When I worked IT, I know I said it or something like it more than you'd think necessary.
I work in IT now, and it's consistently my first question. Quickly followed by, "Is the ethernet cable plugged in?".
Where I worked, it surprising was not. But they would inventively break things that rebooting wouldn't ever fix.
The best part was having to tell people to stop downloading and installing shit. But we couldn't actually do anything to stop them because certain executives felt it was too restrictive of their own habits.
When I worked IT, I know I said it or something like it more than you'd think necessary.
I work in IT now, and it's consistently my first question. Quickly followed by, "Is the ethernet cable plugged in?".
Where I worked, it surprising was not. But they would inventively break things that rebooting wouldn't ever fix.
The best part was having to tell people to stop downloading and installing shit. But we couldn't actually do anything to stop them because certain executives felt it was too restrictive of their own habits.
When I worked IT, I know I said it or something like it more than you'd think necessary.
I work in IT now, and it's consistently my first question. Quickly followed by, "Is the ethernet cable plugged in?".
When I worked phone support, I never asked them to check if it was plugged in, since they would never check. Instead, I had them reverse the ethernet cable. That forced them to reconnect both ends, and worked quite frequently!
When I worked IT, I know I said it or something like it more than you'd think necessary.
I work in IT now, and it's consistently my first question. Quickly followed by, "Is the ethernet cable plugged in?".
Where I worked, it surprising was not. But they would inventively break things that rebooting wouldn't ever fix.
The best part was having to tell people to stop downloading and installing shit. But we couldn't actually do anything to stop them because certain executives felt it was too restrictive of their own habits.
When I worked IT, I know I said it or something like it more than you'd think necessary.
I work in IT now, and it's consistently my first question. Quickly followed by, "Is the ethernet cable plugged in?".
Where I worked, it surprising was not. But they would inventively break things that rebooting wouldn't ever fix.
The best part was having to tell people to stop downloading and installing shit. But we couldn't actually do anything to stop them because certain executives felt it was too restrictive of their own habits.
I kind of miss how the net used to be. But the rose-tinted glasses often make me forget there was this sort of shit everywhere.
I've never done IT/tech support as a job. But I've been people's/family's go-to "computer guy". Even just doing that I had enough instances of being asked to "fix" someone's computer, cleaning off that shit, and the first thing they invariably did upon getting their working machine back was wonder where their pretty cursors (etc) went and immediately reinstall that stuff. And the cycle began again. I'm pretty sure the vast majority of us have been in that same situation, though.
My friend ran an IT company and asked me if I could do a job for him. Turned out it was to teach some neckbeard living in his parents basement how to "use the internet". I was less excited when I went to type in a URL and saw some of his search history... <shudder>
To bring it back to Steam, do people in here have much experience with Steam in-home streaming? Like how good is it if you have a fully wired connection?
When I worked IT, I know I said it or something like it more than you'd think necessary.
I work in IT now, and it's consistently my first question. Quickly followed by, "Is the ethernet cable plugged in?".
Where I worked, it surprising was not. But they would inventively break things that rebooting wouldn't ever fix.
The best part was having to tell people to stop downloading and installing shit. But we couldn't actually do anything to stop them because certain executives felt it was too restrictive of their own habits.
I kind of miss how the net used to be. But the rose-tinted glasses often make me forget there was this sort of shit everywhere.
I've never done IT/tech support as a job. But I've been people's/family's go-to "computer guy". Even just doing that I had enough instances of being asked to "fix" someone's computer, cleaning off that shit, and the first thing they invariably did upon getting their working machine back was wonder where their pretty cursors (etc) went and immediately reinstall that stuff. And the cycle began again. I'm pretty sure the vast majority of us have been in that same situation, though.
That was about 10% of my old job. Some people were repeat offenders to the point where we literally did lock down their PC to prevent them from doing it and then they complained to their bosses who crawled up our ass about it.
To this day I'm still wary about even programs like Steam. The company seems straightforward enough, but it's really fucking ubiquitous.
When I worked IT, I know I said it or something like it more than you'd think necessary.
I work in IT now, and it's consistently my first question. Quickly followed by, "Is the ethernet cable plugged in?".
When I worked phone support, I never asked them to check if it was plugged in, since they would never check. Instead, I had them reverse the ethernet cable. That forced them to reconnect both ends, and worked quite frequently!
