Gaming

FallenAngelEyes

12:00 AM

Anyway, I don't want to clog chat here about my inability to choose a major, haha.

Grace Note

I find it an interesting conversation topic, actually, but if you'd like to cease I don't mind.

But since I brought up barristas...

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FallenAngelEyes

I have an issue with perfectionism and high standards for myself, so the fact that I'm totally sucking at figuring out what I want to do weighs on me. :( I'm already 26 and I feel like I'm running out of time if I want to choose something.

And that is awesome.

alexanderpas

@GraceNote can't... look... away... from... image...

Grace Note

Yay! I don't feel old anymore!

(Sorry if that makes you feel old...)

FallenAngelEyes

I love art, like painting and drawing, but I don't know if it's something I'd want to make money off of.

lol thanks :P

Arda Xi

12:03 AM

Now I feel so young :(

alexanderpas

I'm 24 :D

Arda Xi

I'm 15 :(

Grace Note

I have a degree in and enjoy art, but I really don't do it often enough so I haven't practiced well enough

Turning 23 soon.

FallenAngelEyes

I'm just starting to get back into it again after not doing it for years. There's a community center here that holds painting/drawing sessions every week that I found earlier this year, and it's really nice.

It's mostly filled with old people, because that's usually the main audience of these places, but it's great to just have 2.5 hours to myself without distractions to do some oil painting or something.

Grace Note

That's very good to have

FallenAngelEyes

12:04 AM

I've never gone to school officially for art at all, but I wish I had.

alexanderpas

yeah, "old people" hehe...

Grace Note

I simply haven't had the time, and for 2 years I was crippled by thinking I lost my main art book

FallenAngelEyes

If we had a larger flat, I'd do more, but our place is quite small, so I can't leave art supplies laying about everywhere.

(@alex: Klein buurthuis met subsidie enz.)

Grace Note

In reality, I managed to pack it into a drawer that is impossible to open. Which I had convinced myself that it could never be in there, because the drawer is impossible to open. So I spent 2 years not doing any physical art.

alexanderpas

@FallenAngelEyes (ik ken ze...)

Arda Xi

12:06 AM

@GraceNote You wouldn't know until you open it, in the meantime it's both there and not there.

Grace Note

Schroedinger's artbook.

Arda Xi

Schrödinger :)

Grace Note

Complete with all the stylistic guides you need for most conceivable fancy dresses.

alexanderpas

@ArdaXi !

Grace Note

Oy, I don't even write my own name with an umlaut.

Arda Xi

12:08 AM

@GraceNote I do..

Grace Note

Well, mine can be written without an umlaut by just adding an 'e' after the vowel

FallenAngelEyes

Otherwise you'd be "ah-reen"

Arda Xi

@GraceNote I see. Mine cannot.

alexanderpas

@ArdaXi except when registering a domain ;)

Grace Note

Well, yours is Dutch, aye?

Mine's German.

Arda Xi

12:09 AM

@GraceNote Aye.

@alexanderpas My latest domain acquisition uses my diaeresis-less pseudonym

Grace Note

I'm half German, half Taiwanese. Complete 50-50 split. none of that 1/8 Irish, 1/16 Iroquois mix that most people I know seem to have to deal with.

FallenAngelEyes

I'm (as far as I know, as I don't completely know) all Korean

Arda Xi

As far as I know I'm 100% Dutch.

Grace Note

Why is every linguistics person I know Korean!?

FallenAngelEyes

I was born in Korea, raised in the US, and now I live in the Netherlands

I'm not culturally Korean at all though, I'm culturally American

I was adopted when I was 3.5 months old, so no memories of there

Grace Note

12:11 AM

Born and raised in the US. We go to Taiwan frequently, but my father's side (the German half) moved to the US so we're more German in name and heritage than culture.

alexanderpas

I'm dutch, but there are some german traces.

Grace Note

Counting to 8 is about the full extent of my German knowledge, but I rarely get past 5.

FallenAngelEyes

My friend I'm currently studying Dutch with is German

Grace Note

Well, that and a smattering of weapons and magical incantations, but...

FallenAngelEyes

She also moved here for a Dutch boyfriend

Hehe

Grace Note

12:13 AM

Intrigue

That's actually a pattern in my language acquisition.

FallenAngelEyes

So I've learned more about German culture from her

Grace Note

I first learned Chinese by asking how to say basic elements and weapon classes.

