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12:00 AM

Later @Wes!

ARGH NetBeans has totally locked up on me

/me needs a new system

Damn I can't even force it to quit, gotta reboot. SUCKS!

rchern

12:16 AM

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George Marian

Yes, Netbeans sucks. ;)

mootinator

Errrrgh

Client: "I ran a whole bunch of read only operations on the database and your concurrency fix didn't change the performance."

George Marian

@mootinator ROFL

Concurrent reads? It's a perfectly cromulent idea...

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CLients. Can't live with 'em, can't eat without 'em :-p

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Tim Stone

12:49 AM

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/11/…

@TheUnhandledException Hahah :P

Aiden Bell

1:09 AM

Just discovered CS:Source ... may not be around so much lol :P

Tim Stone

Just? :P

Aiden Bell

lol Q3A guy

Fosco

1:34 AM

@TheUnhandledException Badge acquired. ty.

drachenstern

Badge? Badge? I want a badge!

mootinator

@drachenstern Speaking of which, where's our badge?

30 days, 30 consecutive It's been a whole hour!!! Worry!!!

drachenstern

I know!!!

Time to go play twister with some 8 year olds. Wish me luck

Tim Stone

@mootinator Uh oh, that's not a good sign...

mootinator

Good luck!

Tim Stone

1:44 AM

(I'm really just kidding, make sure you've viewed an actual page "today" and give it 17 more minutes :P)

Dan Grossman

Day 3 of trying to pick a domain name.

Tim Stone

@DanGrossman What are you trying to pick a domain name for, by the way?

Yi Jiang

LOLCat Bible Translation Project

The LOLCat Bible Translation Project is a wiki-based website set up in July 2007 by Martin Grondin, where editors aim to parody the entire Bible in "LOLspeak", the slang popularized by the LOLcat Internet phenomenon. The project relies on contributors to adapt passages. As of March 27, 2008, approximately 61% of the text had been adapted, and Grondin had stated that he hopes the entire New Testament will be complete by the end of 2008. In the process of adaptation, various changes are being made to the source material, for example, changing the main characters to cats, Jesus Christ as "Ha...

Dan Grossman

Something somewhat similar to Google Analytics, I guess

Tim Stone

Ah

Dan Grossman

1:46 AM

Closer to Mixpanel, KISSMetrics or Performable, really

Yi Jiang

@DanGrossman Have you seen haveamint.com

Dan Grossman

Yes, it's ancient, why?

Tim Stone

I'd try to provide some suggestions for you, but I'm having a bit of trouble thinking up a domain name myself, heh.

Dan Grossman

I already run w3counter.com for generic web stats

Yi Jiang

@DanGrossman Just saying that you won't necessarily to explicitly reference matrices or analytics in your brand

Dan Grossman

1:49 AM

I'm not creative enough to make up a made-up name :/

Yi Jiang

@DanGrossman I actually resent sites that use W3 in their branding when they're not related to the W3C, although that bias actually stems from W3Schools

Dan Grossman

World Wide Web. It's not something W3C came up with.

Yi Jiang

@DanGrossman I know I know, but the association is there, and the W3School makes it worse

Dan Grossman

Oh well. W3Counter is about 8 years old, and I've never had someone complain that they were confused and only signed up because they thought it had something to do with w3c.org

drachenstern

Well that didn't last long

mootinator

1:54 AM

Right hand trip dang.

Yi Jiang

@DanGrossman No, I doubt that would happen. But I have seen W3CSchool typed out more than once before

Incredibly annoying

Dan Grossman

Do you dislike w3schools for some reason other than the name?

It seems like a generally nice site... a huge volume of free web programming tutorials

mootinator

I am not a DBA. Why does this company which already has a real DBA keep asking me how to tune their database? frustrating

Yi Jiang

@DanGrossman Content, markup, bad bad practises

They actually use stuff they themselves discourage others to use

Some of their tutorials are hopelessly out of date

Dan Grossman

I see

Yi Jiang

1:57 AM

And a couple are just plain wrong, as seen from some of the questions that appear on SO

Tim Stone

@mootinator Maybe they have a "real" DBA?

