Bits and Bobs 37

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Nov 30, 2012 18:30

Good news! i've two hobgoblin beers!
bad news! works xmas partytonight.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Get drunk and call your boss a cunt. It's traditional.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11897

So i worked an extra hour, I've been to the gym for a couple of hours, I've come home and prepared spag bol which is currently stewing on the hob, I've checked the internet for stuff and now I am bored.

Malc74 · **Posted:** Fri Nov 30, 2012 19:12

Have just been to that lovely Ontario institution, the LCBO and have discovered an Innis and Gunn molasses porter, which I'm looking forward to sampling tonight. If it's as good as their rum finish ale, it will be very good indeed.

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Nov 30, 2012 19:12

Have a wank.

Malc74 · **Posted:** Fri Nov 30, 2012 19:13

Grim... wrote:

Have a wank.

I'd rather drink my beer, thanks.

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Nov 30, 2012 19:15

Weird.

Malc74 · **Posted:** Fri Nov 30, 2012 19:17

I suppose I'm only holding the bottle with one hand...

metalangel · **Posted:** Fri Nov 30, 2012 19:58

Malc74 wrote:

Have just been to that lovely Ontario institution, the LCBO and have discovered an Innis and Gunn molasses porter, which I'm looking forward to sampling tonight. If it's as good as their rum finish ale, it will be very good indeed.

I contemplated trying to finish my 24 pack of Steam Whistle last night so when my friend arrived with her minivan to drive me to the airport cargo area, she could also take me to the Beer Store on the way back to drop off the empties and get some more.

Not sure if, after two cans, one bottle and a vodka Mountain Dew (what?) I would have been a well person this morning having forced down another six cans of beer in a hurry.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Fri Nov 30, 2012 20:38

Do women regularly pick you up to go to cargo areas?

YOG · **Posted:** Fri Nov 30, 2012 20:45

http://play-dune.com/

Dune II as a browser game.

metalangel · **Posted:** Fri Nov 30, 2012 21:14

Dimrill wrote:

Do women regularly pick you up to go to cargo areas?

No, this was the first time.

YOG · **Posted:** Fri Nov 30, 2012 21:39

http://bargainbinblasphemy.tumblr.com/

Bloke buys cheap records and corpsepaints 'em up.

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

Zardoz wrote:

"Dancing with tears in my eyes" for me.

I'll pretend that's the Ke$ha version.

Also: job not get.

MaliA · **Posted:** Sat Dec 01, 2012 8:29

i am home andvawake!

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Sat Dec 01, 2012 9:58

throughsilver wrote:

Zardoz wrote:

"Dancing with tears in my eyes" for me.

I'll pretend that's the Ke$ha version.

Also: job not get.

Aww, something better will come along.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Sat Dec 01, 2012 9:59

Uh oh. My throat feels too big. Noooooo, tonsils! Not again!

Kern · **Posted:** Sat Dec 01, 2012 10:07

Looks like the Belgians used 'Minecraft' to build their Christmas tree:

BBC piece on the furore. I rather like it.

TheVision · **Posted:** Sat Dec 01, 2012 10:42

I don't hate it, but I'd much rather see a proper Christmas tree there.

nickachu · **Posted:** Sat Dec 01, 2012 10:49

I like that. I don't like the fact my housemate has friends round in the basement and the sound travels up through the floor easily.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26064

Mr Christmassyfur wrote:

Last year when we asked Sam what he wanted for his birthday, his answer was "a real penguin, some glitter and a rainbow".

Best kid ever!

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13386

I got woken up at 3:10am last night by a woman wanting to book a taxi.

'I think you've got the wrong number, and thanks for waking me up.'

In all fairness she was very apologetic, and she sounded quite nice, too.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26064

Kern wrote:

Looks like the Belgians used 'Minecraft' to build their Christmas tree:

BBC piece on the furore. I rather like it.

I like that!

devilman · **Posted:** Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:53

AtrocityExhibition wrote:

I got woken up at 3:10am last night by a woman wanting to book a taxi.

'I think you've got the wrong number, and thanks for waking me up.'

In all fairness she was very apologetic, and she sounded quite nice, too.

How much did you charge her?

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

Goddess Jasmine wrote:

throughsilver wrote:

Zardoz wrote:

"Dancing with tears in my eyes" for me.

I'll pretend that's the Ke$ha version.

Also: job not get.

Aww, something better will come along.

No, I actually really like the Ke$ha version.

GazChap · **Posted:** Sat Dec 01, 2012 13:20

AtrocityExhibition wrote:

I got woken up at 3:10am last night by a woman wanting to book a taxi.

'I think you've got the wrong number, and thanks for waking me up.'

In all fairness she was very apologetic, and she sounded quite nice, too.

Probably recognised the car.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13386

GazChap wrote:

AtrocityExhibition wrote:

I got woken up at 3:10am last night by a woman wanting to book a taxi.

'I think you've got the wrong number, and thanks for waking me up.'

In all fairness she was very apologetic, and she sounded quite nice, too.

Probably recognised the car.

My car is not a taxi! It's far too exclusive and unreliable for that.

nickachu · **Posted:** Sat Dec 01, 2012 13:34

I think they mean it was the cat shitting by it

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22391

Woohoo! More NAS fun!

