactively?

Noctrine

hehe, I answered before the feed got to it :p

Grace Note

I don't see a lot of use to the feed, to be honest

I'm already refreshing the front page all the time

Noctrine

Saves me having to refresh the front page :p

Arda Xi

I have a notifier for it, and I'll post if there's anything to be closed

Noctrine

10:15 PM

I wonder if there are any chrome extensions for directly answering posts

Arda Xi

what would be the point of that, you could never read the entire question in such a popup

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Can I trust "Steam"-powered games? Any unwanted behavior installed with Steam?

(Migrating my superuser.com question to here, as it was off-topic & closed at SU. I've left off the "What is Steam?" part, though, because it's

steam drm

Arda Xi

don't think we need a 'trust' tag, security is useful though

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Is installing Homebrew on my Wii considered illegal?

While I know that Nintendo condones software being modded onto Wiis based on their past two updates, which have served to remove these modifications, prevent their reinstallation and do little else, is it strictly illegal for me to take advantage of vulnerabilities in order to execute unauthor...

wii

Duplicate of this question since the answer mentions legality

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Will I brick my Wii if I install HomeBrew?

I've heard about the HomeBrew stuff (wiki) that'll let me download and install simple games and even write my own, but is it fully compatible with the latest updates? I've heard horror stories of people bricking their Wii's....

wii

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Is installing Homebrew on my Wii considered illegal?

While I know that Nintendo condones software being modded onto Wiis based on their past two updates, which have served to remove these modifications, prevent their reinstallation and do little else, is it strictly illegal for me to take advantage of vulnerabilities in order to execute unauthor...

wii

Kevin Y

Hooray, 1k rep. :)

Arda Xi

I'm still working towards 2k

Grace Note

Well, you're beating good feet to get there. Only 500 more

Arda Xi

yeah, but questions I can answer have been relatively thin today

Kevin Y

Acceptance of answers is the only thing that bypasses the reputation cap, right?

Grace Note

10:35 PM

Bounty as well

Questions I can answer have been relatively thin, period

Arda Xi

@Kevin Everything aside from upvotes actually

Kevin Y

I see.

I expected way more traffic when this opened to public beta.

Arda Xi

me too

although we're doing pretty well looking at the numbers

728/1617 Q/A

badp

I need to answer stuff :(

14/12 Q/A

Arda Xi

me too

fun thing about that Steam question is that it's irrelevant

He needs Steam to play the game anyway

Kevin Y

10:39 PM

Lol, I have 7/43 Q/A.

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How can I contact server admins in Battlefield Bad Company 2?

When a server has clearly posted rules and someone's violating them, I point out the offender's sad counter-social behavior by chat—politely, twice. If the behavior continues (it always continues) I get the irresistible urge to tattle, hoping somebody will kick the putz.

multiplayer bad-company-2

badp

the sad thing is that people don't realize that when you run an application as administrator

it has COMPLETE access to ANY program running on the computer

except maybe core processes running by the Administrator special account and the such

Arda Xi

I disabled UAC well-knowing what the consequences are

always have an up-to-date virus scanner and a firewall

"Anyway, the choice to use Steam has already been made by Square Enix. If you don't trust them, why are you installing the game itself?"

badp

but then, "normal" administrator access is enough to install a service that then can truly have complete access

"I disabled UAC well-knowing what the consequences are" ← FAIL

Huge fail.

Sorry.

Arda Xi

Not really. I've used Vista and 7 since Vista came out

badp

10:41 PM

yeah, I also have used Vista and 7, one year of each

Arda Xi

I've never in my life encountered a virus infection

or anything else malicious

UAC is a fail-safe for people who don't know what they're doing (majority of Windows users)

badp

so you find absolutely no issue in running Word as root?

Arda Xi

If it were done well, like on Linux, fine

Hell no, I don't run Firefox

Chrome is fully sand-boxed

I would never dare to run as root on linux

badp

so why do you dare run shit as root on Windows?

UAC is su

Arda Xi

because on Windows I hardly ever do anything I don't trust

I don't use my Windows box mainly

only for things I don't do on Linux, which are so few and far between that I know the programs and that I can trust them

It's also mostly older games and such that don't support UAC properly

badp

10:44 PM

ctrl-shift-enter ftw :P

(it asks Windows to run the game as root via UAC elevation, because, again, UAC is basically su)

Arda Xi

Microsoft fucked up UAC from the start, to the point where many developers don't support it, which makes it run badly

badp

to be honest

Microsoft failed

Arda Xi

whereas linux applications know to avoid needing root and only ask for it when needed

badp

the whole point of UAC is letting you use Windows as a limited user by letting you give administrator access to the few programs that do need it by giving an admin password

