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Q: procedure of preparing the solid pellet of cow urine

To, Respected sir/madam i was very happy to see vast benefits of mother cow,also the uses of cow urine pellets . but sir/madam i been working on the same project was not able to properly proportionate the amount and the quality of alcohols( CH3OH, CH3-(CH2)3-OH),ethyl acetate and hexane amount i...

Awww. It got closed... :(

@hichris123 wut?

11 hours ago, by hichris123

I think this is my favorite Ask Patents question so far:

Can someone flag as unclear, please? patents.stackexchange.com/questions/7753/…

@hichris123 Done.

ty

@hichris123 commented

btw, anyone see that break image icon in the side bar?

3:07 PM

@Braiam They're probably not coming back, but good idea anyway.

@Braiam ?

@Braiam ?

user image

@bjb568 @hichris123 ^?

status-norepro

Mozilla Iceweasel 31.0? you?

@Braiam Cause is probably browser plugin, no image in source.

3:11 PM

... and then there's this crappy question:

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Q: is there any quantity loss in garlic peeler in patent ep1773134a2?

i referred your patent description about garlic peeler. I think that there will be some loss on the skin of garlic due to abrasion.

application patent-services

@Braiam Chrome.

Safari.

patents.stackexchange.com/questions/7716/… - unclear

mm... Privacy Badger was blocking static.adzerk.net

lolwut?

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Q: Two people can't have the same technology ? It looks the same to me from what I can see

This patent looks like it does the same think as mine.patent #12/674,848 I would like to know more about the other patent. Mabe we could work together to help Cattle Farmers around the World Grow better stock. Thank you Forrest V Jones

"This patent"? which patent? — Braiam 25 secs ago

3:14 PM

@hichris123 what for? Nobody will see or handle it.

@Braiam google.com/patents/us8276545

@ShadowWizard Well, Micah went through and closed some questions earlier... and there is the close vote queue.

@hichris123 "This patent looks like it does the same think as mine"

he only says what number is his, not the other one

there should be 2 patents number

@Braiam Look at the tags.

I think that's the second one.

Maybe.

3:16 PM

Comment discussion going on at meta.stackoverflow.com/q/268269/2371861

These are the related patents: google.com/patents/us8276545 google.com/patents/US8210129 — Braiam 12 secs ago

yeah

user163250

4:03 PM

delete-plz stackoverflow.com/questions/25115283/…

cv-plz stackoverflow.com/questions/25230463/…

4:18 PM

please cast your close vote here

cv-pls stackoverflow.com/questions/25229078/…

user163250

@hichris123 I'm sure that must be a duplicate.

Too broad? stackoverflow.com/questions/25230536/…

@hichris123 primary opinion based...

done

status-closed

thanks all

4:23 PM

@TGMCians And kinda unclear.

@Cupcake Presumably of stackoverflow.com/questions/25969/… although its hard to make sense of his question.

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Q: What are we [hacking]?

If a tag ever needed a cleanup, it's hacking. The tag wiki defines its purpose in a way that makes it (barely) on-topic for Stack Overflow: Activities related to making hardware and software do things they were not originally designed to do. Of the 804 questions with the tag, I have yet to...

discussion burninate-request

I'm still not sure about this...

4:54 PM

burn stackoverflow.com/questions/14868034/…

cv-plz stackoverflow.com/questions/13800153/…

cv-plz stackoverflow.com/questions/12502253/…

5:11 PM

cv-plz Typographical error: stackoverflow.com/questions/25230984/…

@hichris123 I do actually have some respect for his user profile description.

So I can't scoff too much, at least he owns it.

@JasonC lol

5:34 PM

I wish user pages had a big "Flag as overly defensive; do not want" button.

Of course that wouldn't help. So we'd need to follow up on the flag by sending an... "agent" to their home to commence, shall we say, "personality reconditioning".

@hichris123 done

Bad @Jan, bad!

SPAM drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/126300/uk-and-if-you-can

@Braiam moi? Pourquoi?

(CV-PLS, BTW)

@JanDvorak That's some weird British spam...

5:49 PM

@Jamal What makes you think it is?

@Jamal so, not only Indians, now we have to deal with British?

@JanDvorak you didn't VTC :(

@Braiam sure I did

@JanDvorak I just looked at the title ("UK").

it haven't even expired yet

@AstroCB This one should get deleted. 15 rep for pointing out a spelling mistake?

5:51 PM

@Jamal Oh. Sorry; I thought you were talking about the Joomla question.

@Braiam or was that when I didn't have 3k yet?

Either that, or expired votes can be reapplied now.

