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[2013-04-26 17:45:29] - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4532773/how-do-i-capture-keystrokes-on-the-web ~a
[2013-04-26 17:08:57] - So, does anyone know why F6 on twitter doesn't highlight the address bar? How does a website interfere with internal key commands like that? ActiveX? -- Xpovos
[2013-04-26 15:22:33] - mig: I think that is supposed to be serious and I also think this administration doesn't see any contradiction at all between that statement and their actions. I think their view mirrors that of the Jake Riley who commented on the tweet. -Paul
[2013-04-26 15:18:37] - https://twitter.com/whitehouse/status/327805809054601218 i'm really lost at whether this is being serious or just trolling... - mig
[2013-04-26 15:05:00] - a: Might depend on the environment. Is it possible for the half life to be different in a vacuum or in some sort of random gas? -Paul
[2013-04-26 14:52:31] - i was thinking more like a day. if you do something really awesome, and get 1024 brownie points, it'll take 10 days until that's dropped down to almost nothing. ~a
[2013-04-26 13:23:12] - title: A few hours? -Paul
[2013-04-26 12:28:08] - xpovos: I might do better with the Kinect being part of the controller... Paul has pointed out when I want characters to jump I usually lift the controller vertically
JUMP ~g[2013-04-26 12:27:12] - a: ah I see, I was looking for previous or older for some reason
~g[2013-04-26 11:56:40] - I can see how a Kinect can be used in conjunction with a controller to provide a better experience, and even independently, it's an interesting device. My Kinect game collection indicates that there's potential. My biggest desired feature though is greater interoperability between Boxx and the PC, ideally in both directions. -- Xpovos
[2013-04-26 11:34:00] - aaron: I wasn't aware that many games used Sixaxis on the PS3. I thought it was one of the great afterthoughts. I can only remember Heavy Rain using it out of the games I played on PS3. -Paul
[2013-04-26 10:11:59] - paul: i don't know why GTA and DarkSouls and Katamari Damacy and every other game on the PS3 used the sixaxis, but sooo many games did. i think sony/microsoft encourage use of their console-specific googaws with financial kickbacks to game developers - aaron
[2013-04-25 16:54:32] - i suppose now that i'm using this new format, i have a little more room to change "entries" into "older entries" or "previous entries" or something. ~a
[2013-04-25 16:53:22] - g: "entries" ~a
[2013-04-25 16:42:21] - mig: Sure, but if using kinect doesn't add to the game... why would they feel any pressure to use it? I dunno, I'm not too worried about the Kinect thing. Dance Central was cool, but Kinect didn't ruin Mass Effect 3. -Paul
[2013-04-25 16:41:08] - g: Honestly, "xbox 360" was such a stupid name that I wouldn't put xbox 361 or xbox 720 past them. -Paul
[2013-04-25 16:40:38] - g: Well, I wasn't sure what to call it, so I started using the names that I thought were amusingly descriptive (but varyingly unlikely). -Paul
[2013-04-25 16:37:28] - paul: it's not about force from MS, but just the temptation for developers. - mig
[2013-04-25 16:35:01] - kinda like when you were determining a name for talia? ~g
[2013-04-25 16:33:19] - paul: are you trying to use a different name for the xbox each time? ~g
[2013-04-25 16:28:17] - mig: Honestly, if it's included in the base console, I see no reason why Microsoft would try to force developers to use Kinect if they don't want to. What would be the point? Everybody would already have a Kinect so there is nothing to sell to them... -Paul
[2013-04-25 16:25:40] - paul: basically the only solid things I've heard is that the kinect will be a part of the base console. You can take that as either, "oh good it'll be a nice supplement to the experience." or "OMG they are going to try and shoe-horn this into every game now!" - mig
[2013-04-25 16:16:09] - Xpovos: I've heard rumors about the Kinect 2 being a bigger deal in the next console, but I'm guessing there will still be plenty of games where the controller is the primary method of input. -Paul
[2013-04-25 16:14:50] - mig: Continuity is the same reason I'm leaning towards the Xbox361. I've got a lot of meaningless gamerscore invested, I've got some peripherals which hopefully can transfer over, I've got microsoft points and 12-month gold membership cards... -Paul
[2013-04-25 16:01:15] - a: where did the buttons go to see the previous page... Im lost? ~g
[2013-04-25 16:01:11] - paul: the steam comparison may or may not be apt, it depends on how deep this always online thing goes. If it's at the level where you need to be online just to play a dvd, that's a bit more overreaching than steam I think. - mig
[2013-04-25 15:54:43] - paul: my co-worker is very big on trading games amongst his friends, so he has not been taking the recent developments well. - mig
[2013-04-25 15:54:04] - Paul: Partially it's an expectation of a greater degree of backwards compatability, but both the WiiU and PS4 have much ballyhooed periphera that interfere with my own understanding of 'gaming'. Xbox has been getting more and more of those too, though, so it just lends credence to my belief that I'll buy none. -- Xpovos
[2013-04-25 15:53:31] - paul: mostly cotinuity at this point. Most of the reasons I chose PS3 initially (Exclusives, Blu-Ray player, backwards compat with PS1/2) are no longer applicable. Just about the only thing that remains is that I prefer the PS controller. Also the dedicated video capturing hardware and streaming integration that the PS4 will tout has me intrigued. - mig
[2013-04-25 15:52:51] - Xpovos: A part of me also wonders if I need a next generation console. Since Talia was born, I've had so little time to play any kind of games and most of the games I played on console could've been played on my computer. -Paul
[2013-04-25 15:51:26] - mig: I'm a little surprised by the always online thing being such a deal breaker for people, even though nobody knows the specifics. My consoles have been "always online" for years without any kind of issue and isn't steam (which so many people seem to love) always online? -Paul
