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Ixrec
Ixrec
12:05 AM
we switched to an overhead feed?
 
Mike Edenfield
Mike Edenfield
oh i don't like those.
 
Ixrec
Ixrec
I slightly prefer Obie because he scrolls off the screen over time, and doesn't cover up existing messages
but even that is only an issue because I keep chat in a smallish window
 
ThePopMachine
ThePopMachine
@randal'thor: A Spaace Odyssey
 
rand al'thor
rand al'thor
@ThePopMachine Ha! Nice one. It took me a moment to get that :-)
 
ryan
ryan
12:22 AM
@Ixrec ??
 
ryan
ryan
12:38 AM
Some of the "is it ethical to..." questions on The Workplace.se make me sad for people
 
Axelrod
Axelrod
@ryan Is it ethical to feel sad for unethical people?
 
ryan
ryan
It feels like people are so obsessed with work that they feel bad about not working themselves to death.
 
Axelrod
Axelrod
@ryan Dog people.
Sorry, that was a reference to another chat.
 
ryan
ryan
@Axelrod none of the questions I'm talking about are about unethical people
 
Axelrod
Axelrod
@ryan That depends on how far down the rabbit hole you go. Working overtime without pay, for example, has undue effects on the entire labor market.
But that's not a discussion for here, unless you find a sci fi movie we can cleverly hide it under.
 
ryan
ryan
12:41 AM
hmmm
Minority report?
 
Keen
Keen
You are walking on a beach. You come across a turtle stuck on its back. What do you do?
 
ryan
ryan
They work lots of hours
@Keen I flip it over and keep walking
then go play Commander Keen
Cause I keep seeing your avatar and now I want to play
 
Axelrod
Axelrod
@Keen Turtle soup.
I'm kidding, but the idea's the same.
 
Himarm
Himarm
@Keen saw a sea turtle chilling on the beach once, so i sat on its back for pics
 
Axelrod
Axelrod
@Himarm That might have been illegal.
 
Himarm
Himarm
12:48 AM
@Axelrod im pretty sure it is, but i was 13 and didnt care :D
 
Mike Edenfield
Mike Edenfield
@Himarm that turtle now tells is friends and family stories about the evil flip monster that invades your home at night and turns you over and flashes bright lights at you.
 
Himarm
Himarm
@MikeEdenfield he was right side up, and bigger then i was!~
 
Mike Edenfield
Mike Edenfield
@Axelrod turtle soup was the world's first pre-packaged food.
 
Axelrod
Axelrod
I'm sad that Darwin contributed to the extinction of the galapagos tortoise.
 
Mike Edenfield
Mike Edenfield
true. but apparently they were just too delicious
 
Axelrod
Axelrod
1:01 AM
@MikeEdenfield And the Dodo apparently tasted like beef.
And the Steller's Sea Cow tasted like veal. So of course we ate the hell out of those.
 
CandiedMango
CandiedMango
IF IT'S DELICIOUS IT AIN'T SURVIVING
 
Axelrod
Axelrod
@CandiedMango People are delicious.
THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE!
 
Obie
Obie
0
Q: Been searching for a book involving blocks of fog.

LavenderI read a book nearly twenty years ago when I was in Jr high. What I remember is a man traveling around with a teenage girl, (nothing twisted) in a camper I think, and there were these weird blocks of fog or mist. I believe there may have been a dog also. Lol. It's vague, I know and it's driving ...

story-identification
 
CandiedMango
CandiedMango
@Axelrod Just like pork.
 
Axelrod
Axelrod
@CandiedMango Circe did a good job.
 
Obie
Obie
1:17 AM
0
Q: Jeepers Creepers: The Creeper

flipflorpI was watching "supernatural". Pretty self explanatory Title of a show. The episode was "wendigo". In this episode they were hunting a demon like creature called a wendigo. This creature apparently hibernates for 23 years at a time (as does the demon in jeepers creepers) but anyway they explained...

movie supernatural origins demons jeepers-creepers
 
Obie
Obie
1:44 AM
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Q: When did Star Trek: TOS become Star Trek: TOS?

user35594When Star Trek first came out in the 1960s, it was originally called "Star Trek". As it achieved fame and became a franchise with future series and merchandise, it was...only logical...that the very first series would become knows as "The Original Series". When exactly did the first "Star Trek" ...

star-trek star-trek-tos
 
Obie
Obie
2:03 AM
0
Q: Did any Star Trek actor play both an Enterprise member and one of the encountered aliens?

rand al'thorIs there any actor in Star Trek who has played, at different times, both a member of the Enterprise crew and one of the strange aliens encountered by the crew? All series (TOS, TNG, DS9, etc.), plus the standalone films, are included in the scope of this question. I'd be most interested in an ac...

star-trek aliens uss-enterprise actors
 
Obie
Obie
2:40 AM
1
Q: Are Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley Distant Relatives (and as such *slightly* incestuous)?

