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Canterlot Archives / Re: Superpowered RP (Sign-Up)
2015 Aug 28, 15:20:28
Slate Grey, who observed the chaos and pointless destruction from the table of a nearby restaurant, figures the fighting has abated for now.
"So... anyone here taking orders? One pastry is not much a breakfast."
"So... anyone here taking orders? One pastry is not much a breakfast."
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Off-Topic Archive / Re: Windows 10
2015 Aug 27, 13:51:47
A small thing to keep in mind: If you want to upgrade you windows 7/8 licence, you have to upgrade an actual installation. So don't just wipe the drive and reinstall from scratch.
Best thing to do would be: Secure all files you want to keep on an external drive, run the upgrade installation, check to make sure windows 10 is activated and then do a completely clean install. This has a good chance of curing the instability issues some people are having.
While your at it, run a virusscanner and antimalwarebytes or something before the upgrade step. That way you don't carry over anything nasty to your fresh install.
Best thing to do would be: Secure all files you want to keep on an external drive, run the upgrade installation, check to make sure windows 10 is activated and then do a completely clean install. This has a good chance of curing the instability issues some people are having.
While your at it, run a virusscanner and antimalwarebytes or something before the upgrade step. That way you don't carry over anything nasty to your fresh install.
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Canterlot Archives / Re: Superpowered RP (Sign-Up)
2015 Aug 27, 13:47:54
"Oh, ok slight anticlimax. The good kind of anticlimax though." Slate says as he looks around, noticing two rather oddly dressed fellows who also took refuge on the roofs.
Masks, cloaks capes. All the markings of... a comic convention! "Wonder if I there's still tickets available... Well either way down we go again my canine comrade! I don't see any stairs to uh, brace yourself." Slate said as he teleported them back down again.
Masks, cloaks capes. All the markings of... a comic convention! "Wonder if I there's still tickets available... Well either way down we go again my canine comrade! I don't see any stairs to uh, brace yourself." Slate said as he teleported them back down again.
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Canterlot Archives / Re: Superpowered RP (Sign-Up)
2015 Aug 26, 21:00:52
Slate, having finally seen something coming for him before it hit, decided that the prudent and tactical decision is to run very fast in the other direction.
He also realized his wolfy companion isn't going to be doing much fast running and so instead teleports the both of them onto a nearby building.
He also realized his wolfy companion isn't going to be doing much fast running and so instead teleports the both of them onto a nearby building.
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Canterlot Archives / Re: Superpowered RP (Sign-Up)
2015 Aug 26, 19:52:02
Chuckling, Slate reaches to his left saddlebag and rummages through it. "Here, you can uh..." He says while frowning at the rubber chicken he just got the the pack. "wha, how did you get in there?" he says retuning the chicken to the oddly spacial saddlebag.
After pulling out various other oddities from the bag including a bonsai tree, he finally found a small box "Aha! Here we go, two cream pastries who's name I forgot! How about we share this and have a walk through town?"
After pulling out various other oddities from the bag including a bonsai tree, he finally found a small box "Aha! Here we go, two cream pastries who's name I forgot! How about we share this and have a walk through town?"
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Canterlot Archives / Re: Superpowered RP (Sign-Up)
2015 Aug 26, 19:35:50
Slate shakes his head in confusion, not sure what he just saw.
He is however quite sure that there is an corpulent, upturned wolf on the ground which just walked into him.
Slate makes a note to pay more attention and get hit by less thing he didn't see, before no longer standing there like a doofus and helping the wolf back to his paws.
"Sorry about that little fellow, didn't see you there. Strange really not sure how I could have missed you!"
He is however quite sure that there is an corpulent, upturned wolf on the ground which just walked into him.
Slate makes a note to pay more attention and get hit by less thing he didn't see, before no longer standing there like a doofus and helping the wolf back to his paws.
"Sorry about that little fellow, didn't see you there. Strange really not sure how I could have missed you!"
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Canterlot Archives / Re: Superpowered RP (Sign-Up)
2015 Aug 26, 17:40:35
Slate Grey is feeling pretty content just laying on his back while watching the sky slowly pass over.
Birds are chirping, the sun is just the right kind of warm and rattling of the cart is just right for falling asleep to.
At least it was until the cart pulled up and dumped Slate as well its cargo of hay right onto the floor of 'Hayfry's hay fry bakery'.
"Oh sorry partner, forgot you were there!" The hay farmed called. "Heheh... I tend to kind of zone out during these trip. Nothings broken?"
