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1:00 PM
^ My thoughts also
 
The thing is, I like to comment as well, so the first-time user doesn't get offended.
And some times they're just rubbish answers, but downvoting is no incentive to delete for a 1-rep user...
 
@Benjol I'm sorry but for a top 500 site on the internet I don't care anymore if they get offended. If they are under 100 I'll usually post a comment but I'll still close
 
@drachenstern, yeah, but I'm talking about answers, you can't vote to close, and I'm not sure what they see if I flag. "Your answer was here, but now it's gone, do better next time"? :)
 
oh, true, I'm still stuck on questions :p
I got in an answering mood this morning
 
For example, what to do with this: (though it's not a 1-rep user)
 
1:02 PM
@Benjol I think it was @radp who said the exact opposite - that -1's on 1 rep users won't actually affect them in any way while still telling them what's wrong and what's right
 
@YiJiang +1
 
You should add a comment and then edit their answer with a big "EDIT: I UPDATED YOUR WRONG ANSWER FOR YOU TO LEARN FROM. NOBODY UPVOTE THIS"
;)
 
@drachenstern -1
 
:p
Actually, at 406 rep, I would just downvote
They've obviously learned the system
 
And is it worth doing anything to an answer on a question that's already been closed?
 
1:04 PM
@Benjol there's something... cruel in downvoting a person with 11 rep. Just after the system announced to them it no longer assumes he's a spammer...
 
Haha, anyone spot this one?
 
@radp that I agree with. under 100 I tend to not downvote unless it's a blatant offense
 
@Benjol absolutely.
 
@drachenstern, why?
 
1:05 PM
@Benjol LOL!
 
@Benjol because the question isn't dead, it's going to live forever in the googles.
 
@drachenstern, ok, hadn't thought of that. I kind of assume closed questions will event fade and die
 
Man, I just can't use SO anymore.
 
@Benjol I helped twesh with his question on the answer. :D I feel special now
 
@drachenstern LOL :)
 
1:09 PM
well if he can't be arsed to do it right neither can I
 
It would be quite good to be able to do Area51-style voting in the review area: "A good post"/"Not a good post"
 
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Q: C# how to load a form with marquee progress bar?

PeteMerryHi, I created a loadingForm with only a progress bar with marquee style. In my mainForm I'm trying to do this: //before downloading loadingForm lf = new loadingForm(); lf.Show(); //start downloading //finishdownloading lf.Close(); The loadingForm was shown but the progress bar didn't appear, ...

oh wow
 
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A: c# easiest way to extract substring

Brad ChristieString result = Path.GetFileName("\\\\Tecan1\\tecan #1 output\\15939-E.ESY").Split('-')[0]; Perhaps?

That one's in the low quality list - but has 12 upvotes and is accepted
 
@Benjol we have that ... ;)
 
Hm, I'm off to add an answer to Jeff's question then...
 
1:11 PM
@Benjol I'd be happy with a way to mark posts as "TCO"
 
@Benjol post us a linkie
 
I tried to have that in the form of a comment counter but Jeff isn't impressed.
 
@radp TCO?
 
"Taken Care Of"
 
1:11 PM
(Edited/Commented/Deleted...)
 
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Q: Heuristics for detecting a bad answer?

Jeff AtwoodA lot of bad answers are slipping through the cracks on Stack Overflow. You can see some examples at Thanks a lot for this post ... and other first time user curiosities I've been paging through hundreds of these first answers by new users and I've identified a few heuristics that, when applie...

@radp +1
 
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Q: Please show a comment counter in the /review snippet.

radpThe StackExchange™ BigBrother NewbieStalker™ pages could do with a comment count in the snippet. The rationale is that most of the "bad" posts are answers that really are comments -- and for those all we can do is commenting and optionally downvoting. Since the answer score is already shown, it ...

 
@Benjol ostensibly I meant a link to the answer ya know ;)
 
@radp, I've used your prior art here, hope you don't mind:
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A: Heuristics for detecting a bad answer?

Benjol(I'm talking about the /review page here) Definitely worth taking votes into account: this one showed up as low quality, but it's accepted with (currently) 12 upvotes. Also, could you have some way of marking things as "Taken care of", so other people know they don't have to bother? (Or at leas...

@drachenstern, done
 
I see this :p
 
1:15 PM
@Benjol not at all
 
but I already read it ;)
and I do like the idea of "reviewed by x users, safe to assume it's ok" but I think x should be high for now, like 20 or 30
 
@radp, you've seen that you can order by number of comments?
 
