My favorite thing to do with Adult Friend Finder when I was bored and in college was to take the usernames and plug them into instant messenger, facebook, myspace etc. and see how many people used the same AFF username everywhere else.
Answer: A lot.
I once found a girl I had hooked up with off and on on AFF once.
I was browsing porn, of all things, and one of those AFF ads came up with profile pics of people in your area and there she was. Later on when I found someone with an account we looked her up and the things she was into/looking for really made me
looking through Steam for city building games I don't have and a thought occurs:
Any of you (or anyone you know) ever actually play these "Trainz" games? There's a zillion of expansion packs here and they are hell of expensive.
Tropico 3 is only 20$.
Got it on sale a while back. Had a hard time getting into the game. It's a little too close to modern day and when you start actually thinking about the setting it's hell of depressing.
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I'm applying to a company called "Epic" entirely because of its name.
The game company?
Nope. It's a healthcare software company. I applied for Software Development and Software Education (ie, building training modules for the programmers and teaching clients how to use the software) positions. I'm interviewing for the Software Development position sometime next week. I'd actually prefer the Software Education position. It probably pays less, but I have experience in it and it's something I really enjoy doing. But if the position isn't open, no luck for me.
My favorite thing to do with Adult Friend Finder when I was bored and in college was to take the usernames and plug them into instant messenger, facebook, myspace etc. and see how many people used the same AFF username everywhere else.
Answer: A lot.
I once found a girl I had hooked up with off and on on AFF once.
I was browsing porn, of all things, and one of those AFF ads came up with profile pics of people in your area and there she was. Later on when I found someone with an account we looked her up and the things she was into/looking for really made me
Checking it if you live in a small town is very interesting.
This is true but pretty much everyone else I found on it that I know IRL had kinks that didn't make me
I'm applying to a company called "Epic" entirely because of its name.
They made some cool shareware back in the day. Their pinball game was excellent.
and there's been some nonsense about "unreal" and "gears of something something" since then but meh.
As mentioned above, wrong Epic. I actually have no interest working for a game company. It'd probably be fun for the actual designers, but for the programmers... It's really shitty, boring work that doesn't pay well and requires tons of overtime to make sure games get out in a reasonable time frame. I know it's a dream for a lot of people, but why have a high-stress low-reward job when I can apply elsewhere? Hell, if I can't find a good industry job, I'd rather just end up working for the state then joining a game company.
Yeah, I know. I've been working as a developer for about 7 years now. Though now all game shops are like that. Popcap are good people. Bigfish as well. There's a number of good shops around Seattle.
I've been hearing that Community isn't as good this season as it was last season. The first episode was okay, but I haven't watched the rest. Is it still worth watching, or am I just going to be disappointed?
definitely worth it
What is it with folks and giving up on a show if one Season is kinda meh?
Not every show will get progressively worse like Weeds.
I think a lot of the criticism of the second season is that it's mostly been a lot of one-off and weird episodes. There really hasn't been much plot or character development this season, it's kinda turned into LOL we have all these funny characters lets have them do funny things!
I don't think it's as "good" of a show, but it's still funny and Allison Brie is definitely enough of a reason to watch on her own.
People who play Railworks will have custom control boxes built so that they are as close to driving a train as possible
it's a hard-core sim for super train nerds
yikes. The fun part of train games is the track building.
yeah I tend to agree
I'm more a Railroads! or A-Train guy
Hmm, haven't played A-Train. I will look it up. Railroad Tycoon III is also really good but it's a bitch to get it to work on vista/win7. And Steam doesn't warn you about the fact before purchase.
My favorite thing to do with Adult Friend Finder when I was bored and in college was to take the usernames and plug them into instant messenger, facebook, myspace etc. and see how many people used the same AFF username everywhere else.
Answer: A lot.
I once found a girl I had hooked up with off and on on AFF once.
