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[markot]

Just make a steam box pshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh thats the sound of steam.

Granted valve seems to have given up on it but still.

I think I dont like valve anymore.

Theyre just lame dota 2 people now. And the steams is just turning into a mobile app store. QUALITY WISE. Burn.

 

[jambo]

I got Windows cheap on http://www.reddit.com/r/softwareswap but it looks like they've brought the hammer down and banned the sale of Windows keys.

 

[markot]

Global warming? More like global cooling Abboot was right!

Australia records third-warmest year in 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-30692110

In fact 2013 was the warmest.

So it got colder.

 

[jambo]

Just make a steam box pshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh thats the sound of steam.

Granted valve seems to have given up on it but still.

I think I dont like valve anymore.

Theyre just lame dota 2 people now. And the steams is just turning into a mobile app store. QUALITY WISE. Burn.

Don't be stupid.

It's only dota 2 & csgo people now.

 

[Aarglefarg]

I heard Super Mario music as the waiting music when I called the tech support company my workplace is partnered with. It isn't Nintendo.

 

[wonzo]

I got Windows cheap on http://www.reddit.com/r/softwareswap but it looks like they've brought the hammer down and banned the sale of Windows keys.

http://www.reddit.com/r/microsoftsoftwareswap/

 

[teacupcopter]

http://www.reddit.com/r/microsoftsoftwareswap/

What is the catch here?

 

[Manax]

I went to top up my Myki online since i go back to work tomorrow and they added 81 fucken zones online. It was literally 2 zones last year. 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHAT. THE. FUCK.

What do i do? I used to put travel from zone 1 to zone 1 because i lived in a zone 1 suburb and went to the city (which is also zone 1), but now it wont even let me add 1 to 1. I have to work out which of the 81 fucken zones i have to click on. The PDF on the site only has 5 zones! and it doesn't even make sense!

https://www.mymyki.com.au/NTSWebPortal/PDF/Forms/Zone_Finder.pdf

Trying to do myki pass btw.

Basically zone one and two are exactly what they are on the network. All that other shit is regional so just ignore it.

I did a myki pass for 1 and 2 last year and noticed the same thing when I went to set it up.

Edit. Just tried and realised you said you couldn't do 1 to 1 neither could I. Maybe do zone 1 to 2 as they changed the fare to be the same cost across zones 1and2 as a zone 1 fare this year?

 

[Fredescu]

This is using a Micro ATX mobo in a full ATX case (this should work fine but I've never personally tried it).

It will, the case will have different sets of standoff holes for each form factor.

Building yourself and overclocking is no doubt the best value, but it sounds like Gaz wants low effort, so I think the i3 is the better option in that case. With the production and editing stuff he'll be doing, he'll see the benefit of hyperthreading from the i3.

 

[Fredescu]

In other news, A Link Between Worlds is goddamn amazing, holy shit. Not sure I can go back to trudging through my Twilight Princess playthrough after this.

 

[MoonGred]

Just wanted to say "fuck you Melbourne weather"
I'm soaked to the bone.

 

[ClivePwned]

In other news, A Link Between Worlds is goddamn amazing, holy shit. Not sure I can go back to trudging through my Twilight Princess playthrough after this.

seconded. the only reason I stopped playing TP back in the day was that I'd put it aside for one reason or another and whenever I came back to it, i'd spend hours trying to work out where I was in the storyline.

ALBW is the first handheld Zelda I liked since minish cap and only the second I finished (well, it was the OG Gameboy version on Super Gameboy)


In other news, Big Hero 6 is pretty good. I'd place it just above Wreck it Ralph and just below Frozen in terms of Disney stuff. Feast was brilliant.

 

[reptilescorpio]

The GAF buy/sell thread has cheap Windows keys too btw.

 

[codswallop]

Edit. Just tried and realised you said you couldn't do 1 to 1 neither could I. Maybe do zone 1 to 2 as they changed the fare to be the same cost across zones 1and2 as a zone 1 fare this year?

Not 100% sure, but I think it works like this from the start of 2015:

If you travel only in zone 2, you pay for zone 2.
If you travel only in zone 1, you pay for zone 1.
If your travel at any time that day includes both zone 1 and zone 2, you pay for zone 1.

 

[Manax]

Not 100% sure, but I think it works like this from the start of 2015:

If you travel only in zone 2, you pay for zone 2.
If you travel only in zone 1, you pay for zone 1.
If your travel at any time that day includes both zone 1 and zone 2, you pay for zone 1.