[2013-04-25 15:49:22] - mig: Any particular reason (or multiple reasons)? I'll admit that I'm "rooting" for the Nextbox to be just as impressive as the PS4 (if not more so) since continuing on with Microsoft would be easier, but I'm keeping my mind open to possibly switching. -Paul
[2013-04-25 15:47:25] - Paul: I'm definitely NOT getting a PS4 or WiiU. I remain to be convinced on the NextBox. I anticipate I will not get that either, but it's probably the only system that has a chance. I guess that makes me a Microsoft fanboy? How weird. -- Xpovos
[2013-04-25 15:46:41] - paul: I've made up my mind on PS4. One co-worker I know says he's switching from xbox (to the ps4, presumably) if the always online rumors are true. - mig
[2013-04-25 15:34:05] - Not sure if we have any die-hard Nintendo/Sony/Microsoft fanboys who have already determined if they are going with Wii U/PS4/Xbox720 or if everybody is waiting until more info is available. -Paul
[2013-04-25 15:33:13] - Leaks and rumors about the new Xbox are starting to come out. Apologies if we've covered it before, but have people made up their mind yet about which console (if either) they are going to get for the next generation? -Paul
[2013-04-25 13:55:17] - a: And by "United States", I meant "The Colonies". -Paul
[2013-04-25 13:42:38] - i think you mean football. ~a
[2013-04-25 13:39:53] - It reminds me a bit of how the British apparently treat team names as plural (example: "The United States soccer team are playing very well") whereas we treat it as singular. -Paul
[2013-04-25 13:28:36] - I'm sure there's a FAQ document somewhere covering the grammatical inanities of the English language, it might even have this particular scenario. -- Xpovos
[2013-04-25 13:28:35] - I would treat the acronymn as a singular. - mig
[2013-04-25 13:28:02] - It's not an easy question, but there are some precedents in English where we treat a collective group of things as singular and then multiple collective groups as plural, so a FAQ (a document containing multiple frequently asked questions) could be singular, and FAQs would be multiple documents, each containing frequently asked questions. -- Xpovos
[2013-04-25 13:18:21] - aaron: I don't know what's officially correct, but I treat an FAQ as a singular item itself (instead of just a stand-in for "Frequently Asked Questions") because to me it more represents that page of questions rather than a group of questions. -Paul
[2013-04-25 13:05:33] - but what about "You should read the manual first, because it covers some FAQ." or "Why don't these FAQ mention Artorias?" i mean grammatically, it makes sense when you expand the acronym... but it read really goofy - aaron
[2013-04-25 13:02:52] - grammar question: FAQ stands for "frequently asked questions". so does that mean it should be treated as a plural, in a sentence? ...obviously something like, "Aaron read the dark souls FAQ" is fine, - aaron
[2013-04-25 11:47:03] - err replace the second "should" in that sentence with "should not" - mig
[2013-04-25 11:46:15] - That's not to say I don't think citizenship should just be granted willy-nily or tied to any sort of benefits, I just think being employed and working in this country should be tied to citizenship or green cards or what have you. - mig
[2013-04-25 11:33:34] - xpovos: well I think the onus on that should be up to the localities. You want people to stay? Convince people it's an appealing place to live, a concept that should apply to citizens as well. - mig
[2013-04-25 11:31:34] - Borders: come in, visit, play, have a great time, stay as long as you want. Want a job? Let's talk about making this arrangement permanent. -- Xpovos
[2013-04-25 11:30:30] - They want guest workers, I want gobs more American citizens. I don't want them to come, work, remit and return. I want them to come and stay and raise a family. -- Xpovos
[2013-04-25 11:30:02] - mig: I'm personally torn on the issue. I don't have a strong objection to it as a market distortion because I can see other benefits. If there is a line (and a fast moving one) then jobs can be an enticement to citizenship, and citizenship is an enticement to all kind of other wonderful things. That's probably where my debate breaks down with people. -- Xpovos
[2013-04-25 11:29:48] - And it's not just direct cost to taxpayers, but also to pretty much every business in compliance with bullshit like eVerify. - mig
[2013-04-25 11:29:11] - Also, going further into the unseen effects of our current policy, is the enforcement, which has a cost. And considering that there are well over 10 million illegal immigrants here, we're not getting much of a bang for our buck there. - mig
[2013-04-25 11:24:46] - xpovos: in most cases, market distortion. If however, you're talking about hiring a contract worker to do a job for the government that might involve classified information, then yes, preference or requirement to hire a citizen (among other things) would be reasonable. - mig
[2013-04-25 11:07:02] - mig: Is preferential hiring for citizens, a distortion of the market, a reasonable state intervention? -- Xpovos
[2013-04-25 11:05:35] - When the situation is go black market or have no job, obviously people will go black market, becasue there's virtually no alternative. - mig
[2013-04-25 11:04:35] - xpovos: you're right, there still would be, but I'd wager you'd see many more immigrants just playing by the rules if the system is reformed to make legitamate working not much of a hassel. After all, why risk the black market if all you're gaining is just not paying a small amount of taxes. - mig
[2013-04-25 11:02:05] - mig: A black market is going to exist as long as there is some reasonable incentive for it to do so, such as minimum wage laws, tax evasion, and many other reasons that have nothing to do with immigration. Immigrants are just more likely to end up in that black market because of coincident factors. -- Xpovos