Arda Xi

therefore I prefer to put my entire disposable OS at risk than mess around with all kinds of workarounds

badp

10:46 PM

however, to make the user legacy happy, Microsoft default to have new users as administrators

where UAC is indeed pointless bullshit of cancel or allow

Arda Xi

anyway, chat going way off-topic here

(Windows XP supported sudo too by the way)

badp

I know, but UAC makes it much easier :)

instead of shift-right-click, run as user, enter username, enter password

I'm sorry for the rant, by the way

it just makes me mad to see good technology misunderstood and turned off

Arda Xi

no problem, I understand your point, it's just, I truly know what I'm doing

and again, I never run linux as root, so no 'good technology' wasted

this windows box doesn't run anything I can't miss

Kevin Y

Nobody here has a Mac? :|

Arda Xi

but I haven't had problems in 3 years so I don't see why I ever would

don't think so Kevin, this is a gaming QnA after all

Kevin Y

10:52 PM

Lol. Macs . . . have Steam now. Just . . . a limited selection of games. :P

Arda Xi

I know. They should've supported Linux too

(I'd never insult Valve, you did not see that.)

badp

By the way, are there games on Steam for Mac but not for Windows?

Arda Xi

Not as far as I know

Kevin Y

I don't think so.

Arda Xi

not even sure SteamPlay supports that

badp

10:54 PM

SteamPlay has no reason to, the whole point is crossplatform compatibility

Arda Xi

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Is installing Homebrew on my Wii considered illegal?

While I know that Nintendo does not condone software being modded onto Wiis based on their past two updates, which have served to remove these modifications, prevent their reinstallation and do little else, is it strictly illegal for me to take advantage of vulnerabilities in order to execute ...

wii legal

changed my close reason, can't exactly change it literally though

Noctrine

I have a mac

Kevin Y

:D

badp

You know, I'd love to give Mac OS X the operative system a try

but Apple really doesn't want me to :(

Kevin Y

Macs are great. I run Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows. :)

But I don't really do anything with Linux . . . it's just there.

Arda Xi

11:08 PM

I still gotta try Mac in a VM someday

Noctrine

I love my mac, for anything thats not development.

badp

I don't know Kevin, I agreed with people saying Vista sucked till I tried it, then I really liked it.

Noctrine

Excluding Web Development, but not including graphics work

Arda Xi

I don't like to try Apples big bills.

badp

That taught me that until I try it, I really can't know if I'd like it or not

just the admission fee to give the OS a fair try is a bit too steep :(

(including driver support, which would be iffy even in a VM)

Noctrine

11:09 PM

Presentation on a Mac is top class, I hate a bit about how the OS handles things in comparison to windows though. The changing of ctrl/alt drives me freaking crazy

I don't think I can ever use a non-mac touchpad again.

Kevin Y

I can't type on a non-Mac keyboard anymore.

Arda Xi

I have a Snow Leopard disc from someone who actually has a Mac and a willingness to bend the rules

Kevin Y

Like those Dell keyboards with the really thick keys.

badp

oh right, heh. How would you type Command on a non-Mac keyboard?

Arda Xi

Ctrl?

Kevin Y

11:10 PM

I think the Windows key.

Jeff Atwood

house ads are in for all public SE 2.0 betas

Noctrine

I just mess up common commands, like ctrl+c always end up pushing cmd+c

Jeff Atwood

there's one for gaming

we pick random questions from the "hot" tab

Arda Xi

nice one @Jeff

Kevin Y

Cool.

badp

11:10 PM

@jeff, [status-norepro]

Grace Note

Neat, @Jeff

Noctrine

@Jeff needs picture, but nice

badp

oh right, on SO

Arda Xi

Do 200+ repped people get them?

badp

Aye

Arda Xi

11:12 PM

Well I'm not

Jeff Atwood

@badp yeah like in the screenshot.. where it says STACK OVERFLOW .. dead giveaway :0

badp

I just got two in a row

Noctrine

Looking at one for webmasters right now

Arda Xi

I just got one for cooking

never mind

Kevin Y

Refresh, refresh, refresh, ref- oh, there it is. :)

Arda Xi

11:12 PM

Exactly @Kevin

Noctrine

lol

Arda Xi

By the way, @Jeff, why are answers on any SE site linked with /ID#ID?

wouldn't just #ID suffice?

badp

@Jeff, sorry, at times I forget I'm a mere human

Noctrine

You mean ID/Title?

Oh wait, answers. Looking at questions

Arda Xi

Yeah

badp

11:14 PM

@Arda: you don't know what page has that answer

Noctrine

The #Blah is kind of like a goto

Arda Xi

Answers are linked like can-i-trust-steam-powered-games-any-unwanted-behavior-installed-with-steam/2460#2460

Jeff Atwood

no, because #id is not sent down to the server. only /id is.

badp

/ID#ID makes sure you load the page with the answer ID

Arda Xi

Why does the server need it?

