codswallop
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AusGAF 9 - F*** Off, We're Full (Of People With Different Ethnic Backgrounds)
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The Box speaks wisdom.
reptilescorpio
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America exchange students quickly learnt that calling it a case got them a beatdown realllllll fast.
Also the establishment would force them to drink Fosters for the rest of the week.
Also the establishment would force them to drink Fosters for the rest of the week.
codswallop
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From Wikipedia:
A carton of 9 litres of beer in stubbies (24 bottles) became known as a "slab" because, compared to the more cube-like shape of the "traditional" cartons, they were flatter and hence like slabs.
So I guess carton/case should only be used for longnecks/bombers/etc.
Planet_JASE
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What if my band only knows one song and we like to play it repeatedly for hours, nonstop?
We be jammin', dawg. Why you be down on us?
Do stubbies even exist anymore? I don't think I've seen one since I've been drinking age.
If you can manage that, chances are you're pretty high, which means the chances of it being a note for note rendition are pretty low. Therefore there is some degree of improvisation, and therefore you're jamming.
Planet_JASE
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Right on, brother!
codswallop
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Pretty sure VB ones still do. Maybe XXXX as well? Don't see them in Vic much. The point is that the lower height of the stubbies (and cans) is the reasoning for the name.
Also, Mountain Goat just released their line of cans in time for summer!
reptilescorpio
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VB has been stubbies all my drinking life aside from longnecks. Pretty sure XXXX was at one point too, although I haven't drank it in aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaages.
Jables Swan
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This. I go with carton though. Definitely never case.
Jables Swan
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I enjoyed it. Not as budget as I thought it would be. I was worried it would turn out like that Alphas show. Glad it didn't. Fingers crossed for all the other episodes now.
reptilescorpio
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I know you guys joke about Hitler and all but this sounds shady as fuck
Also look forward to this every day for the next 3 years, gutless lazy fucks
Also look forward to this every day for the next 3 years, gutless lazy fucks
Slab of VB:
Carton of VB:
Well lah-di-dah Mr. I-Brew-My-Own-Beer.
Couldn't have said it better myself. Great choice of words, and amazingly appropriate.
Give this man a brofist, stat.
What makes you think I'm not? Do you think I'd actually want to sit and argue this shit on the internet if I was even remotely sober?
reptilescorpio
Member
Fuck beer, I had scotch!
codswallop
Member
I happened to glance at beer that I made as I looked in the fridge for something else. Now that I think about it, it has probably been there too long and should probably be poured down the drain.
I'm drinking water.
Expected though to be honest, it's just an announcement that they are doing shit.
I can't see steamOS really working at this stage, it's going to be like trying to convince someone who has used Microsoft office for 10 years to switch to open office. They will just look at you and ask why, there's really no point in making it your main application.
For a HTPC though it's perfectly fine and that's what it is aimed at. Should be interesting to see how much latency is on the streaming setup.
Yeah, it's built for the living room so I don't think they're expecting anyone to use it as a primary OS. I'm sure some people will dual boot to play around with it though.
bodyboarder
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Dse 50% off Nintendo stuff. Good luck finding stores with stock though.
http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/117642
http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/117642
Yes and no thought they do believe Linux is the future of pc gaming and it's why they are doing this crazy Endeavour.
While now its your living room they clearly hope people will switch over to our completely in the coming years.
reptilescorpio
Member
Note, ends Monday.
I've never even seen a WiiU or WiiU game at the store down here! Had to go 100km inland into the bush to buy my one ages ago lol
I assume it doesn't lack a desktop mode though, right? I was thinking of running it as a main OS, dual booted with Windows as a backup.
It's printed in a catalogue so I'd say there's a slight chance, if you can find a store that won't ring to check stock levels.
codswallop
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Humble Mobile Bundle 2 (for Android) is out, and has:
Punch Quest (pretty good), Bloons TD 5, Time Surfer (made in Melbourne), and Star Command. BTA for Ravensword: Shadowlands and Carmageddon.
Punch Quest (pretty good), Bloons TD 5, Time Surfer (made in Melbourne), and Star Command. BTA for Ravensword: Shadowlands and Carmageddon.
