Chat Thread 42: The Answer To Life, The Universe and Everyth

dtlux1 · Post by **dtlux1** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 9:31 pm

I run Windows 7, but have no desire to update it, even the Windows 10 free download when it comes out. If I got a new computer, then I would use it on the new computer. I don't like the new look, and I am not too fond of the app store.

I hate the new Skype, so I downloaded the old installer as well. It would be nice to change the update path, but I don't know how, and I don't want to mess things up. I just deal with it yelling at me. Only problem I have with the old Skype is when some people send me pictures. It downloads as if it were the new Skype, so I can neither change where they download to, or find where they are downloading to. So now I have multiple images just floating around my computer, they aren't even in the Skype downloads folder.

I just hope they don't do what they did with the older versions of Skype and force an update.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 10:25 pm

So has anybody heard about "Deflategate" or "Ballghazi" as we're calling it now?

The Blue Fox · Post by **The Blue Fox** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 3:23 am

Hlaoroo wrote:
The Blue Fox wrote:Anybody remember Encarta Encyclopedia? That was like the Internet before the actual Internet!
Yes! I think I still have the disc for Encarta 98! Did you ever play the game in it, TBF?

I think I remember there being some kinda maze game and you solved the maze by answering questions correctly. Good way to top up yer edukayshun. That the game you mean?

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:03 am

That's the one, Thom! That was great game! I miss that.

Post by **Obbl** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 5:37 am

I was a little young to be playing that one, so most of it was guess and click, but I remember enjoying it nonetheless especially when I randomly knew the answer to one of them. Also the pictures were great

Punchy · Post by **Punchy** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 6:28 am

Amazee Dayzee wrote:Never heard of either MacSki or SkiFree.

Sleet wrote:And SkiFree is an old game for Windows where you have to ski through poles, basically. It's famous for a yeti that eventually comes and eats you that's (allegedly) impossible to avoid. Though I've heard that it *is* possible. I've never seen it done.

Amazee Dayzee wrote:So has anybody heard about "Deflategate" or "Ballghazi" as we're calling it now?

I haven't heard "Ballghazi" before, but "Deflategate" is a joke. I stopped following the story as soon as it started.
Go Seahawks!

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 6:49 am

Obbl wrote:I was a little young to be playing that one, so most of it was guess and click, but I remember enjoying it nonetheless especially when I randomly knew the answer to one of them. Also the pictures were great

That was pretty much what I did. I usually had it on easy mode too. It was still fun though.

I'm the same age as you, I think, Obbl, so I was equally young when I played it.

Post by **Obbl** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:41 am

Well, okay, yes, there is that

I never did solve the maze, I don't think

I only watch SkiFree being played once. It looked fun. Wish I had a chance to play it
Oh, and according to XKCD you can escape the yeti by pressing 'f' to go faster

Post by **Render** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 2:31 pm

dtlux1 wrote:I just hope they don't do what they did with the older versions of Skype and force an update.

That's what suddenly happend, it updated without asking first as it should... So I had to force it to not do that.

dtlux1 wrote:Only problem I have with the old Skype is when some people send me pictures. It downloads as if it were the new Skype, so I can neither change where they download to, or find where they are downloading to. So now I have multiple images just floating around my computer, they aren't even in the Skype downloads folder.

Yeah, it's the same for me. You can rightclick the pic and you have "save as..." there.

Deske wrote:I like the older version of Skype as well, but I'm much too lazy to go to the trouble of learning how to change the update path to 127.0.0.1, so I just kind of deal with it.

dtlux1 wrote:I hate the new Skype, so I downloaded the old installer as well. It would be nice to change the update path, but I don't know how, and I don't want to mess things up. I just deal with it yelling at me.

In case you one day want to do it, it's pretty easy. Basically three steps:

1) locate the file "hosts" in C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc and copy it out (you cant edit it in there, even with administrator rights)
2) edit the file and add the line

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127.0.0.1       download.skype.com

3) copy the file back where it comes from

If you want to update Skype somewhen, just redo the steps and remove the line again.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 3:41 pm

Oh hello no Punchy! If the Patriots by some miracle aren't disqualified from the Super Bowl, they should win because I said so and they be representing New England! Put up your dukes!

dtlux1 · Post by **dtlux1** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:40 pm

Render wrote:WALL OF TEXT

I know about the right click part, but for some reason there is no "save as" option on my Skype, and for the update thing, I may try it. Thank you for the information.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 8:20 pm

We are getting a hardcore blizzard and I am enjoying it! I love snow!

