🙅 THE BAD IDEAS THREAD
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The Alien Swarm dedicated server automatically connects to the Steam client and prevents me from starting up any Alien Swarm mod. And it can't be downloaded without being logged into Steam, which is more restrictive than any other Valve dedicated server. So what I have to do is
- Shut down Steam
- Start the server
- Start Steam again
If I do the steps in the wrong order, everything fucks up.
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Solution: Alternate server-download-only steam account.
Only a half baked solution though.
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Well, I guess I could install Wine on my Linux computer, but I only have one Windows computer that I can put a server on and it's the same one I use for gaming. The server download doesn't really cause issues since it only forces me to re-log into Steam when they release updates for Alien Swarm (the last one was four and a half years ago). It's more of an issue when I modify my code because I have to restart the game server to swap out the DLLs and if Steam is running when it starts, it attaches to Steam regardless of what I used to install it. Which means A) I can't start any game that uses the 2010 Source engine and B) if I try to close Steam, the server will shut down.
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Well, I guess I could install Wine on my Linux computer
wut?
Why aren't you using SteamCMD?
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I am using SteamCMD, but I'd still need Wine to run the server on Linux.
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#L I T E R A L L Y :WTF:
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I was not aware this was /r/Dota2.
Also, Dota 2 works on Linux natively.
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TYL
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I know, that's why I'm Belgium confused.
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I was not aware this was /r/Dota2.
The average age here appears to be greater than 5, so I doubt this is the place.
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No one even cares about having 6k mmr either.
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First off, as pointed out in the screencap, that's a tortoise, not a turtle.
Are you sure it's not a meat pie?
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No thanks.
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answer: yes i could, given proper motivation at the other end.
as someone who weighs less than her lego collection i've got some experience in walking on lego. there's a trick to it that one can learn. just as there is for proper firewalking (it's actually more or less the same trick)
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Tread softly, maintain a reasonable pace, and don't curl your toes?
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basically, yes.
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Or wear boots?
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Or go over it in some kind of flying vehicle or on a different floor of the building?
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That… kinda defeats the object…
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On a GNU/Linux server, that wouldn't be a problem.
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This just isn't the same...they could both lose.
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Why? Buggy Lunix hardware would prevent the script from functioning?
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It doesn't have --no-preserve-root, and touching the trackpad doesn't submit a bash command.
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Oh, you were going in a different direction. Too bad, not enough dickweedery (and yes, I did just add that word to my phone's dictionary) for a .
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Why? Buggy Lunix hardware would prevent the script from functioning?
There's supposed to be one gun with one bullet. They have two "guns" and each gun has a bullet.
And that's just wrong.
(funny, though)
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Reminds me of a story I once heard (not sure if true). Some high school kids decided to play roulette of the Russian variety, but they were only able to get their hands on a semi-auto pistol. They played anyway.
Well, one kid did.
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If I do the steps in the wrong order, everything fucks up.
Everything except you shutting... the... uh... that came out weird...
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Reminds me of a story I once heard (not sure if true). Some high school kids decided to play roulette of the Russian variety, but they were only able to get their hands on a semi-auto pistol. They played anyway.
Well, one kid did.
Well, it's true. That's why the kid was nominated for a Darwin Award. (Not sure if he won.)
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He only made runner up
Edit: Though it seems the competition in 2000 was pretty nuts
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He only made runner up?!
Yes, I see that now.
You're right, that's totally unfair. The winning story was actually a collection of run of the mill ammosexual idiots.
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Though it seems the competition in 2000 was pretty nuts
Due to some of the Next links pointing to unexpected places, I ended up reading this page from 2011, and was surprised to find a link to our "favorite" programming blog.
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I wouldn't put much stock in Darwin Award stories; half of them are probably total fabrications anyway
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But do they have less or more truth than our front page?
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I wouldn't put much stock in Darwin Award stories; half of them are probably total fabrications anyway
Some of them are, yes. But Darwin does expend some effort to try to sort out which is which, to see if there is actually a true story behind the blurb. Note the header on the page, where it says, "Confirmed True by Darwin" and further down where it notes "Reference: Houston Chronicle".
Of course, on the flip side, I can't find the story on the web. Way back in 2000? Might as well be caveman days. In a world where we could keep everything until doomsday on zetabytes of disk, everyone wants to erase all history of society older than 3 years. Which is another bad idea, actually.
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It does indeed say about the Houston Chronicle; thing is, they forgot the tiny matter of the date :p
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To be honest I wouldn't mind having a go. I think it be more of a bed of nails technique than a firewalk - try and spread your weight over as many pointy bits as possible.
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Wrong. Did you even read the screencap? Or do any rudimentary research before posting?
enjoy another - bz
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I wouldn't put much stock in Darwin Award stories; half of them are probably total fabrications anyway
supposedly to win they have to be multiply independently verified.
not that it's that hard to fabricate multiple sources these days.
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supposedly to win they have to be multiply independently verified
One of the winners was the JATO rocket car; Mythbusters blew the lid off that myth in their very first episode
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One of the winners was the JATO rocket car; Mythbusters blew the lid off that myth in their very first episode
AIUI the verified thing came about circa 2k so older entries may have won without the verification. that particular entry has also been stripped of it's veracity (labeled bogus by darwin) but not of it's winner status.
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It does indeed say about the Houston Chronicle; thing is, they forgot the tiny matter of the date :p
Of the Chronicle article, yes, but they give the date of the event at the start of the text: "(28 February 2000, Texas)"
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Russian roulette has always seemed to me to be a very american thing.
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That's an unfortunate surname.
In that context, perhaps, but I would say rather that it is a poor title. A more descriptive title, e.g., Philosophical Perspectives of Duty, Rights and Natural Law, or even simply Civil Rights1 would avoid the unfortunate juxtaposition of surname and title.
1According to the book's catalog(ue) data, it deals with the following subjects:
Civil rights.
Natural law.
Duty.
Rights - Philosophical perspectives
Rights
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In that context, perhaps, but I would say rather that it is a poor title.
Or an intentional troll. I prefer to think the old codger had a sense of humor.
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Perhaps, although the juxtaposition of name and title on the book's spine is something that would be under the control of the publisher, not the author.
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Reminds me of a story I once heard (not sure if true). Some high school kids decided to play roulette of the Russian variety, but they were only able to get their hands on a semi-auto pistol. They played anyway.
It's happened more than once:
He apparently did not realize that a semiautomatic pistol, unlike a revolver, automatically inserts a cartridge into the firing chamber when the gun is cocked.
Back to the thread: Certifying your black pudding as halal
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Certifying your black pudding as halal
Pig. Blood. Pig blood.Oh well, more left for me. :)