[2013-04-25 11:00:32] - xpovos: in the current situation, you are correct. But that is precisely why my solution is to just let them work out in the open and not threaten either the employer with fines or the workers with deportation, so there's no need for an under the table black market. - mig
[2013-04-25 10:57:21] - mig: You're also assuming that the "illegal" immigrant, being illegal, is somehow legally employed, rather than part of a black market of labor, and maybe getting paid in cash--no taxes. Some gets spent here, for living necessities, of course, but the benefit is pretty minimal in this hypothetical. -- Xpovos
[2013-04-25 10:56:48] - aaron: either way, I don't think the US can get money from the outsourced workers directly like they could from an immigrant who is working in the country. - mig
[2013-04-25 10:51:46] - aaron: maybe technically they may have to, but I'm sure companies skirt around it. - mig
[2013-04-25 10:51:12] - aaron: if there are taxes to be paid, it'd be to the country where the factory is. - mig
[2013-04-25 10:50:30] - mig: i think in both cases the US collects some tax, but not as much they'd collect from a full-blown citizen - aaron
[2013-04-25 10:50:05] - mig: hmm is that true? if i have a US-based company which hires 40 outsourced workers, and i pay them each $25,000/year... isn't that money taxed somewhere? - aaron
[2013-04-25 10:48:09] - Also it's likely the US also gets some of his income. After all if the immigrant has living arrangements in the country, (s)he will almost certainly be spending money here. - mig
[2013-04-25 10:47:16] - xpovos: i don't think that's a correct comparison. The US gets taxes from the immigrant, not from the outsourced worker. - mig
[2013-04-25 10:33:50] - mig: I'm not going to deny that, but it's roughly the same benefit we get from outsourcing iPad construction to China, but instead we also get to pay for the added infrastructure costs that his presence in the country does place. It may not be government freebies (welfare), but there is a legitimate cost here. -- Xpovos
[2013-04-25 10:31:59] - Even if the american economy doesn't benefit from the immigrants disposable income, there's still a benefit from his labor regardless. - mig
[2013-04-25 10:31:36] - aaron: Fair enough. I remain unconvinced that it'll make much of a difference, but I mostly agree that it's at least a step in the right direction in terms of rhetoric. -Paul
[2013-04-25 10:30:50] - xpovos: to be clear, you are talking about that a mexican taking the money he earns back to mexico, right? If that's the case, I'll pull out my inner Hayek and just say you are focusing on the seen effects and not the unseen. - mig
[2013-04-25 10:28:50] - aaron: even if it was overtly politically calculated, I could at least see something positive in his gay marriage "evolution". I can't see much positive in any of the pronouncements from this policy announcement. - mig
[2013-04-25 10:24:39] - paul: i don't view it too differently from when obama publically changed his stance towards gay marriage. i'm not thinking "wow! that's a really novel idea that nobody's had before" as much as "cool, maybe national policy will start following popular opinion" - aaron
[2013-04-25 10:20:41] - It's somewhat personal for me too, as one of my uncles is still stuck at "legal alien" status despite having lived here for almost 20 years. - mig
[2013-04-25 10:20:24] - mig: I'll take the other side (devil's advocate time!) because while I agree with you, there needs to be some refinement. What about remittances being a major economic factor--technically a drain on that economic gain you're asserting. -- Xpovos
[2013-04-25 10:19:28] - mig: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/01/29/the-path-to-legal-immigration-in-one-insanely-confusing-chart/ What are you talking about? It's not ridiculously complex. It all fits on one simple chart.
-Paul[2013-04-25 10:16:25] - Everytime some fucking moron spews out "GET IN LINE" I seriously want to punch that person in the face. If you are a low skill worker, THERE IS NO FUCKING LINE. - mig
[2013-04-25 10:15:26] - The fact is the immigrants who come to this country, either legally or illegally are a net economic gain and it's insane to try and come up with this ridiculously complex system that shuts out almost everyone except those with exceptional high tech skills. - mig
[2013-04-25 10:12:04] - assumption 3): They cause trouble. Most of the crime is involved with drug cartels (hey parallel to our other discussion), which would be less of a problem if the Obama adminstration wasn't totally retarded with its drug policy. - mig
[2013-04-25 10:10:57] - a: It reminds me a bit of all these senators who suddenly have "evolved" their position on gay marriage now that public opinion has turned and it's been legalized in a lot of places. Way to be courageous. -Paul
[2013-04-25 10:10:52] - assumption 2): Dey gonna take our jerbs! They do work that a lot of americans consider beneath them, so that's a load of shit. - mig
[2013-04-25 10:10:17] - a: Besides, it almost feels as if this is lagging behind what's actually going on and popular opinion. Marijuana has been legalized in a few states and it seems like the majority of the population finally realize the war on drugs isn't working and is also destructive. -Paul
[2013-04-25 10:10:03] - assumption 1): illegal immigrants come for the freebies (even ron paul buys into this one, which infuriates me to a degree). Most come to work because they are in desparate poverty in mexico, and want to earn a living. - mig
[2013-04-25 10:08:58] - a: Sure, I guess that kind of vague talk sounds better than the rhetoric before, but I don't put a lot of stock in rhetoric from this administration. There have been way too many times where the administration says one thing and does another. -Paul
[2013-04-25 10:08:46] - mig: Does everyone buy into the same three, or is it a buffet where they can select up to three of their own favorite terribly wrong assumptions? Also: what's on the buffet? -- Xpovos
[2013-04-25 10:07:37] - The solution is just separate the notion of the you need the governments permission to work in this country. If someone wants to hire you, and you can make arrangements to either make it to your job, either through travel or by making living arrangements here, you can work here. - mig
