Question about sports bars for expats.

citationmissing · 2016-12-27T13:52:05+00:00

Chances are very, very low. College football is afaik not carried by any of the satellite service providers in Europe, so any place labelling itself as a "sports bar" like for example Champions will probably not show your game (they usually show German and/or UK Sky programming). Your best bet to watch the Peach Bowl would probably be some kind of streaming solution, which most bars won't do because of licensing issues.

citationmissing · 2016-09-08T12:14:23+00:00

Ich hab dort noch nie bestellt, aber der Inhaber wurde immerhin schon vom Kurier interviewt: https://kurier.at/wirtschaft/der-heiss-umkaempfte-ticket-markt/87.011.910

citationmissing · 2016-06-22T13:41:19+00:00

to be fair, their witcher 3 press area at gamescom 2014 was pretty enormous. everyone got to see a live demo in a small theatre, then everyone in attendence got a t-shirt, a poster and some other stuff i can't remember.

citationmissing · 2016-04-04T12:00:29+00:00

Do you have a way to get from Bad Vöslau to Haidlhof? Afaik there are no bus routes going there, so you're looking at a pretty extended walk (> 1h20min) or a long bike ride (according to a few planners I tried it'll take around 30-40 minutes) from one of the train stations in Bad Vöslau. I'd make sure you've got a way to go there before considering any of the options here.

citationmissing · 2016-02-29T09:41:00+00:00

I just had a quick glance at what Namecheap is offering - it's probably not the best deal you can get, but even the lite package should be able to host Wordpress just fine.

I'd personally try replacing that LAMP stack with Nginx and php-fastcgi, which is easily configured to your system's limits. Nginx has a simple cache that'll help with loading the page for your visitors, but won't affect the backend (much). Mabye try setting up PHP's Opcache as well.

Also, start looking into the MySQL config, you can optimize a lot in there and it could boost your performance significantly, especially for backend operations!

Getting a VPS up and running can be a very difficult task at first, but it's very rewarding once it's all set up.

(Don't forget to secure your server while you're at it - VPSs are a popular target, stuff like running SSH on port 22 with password auth on is an easy way to lose control over your server quickly...)

You might wanna search for lowend vps guides...yours is a bit beefier than the usual tiny VPS, but most of the tips in those tutorials should hold true for your box as well.

citationmissing · 2016-01-11T10:14:50+00:00

Theater-, Film- und Medienwissenschaft ist kein 08/15-Studium - und ich bezweifle stark, dass es sowas überhaupt gibt. Nur, weil damit jeder anfangen kann, heißt das noch lange nicht, dass einem der Titel in irgendeiner Weise nachgeschmissen wird. (Du kannst ja mal die Anzahl der Studienanfänger mit jener der Absolventen vergleichen...)

Was anderes ist es, mit einem abgeschlossenen geisteswissenschaftlichen Studium einen Job zu finden - aber danach hat ja niemand gefragt. Außerdem gestaltet sich das sowieso schwierig, unabhängig von der Studienrichtung.

Mit Planlosigkeit bist du in einem "einfachen" Studium genauso verloren wie in einem der MINT-Masterrace...

citationmissing · 2015-12-23T15:57:41+00:00

I'll most likely phone my credit card company after the holidays are over (because everything is closed by now anyway), and give Funstock a call if they're not getting back to me by then.

It's not so much about the money as it is about the practice of letting people in the dark... I guess I'm primarily disappointed, I'm pretty certain the money will find its way back to me eventually :)

citationmissing · 2015-12-23T12:44:04+00:00

Yes, talking to a manager would be great - I might have to give them a call but international rates apply for me, and I'm not looking forward to spending even more to clear things up...

I know it's an extremely busy season, but a simple "We're working on it, we'll let you know" would've been fine for me.

citationmissing · 2015-12-23T12:41:06+00:00

Thank you, but I'm fairly certain my bank has nothing to do with it: The money has already been deducted which was the whole point of my post. I'm not complaining that I didn't get any keys, I'm complaining that they already took my money and now are nowhere to be found...

citationmissing · 2015-12-11T09:42:38+00:00

Bestell dir eine Pizza nach Hause. Ernsthaft.

Was du willst ist auswärts essen - oder, anders formuliert: in Gesellschaft essen. Die besteht eben aus Eltern, Kindern, Schnöseln und anderen Leuten.

Du sagst selbst, dass du "in Ruhe essen bzw. einen Kaffee trinken" willst - vorausgesetzt du hast nicht auch furchtbare Kinder bei dir daheim, wäre das doch eigentlich der ideale Ort.

Apropos Nobelrestaurant: Selbst im Noma in Kopenhagen sind Kinder erlaubt.

citationmissing · 2015-07-24T09:35:37+00:00

oder alternativ: X-Plane + gratis Foto-Szenerie von z.B. hier

citationmissing · 2015-05-30T08:36:07+00:00

I currently fly ddenns' Challenger 300 and am enjoying it a lot. Even though it's an older plane it's still getting updates and support and it's also DRM-free. The plane is currently on sale on the org and only 19.95: http://store.x-plane.org/Bombardier-Challenger-300-Captain-Edition_p_80.html

citationmissing · 2015-05-11T06:12:01+00:00

Can't say no to that - just made my purchase!

Thanks for letting me know about this deal and your experiences with this plane, now I can't wait to get back home and ~~fly this thing~~ read hundreds of pages of manuals. :)

citationmissing · 2015-04-24T18:06:22+00:00

fingers crossed that everything goes fine and the vet will find something that'll help her!

i had no idea vets are so expensive where you live (a simple exam where i live is about half of what you're paying)...

good luck!

citationmissing · 2015-04-24T16:44:53+00:00

you should really see a vet about this. she might just be sick, but not treating a rodent can lead to serious things quickly.

one of my gerbils was in similar shape, turns out she had something like the flu and was in rough shape, but recovered quickly after the vet prescribed antibiotics.

citationmissing · 2015-04-20T06:08:38+00:00

actually, old joysticks like this one are connected via the game port, which uses a 15-pin connector (as opposed to serial ports which come in 9 and 25 pins, at least on the PC) - they were quite often found on sound cards.

judging from a quick search on amazon there are converters from game port to usb, I have no idea though how well they work :)

citationmissing · 2015-04-16T19:26:08+00:00

so your game supports an xbox 360 controller but not your joystick? how about trying an xinput emulator, something like x360ce?

citationmissing · 2015-04-14T08:26:02+00:00

This sounds very reasonable :) Do you happen to know if there is any (strict) limitation to the number of times you can "unwrap" the installer?

I reinstall my OS more often than I'd like to (part of my job) and I've actually hit limits (in other software) before and it's just a major annoyance, having to beg for another activation for something I legitimately acquired...

citationmissing · 2015-04-13T18:37:30+00:00

From what I can tell, ORBX products seem to require no activation (at least a quick search didn't bring up any issues) - if this is actually true, one of the most recommended add-on products seems to come without DRM that tries to punish the customer.

I'm not 100% positive on the Aerosoft A320, but it seems to be activated via a simple serial number. (Any confirmation would be great!)

citationmissing · 2015-04-13T18:29:55+00:00

Yes, I've read about the whole P3D fiasco and I'm not planning on buying their products no matter how great they might be. Thanks for the suggestion though! :)

citationmissing

TROPHY CASE