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[steph]

Went ahead and got myself an Xbox 360. Yeah, I know ...I'm a traitor ). Yesterday was the first time I ever laid my hands on a console. The controller seems awkward, but you can get used to it (sort of, still planning to get that keyboard&mouse adapter). The major shock was that it didn't have any audio jack. As I'm playing on a PC monitor, you can see how this is a problem (yet another adapter for that ) . Does any of you know any good space games for Xbox? I'm already stocking up on RPGs, but I didn't really seem to find anything spacey at the store.

And yes, I'm still playing Orbiter on the laptop. That never goes out of style

 

[jedidia]

Does any of you know any good space games for Xbox?

Well, there's elite: dangerous and the mass effect games.

 

[Fabri91]

Well, there's elite: dangerous and the mass effect games.

E is not available on the Xbox 360 (the previous generation, which is what steph appears to have bought - I'm surprised it's still available for purchase).

If you like racing games you might want to take a look at the Forza Motorsport series (up to FM5 it should be available on X360, with FM6, the latest installment, only available on the newer/current Xbox One console).

 

[n122vu]

It was only a matter of time:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38442672

Crash and Burn, Achilles!

 

[jedidia]

E is not available on the Xbox 360

Oops. Not really at home with console nomenclature I'm afraid.

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So the expanse season 2 is officially at the door, and it seems they now go full thrust on merging the storylines of the first two books together. Some significant groundwork was done for this in the first season, and since the second book is kind of a rehash of the first with more politics, it might just work out. I'm just glad we're getting Bobby in full kick-ass splendour, at least it looks that way.

Also, Luc Besson is having another go at sci-fi, with a... Valerian and Laureline movie?? Hell, this is either going to be the most awesome thing I've seen for a while or the biggest train wreck in just as long. I loved the comics as a kid, anyways. And we even have an Orbiter add-on of their time machine/space ship.

Edit: Darn, I thought the forum doesn't embedd videos when linked via https? reformated this a bit...

 

[Andy44]

Looove the Expanse, it's been in my queue for a while now.

 

[Loru]

Just noticed something. Silicon powered 2 revolutions for humanity. First tools were made out out of silicon rocks, and our most sophisticated tools today are also made of silicon.

 

[C3PO]

Just noticed something. Silicon powered 2 revolutions for humanity. First tools were made out out of silicon rocks, and our most sophisticated tools today are also made of silicon.

So we are living in the second stone age? Cool! :thumbup:

 

[Urwumpe]

I think we are about to enter the photon age....

 

[Artlav]

Meanwhile in Brazil.

 

[jedidia]

I might be the first apprentice ever tasked with whipping up a draft for a legally binding software license (appart from law students, of course...) :facepalm:

It's not a work I'm taking much liking to...

 

[Fabri91]

Put in some silly clause about the user giving up the right to name his/her firstborn child or something along those lines, please.

 

[jedidia]

Put in some silly clause about the user giving up the right to name his/her firstborn child or something along those lines, please.

:lol: That would be quite something, but I'm afraid it's too short to hide something like that. It's a mere 3 pages, though they're pretty packed at 12 points. No idea if this thing would ever hold up in a court, though... :shifty:

Also, while weeding through drafts, templates and other resources, I found myself surprised by the fact that noone seems to have licensed his licenses yet.

 

[Fabri91]

But then you'd need to licese the license's license.

 

[Quick_Nick]

I quite like this license:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTFPL

 

[jedidia]

I quite like this license:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTFPL

I love it too, but it's not the best license for code that your company invested a lot of money into to get a market advantage... :shifty:

But then you'd need to licese the license's license.

Shouldn't be too hard, actually. Some clause like "the usage of this license, or parts thereof, is subject to the terms and conditions laid out in this license".

 

[Artlav]

In other news, here is a somewhat noisy image from NOAA 15 weather satellite as it was passing over Brazil, that i received with an antenna made out of garbage while sitting under the rain in a field.
Fun times.

 

[mjanicki]

It's probably been said already, but:

Goldfish put Lincoln Logs in your sock drawer.

 

[Quick_Nick]

It's probably been said already, but:

Goldfish put Lincoln Logs in your sock drawer.

Well it was said here:
https://libraryofbabel.info/

In fact, in multiple places.

 

[Urwumpe]

First day in Cologne. I am essentially lost. Its over 20 years that I was in Cologne, and the last time was limited to one week being busy inside the Mudra barracks there before traveling home again.

For the first day, I needed about twice as long as calculated for getting from A to B, because I often managed to leave the subway and go straight into the opposite direction as needed. My visual navigation system is really disturbed here, but luckily, my smartphone works. And I still have no clue about the public transportation system here.

Now, the adventure has started.