[2013-04-25 10:07:06] - Xpovos: I agree it's a big issue, and I don't necessarily have a problem with them addressing it now, but I would probably rank it outside of my top 5 in terms of urgency right now. -Paul
[2013-04-25 10:05:50] - a: if there's no consideration to at least go on a path towards legalization or at the very least decriminilazation, then no I consider any policy that still wants to keep drugs illegal and continue enforcing those laws in any way (as i said before drug courts are awful), i consider that approach to be unacceptable. - mig
[2013-04-25 10:03:21] - xpovos: the immigration thing frustrates me on a lot of levels. The solution is actually I think fairly simple and would please everybody but it just seems no one will agree to it because they buy into 3 very wrong assumptions. - mig
[2013-04-25 10:02:41] - yeah, i'm with aaron. it's not something we would consider visionary. but, if you look at the previous messages: drugs are bad. then, the war on drugs isn't working message does seem new. "an enforcement-centric 'war on drugs' approach to drug policy is counterproductive, inefficient, and costly". please tell me this isn't a new message you kind of agree with? ~a
[2013-04-25 09:57:55] - paul: no, no concrete proposals or anything like that. i was just interested in it because it's the first time i've seen the whitehouse acknowledge problems with the number of americans in prison, or our current approach of punishment over rehabilitation. - aaron
[2013-04-25 09:57:33] - Paul: Eh, it's a big enough issue. It affects the economy and jobs issues strongly enough that I think a discussion is warranted, since we can't talk about those topics directly, apparently. -- Xpovos
[2013-04-25 09:56:55] - Given those comments I'm sure it comes as a surprise to some, but I am (and have been) an "open borders" kind of guy. Also, we don't need a guest-worker program, we need a citizenship program. Nothing I hear any politician (either side) seems to come close to what I think needs to happen. -- Xpovos
[2013-04-25 09:41:13] - Xpovos: I don't know why immigration is the next big debate considering we have such other (much larger) problems to address, but I also didn't know why health care was such a pressing issue 4 years ago... -Paul
[2013-04-25 09:40:12] - Xpovos: Not sure I feel comfortable with you talking smack about uncivilized foreigners... or whatever it was. -Paul
[2013-04-25 09:33:19] - So, is immigration really the next big debate? If so, how do we all feel about that? I wonder if I should even bring it up, given my seemingly unsavory history with the subject. -- Xpovos
[2013-04-25 09:25:14] - http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57581237/four-female-prison-guards-impregnated-by-same-inmate/ Four female prison guards impregnated by same inmate. -Paul
[2013-04-25 09:11:41] - aaron: I kinda stopped reading after about a third of the way through. Were there any concrete proposals or anything? It just seemed like a lot of vague promises of reform and making things better. -Paul
[2013-04-24 20:47:07] - so, as with all things Obama, it's a bunch of nice sounding words that is in reality either fucking awful or fucking useless, i'm not sure which at this point. - mig
[2013-04-24 20:46:32] - in fact, marijuana doesn't even appear to be mentioned once in this. it's just enveloped in the "all drugs" label, even though 2 states have legalized it and it's used medically in about a dozen states. - mig
[2013-04-24 20:43:01] - an emphasis on drug courts is also fucking awful. - mig
[2013-04-24 20:41:37] - seriously, have a section about "science" and not even adress medical marijuana? for real? - mig
[2013-04-24 20:39:19] - aaron: well, that policy is a big fucking load of useless garbage. - mig
[2013-04-24 20:34:46] - http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/22/leisure-suit-larry-reloaded-aims-for-may-31-launch-in-na-june/ apparently leisure suit larry is getting an hd remake and it's coming out next month. - mig
[2013-04-24 19:43:10] - http://www.whitehouse.gov/ondcp/drugpolicyreform the white house has just posted its new drug policy reform plan - aaron
[2013-04-23 16:01:27] - a: Yeah, that's my advantage, we're just one office and a pretty small one all things considered. The larger corporate entity can float our entire budget indefinitely if it had to. -- Xpovos
[2013-04-23 15:43:43] - in most cases, if i have to wait 90 days to get paid, the company bank account gets pretty empty. ~a
[2013-04-23 14:45:10] - Interesting blip today: http://www.cnbc.com/id/100664423 -- Xpovos
[2013-04-23 14:01:27] - We're technically an upon receipt biller, since we post-bill and float the service for as much as 30 internally, but I operate on a NET30 basis. And really I don't even bother going after people (they self-cure) until we hit 90. -- Xpovos
[2013-04-23 14:00:33] - a: We
[2013-04-23 13:35:18] - but even in such contracts, i've still had people pay after the 30 days (or however many). ~a
[2013-04-23 13:34:52] - most contracts have something in them called "NET 30" (or 90, or any number really). it means that they will remit payment 30 days (or less) after they receive the invoice. ~a
[2013-04-23 13:33:38] - legally? maybe. ~a
[2013-04-23 13:31:48] - a: If they don't specify when payments are due can they just never pay you and always say it will be "soon"? -Daniel
[2013-04-23 13:26:17] - . . . not all of our contracts specify when payments are due. so, sadly i know exactly what you're talking about. ~a
[2013-04-23 13:24:19] - xpovos: I read kneecapping the slow prayers... and was just wondering how that would work~g
[2013-04-23 13:19:00] - a: Among my least favorite tasks: kneecapping the slow payers. -- Xpovos
[2013-04-23 13:18:07] - wooo, money guys. that's me too! ~a
[2013-04-23 13:10:59] - TJ dropped to number 4 http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/national-rankings ~g
[2013-04-23 13:08:20] - Daniel: I could be more specific, I'm the money guy in my office. In addition to my other hats.