Yeah that sounds about right but considering Gez only travels in zone 1 only might as well get a pass that covers both for the same price.

 

[Box of Bunnies]

In other news, Big Hero 6 is pretty good. I'd place it just above Wreck it Ralph and just below Frozen in terms of Disney stuff. Feast was brilliant.

Keen to see this, but I don't go to the movies often and there are a few others coming up I'd rather see in cinema (Into the Woods, Pitch Perfect 2, Mad Max) so I'm waiting for the Bluray. Good to hear they've kept up the quality streak they've had going for their last few releases.

 

[senahorse]

Gaz, for shame you haven't posted about this:

The Internet Archive just dumped nearly 2400 old MS-DOS video games into an easy-to-navigate repository. Every single one of the games is free to play in your browser. Some of the games are classics from your youth. Some of them are hilariously obscure. And some of them are porn — which is something you probably didn’t realise existed on MS-DOS.

The first thing you’ll notice when you dive into the new MS-DOS game library is just how impossibly large it seems. It’s got everything! Street Fighter II? Yup. Sim City? Uh huh. Duke Nukem 3D? Of course! The new additions build on previous Internet Archive projects that brought hundreds of arcade games and loads of free software to the web.

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/01/2400-ms-dos-games-are-now-free-online-some-of-them-are-porn/


Site: https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos_games/v2

edit: Just played some Stunt Driver , here's the manual you need for DRM

edit2: This is better "stunt" game, Stunts https://archive.org/details/msdos_Stunts_1990

 

[jambo]

edit2: This is better "stunt" game, Stunts https://archive.org/details/msdos_Stunts_1990

 

[senahorse]

Sorry Jambo, busy playing Budokan!

 

[Dead Man]

So, how do I find out who gifted me something on Steam after I already redeemed it? Been trying to figure it out and it's driving me batshit. I presume I am missing something really fucking obvious.

Gaz, for shame you haven't posted about this:


http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/01/2400-ms-dos-games-are-now-free-online-some-of-them-are-porn/


Site: https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos_games/v2

edit: Just played some Stunt Driver , here's the manual you need for DRM

edit2: This is better "stunt" game, Stunts https://archive.org/details/msdos_Stunts_1990

Pfft. Stunt Driver for life. Looks like an awesome resource though

Sorry Jambo, busy playing Budokan!

Wait, it has Budokan? Holy shit, must see.

 

[markot]

So, how do I find out who gifted me something on Steam after I already redeemed it? Been trying to figure it out and it's driving me batshit. I presume I am missing something really fucking obvious.

Youre welcome!

 

[codswallop]

Yeah that sounds about right but considering Gez only travels in zone 1 only might as well get a pass that covers both for the same price.

Paying for Zone 1 automatically covers you for travel in Zone 2, there's no need to pay for "both" (as in the previous "Zone 1+2" tickets). At least as I understand the new charges.

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/01/2400-ms-dos-games-are-now-free-online-some-of-them-are-porn/

Is this actually legal to play? They have a DMCA exemption to "archive" the games, but I didn't read that there's an included license to actually play the games if you don't already own them elsewhere. Not that it matters to most, I'm sure, just interested in the technicalities...

 

[Card Boy]

Paying for Zone 1 automatically covers you for travel in Zone 2, there's no need to pay for "both" (as in the previous "Zone 1+2" tickets). At least as I understand the new charges.

Except when doing Myki pass you have no option but to pay for Zone 1 + 2, you can't do Zone 1-1 like you previously could. Over 30 days it costs 6 bux more now. I couldn't give a toss about zone 2 as i never travel in it. I don't give a crap about the extra 6 bux but i was under the impression that things where meant to be cheaper in 2015, it seems like they took it out on Myki Pass holders.

 

[senahorse]

Paying for Zone 1 automatically covers you for travel in Zone 2, there's no need to pay for "both" (as in the previous "Zone 1+2" tickets). At least as I understand the new charges.


Is this actually legal to play? They have a DMCA exemption to "archive" the games, but I didn't read that there's an included license to actually play the games if you don't already own them elsewhere. Not that it matters to most, I'm sure, just interested in the technicalities...

I believe they are, they have movies, books, etc as well, all public domain

 

[codswallop]

Except when doing Myki pass you have no option but to pay for Zone 1 + 2, you can't do Zone 1-1 like you previously could.

