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4:02 PM

@Yi - It looks like I got permission from Mr. Pryor to use the kiwi or any other art regarding fogbugz (this is in reference to an ad for an open source project to rotate inthe ad space - the project to wrap the xml API with C++)

Yi Jiang

@tim Yeah, I saw that

tim

@Yi

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Yi Jiang

@tim tab to autocomplete

tim

@YiJiang Any suggestions for me on how to make a decent image? Never done any graphics before

Fosco

keep using enter, I think it's funny.

Yi Jiang

4:03 PM

@tim Well, we could start with a decent font, then you'll also need to consider how to compose the image

Did you use Powerpoint to create that?

tim

@YiJiang It was my first attempt with Gimp (win32)

@YiJiang and it is ok to laugh and point fingers - it is horrible looking

Fosco

/me laughs and points (didn't see the image in question, though)

gnarf

@MichaelMrozek you could always delete your answer

Michael Mrozek

@gnarf You can't after it's accepted

gnarf

oh

shrug

never wanted to delete /uncheck something

:)

Rebecca Chernoff

4:09 PM

geeeeeeeeeeeeeez @gnarf

gnarf

?

Rebecca Chernoff

(;

Yi Jiang

She just wanted to show off her backwards smiles

gnarf

i've been seeing them long enough in the real chat world

badp

has a bug been reported for this?

stackoverflow.com/posts/3139032/timeline

Tim Stone

4:12 PM

Yeah

balpha

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A: <marquee>XSS hole in timeline page</marquee> - comments are not HTML/XML escaped

A fix for this has been checked in.

Tim Stone

Fix already ready for the next build, even.

badp

unsurprising

now to abuse this bug while I can!!!

Rebecca Chernoff

oy

balpha

Probably the only thing <marquee> is good for -- a fun way to demonstrate an XSS vulnerability

badp

4:14 PM

@balpha you should totally drop that and put in a <script> element using jQuery instead.

2

balpha

oh, does jQuery work in javascript tags now?

awesome

badp

I heard that once upon a time, jQuery wasn't its own language

oh boy how do times change!

badp

4:33 PM

0

A: How does SO enforce the daily vote limits?

If you're asking if there's another way to do so, then obviously yes. In the user table, add a column for each vote limit. Reset the columns every night to the appropriate vote allowance. Decrement the value every time you use a vote. Check the value to know how many votes are left. Similarly, ...

Can somebody who does DBs slap me for this post

It's how I'd do that, which probably means it's a horrible idea.

Popular Demand

0

A: How can I unbless an object in Perl?

I don't know, perhaps you should ask people who know.

Yi Jiang

@PopularDemand Looks like the "Most Useless Stack Overflow Answer Awards" just found a winner!

Kev

is editing this: stackoverflow.com/questions/3769668/… being overly picky?

Yi Jiang

@Kev What's there to edit?

Popular Demand

@Kev Depends on what you'd change.

Kev

4:40 PM

edit out slang "innit"

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@Kev I wouldn't waste my time, but I'm not actively against the change.

Tim Stone

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Q: Could a Company Use SO Technology for their tech support / dicussion?

I think this system is amazing and I am a huge fan. I would like to suggest this platfrom to a company I know who has tried "forums" before and failed. I think they could really use this for their general tech support but users could also contribute and vote up and down things the same way they...

That comes up again and again and again and again... shakes head

Yi Jiang

@TimStone They should have it in the sidebar faq

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What do mods do with posts that get flagged through /review or other means?

Are they informing the OPs about why they're wrong?

Tim Stone

I think in cases where deletion is justified, just that happens. But, I'm not sure. Where's @BilltheLizard?

Michael Mrozek

4:45 PM

I think generally no, it would take forever. There was a discussion about it a while ago; I think I have a feature request somewhere to still show comments on deleted posts in the inbox, and they're testing a thing now that lets mods push notification messages to users

Yi Jiang

28

Q: Please Add Means of Converting Reputation to Actual Beer

When I help someone solve a programming problem, they often express their gratitude for the solution (yay!). Generally, this takes the form of one of the following: "Think you!" Sometimes, people offer to hire me for further work. (Generally, stay away from these folks; they've been hiding thei...

feature-request reputation fun

Tim Stone

@Kev Thank you for this by the way. I hope the team finds it more helpful than annoying, heheh :)

Yi Jiang

This has gathered 28 upvotes :P

Tim Stone

Well, I am pretty thirsty.

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@MichaelMrozek That's kinda what I figured... but that's somewhat... distressing.

Michael Mrozek

4:46 PM

There were a bunch of convoluted solutions proposed; I'm on board the "alert them about comments on deleted posts" train

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The only two results I can see are "user gets confused, learns nothing and reposts, maybe thinking that SE is glitchy" and "user gets actively displeased with SE, leaving forever and/or telling people SE sucks and/or trolling."

Kev

@TimStone - aye no worries...very impressive bit of debugging...they should be happy that it's one less thing to spend 4hrs hunting down :)

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@MichaelMrozek I feel like that train is going to crash, killing all 402 people on board, at Jeff Atwood.

Tim Stone

Yeah, I have this habit of getting bored and rummaging through SO's client side code, so I figured I'd take a peek. :P

Yi Jiang

@TimStone I had that habit too. Unfortunately it was with the HTML, so I picked up plenty of <table> and <b> to bash people with along the way

Tim Stone

4:49 PM

@YiJiang I know, I'm still afraid we might need to send you to therapy for that. :(