Dan Grossman

hah

impossibility.org is fun but not that helpful so far

mootinator

Heh.

Yi Jiang

@DanGrossman I just did a search. Funny, but I think it's just an advertising tool for a domain registration / hosting company :P

Dan Grossman

:very confused:

Yi Jiang

2:00 AM

@DanGrossman All of the results come back from a single registar!

Dan Grossman

They don't come from any registrar, this is a list of domains nobody owns

drachenstern

@mootinator I haz a nuu badj

Yi Jiang

@drachenstern So do I. A gold one, even. Heh...

Dan Grossman

It's generating names from a dictionary combined with what you type, doing a DNS check on each name, and if they don't resolve doing a WHOIS to see if they're unregistered. The names nobody owns are given back to you, with a link to Namecheap if you want to buy it there, not that you have to.

Yi Jiang

@DanGrossman So it doesn't check for squatters? For shame. Goes off to add some adjective to StackOverflow.com

drachenstern

2:03 AM

A goald onez??? I wantz a goald wonz!!! (having fun with phonetic pronunciation)

Dan Grossman

It's to generate possible names for you to register, not see what's already registered

Yi Jiang

safestackoverflow.com is available! Well well... isn't that an oxymoron

Dan Grossman

RapStackOverflow.com

drachenstern

Stackoverflowbuzzer.com ... Need a onebox for that one ;)

Chatting on the iPhone ... Chatting on the iPhone ... Works pretty well

Dan Grossman

Was that speech-to-text?

Still waiting for the year computers can do that so well that real voice interfaces become usable... I remember being excited about speech-to-text software that came with a new Acer computer... Pentium 90MHz with Windows 95

drachenstern

2:13 AM

Noop

Have you used dragon lately? It does a good job

Dan Grossman

It'll be there when I can be in the kitchen, and say "Computer, play me some classical" and a computer in the living room picks it up, starts my default media player, and starts playing my music collection by genre

drachenstern

You want a single central? I want an autonomous-ish mesh-ish home network. That knows which room I am in and is separate from the rest of the people in the house. So I can listen to what I want and the others what they want.

Dan Grossman

Computers are sentient at that point, so they've recognized programmers as their revered Creators; we control all the computers regardless of who else is in the house and what they want

drachenstern

Lol

Dan Grossman

Is this like a later build of the chat room software than runs on chat.so?

drachenstern

2:20 AM

Why?

Yi Jiang

@DanGrossman Don't think so, the only difference should be the easter eggs

Dan Grossman

Different sounds, styles, etc

I guess it's just like a "theme"

Yi Jiang

@DanGrossman Style and sound is different for every site I think

Tim Stone

Yeah, the chat core is the same for each of them, then a different stylesheet / path to notification sound is specified by the site.

mootinator

@drachenstern Yarr, silver.

drachenstern

2:48 AM

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A: Associate SE1.0 sites with current profile?

No, they cannot.

George Marian

@TimStone That's just brilliant. Best reason I know of to wear a kilt. Unless, of course, you happen to be Scottish.

Tim Stone

@GeorgeMarian Hahah, yeah. As for the linked comment, it does kind of concern me that people won over by those kinds of advertisements are in charge of security, but yeah. :P

Yi Jiang

@TimStone $15 per hours? That works out to... wow, that sucks

Tim Stone

@YiJiang Admittedly I think you can do worse here, but even then..

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@Fosco nice. That's one of the harder bronze badges to get :-)

George Marian

3:03 AM

@TimStone Absolutely. I'm not as concerned about the pay range, but the fact that they're advertising at gas stations is ridiculous!

Tim Stone

I was sold by the x-ray vision.

George Marian

lol

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@drachenstern LOL, short and sweet... or maybe "short and bitter" is a better way to describe Jeff's answer :-)

Note to self: Don't tell clients to download an Ubuntu Live CD

> Well, my husband has assured me that what you wrote in the last e-mail was indeed English! :) Fortunately, it makes a whole lot of sense to him so he's going to try and help me with the Ubuntu and Font Forge stuff this weekend

Tim Stone

@TheUnhandledException Hm?