-- Xpovos[2013-04-23 12:27:49] - Xpovos: That is a very specific amount. I have no idea what the cost of any of the work I do is. -Daniel
[2013-04-23 11:43:42] - Speaking of bugs making it into production, I just found one today that's going to cost $7200 to fix. By which I mean something that should have been done previously wasn't because of a bug (logic, not code) and now it will be done because the logic is fixed and doing it will cost $7200. -- Xpovos
[2013-04-23 11:22:57] - http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dodgeball-sequel-works-at-fox-444034 Dodgeball 2 in the works. -Paul
[2013-04-23 10:49:27] - xpovos: working on software for this long I don't get as surprised at what can slip through the cracks. - mig
[2013-04-23 09:03:48] - mig: Good. It was absurdly amusing, but not fun gameplay, I'm sure. Nor in any way accurate. It's just silly that a bug of that nature could have existed that far into a production version of what is essentially an iteration of a well-documented game. -- Xpovos
[2013-04-22 20:20:27] - xpovos: i was just reading an article about simcity today, they posted a huge update fixing some bugs involving residential zones (among other things). Unfortunately the libertarian utopia city you posted a while back is now no longer possible. - mig
[2013-04-22 14:44:44] - a: Yeah, that was my first reaction (WMD? WTF? BBQ?), but I guess there are just different definitions. -Paul
[2013-04-22 14:34:46] - hmmm, ok i guess the content of the wikipedia article suggests there is some conflicting use of the term. ~a
[2013-04-22 14:31:49] - somebody confused the ied and the wmd acronym? ~a
[2013-04-22 14:31:01] - god no, this is not a wmd. what the fuck. ~a
[2013-04-22 14:20:23] - mig: Ah, good point. -Paul
[2013-04-22 14:19:11] - paul: not necessarily. The definition given by American law and International Law probably differ. - mig
[2013-04-22 14:11:48] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/alleged-bombers-aunt-tamerlan-tsarnaev-was-religious-but-not-radical/2013/04/22/ca8f3214-ab5c-11e2-a198-99893f10d6dd_stor If the bombs used in Boston qualify as WMDs... then wouldn't it be safe to say that Saddam Hussein had WMDs? Or was the Iraqi army really that poorly armed? -Paul
[2013-04-22 12:54:53] - aaron: I'm not sure, honestly. I'm not too upset, since I never expected it to get resurrected in the first place, but I am a little sad. The new episodes weren't as good, but I did think they were better than a lot of other stuff out there and it was still worth DVRing. -Paul
[2013-04-22 12:37:58] - paul: well, they did their two seasons -- that's all they were slated for right? i'm not too surprised or upset honestly, i didn't like what i saw of the last two seasons, there were a few good episodes but a lot of bad ones - aaron
[2013-04-22 12:35:48] - http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/04/22/futurama-canceled-by-comedy-central/179034/ Futurama canceled again? -Paul
[2013-04-22 09:51:25] - yeah, it probably didn't crash any apps, but some of the apps did have some incorrect outputs: "the official box score of this game listed Segura as having been thrown out stealing third -- even though he slid into second. Huh? ... then he had to be caught stealing third. But that never happened. So that has to get changed." ~a
[2013-04-22 09:44:57] - a: ha ha! i doubt that play crashed a single computer that day, but i bet it complicated the jobs of some data entry folks - aaron
[2013-04-20 20:48:09] - baseball play confuses computer software ~a
[2013-04-19 16:26:48] - a: But at this point... I'm wondering what the plan is if they don't find him in the next 24 hours. What about the next 48 hours? -Paul
[2013-04-19 16:26:19] - a: Not really. I think it totally made sense last night when these guys were throwing bombs at the cops. I think they probably figured they would catch the other guy soon so wait to end the lockdown until then. -Paul
[2013-04-19 16:22:30] - are you implying anything by your question? do you think that's a dumb thing to do? ~a
[2013-04-19 16:12:39] - I understand the need for caution, and maybe this is an insensitive question, but if they don't catch this second suspect today, do they keep the city on lock down tomorrow too? How long are they going to shut things down because of a single 19 year old? -Paul
[2013-04-19 15:49:04] - a: I don't go to starbucks... so I should be good there. -Paul
[2013-04-19 15:48:26] - paul: don't tell people in line at starbucks that they probably haven't even played it. ~a
[2013-04-19 15:40:48] - For the record, I have not played Bioshock Infinite yet and probably won't for many months, but I do intend to at some point and would love it if I could avoid getting the ending spoiled for me....