I was browsing porn, of all things, and one of those AFF ads came up with profile pics of people in your area and there she was. Later on when I found someone with an account we looked her up and the things she was into/looking for really made me
those
those are real women
my god
I need to get me some sexy singles
If I couldn't make it on OKCupid, I doubt I'd have much luck on a site that emphasizes sex appeal even further.
I'm applying to a company called "Epic" entirely because of its name.
The game company?
Nope. It's a healthcare software company. I applied for Software Development and Software Education (ie, building training modules for the programmers and teaching clients how to use the software) positions. I'm interviewing for the Software Development position sometime next week. I'd actually prefer the Software Education position. It probably pays less, but I have experience in it and it's something I really enjoy doing. But if the position isn't open, no luck for me.
Oh jesus dude, say good-bye to your sanity and future career options
What? I'm not familiar with it.
It's an insane old language that clings to life in the health-care industry but has no applicability beyond it. It's like putting COBOL on your resume, but worse.
Here's a rundown of the basic language "features":
CASE SENSITIVITY: Commands and intrinsic functions are case-insensitive. Variable names and labels are case-sensitive.
COMMANDS: may be abbreviated to one letter, case-insensitive. Includes commands such as IF, ELSE, GOTO, WRITE, and XECUTE [which is my personal favorite, it allows arbitrary execution of code contained in a variable]
OPERATORS: No precedence, executed left to right, parenthesize as desired. 2+3*10 yields 50.
DATA TYPES: one universal datatype, interpreted/converted to string, integer, or floating-point number as context requires.
DECLARATIONS: NONE. Everything dynamically created on first reference.
LINES: important syntactic entities. Multiple statements per line are idiomatic. Scope of IF and FOR is "remainder of current line."
LOCAL ARRAYS: created dynamically, any number of subscripts, subscripts can be strings or integers. Stored in process space and expire when process terminates.
GLOBAL ARRAYS: arrays that start with a caret symbol. Stored on disk, available to all processes, persist when process terminates. This is M's main "database" mechanism.
It produces amazing code like:
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Ugh. Fucking retarded IT departments write the most moronic specs.
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People who play Railworks will have custom control boxes built so that they are as close to driving a train as possible
it's a hard-core sim for super train nerds
yikes. The fun part of train games is the track building.
yeah I tend to agree
I'm more a Railroads! or A-Train guy
Hmm, haven't played A-Train. I will look it up. Railroad Tycoon III is also really good but it's a bitch to get it to work on vista/win7. And Steam doesn't warn you about the fact before purchase.
A-Train is old. I remember first leaning of it in an insert from Maxis' RoboSport
looking through Steam for city building games I don't have and a thought occurs:
Any of you (or anyone you know) ever actually play these "Trainz" games? There's a zillion of expansion packs here and they are hell of expensive.
Tropico 3 is only 20$.
Got it on sale a while back. Had a hard time getting into the game. It's a little too close to modern day and when you start actually thinking about the setting it's hell of depressing.
looking through Steam for city building games I don't have and a thought occurs:
Any of you (or anyone you know) ever actually play these "Trainz" games? There's a zillion of expansion packs here and they are hell of expensive.
Tropico 3 is only 20$.
Got it on sale a while back. Had a hard time getting into the game. It's a little too close to modern day and when you start actually thinking about the setting it's hell of depressing.
What about those.... uhhhmmm... Anno series?
Yup, got those. Actually I think the only ones Steam has which I don't (having just finished looking) are Cities XL and Sim City 4.
looking through Steam for city building games I don't have and a thought occurs:
Any of you (or anyone you know) ever actually play these "Trainz" games? There's a zillion of expansion packs here and they are hell of expensive.
Tropico 3 is only 20$.
Got it on sale a while back. Had a hard time getting into the game. It's a little too close to modern day and when you start actually thinking about the setting it's hell of depressing.
What about those.... uhhhmmm... Anno series?