FallenAngelEyes

Which kind of Chinese?

Grace Note

Mandarin, Traditional

alexanderpas

If you know chinese vely well, you can make a lot of money being a tlanslatol

Grace Note

12:14 AM

Japanese I picked up by spending a weekend to permanently learn all Katakana because I wanted to know what ミスリル was. (Mithril, Famicom, Final Fantasy III)

FallenAngelEyes

Hehe

I can still read all hiragana/katakana, but I've forgotten most of the kanji I learned in college :(

alexanderpas

I wish i had the ability to learn language that way...

Grace Note

The Taiwanese I know is mostly conversational

But the characters are the same as Traditional Chinese anyway.

FallenAngelEyes

In between high school and college, I took 6 years of Spanish, 7 years of French, 2 semesters of Japanese, and am currently learning Dutch. Spanish and French I did mostly at the same time.

Grace Note

Same with Ke Jia (a specific dialect used by the one of the original tribes)

FallenAngelEyes

12:17 AM

I'm also weirdly obsessed with constructed languages.

Like Tolkien's, Esperanto, even D'ni, the language from the Myst games

Grace Note

I took somewhere between 2 and 5 years of Spanish in high school. I technically took a semester of Japanese, but it wasn't entirely insightful because it was primarily learning hiragana/katakana (which I already knew)

alexanderpas

@FallenAngelEyes go do linguistics!

FallenAngelEyes

I just think conlangs are so awesome.

Arda Xi

@FallenAngelEyes I once learnt a bit of Esperanto

Grace Note

They always seem awesome.

I can't remember if Hymmnos is just a singing verse or if there is a full language behind it.

FallenAngelEyes

12:19 AM

I've unfortunately lost of a lot of my French and Spanish through disuse. I can still read a lot, but my speaking ability has gone way down. :(

Grace Note

I learned that I hadn't really lost my Spanish despite disuse, as I held a conversation with my good friend (who is native to Spain), and I was able to read several comics that were in Spanish recently.

The real issue was actually in classes. My Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese knowledge have a circular system of destruction.

FallenAngelEyes

How so?

Grace Note

I spoke Chinese in my Spanish class, Spanish in my Japanese class, and Japanese while meaning to speak Chinese.

FallenAngelEyes

Oops.

Grace Note

The lattermost was actually helpful, because I was with a bunch of friends (while in Taiwan), one of whom actually knew Japanese, and I didn't know how to say "Wednesday" in Chinese anyway.

alexanderpas

12:21 AM

Japanese while meaning to speak Chinese, i can understand... the other two on the other hand... spanish is a whole different language family.

FallenAngelEyes

hehe

Grace Note

@alex It helps that all 3 have consistent forms of pronunciation for their letters, and for the most part they also use all the same vowel sounds.

Mandarin "I" is "wo" (third sound), while Spanish "I" is "yo". The entire sentence degenerates once you start on the wrong foot.

alexanderpas

hehe

Grace Note

@Fallen Do you know much about that phenomenon where two people who are bilingual with the same languages will actually speak in both languages rather than stick to one?

FallenAngelEyes

My main issue right now is that I learn languages better in a structured environment/manner. I never took "official" Dutch classes or anything, I just sort of dove in, so stuff like basic grammar rules I ended up learning backwards. First usage, then the "why" of it.

I don't know much about it, but I've experienced it with my boyfriend's family.

Arda Xi

12:24 AM

@GraceNote Strangely, I've seen that happen but I've only done it intentionally

Grace Note

Mmm. I see it a lot with my mom and many of her friends in the US, they all speak US English and Chinese AND Taiwanese. It is impossible for me to understand them after a point due to all the rapid switching.

FallenAngelEyes

They switch interchangeably between Dutch and English (the one set of grandparents moved to Canada for 20 years then moved back) so they just mix it up sometimes. It's suprisingly easy to follow.

Grace Note

@Arda Interesting

@Fallen Also interesting that you follow it well, but you probably know Dutch better than I know either of those languages.

Arda Xi

Sadly, there are a lot of things I can express in English but not in Dutch.

FallenAngelEyes

They'll speak to me in a mix of Dutch and English sometimes and I'll reply only in Dutch because I need to practice it, then they'll respond in just English or whatnot.