-Paul[2013-04-19 14:45:25] - http://cheezburger.com/7316929536 hehe ~g
[2013-04-19 14:25:36] - mig: my conspiracy theory, someone who works for blizzard is disgruntled and generating keys and giving htem away! ~g
[2013-04-19 10:40:51] - though I'm not sure what the person would gain by just throwing them on a reddit post for someone else to claim. - mig
[2013-04-19 10:31:21] - certainly a posibility. - mig
[2013-04-19 10:19:05] - i'm guessing it's something shady. some sort of spam or theft or something. ~a
[2013-04-19 10:15:59] - mig: Maybe they are stolen? -Paul
[2013-04-19 10:01:00] - so some weird trend I've noticed on starcraft subreddit is submitting a link or post containing some outrageous title, and within the post there are 1-3 product keys for heart of the swarm. Sometimes someone will "donate" a even be a collector's edition key. What prompts such generosity? Act of kindness or are people really that desparate for link karma? - mig
[2013-04-19 09:19:32] - a: I just figured since libertarians have been pointing out the flaws of Obamacare since the beginning, it wouldn't help to submit another link full of specific objections from a libertarian, but maybe if one of the key writers of the law was sounding the alarm, it might change some minds. -Paul
[2013-04-18 17:20:28] - a: http://donkeyhotey.wordpress.com/ As for the caricature, I don't think it's safe to assume it was intended to portray him as a "person they don't like". I wasn't able to pin down the artist's political leanings, but he seems to be an equal opportunity caricaturist(?) -Paul
[2013-04-18 17:09:36] - a: I wasn't sure how much people were following the implementation of Obamacare, so I thought something as straightforward as Max Baucus sounding the alarm might change some minds here, but if you want more specifics, I would invite you read pretty much anything Michael Cannon has written at Cato (http://www.cato.org/people/michael-cannon). -Paul
[2013-04-18 17:05:48] - a: And even if you don't click on any of the links going into greater detail about the troubles with the laws, there is still a paragraph explaining how the health insurance exchanges aren't going to be set up in time. -Paul
[2013-04-18 17:04:22] - a: It's not just people, it's one of the people who was most involved in writing (and promoting) the law. You don't think it's news that he now thinks it's headed for a train wreck? -Paul
[2013-04-18 17:02:29] - the article talks about people. people who don't like the law. complete with DonkeyHotey's photo caricature of the person they don't like, in case you weren't sure if he was good or bad. what's missing? a discussion of what's wrong with the law itself. ~a
[2013-04-18 16:31:35] - a: What exactly is horribly written about the original article, though? -Paul
[2013-04-18 16:30:36] - a: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/17/max-baucus-obamacare_n_3101801.html?utm_hp_ref=politics Ok, since apparently you have some aversion to an article from reason.com, how about one from Huffington Post? Does this also qualify as horribly written and not being able to come up with anything real? -Paul
[2013-04-18 16:24:40] - or i guess, framing it another way, what is an argument or concern as an example that you consider a "fake" reason to critcize the law? - mig
[2013-04-18 16:21:23] - a: the links referenced in the blog post aren't anything that resembles a "real" concern? the fact that the person who was a primary author of the law is having concerns about the implementation isn't significant? - mig
[2013-04-18 16:15:02] - when reason.com has a horribly written blog post detailing why they think it's lame and even they can't come up with anything real. i mean, come on, paul, i'm no obamacare-proponent and i feel weird backing up the administration on this, but the article doesn't contain any real problems with the law. ~a
[2013-04-18 16:10:28] - http://reason.com/blog/2013/04/18/obamacare-author-max-baucus-sees-huge-tr So, at what point can we all agree that maybe Obamacare IS going to be a disaster?
-Paul[2013-04-18 14:51:59] - http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--2013-nba-playoff-schedule-061907610.html
[2013-04-18 13:46:55] - It's probably not a good bumper sticker if people can honestly think it could be either pro or anti the thing in question... -Paul
[2013-04-18 12:44:25] - i've seen it. i figured anti. ~a
[2013-04-18 11:01:00] - Paul: some girls do the pursuing... ~g
[2013-04-18 09:38:00] - mig: http://www.amazon.com/LOL-obama-bumper-sticker-magnet/dp/B0036VCD8W Amazon votes for "anti-Obama" -Paul
[2013-04-18 09:37:27] - mig: My first thought was, "It's obviously pro-Obama". But then I thought about it more and now I have no idea. -Paul
[2013-04-18 09:32:31] - So as I was driving into work today, i saw a car that had a sticker that read 'LOL!' with the O being the Obama campaign logo. There were no other stickers on the car so I got confused. Was this an pro or anti Obama sticker? - mig
[2013-04-17 17:18:02] - a: I don't read things in parenthesis.... it only slows me down. -Paul
[2013-04-17 17:05:33] - paul: you aren't the only one. i suggested that i meet someone in georgetown (forgetting temporarily that she lived in springfield) and she said no to georgetown. ~a
[2013-04-17 17:03:54] - paul: you didn't see the "and possibly dating in general" part?
