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9:01 PM
Zypher?
 
OK let's see, I know your ISP...
I get different results based on which site I ask to geolocate it though :-(
@RebeccaChernoff Yeah he'd easily best me in this area
 
I was answering Tim, not saying who should help you. (;
 
@Tim do you live in a place named after my favorite beer??
@RebeccaChernoff OH
hahahaha
 
Hahahah
 
I think it's Fosco
 
9:05 PM
Uhm, not sure
What's your favourite beer?
How dare the iPhone connect my proper spelling of favourite
 
Get that u outta there. ):
 
Zypher is close, at least.
It belongs there! :p
Ah, nice! But no, that's a little wrong..
 
@RebeccaChernoff I just had to add "color" to Thunderbird's dictionary the other day. I was tired of having it suggest "Colour"
 
9:07 PM
@TimStone Yeah I get two very different locations for your IP, LOL
 
Why is your Thunderbird dictionary suggesting colour (besides the fact that's the right spelling)? :P
 
Oh wait, Popular Demand might be closest to you @Tim
(I forgot where Zypher is)
Where the hell has Popular Demand been anyway?
 
Hahah. I'm actually surprised, I think I got an exact match when I geolocated my IP at the time ;)
Good question. Probably exams and holiday stuff, hopefully out having fun at least.
 
maybe I'm using someone else's IP, LOL
 
Nah, I think you have mine ;)
Zypher is in Philly
And Popular Demand is not the closest to me (not sure where he is, I think in Virginia somewhere?)
 
9:14 PM
Yeah, he's in northern VA
Fosco's somewhere in PA, forgot where though
 
Hmm, I've probably driven by him several times, heh.
 
That's right, Popular Demand is far from DC. I keep thinking he's close
which is why I thought he was near you
Oh, I was using the wrong IP! @Tim you're in Singapore!
I knew it.
 
He's probably not far, but he's not closest.
Hahah, exactly! ;)
I actually live right above Yi Jiang, unless he doesn't live in an apartment.
 
Ah ha. I think I found it.
 
Oh yeah? :P
 
9:19 PM
From Wikipedia: Located within the Dulles Technology Corridor, Ashburn is home to many high-tech businesses.
Trying to find a piece of info which you could confirm without giving it away :-)
oh. no. nevermind.
 
That...doesn't sound like me.
 
> The area serves as headquarters for the internet service provider Verizon Business
ROFLOL
 
Hah :P
 
So that Geolocation site is wrong
At first I was thinking it made since, you being in a high-tech area
But now I realize they were giving me an ISP's corporate headquarters, LOL
 
Apparently a good place for them to set up shop ;)
Where was that, in Jersey?
 
9:23 PM
Virginia
Not far from where four other geolocation sites placed you
 
Ahh, gotcha. Was trying to think where Verizon has offices, heh.
 
Two other sites place you in Kansas off I-70, LOL
 
Oh wow, that's bad.
 
yes. Very bad
 
9:25 PM
I blame FiOS
 
that's by me LOL
well, depending on where in KS
 
I suspect that means, "I have no freaking clue where this IP is" ;-)
 
Yeah, probably just giving you the center of the country, Topeka-ish lol
 
@RebeccaChernoff not quite, ~400 miles away
 
We all know I live in the best timezone, so not by Rebecca :P
 
9:26 PM
well, ~400 miles away from St. Louis
@TimStone I'm with you there!
@RebeccaChernoff Exactly, that's what I think too
 
A stone's throw, of course.
 
Eh. I'm from Kansas. Lived there until college and go back somewhat regularly. So I still count Kansas as close.
 
Go us! \o/
19% battery remaining, boo
 
I've never been to St. Louis. I have been to Missouri before, but where I was was anything but urban...
@TimStone Aw, sad!
 
@TheUnhandledException haha, sounds... fun.
 
9:29 PM
@RebeccaChernoff It was quite an experience
 
LOL
Dare I ask where you went?
 
@TheUnhandlefException That was one of your detours on the way to AC? :P
 
I visited some friends in Branson
@TimStone AHAHAHAHA
 
Branson is fun enough.
 
That would be quite a detour
Well, outside of Branson. It was the most rural area I've ever been to edit in the states
 
9:31 PM
;) I kid, I kid
 
Ah, yeah, there's not much around it.
 
Worst of all was it was right in the middle of...
oh, I was looking for the ServerFault question but it predated serverfault. It was right after we did a server upgrade and we were having intermittent crashes
 
Yeah, I've been to rural China...very rural, heh.
 
so I had dial-up internet in some run down hotel, I was the only one staying there who wasn't a hunter. I kid you not.
 
lmao
 
9:33 PM
Yeah, that I believe.
 
