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4:01 PM
I wish populating my database cubes didn't take 1.5 hours to do in QA
you can only read arqade / slashdot / reddit for so much
 
Ugh, why is this so difficult.
 
Why is what difficult?
 
'this'
 
Hello Bridge
How is everyone?
Oh presidential politics, red versus blue on Arqade
 
@desaivv It's not politics at all.
 
4:10 PM
okies
 
@desaivv Communists vs ... who know?
 
krgt4weilgh3lerudiz CSS
AAAHHHHHHHHHHRGH
 
@MartinSojka Independents maybe ;-)
I have one question
I edited the tag wiki to not plagiarize any more info
Oak rejected it because of it
Please have a look
 
I'd have guessed the Blue Man Group.
 
OK to incorporate?
 
4:13 PM
 
@MartinSojka I lived in the US for about 15 years. I was an outsider then come presidential elections. I did not think to see it here is all.
 
Red Vs Blue
 
Okay, this can't be right.
@Halfwarr JABBERJAW!!
 
@GnomeSlice You know, some of us here actually knows CSS
Unless you're referring to the DVD thing
 
@YiJiang Probably, but I don't really want to waste anyone's time sending them code files and shit.
This LOOKS okay in Chrome and firefox (haven't tried IE), but the error message width is set to 0px or it moves the text thing over.
when it appears
Whatever, I don't really care
buh, it just means I won't be able to style it...
fuckfuckfuck
@YiJiang The what?
@YiJiang If you really want to take a look at it these are my files, but I don't want to bother anyone about it. =]
 
4:18 PM
Content Scrambling System is a type of encryption used in DVDs
 
@YiJiang 'Today I learned'
 
There's no point in making .error both float and inline. Float implies block, which overrides the inline anyway
 
@YiJiang Assuming that's you that downloaded my files there, I want the error messages (when you click submit with blank fields) to show up next to the labels without pushing the field to the right.
@YiJiang Ah, okay. Which one do I keep then?
I've basically just been hacking at this because I really don't know how to do it.
 
Not sure, just looking through the CSS without the HTML doesn't tell me much
 
@YiJiang They're all there aren't they?
I included the .php I thought.
That has all of the html in it.
 
4:24 PM
You'd want a better font stack too
 
@YiJiang I don't even know what that is... =[
 
The list of fonts you specify for font-family. The browser chooses the first one, or the next if the first isn't available, and so on
 
@YiJiang Oh, most of the CSS was pre-generated by my professor, once I get the error messages working I'll style the rest.
I added the .error class and modified the labels and formfields a bit
Right now when the messages appear they don't push the fields over, but they're 0 px wide with 10 px of padding, so if I tried to style them... it would look like shit.
 
Is it because they are floated?
 
@YiJiang I have no idea. =[
I'm not very good at CSS.
 
4:29 PM
Just remove that line and see what happens
 
@YiJiang Which line?
I tried every permutation I could think of with the lines I had and none of them worked.
 
Remove the float left. If you want the error to occupy a line on their own, use display: block
 
@YiJiang No, I want them to appear to the left of the labels. Oh, I guess you can't preview it without a server can you.
It's php.
Gah.
@YiJiang Remove the float from which element?
 
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Q: What do the icons next to a soldier's rank icon mean?

kotekzotIn combat, your selected soldier's rank is displayed as an icon at the bottom left corner of the screen. Sometimes a yellow star or a white cross will appear on top of it. What do these icons signify? Are there any others?

 
Let's see... are the input elements on their own line?
 
4:35 PM
@YiJiang That's what it looks like right now, and how it SHOULD look.
 
You could just remove all the floats. Both span and label elements are inline elements, so they should all go on the same line by default
 
But the error messages (on the left) are set to a width of 0
 
Oh, I see what you mean
 
@YiJiang Okay, I just tried that:
 
I'm not seeing any differences there...?
 
4:38 PM
@YiJiang Yeah, I must have fucked up the screenshot
@YiJiang That's what it does.
The fields are pushed over.
 
So the problem is that your label and input elements only line up nicely because you gave them a fixed width, and the addition of the warning messes that up
 
And that's still with the error messages at a width of 0 (10, counting the padding)
@YiJiang The label had a fixed width of 140 when I started, and the text was aligned to the right. I shortened that.
@YiJiang That's what I was thinking, but I don't know how to fix it.
 
There's a couple of ways, but I think AP might be the easiest to do. Revert everything to the original, then add a position relative to the parent of the warning element, then add position absolute to the warning
Set left 0 for the warning element and it should line up to the left of the parent
 
@YiJiang AP? Also, what would be the parent of the warning element then? I'm creating the span through php.
I still need the .error class, right?
That's the class for the warning message
 
The parent of those required warning is the formBox class.
If you do this you should be careful when reusing the error class
 
4:47 PM
@YiJiang reusing? I'm just using it for those messages.
@YiJiang When I do position absolute, I need to put in x and y values or something right?
 
