EVE Online Standings with connections/diplomacy Calculator

You can use the below calculator to figure out how much of an impact getting the next level of connections or diplomacy will do to your current standings.


The bold number is what you change to your current effective standing.


level 1   10 - (10 - 2.99) * 0.96 = 
level 2   10 - (10 - 2.99) * 0.92 = 
level 3   10 - (10 - 2.99) * 0.88 = 
level 4   10 - (10 - 2.99) * 0.84 = 
level 5   10 - (10 - 2.99) * 0.8 = 


So for example if you want to see what connections 3 gives you, copy and paste this into google


10 - (10 - 2.99) * 0.88 =


Google will report back with


10 - ((10 - 2.99) * 0.88) = 3.8312


Basically you will have 3.83 standing if you have connections level 3 and your current effecting standing is 2.99


Note eve may round up the number to next highest number so results may vary slightly.

Xbox360 Will not install game? hangs freezes etc

Recently my xbox 360 randomly refused to install final fantasy 13-2 for no apparent reason. Thankfully I have discovered an unusual fix to this most annoying of issues.

This issue is the process of installing the game never starts, it just hangs, the disk does not spin and the process stays at 0%. I can confirm its safe to just hit the off button and do the below fix. (nothing else you can do as the back button (pressing b) does not work.

To fix this issue simply log out of xbox live and install the game, job done, log back in and enjoy a great game of whatever :)

Hope this helped.

Battlefield 3 Joining Server Fix

To fix the problem of being unable to connect to Battlefield 3 servers due to Joining to Server bug, where by you never actually connect to a server. To fix you simply close browser fully and log out of origin, then attempt again.

To avoid this occurring in the first place use the server browser NOT match making.

Minecraft 1.1 Patch Notes

Here are the patch notes for the Minecraft 1.1 update, this is the best update ever.

• Bow Enchantments 
• Golden Apple recipe
• New language translations.
• Slightly smoothed color transitions between biomes
• Reduced brewing time to 20 seconds
• Added spawn eggs to creative (the colors of the eggs even look like the mobs)
• Added world type options (currently only super-flat and default)
• Removed collision box from ladders
• Sheep eat grass and regain their wool

Apparently bug fixes to.

Now go spawn 500000 creepers and blow them up, yes yes you can finally do this!!!!

Terraria 1.1.1 Christmas Update

Terraria 1.1.1 patch has now gone live. Here are the changes:

Bug Fixes / Performance
● Reduced the amount of RAM needed to run Terraria.
● Added an option to turn backgrounds off.
● Improved the automatic game quality adjuster.
● Lighting update won’t skip as much on lower quality levels.
● Items dropped on death for hardcore and mediumcore characters will retain their conditions.
● Space Gun now has a value.
● Water Bolt can now have conditions.
● Diving Helmet now works correctly.
● Walls now correctly show behind Glass Blocks.
● You can now untie bound NPC’s with Autopause enabled.
● Mediumcore and hardcore players will drop their cursor item on death.
● Coins held on the cursor will correctly be dropped on death.
● Dryad’s Corruption and Hallow status numbers are correct.
● Wyverns are less common and will be less likely to spawn near the ground.
● Mana Flower's price has been increased.
● Fixed the shadow glitch of trippy lighting.
● Music Boxes no longer dupe when placed on platforms.
● Fixed an issue that caused stacked coins to go missing from chests during multiplayer.
● Cursed Torch item now emits light in water.
● Harpoon can now be reforged.
● Lighting will now be set to Retro instead of crashing if Terraria is unable to switch to the new lighting mode.
● Keybindings will no longer sometimes be set to "None" automatically.
● Bombs thrown by clowns will now show that the wall has been destroyed in multiplayer.
● Crystal Shards now give off light in retro and white color mode.
● Hallowed Armor only has graphical effects with the helmet.
● Players now have hair under their hats.
● Statues no longer turn into Armor Statues when they are smashed from the top.
● Clowns only throw bombs when their target is alive.

Items
● Added Candy Cane Blocks & Walls.
● Added Green Candy Cane Blocks & Walls.
● Added Snow Blocks.
● Added Snow Bricks & Walls.
● Added Red, Green, and Blue Lights.
● Added Presents that are dropped by monsters during the holiday season.
● Added Snow Globe.
● Added Santa’s Outfit.

NPC’s
● Added Snowman Gangsta.
● Added Mister Stabby.
● Added Snow Balla.
● Added Santa Claus.

World
● Snow biomes will always be created during world gen during the holiday season. There is a 1 in 3 chance for snow biomes to be created during world gen during the rest of the year.

http://www.terrariaonline.com/threads/terraria-1-1-1-christmas-update.70447/