Ah. :P

Yi Jiang

@TheUnhandledException Hehe... but isn't that how 99% of the people get Ubuntu?

Oh dear, font forge

The Unhandled Exception

3:11 AM

My thinking exactly @YiJiang!

She's say, "Oh wow, this is so much better than windows!"

@Tim you working late too, or just spending free time with your drinking buddies? ;-)

George Marian

Huh? Bring me up to speed, @TheUnhandledException.

Oh yah, I have scotch and I can't leave my apt!

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Up to speed?

On which part @GeorgeMarian? I didn't think I said anything that fast ;-)

George Marian

Regarding the client, ubuntu and font forge.

heh

I figured that was a continuation of something.

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Oh, client asked what types of fonts our software supported, I said "TrueType" she said she had some other kind, and I said there's programs to convert them, including the free program, FontForge

She said she was told not to install it because it required Linux and I suggested a Linux LiveCD

George Marian

Ah, couldn't leave good enough alone, eh? ;)

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3:17 AM

hahah

Dan Grossman

hmm

Tim Stone

@TheUnhandledException There's a point in time where I stop working? :P

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I know, that's how I feel!

Dan Grossman

<~ Still thinking of domain names

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Ug. @GeorgeMarian you were right. My boss just called me and said mmy reply to her wasn't appropriate and I shouldn't recommend Linux to clients again. Pffft

Dan Grossman

3:21 AM

I think domain parking services should force their clients to set a purchase price they'll advertise under a "buy this domain" type link, with instant purchase service

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All I was trying to do was save her some money :-)

Tim Stone

@TheUnhandledException I'm almost done with this rewrite though, so I'll be happy when that's done. There's been an awful lot of Minecraft sneaking in there today, though.

Dan Grossman

:sneaks into your Minecraft and sets your largest structure on fire:

mootinator

Hah.

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hahaha. I'm almost done with this new version release @Tim so there'll be some naptime sneaking in between now and, ug, I probably have to get up at 6am to get back on track this week :-(

Tim Stone

3:23 AM

@DanGrossman Yeah, that'd be nice, heh. But then they couldn't try to charge you for illogical negotiation services. :P

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@Dan and @Tim so the whole MSO/SO crowd plays together?

Tim Stone

@TheUnhandledException Nice! Ouch, that sucks. :(

I just play single player at the moment

Dan Grossman

I just chat in whatever chat room people are talking in at the moment

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Hey, I suppose that's what we get for being in demand. We had to sneak an unplanned new module in last week, threw us off trac

LOL @Dan

Tim Stone

Being in demand is good, hahah. ;)

Dan Grossman

3:25 AM

"Clients From Hell" is now the #3 search result for "clients" on Google

George Marian

@TheUnhandledException Heh. That sucks man. But, it's funny.

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I'm glad my pain amuses you @George ;-)

Not the first time Linux has gotten me in trouble at work either, LOL

George Marian

lol

mootinator

Uh-oh

George Marian

Well, being one that can't leave well enough alone either, I know your pain. :)

The Unhandled Exception

3:28 AM

(Years ago when I was an intern in Massachusetts I installed Linux on a Mac OS webserver to solve a Mac OS X restriction that users could only be members of 8 groups. I solved the problem but it cost me my job)

Now I'm CTO so that's how I solved my problem of not being able to leave things alone ;-)

(Unless the CEO disagrees like he just did, LOL)

George Marian

Nice. I like that solution!

Tim Stone

@TheUnhandledException Yeah, always that one last cog in the wheel, hahah

George Marian

@TheUnhandledException Well yah, there is that.

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Pfft, never understood why we need those CEOs anyway! ;-)

Always making all those pesky "business rules" and stuff...

Tim Stone

I find delegating all of the negotiation and talking to someone else is a lot easier on my...everything. ;)

The Unhandled Exception

3:30 AM

I agree @Tim, my prior sarcastic comments aside :-)

Tim Stone

Heheh

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OK what twit put two public methods at the bottom of this class file with all the private methods? I didn't add a giant "Private Methods" comment for no reason...