Thankfully my days of consumer phone support are long past, but I am stealing that for future use, mostly to use on relatives.
My friend ran an IT company and asked me if I could do a job for him. Turned out it was to teach some neckbeard living in his parents basement how to "use the internet". I was less excited when I went to type in a URL and saw some of his search history... <shudder>
To bring it back to Steam, do people in here have much experience with Steam in-home streaming? Like how good is it if you have a fully wired connection?
Wired on both sides it worked well enough for us for fighting games, but we are not connoisseurs. This was still in beta, but some games reacted badly with it.
Your weekly "weeklong deals that I own and have played" post.
One Way Heroics - great game, steal at that price. Long Live the Queen - great game, but if you want to wait it'll probably go lower. The Ship - pass unless you can get a ton of people getting it all at once and playing multiplayer. Waves - Surprisingly competent twin stick shooter. Great for high score junkies. AaaAa and The Wonder End of the World bundle - both good games - base jumping sim and poor man's Katamari. Worth a glance, at least.
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Speaking of One Way Heroics, the Plus DLC was just released on Steam. It's been available for a while direct from Playism so if you bought it from there you should have a Steam key now. It looks really keen, adding some more persistent features, interface options and improvements, new modes, characters, NPCs and monsters. Tons of everything really. Looks great.
Or remove everything from your wishlist after writing it down elsewhere. Completely blank. Bonus points if you keep the things that can't be bought yet on it.
The port of War Chest is reportedly not great. Locked to 30 FPS and has general performance issues. They've got the 30 FPS cap as a "known issue" they're looking into so might be worth waiting for a few patches.
This makes me think. Obviously PC gamers like, and expect, 60fps games where possible. But I do appreciate it when a game - especially a demanding one - also offers a 30fps cap as an option, so if you haven't got the grunt for 60fps in that particular title but you can stay over 30, you're not stuck with a surging or generally unsettled framerate but instead can just enjoy a consistent one, which personally I find much nicer than it wobbling all over the shop. The Witcher 3 is pretty much the poster child for how to do this absolutely right (among so much else it does so well).
I've been playing Brutal Legend lately, and seeing how well it lends itself to speedrunning (SGDQ, damn you!). It's a game I really love because of both the gameplay and fantastic soundtrack.
Last time I played it was on a 9600GT which was pretty solid. I'm on a 650Ti now which is better but has been experiencing some wildly fluctuating framerates. If I could be guaranteed a solid 30FPS I would take it, but right now I've got 15-60FPS most of the time.
FPS caps, sometimes, it's a problem. Sometimes, it's just convenient.
The only reason Brutal Legend isn't my most recent "favorite game ever" is because I played Red Dead Redemption right after. In addition to the gameplay and soundtrack, it's got a funny, well-delivered story, awesome art, and it's probably the only thing Jack Black's ever been in that isn't annoying.
Or remove everything from your wishlist after writing it down elsewhere. Completely blank. Bonus points if you keep the things that can't be bought yet on it.
A year later . . .
"Let's see what Madican has on the old wishlist . . . hmmm, World Peace . . . Cure for Alzheimer's . . . Cold Fusion . . . release dates all TBA . . . screw it, a gift of Bad Rats 3 it is."
I think I'm giving Subnautica a bit of a rest now. I've built bases, I've built the big sub. This game will be awesome, it just needs a bit more stuff added.
Can you build a dock for the big sub that recharges it? The wider internet seems to say no, but I am not so sure the information is up to date. Or, barring that, can you put a nuclear reactor in your sub?
I think I'm giving Subnautica a bit of a rest now. I've built bases, I've built the big sub. This game will be awesome, it just needs a bit more stuff added.
Can you build a dock for the big sub that recharges it? The wider internet seems to say no, but I am not so sure the information is up to date. Or, barring that, can you put a nuclear reactor in your sub?
No And Yes (I think)(but it still won't work to recharge the Cyclops, even if it is place-able inside the sub.)
As of right now, there is no intended way to recharge the big sub (Cyclops) outside of crafting and replacing empty power cells. There are reports of people getting results from parking it near a power pylon, but I take those with a grain of salt.
Or remove everything from your wishlist after writing it down elsewhere. Completely blank. Bonus points if you keep the things that can't be bought yet on it.
ahahaha. It's funny that you think that works.
It just makes people gift you things you have no idea what they are "Oh god is this a ponies? Did I just get gifted a ponies?"