@MichaelMrozek, what the heck? |: oy
 
@RebeccaChernoff What? I didn't do it
 
Oo tis on your server
 
1:20 PM
Oh, that. That I did
Although it's mostly Jeff's fault
 
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Q: Two version of the same code returns different result

maveraThe two code below look same but they give me different result in IE8. Do you have any idea about that? $('#frameMain').load(function(){ var bodyHeight = $(this.contentDocument).find('body').attr('scrollHeight'); var bodyHeight2 = document...

 
I wonder how many of the 15390 people that've seen it have any idea who this "rchern" character is
 
@MichaelMrozek 75% probably ;)
either that or 6 to 8 weeks I'm sure
 
15390? oy.
How did I get picked on! LOL
 
1:22 PM
@RebeccaChernoff You're famous now.
Hide.
 
I don't remember how you became the chat.MSO punching bag, come to think of it
 
@radp I hear she stays home most of the day ;)
 
@MichaelMrozek Leftsideright smilies.
 
Probably
I suppose it would be morally wrong to just redirect that link to unix.stackexchange.com
 
@MichaelMrozek Not unless unix.stackexchange.com shows a live demo of the dev++ menu.
See if you hack it in through the system banner sorta thing :P
 
1:25 PM
That would be rather evil.
 
"rather evil" is better than "plain evil"
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@balpha SO motto?
 
Nah, not in @MichaelMrozek's case.
We all already know that he is evil.
 
@RebeccaChernoff He is lawful evil, you neutral right to left person.
 
Keep forgetting that 1-rep users can neither vote nor comment
 
1:28 PM
@radp I actually was lawful evil when I played D&D
 
@Benjol They can comment on their own questions
dunno if they can on their own answers however.
Still they can edit their own posts I'd assume.
 
@radp That's the part I tend to forget. They can on their questions and answers, and answers on their questions
 
Welcome to StackOverflow! Please don't add 'thanks' as answers. Invest some time in the site and you will gain sufficient [privileges](http://stackoverflow.com/privileges) to upvote answers you like.
there's no copyright on that, you can copy-paste it liberally :)
 
@Benjol I'd add a friendly "Welcome to Stack Overflow" bit :)
I usually write things like "Hey, welcome to Gaming. Please click on the Ask Question button if you'd like to ask a new question."
 
I usually flag for mod deletion and figure the user will work out how they failed on their own
 
1:31 PM
(except "welcome to Gaming" sounds horrible and "welcome to gaming.stackexchange.com" is worse)
 
"welcome to Gaming, a wholly owned subsidiary of the StackExchange network"?
 
So you'd flag 'thanks' answers?
 
@MichaelMrozek grats on proposing something worse than all ideas I had previously considered: legalese.
 
@Benjol Most of my mod flags are on answers that should be questions or comments
 
@MichaelMrozek Go figure, we're powerless against them
 
1:48 PM
@balpha, if you're still around, could you please fix my typo (priveleges->privileges) here?
 
sure
 
Thanks, given that I'm going to be using it a lot, I'd rather it was spelled right :)
 
dicussion topic: should I open a MSO on stackoverflow.com/faq should include a link to codinghorror.com/blog/2010/11/… under Do I have to log in or create an account?
 
@drachenstern, yeah, why not?
 
I think I should ...
lol, jinx
 
1:54 PM
He carries USD, GBP and Euro at the same time? While at home? ok...
 
Unexpected Tonido benefit: My wall plug computer has a bulit-in OpenID server.
 
Really? That's sweet
 
More goodies on their way. My free 'Google TV' from the developer program is to be delivered today.
 
@ircmaxell It's not his wallet, it's this guy's
> I also have some British Pounds as well as Euros... I was in Europe last year and I have yet to convert this back to Dollars...
 
hehehe
Sweet @Dan, I want a free Google TV...
 
2:04 PM
@MichaelMrozek Don't bother, just send them to me ;)
 
in The SO Tavern (General) on Stack Overflow Chat, 46 secs ago, by mplungjan
Haha - perhaps I should make a suggestion to support onebox for experts exchange ;)))
 
@DanGrossman, 'scuse my ignorance (and sloth), but what advantages over dropbox?
 
Of the plug?
It's a computer. Runs Ubuntu. I have it running a LAMP stack among other things, and it backs up the databases of 4 other servers each night with a cron job and mysqldump. Costs $0.50/month in electricity.
 