Right now, I choose whichever language that it's easier to express my meaning in

Or that's shorter to say out of laziness :P

Grace Note

12:27 AM

@Fallen Actually, when I go to Taiwan that's similar to how I speak with my cousins. They're trying to learn English, I'm trying to learn Chinese, so we try forbid ourselves from using our native languages.

FallenAngelEyes

It's a good way to practice, if occasionally confusing :D

Grace Note

@Arda My friend in Spain seems to be a lot more comfortable with English than in Spanish.

alexanderpas

@GraceNote I actually had it with a friend of mine, both dutch, and both internet english, we switched between languages, because the other language was easier to express a certain nuance, and kept talking in that language until we switched again. (we both have bi-langual toughts too.)

FallenAngelEyes

I'm trying to think of something easier expressed in Dutch than English

Grace Note

Argh, everyone here is bilingual and I'm no-lingual...

FallenAngelEyes

12:28 AM

"gezellig" is always the stereotypical example

Arda Xi

@FallenAngelEyes What about apartheid?

@GraceNote How can one be no-lingual?

Grace Note

Apartheid is Dutch?

FallenAngelEyes

I'm more familiar with the nuances of apartheid in English though, actually

Arda Xi

Well.. it's a South-African concept, but Afrikaans is a Dutch-derived language, and apartheid is a valid Dutch word.

Grace Note

@Arda Pay close attention to my conversation skills and it'll come clear that I fail horribly at my own native language. Especially in speaking, I will often use entirely incorrect words when I'm not inventing a word on the spot.

FallenAngelEyes

12:30 AM

Some of my Dutch friends think Afrikaans is a very elegant language

Arda Xi

@GraceNote So far you seem to master the English language quite well...

Grace Note

@Arda I write well.

Arda Xi

I could hardly know how well you master it vocally seeing as this is a text-only chatroom.

Grace Note

Writing is a secret (shameful?) passion of mine.

alexanderpas

@FallenAngelEyes Flemish is also funny

FallenAngelEyes

12:31 AM

Sometimes I end up unable to remember the English definition of a Dutch word, which is always amusing

Arda Xi

@alexanderpas Flemish is mostly a much more elegant form of Dutch.

Grace Note

Come from a family of high tech math-sci folk and never liked English and Literature courses in early education. Went to a tech college, took advanced mathematics and science courses...

FallenAngelEyes

I've heard that as well. I haven't had any real exposure to Afrikaans or Flemish though.

Never be ashamed of writing!

Arda Xi

Afrikaans is kind of.. pidgin Dutch I guess

alexanderpas

@ArdaXi really? Hefschroefvliegtuig vs. helicoper?

Grace Note

12:32 AM

But despite ALL of these inclinations, the only standardized test I got a perfect 800 on was Writing, and I did better in my several Writing courses in college than in my science courses.

FallenAngelEyes

...Hefschroefvliegtuig? Really?

Arda Xi

@alexanderpas Seeing as the latter isn't really dutch.

Grace Note

How do you say "artillery tank" in Dutch? Better yet, "vernier"?

FallenAngelEyes

@Grace SAT?

Grace Note

@Fallen SAT 2, aye.

FallenAngelEyes

12:34 AM

Hate the SAT. Though I am rather diametrically opposed to standardized testing of any form, but that's an entire other rant.

alexanderpas

@FallenAngelEyes Hefschoefvliegtuig is one of the best known examples of Flemish

Arda Xi

@GraceNote Pretty much the same I guess, but I wouldn't even know what a vernier is in English

Grace Note

@Fallen Standardized tests are rather uf in the long run.

@Arda Verniers are stability rocket systems used in things like space craft

FallenAngelEyes

uf?

alexanderpas

@GraceNote ah, now we see...

Grace Note

12:35 AM

Uf is actually Spanish... I kinda picked it up, though.

FallenAngelEyes

What's it mean?

Grace Note

Any of general disgust, misfortune, disapproval, or just plain... uf.

FallenAngelEyes

Aaah gotcha.

alexanderpas

bad!

Arda Xi

@GraceNote You've created an infinite loop

throws StackOverflowException

alexanderpas

12:38 AM

@ArdaXi actually, it's also recursive.

Grace Note

I don't have any normal pictures of verniers...