George Marian

So, I had a quick interview with a recruiter from Zynga. She asked me what my ideal job would be... Of course, I answered CTO. :)

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Tim Stone

@GeorgeMarian Brilliant

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Good answer. :-)

Tim Stone

3:34 AM

I want to star that more. :P

George Marian

@TheUnhandledException ha Comment intent, not implementation. :)

mootinator

Owner of a very large electronic farm.

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Shows you are willing to work your way to the top! :-D

Tim Stone

@TheUnhandledException It was me. I like to sneak my way into other's code and do things to keep them on their toes.

George Marian

@TheUnhandledException Heck yah!

That and I'm tired of getting stepped on.

mootinator

3:34 AM

Dang, that makes me a sucke...customer.

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@Tim here, I'll help

Josh's Socks

And at the risk of angering the Chat Gods I will too!

Tim Stone

Hahah

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Last time I did this all the stars disappeared. We'll see what happens this time :-)

I was told not to abuse the voting system, but these are stars not votes... right?

Josh's Socks

@TheUnhandledException Right. Don't pay them no nevermind!

Tim Stone

3:36 AM

I think the last one may have been for...other reasons. :P

Yi Jiang

@GeorgeMarian Gone for five minutes to answer two quick jQuery questions, and already somebody wants to be CTO for that company? :P What am I missing here?

George Marian

@YiJiang I didn't necessarily say I wanted to be their CTO.

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@Tim oh shit, that's right. I forgot what it was I double-starred before. now I remember, ROFLMAO

Yi Jiang

@GeorgeMarian Ah... I see what you did there. :D

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You're right. That was due to other reasons :-)

George Marian

3:38 AM

In fact, I have a beef with Zynga's approach. That said, it could be a decent job and they are making money.

Tim Stone

Yeaaaaaaaaaah ;)

George Marian

As I told her, as long as I'm not killing babies or something atrocious I don't care what I'm programming.

Dan Grossman

Is there not a Zynga Facebook game that involves killing babies yet?

George Marian

lol

Yi Jiang

@GeorgeMarian Our next browser game will be a WWII simulation. You'll be in charge of programming Adolf Hitler eating babies. Wanna join?

The Unhandled Exception

3:40 AM

hahaha. You guys are evil

Dan Grossman

As if Zynga's $5.5 billion valuation wasn't proof enough that Farmville, the company's popular farming-simulation game, is addictive, Alexandra V. Tobias, a 22-year-old mother from Jacksonville, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder today for shaking her 3-month-old to death because he interrupted her while she was playing Farmville on Facebook

nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/10/…

Tim Stone

@GeorgeMarian They do make Flash content...I'd liken using ActionScript to baby murder.

mootinator

@DanGrossman StemCellFarmVille

George Marian

@YiJiang LOL I didn't say anything about virtual babies. ;)

Tim Stone

@DanGrossman Oh right, that's even better.

The Unhandled Exception

3:41 AM

@Dan I stand corrected. That guy is evil

Yi Jiang

@DanGrossman That is... wow...

George Marian

@DanGrossman Wow...

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er

Dan Grossman

56,100 results for "zynga killing babies"

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I read "Alexandra" as Alexander but I'm too lazy to open a browser to edit

mootinator

3:41 AM

Zynga can't be held criminally responsible for killing that baby.

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I'm not too lazy to open a browser to star @George Marian's messages but I'm too lazy to edit my typos :-)

Dan Grossman

1,370,000 results for "microsoft killing babies", to be fair.

Tim Stone

@mootinator They forgot to put in the disclaimer that warns people not to kill their children while tending to their farm.

Yi Jiang

@DanGrossman Hahaha...

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That is hysterical @Dan

George Marian

3:43 AM

@TheUnhandledException LOL

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googlefight.com/…

Yi Jiang

The next xkcd chart will be one visualizing the amount of babies killed by each company according to Google

George Marian

Gotta have priorities. :)

mootinator

@DanGrossman Microsoft is more popular than Obama by that metric. Unexpected.

