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12:10 AM
SPAM ALERT: stackoverflow.com/a/21976386/2581872. MAN YOUR BATTLE STATIONS! :P
Why you mods so efficient? No one else got to flag it... :(
 
1:03 AM
@Bart Eh, maybe. It's pretty clearly not a fraud situation, though, so I'm content with not worrying about it.
 
@AnnaLear a question if I may?
 
@Amaterasu what's up?
 
just a small thing, my mild OCD won't let go of
on my summary page stackexchange.com/users/3791172/amaterasu?tab=accounts it shows chemistry having 4 questions 0 on software recs, but those numbers should be 5 aan 1 respectively
 
That information is pretty heavily cached. It should catch up eventually.
 
ah okay, lol
 
1:13 AM
@Amaterasu lol?
Really?
 
@AnnaLear What isn't cached besides the mod summary thingy?
 
@TRiGisTimothyRichardGreen i lol'ed partly due to caching striking again
Thank you @AnnaLear!
 
@hichris123 tooltips! probably.
Post scores, some reputation stuff, uh... other things. We cache a lot, though.
I don't know the codebase well enough yet to answer this off the top of my head.
 
@Amaterasu It just seemed a little odd to me.
 
@AnnaLear I have to ask - is @Pops cached
 
1:17 AM
Yes. He is cached by popular demand.
 
@AnnaLear excellent!
 
@AnnaLear get out.
 
@KasraRahjerdi :D
 
is @KasraRahjerdi cached as well?
 
Hey @KasraRahjerdi can I get an iOS app beta key :P?
 
1:21 AM
@BenjaminGruenbaum I let in 50 people on Friday, it should happen soon if you didn't get one yet.
 
1:41 AM
@AnnaLear Huh, so things that don't require huge queries? Makes sense.
 
1:53 AM
I was just doing some coding in java. Then I had to debug this line: System.out.println("The homework for " + compare1.toString().replaceFirst(",.*", "") + " is " + (compare1.compareTo(compare2) == 0 ? "equal to " : (compare1.compareTo(compare2) < 0 ? "less" : "greater") + " than ") + compare2.toString().replaceFirst(",.*", "") + " in terms of pages to read.");
I ended up making it worse.
 
sigh Why do some people "Java" bad? :P
 
@hichris123 What do you mean?
 
@TheGuywithTheHat That's a mess. :P
 
@hichris123 I knew that
 
That's what I would have done like 5 months ago... SO has made me a better programmer.
 
1:57 AM
@TheGuywithTheHat That's horrifying.
 
I just don't get what you mean by "Java" bad
Last I checked, java was not a verb
 
Well neither is Google but people still use it as one.
 
@TheGuywithTheHat It is now. :P
 
@TheGuywithTheHat RECURSION!
 
1:59 AM
@TheGuywithTheHat That's really sad...
 
Pretty sure 'googlen' is incorporated in the official Dutch spelling
 
@animuson are you cached?
 
@Amaterasu Huh?
 
@Amaterasu Everything is cached.
 
just working who or what is cached on here
@michaelb958 and everyone?
 
2:09 AM
@Amaterasu Of course.
 
excellent
 
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A: Alternative read file method

farvilainAnswer, now, no time, no brain... Pretty cool attitude: ` public static void main() throws Exception { final Scanner scanner = new Scanner(new File(file_str)); while (scanner.hasNextLine()) { if (scanner.hasNextInt()) { final int nb = scanner.nextInt(); Sy...

What is he angry about?
 
@JeroenVannevel I don't think I've ever seen an accepted answer with a negative score.
 
@TheGuywithTheHat Happens more often than you think.
 
I made a new bot :D it dumps all events into a chatroom
I need to now configure it to actually analyze the events
 
2:54 AM
@animuson: hi
@animuson: my NAA flag was found helpful, yet it is not deleted. What is the explanation of it?
 
@LaszloPapp it's an old joke?
 
Lol @hichris123 having fun there?
 
@animuson I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about. :D I love having fun!
 
You missed one.
 
Which is?
 
3:00 AM
 
@animuson Would you like to do the honors?
Well, there you go. :P
 
@BenjaminGruenbaum: do you really think this answer is any helpful, or even tries to attempt answering the question? It is OK as a joke, and those go in comments.
 
@LaszloPapp It's gone now anyway. :P
 
@LaszloPapp no, I was speculating on why it was not deleted.
 
@BenjaminGruenbaum, right.
 