Arda Xi

@alexanderpas Either way it caused an unhandled exception.

alexanderpas

Vernier thruster

A vernier thruster is a thruster used on a spacecraft for attitude control. It is a smaller thrust motor than main attitude control motors and is used for fine adjustments to the attitude or velocity of a spacecraft. A vernier rocket is a smaller rocket engine used for attitude control in conjunction with a larger spacecraft propulsion engine. Vernier thrusters are used when spacecraft control requirements, such as maneuvering during docking with other spacecraft, dictate a wide range of different thrust levels for attitude or velocity control. Main attitude control thrusters are used fo...

Grace Note

I was actually going to look for an image of the normal R-9D2 Morning Star, which uses 4 verniers for stability

Arda Xi

@Grace fairly sure the answer is 'Vernier'

Grace Note

12:41 AM

@Arda Makes as sense as any.

alexanderpas

we dutch like to import modern words.

and the words we still make are mostly silly.

Grace Note

It's amusing if you think about it. There are so many languages across the whole world, but I don't know of any single language that isn't borrowing stock from other languages.

alexanderpas

Goeiemoggel!

Arda Xi

@Alex that's just horrible

Grace Note

Finnish is fun. Pyorremyrskyr.

Arda Xi

12:43 AM

@GraceNote Hm.. ancient Greek maybe?

FallenAngelEyes

Hm. Whenever someone pastes a picture or a link with a display, it considers my chat to be "scrolled up"-ish,

Grace Note

@Arda Well, I suppose Latin probably didn't borrow anything either. Or Ancient Sumerian.

@Fallen I noticed that on my end, too

Arda Xi

@GraceNote Latin borrowed from Ancient Greek no?

FallenAngelEyes

So then I end up missing the subsequent conversation unless I scroll down

Grace Note

@Arda I thought Latin preceded Greek.

Arda Xi

12:44 AM

@GraceNote The Romans stole most of their culture from the Greeks

Especially in the late period

Grace Note

I thought the Romans spoke... Roman.

Arda Xi

That would be Latin

Grace Note

I thought it was a predecessor to Italian. But I don't really know my linguistic history very well, I suppose

alexanderpas

Radiobutton = keuzerondje, checkbox = selectievakje

Arda Xi

@GraceNote Where do you think Rome is? :)

Grace Note

12:46 AM

Hence the predecessor statement

FallenAngelEyes

Okay, meant to go to bed an hour and a half ago, need to pass out

Arda Xi

Latin is a predecessor to many languages

FallenAngelEyes

Thanks for the interesting conversation all :)

G'nite, @Fallen~

Including English

12:46 AM

Rome (; , ; ) is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated municipality (central area), with over 2.7 million residents in . While the population of the urban area was estimated by Eurostat to have been 3.46 million in 2004, the metropolitan area of Rome was estimated by OECD to have had a population of 3.7 million no later than 2006. The city of Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber river within the Lazio region of Italy. Rome's history spans over two and a half thousand years. It was the capital city of the Roman ...

Arda Xi

Good night

Grace Note

That is such a sad looking article. (; . ; )

FallenAngelEyes

I'm all "Need sleep... but... language nerdery... compelling me..."

haha

alexanderpas

Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea, it became one of the largest empires in the ancient world. In its centuries of existence, Roman civilization shifted from a monarchy to an oligarchic republic to an increasingly autocratic empire. It came to dominate South-Western Europe, South-Eastern Europe/Balkans and the Mediterranean region through conquest and assimilation. Plagued by internal instability and attacked by various migrating peoples, the ...

FallenAngelEyes

Sleep well when you all go

Grace Note

12:47 AM

Thanks!

alexanderpas

@FallenAngelEyes thanks

and we're already on 27.6K of messages in this room.

Arda Xi

I should probably go comatose for a while as well. Might even hallucinate a little, and maybe suffer amnesia about the whole experience.

let's see.. that's number 203

Good night

Grace Note

G'nite

Gaming

0

Q: How did the cap economy make it to the east coast?

My understanding of the cap economy is that it was established and maintained by the Hub in Fallout 1. Given that, canonically, how did that particular barter system become the de facto system on the east coast, specifically in the Capital Wasteland and surrounding environs (The Pitt, Point Looko...

Gaming

1:27 AM

0

Q: What is a Starcraft 2 "season"?

In the SC2 online help, it's mentioned that leagues are played in seasons, and "the ladders will be wiped, allowing everyone to have a fresh start and begin anew." Are there any details on this? How often will this occur? Will everyone have to place into leagues again?

starcraft-2

Gaming

1:39 AM

0

Q: Ramifications of mass slaughter?