@mootinator check his SO profee and his website
I have read over 10000 pages of javascript books
 
Proposal: Chat participants should get parent site rep for starred posts... (don't know if it has been proposed yet)...
 
2:14 PM
:)
 
I'd have so much rep. For all the wrong reasons.
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@DanGrossman Where does it back them up to? Does it have a lot of internal storage, or just coordinate with other drives?
 
@Benjol It only has 512MB of flash storage. I have an external HD connected by USB, which it automatically mounts and shares on the network as well as the internet via webdav and a custom web server.
 
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Q: Reputation for Parent Site through Chatting system

jsmithHas anyone suggested adding a very small simple reputation system for the chat rooms? I have seen some really helpful people in the chat rooms, and it would be nice to be able to give them reputation for the parent site through the chat rooms. I can see advantages and disadvantages to this, it o...

 
@DanGrossman, sounds like it's worth a look bookmark
 
2:16 PM
They're only $99 each, fun little servers. I gave one as an xmas gift :}
 
I figured that there was a suggestion already
 
@DanGrossman oy
@drachenstern All those pages of javascript books and now all you need is the jQuery API.
 
@mootinator ;)
@MichaelMrozek link: I think +1 up to +10 per day would be good
Of course that would mean @rchern would be at like over 9000 from the chatroom alone ;)
 
I wasn't a fan of rep for stars; we don't generally star things that are helpful
 
lol
 
2:22 PM
(yes I realize that means nearly 3 solid years of continuous daily starrings, but who cares about the spacetime continuum)
@MichaelMrozek since when do reps on meta reflect actual merit?
 
Q is a fictional character who appears in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager, as well as in related products. In all of these programs, he is played by John de Lancie. Q has omnipotent powers, and is continually evasive regarding his motivations. His home, the Q Continuum, is accessible to Qs or on the rare occasions permitted, and the true nature of it is said to be beyond the comprehension of "lesser beings" such as humans so it is only shown to humans in ways they can understand. Beginning with the pilot episod...
 
@drachenstern You're suggesting this only for MSO chat then? There are chats for all the sites
 
I do, however, star good stuff on chat.SO in the rooms, like from javascript or C# or the like.
@MichaelMrozek no, I'm only indicating that the stars would follow the usage of the underlying site, and with a daily 10pt repcap that's not really like it's open to abuse.
 
I have a star for "I have far too many starred comments on the sidebar now...", on SO... should I get rep for that? :p
 
Maybe we need a 'helpful' star and an 'interesting' star.
 
2:23 PM
I could collude with random users to upvote me once per day on SO if I was that interested in rep-whoring
@mootinator nah I don't think so, what's the real difference?
 
Okay, so in slashdot terms we would need to differentiate between +5 Funny and everything else.
 
of course NickCraver or the like wouldn't benefit from the upvotes that much, but sometimes others would, like Raynos or someone. I just figure if we're giving badges for participation in chat, why not the option to earn up to one site upvote in chat.
@mootinator there's a filter on /. for +5 funny? :p
 
@DanGrossman Q is an awesome f'n character!
 
@drachenstern Wasn't it worth less actual karma than Interesting/Insightful? (Can't remember, really...)
 
in JavaScript on Stack Overflow Chat, 25 secs ago, by Tom
@drachenstern i stands for index
no shit dumbass?
@mootinator of course, I was being silly, I have custom display point values assigned on my preferences on /. ... it's actually rather complicated compared to defaults
 
2:27 PM
It doesn't stand for int? ;)
 
@drachenstern There was an SO post with a ridiculous number of upvotes asking about that
Hmm. Actually, the accepted answer says it does stand for integer:
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A: Why are we using i as a counter in loops

tvanfossoni = integer Comes from Fortran where integer variables had to start with the letters I through N and real variables started with the other letters. Thus I was the first and shortest integer variable name. Fortran was one of the earliest programming languages in widespread use and the habits de...

 
@MichaelMrozek asking about "no shit dumbass"?
@MichaelMrozek and again, since when does the accepted answer mean the right answer?
;)
 
It doesn't, an the highest ranked is just the most popular, it doesn't mean it's right etiher...
 