Lord VoldemortBelow is a picture of the Black Family Tree, based on a tree drawn by J.K. Rowling. (Second link) Please note the unions of: Dorea Black and Charlus Potter Lucretia Black and Ignatius Prewett (Molly's maiden name) Cedrella Black and Septimus Weasley (#4 removed from the tree) To add, her...

harry-potter jk-rowling
 
CandiedMango
CandiedMango
3:04 AM
@LordVoldemort Ask and you shall be answered.
 
Obie
Obie
0
Q: Are the Klingon Gods in Stovokor?

TangoIn the Deep Space Nine episode Homefront, Worf says: Our gods are dead. Ancient Klingon warriors slew them a millenia ago. They were more trouble than they were worth. So were they sent to Stovokor? If not, do we ever find out what happened to the Klingon gods when they were killed?

star-trek klingon religion
 
steelerfan
steelerfan
@CandiedMango Had to stop in and let you know that the BENGALS LOST LASTNIGHT!!! WOOT!!! :)
 
CandiedMango
CandiedMango
@steelerfan WOOOO GO STEELERS! We can totally win all the games now!
(I know they didn't lose to steelers)
 
steelerfan
steelerfan
@CandiedMango Well, at least they're not undefeated anymore!
 
Tango
Tango
@Praxis: You here?
 
CandiedMango
CandiedMango
3:17 AM
@steelerfan Now we can have our payback!
 
Tango
Tango
I'm checking on the ST:TNG bible now, because I do remember reading about DG having some kind of connection to it. I'm trying to find out who got actual WGA credit for the series bible.
 
steelerfan
steelerfan
@CandiedMango I know. And it is sooooo sweet since it is only a one sided conversation right now :)
 
CandiedMango
CandiedMango
@steelerfan He he he, I should probably put my Bengals hat on.
 
Praxis
Praxis
@Tango : Here! :-D
 
CandiedMango
CandiedMango
@steelerfan I must have just left it home...
 
steelerfan
steelerfan
3:18 AM
@CandiedMango NO!!!!!
 
Tango
Tango
I could always ask him, but he doesn't like chat messages - he gets way too overwhelmed with them.
 
CandiedMango
CandiedMango
Trippy how you can edit in a reply to a message that has come after your original message.
 
Tango
Tango
@Praxis: It could also be that it was a staff work and GR got the credit, but it's a significant deal for writers about who gets WGA credit for something like this.
 
Praxis
Praxis
@Tango : I could put that it was possibly ghost written by DG?
 
Tango
Tango
@Praxis I don't know. Since I'm working for memory, I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure I read something about him doing the bible - so I'm trying to find out what I can - there may be a reason that's stuck in my head. And, hell, if I can't find it, maybe it'd be a good question for the site.
I also know some of the story about his departure and I think there were some negative feelings involved.
 
Praxis
Praxis
3:24 AM
@Tango : Also, about your Stovokor question, I just want to run this by you: they often refer to Stovokor as a place for "the honoured dead" and a place where "true warriors" go after they die to "fight an eternal battle"...it sounds like it is just for warriors
 
Tango
Tango
@Praxis Yes. That's my thought, but I figure there might be someone who knows tons of esoteric stuff about Klingons that might have an interesting answer that's more than a "yes" or "no."
 
Praxis
Praxis
@Tango : Fair enough. I'll post that for now, and see if something better comes up. :-)
 
steelerfan
steelerfan
@Tango How is the property?
 
Tango
Tango
@steelerfan I was just out there today, putting a few boards across a creek to make a temporary crossing. I'm going to have to figure out something a little better than what I have now. But we've done a lot, even though it doesn't look it. Now we're waiting for the county to approve the wetlands information.
 
steelerfan
steelerfan
@Tango Ugh. You have wetlands?
@MikeEdenfield BENGALS LOST!! BENGALS LOST!! BENGALS LOST!!
 
Tango
Tango
3:29 AM
@steelerfan Yes. We wanted at least a creek. There's a waspond there, too. We're hoping to restore that and make it a pond again.
 
steelerfan
steelerfan
@Tango Isn't there a lot of environmental restrictions with wetlands?
 
Praxis
Praxis
@Tango : What kinds of wildlife do you have around there? Any waterfowl in the wetlands?
 
Tango
Tango
@steelerfan Basically there's a 100' RPA (Resource Protection Area) around the creek and the waspond, since there's still wetlands plants scattered around the old pond boundaries, but we can still build where we want.
Also, there's an old pig barn in the RPA, near the creek. It's old enough it's grandfathered in, so we can make that a recreation area and use the HUGE concrete pad next to it as a mega-screen porch and patio. As long as we stay within the existing footprint, we can do pretty muc hwhat we want.
 
steelerfan
steelerfan
@Tango Oh, that's really cool! We had spotted owl environmental issues when we built our house :(
 
Tango
Tango
@Praxis I've seen hawks and turtles. My fiancée saw a fox. We know there are deer. We're not sure what else, right now, but probably typical woodland creatures. Within a year there'll also be a few
sorry - within a year there'll be a few cats and two chihuahuas there.
(One chihuahua is on my desk as I write this - he hit <return> above and broke up my comment!)
@steelerfan What kind of issues did that create?
 