"Wha? Blah!" was Slate's eloquent reply. "Uh no problem, believe me I have been ejected from transport in worse ways." he continued as he worked his way out of the haybale.
Shaking himself off and paying the idle minded farmer a few bits, Slate felt the day could have still started worse. He made his way out of the bakery and set upon the nearby town, wondering what awaits there.
Birds are chirping, the sun is just the right kind of warm and rattling of the cart is just right for falling asleep to.
At least it was until the cart pulled up and dumped Slate as well its cargo of hay right onto the floor of 'Hayfry's hay fry bakery'.
"Oh sorry partner, forgot you were there!" The hay farmed called. "Heheh... I tend to kind of zone out during these trip. Nothings broken?"
"Wha? Blah!" was Slate's eloquent reply. "Uh no problem, believe me I have been ejected from transport in worse ways." he continued as he worked his way out of the haybale.
Shaking himself off and paying the idle minded farmer a few bits, Slate felt the day could have still started worse. He made his way out of the bakery and set upon the nearby town, wondering what awaits there.
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Canterlot Archives / Re: Superpowered RP (Sign-Up)
2015 Aug 26, 17:15:01
Name: Slate Grey
Power: Ferromancy (summon iron and steel), Teleportation, Basic Alchemy and a bottomless saddlebag full of various useful things (and some useless things).
Species/Race: Eastern unicorn
Personality: Capricious and curious, but generally kind hearted. Reluctant to fight and will always (try to) use guile and cunning if forced to.
Backstory/Information: Traveler from far away, looking to see what there is to see!
Description/Pictures/Images: Tall, grey-blue unicorn with brown mane and tail, cloven hooves, a lion's tail and round glasses.
Full character description here!
Yes I totally just made up 'ferromancy', and eastern unicorns were mentioned in the season 5 opener. I'm just gonna be using that ^^
Power: Ferromancy (summon iron and steel), Teleportation, Basic Alchemy and a bottomless saddlebag full of various useful things (and some useless things).
Species/Race: Eastern unicorn
Personality: Capricious and curious, but generally kind hearted. Reluctant to fight and will always (try to) use guile and cunning if forced to.
Backstory/Information: Traveler from far away, looking to see what there is to see!
Description/Pictures/Images: Tall, grey-blue unicorn with brown mane and tail, cloven hooves, a lion's tail and round glasses.
Full character description here!
Spoiler: His only known depiction here on the left • show
Masterfully depicted by HowTea!Yes I totally just made up 'ferromancy', and eastern unicorns were mentioned in the season 5 opener. I'm just gonna be using that ^^
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Off-Topic / Re: Dumb things that annoy you
2015 Aug 17, 16:00:48Quote from: Schala
everything I ever said
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I'd say this thread is the perfect place for you.
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Off-Topic / Re: Dumb things that annoy you
2015 Aug 12, 14:20:24Quote from: Chishio Kunrin on 2015 Aug 12, 06:50:57
I'm gonna have to back up some of the music on my iPod onto my laptop.
I heard that the latest version of iTunes messes with music in your library and on your iPod that you didn't get through iTunes. Well, I have music that people made and put up for free download, so... iTunes is gonna mess with those, even though it was okay to download them for free.I know they're doing it to combat piracy, but it kinda messes up the people who like fan music that the artists of said music put out for free.
'To combat piracy' hmmmm, yeeah right.
Pirates don't use itunes.
Assuming that is actually true, its almost certainly just a way for Apple to get some unfair (and possibly unlawful) advantage over the competition. There is really no way for it distinguish a pirated mp3 from its lawful brethren. Its not like they are wearing little eye patches and peg legs.
The only fair response, if they indeed push this through, is to download the itunes library and buy music from well, any distributor that doesn't treat its customers as criminals by default.
In fact you can even buy from some artists directly a lot of the time! That's more of your money going to an actual artist and less to Apple's space donut headquarters!
I would pioneer this approach but I haven't actually ever bought anything from itunes... Their first impression on me was all 'No you can't add album images, until you hand over your credit card!' and it all went downhill from there
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Off-Topic / Re: Dumb things that annoy you
2015 Aug 04, 12:23:59Quote from: Chishio Kunrin on 2015 Aug 03, 23:36:37
Antivaxxers thinking that people can develop natural defenses against diseases like measles, polio, and smallpox.
We can't.
If we could, we would never have needed to develop vaccines for them.
So, they need to stop with this ignorant, misinformed stuff about "I'm not vaccinating my child or taking prenatal vitamins. My child will grow up with a nice, healthy vegan diet and develop natural defenses against those diseases!"