Integers aren't "real"?
bwahahaha
 
by definition they are, but to a compiler, no ;)
 
2:30 PM
In mathematics, a real number is a value that represents a quantity along a continuum, such as 5 (an integer), 3/4 (a rational number that is not an integer), 8.6 (a rational number expressed in decimal representation), and pi (3.1415926535..., an irrational number). Real numbers are commonly opposed both to integers, such as 5 (whole numbers that express discrete rather than continuous quantities) and complex numbers (mathematical constructs that include real numbers as a special case). Real numbers can be divided into rational numbers, such as 42 and −23/129, and irrational numbers, s...
The integers (from the Latin integer, literally "untouched", hence "whole": the word entire comes from the same origin, but via French ) are formed by the natural numbers including 0 (0, 1, 2, 3, ...) together with the negatives of the non-zero natural numbers (−1, −2, −3, ...). Viewed as a subset of the real numbers, they are numbers that can be written without a fractional or decimal component, and fall within the set {... −2, −1, 0, 1, 2, ...}. For example, 65, 7, and −756 are integers; 1.6 and 1½ are not integers. The set of all integers is often de...
 
Yes, that was me being a smartass.
 
I just love oneboxing.
 
Hmmm... Broken HTML broke Jeff's blog's comments
 
I hate this internet connection... Something's flooding it and after days of wiresharking it I can't seem to nail down what...
 
codinghorror.com/blog/2010/11/… - scroll down to the tag heuer spam comment. The single open <strong> was left open somehow and everything after it is bold
 
2:33 PM
@mootinator yarrr, the point? :p
 
@YiJiang No?
 
@drachenstern Nothing to see here.
 
@YiJiang Oh, I do see it in the HTML. It doesn't happen in Chrome, apparently closing the enclosing <div> kills the <strong>
 
There's a weird mentality surrounding accepted answers here, methinks.
 
@mootinator ;)
having fun arguing with code-illiterates in javascript ;)
 
2:36 PM
@MichaelMrozek Yeah. Broken HTML isn't generally handled similarly across different browsers
 
"We think this should be the accepted answer (value, 15 rep) so we will upvote it to the tune of 500 additional rep."
 
@mootinator I don't think people have quite that degree of reputation-oriented groupthink. It's more like "I think this is right, upvote "
 
@MichaelMrozek +1 upvote
 
Indeed.
 
2:40 PM
in JavaScript on Stack Overflow Chat, 20 secs ago, by Tom
Each property has its own data structure
how is that not XML?
a dynamic textual set of objects which may have 0..M properties, each of which may have 0..N properties
 
well, technically, XML doesn't have properties, it has elements and attributes; but I'm just being technical =)
 
yes you are mr pedantic ;)
 
I believe the word is
And I'm too slow
 
I love when people say "no you're wrong, I must be right, because I'm the one designing my flawed system!!!"
@mootinator no, the word would be pedantic ;)
:p
 
2:44 PM
The idiom is splitting hairs.
 
Wow, attitude much?
 
Bwahahaha.
 
When in doubt, use XML...
 
Needs more XML obviously
@TimStone he's been on a kick lately, I do it from time to time too. flag it for a mod ;)
oh look, meta mods in this very room ;)
 
That doesn't seem particularly mod-attention-worthy
 
2:46 PM
Yeah, it's certainly not, just rather annoying.
 
@MichaelMrozek the prevention of disputes and the watering down of feeling tis all I meant. anyways, I'm writing a nice little tit-for-tat with politeness ;)
 
XML is a tit
 
XML needs more tits
 
XML is the only data format you need. Except when XML is a collection of Excel files. Then it's just time to go shoot yourself in the head...
 
Only if it's the pre-XLSX format
 
2:49 PM
XML is for 2 separate entities to be able to communicate self-descriptive data
 
XLSX gives you XML in your XML which is good for when you like to have XML in your XML
 
if you use XML to communicate with yourself, shoot yourself in the head.
 
@Fosco yeah, we know, and it gets bastardized ALL the TIME
 
lol
 
Yo dawg, I heard you like XML.. so I put XML in your XML so you can be a tool while being a tool
 
2:50 PM
Sorry, did I say Excel files? I meant CSV files...
 
Sorry, woke up on the wrong side of the world this morning.
 
Oops, hit my flag limit :) I'll leave /review to you guys now...
 
I actually got that from a client. Our sales person came to me saying that a client wanted a data export in an XML format. I said sure, get me a DTD and some docs and I'll export it right out...
She came back to me with an zip file full of 15 CSV files that I had to normalize against (basically think of writing a custom database engine using CSV files as the backend)...
 
wanted to get up, fly to California, and hit the client over the head...
 