Yeah, I was under the impression Zone 1 just covered you for Zone 2 automatically, without extra cost. Maybe it's meant to, but their site isn't ready yet. Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest.

I believe they are, they have movies, books, etc as well, all public domain

Isn't public domain granted in the US 75 years after publication or the author's death (thanks, Disney), whoever that may be with regards to games? Besides, stuff like Duke Nukem 3D are still being sold (albeit slightly different editions). I'm still skeptical it's strictly above board, though I guess archive.org must've done their homework.

 

[senahorse]

Yeah, I was under the impression Zone 1 just covered you for Zone 2 automatically, without extra cost. Maybe it's meant to, but their site isn't ready yet. Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest.


Isn't public domain granted in the US 75 years after publication or the author's death (thanks, Disney), whoever that may be with regards to games? Besides, stuff like Duke Nukem 3D are still being sold (albeit slightly different editions). I'm still skeptical it's strictly above board, though I guess archive.org must've done their homework.

I don't know much about it, but I don't think there is any strict rule of 75 years:

Public domain is a legal term that describes a work or product that is not protected by copyright. The copyright protection an item in the public domain may have 1) expired, 2) been released by the author, or 3) never existed in the first place. Public domain items are publicly available and can be freely accessed and redistributed.

Many different items can be labeled as "public domain." For example, books, speeches, poems, artwork, songs, and videos can all be made freely available to the public. In the computing world, "public domain" is often used to refer to software programs that are offered to the public without copyright restrictions.

http://techterms.com/definition/public_domain

 

[Dryk]

Girlfriend and I finally got around to seeing The Hobbit: Bred For War. Rather miffed at the changes to the main character deaths for apparently no other reason than to make their deaths more significant.

 

[Darklord]

Power finally came back on here. 36 areas around Melbourne has/had no power. It went from above Melbourne down to Rosebud. So they can't run half the city on a hot day? This summer is going to be fucked if that's the case.

 

[Kritz]

 

[HolyCheck]

Power finally came back on here. 36 areas around Melbourne has/had no power. It went from above Melbourne down to Rosebud. So they can't run half the city on a hot day? This summer is going to be fucked if that's the case.

Hot + the most mental storm I've ever seen.

the rain was horizontal in Mitcham.

also i've got a frozen tea towel on my head.

ty to whom ever from ausgaf suggested it last year. (i think it may have been h protaganist)

this time i remembered to put water on the tea towels before i put htem in the freezer

 

[reptilescorpio]

So, how do I find out who gifted me something on Steam after I already redeemed it? Been trying to figure it out and it's driving me batshit. I presume I am missing something really fucking obvious.

Shoulda got an email saying who sent it to you!

 

[Darren870]

Except when doing Myki pass you have no option but to pay for Zone 1 + 2, you can't do Zone 1-1 like you previously could. Over 30 days it costs 6 bux more now. I couldn't give a toss about zone 2 as i never travel in it. I don't give a crap about the extra 6 bux but i was under the impression that things where meant to be cheaper in 2015, it seems like they took it out on Myki Pass holders.

Yea, but the process went up as well in 2015. So even though zone 1 + 2 is now the price of zone 1 there was still an increase in price to all zones. Part of inflation or something like that.

 

[Shaneus]

Parents: Don't ditch your kids' toy instruments when they grow up just yet...

 

[Deeku]

yeeeeeeeeeeesssss Danganronpa 1 back on saaale on psn!!

just in time for my flight on friday too

 

[Dead Man]

Youre welcome!

Pfft. No chance lol

Shoulda got an email saying who sent it to you!

Thank you! Missed it completely.

 

[Jintor]

yeeeeeeeeeeesssss Danganronpa 1 back on saaale on psn!!

just in time for my flight on friday too

upupupupupupupu~

 

[Rlan]

So I went and did a crazy thing and made a Patreon to help support my Old Game Mags and Video Game Art Archive

Working to scan in and supply cool stuff like:

at the highest resolutions possible and curating magazines scans like:

Yay, maybe? Certainly not quitting my day job, but this stuff takes and awful long time to do

 

[viciouskillersquirrel]

I heard Super Mario music as the waiting music when I called the tech support company my workplace is partnered with. It isn't Nintendo.

The SMB theme is technically jazz, so it sort of fits. If the Muzak curator was some old guy who's never played a video game in his life then heard it out of context, I could see how it could merit inclusion.