OK, this is going to sound a bit ... sociopathic. Or perhaps psychopathic. In any event, it's something that I'd only do playing a game -- I swear! :) I will soon finish Point Lookout for the second time. It's the last bit of DLC for Fallout 3 in this, my fourth run-through of the game. I will h...

fallout-3

Gaming

2:03 AM

0

Q: Rewards from Mutually Exclusive Factions in Morrowind?

In The Elder Scrolls III:Morrowind, several of the player joinable factions are mutually exclusive, most notably, the three Great Houses of Telvaani, Redoran, and Hlaalu. While I'm familiar with the general bent of each (Telvaani are mages, Redoran warriors, Hlaalu thieves), and I know the genera...

morrowind

Gaming

2:15 AM

0

Q: Can you divert a brook?

I've got a fortress that embarked in an area with a brook. The only problem is that the brook is much too far from my fortress to keep my fisherdwarves safe. Are brooks divert-able? What would the safest way to change the path of a brook be? I've already lost one fort due to water-based fun, and...

dwarf-fortress

Gaming

4:11 AM

0

Q: Now that I completed the StarCraft II Campaign, can I play the Lost Viking arcade without restarting?

I've finished the StarCraft II campaign, and now when I select the campaign I have a list of the missions instead of the ship (or of Char). Can I play the Lost Viking game from there, or do I have to start another campaign?

starcraft-2 campaign

Gaming

5:53 AM

0

Q: What is "team 2v2", how it differs from "random 2v2" and how to enable it?

I noticed that there is a "2v2 team" (3v3 team, 4v4 team) section in the "leagues and ladders -> friends" in addition to "2v2 random". It is my understanding that what I've been playing is "2v2 random". What is that "2v2 team" ladder?

starcraft-2 ladder

tzenes

6:34 AM

@Grace Latin does NOT inherit from Greek it is a separate language which evolved from Proto-Indo-European. What Classical Romans frequently borrowed parts of their culture from the Greeks, Latin predates that by centuries.

cite: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/…

Gaming

6:47 AM

0

Q: Wii Guitar Hero World Tour microphone

Dear Sirs, What kind of microphones are supported by Wii Guitar Hero World Tour? I bought a box which contained one guitar only and would like to get a complete kit; two guitars, drums and microphone. Can I use a PS2 Sing Star microphone? Kind regards Roger

wii guitar-hero microphone

Gaming

7:47 AM

0

Q: How do you effectively submit an opponent in UFC Undisputed 2010?

What are some effective methods for submitting opponents in UFC Undisputed 2010? How do the energy and stamina bar factor into submission attempts? How does charging (clicking and holding the right stick) compare with shining (rotating the right stick)?

fighting-game sport ufc-undisputed-2010 mma

Gaming

8:05 AM

0

Q: Is there a car simulator game?

Hello, I was wondering if there is a Car simulator similar to Train Simulator and Flight Simulator.

simulation games

badp

Close (1)

Arda Xi

@tzenes You actually meant to reply that to me, I claimed that Latin derived from Greek

Grace claimed the opposite :)

badp

9:09 AM

I'm replying to that question, even though I casted a close vote, because out of 11 people only I thought that question deserved closing

Arda Xi

@badp What 11 people?

badp

"11 views"

Arda Xi

Doesn't mean 11 people with closing privileges

badp

Nobody left any comment or downvoted either.

It's the kind of answer you don't like anyway.

Arda Xi

Still doesn't mean 11 people with commenting or downvoting privileges :)

badp

9:20 AM

LOL

Nethack for EMACS

Arda Xi

That's nothing. I've seen Pong in a grapher program.

badp

It's just the EMACS operative system that never ceases to amaze me

it's a pity it lacks a good text editor™

Arda Xi

I'm more of a Vim guy myself

badp

I use nano ._.