3:04 AM
@LaszloPapp Just because I was trying to guess the explanation for why it was not deleted doesn't mean I agreed with it not being deleted :P
 
@BenjaminGruenbaum: btw, I do not understand you about your meta question from the other day.
 
Which one?
 
you said delete would be ok, flagging not, yet you, as a 20K+ user, did not vote for deletion!
 
On which question/answer?
 
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Q: Should users be given a chance to correct their old answers before flagging?

Benjamin GruenbaumShould users be given a chance to correct their old answers before flagging? I've been having a (too meta admittedly) with another user on this answer which is a 3 years old answer by Darin Dimitrov. We disagree on whether or not old link only answers should be flagged immediately or a grace pe...

 
3:11 AM
Oh, I only did not del-vote it because it was being discussed in meta and < 10K users would not have been able to read/participate.
I would've locked it for a few hours while it was being discussed if I could :P
 
I do not understand. You said yourself deletion is ok, only flagging was discussed.
 
Yeah, but if I delete voted it while it was discussed people with less than 10K reputation in SO would not have been able to see it, which would require me to take a picture of it and upload it and that would still not be as good because it'd come without context.
 
I do not follow. I did upload a screenshot without losing the content and context.
 
Not content, context.
It is a lot easier to discuss an answer imo when the answer is surrounded by the other answers and the question itself. It's no big deal - but it's why I didn't delete vote it while it was discussed.
 
OK, we will agree that I do not even follow your reasoning. :)
 
3:26 AM
Think about it for a little :)
 
I did more than a little, but I just cannot make sense out of it, I am afraid.
I posted a screenshot including everything, and based on the upvotes, people seem to have been just fine with that. I think you are trying to resolve a non-existing problem.
 
More like trying to ignore the possibility of one :)
 
3:40 AM
Ah, I remembered to go and upvote that feature-request of @animuson's that I like so much.
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Q: Raise an automatic flag for many deleted comments from the same user

animusonI mentioned this in a comment once before and never made it into a full feature-request. Having been a moderator for half a year now and handled quite a bit of comment flags, I often run across some... not-so-great comments that just make you think to yourself "Why in the world would you ever sa...

 
It's jQuery. But still off topic. :(
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Q: Need Jquery mobile for my online store?

user253284I have a online website selling sport equipment. And now I need to combine it with Jquery mobile which have a good user-interface. Do guy create that? Could I see some version or sample? Thanks in advance

 
4:11 AM
sometimes it is easier to get bad stuff deleted with 10K- users than 10K+.
 
4:21 AM
meh
 
4:50 AM
8
Q: I'm getting "Oops! Something Bad Happened!" when visiting Meta SO chat

WilliamsI am seeing a very strange issue on the Meta Stackoverflow Chat. Stack Overflow's chat is working for me fine, this is just the Meta's chat that doesn't work. Does anybody know why this is happening?

It seems to me today my problem has been solved
but a bit weird
 
/me dislikes to run out the close votes at 3 am already.
 
@LaszloPapp there there...
 
5:14 AM
1
Q: How to Dynamically Instantiate QML items in Pyside

ecoeI am porting this java script tutorial into pyside: http://qt-project.org/wiki/PySide_QML_Tutorial_Advanced_1 http://qt-project.org/wiki/PySide_QML_Tutorial_Advanced_2 http://qt-project.org/wiki/PySide_QML_Tutorial_Advanced_3 http://qt-project.org/wiki/PySide_QML_Tutorial_Advanced_4 And am havin...

0
Q: Pyside Dynamic Object Management of QML

ecoeBuilding off this Pyside tutorial: http://qt-project.org/wiki/PySide_QML_Tutorial_Advanced_1 http://qt-project.org/wiki/PySide_QML_Tutorial_Advanced_2 http://qt-project.org/wiki/PySide_QML_Tutorial_Advanced_3 http://qt-project.org/wiki/PySide_QML_Tutorial_Advanced_4 I am attempting to do everyth...

Same questions to me.... from the same user. I do not have more close votes, so help is appreciated....
the best would be to merge them.
I could probably flag, but ...
 
@LaszloPapp but that would be less work and more effective than posting five messages in chat.
 
Shog9: except when you run out the flags, too.
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Q: which qt creator version should I use if I'm using qt 4.8.5?

zhongzhuI'm using qt 4.8.5 (MinGW version) on windows. So which Qt creator version should I use? thanks!

close vote help would be appreciated, here, too.
 
user202362
5:32 AM
I am baffled by this profound question: can donkeys swim?
 