In any case, cv'd and dv'd now

cv-pls stackoverflow.com/questions/25231038/…

@TGMCians waits for the snarky comments

@Jamal Agreed

Why don't you say "please"?

cv-plz stackoverflow.com/questions/25230806/…

6:06 PM

I had to use a "Secure Download Manager"... for a 961 KB download. Yay, Microsoft!

@Jamal done

:D

status-closed

Huh?

One CV for the one after

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So did anyone ever figure out how to get active close votes in the data explorer?

6:08 PM

... sigh

link-only stackoverflow.com/a/25231308/1950231

@Jamal these are best handled from a VLQ queue. A single flag will send it there.

@JanDvorak Flagged.

@JanDvorak thanks :)

@Jamal /me done

@Jamal Is the question too broad?\

6:10 PM

del-pls stackoverflow.com/questions/25230984/…

@Jamal Gone.

@JanDvorak Looks like it

How minor of an edit can I suggest on MSE?

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@bjb568 6 characters, I guess?

To be approved. For example on SO everything is approved. On UXSE nothing is approved. On MSE… what?

6:12 PM

@AstroCB wait, @Cupcake, why?

That's what I was wondering...

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A: Failed to start service jboss.deployment.unit."WebServiceRestful.war".POST_MODULE: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException

I have the same problem !!!!!!

@Jamal just flag it

Close the question too! !!!!!

I know, and I did.

6:13 PM

flagged

I'm trying to formulate a good reason to close this. Some sort of custom close reason involving santa. Ideas? stackoverflow.com/questions/8355834/secret-santa-fun-bash

status-closed

Yeah, crap still attracts crap.

@SantaClaus unclear. There doesn't seem to be an actual question to me.

@SantaClaus "This question appears to be off-topic because Santa would not approve of such an unclear question."

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6:14 PM

@bjb568 Yesssssss

@bjb568 done

@SantaClaus upv-pls

> I do not approve of your prank -- Santa

To clarify, this question is unclear. (not necessarily off-topic) — Santa Claus 10 secs ago

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Q: Why is the "this question might exist" search better than the normal search?

I have noticed a thing while asking new questions. I often try searching SO for the answer for some time. With no success, I try and write the title in the Ask Question page, and what do you know, the answer appears magically. Today I finally managed to coma across a reasonable example of this. ...

discussion search

Vote up my MSE posts so I don't have to suggest edits.

6:17 PM

SPAM stackoverflow.com/a/25231508/1950231

@bjb568 ... or just tell me what to edit. :P

@Jamal gone

@hichris123 Oh yeah. That too would work.

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A: Failed to start service jboss.deployment.unit."WebServiceRestful.war".POST_MODULE: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException

I have the same problem !!!!!!

Why is this still in existence?

Hack hichris' account so all posts can be made from his account so I can ask him to do the edit himself.

6:19 PM

Because enthusiasms !!!!!!!!!!

@bjb568 Then you would have mod credentials. ಠ_ಠ

@hichris123 No, don't tell me the password. If I can access your account I won't bother telling you to edit the posts yourself.

Also, obviously vote him down so he doesn't have the power to edit everyone's posts - if he did then we wouldn't have to hack his account to make all posts that I'd want to edit come from his account so that I can tell him to edit it himself.

Approve this! meta.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/30401

~~should I delete it stackoverflow.com/review/… bcz of no description in the answer how his answer can help to OP~~

user163250

@JanDvorak I was having an edit war with myself. Can't you tell?

status-complete

6:24 PM

@Cupcake but... why?

@TGMCians ?

user163250

@JanDvorak meta.stackoverflow.com/revisions/268287/11

I missed the link

user163250

The intent of the question was not about off-site contact.

user163250

I was having a little trouble figuring out how to tag.

user163250

6:26 PM

But I resolved it by just using what the OP originally used.

y u no think before you act?

@JanDvorak y think no u act before you?

(*u)

@bjb568 knowyourmeme.com/memes/y-u-no-guy

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@JanDvorak I know the meme. But consistency. "y u no think before u act?"

@JanDvorak there you go... Gantz make a meme

btw, the manga is cool... up to some point

6:38 PM

It bothers me that nothing has been done about these meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/268091/…

user163250

Ha! Obviously all PHD idiots must advertise that everybody with PHDs are idiots in their signatures. — bjb568 17 mins ago

user163250

@bjb568 dude, that was so not an ok comment to make.

Why not?

user163250

Can you really not see how insulting that comment is?

It's… very insulting.

6:46 PM

cv-plz stackoverflow.com/questions/296256/parse-c-files

user163250

Therefore, maybe you should delete it.