Yup, got those. Actually I think the only ones Steam has which I don't (having just finished looking) are Cities XL and Sim City 4.
Cities XL didn't really impress me. And SC4 is SC4.
I'm applying to a company called "Epic" entirely because of its name.
The game company?
Nope. It's a healthcare software company. I applied for Software Development and Software Education (ie, building training modules for the programmers and teaching clients how to use the software) positions. I'm interviewing for the Software Development position sometime next week. I'd actually prefer the Software Education position. It probably pays less, but I have experience in it and it's something I really enjoy doing. But if the position isn't open, no luck for me.
Oh jesus dude, say good-bye to your sanity and future career options
What? I'm not familiar with it.
It's an insane old language that clings to life in the health-care industry but has no applicability beyond it. It's like putting COBOL on your resume, but worse.
Here's a rundown of the basic language "features":
CASE SENSITIVITY: Commands and intrinsic functions are case-insensitive. Variable names and labels are case-sensitive.
COMMANDS: may be abbreviated to one letter, case-insensitive. Includes commands such as IF, ELSE, GOTO, WRITE, and XECUTE [which is my personal favorite, it allows arbitrary execution of code contained in a variable]
OPERATORS: No precedence, executed left to right, parenthesize as desired. 2+3*10 yields 50.
DATA TYPES: one universal datatype, interpreted/converted to string, integer, or floating-point number as context requires.
DECLARATIONS: NONE. Everything dynamically created on first reference.
LINES: important syntactic entities. Multiple statements per line are idiomatic. Scope of IF and FOR is "remainder of current line."
LOCAL ARRAYS: created dynamically, any number of subscripts, subscripts can be strings or integers. Stored in process space and expire when process terminates.
GLOBAL ARRAYS: arrays that start with a caret symbol. Stored on disk, available to all processes, persist when process terminates. This is M's main "database" mechanism.
It produces amazing code like:
Jesus christ. I'm looking it up on Wikipedia now. It does not look fun at all.
If I couldn't make it on OKCupid, I doubt I'd have much luck on a site that emphasizes sex appeal even further.
From what I understand most people use it as a means to hook up without any bullshit. Which is fine and easy unless you're the type of person that will only ever sleep with someone who is AAA looking.
SC4 got a little retarded with keeping track of commutes and shit
Yeah, it was the first one where to be successful you really had to integrate bussing, rail and subway systems, you couldn't just get away with roads everywhere.
SC4 got a little retarded with keeping track of commutes and shit
I'm pretending that you are from the future and are playing Starcraft 4 where piece has settled across the galaxy and you are now tracking the commutes of productive little zerglings.
SC4 got a little retarded with keeping track of commutes and shit
Yeah, it was the first one where to be successful you really had to integrate bussing, rail and subway systems, you couldn't just get away with roads everywhere.
Bah, I had always made my cities with massive rail systems. Low pollution and high happiness.
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I'm pretty sure they're talking about Soul Calibur 4
SC4 got a little retarded with keeping track of commutes and shit
Yeah, it was the first one where to be successful you really had to integrate bussing, rail and subway systems, you couldn't just get away with roads everywhere.
Bah, I had always made my cities with massive rail systems. Low pollution and high happiness.
Rail was so broken in previous versions though. Don't orient the station right? No riders!
SC4 got a little retarded with keeping track of commutes and shit
Yeah, it was the first one where to be successful you really had to integrate bussing, rail and subway systems, you couldn't just get away with roads everywhere.
Bah, I had always made my cities with massive rail systems. Low pollution and high happiness.
This is what I'm thinking as well. If you only used roads in as far back as even the SNES Sim City you were screwed.
But on the flip side you just replaced them all with rails and never had a problem.
SC4 got a little retarded with keeping track of commutes and shit
Yeah, it was the first one where to be successful you really had to integrate bussing, rail and subway systems, you couldn't just get away with roads everywhere.
hmm, that sounds pretty neat. I really didn't like 3 (I think it was 3) where you had the different regions but time didn't pass in other regions which you weren't looking at.