If elephants can, I assume donkeys shouldn't have any trouble
 
user202362
elephants have long trunks which help
 
5:57 AM
elephants = mammalian submarines?
 
user202362
6:07 AM
 
frozen elephants ;)
 
6:27 AM
 
6:59 AM
@rene, need your close vote, whenever you get around to here. :) stackoverflow.com/questions/21979416/…
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Q: Horizontal List View From Right to Left in QT

user1744489I need to add a ListView or List Widget as a Horizontal list. Items should be added from right to left. I first tried to make a left to right list view using flow property to left to right but its not working. When i set that property items become invisible. Can anyone please help me?

this might be worth the downvote and close vote, too.
 
7:30 AM
-1
A: Writing Entries in a VB Dictionary into a Text File

WPoloi have the same assignment and i can say this exercise "IS THE DEVIL".. NFSRACER any tips? it really drives me crazy. the textbook is not a good resource to help you find the solution, actually is exact the opposite, it confuses you more. i'd really appreciate any help!!!

-1
A: Magento: Adding +/- quantity increment buttons in list.phtml

joyMy extension complety meet your requirement. http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/product-quantity-dropdown.html Thanks Joy

Unfortunately, I already flagged as NAA, so I cannot reflag it to spam.
 
7:57 AM
some moderator might want to delete this account:
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A: replace quantity input box with Dropdown Quantity increments

joyplease check this extesnion, very useful for your requirement for quantity increment. http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/product-quantity-dropdown.html Thanks

3 answers, same content, selling software for money link.
this is all today
 
8:37 AM
@LaszloPapp casted the last vote needed on that question
 
morning
 
morning
 
morning
 
8:57 AM
Hi rene.
ok, thanks.
 
9:52 AM
[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: USB TOUCH SCREEN ON ANDROID on superuser.com
 
I edit that question and just after I saved a mods comes in to delcare the question off-topic as being a programming question. I hope that questions stays there...
 
10:13 AM
@ManishBot That filter seems to drag up a lot of false positives. Also, encoding is still broken.
 
That will be fixed in 6-8 weeks
 
10:28 AM
also, my face punch plugin is starting to prove useful.
 
community rejected it...?
 
Community accepted it
oh, wait
 
@JanDvorak Rejected..
 
In any case, the approve was bad
 
What did you have for breakfast?
 
10:31 AM
me? Why?
 
What was edited?!
 
mixing up approved and rejected...
 
Yeah that was also weird
 
It's that queue bug again: I'm being given a blank diff.
 
10:33 AM
The edit suggested some major clean up, but it appended a youtube link at the end.
Then it seems to have been absorbed by the OP somehow (no sign of edit in the revision history, but the same content) in the grace period
The diff now shows no difference between the new revision 1 and the suggested body, which are the same because the new revision 1 is based on the edit to the old revision 1
then an edit by Rikesh swooped down and killed the youtube link, then the question was swiftly deleted.
 
Well, thats is another couple of minutes well spend...
:-(
We seem to be editing stuff that should be deleted in the first place stackoverflow.com/review/suggested-edits/4144728
 
@rene already done... also, remember there are a lot of people who approve just about everything, no need to call us.
 
:-)
 
One guy has 131 accepts / 6 rejects. Let's check his profile
 
10:50 AM
That guy is only doing <kbd> edits
 
I mean, one of the approvers has some weird stats
 
reject what? you linked to a question
 
I reject this question and substitute my own
 
the shitty edit that modified the code
 
And still it got 2 approves
 
11:02 AM
@Bart I guess @ThiefMaster will talk to them
 
Gah, I so want to reply to this heap of ... stuff but just don't have the time now ... Damn you work!
 
I can't poke all approvers.. at least it wasn't spam or vandalism
 
Yep the edit ruined the code, causing errors
it was vandalism by all means, @ThiefMaster
 
it was too radical by any means
it touched the code in a question
it removed quotes from a string
 
The sad thing is the editor claims to have experience in ASP.NET
his edit proves otherwise, he doesn't even know the difference between code behind and JavaScript.
 
Badge tomorrow :D
 
the one I already have?
 
damn chat.. reloaded my room when undeleting it, nuking all the superpings i had in there that failed because of the room being deleted :x
 
Morn.....zzzzzzZZZZzzzzz.
 
I fear that question will be nuked into oblivion before either of us will have the time to answer @ShadowWizard.
 