Oh, come on, it has 3 upvotes…

Most PHD people think too highly of themselves. It's like PHP or something…

status-closed

The OP of the email is asserting his point with the use of the word "stupid" (policy) without supporting evidence.

user163250

@bjb568 if you want to have constructive conversation with someone, insulting them isn't a good way to start it off.

6:48 PM

@Cupcake I don't really.

user163250

It's also derailing any other attempts at constructive discussion.

user163250

I'm not going to argue this further, this ought to be just common sense.

It's simple. "I don't want my question closed" "too bad, that's to prevent problems that you don't know about since you don't run the damn site"

Personally contacting the CVer thru email is also against common sense.

user163250

@bjb568 did you miss that whole part about the fact that they've already been exchanging messages between each other for work?

@bjb568 doesn't mean you should add fire to the fuel

user163250

6:51 PM

You're just making personal attacks in the comments.

@Cupcake Not relevant.

@Cupcake It's meta.

@bjb568 so?

Well this is fun. data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/revision/216571/282981/…

@JanDvorak So… Meta!

Sorry, but 36 upvotes? Really? — Daniel Sloof Jul 19 '09 at 13:23

6:56 PM

Have down-votes stopped taking rep away? I've noticed several cases across the network.

@GiantCowFilms meta? cw?

@GiantCowFilms a51 discussion?

@GiantCowFilms is it already deleted?

@GiantCowFilms locked?

@Jamal I see you've looked at the query

@Jamal Are you flagging them in any way?

7:00 PM

@SantaClaus Nothing to flag them as.

@bjb568 I know, which is why I asked him.

I haven't flagged any. I did find one link-only answer so far.

cv-pls-dup stackoverflow.com/questions/25231327/…

@Jamal flagged as low-quality then?

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Q: Nested <kbd>s look weird

Ctrl + C ^ Just why? Can kbd kbd get different formatting?

7:02 PM

please close this

@SantaClaus Yes, the link-only one. I don't want to get yelled at for flagging all the "no" answers.

cv-pls stackoverflow.com/questions/25231699/…

@Jamal Oh I got yelled at so I understand.

I did downvote a few, especially the one I've linked to.

status-youve-been-Common-Sensed

7:05 PM

@JanDvorak and all: No(What is CW?), no, no and no. here is a link to an example. It now has one down-vote and one up-vote.:

@GiantCowFilms CW = Community wiki

@GiantCowFilms Rep cannot go below 1.

@GiantCowFilms downvoting questions is free for the voter

@bjb568 Yes, but the user has 6.

@GiantCowFilms User has one. Downvote and user has one. Upvote and user has 6.

@GiantCowFilms downvote, then upvote, probably

7:08 PM

@JanDvorak Yes, but shouldn't he have four(1+5-2).

Aw yeah; you guys are looking at today's #1 edit reviewer on meta.se. Step aside, ladies.

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@GiantCowFilms 1-2+5=6

@JanDvorak Okay, now I see. That is kind of backwards though.

@GiantCowFilms Time matters. The downvote didn't affect rep at all.

@GiantCowFilms Yes. I think it's bad design.

@bjb568 would you rather have negative reputation?

7:10 PM

@AstroCB @cupcake also likes to close questions, then reopen them a day later saying "why did I close this" , lol

@JasonC That's just so… I can't even.

@JanDvorak Yeah.

@bjb568 I wouldn't

@bjb568 It's OK, you don't need to.

And start at 0.

@SantaClaus I modified it a bit to only select upvoted ones (I'm not bothered by 0-score or below): data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/216573/short-answers

7:10 PM

@JanDvorak It's hard to get out of debt. I wonder if SO would sue me for not paying them back.

del-pls stackoverflow.com/q/146252/2371861

@iStimple Yes, I've seen that: "Why was this question closed?" - Cupcake

[Clicks link to question] **Closed by x, y, z, Cupcake** * ... *

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@AstroCB nice

cv-pls stackoverflow.com/q/780864/2371861

SPAM drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/126301/if-i-bring-you-out

7:12 PM

cv-plz stackoverflow.com/questions/13555125/…

<- out of cv's bros

Duuuuh, haven't you watched WWZ? — bjb568 6 secs ago

I've accientally clicked the spam link. WHAT THE F***ING HELL IS THAT???

feature-request Please let us buy close votes with our rep.

EEEEK! @JAN'S COMPUTER IS INFECTED NOW! hides

7:14 PM

@JanDvorak tempted to click now

Plot twist: Jan's the spammer and just wants us to click on that spam link, but is using reverse psychology to do that.

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cv-pls stackoverflow.com/questions/19786189/…

@JanDvorak It's… a fixed-width website

pukes

@hichris123 explains how he's always the first to find the spam posts

and answers are also link only there

7:16 PM

Google translate is pretty good with spam links

@iStimple See? We've uncovered a conspiracy!