Arda Xi

I used to. Then I learnt to use Vim

Gaming

9:41 AM

0

Q: Purchasing a Steam Game in Europe (though I am a US citizen)

Ok, I'm hoping this question doesn't get closed with regards to small locale as I'm trying to cover all of Europe with this one :) I am a US citizen currently working on an international assignment in Europe, and I am an avid gamer. Does anybody here know if it is possible to purchase the North...

steam region-locked purchase international

badp

9:52 AM

In other news

So, @50cent started writing his own tweets, and look what happened: http://favstar.fm/users/50cent

Tweeted by Favstar on August 29, 2010 at 8:39 AM

Ivo Flipse

omg, he's hilarious :P

> If you a stripper and you have a low self esteem Its probably because your fat and ugly. I suggest you kill yourself

badp

10:13 AM

Beyond Internet addiction: Ars diagnoses your online maladies

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Ivo Flipse

that seems sooo familiar

badp

►

b3ta's quite the place

Gaming

11:05 AM

0

Q: What can I do with animals in cages in Dwarf fortress?

I bought some animals from a caravan because I thought "oh cool, animals!" but I don't really know what I can do with them. I guess the dwarves would like a bit of jaguar meat, but that seems a waste. I tried using my kennel to train wardogs (acording to the wiki, this will actually train other a...

dwarf-fortress

1

Q: Where can I get cooking recepies >289 for World of Warcraft

My current main char is stuck at level 289 cooking. Where can I buy new recepies, or where can I go to do quests for cooking?

world-of-warcraft

badp

11:27 AM

Does looting unpaid bags cost in Nethack?

Ivo Flipse

I don't know, you can ask it on the site :P

badp

It felt like a too simple question <.<

asking

Ivo Flipse

cost what actually?

not that I even know Nethack

and there aren't too simple questions

badp

I fumbled my way to a shop

There's a bag in there

it costs 5,335 zorkmids

(!!!!!!)

I'm tempted to open the bag so I can know what's inside

but I don't have 5,335 zorkmids to begin with and if the shopkeeper asks me to pay for use/damage/whatever it's game over.

Ivo Flipse

but it will cost you 5,335 zorkmids!!!

game over? what weird game is that :P

I really suggest asking it ;-)

What happens if I loot an unpaid bag in Nethack?

badp

11:36 AM

A game where the shopkeeper will happily kill you if you don't play nice :P

Ivo Flipse

welcome to America!

Mechko

GAH. My phd starts today

badp

Best of luck Mechko

Mechko

heh thanks. I'm freaking out. My first class is in 5 hours

Ivo Flipse

oh dear, what's your field?

Mechko

11:45 AM

Computer Science :)

Ivo Flipse

and the topic of your phd?

Mechko

No clue.

Ivo Flipse

haha, you still have to decide then?

Mechko

Yeah. I have a year to choose a lab to join and convince them that I'm smarter than I actually am

Ivo Flipse

if I can offer you one piece of advice, take something you like/love and truly want to learn more about. Else it's going to be one hell of a phd

badp

11:46 AM

(isn't that the whole point)

Ivo Flipse

yup, but sometimes your persuaded to do otherwise, because your promoter likes something else

Gaming

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Q: Does #looting unpaid bags cost?

My level 6 human wizard fell its way to an hardware shop in the Gnomish Mines. She wanted to buy a bag he saw in there when the shopkeeper commented, "Just 5,355 zorkmids for you, good lady." Puzzled, she figures out there must be something very special about that bag -- or rather, inside t...

roguelikes nethack

Ivo Flipse

but if YOU have to do the work, you'd better like it yourself

what's up with the # @badp?

Mechko

Yeah. I'm lucky though. There are good people in all the areas I'm interested in and there seems to be money everywhere. I also don't have an advisor at all now, so no one to convince me to join a group I don't want to

Oak

I'd change that to "cost money" or something, badp

badp

11:48 AM

it's part of che command

"#loot"

Arda Xi

Yeah, the verb cost requires an object

Ivo Flipse

change it to What happens if I #loot an unpaid bag?

badp

(What else could it cost? :P)

Arda Xi

or "Does looting unpaid bags cost anything"

Ivo Flipse

what field are you most interested in then @Mechko?

Oak

11:49 AM

You can't just write "cost" alone

badp

Never thought about that.

Oak

:) better

Man I love that 5 minute grace period

Mechko

@IvoFlipse I'm thinking algorithms/algorithmic game theory with a dash of NLP and/or AI

Ivo Flipse

sounds interesting ;-) any specific application in mind?

badp

Now I'm stuck until I have an answer :/

Mechko

11:51 AM

Hehe. I was thinking of making a computer that takes a picture of a girl and listens to a little bit of what she's talking about and comes up with a pick up line

Computer Vision + NLP + AI

Ivo Flipse

omg, you want to make girls strip on Chatroulette!

badp

:D

Ivo Flipse

I can see the question on SO: How can I make a girl strip for me on Chatroulette?

badp

"You are $ADVERB $COMPLIMENT today, $HONEY!"