11:20 AM
@Bart I agree, that's why I don't start thinking of answer at the moment... but there are some valid points in there.
 
Certainly. But in a whole sea of distracting ramble which will draw in the downvotes. :(
 
Yeah.... so maybe new discussion of my own at some point.
 
11:46 AM
I used my 20 reviews in the suggested edits queue. That didn't happen for a while...
 
11:59 AM
About your criticism in a sentence. Congratulations, you have discovered that when a lot of people are asked to make subjective decisions about a hard to measure property (quality) not everyone agrees with everyone. — Benjamin Gruenbaum 32 secs ago
 
12:35 PM
I keep getting logged out of chat
happened three times so far
it's only happening on chat.SE rather than on chat.meta.SO
 
Bought a DP-to-HDMI cable, turns out to be a passive one.
Bought another DP-to-HDMI cable which looks very active, turns out to be passive.
Third time's the charm
 
@Flyk it is a sign of the gods. Drop SE and live on meta.SO
 
@Flyk maybe https issue?
@JeroenVannevel you mean it's versatile?
 
@ShadowWizard shrug
I get a mixture of "you must be logged in to chat" and "parseerror" after 30-45 minutes
 
The one I bought just now looks almost exactly like the one I bought earlier. At least now it explicitly says 'active'
 
12:39 PM
I think it's because of the number of windows I have open
well, had
I'm in 15 channels and had 10 windows open
I've closed 4 more, all that changed on my end between it working and not is joining a couple of extra channels
so let's see
 
12:52 PM
As advised on meta, I kindly ask any of moderators, if anyone could check, if I'm a victim of voting fraud -- stackoverflow.com/users/1469208/…
 
@trejder The automated script will pick that up at 3am UTC
So check back tomorrow
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Q: What is serial voting and how does it affect me?

Cody GrayI just noticed that I lost a bunch of points from my reputation score on Stack Overflow, and I used the "reputation" tab on my user profile page to try and track down the cause. During my investigation, I noticed there was an unusual event of type "reversal". In the normal place of a question ti...

"If the voting fraud is in the progress of happening or just happened recently, don't worry about it. You should wait at least 24 hours after noticing before becoming concerned. The system should detect it and reverse it for you."
 
@Bart: Thanks, I already read that text (I meant about it, when saying "as advised") and I know a little bit about auto-script. But there was a point in this text, you cite, that I can ask at any time, to see, if this particular case is a serial voting abuse. So, I asked. Just to feed my curiosity! :] I hope, this is not a crime? I'm just a very curious person! :]
 
FOR SHAME!! Nah, not a crime, but just wait for a day. If nothing is reversed (I'm pretty sure reversal will happen) then you can still ask for further investigation.
 
I didn't see who you might have offended...
 
Random serial voting is random @rene ...
 
1:01 PM
It's Randoms fault...
 
@Bart tbh, I haven't seen much "random" serial downvoting
serial downvoting is probably nearly always targeted
the smart ones keep it to 3 or less per day though
 
Oh, there will always be a cause, but often not directly identifiable @Flyk
 
@Bart All right, thenks for all the info.
 
You're welcome
 
@Bart just because you're unaware of the cause doesn't make it "random", though :p
 
1:02 PM
Pseudo-random?
 
Just admit you just lost your case
 
But what's the seed for the randomness?
is it time(0)?
 
Nah, it's Skeet's rep @ShadowWizard. Has a higher resolution than time.
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NEVER @rene
 
1:19 PM
Always nice when they will reimburse the cost and let you keep the product because sending it back would cost too much
 
People should really be excluded from suggested edits review until they have sufficient amount of approved edits themselves
 
This OP doesn't have the time to do his job so we can do it instead: stackoverflow.com/questions/21989181/…
 
@3ventic nice idea
require copy editor before people can work suggested edits
and then remove the rep restriction
 
1:50 PM
@3ventic this, or just have the moderators be much more strict and start banning users from reviewing
 
How on earth is this off-topic for Meta? meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/222743/… Is it purely interpreted as a rant?
 
Based on the comments I would say so.
 
@Bart @rene @SuhosinPony just avoid the forest at night and be aware of the Blanks.....
 
@Bart it's on topic, voted to reopen.
 
Ayo, @GnomeSlice
 
@SPArchaeologist Ahoy!
 
Does anyone here have a big enough score in to suggest a tag synonym?
 
@TheGuywithTheHat Phheeeww, not me...
 
For some reason, isn't a sysnonym.
 