2:53 PM
Done
 
@ircmaxell lol, should have ;)
@ircmaxell no please don't
 
@irc there is no chat.SE in prison
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LOL
 
Hahah :P
 
2:55 PM
@TimStone did you see my defense argument? ;)
ok, work...
 
@Pekka Ok, I'm still laughing out loud over this. People in the office are starting to look at me funny...
 
@ircmaxell :)
Although a zip file full of 15 CSV files would have to get one a few years off one's sentence
 
hehehe...
 
@drachenstern I have now, heh. I appreciate the support, just be sure not to stir up trouble on my behalf. ;) He's welcome to feel however he wants, not my problem. I'd like to understand where the issue still is, but ah well.
 
Oh, and with 30 char column names (FooAutoId - 1:14:23-2q35)
 
2:59 PM
@TimStone I would never!
 
This thing is a WTF in itself...
 
I just don't understand how a website full of coders run by coders could have a code issue that nobody could find
 
wants to go write them a XML driver just so I don't ever have to see this stupid thing again...
 
time to go get DSL at my apartment, be back later :D
 
@drachenstern w00t, enjoy. :D
 
3:05 PM
I'm looking at the online menu of a local pizza shop... under "side orders" there is "Gallon Olive Oil $20.00"
 
...
 
mmm.. delicious.
 
OLIVE OIL
 
Tzatziki is also awesome.
 
3:07 PM
I like how mayo is free, so I'm ordering 100 of that for delivery
 
You have to have a minimum of a gallon of olive oil.
To sell a smaller portion would be criminal.
 
of course... Who doesn't need less than a gallon of olive oil?
 
They opened 9 minutes ago. My order number is 2. I'm not the first to order today, unless they're super high tech and place a test order to verify their system is operating correctly upon opening. I am disappointed.
 
:(
If you get to fill in any comments you should probably ask why they don't sell "Gallon Balsamic Vinegar" to go with "Gallon Olive Oil"
 
I'd have just gone somewhere to buy lunch but I don't want to miss UPS :)
 
3:14 PM
LOL
 
wow they have a dominos-like tracker! I love that about dominos.com
 
excellent.. damn that's a great business model.
 
So much better than getting businesses to sell things at 75% off.
 
3:19 PM
I can't believe how successful Groupon is with their crappy business.
 
This statement does not imply confidence: The POS Company You Can Trust.
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I say that AS MY PHONE BUZZES because the Groupon app has sent me today's deal
 
@ircmaxell :)
 
52% off skydiving session
 
lol
 
3:20 PM
To be fair, I installed the Groupon app while attempting to exploit a flaw in their website.
 
I'm pretty sure skydiving is one of the few things that you really don't want to get a discount on. That's something you want to pay for someone who really knows what they are doing...
 
@DanGrossman lolwut?
 
Their coupon system was broken one day. You could essentially generate and redeem infinite amounts of credit towards future Groupons. They shut down the site and fixed it after a short while.
 
@DanGrossman I can't believe people aren't expecting it to slowly drift into crappier deals and thus obscurity like every other similar program which has ever been tried.
 
I can't believe they turned down a $6 billion buyout offer because they're making billions a year already.
(both parts)
 
3:24 PM
I suppose if they can keep finding new interesting businesses to partner with.
The problem with these is: Good businesses generate enough repeat business that they aren't interested in the traffic, and not so good businesses realize nobody bothers to come in unless they have a coupon anymore.
 
There are a lot of stories of businesses almost putting themselves out of business with Groupons too...
little corner bakery sells 1000 discount cupcake coupons... can only bake a couple dozen a day... loses money on every purchase.. problem
 
I think the employee where I tried to use the first one I bought had the right idea.
"This coupon says 50% off", "Yes, that's true but I already paid the other 50%", and so on.
Clearly I'm just prattling on about Groupon because I'm avoiding optimizing this here 1027 line stored procedure though. Best be getting back on that.
 
WHAT???
1027 line SP?
 
Some companies put all their business logic into the database. Because they can, I guess.
 
Well, still...
 
3:37 PM
Incorrect in this instance.
 
At least break it up into a few SP/Funcs...
 
This particular SP consolidates several sources of data and reports on them in a way some sort of proper procedure/data warehouse would do much more quickly.
15 optional parameters.
 
Good god
doesn't envy you
 
@DanGrossman This way their business logic is ACID too!!
 
There is a lot of business logic in this db, too.
 