Or remove everything from your wishlist after writing it down elsewhere. Completely blank. Bonus points if you keep the things that can't be bought yet on it.
ahahaha. It's funny that you think that works.
It just makes people gift you things you have no idea what they are "Oh god is this a ponies? Did I just get gifted a ponies?"
That's on them, not on me. I have the option of declining if I truly believe I will never play it or just hiding it in my library.
I think I'm giving Subnautica a bit of a rest now. I've built bases, I've built the big sub. This game will be awesome, it just needs a bit more stuff added.
Can you build a dock for the big sub that recharges it? The wider internet seems to say no, but I am not so sure the information is up to date. Or, barring that, can you put a nuclear reactor in your sub?
You can't build a dock for it, no. As for a nuclear reactor... I don't think so. I think you just have to swap out the non-rechargeable power cells. The fact that I would have to keep harvesting copper, acid mushrooms and quartz to be able to drive the thing has made me not want to really drive the thing. It would also drain the Cyclops' power to charge up a minisub, which is a pain in the butt. Instead of using fuels cells to charge the Seamoth, I can dock it at my shallows base and charge it with solar power, or I can dock it at my lava base and charge it with geothermal energy. Neither of those things would require me to harvest fuel.
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I think I'm giving Subnautica a bit of a rest now. I've built bases, I've built the big sub. This game will be awesome, it just needs a bit more stuff added.
Can you build a dock for the big sub that recharges it? The wider internet seems to say no, but I am not so sure the information is up to date. Or, barring that, can you put a nuclear reactor in your sub?
You can't build a dock for it, no. As for a nuclear reactor... I don't think so. I think you just have to swap out the non-rechargeable power cells. The fact that I would have to keep harvesting copper, acid mushrooms and quartz to be able to drive the thing has made me not want to really drive the thing. It would also drain the Cyclops' power to charge up a minisub, which is a pain in the butt. Instead of using fuels cells to charge the Seamoth, I can dock it at my shallows base and charge it with solar power, or I can dock it at my lava base and charge it with geothermal energy. Neither of those things would require me to harvest fuel.
Yeah...this is where I was sort of heading. The big sub is sort of useless unless you can use it as a mobile base, and you really can't. It's a shame, because it's otherwise quite rad.
So apparently Windows 10 can disable pirated games and software. Obviously this isn't the place (nor, indeed, the forum) for a piracy discussion, but Windows 10 has already been criticized - not least in this very thread - for its, how shall we say, rather cavalier approach to privacy. As PC Gamer points out, this is most likely in place for Windows 10 games published by Microsoft (e.g. Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, Halo Wars 2, and very possibly Rise of the Tomb Raider) and perhaps available through their Windows app store.
Relevant quote, section 7b, "Updates to the Services or Software, and Changes to These Terms."
"We may automatically check your version of the software and download software updates or configuration changes, including those that prevent you from accessing the Services, playing counterfeit games, or using unauthorized hardware peripheral devices. You may also be required to update the software to continue using the Services."
What actually troubles me slightly more is this: "or using unauthorized hardware peripheral devices." That's something that's happened before in the console space, preventing unlicensed third-party peripherals from being used (usually with wording to the effect of "this may BREAK YOUR SYSTEM!!!1!" to scare you into compliance), and Microsoft definitely have previous there. But who the hell gets to call anything you plug into your PC "unauthorized"?
I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who finds this (and MS' intentionally vague wording) a little troubling, especially given the existing concerns over privacy and Win10.
I think I'm giving Subnautica a bit of a rest now. I've built bases, I've built the big sub. This game will be awesome, it just needs a bit more stuff added.
Can you build a dock for the big sub that recharges it? The wider internet seems to say no, but I am not so sure the information is up to date. Or, barring that, can you put a nuclear reactor in your sub?
You can't build a dock for it, no. As for a nuclear reactor... I don't think so. I think you just have to swap out the non-rechargeable power cells. The fact that I would have to keep harvesting copper, acid mushrooms and quartz to be able to drive the thing has made me not want to really drive the thing. It would also drain the Cyclops' power to charge up a minisub, which is a pain in the butt. Instead of using fuels cells to charge the Seamoth, I can dock it at my shallows base and charge it with solar power, or I can dock it at my lava base and charge it with geothermal energy. Neither of those things would require me to harvest fuel.