2:23 PM
Which might be correct?
 
: 62,636 questions
: 0 questions
 
Use either [vb.net] or [vb6].
That is in the tag wiki excerpt
I don't believe it can be a synonym of two tags? Or can it?
 
Agree with @rene, no point in synonym, having such excerpt should be enough.
 
Then there's also and
 
And new questions tagged by mistake visual-basic by high rep user might also be about VB6 so better not assume they're all about VB.NET
 
2:27 PM
@GnomeSlice I was wondering. Do you happen to know how Starbound is actually distributed? Looking at the site it seems to be steam based, but there are report of it not using steam or any other drm.
 
I guess synonymizing with something else wouldn't be such a good idea...
 
@SPArchaeologist It's available on Steam, and will also be available DRM-Free. playstarbound.com/regarding-steam-drm-free
 
@GnomeSlice yep, that is the same post I saw. But it seems still an open discussion.., so I had the impression I had lost something.
 
I dunno, I haven't been following it that closely
@SPArchaeologist Looks like they're using Humble to distribute Steam keys, which is a good sign that they will add a drm free download at some point as well. Probably when it's done.
 
@GnomeSlice let's hope so.
 
2:33 PM
@SPArchaeologist I don't think Humble allows people to distribute Steam-locked games through their platform.
 
hi, are there some stats how many posts are deleted by 20K+ users and their delete votes on answers?
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A: php form send email

user3340112i'm able to insert data into database but I also want to send email including this data to email id, I have no idea where i am making mistake. Plz suggest. <?php $host="localhost"; $username="XXXXXXXX"; $password="XXXXXXXX"; $db_name="XXXXXXXX"; // your database name $con=mysql_connect...

I wonder why that is still active?
-1
A: Playing back sound coming from microphone in real-time

user2331788send how to capture data code also.

 
2:49 PM
@LaszloPapp went below the radar
 
-1
A: Oracle Forms and Reports 11G R2 installation (Win 7 64bit)

MiaPlease refer to this very easy step by step installation guide for help Dummies guide to installing forms http://oracleformsinfo.wordpress.com/2012/03/07/tips-and-tricks-the-dummies-guide-to-installing-oracle-forms-11g-r2-on-64-bit/

 
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A: Around how many questions get deleted in Stack Exchange and by who?

Shog9I'm glad you asked this... There are a lot of misconceptions surrounding how much stuff gets deleted, and who is responsible - so I'm going to provide a bit more information than what you asked for, in hopes of clearing this up. Questions deleted during the past 365 days on Stack Overflow 659...

 
3:17 PM
[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: FORCES AND MASSES on physics.stackexchange.com
 
user202362
0
Q: Why are there so many bins amongst Stackoverflow chat rooms

sudo rm -rf TelkittyI have been noticing for a long time the number of bins amongst Stackoverflow chat rooms. Here are a few: bin recycle bin then there are a few more ... pedantic bin trash can dust bin void /bin/gif There are a couple more if you type 'bin' in a chat room search. I understand the need f...

 
Eeek I'm now a 20k user on SO.
 
3:42 PM
That can be undone....oh wait...
 
why can't it be hometime yet
 
4:10 PM
[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: HOW CAN I INCREASE THE VOLTAGE OUTPUT OF PIR SENSOR? on electronics.stackexchange.com
 
4:25 PM
@animuson oh good, now you can finally have access to all the mod tools. ;)
 
4:45 PM
Br0wN?
 
4:58 PM
I am incapable of spelling the word "parameter" correctly on the first try.
 
I can't count the number of times I've typed "priviate" when I meant "private".
 
Haha, nice. I always leave out the first 'e' (so, "paramter").
 
 
1 hour later…
6:13 PM
I feel so stupid now: I saw a comment, agreed with it, wanted to upvote, saw no upvote arrow, but then I noticed that it was my own comment...
2
 
@ProgramFOX you can upvote from a different account, though
 
 
1 hour later…
7:37 PM
timeout
 
not anymore :-) the adsl modem stopped...
 
Cool football spam is back!
 
so far one hit
 
Ugh. There's a guy that apparently spent the last hour adding tags to people's posts. Less than half of the edits are (what I would consider to be) valid, but most are being approved through the queue.
 
7:42 PM
The olympic winter games are over, time for football
 
Nice to see the comments correctly describe what he has done stackoverflow.com/posts/21921561/revisions
 
Yeah. They all say that.
 