Mickey the Luxray · Post by **Mickey the Luxray** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 10:14 pm

We had a sunny day here where I live. I honestly doubt we'll get snow here in Hipsterland.

Go Hawks

dtlux1 · Post by **dtlux1** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 11:04 pm

Amazee Dayzee wrote:We are getting a hardcore blizzard and I am enjoying it! I love snow!

We got 7 inches of snow last night, I am hoping for another 2 hour delay tomorrow.

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 11:36 pm

Can you believe we're already a tenth of the way through this chat thread?

JeffCvt · Post by **JeffCvt** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 12:06 am

My goal is to go through three chat threads this year. Chat thread 41 took WAY too long, so if/when the thread slows down, you'll probably see me poking it. In all honesty, the chat thread has always been my favorite.

Oh, and I also FINALLY got my computer working right after fighting with it for about a week. If you guys ever decide to use Ubuntu as your OS, be sure to get the current LTS (long term support) version. That's the stable one without all of the bugs.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 1:23 am

I never get snow. That's what happens when you live in a temperate area and when you sometimes live in the tropics.

JeffCvt wrote:Oh, and I also FINALLY got my computer working right after fighting with it for about a week. If you guys ever decide to use Ubuntu as your OS, be sure to get the current LTS (long term support) version. That's the stable one without all of the bugs.

Yay! Finally! I'm glad you're back properly!

Punchy · Post by **Punchy** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 7:52 am

Amazee Dayzee wrote:Oh hello no Punchy! If the Patriots by some miracle aren't disqualified from the Super Bowl, they should win because I said so and they be representing New England! Put up your dukes!

Yeah, I don't think the Patriots would be disqualified for this. Besides, they say the investigation could take weeks to complete. lol

Mickey the Luxray wrote:Go Hawks

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 10:24 am

JeffCvt wrote:My goal is to go through three chat threads this year. Chat thread 41 took WAY too long, so if/when the thread slows down, you'll probably see me poking it. In all honesty, the chat thread has always been my favorite.

Oh, and I also FINALLY got my computer working right after fighting with it for about a week. If you guys ever decide to use Ubuntu as your OS, be sure to get the current LTS (long term support) version. That's the stable one without all of the bugs.

Experimental for days! Nothing like having bugs in your operating system.

JeffCvt · Post by **JeffCvt** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 10:45 am

The bugs almost got me stuck in a situation. In Ubuntu, it comes with a piece of software that can create bootable USBs, which is how I install the OS. (The USB works the same as a CD.) In the version of Ubuntu that was giving me trouble, the software actually had a bug that prevented me from making a working USB of the LTS version.

Fortunately, I could boot to a live trial version from the UBS still and use that to install the OS. I was ALMOST stuck with no way to put the working version on for an unknown amount of time.

dtlux1 · Post by **dtlux1** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 2:57 pm

JeffCvt wrote:My goal is to go through three chat threads this year. Chat thread 41 took WAY too long, so if/when the thread slows down, you'll probably see me poking it. In all honesty, the chat thread has always been my favorite.

Oh, and I also FINALLY got my computer working right after fighting with it for about a week. If you guys ever decide to use Ubuntu as your OS, be sure to get the current LTS (long term support) version. That's the stable one without all of the bugs.

I am still finding different things that these forums have to offer, just found out about the chat thread a month ago. There are still multiple threads I haven't even looked at but have been meaning too. Hard to believe that I have been on the forums since September, it seems like much longer.

So far I think the chat thread is one of my favorite.

Also, it is a good thing to get bugs out. =)

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 3:08 pm

dtlux1 wrote:Hard to believe that I have been on the forums since September, it seems like much longer.

But it's only January. Are you from the future?

SergeiTheFox · Post by **SergeiTheFox** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 3:27 pm

Douglas Collier wrote:
dtlux1 wrote:Hard to believe that I have been on the forums since September, it seems like much longer.
But it's only January. Are you from the future?