~a[2013-04-17 16:22:02] - g: As opposed to offline dating where girls do the pursuing? -Paul
[2013-04-17 16:21:08] - my understanding of online dating (and possibly dating in general) girls get to be picky and can create as many random disqualifiers as they want since guys tend to be the ones who do the pursuing. ~g
[2013-04-17 16:05:34] - *** Paul raises hand
[2013-04-17 16:01:08] - my guess is it's a minority. on the flipside, i know there are a positive number of people that hate going into dc. ~a
[2013-04-17 15:57:28] - a: i try not to be. But finding out I have more and more automatic disqualifiers for women in this area than I previously thought makes it difficult to not feel down. - mig
[2013-04-17 13:49:30] - hah, don't be down. i'm sure lots of people don't care about driving a little ways. i know i don't care. ~a
[2013-04-17 13:31:55] - a: well that's a wonderful revelation. Excuse me while I punch my keyboard in frustration for the next 1/2 hour. - mig
[2013-04-17 13:27:21] - in other words, single people live near the city, married people live further out. ~a
[2013-04-17 13:26:27] - OTOH, honestly, if i were single and wanted to meet the ladies in our age group, out and about, i'd seriously consider moving to arlington. this place is swimming with them. ~a
[2013-04-17 13:24:57] - i heard a story about someone living in dc on the online dating who basically got the response, "sorry i'm only looking to meet people near dupont circle". in other words "MY PART OF DC". ~a
[2013-04-17 12:45:58] - or GTFO)? - mig
[2013-04-17 12:45:54] - So last week while I was trudging the online dating nonsense I got a response that bothered me probably more than it should have. Basically, the response was, "Sorry I'm only looking to meet people near the DC area." First off, I am *really* that far out there from the DC area in centreville, and secondly, is this the general attitude of women in DC (be near metro
[2013-04-17 12:19:49] - mig: Yeah, I guess more is on the line tonight than I thought. I didn't even realize Carmelo had overtaken Durant for the scoring title. -Paul
[2013-04-17 12:02:22] - paul: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/seed-watch-2013-2-east-5-west-playoff-153042800--nba.html apparently the playoff seedings are a little more fluid than we thought. - mig
[2013-04-17 11:42:59] - mig: Yeah, it's definitely larger than it should be, but a lot of people are (mistakenly, in my mind) saying it looks like a Sovereign or Galaxy class. I think it definitely looks more Excelsior. -Paul
[2013-04-17 11:24:29] - paul: that ship is definitely excelsior class, but it seems much bigger (I recall the original excelsior being comparable to the enterprise in size). - mig
[2013-04-17 10:49:54] - Xpovos: I guess, but that only accounts for about half the years... -Paul
[2013-04-16 17:40:10] - Paul: Marriages and babies? -- Xpovos
[2013-04-16 16:57:07] - Also, holy crap, the first one was 4 years ago? Where does the time go? -Paul
[2013-04-16 16:48:56] - Did anybody see the new Star Trek Into Darkness trailer? It almost looks like the Excelsior is in it. -Paul
[2013-04-16 15:16:31] - Xpovos: I remember reading that too, although it wasn't the first thing my mind went to. -Paul
[2013-04-16 13:27:45] - So, upon learning that the bombs yesterday were made inside pressure cookers, my first thought was this: http://what-if.xkcd.com/40/ How awful in timing. -- Xpovos
[2013-04-16 12:02:39] - paul: yeah, i would think Thunder/Lakers would probably be slotted more favorably than Thunders/Jazz. - mig
[2013-04-16 10:55:35] - mig: Ah, I didn't realize the Jazz could still sneak in. I guess that makes some sense. -Paul
[2013-04-16 10:47:21] - s/are/or
[2013-04-16 10:47:06] - paul: i have a feeling that whether the lakers make the playoffs are not are actually going to have an impact in how games are scheduled, sadly. - mig
[2013-04-16 10:43:40] - Daniel: Are we not going to know the NBA playoff schedule until Thursday? Aren't almost all the matchups set right now? -Paul
[2013-04-16 10:36:00] - mmmm. you can play without me
regardless, i'll probably attend (on average) every other week but it's hard to predict these kinds of things in advance. ~a[2013-04-16 10:29:20] - a: so you're saying I should put up an event 2 weeks from now instead of next week? - mig
[2013-04-16 09:49:46] - twice a month is more often than i could do it. but yeah, i agree. ~a
[2013-04-16 09:35:56] - Also, I had a lot of fun playing SC2 last night. I know I kinda implied that I wasn't free until July, but if you guys decide to do it again, I would love to try to make it, although I probably can't do it more than maybe twice a month max. -Paul
[2013-04-16 09:34:45] - a: Yeah, it's worth noting that I didn't mean to imply it was a bubble like the tulip mania thing where it's "proven" now that bitcoins are silly and worthless. More like the dotcom and real estate bubble where people got a little too excited about it and now it's back to a normal growth pattern. -Paul
[2013-04-16 09:34:30] - there are people who apparently think in serious terms, that what happened with gold over the last 2 days was a "crash". - mig
[2013-04-16 09:31:03] - reading some threads on the slight decline of gold prices was also pretty amusing too. - mig
[2013-04-16 09:30:21] - a: i think the term "bubble" is accurate to describe what happened, but the problem is just what people are implying by calling it that (OMG BITCOINS ARE WORHTLESS NOW LOL LIBERTARIANS). - mig
[2013-04-16 09:14:08] - and if you didn't label the y-axis, it would make for a wonderful fedora. i'll agree, though, that the difference between a short-term "spike" in a price, and a "bubble" is semantic. ~a
[2013-04-15 17:32:53] - a: But I'll bet if you compared a chart of bitcoin values vs dot com stocks or housing prices and didn't label the x-axis, they would look pretty similar. -Paul
[2013-04-15 17:32:16] - a: I don't think the period of time that it occurs over changes anything. Sure, this is unusual since it all happened in the space of a few months as opposed to years... -Paul
[2013-04-15 17:05:01] - when i think of a bubble, i don't think of a one-week-spike. i think of something that lasts at least a month or two. am i wrong here? ~a
[2013-04-15 16:40:48] - a: I mean it's down to a third of what it was a few days ago.