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hm, I suspect a bug in their code: googlefight.com/…

mootinator

3:45 AM

@TheUnhandledException I think they automatically quote your search.

drachenstern

I'm now open on chrome, what should I go back and look at? :p

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@mootinator but -- oh, I just closed and refreshed. Yes, sure is a bug!

mootinator

Oh, only one result for "google killing babies" definitely a bug.

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@drachenstern before, no matter what I did, the right one on

*won

Yi Jiang

Can't be right - "microsoft killing babies" in quotes only returned 3

(disappointingly)

George Marian

3:47 AM

lol

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That is disappointing

Dan Grossman

The phrase "killing babies" only appears once on the SO site, it's still so young.

I can't go to sleep tonight until I choose a domain!

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@Dan or, there could be another explanation:

Dan Grossman

idontcareanymoremetrics.com

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@Dan you're welcome to have backwardsmile.info ...

Yi Jiang

3:50 AM

There really are times that I wish my mum has learn't English properly

mootinator

I used to own babydropping.com

Yi Jiang

Like when she's stuck on a computer with no IME trying to communicate with me over IM

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no you didn't! did you?

Yi Jiang

> hi, apply international random for your hand

mootinator

I hope I stopped paying for that anyway.

I did!

Dan Grossman

3:51 AM

What was the idea for that site?

The Unhandled Exception

I don't know whether to laugh or cry @mootinator

Tim Stone

@YiJiang Heh :P

mootinator

@DanGrossman I was inspired by the Michael Jackson baby incident to do something, I can't remember what. Never happened anyway.

Dan Grossman

Ah

Yi Jiang

Anyone want to take a guess at what she meant? (I guarantee you you won't get it)

Dan Grossman

3:52 AM

I own fucknuggets.com. I have no idea why.

drachenstern

@YiJiang ehwut?

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@YiJiang I am clueless

drachenstern

do you mean :280745?

Yi Jiang

She wants me to enable International Roaming on my mobile phone

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um. OK....

drachenstern

3:53 AM

I can see that

Yi Jiang

Interpretation: random is a misspelling of roaming

drachenstern

sadly

The Unhandled Exception

Ok. I can se that

> fucknuggets.com This page is parked free, courtesy of GoDaddy.com. <http://www.godaddy.com/?isc=GPPT06A001&domain=fucknuggets.com>

Yi Jiang

hand = handphone = Singaprean corruption of mobile phone

The Unhandled Exception

@Dan: Why do you have it parked?

Dan Grossman

3:54 AM

That's what happens if you buy a domain at GoDaddy and don't specify your own nameservers

The Unhandled Exception

You could be making massive cash with that name ;-)

mootinator

I only have 4-5 useless personal domain names I don't use now.

Yi Jiang

@DanGrossman At least serve your own blank page, or even better, redirect to McDonalds.com

Dan Grossman

ahaha

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Doooooooo IT!

Dan Grossman

3:56 AM

I bought it with my business account; some day an IRS auditor is going to come and ask if fucknuggets.com was really a business purchase

drachenstern

omg that would be awesome

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ROFLMAO

I'd love to see an IRS auditor say "fuck nuggets dot com" out loud

Yi Jiang

^ This is why there isn't more people using Android here right now

Dan Grossman

Where are those ads from? Huh?

George Marian

Loading, loading, loading...

Yi Jiang

3:58 AM

Notice how they're only selling last gen Androids?

Tim Stone

StarHub as in Star World, or?

Yi Jiang

@TimStone Starhub is one of the three local mobile operator

Dan Grossman

I can't tell one phone from the next, there are too many, and they're all bricks with a screen across the front

Tim Stone

Ah ha

drachenstern

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Q: What is the most rampant duplicate on Stack Overflow?

Strongly related: http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/9050/how-do-we-deal-with-octuplicate-questions This is not a question about how to deal with duplicates, it's a simple "meta" question: What is the most rampant duplicate on Stack Overflow? The particular duplicate must be "alive" on...

Yi Jiang

3:59 AM

The iPhone, N8 and Optimus 7 are all current gen. The Milestone is actually the international version of the first Droid

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