You're already on the appropriate page

the only thing the ID accomplishes is the highlight and the anchor

badp

11:15 PM

not necessarily

Arda Xi

then what else does it do?

badp

let me get you two examples

Kevin Y

Doesn't the #____ in URLs tell your web browser to go to a specific part of the page?

badp

http://meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/1/suggest-a-domain-name-for-this-site/407#407

http://meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/1/suggest-a-domain-name-for-this-site/274#274

Arda Xi

Yeah, that's what I meant with the anchor

hmm, yeah, I get you

Noctrine

11:16 PM

If you do it without it, it seems to still go to the right one though.

Arda Xi

pagination

badp

how else would the server know what page to serve you? :)

Arda Xi

but it can still all be done with Javascript

badp

yeah, let's break noscript users.

and google.

Arda Xi

Erm, hello? Have you even looked at the SO site/

Noctrine

11:17 PM

lol

Arda Xi

It's filled with stuff that'd break it for noscript users

badp

like?

Arda Xi

Voting for one

badp

I admit I haven't tried

Jeff Atwood

we support asking and answering with javascript disabled, that's it

Arda Xi

11:18 PM

Pages can be handled with an additional parameter in the link, but I just think ID#ID looks bad

badp

I think it's an implementation detail, an important one too

Jeff Atwood

anyway like I said, #ID IS NOT SENT TO THE SERVER AT ALL

Arda Xi

Why important?

badp

permalinks need to work without js enabled

Arda Xi

I know that

but why does the server need it?

Jeff Atwood

11:19 PM

to navigate to the right question page?

Arda Xi

as I said, pagination can be handled with an additional parameter

oh right

pages change

I've not said anything.

badp

duh :)

Arda Xi

Can we remove the # part somehow? anyone?

badp

I guess you could simulate anchor behaviour with JS

since it's already hooked to do the highlight thingy

ask about it on meta maybe

Arda Xi

maybe put the linked answer first

regardless of votes/sort order

Jeff Atwood

11:22 PM

@arda in the case where the answer happens to be on the same page, the browser can navigate to the right answer without postback

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Flashing black screen after explosions in Modern Warfare 2

I'm running Modern Warfare 2 on bootcamp, 2gb ram and an nVidia 9400m. Every now and then, an explosion messes up my display and it starts flashing black. and I can see through walls (honest to god, I'm not hacking). Exiting the current round usually solves the problem temporarily, but I'd l...

modern-warfare-2 mac bug bootcamp

Jeff Atwood

so both cases are covered -- server intervention required, and no-postback client does all the work

but it requires /id#id

Arda Xi

I realise why it would require it for optimal behaviour, well, I do now

Jeff Atwood

also /id#id works even with javascript disabled

badp

people don't like XN--ABAB-FT8AAFAKBGB80AS41C.COM :(

Arda Xi

11:23 PM

I forgot that pages change

Noctrine

I thought it was awesome, but not good for a domain :p

Arda Xi

what symbol is at the front btw?

badp

I just find the un-unicode-ization for domain names to be rather hilarious (in a bad manner)

Noctrine

I want to register smiley faces...

badp

@Arda: which one, ↑?

Arda Xi

11:25 PM

XN--ABAB or something

↑.com = xn--45g.com

and ☺.com is registered

badp

XN-- seems to mean "warning, unicode ahead"

for the rest I guess it's wikipedia to the rescue

Noctrine

Wonder if you can register xn--.com

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What causes thorns to grow in FrontierVille?

Sometimes I'm trying to discourage thorns, and sometimes I'm trying to get them to grow for quests. Any idea what causes thorns to grow?

facebook frontierville

Arda Xi

@Noctrine Error: Malformed requestdomainName

badp

Internationalized domain name

An internationalized domain name (IDN) is an Internet domain name that contains at least one label that is displayed in software applications, in whole or in part, in a language-specific script or alphabet, such as Arabic, Chinese, Russian or the Latin alphabet-based characters with diacritics, such as French. These writing systems are encoded by computers in multi-byte Unicode. Internationalized domain names are stored in the Domain Name System as ASCII strings using Punycode transcription. The Domain Name System, which performs a lookup service to translate user-friendly names into net...

Noctrine

11:28 PM

Should have asked a farmville/frontierville/mafia-wars question at the beginning for that one badge :p

badp

more fittingly,

Punycode

In computing, Punycode is an instance of a general encoding syntax (Bootstring) by which a string of Unicode characters can be transformed uniquely and reversibly into a smaller, restricted character set. Punycode is intended for the encoding of labels in the Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA) framework, such that these domain names may be represented in the ASCII character set allowed in the Domain Name System of the Internet. The encoding syntax is defined in IETF document RFC 3492. The IDNA methodology encodes only select label components of domain names with proced...

Noctrine

Also, been wondering this after I've seen some of your varied answers. @Jeff , what Don't you know?

Arda Xi

Well, don't seem to be any questions needing answers, I'm going to bed. Good night all.

Noctrine

Night

Kevin Y

Good night.