Good stuff
 
Yeah, dealing witha server which was stable only for 1 - 2 hours at a time, and friends of mine with a family crisis
so it was a business nightmare and an emotional nightmare. not one of my better times, LOL
 
Ouch, that's rough.
 
Don't worry @Rebecca. I didn't let it taint my impression of Missouri
not too much anyway ;-)
 
haha
There are 2 main cities in MO. Branson is not one of them.
 
9:35 PM
No. No it's not :-)
Well when I go to hit the beach in Wilmington, NC, which is a 2.5 hr drive from here, I drive through Bumblefuck, NC... where the pig population outnumbers the human population. So I can relate :-)
 
So, bets on how long I'll be on hold with Uverse for? 22:30 and counting...
 
UGGGGGG
Are they playing crappy hold music?
 
I was just by a Uverse kiosk, could have bugged themfor you :P
 
At least some companies say, "If you'd like to hold without music, press # now"
 
9:39 PM
Upgrading my internet. Sales guy was all set to do it, but said the system told him there was a technical error. So 2 minutes has grown while I'm on hold for tech support. ):
 
Sucks. DO they have some promotion that ends 2010 or something?
Or are they just slow?
 
No clue.
 
I'm guessing the latter
 
Seems like they always have a promotion ad running for new customers lol.
 
Anything to suck you in, heh
 
9:40 PM
Never for existing customers though!
 
Anyone in here work for Time Warner Cable...?
better yet, does everyone in here not work for TWC?
 
grabs popcorn.
 
I take that as a "yes"
 
What is yes.
I have connections who work at TWC on Linkedin, does that scare you?
 
I do not (so I'm not wherever their headquarters are :P)
 
9:43 PM
lol
 
Hahahah
 
@mootinator guess the answer was yes.
 
Are you and everyone else OK @mootinator?
last I heard from you was something about needing to go to the ER
 
Yes.
 
9:45 PM
18 hours ago, by mootinator
I guess I get to go to an ER now. Fun times.
That one
 
Lady troubles.
Not going to go into detail.
 
@mootinator No need, glad she's OK
 
...tech guy said the order looked fine. So apparently I was on hold for nothing. \o/
 
Even better!
 
@RebeccaChernoff At least we were here to keep you company
 
9:46 PM
\o/ !
 
Though he did say it could take 24 hours instead of 2 for the new speed to take effect. |:
 
Powercycle your modem
well, works for cable anyway
if the stars are in alignment and it's not too hot or cold...
 
Yeah, was gonna give it a bit for the order to go through first.
 
Hah
 
Heh.
 
9:48 PM
10% remaining..living on the edge here.
 
I just starred a few of your "Oy"s, @Rebecca. The stars should now be in alignment
@TimStone :-(
 
Hahah @mootinator
 
@mootinator that scares me :-)
 
Hrm. Interesting. Did a speedtest to compare later, and I'm getting a download speed between the 2 plans, but the same crappy upload speed.
 
9:50 PM
 
I'm almost to my charger, heh.
 
Wow @Tim I just noticed you've shot ahead on the chat leaderboard
nice work
 
I've consistently gotten 6/1. New plan is 24/3 though. (:
 
That doesn't surprise me, was your upload even remotely close to where it was supposed to be?
 
@Rebecca is #2, beaten only by Atwood Himself
 
9:52 PM
Ah, nice. I'm 25/5 or something.
 
@TheUnhandlefException Really?
 
@TimStone Yeah, I'm generally .9 - 1. Close enough to 1 heh. But I want to see 24/3. Just weird that the download speed has shot up, but not the upload.
 
@TimStone You should really use tab completion. (;
 
@TheUnhandledException UGH
 
@mootinator Everyone here's home from work today :-(
Normally download is 18+
Upload always sucks though
 
Where's this mobile chat autocomplete, eh? ;)
 
Ah good point. I didn't notice your typo until @Rebecca pointed it out :-)
I edited my reply to match
 
Ah, yeah, I guess I did know where I was, heh.
 
9:56 PM
@TimStone Oh right. Then you're silly for not just using @The (;
 
I say a lot of crap ;)
 
@TimStone Clearly not as much as Rebecca or I ;-)
 
Hey ):
I don't say crap.
Everything I say is valuable information!
hides from rotten fruit thrown her way
 
I like not to be lazy...just selectively :p
Well you guys did have a headstart, heh.
 
@RebeccaChernoff Maybe you forgot we're on meta's chat. Everything said here is crap ;-)
 
9:58 PM
I was a bit of a latecomer to chat ;)
 
@TimStone This is very true
You've been making up for lost time XD
 
And nothing is said on WA's chat, so not sure if that helps her case
 
Hm, $1050/mo, not bad:
 
Also, 2nd just behind Jeff? I either need to shut up, or encourage Jeff to chat more.
 