-Paul[2013-04-15 16:39:52] - a bitcoin bubble burst? you mean it's down to (gasp) where it was a week ago? ~a
[2013-04-15 16:33:44] - This headline (from Boston's CBS station) says 2 dead, 23 additional injured. http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/04/15/several-hurt-in-explosions-at-boston-marathon-finish-line/ -- Xpovos
[2013-04-15 16:26:37] - I read on twitter that one hospital has 19 patients, 6 critical, and multiple amputations. -Paul
[2013-04-15 16:21:17] - I think there are two confirmed, with as many as a dozen likely based on sources I'm reading. -- Xpovos
[2013-04-15 16:11:32] - http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1cen3t/there_was_just_an_explosion_at_the_boston/ Some comments there cite some news orgs reporting three fatalaties
-Daniel[2013-04-15 16:10:40] - Despite how bad some of the explosion pics look, it seems like I only keep reading about "injuries" and it looks like no fatalities so far. Hopefully nothing changes on that front. - mig
[2013-04-15 16:07:08] - mig: Or maybe real estate, if this area is any indication. -Paul
[2013-04-15 16:02:12] - paul: guns. lots of guns. - mig
[2013-04-15 15:59:53] - Bitcoin bubble burst, gold is plummeting, the stock market is down. Where are people putting all their money? -Paul
[2013-04-15 15:49:50] -
[2013-04-15 15:43:16] - http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/16/us/explosions-reported-at-site-of-boston-marathon.html?_r=0 yikes. 2 large explosions reported at the Boston Marathon as it was wrapping up. - mig
[2013-04-15 15:31:07] - mig: I think part of the "outrage" is how much Obama mentioned the rich not paying their "fair share" during the most recent election and it being a little vague as to what qualifies as "fair". -Paul
[2013-04-15 15:18:44] - Though i was getting rather irritated last night comparing my tax returns for the last couple years and finding out just how much the government hates single childless people who don't own a home. - mig
[2013-04-15 15:17:07] - what would the "fair share" for Obama be though? If it is something like 20% of his income, then I don't know if this is something that would raise my blood pressure. - mig
[2013-04-15 14:56:13] - Paul: He was in the house as a republican in the 90's. He is definitely not a liberal but is called a RINO every so often by other republicans at this point. -Daniel
[2013-04-15 14:47:05] - mig: But apparently he was a former Republican politician? I fully admit I know next to nothing about him, but he certainly doesn't seem to be a complete liberal like most of the people on the network. -Paul
[2013-04-15 14:44:23] - paul: scarborough has been on MSNBC for as long as I can remember. - mig
[2013-04-15 14:23:04] - http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-tax-rate-joe-scarborough-class-warfare-2013-4 At first I was surprised to hear somebody on MSNBC criticizing Obama's tax rate, but then I was surprised that apparently MSNBC has a non-liberal hosting one of it's shows... -Paul
[2013-04-15 13:01:37] - mig: I take that back. Better than two years... http://www.facebook.com/andrew.riley.927/posts/161880003859084 -- Xpovos
[2013-04-15 12:59:07] - mig: I've been following the story for about a year, but I'm pretty atypical. -- Xpovos
[2013-04-15 12:38:54] - daniel: Fez and Spelunky are two XBLA-specific titles that I'm interested in. I'm interested in SportsFriends which is PS3-exclusive. But you're right that most arcade titles are cross platform, thank goodness - aaron
[2013-04-15 12:11:59] - Hopefully by then, there will be a better indication of the pros and cons of each (and which might have the better exclusives). -Paul
[2013-04-15 12:11:35] - Xpovos: I'm taking a wait and see attitude. While I probably have a soft spot in my heart for the Xbox, I'm not fanboy who will blindly buy one console. Heck, thanks to Talia causing a back-log in games for me to play, I'll probably not need to buy a new console until next year. -Paul
[2013-04-15 11:53:16] - So, that, Kermit Gosnell, trial? I'm just curious did anyone know who he was before last week? I was surprised I didn't, considering how much news content I consume. - mig
[2013-04-15 11:53:08] - http://consultingbyrpm.com/blog/2013/04/bitcoin-from-an-austro-libertarian-perspective-part-i.html It seems a little silly since they come up with weird analogies to avoid dealing with any technical terms at all, but I actually found this really simple explanation of how bitcoins work to be a little informative. -Paul
[2013-04-15 11:50:29] - For every clever move Microsoft makes, they seemed bound and determined to make two stupid/annoying moves against a critical base (developers, gamers). As much as I like my Xbox, I think its unlikely for multiple reasons that I'll be buying a NextBox. -- Xpovos
[2013-04-15 11:25:33] - Paul: I don't know what the exact specs are but I remember reading statements that made it sound like they would be using more much standard stuff instead of their own weird processors (for the PS4). No idea about the new Xbox. -Daniel
[2013-04-15 11:21:41] - Daniel: Although I think that's likely to cancel out with the new consoles, since aren't both using regular PC processors and graphics cards? -Paul
[2013-04-15 11:21:13] - Daniel: It very well could be. I know the door swings both ways, though. A lot of the reason why games that came out on both consoles often looked better on the Xbox (despite the PS3 being a more powerful machine) was that it was easier programming for Xbox since it didn't use an exotic new processor. -Paul
[2013-04-15 11:12:16] - I can only think of one game that I know is on PS3 but not on Xbox (Journey) so I'm not sure its a strong argument either way currently. I know Xbox got a lot of indie games first since XBLA was a bigger market than PS store (still is probably?) but apparently support for games on XBLA is way harder so more indies are moving towards PS. -Daniel
[2013-04-15 11:06:11] - Daniel: Honestly, I'm not sure about XBLA games that aren't on PS3. I have both consoles, but with the exception of Portal 2, most of the time if a game is available on both, I use the Xbox without checking to see if it's available on PS3. -Paul
[2013-04-15 10:53:40] - XBLA game would/do count but are there good ones that are only on XBLA and not on PS3? I've also read several things going forward that indie developers are moving away from XBLA and towards the playstation b/c Microsoft is annoying to work with. -Daniel
[2013-04-15 10:52:42] - Maybe I should clarify my definition of exclusive. I can play minecraft and ME both on my PC so I don't need an Xbox for them. I just recently played Ni No Kuni and inFamous2 both which are only on Playstation. -Daniel
[2013-04-15 10:43:53] - minecraft? I think? - mig
[2013-04-15 10:42:10] - Daniel: Also, Gears of War is technically a third person shooter (ME games are also third person, although I wouldn't quantify them as shooters). -Paul
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