Yeah...this is where I was sort of heading. The big sub is sort of useless unless you can use it as a mobile base, and you really can't. It's a shame, because it's otherwise quite rad.
I'm hoping we can put solar panels on the roof, or get rechargeable power cells. I'd be OK if I had to build a crap ton of rechargeable power cells, as long as I could re-use them. Head out adventuring, then drop by my base to grab a few fresh sets of batteries, and drop the dead ones into the charger. That way there would be a use for a base as well as for the Cyclops.
I think I'm giving Subnautica a bit of a rest now. I've built bases, I've built the big sub. This game will be awesome, it just needs a bit more stuff added.
Can you build a dock for the big sub that recharges it? The wider internet seems to say no, but I am not so sure the information is up to date. Or, barring that, can you put a nuclear reactor in your sub?
You can't build a dock for it, no. As for a nuclear reactor... I don't think so. I think you just have to swap out the non-rechargeable power cells. The fact that I would have to keep harvesting copper, acid mushrooms and quartz to be able to drive the thing has made me not want to really drive the thing. It would also drain the Cyclops' power to charge up a minisub, which is a pain in the butt. Instead of using fuels cells to charge the Seamoth, I can dock it at my shallows base and charge it with solar power, or I can dock it at my lava base and charge it with geothermal energy. Neither of those things would require me to harvest fuel.
Yeah...this is where I was sort of heading. The big sub is sort of useless unless you can use it as a mobile base, and you really can't. It's a shame, because it's otherwise quite rad.
I'm hoping we can put solar panels on the roof, or get rechargeable power cells. I'd be OK if I had to build a crap ton of rechargeable power cells, as long as I could re-use them. Head out adventuring, then drop by my base to grab a few fresh sets of batteries, and drop the dead ones into the charger. That way there would be a use for a base as well as for the Cyclops.
That's what I hope the dev's are going for as well.
I put a solar panel on my sub and it crashed to the bottom of the ocean and I had to spend an hour patching it up with it pointing straight up.
And hey..Windows 10 can go fuck itself. Vista was fine, even underrated given that it introduced sorely needed security measures, and I don't have serious issues with Windows 8.1. Windows 10 is the OS I'm going to skip. Sadly, I don't see this trend reversing itself, but I can hope.
I'm the exception I guess - T&Cs aside I really like Windows 10. Windows 8 on my desktop felt like it really wanted to be a touchscreen interface, but 10 is much more like a traditional desktop. Now on my tablet I kind of want to stick with 8 because I really like it, but I'm sure I'll end up updating that as well.
Also I'd just like to take this moment after reading the myriad of posts about wishlists and declare you all jackals. You want to see blood. Or maybe sharks, because when some gets in the water it turns into a frenzy.
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Geth is monitoring that?
You should probably be afraid.
Is it turned on and/or plugged in are also up there.
I work in IT now, and it's consistently my first question. Quickly followed by, "Is the ethernet cable plugged in?".
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Where I worked, it surprising was not. But they would inventively break things that rebooting wouldn't ever fix.
The best part was having to tell people to stop downloading and installing shit. But we couldn't actually do anything to stop them because certain executives felt it was too restrictive of their own habits.
Surely no-one would do that.
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When I worked phone support, I never asked them to check if it was plugged in, since they would never check. Instead, I had them reverse the ethernet cable. That forced them to reconnect both ends, and worked quite frequently!
Oh, yeah.
God damn late '90s push content software.
I kind of miss how the net used to be. But the rose-tinted glasses often make me forget there was this sort of shit everywhere.
I've never done IT/tech support as a job. But I've been people's/family's go-to "computer guy". Even just doing that I had enough instances of being asked to "fix" someone's computer, cleaning off that shit, and the first thing they invariably did upon getting their working machine back was wonder where their pretty cursors (etc) went and immediately reinstall that stuff. And the cycle began again. I'm pretty sure the vast majority of us have been in that same situation, though.
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To bring it back to Steam, do people in here have much experience with Steam in-home streaming? Like how good is it if you have a fully wired connection?
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That was about 10% of my old job. Some people were repeat offenders to the point where we literally did lock down their PC to prevent them from doing it and then they complained to their bosses who crawled up our ass about it.
To this day I'm still wary about even programs like Steam. The company seems straightforward enough, but it's really fucking ubiquitous.
I think @Quical has it in his wishlist.
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Thankfully my days of consumer phone support are long past, but I am stealing that for future use, mostly to use on relatives.