We can actually, immunity can be passed down from the mother or gotten after recovering from the sickness. Its IS the actual natural way!
You know, the way from before medicine was invented. Huge child mortality rates, disfigurement, plagues, malnourishment, chronic illness, etc. All natural stuff!
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Its funny, yet thankful, that once that particular bit of nature actually shows up they make a 180 degree turn and run towards the nearest hospital.
Also even the suggestion that there anything healthy or nice about a vegan diet is just bleh. Its actually a terrible diet, lacking in a lot of essential nutrients (and a lot of tasty stuff!). I can usually spot vegans from a mile away by their gaunt and somewhat wispy look, like they live nearly a leaky nuclear plant...
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I'm sorry if I'm sounding rather vindictive towards these new-age uh... treehuggers, to be polite, but they misrepresent what is healthy, what is natural and what is right all the while being all snobby about it. Worst of all chronically underfeed their children and leave them vulnerable to diseases you would think belong in the middle ages. Heck I bet most folks in the middle ages took a lot better care of themselves than them.
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Off-Topic Archive / Re: Windows 10
2015 Jul 21, 12:49:33Quote from: Rissian on 2015 Jul 21, 00:37:04
~Snippety~
Did a bit more reading on this and it seems this is not as big an issue as the headlines make it seem.
Basically what happened is that Microsoft will no longer mandate BIOS legacy boot (an old way of starting a computer) be available next to EUFI boot (the new and shiny way) and... thats pretty much it.
Just about every recent Linux distribution can boot on EUFI just fine, this will only be a problem for people that try to run old software on newer computers, and that only if manufacturers throw out BIOS at all. I'm guessing that particularly on business computers legacy boot will linger for quite a while with all the COM ports and PCI slots.
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Off-Topic Archive / Re: Windows 10
2015 Jul 20, 12:10:48
LaptopBrony with a barely usable laptop? Unacceptable!
Install some ClassicShell, stat! Configure it to disable all the hot corners, and you have yourself a perfectly serviceable OS.
Also I the UEFI lockdown sounds like a lot of hear-say. Locking that down would just cause everyone a lot of trouble as it would brick the machine the moment windows inevitably bricks itself with an update or something. Even then, if you have the machine in your hands its always get around the password.
Install some ClassicShell, stat! Configure it to disable all the hot corners, and you have yourself a perfectly serviceable OS.
Also I the UEFI lockdown sounds like a lot of hear-say. Locking that down would just cause everyone a lot of trouble as it would brick the machine the moment windows inevitably bricks itself with an update or something. Even then, if you have the machine in your hands its always get around the password.
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Off-Topic Archive / Re: Need advice for new computer
2015 Jul 15, 19:13:20Quote from: Sweet Brew on 2015 Jul 15, 16:47:58
I would disagree, anything computer wise isn't over kill.
Computers out date each other in seconds.
Over kill will be normal in 2 years, and in 4 years it'll be out dated.
Buuut...I might just be derping, dunno.
Heheh no kill like an overkill?
It doesn't quite go here though, especially with a PSU. Its the thing that supplies the computer with power and 650W (450 should be more than enough) is quite a lot more than it will ever need so its basically just lost potential. Computer parts aren't increasing in power consumption very much.
The trick here is to balance the parts to each other and to what you need. If you spend your whole budget on one part, then its just going to be held back by the rest and not be much use. If you want a gaming computer, most of your money needs to be in the video card and not in a processor which would just spend most of its time waiting on a slow card.
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Off-Topic Archive / Re: Need advice for new computer
2015 Jul 15, 15:35:40
greentab's advice seems good, only gripes I can see are that the video card is kind of dated and not very good value (not to mention far worse dx12 support). The CPU is also rather too expensive in comparison to the video card, for a gaming PC will want to invest a bit more in a video card or a bit less in the CPU.
The PSU is also somewhat of an overkill.
The PSU is also somewhat of an overkill.
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Canterlot Archives / Re: Food Festival - Eating Contest (Sign-Up)
2015 Jun 27, 13:22:37
"Whoops, sorry about that! Sometimes I forget which spells you need to turn off again." Slate said as he quickly turned off the spell, giving back the unfortunate wolf's traction. "Ahem, so yeah, I need to be getting on my way now. Need to stow all this baggage somewhere and some other mundane stuff. See you at the contest perhaps!