Welcome to IndustryVille. It's doomed to collapse within the next year but that's ok, it will forever provide jobs and trinkets to neighboring regions because it just took a jump to the left. (and a step to the riiiiaaaaaahhhht).
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those are real women
my god
I need to get me some sexy singles
Got it on sale a while back. Had a hard time getting into the game. It's a little too close to modern day and when you start actually thinking about the setting it's hell of depressing.
I have the Skeptics Dictionary and What's The Harm links, but I could use some more sources. I'll run everything by my mom first.
I am jealous.
Y'all wouldn't be able to handle my Ike though. Just sayin'.
yeah I tend to agree
I'm more a Railroads! or A-Train guy
What? I'm not familiar with it.
This is true but pretty much everyone else I found on it that I know IRL had kinks that didn't make me
Yeah, I know. I've been working as a developer for about 7 years now. Though now all game shops are like that. Popcap are good people. Bigfish as well. There's a number of good shops around Seattle.
But yeah the pay is a little lower usually.
Nope and nope.
They're good for DLC, which only requires a free Silver account.
That and also some of the best 360 games are on XBLA.
No, but there is a lot of good stuff for sale from their online store.
..I will be a ninja climber.
A ninja climber exploding cliff-faces errday.
even tho you are mr pro
i held out decently against you
mr pro
I think a lot of the criticism of the second season is that it's mostly been a lot of one-off and weird episodes. There really hasn't been much plot or character development this season, it's kinda turned into LOL we have all these funny characters lets have them do funny things!
I don't think it's as "good" of a show, but it's still funny and Allison Brie is definitely enough of a reason to watch on her own.
twitch.tv/tehsloth
Hmm, haven't played A-Train. I will look it up. Railroad Tycoon III is also really good but it's a bitch to get it to work on vista/win7. And Steam doesn't warn you about the fact before purchase.
If I couldn't make it on OKCupid, I doubt I'd have much luck on a site that emphasizes sex appeal even further.
https://twitter.com/Hooraydiation
It's an insane old language that clings to life in the health-care industry but has no applicability beyond it. It's like putting COBOL on your resume, but worse.
Here's a rundown of the basic language "features":
It produces amazing code like:
A-Train is old. I remember first leaning of it in an insert from Maxis' RoboSport
What about those.... uhhhmmm... Anno series?
MUMPS, dude
there's a reason it's named after a disease
Yup, got those. Actually I think the only ones Steam has which I don't (having just finished looking) are Cities XL and Sim City 4.
Jesus christ. I'm looking it up on Wikipedia now. It does not look fun at all.
From what I understand most people use it as a means to hook up without any bullshit. Which is fine and easy unless you're the type of person that will only ever sleep with someone who is AAA looking.
I'm pretending that you are from the future and are playing Starcraft 4 where piece has settled across the galaxy and you are now tracking the commutes of productive little zerglings.
also some dude in the programming thread in the tech forum does mumps work
Bah, I had always made my cities with massive rail systems. Low pollution and high happiness.
Yeah.
But if it's anything like the above mentioned Cobolt, there will be less and less people to know it but still be in demand so high $$$$$$.
Why the hell would anyone make a language like that? Fuck. Epic actually seems like a really nice place to work, fantastic benefits, but fuck.
This is what I'm thinking as well. If you only used roads in as far back as even the SNES Sim City you were screwed.
But on the flip side you just replaced them all with rails and never had a problem.
hmm, that sounds pretty neat. I really didn't like 3 (I think it was 3) where you had the different regions but time didn't pass in other regions which you weren't looking at.
Welcome to IndustryVille. It's doomed to collapse within the next year but that's ok, it will forever provide jobs and trinkets to neighboring regions because it just took a jump to the left. (and a step to the riiiiaaaaaahhhht).