Praxis
Praxis
3:36 AM
Hehe :-)
 
Mike Edenfield
Mike Edenfield
@steelerfan i know nothing about the bengals.
 
steelerfan
steelerfan
@Tango We had to re-locate where we were going to clear timber to build our house.
 
Tango
Tango
We have another unique feature that could create some problems...
@steelerfan By how far did you have to move?
 
steelerfan
steelerfan
@MikeEdenfield I know. I just wanted to let you know :)
@Tango 2 acres
 
Mike Edenfield
Mike Edenfield
@steelerfan I'm only interested in knowing when i have to avoid Facebook because something good or bad happened to Baltimore.
 
steelerfan
steelerfan
3:37 AM
@MikeEdenfield So, you avoided it Sunday I am assuming when they lost again? ;)
 
Mike Edenfield
Mike Edenfield
for example, I had to unfriend 2/3 of my family for a week when the refs screwed up some call in the Ravens/Jaguars game
 
Tango
Tango
I'm beginning to avoid FB after any events that have strong political connections. All sides can get really ugly. There's always haters and haters of haters.
@steelerfan How big a lot do you have?
 
steelerfan
steelerfan
@Tango I have 6.5 acres.
 
SSumner
SSumner
@Tango - it's even worse than Mos Eisley!
 
Tango
Tango
@SSumner Yeah. It's not disagreement that gets me, is the ugliness and hate that I see from normally reasonable people that drives me away.
@steelerfan Were you limited in how much you could clear?
 
SSumner
SSumner
3:41 AM
@Tango - I just give up on Facebook. 99% of the time a reasoned debate turns into name-calling
 
Tango
Tango
@Praxis: I'm tempted, if I can find ANY reference to the bible not being written 100% by GR, to post the question, then send the link to DG on FB and see if he wants to respond to it.
 
steelerfan
steelerfan
@Tango No. We just could not be within 2 acres of spotted owl nesting areas. So, we moved our plans to have the house in another area and sign an agreement that we would never harvest the timber in the nesting areas.
 
Tango
Tango
@SSumner I'm starting to use these photos to call people on logical fallacies when they jump in emotionally:
 
SSumner
SSumner
@Tango - I may steal those, and just watch debates and not contribute except with those >:)
 
Tango
Tango
@steelerfan How do they measure acres? For us, they specify as feet. For instance, 100' away from the creek. But when they say "2 acres," that could be some mighty thin acres!
@SSumner Look over them. They're great!
 
steelerfan
steelerfan
3:44 AM
@Tango Er, I don't know. My husband dealt with all of that.
 
Tango
Tango
@Praxis: Read the 4th paragraph below the title "Star Trek Affiliation" on this link:

http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/David_Gerrold
So he wrote at least part of it.
And this:
 
StackExchange
StackExchange
Keen has frozen this room.
 
Keen
Keen
Hey everyone, I need to speak for a second.
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Q: What's next for chat

KeenThe Story So Far (tm): The main chat for Sci-fi and Fantasy, Mos Eisley, has been slowly creeping out of line with the standard expected of all Stack Exchange chat rooms. This has meant that it has departed from the Be Nice policy, at times, and this has recently come to a head. We want to gui...

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^^Please read that over. We're migrating back to the old Mos Eisley. I'll leave this chat room open for a bit so discussions here can wrap up, but please head back to the original chat room soon.
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Carry on.
 
StackExchange
StackExchange
Keen has unfrozen this room.
 
SSumner
SSumner
Lies! Mos Eisley is still frozen
 
Tango
Tango
3:53 AM
@Praxis: Here's the image I was trying to upload (chat freeze stopped it):
 
Keen
Keen
@SSumner Or is it?
O_o
 
Tango
Tango
 
SSumner
SSumner
@keen - blast! Foiled angina!
*again
Wut
 
Tango
Tango
So @Keen foiled @SSumner's angina?
 
SSumner
SSumner
@tango - I...guess
Although since angina is chest pain, that's a good thing right?
 
Tango
Tango
3:58 AM
"Everybody's dead, Dave" (said Holly in "Red Dwarf") We are all back in the original Mos Eisley, nobody's here.
Someone star that or whatever so people will be clear where we all are.
 
Praxis
Praxis
HI EVERYONE, IF YOU'RE HERE AND READING THIS, WE'RE ALL IN THE REAL ROOM. COME JOIN US. :-)
 
Keen
Keen
Aaaand we're done here. Head here:
 
Meta Obie
Meta Obie
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Q: What's next for chat

KeenThe Story So Far (tm): The main chat for Sci-fi and Fantasy, Mos Eisley, has been slowly creeping out of line with the standard expected of all Stack Exchange chat rooms. This has meant that it has departed from the Be Nice policy, at times, and this has recently come to a head. We want to gui...

discussion featured chat community
 
StackExchange
StackExchange
Keen has frozen this room.
 

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