Mechko

haha girls stripping would be nice for a change. Not that I go there at all. Ever. :D

Oak

11:53 AM

Sometimes some game-recs are too much even for me.

Arda Xi

to be fair, if you apply NLP an AI will probably be better at it than a human will ever be.

Oak

1

Q: What are the military aircraft games available?

I am a big fan of F22 Raptor,F22 Lightning III and Comanche 3 by Novalogic. What other similar military aircraft/heli games are available for the PC?

pc game-rec

Mechko

@ArdaXi not sure about that. No idea what the processing paradigm for the brain is. Even IBM BlueGene can only do like 80 million (== .001%) of the brains synapses.

badp

+ "given enough time"

Mechko

The brain is like a billion years worth of evolution and its a little arrogant to believe that we can surpass it in the next 200 even. But it would be really really cool

badp

11:56 AM

Like, give it some 10 million years

Mechko

haha.

badp

<spoiler>You'll be happy when you'll hear the answer is 42</spoiler>

Mechko

haha

Ivo Flipse

just wait until they can hack brains into computers

Mechko

yeah. I wanna implant memories

Ivo Flipse

11:58 AM

use inception ;)

Mechko

heh. That movie wasn't as great as I'd hoped

alexanderpas

12:10 PM

@IvoFlipse meh, the other way around is easier.

Oak

Man, SE sites are awesome. I like how you can get an answer so fast that you solve your problem in a manner of minutes

And now badp can continue to play :)

Ivo Flipse

which others are being useful to you right now?

Oak

SO

And that's about it :)

Mechko

12:44 PM

does anyone know anything about the entourage edge?

alexanderpas

engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review

badp

...and I died. Oh well.

alexanderpas

@badp YASD?

badp

I'm not actually sure

I just found myself at 0 hp

probably trying to regen health with baddies around

Mechko

lol

Oh look. I'm dead. Wonder how that happened...

badp

12:49 PM

to be honest I really wanted to play a valkyrie, not a wizard :P

not sure how I ended up with a wizard

(but that wizard meleed surprisingly well)

Macha

Hi

badp

Hey

notalwaysright.com/wifi-works-best-with-a-mouse/6778

Mechko

notalwaysright.com/not-getting-the-picture/5791

btw, you've ruined my phd with that site @badp

badp

._.

I haven't yet linked phdcomics, customers from hell, ...

2

Mechko

ah already read phd. it seemed like a good way to prepare.

Ivo Flipse

1:04 PM

I've seen the review @Mechko but I think it's vaporware by now

Mechko

The edge thingy? yeah. I don't know about spending 500 on it. I think I'm going to go with the eee tablet or the Adam inmotion thingamabobby.

badp

o.O

Ivo Flipse

Adam by Notion Ink, it actually looks great, curious if it will work though

Mechko

that's the one. I'm terrible with names. Actually, my uncle used one a few months ago (like a prototype) he said it's good.

of course, he's invested in the company, so he would want us to think that :D

Ivo Flipse

yeah, but they have been changing parts, due to investors dropping and stuff

Mechko

1:09 PM

he really like the idea of touching it behind and in front at the same time

Ivo Flipse

but I think they have a whole slew of Indian developers working on customizing Android

if they've been doing that in-house for almost a year, they should have some nice improvements

Mechko

do you have any idea when it's coming out?

I just need something to take notes on. Notes that don't end up scrunched like little balls in my bag

Ivo Flipse

> The product will shoot for FCC certifications in the second week of November. And then it depends on them. Add few more logistics issues to that and it can swing either way. (Don’t get surprised it we hit for certification in October, cos there is some tight buffer, though that will be extremely good news).

I have that Livescribe pen

which I actually like a lot

Mechko

hmm. but for 170 odd dollars, I want a toy too. :-p

Alright. Time to go get a PhD. Take care everyone.

Ivo Flipse

good luck!

Gaming

1:47 PM

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Q: New League of legends bots

Anyone know of any good methods to script/bot league of legends so I can try and make bots better then the current AI?