3:43 PM
Let me guess, no version control either...
 
That stems from the client being less paranoid about making db changes than deploying new binaries for some reason.
 
@DanGrossman pizza delivery?
spooky.
 
just a club sandwich and some fries, no reason it should take more than half an hour
 
I mean, it's cool they'd give you such detailed information in the first place :P
 
3:45 PM
I'm not entirely convinced the Dominos one isn't just made up
 
@ircmaxell The first time I checked this project out of SVN, there was an SVN repository checked in to the SVN repository. Clearly Xzibit was the last person to work on it.
 
Wait, what?
a SVN repo checked into a SVN repo? Is that even possible?
 
@mootinator Say wha...
 
I'm looking forward to put svn on your hg so you can revert while you branch.
 
Is @mootinator nerd sniping us?
 
3:48 PM
hehehe
 
lol
Technically it was an empty SVN repo beside the actual project, I guess.
 
Ahhh ok
 
4:02 PM
Broadcast message from root@TonidoPlug
        (/dev/pts/0) at 11:01 ...
The system is going down for reboot NOW!
 
/o\
 
Does anyone else try to `talk` with random people on shared linux servers?
 
@ircmaxell you really think that's bad?... 1027 lines?... man, should've seen the last place I worked. Offshore code come back in the 6 to 8,000 line range.
 
Anything more than 200 lines is bad...
 
@DanGrossman I did, when working with a friend on a project on the server
It was faster than switching to and fro the IM window
 
4:11 PM
Unless it's a program to determine if another program loops infinitely
 
Although talking over each other happened quite frequently
 
4:26 PM
hahahahaha....
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Q: Why does Facebook want me to add more friends ?

Jules OlléonOk, I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask that, but I don't know where to ask. Facebook keeps spamming me with different variations of "Friend Finder", "Find more friends" & co (mostly on the right column, where the ads belong), and I'm just wondering: why are they doing that ? I a...

 
Should any question that starts 'Ok, I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask' - be allowed?
 
No... Insta-Ban!
 
who's banning the what now?
 
BANNOCK
 
"ban" is so expertsexchange.
Real Men™ suspend.
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4:39 PM
lol
 
I laugh everytime I see expertsexchange - I know they use a hyphen in the domain, but surely they should have seen the implications. Unless they thought that including sex in the domain would get them more hits?
 
I think they added the hyphen afterwards in a futile attempt to avoid further embarassment
 
prob
 
@radp Phasers to stun!
 
4:57 PM
A directed-energy weapon (DEW) emits energy in an aimed direction without the means of a projectile. It transfers energy to a target for a desired effect. Intended effects may be non-lethal or lethal. Some such weapons are real, or are under active research and development. The energy can come in various forms: * Electromagnetic radiation, in lasers or masers ** Heat * Particles with mass, in particle beam weapons * Sound, in sonic weapons Some such weapons, perhaps most, at present only appear in science fiction, non-functional toys, film props or animation. In science fiction, these...
 
Classy.
 
5:40 PM
Oh dear, is it a bad thing I'm 250 messages in chat from being in the top 20?
 
rotfl
 
amazing
 
@DanGrossman ?
 
Did you watch it?
 
@DanGrossman There was nothing to watch.
 
5:48 PM
4 mins ago, by Dan Grossman
Is YouTube blocked where you are?
 
That's not what I'm replying to
29 mins ago, by Dan Grossman
http://helenkellersimulator.org/
 
@radp are you familiar with Helen Keller?
 
@drachenstern obviously, not.
 
Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. The story of how Keller's teacher, Anne Sullivan, broke through the isolation imposed by a near complete lack of language, allowing the girl to blossom as she learned to communicate, has become known worldwide through the dramatic depictions of the play and film The Miracle Worker. A prolific author, Keller was well traveled, and was outspoken in her opposition to war. A member of the Socialist Party of America ...
 
Another generalist Q&A site "bites the ground", although it does so by being acquired by Twitter. The site will remain up, but the devs aren't going to focus on it, it appears.
 
5:54 PM
eh which one?
> Both her eyes were replaced in adulthood with glass replicas for "medical and cosmetic reasons"
I was not aware of that fact
@radp did the site become more clear after that link?
no puns intended btw
 
(be sure to view source)
 
@DanGrossman yeah but I can't read it, have a decoder?
 
@DanGrossman Aaand now I know how to kill a hooker.
My time has been successfully burgled.
 

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