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10:00 PM

"Can't you see I'm using my neural interface? Stop impacting my productivity!"

I was pretty screwed there. The company's bread and butter was cell phone accessories. They refused not to charge 50000% markup on twenty cent accessories from China, and thus never got any internet sales.

They also sold phones online at full price plus shipping while the carrier they were selling for were selling online with free shipping and discounts.

Ironic SE proposal: area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/37236/grid-free

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

10:17 PM

calm down people!

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Nine Shogs Shogging

@amanaPlanaCAnalPAnaMA whoooaaaah!

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

@NineShogsShogging seriously...

Nine Shogs Shogging

Totally forgot about Earlz' "Wherefore Teh Funny?"

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

@NineShogsShogging are you on that list?

Nine Shogs Shogging

10:22 PM

@amanaPlanaCAnalPAnaMA Oh yes...

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

@NineShogsShogging I don't see u there...

I dunno how to respond lol

Nine Shogs Shogging

@amanaPlanaCAnalPAnaMA I'm on all the lists. All the ones that matter.

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

@NineShogsShogging lol. or so u know

Nine Shogs Shogging

If I don't know about it, by definition it doesn't matter

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

since when can mods send a private message?

Nine Shogs Shogging

10:24 PM

Stack Overflow Blog: Moderator Messages

Posted by Jeff Atwood on February 2nd, 2011

First, a quick update on the Stack Exchange moderator election schedule.

Ending today, so get those votes in!

serverfault.com/election

superuser.com/election

stackoverflow.com/election

Ending soon:

programmers.stackexchange.com/election

cstheory.stackexchange.com/election

gamedev.stackexchange.com/election

Just started:

webapps.stackexchange.com/election

askubuntu.com/election

gaming.stackexchange.com/election

Coming soon, in this order, at 3 per week:

webmasters.stackexchange.com/election (Feb 7)

cooking.stackexchange.com/election (Feb 7) …

(handy list of changes to SO's inter-user communication systems)

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

@NineShogsShogging hmmmm

still dunno how to respond to this pm

Nine Shogs Shogging

@amanaPlanaCAnalPAnaMA You don't actually have to

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

@NineShogsShogging I want to

The Ghost of Christmas Present

Sometimes keeping quiet is the best thing to say

Nine Shogs Shogging

The point of mod-messaging isn't so much dialog as it is: "Heads-up - we never send mod-messages, but broke our rule for you 'cause it was the only way to get your attention... so listen up!"

Otherwise, you just... talk to folks in chat.

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

10:27 PM

@NineShogsShogging .... coulda just made a public chat on chat!

this seems too serious for no real reason...

Nine Shogs Shogging

Replies tend to take one of three forms:
A) "Sorry, won't do it again"
B) "You're wrong, and here's why:"
C) "F--- YOU YOU W----- UNICORN ----- PUSTULE!"

2

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

@NineShogsShogging lol

Nine Shogs Shogging

(Option C doesn't usually end well)

The Ghost of Christmas Present

But is by far the most entertaining.

@TheGhostofChristmasPresent Transcripts! We want transcripts! (Right after we get home from work!) (Ugh, not obvious because it's so short, but "work" is a link.)

10:33 PM

I'm trying to figure out what W----- is.. lol

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

@SantaFosco hehe look up british swear words

Oh, ok.. got it then. thx :)

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

rhymes with anchor

:-P

@NineShogsShogging hehe i cant edit my response. :-P

Nine Shogs Shogging

@amanaPlanaCAnalPAnaMA Nope. Nor can you reply again, unless another mod decides to respond. It's a heavily controlled, heavily-reviewed communications medium - for all participants.

(considering it's one of only two forms of private messaging on the network, and we've been staunchly against private messaging, that shouldn't surprise you)

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

@NineShogsShogging well i think i was thorough enough, no?

@NineShogsShogging 2 forms? what is the other?

Nine Shogs Shogging

10:40 PM

@amanaPlanaCAnalPAnaMA Private chat rooms do exist. Only mods can create them, and we have [increasingly-strict] rules for when / how they can be used.

status-controlled-by-humourless-blobs

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

@NineShogsShogging ahhh hah

2 mins ago, by amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

@NineShogsShogging well i think i was thorough enough, no?

?

@NineShogsShogging That's too bad. The back room here in this very tavern is quite nicely appointed, and was certainly not an illegal gambling den of any kind.

Nine Shogs Shogging

heh... You joke, but...

@amanaPlanaCAnalPAnaMA Well, you said your piece. Just remember: chat exists in part as a way to get some of that stuff off of Meta... Kinda defeats the purpose if a bit of light entertainment here must necessarily mean MSO posts.

psst... 500 rep on #3 in tomorrow's unicorn race

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

10:44 PM

@NineShogsShogging yes, and I do use it to the best of my ability. but when things need to be said in public domain, they need to be said.

anyways, its late, ive gotta go home and see the wife

have a good night everyone ^_^

@PopularDemand Pssst... I just heard from a very reliable source that you do not want to make that bet. Word is #3 is going to Shog the race.

This message is 71 bytes, plus overhead, transferred to the internets.

status-71-bytes-were-transferred-over-the-internets

@amanaPlanaCAnalPAnaMA Chat is just as public as MSO proper

Albeit slightly further off the beaten trail, so to speak

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