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Canterlot Archives / Re: Food Festival - Eating Contest (Sign-Up)
2015 Jun 26, 18:43:40
Slate Grey blinked, having not noticed the corpulence of blue wolf earlier.
"Lemme try and help you there, big fellow." he said as he fired up his horn and used the infamous zero friction spell on the stuck wolf and pulled him out, putting him back on his feet.
As Slate took to opening up a saddlebag to rummage through he however failed to notice he had not removed the zero friction spell, causing the wolf to slowly slide over the ground as though he was standing on ice.
"Lemme try and help you there, big fellow." he said as he fired up his horn and used the infamous zero friction spell on the stuck wolf and pulled him out, putting him back on his feet.
As Slate took to opening up a saddlebag to rummage through he however failed to notice he had not removed the zero friction spell, causing the wolf to slowly slide over the ground as though he was standing on ice.
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Canterlot Archives / Re: Food Festival - Eating Contest (Sign-Up)
2015 Jun 25, 17:56:28
Slate takes a sip from the piping hot tea, savouring the taste "Mmmm, quite good! The fancy cafés around here just give me funny looks if I ask for anything like this!" he said while hoofing over a bit.
"Though it did kinda undermine my trick of trading a recipe for a free drink, hahah! The name's Slate Grey, pleased to meet you."
"And yes I will very much be joining the competition, though I don't expect to win. I mostly join for the fun of it. How about you then, surely you can leave the stall for long enough to compete?"
"Though it did kinda undermine my trick of trading a recipe for a free drink, hahah! The name's Slate Grey, pleased to meet you."
"And yes I will very much be joining the competition, though I don't expect to win. I mostly join for the fun of it. How about you then, surely you can leave the stall for long enough to compete?"
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Canterlot Archives / Re: Food Festival - Eating Contest (Sign-Up)
2015 Jun 25, 12:44:08
Slate Grey felt tired and overheated, yet elated. Having not just disembarked a cargo airship but also having helped unload its cargo to pay for the trip and still being laden with traveller's gear (a pair of saddlebags, various pouches, some bottles, a sadly empty canteen and a small rolled-up tent) had taken a toll on the gray-blue stallion. Not to mention the cursed heat! Slate is not good with heat.
But all this will be worth it! For while it wasn't Slate's first time in the capital, it was the first time it was during a festival all about food and drink. And Slate is good with food and drink. The consuming part that is, not so much the preparing. This will be a glorious spree of eating and drinking and that minor issue of being low on bits shouldn't be that much of a problem!
"First order of business: A drink. Any drink. After that... uuh, well planning is overrated." Slate softly murmured to himself as he walked down the street leading into the town centre, spooking some of the infamously snooty locals with his appearance.
Eventually he caught sight of a somewhat off-kilter stand. The salespony was somewhat serving a red mare with sunglasses and a scarf, there was a pet wolf sitting under the draping at the bottom and most of all the price wasn't extortionate.
"Hmm might be a local farmer. Too honest to sweet-talk his customer too so his wares should alright. Guess I'll stock up on dried tea while I'm at it" Slate thought as he walked up on the stand.
"Good day there! Excuse me if this seems picky, but can you make Saddle Arabian Mine Tea too? Been a while since I have had that."
But all this will be worth it! For while it wasn't Slate's first time in the capital, it was the first time it was during a festival all about food and drink. And Slate is good with food and drink. The consuming part that is, not so much the preparing. This will be a glorious spree of eating and drinking and that minor issue of being low on bits shouldn't be that much of a problem!
"First order of business: A drink. Any drink. After that... uuh, well planning is overrated." Slate softly murmured to himself as he walked down the street leading into the town centre, spooking some of the infamously snooty locals with his appearance.
Eventually he caught sight of a somewhat off-kilter stand. The salespony was somewhat serving a red mare with sunglasses and a scarf, there was a pet wolf sitting under the draping at the bottom and most of all the price wasn't extortionate.
"Hmm might be a local farmer. Too honest to sweet-talk his customer too so his wares should alright. Guess I'll stock up on dried tea while I'm at it" Slate thought as he walked up on the stand.
"Good day there! Excuse me if this seems picky, but can you make Saddle Arabian Mine Tea too? Been a while since I have had that."
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Canterlot Archives / Re: Food Festival - Eating Contest RP (Sign-Up Thread)
2015 Jun 23, 13:15:11
I may not eat a truckload, but I like just about all kinds of food.
Capacity versus flexibility! What if the food contest features something game doesn't like?
Capacity versus flexibility! What if the food contest features something game doesn't like?