If it's fast to boot, I could see a lot of people dual booting. Assuming it's easy to setup. Alternatively, I wonder if we'll start to see games coming out on say a bootable DVD or USB stick with SteamOS preloaded so when you start the game it just quits out of Windows (or whatever) and boots into SteamOS specifically for that game.
Box of Bunnies
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Planet_JASE
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It's Wii backwards compatible only (no GameCube) and I'm pretty sure it comes with a HDMI cable!!
I do love the ad, though. 50% off. Now $214. Save $214! Thanks, Dickie!
I'm half tempted but have ultimately talked myself out of it. There just aren't enough games right now. At this point, I'd probably only get Lego City, and it's a number of months before anything more else compelling comes out.
I'm getting better at realizing that saving money now is not always the better alternative to potentially spending more money in the future.
I do love the ad, though. 50% off. Now $214. Save $214! Thanks, Dickie!
I'm half tempted but have ultimately talked myself out of it. There just aren't enough games right now. At this point, I'd probably only get Lego City, and it's a number of months before anything more else compelling comes out.
I'm getting better at realizing that saving money now is not always the better alternative to potentially spending more money in the future.
It's a hard lesson to learn
the easiest way to learn it was to divest myself of all financial assets
I would doubt it but you never know, I think it's really designed to be a online only box with a hard drive. It's why streaming is so important to the device and steam being steam. They want to remove the physical aspect of what you're buying.
I imagine it's Ubuntu with some tweaks which will make it into the standard kernel and it just boots into big picture mode. It's going to be a very updated big picture mode since they intend to support things like local media streaming, spotify and so on.
Look it could be awesome. If you're going to build a gaming only PC that sits in the corner and you only use it for games, then excellent. if we get next gen titles ported over to linux with killer opengl support and even AMD mantle support then you could have a serious winner.
The issue is going to be publishers like EA who will want to bring them across but will require origin. Ubisoft is now using Uplay as a steam/origin front so I imagine they will have to do the same.
It's going to take a fuck load to convince those guys to spend time and money on porting applications and games from windows to linux.
It's why SteamOS feels like a valve and friends only thing and will probably stay that way for a good while.
Yeah, that seems to be the direction they're moving in for the future. For now, it seems like they just expect people to get a cheap Steam machine for the living room to play the available Linux games and stream other games from a Windows PC. The OS will keep evolving though.
They're kind of light on details so far, so who knows. I was thinking it could just be designed purely as a console-like experience based on their emphasis that it is designed for the TV and living room, but I guess it would need a desktop mode for people that want to continue playing games with keyboard/mouse. Also, until they get more support there's still going to be a lot of games you won't be able to play on SteamOS unless you stream them from a Windows PC.
I'm so glad that Valve is fighting hard to bring gaming to Linux. Gaming is the only reason I'm not jumping ship.
I am not a programmer, but I remember some people far more knowledgeable than I in this area said bringing gaming to Linux was really hard and kind of gimped because OpenGL sucks compared to DirectX.
Is this true?
I am not a programmer, but I remember some people far more knowledgeable than I in this area said bringing gaming to Linux was really hard and kind of gimped because OpenGL sucks compared to DirectX.
Is this true?
just cto confirm, comes with HDMI.
reptilescorpio
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Picked up NSMBU for $35, will probably never play it but it was the last copy in the store. Eh. No 101, Pikmin or Lego in sight sadly.
From my understanding, OpenGL is actually "ahead" of directx in terms of features. Things like tessellation were done a good while back on OpenGL but no one really used it for a good while.
Carmack was a big driving force behind GL over DX since he believed it was the better choice and it is, Except there's no really good documentation for it so it is more difficult to program for.
In theory, Valve could come along and actually make Source 2 OpenGL only and update the documentation and make the tools used for the engine to be more user friendly which would get more people messing around with OpenGL.
It just essentially fell to the wayside years ago and no one really bothered to try and use it for any AAA titles. I think ID Tech 5 was OpenGL based and that's the last major engine that I know of, Off the top of my head.
reptilescorpio
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Microsoft put a lot of money and support behind Direct X.
reptilescorpio
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Earthbound is on the SNES dude.