I can no longer write to my Netgear NAS. Playing around with the disks, it seems that one of the drives which is still healthy and used to be fine, now crashes the NAS. It works fine when it is out of the NAS and mounted on its own :shrug:

It's not on the "compatible" list, but really? It's just a disk and has been fine for the past 6 months, yet suddenly it doesn't work? How can a NAS really be that picky about the disk type, right down to the actual model serial numbers of disks? My Drobo will use anything and everything, of any size and never skips a beat.

I see the 4 bay Drobos are down to £200 now, I might just get another one of those and fuck the Netgear.

MaliA · **Posted:** Sun Dec 02, 2012 17:37

"of course the house will be a mess if you arrive home two hours early".

YOG · **Posted:** Sun Dec 02, 2012 23:11

(Linked to a page where you can buy it.)

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Barmaid for MaliA:

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Dec 03, 2012 8:35

Fuck off, I saw her first.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Superb work, there.

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Dec 03, 2012 9:59

MoMA NY has added 14 games to its collection due to some reasoning that probably makes sense to someone. They will be adding another 26 in the future. "Which games, MaliA?" I hear you say. Well, here's the list:

Quote:

•Pac-Man (1980)
•Tetris (1984)
•Another World (1991)
•Myst (1993)
•SimCity 2000 (1994)
•vib-ribbon (1999)
•The Sims (2000)
•Katamari Damacy (2004)
•EVE Online (2003)
•Dwarf Fortress (2006)
•Portal (2007)
•flOw (2006)
•Passage (2008)
•Canabalt (2009)

Oh, and the selection criteria:

Quote:

Playability and pure gaming goodness were not enough for a game to be accepted into MoMA's rarified atmosphere. As Antonelli explains, neither visuals nor aesthetics – although important – would suffice, either. Among the criteria she cites that elevate a game beyond the quotidian are the elegance of its code and the behavior of the game player that the game evokes.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Dec 03, 2012 10:19

Myst? Goodness.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12334

Grim... wrote:

Myst? Goodness.

An entirely immersive puzzle solving world with great visuals.

Squirt · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6607

Yay Dwarf Fortress! Also 'Elegance of code'? Are they saying they analysed the source code for intelligent class hierarchies and efficient resource loading techniques?

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Dec 03, 2012 10:31

Mr Russell wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Myst? Goodness.

An entirely immersive puzzle solving world with great visuals.

And a shit game.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Dec 03, 2012 11:21

throughsilver wrote:

Zardoz wrote:

"Dancing with tears in my eyes" for me.

I'll pretend that's the Ke$ha version.

Also: job not get.

Hells no.

Also: Sorry man.

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Dec 03, 2012 11:51

Busy week, this week: Charity event this evening, interview tomorrow , another charity event (looking at art and stuff - MrsA's lot) on Thursday. Hopefully I can geh ins Kino on Wednesday.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22391

MaliA wrote:

Busy week, this week: Charity event this evening, interview tomorrow , another charity event (looking at art and stuff - MrsA's lot) on Thursday. Hopefully I can geh ins Kino on Wednesday.

You missed the quiz from your list.

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Dec 03, 2012 11:59

Trooper wrote:

MaliA wrote:

Busy week, this week: Charity event this evening, interview tomorrow , another charity event (looking at art and stuff - MrsA's lot) on Thursday. Hopefully I can geh ins Kino on Wednesday.

You missed the quiz from your list.

I'm missing the quiz from a lot of things, nowadays.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

MaliA wrote:

Busy week, this week: Charity event this evening, interview tomorrow , another charity event (looking at art and stuff - MrsA's lot) on Thursday. Hopefully I can geh ins Kino on Wednesday.

With all those charity events in the diary and your proximity to Leeds, can you clarify if the interview is for night work as a hospital porter?

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Very recently, I've been getting some graphical weirdness on the 360. In Saints Row 2 and Just Cause 2, shadows and the thin/translucent bits of the hair hair are not displaying properly - they're showing as really pixelly black and clear checkerboards. Anyone else getting this, or aware of it?

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Mr Christmassyfur wrote:

Very recently, I've been getting some graphical weirdness on the 360. In Saints Row 2 and Just Cause 2, shadows and the thin/translucent bits of the hair hair are not displaying properly

The 360 has known problems with hair hair.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Craster wrote:

Mr Christmassyfur wrote:

Very recently, I've been getting some graphical weirdness on the 360. In Saints Row 2 and Just Cause 2, shadows and the thin/translucent bits of the hair hair are not displaying properly

The 360 has known problems with hair hair.

My dude's tache looks bizarre in SR2. I can live with that.

However, weirder is that the heat haze effects and more translucent shadows in JC2 have started showing as little black pixels - it didn't do that a month ago.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22391

You need to upgrade the ram and flash the bios.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Dec 03, 2012 13:35

Does it do it all the time, or only after you've been playing for a while?

Either way, it might be worth cleaning the fan ports out to make sure it's not getting too hot. And also not posting in "whore topic that sensible people ignore 37".

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Mr Christmassyfur wrote:

Very recently, I've been getting some graphical weirdness on the 360. In Saints Row 2 and Just Cause 2, shadows and the thin/translucent bits of the hair hair are not displaying properly - they're showing as really pixelly black and clear checkerboards. Anyone else getting this, or aware of it?

I suggest you contact Fisher Price support and then buy a PC. :DD

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