In other news, A Link Between Worlds is goddamn amazing, holy shit. Not sure I can go back to trudging through my Twilight Princess playthrough after this.

The music. The MUSIC.

So I went and did a crazy thing and made a Patreon to help support my Old Game Mags and Video Game Art Archive

Working to scan in and supply cool stuff like:



at the highest resolutions possible and curating magazines scans like:



Yay, maybe? Certainly not quitting my day job, but this stuff takes and awful long time to do

Oh wow.

 

[Shaneus]

So I went and did a crazy thing and made a Patreon to help support my Old Game Mags and Video Game Art Archive

Working to scan in and supply cool stuff like:



at the highest resolutions possible and curating magazines scans like:



Yay, maybe? Certainly not quitting my day job, but this stuff takes and awful long time to do

How are you off for actual magazines? I have a boatload of Hypers (I think all of them up until around issue 100ish?) and I'd rather see them go somewhere that would value them than chuck them out.

 

[Gazunta]

People who have Patreons are pretty awesome!

Spoiler

not as awesome as the people who SUPPORT said Patreons

So yeah that Internet Archive old games thing! Great use of technology, but, uh, copyright?

 

[Darren870]

Anyone have any recommendations for an Insurance Company? Need Car and Home.

 

[Danoss]

People who have Patreons are pretty awesome!

Spoiler

not as awesome as the people who SUPPORT said Patreons

I'm good.

 

[ClivePwned]

Anyone know a place I can get a good smartphone mini-tripod. I already have a mid size one for my SLR, I just want something to go on a table.

Or are those one from the thousands of phone accessory kiosks fine?

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Hot + the most mental storm I've ever seen.

the rain was horizontal in Mitcham.

also i've got a frozen tea towel on my head.

ty to whom ever from ausgaf suggested it last year. (i think it may have been h protaganist)

this time i remembered to put water on the tea towels before i put htem in the freezer

I recall your post about that from last year (or one just like it), I laughed at it again. Cheers for the chuckles.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Anyone have any recommendations for an Insurance Company? Need Car and Home.

Coles Insurance will beat any other quote you get and pay by the month. I haven't use their roadside assist as yet but we'll see how that goes compared to RACV of previous years...one day I'm sure. I have both home and car with Coles ATM.

Myself and the misses both hate YOUI, overpriced and invasive/pestering sales people.

 

[codswallop]

Anyone know a place I can get a good smartphone mini-tripod. I already have a mid size one for my SLR, I just want something to go on a table.

Or are those one from the thousands of phone accessory kiosks fine?

I suggest a selfie stick.

... or a GorillaPod thing.

 

[ClivePwned]

I suggest a selfie stick.

... or a GorillaPod thing.

I'll get one of each, the gorilla pod to stablise my phone and a selfie-stick to beat you about the arms and legs.

soz, selfie-sticks are a bone of contention in my circle of friends. dunno, it's just a thing, like tim tams, forum trolls or gun violence.

 

[Darren870]

I'll get one of each, the gorilla pod to stablise my phone and a selfie-stick to beat you about the arms and legs.

soz, selfie-sticks are a bone of contention in my circle of friends. dunno, it's just a thing, like tim tams, forum trolls or gun violence.

I don't think I could be friends with anyone that owned a selfie stick...

 

[Danoss]

I suggest a selfie stick.

... or a GorillaPod thing.

I'll get one of each, the gorilla pod to stablise my phone and a selfie-stick to beat you about the arms and legs.

soz, selfie-sticks are a bone of contention in my circle of friends. dunno, it's just a thing, like tim tams, forum trolls or gun violence.

The Joby GripTight Mount is excellent. Since it has a 1/4"-20 thread, it can be attached to most photographic accessories with ease. It's a very flexible tool.

Using what I have at hand, you can see mine mounted to a tabletop tripod (comes with one in the Micro Stand kit), a hotshoe with a 1/4"-20 adapter, and a cheap portable tripod. It could go on a light stand or you can buy clamps with 1/4"-20 threads on them, so you can use it in plenty of other places. Make your own stuff with cheap crap from the hardware store, just add the matching thread and a washer and (wing)nut to lock it on.

Note that the above model only clamps phones up to 72mm wide, including the case. If you have one of those frankenphone/tablet things, you'll need the GripTight Mount XL.

 

[ClivePwned]

Thanks, Danoss. That looks the ticket. Ordered one tonight.