@filipe Please make your edits complete. Merely editing tags when there is enough other content to fix is not good enough. Please address the post as a whole. — Bart 9 secs ago
 
Yeah I saw
 
7:45 PM
But the tags he's adding aren't applying in a lot of these... stackoverflow.com/q/21993816/656243 ... stackoverflow.com/q/21921561/656243
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Q: Delphi XE5 Interbase query

user3329987I have a Listview with LiveBindings to a DB. I have FetchOptions RowSetSize set to 20. Query: Select * from "MyDB" where "Name" LIKE "%&FieldList%' AND "Tag'=1 If I set FetchOptions to onDemand LiveBindings works but I get 3000 items and it is very slow. If I set FetchOptions to Manual LiveB...

 
Starts to look like a case for mod intervention
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Phone number detected: Run-time error -2147467259 (80004005) on VBA macro call on stackoverflow.com
 
@ManishBot fail
 
baha
@JanDvorak heynow. I'm sure 214-746-7259 belongs to someone.
:)
maybe even someone @ MSFT :)
 
7:50 PM
@LynnCrumbling maybe, but not detecting the sports spam is a fail
 
Hrmm.. Dallas, Tx. Then again.. maybe not.
@JanDvorak yep.
I think that's the first time I've ever been in here with my speakers on. What a pleasant little notify sound.
ha
@Bart Should I post something on Meta re: those edits, or is there a better way to escalate that?
 
Well, it's mostly the robo-reviewers that are the problem here
Let's see if he responds to my comment or not.
 
Looks like he stopped his actions
 
@rene no.. there's another a minute ago..
 
7:58 PM
I'm leaving a comment
 
I gotta run, guys. Thanks...
 
Np
@Filipe will you please stop editing tags. Address everything in the post (which I believe was already suggested to you) — rene 26 secs ago
Is he pinged by this?
 
yes
 
Now he provided link only answers to a crappy question
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A: Magento preorder and group buying free extension

Filipe.FonsecaPreorder can be found here. Goupon clone can be found here.

 
oh
this guy is not stopping
answer deleted
 
8:08 PM
@rene I was 100% sure I was helping. Since it's not the case, it won't happen again. Ever. Have a nice day. — Filipe.Fonseca 1 min ago
 
Now he should stop
 
@Filipe.Fonseca I'm not saying that you are not helping, I'm saying that you have to fix everything in the post at once if you decide to edit. — rene 26 secs ago
 
agreed
He was running to get +2 in his reputation score, it seems to me
 
At least he managed to vote in the election now. Perhaps that was the goal.
 
oh Well
 
8:16 PM
I hope he selected someone who hates users doing such edits
Is there a better post than this meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/76251/…
with regard to the quality of edits we expect?
 
seems good to me
 
That only handles the process
but that isn't part of the FAQ
 
8:31 PM
Giving someone a brand new Windows 7 laptop with great specs, and then forcing them to continue using IE8, is like giving someone a sports car with a cassette player as the sound system.
Not that I am speaking from experience, or anything like that.
 
You could always install unzip a portable chrome/firefox...
 
Haha, that's a really good idea. We can't install things, but that sounds like it would work.
 
@jadarnel27 I'm going to buy you a spaceship! It will only travel at 40mph, though.
 
please tell me you are not working as a developer
because it's a goddamn insult to give any developer a castrated system...
 
@animuson Haha, exactly!
@ThiefMaster Unfortunately, I am.
 
8:40 PM
The Election Commission forces us to use Firefox.
 
so what if you need to debug stuff etc? or install $IDE
 
@ThiefMaster We have to request temporary admin rights to install things. I had admin rights on the XP laptop I was using until this week.
 
what kind of company is that? sounds like a really annoying environment for a developer
 
My former employer believed in Pair Programming because it cut the hardware costs by 50%
 
They decided to take admin away from everyone with the new Win7 machines. I don't think it will last long. The help desk is going to be overrun with devs asking for temp admin rights.
@ThiefMaster It really wasn't too annoying until this recent change.
Well. Other than being on XP.
And having to do web forms.
Okay, maybe it's a little annoying.
 
8:45 PM
more than a little ;p
 
The help desk trick will work...
 
Yeah, I think so too.
 
log as many calls as you can...within a day you have what you need
 
"Thank you for calling the help desk. If you are calling for temporary admin rights, please hang up and never call again."
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8:47 PM
i think centrally managed machines are a horrible idea in the first place for a developer
 
LOL @animuson.
 
We could all learn a thing or two from Veridian Dynamics.
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