If you have to beg for downvotes, you're doing it wrong.
Also, note to self: next year try out a "send actual cash money from your country of residence directly to Pops" as a hat trigger; there's evidence that at least a few people are probably fanatical enough to do this.
I could use one hundred trillion dollars. (NB: I couldn't, really. That was just a joke. And to be technical about it, nobody could. I'm pretty sure those notes are no longer legal tender, due to redenomination. And even if they are, they're kinda worthless.)
@Pops - what's your mailing address... I owe you for more than just hats ;-)
@Pops Also, for what it's worth, those notes are not valid - not because of the removal of the currency as a whole, but because they are "agro-checks" - they have a printed-on-the-face expiry date. When the country prints it's notes with a best-before date, you know you have problems.
@Seth Hmm. The pictured bill was printed in 2008. Depending on the month of issue, it would be worth either 100 current Zimbabwean dollars or one one-millionth of one current Zimbabwean cent. According to Google, the current USD-ZWD exchange rate is 1:0.00276, so that works out to either 2.76 US cents or... a value so small its only purpose is to be "not literally nothing."
@rolfl Huh. I hadn't seen that one. The one I saw didn't say "agro-cheque" on it. Wikipedia's info is that they wanted to eliminate the Zimbabwean dollar and switch to using the US dollar as their official currency as of September of this year, but nobody's updated the entry to say if that actually happened.
It did happen.... I happen to be somewhat familiar with the situation, with a number of friends there. There was a time when the black-market was more accurate, and trust-worthy than the banking system.
The black market folk would "bundle" notes in to wads, and cellophane wrap them. That was the unit-of-currency. Nobody would bother to count the notes, just the wads.
You would give a wad of money to the taxi driver to get you to work.... but he would accept a few eggs instead.
Most transactions were done in the currency of other contries, mostly South African rands, and US dollars. For the past 4 years or so, either currency was accepted. Now they are "officially" settling on the US dollar only.
When the government post office refused to accept local currency for buying stamps, but would accept US$ or SArands, it was pretty much certain that the local currency was out.
Actually, @Pops - I walked away from Code Review - took a break, and have been catching up on real life. I thought winterbash may get me hooked again, but... instea I have been learning a new language
I still maintain my daily presence ..... 780+ days and counting.... never missed a day.
Also, I thought for sure I would make the archimedes hat, but apparently not.
@Hosch250 that is ok, I still would be the only one with "brownie points" :) (plus I'm really hoping to see an email from pops that does not say "Sorry, this guess does not qualify for Archimedes.")
@HATMAN exactly what I just sent to pops "It’s Always 5 O’Clock Somewhere is awarded to users that ask a question on any Friday during the bash when it is between 5:01:00 and 5:01:59 PM anywhere in the world."
I've only been around for three years. The first time I hated hats until halfway through. Last year I only took the easy ones. This year I took the lead by accident, and now I'd like to stay there.
The Fox and The Smurf
Once upon a time, a fox lived and worked and frolicked in the deep dark woods of Maine. A fox of humble means, she earned her chops as a developer before she took a job as a business analyst. As it turned out, her incredibly adequate coding abilities were outshone by her ma...
What is the warp modifier for, and how is it used?
Even when I fill in the From and To fields, so that the modifier is not red, I still can not figure out what it is so post to do.
When I set up the modifier just like is shown in the manual, it does nothing.
@KitZ.Fox based on that theory, would I get this hat in any site for which I didn't post any question in the last year? There must be some minimum threshold of upvotes or something. Perhaps it considers both answers and questions.
What is the warp modifier for, and how is it used?
Even when I fill in the From and To fields, so that the modifier is not red, I still can not figure out what it is so post to do.
When I set up the modifier just like is shown in the manual, it does nothing.