But, what if he isn't from the future? What if.... we are from the past? *Flails arms mysteriously*

Post by **ArcWolf** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 8:25 pm

Huh.
I've never seen someone flail their arms and thought

"Wow. That's mysterious." :3

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 10:45 pm

*is punched in the nose by the flailing arms*

Watch were you flail you! I still need my nose to sniff things!

dtlux1 · Post by **dtlux1** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 11:36 pm

Douglas Collier wrote:
dtlux1 wrote:Hard to believe that I have been on the forums since September, it seems like much longer.
But it's only January. Are you from the future?

I am from the future, it was November, and I came back with Marty. Oh, and we do have all that crap in the movie, just not on Earth.

Which means...

SergeiTheFox wrote:But, what if he isn't from the future? What if.... we are from the past? *Flails arms mysteriously*

YOU ARE ALL FROM THE PAST! I better be sure not to run into myself, I think that would be bad.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 2:30 am

If anyone is from the future, it's me. I'm in Australia and thus hours if not a day ahead of most of you guys.

Punchy · Post by **Punchy** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 7:44 am

I'm from the past.
I come to warn you of what will happen yesterday...

dtlux1 · Post by **dtlux1** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 12:13 pm

Punchy wrote:I'm from the past.
I come to warn you of what will happen yesterday...

I remember when I was 4 or 5, I would ask my mom what we were going to do yesterday. She would then tell me what we did the day before, and I would say, "NO! We did that the day before today, what are we going to do yesterday?" This probably happened for a year before I finally knew what yesterday meant.

I am not good with years, could have been before that.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 1:51 pm

I try not to think about previous days too much since you can't change them.

Post by **Render** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 3:47 pm

dtlux1 wrote:This probably happened for a year before I finally knew what yesterday meant.
I am not good with years, could have been before that.

You mean "yesteryear"?

Jacey · Post by **Jacey** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 11:11 pm

So today I went to the bookstore and found a book by stan lee.
Oh and hello again, what are we talking about?

Hlaoroo wrote:If anyone is from the future, it's me. I'm in Australia and thus hours if not a day ahead of most of you guys.

I attempted math; I guess your are 18 hours ahead of me.
thats cool

Punchy wrote:I'm from the past.
I come to warn you of what will happen yesterday...

Will I be okay?

dtlux1 wrote:
Punchy wrote:I'm from the past.
I come to warn you of what will happen yesterday...
I remember when I was 4 or 5, I would ask my mom what we were going to do yesterday. She would then tell me what we did the day before, and I would say, "NO! We did that the day before today, what are we going to do yesterday?" This probably happened for a year before I finally knew what yesterday meant.
I am not good with years, could have been before that.

When I as that age I would jump off the bed thinking I was Buzz Lightyear (from toy story). Just saying, thats all I remember

Post by **Render** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 6:32 am

Drake wrote:
Hlaoroo wrote:If anyone is from the future, it's me. I'm in Australia and thus hours if not a day ahead of most of you guys.
I attempted math; I guess your are 18 hours ahead of me.
thats cool

That means you're 8 hours behind me.

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 2:03 pm

When I went to Munich I was 7ish ahead(?) Of my friends. It's odd saying "Good night" when they're just getting out of school. Or eating lunch before they've even woken up.

Punchy · Post by **Punchy** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 5:47 am

Drake wrote:
Punchy wrote:I'm from the past.
I come to warn you of what will happen yesterday...
Will I be okay?

I don't know if you will be okay, but I can tell you if you were okay...
I'm from the past, not the future :P

Post by **Render** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 6:45 am

Punchy wrote:I'm from the past.
I come to warn you of what will happen yesterday...

Was there anything we should haven taken care of yesterday?

Punchy · Post by **Punchy** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:17 am

Render wrote:
Punchy wrote:I'm from the past.
I come to warn you of what will happen yesterday...
Was there anything we should haven taken care of yesterday?

There were some things you could've taken care of, but they can wait...
Remember, what you didn't take care of yesterday, you can always do tomorrow!

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 4:01 pm

I'm trying to cut back on my procrastination.

JeffCvt · Post by **JeffCvt** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 4:02 pm

You can always do that tomorrow.

Whozjama · Post by **Whozjama** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 8:29 pm

Amazee Dayzee wrote:I'm trying to cut back on my procrastination.

People I respect have said that the will to ease procrastination is useless. Rather, alter your situation, to encourage productivity. E.g. Cold turkey.