Wired on both sides it worked well enough for us for fighting games, but we are not connoisseurs. This was still in beta, but some games reacted badly with it.
Stay the heck away from my wishlist you!
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One Way Heroics - great game, steal at that price.
Long Live the Queen - great game, but if you want to wait it'll probably go lower.
The Ship - pass unless you can get a ton of people getting it all at once and playing multiplayer.
Waves - Surprisingly competent twin stick shooter. Great for high score junkies.
AaaAa and The Wonder End of the World bundle - both good games - base jumping sim and poor man's Katamari. Worth a glance, at least.
This never works.
Just make your profile private.
Winner, and sole entrant....Verbal...whoever that is. Check your email.
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16534
Or remove everything from your wishlist after writing it down elsewhere. Completely blank. Bonus points if you keep the things that can't be bought yet on it.
The only reason Brutal Legend isn't my most recent "favorite game ever" is because I played Red Dead Redemption right after. In addition to the gameplay and soundtrack, it's got a funny, well-delivered story, awesome art, and it's probably the only thing Jack Black's ever been in that isn't annoying.
A year later . . .
"Let's see what Madican has on the old wishlist . . . hmmm, World Peace . . . Cure for Alzheimer's . . . Cold Fusion . . . release dates all TBA . . . screw it, a gift of Bad Rats 3 it is."
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Can you build a dock for the big sub that recharges it? The wider internet seems to say no, but I am not so sure the information is up to date. Or, barring that, can you put a nuclear reactor in your sub?
No And Yes (I think)(but it still won't work to recharge the Cyclops, even if it is place-able inside the sub.)
As of right now, there is no intended way to recharge the big sub (Cyclops) outside of crafting and replacing empty power cells. There are reports of people getting results from parking it near a power pylon, but I take those with a grain of salt.
It just makes people gift you things you have no idea what they are "Oh god is this a ponies? Did I just get gifted a ponies?"
That's on them, not on me. I have the option of declining if I truly believe I will never play it or just hiding it in my library.
You can't build a dock for it, no. As for a nuclear reactor... I don't think so. I think you just have to swap out the non-rechargeable power cells. The fact that I would have to keep harvesting copper, acid mushrooms and quartz to be able to drive the thing has made me not want to really drive the thing. It would also drain the Cyclops' power to charge up a minisub, which is a pain in the butt. Instead of using fuels cells to charge the Seamoth, I can dock it at my shallows base and charge it with solar power, or I can dock it at my lava base and charge it with geothermal energy. Neither of those things would require me to harvest fuel.
Many people may consider this an open season for random gifting.
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or go for the @Isorn @Big Classy @Pixelated Pixie approach and own close to everything. Then you just have to nail em with new releases.
It's always fun finding someone who doesn't own something you love. Has @Iolo told you about Borderlands?
Dammit game let me buy you!
Yeah...this is where I was sort of heading. The big sub is sort of useless unless you can use it as a mobile base, and you really can't. It's a shame, because it's otherwise quite rad.
Relevant quote, section 7b, "Updates to the Services or Software, and Changes to These Terms."
What actually troubles me slightly more is this: "or using unauthorized hardware peripheral devices." That's something that's happened before in the console space, preventing unlicensed third-party peripherals from being used (usually with wording to the effect of "this may BREAK YOUR SYSTEM!!!1!" to scare you into compliance), and Microsoft definitely have previous there. But who the hell gets to call anything you plug into your PC "unauthorized"?
I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who finds this (and MS' intentionally vague wording) a little troubling, especially given the existing concerns over privacy and Win10.
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I'm hoping we can put solar panels on the roof, or get rechargeable power cells. I'd be OK if I had to build a crap ton of rechargeable power cells, as long as I could re-use them. Head out adventuring, then drop by my base to grab a few fresh sets of batteries, and drop the dead ones into the charger. That way there would be a use for a base as well as for the Cyclops.
That's what I hope the dev's are going for as well.
And hey..Windows 10 can go fuck itself. Vista was fine, even underrated given that it introduced sorely needed security measures, and I don't have serious issues with Windows 8.1. Windows 10 is the OS I'm going to skip. Sadly, I don't see this trend reversing itself, but I can hope.
Now appears to be called Anniversary edition as this month is the 15th anniversary. 20 dollars / 15 for the first week.
It's the T&Cs that are the issue, though.
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