Oh, I was like... What over a grand per month is "not bad"? Hahah. Looks nice :)
 
10:01 PM
@RebeccaChernoff He has 21.4k messages to your 17.1k, I think you're OK :-)
 
Clearly the solution is for them to discuss our feature requests more
 
@TimStone Chat burped when I fed it the image the first time
 
'ello
 
@TheUnhandledException Depends on averages. (;
 
ooh, speed tests
 
10:03 PM
@TheUnhandledException That is a weird design.
 
those are some choked upload speeds!
 
@mootinator yes, it is
 
a little less and you wouldnt even able to send ACK packets fast enough to get those download rates
 
Interior's OK though
@DanGrossman I know, I hate it
I want faster upload
@DanGrossman This happens to me a lot
 
10:04 PM
@DanGrossman I don't think our ISPs realize this.
 
@DanGrossman I'm moving to PA now
 
I miss my "security through obscurity" IPTV service :/
 
hiding the evidence
 
I said nothing either.
Actually, it wasn't really obscure either, but I digress.
 
10:09 PM
Damn I missed it
I'm sure it was the best thing said in here today too ;-)
 
No, the votes say it was "oy".
 
grumbles
 
I gotta pick a drive to put on my keychain
interesting, customer notes that it's a tiny MicroSD card glued into the USB connector
 
@DanGrossman sounds flimsy
 
Looking for indestructible @Dan?
I have read great reviews about IronKey
 
I just want small and with some way to attach to a keychain
 
HAHA, I just found a listing literally across the street from me, LOL
 
@DanGrossman yeah that's the one
 
10:47 PM
> I have a 3 bedroom 2 bathroom house im renting but really it has 4 bedrooms because the garage was turned into a big bedroom
LIES! A garage is not a bedroom!
 
If it has a bed in it...
...and a closet, HVAC, egress windows, path to a bathroom that doesn't go through the main living space...
 
and no car...
 
I pay $1400/mo for a little 2 bedroom townhouse apartment with no back yard
expensive town
that house you put a picture of for $1050/mo is much bigger
 
Rent here is cheap. Well, not super cheap, but very reasonable
 
10:54 PM
I'm paying roughly $1000 now, I have a "backyard" but it's part common area, so the neighborhood kids all play football back there, breaking my stuff and destroying the grass
It's all mud now :-(
 
Old satellite photo
 
that grass isn't very green
except the one guy with the closed in lawn
 
No. it's not. But that's also not how it looks now. Well now not much is green, it just snowed here...
The grass was green 6 months ago, before these kids tore it all up
actually
this can't be that old, my car is in front of my house, LOL
 
hey guys
 
11:03 PM
this was probably from October maybe? IDK...
Hey @Maxim
How are you?
 
good, thanks, you?
 
Not to bad. It's almost 2011. This makes me happy
 
i know, but it makes me unhappy
it's 2011, and i haven't finished the projects i started in 2010 yet
programming...
whatever
 
@MaximZaslavsky Yes. I have this problem as well
Too much time in this tavern doesn't help ;-)
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But hey, look at it this way, you have a the year ahead to finish them!
What kind of stuff are you working on?
 
That's true, but then I have 2012 to finish my 2011 projects!
Right now, the two main projects I'm trying to finish are ASP.NET MVC portals
 
11:09 PM
No, for 2012 is the end. You've got to finish in 2011.
 
@DanGrossman Oh you're one of those people?
 
Oh crap...33 desktop notifications to go through...times two + queued userscript ones >_>
 
Why do you think I need the flash drive? So that when the aliens come in 2012 and choose who lives and who dies, they'll read my drive describing my usefulness and take me with them before destroying the planet!
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OK, how can the same exact place for rent be on two different ends of town simultaneously? Flagged as spam
 
@TheUnhandledException lol. does he deserve a downvote?
 
11:11 PM
@DanGrossman Have a star :-)
 
(and that was about your first post btw)
 
@MaximZaslavsky I wish the rest of the internet were like Stack Exchange. I find myself looking for the downvote button on the normal web!
 
@TheUnhandledException but not just the internet
all of life!
 
This is true
 
@TheUnhandledException Reddit ;)
 
11:13 PM
@MaximZaslavsky By the way since you seem to be new to chat, you can reply to a specific message by hovering over it and clicking the reply button
 
Ah, finally...all cleared.
 
@DanGrossman Blasphemy! Stating that reddit is equal to StackExchange! ;-)
 
@TheUnhandledException oh cool! Yeah, you're right, I haven't been on chat since beta so I gotta relearn...
 