@SantaClaus doesn't that still give them a click?

@JanDvorak nuked

@JanDvorak Clicks give them clicks.

Too much spam here… need some anti-spam:

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@GiantCowFilms did you make a custom gravatar? I've never seen a black one before or that style

7:18 PM

cv-plz stackoverflow.com/questions/18313401/…

@iStimple It looks dark blue to me. Turn up your monitor brightness.

@iStimple Image editing/creating software? You can go to data:text/html,hi and make an SVG.

@bjb568 "Pliers and a friend."

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cv-plz stackoverflow.com/questions/22377503/…

7:20 PM

looks dark grey to me

@bjb568 O.o

Brown?

@JanDvorak light black dude

@SantaClaus Dark grayish brown.

@iStimple sanity check: what is 2+2?

7:21 PM

@JanDvorak 22, but depends on type.

cv-plz stackoverflow.com/questions/3631363/…

@bjb568 Oh wait wrong avatar

@JanDvorak 0

@SantaClaus …

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Q: Trying to build Conway's Game of Life - Why does this function cause this grid to disappear?

I am working on creating John Conway's The Game of Life in JavaScript. I created two programs in JSFiddle. The first is functional, and simply creates a grid of squares, and makes some of them randomly black. For the second program, it is exactly like the first, except I created an update funct...

javascript conways-game-of-life

Classic: Link to JSFiddle + enter code here.

7:21 PM

@bjb568 Yeah, given that it's the Tavern, most definitely BROWN.

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@JanDvorak Syntax error near '?'

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^ You guys need to star more things, do you know how much of a burden this is?

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@bjb568 ah, seems we have our star troll

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(ahhh plz don't kill… hides under a table)

@JanDvorak give em a break, he had to do something to replace his graffiti addiction

7:26 PM

@iStimple ? It just came like that.

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@GiantCowFilms does your email have 666 in it?

Grumbles…

@AstroCB Where did you get that?? I though you'd need my email+username to make that?

@iStimple No

@GiantCowFilms Bwahahahaha!

7:27 PM

@GiantCowFilms we all work for the NSA here

@bjb568 is our manager of css hacking

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@bjb568 photoshop'd

@GiantCowFilms Well, I could say that I used some super-secret technology I'm working on and your IP address to extract your name and email address...but...

@JanDvorak No, pixelmator, obviously.

@hichris123 I have 0 votes remaining now. I went through cv queue today. Is it possible to flag this ?

7:28 PM

@bjb568 Is correct.

@iStimple Oh shoot!...

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Q: Get rid of catchup-marker

.monologue.catchup-marker { padding-top: 3px; border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 2px; } .monologue.catchup-marker-1 { border-top-color: #a6a6a6; } .monologue.catchup-marker-2 { border-top-color: #c6c6c6; } .monologue.catchup-marker-3 { border-top-color: #e6e6e6...

feature-request chat design

cv-pls stackoverflow.com/q/25232153/2371861

I do understand what they are for. I do still want them gone, though.

(and yes, I'm well aware the above sounds amusing when taken out of context)

@JanDvorak twss

@bjb568 His is very high res though.

7:43 PM

i.stack.imgur.com/xfk9Y.png?s=128&g=1&g&s=48 -> i.stack.imgur.com/xfk9Y.png

@TGMCians nope. :(

ok

@bjb568 ew. I meant cops.

@JanDvorak Ew? You sound old.

Or very young.

(and, in context, the catchup markers)

@bjb568 neither of that

7:52 PM

@JanDvorak Yep. Old.

@bjb568 get out of this chat, kiddiee

does your mother know you're out?

@doornob @santa You too!

WHO HAS SUMMONED ME

Oh, its you

@SantaClaus a 13yo did

@JanDvorak Why would you think I'm 13?

More like 3.

7:55 PM

@bjb568 optimism. You aren't allowed here before then.

Months.

<- See photo

@JanDvorak What's wrong with 12 year olds here anyway?

And does it apply to kittens?

@bjb568 is this a confession?

@bjb568 ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/…

@JanDvorak Yes I'm a 3 month old kitten. Didn't you know that?

@bjb568 reports to SE

7:58 PM

@SantaClaus I'm not talking legally…

Ugh, I hate it when I run out of stars.

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@bjb568 you always are

@bjb568 Legal reasons are the only reason

@bjb568 it only shows how much you spam them here

Why was I summoned here again? I was busy writing a data explorer query

Ok, good. (casts angry look upon @Jan)

7:59 PM

@SantaClaus because.

@SantaClaus that, and also because a PG rated chat would be kinda deserted

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