Welcome @Marc! Happy early New year to you
 
@TheUnhandledException i second that motion. Happy New Year to everyone!
 
11:14 PM
@MaximZaslavsky They've done an truly awesome job with chat
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(and I'm not just saying that because Marc is here ;-)
 
@TheUnhandledException lol but agreed!
 
@TheUnhandledException I'd say that too, but I demand the notifications be fixed first ;P
Just kidding, it's still awesome despite that ;)
 
@TimStone what's wrong with the notifications?
 
@TimStone (That's why he's silent ;-)
@MaximZaslavsky They don't go away
 
11:16 PM
And I'm getting double for some reason..
 
@TheUnhandledException you mean the desktop notifications? or all of the notifcations?
 
Desktop ones.
 
@TimStone cough cough Userscript? cough cough
I is redundant
 
@TimStone yup, enabled them a few minutes ago and I see what you mean
 
No. :P
 
11:19 PM
@TimStone I'm not sure how that proves anything, but I'll take your word for it ;-)
 
@TheUnhandledException The userscript ones don't have your gravatar on them ;) I get that one too, but it goes away :p
 
ohhh
@DanGrossman This is addictive, does it have a point..?
:-)
 
Making music
 
11:24 PM
No speakers?
 
I had my headphones plugged in, but not on my head
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I get it now!
 
(re: Earlier speed tests and such)
 
You live near Philadelphia?
 
Nearish.
 
Do you live next door to me?
 
11:27 PM
I do not :P
 
(for now)
 
How sure are you?
 
i get it now, though! i thought it was a puzzle, at first
 
97% ;)
 
@TimStone So much for Mr. Mystery man!
yeah @Dan I'm hooked now
 
11:28 PM
@TheUnhandledException @RebeccaChernoff saw that same speed test result like 3 months ago, hahah.
 
Verizon buried some fiber right behind my place this year for FIOS, thats some nice DL you get
 
Yeah, I'm happy with the download. The upload should be a bit stronger based on my pricing tier, and used to be even worse than that, but I'll take any improvements, heh.
 
@TimStone She also knows where you are from StackFlair ;-)
 
Well, or from using her diamond-mod power on WA for that matter :P
 
This is also true
I forget she has diamonds on the soles of her shoes
 
11:31 PM
Doesn't seem like a safe place to keep them, though.
 
I may be too old, I don't know if anyone else will get that reference :-)
(I might be too obscure, that's another distinct possibility...)
 
...Paul Simon?
 
That was a half-guess, heh.
(as in, my memory...ehhhh...)
 
Don't worry, I'll save you the pain, I won't sing it ;-)
 
11:35 PM
You're too kind ;)
Hmm, 11.59 down, 1.44 up from here on Uverse, heh.
 
Still at your Dad's?
 
Yeah, until Sunday. My (several years younger) sister was disappointed that we didn't get to come until Thursday, so we rescheduled to come back on Sunday (instead of Saturday) since I figured I wouldn't miss too much over the weekend, heh.
 
Cool
I mean I know you're anxious to get back, but time with the family is good too :-)
Well. I suppose that could depend. I won't speak for you ;-)
Speaking for myself it's been too long since I was back in MA
 
Well, for some reason it was necessary for us all to go to the mall together, and I'm not a huge fan of that experience at this age. ;)
 
11:41 PM
Which is why I was on chat on my phone for so long :P
 
Sure. Come on, I know the real reason is you can't go for more than a few hours without us @Tim ;-)
...Unless you have Minecraft...
 
That's partially true, need something to keep me sane(ish) ;)
Hahah, perhaps, perhaps.
Also, I now own an Adult Swim t-shirt, heh.
 
My brother loves that show
 
Soon we're going to some Last Comic Standing tour performance...guess we'll see how that is.
 
11:48 PM
@Tim: not sure if he's still on the tour, but: Myq Kaplan is AAA+++ would laugh again.
 
My family used to do First Night Boston. I always used to think it was kinda meh
@Dan, @Maxim and @Michael, any plans for the night?
 
@MichaelPetrotta Nice, this gives me high hopes either way. Alright, I'm off for a bit. Not sure when I'll be back, so happy New Year in advance just in case, otherwise I'll see everyone later ;)
 
I'll probably not be back until next year so happy new year to you too @Tim!
 
@TheUnhandledException:
 
Enjoy the show
 
11:50 PM
user image
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@MichaelPetrotta HAHAHAHA
And if you could turn the monitor around it would be a StackExchange site no doubt ;-)
 
right. gotta hit 20k on SO before the new year. Few bounties, should be possible.
 
Chat has had a very negative impact on my SO rep :-)
(As in, I send all my time ere and not answering questions :-)
/blame @MarcGravell
 

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