No, just position absolute, then left 0
 
Argh.
 
Unless I'm reading your HTML structure wrong, that's not possible
 
@YiJiang Just a second, let me upload the original css file with just those changes you suggested
Oops, that might still have the zip in it.
the standalone css is the original one with the changes you suggested
 
Your class is called errors, while the CSS refer to error
 
4:57 PM
@YiJiang ffs
@YiJiang Okay, fix that and it looks like this:
Is this what I/we want?
 
Yup, you're good. Adjust the amount for the left and top property to make it line up and you should be done
 
Now I can just use a margin on the error message, right?
@YiJiang Argh, I forgot about those properties completely.
Which might explain why I've been having so much trouble.
@YiJiang Thank you so much!
 
Either margin or top/left should be fine.
Top/right/left/bottom only applies to relative / absolute positioned elements
Margin only works on block / inline block elements. CSS is messy, but messing around usually gets you what you want
 
@YiJiang Oh, okay.
If I wanted to put the error message closer to the label, do I need to make the label element less wide?
I think... blue is content, green is padding, orange is margin
 
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Q: In minecraft pocket edition, can you build a trap

Peter JessenIn Minecraft pocket edition, can you build a trap that will kill hostile and passive mobs. I am trying to build a trap in Minecraft PE but no mobs are falling into it. Right now it is a water trap using a natural waterfall that drowns them. It works on me (If I do not mine) and animals that get ...

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Q: What's the effect of blowing candles?

AntoI know it doesn't change anything about visibility, since Dishonored doesn't make any use of lights and shadows. So does it change anything wheter I blow the candles or not ?

 
5:05 PM
@YiJiang Oh, elements with position:absolute can go on top of other elements?
Is that how this works?
 
Yup, the positioning of the AP element is now independent of all other elements
 
@YiJiang AP?
 
You can increase the left property to something like 20px
Absolute position
 
Yeah, I just did. Now I need to get it to line up with the middle of the field. That's just a matter of matching the heights right?
Erm... maybe not.
 
scumbag sun
 
5:08 PM
You need to add a top property
 
I really do hate the sun
It's just a huge pain in the eyes
and I can barely see my screen
 
@Wipqozn It's also the source of all life on the planet.
 
damn glare
 
Aha, got it.
@YiJiang Huh, I got it without doing that.
 
The vertical align property will not work. Alternatively, use lone-height or top
 
5:09 PM
I gave it padding and a set height.
 
@fbueckert Yeah, exactly! Because of the sun I have to deal with annoying people on a daily basis.
 
Should I still give it a top property?
 
@Wipqozn But aren't you wearing Tortoise Shades?
 
@RedRiderX Well, yes, but that's beside the point.
 
There's a lot of ways to do things, just use whatever is most convenient for you
 
5:10 PM
Oh, CSS?
 
@RedRiderX turtle*
 
Hm, the text isn't quite in the center of its own element vertically
...line-height?
 
@Wipqozn Because of the Sun, Hitler exists. Therefore, the Sun is worse than Hitler.
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@Wipqozn Because of the sun, you exist. Without that, you wouldn't even be able to complain.
 
@OrigamiRobot Ah yes, of course. My mistake.
 
5:12 PM
@YiJiang Exactly
 
@YiJiang exist*ed*. Fixed that.
 
@fbueckert So naive.
 
@fbueckert So you're saying you support Hitler?
 
@YiJiang Thank you so much!
 
@Wipqozn No, I support the fact that the giant ball of burning death provides a purpose.
And it cares not for your hatred for it.
 
5:14 PM
@fbueckert I'm sure if @MarkTrapp were he'd point out that you are literally Hitler.
 
@YiJiang Buh crap, if I make the text in the error messages longer it doesn't work :P
I guess I'll just leave them as 'Required'.
 
@Wipqozn You've just invoked Godwin's law. Ergo, your argument is baseless and I am no longer required to address it.
 
Say, have you guys seen today's Google doodle?
@YiJiang What did you mean about my font stack, by the way?
 
You around @AshleyNunn?
 
@GnomeSlice I like how when you click the google doodle for search results, the very first result is an article about the google doodle
I don't think @AshleyNunn is around
But I'm sure @AshleyNunn would appreciate if we just spammed her with flags
 
5:26 PM
@YiJiang Thanks again, you're the best.
 
I think XCOM is the first game that I'm hoping has DLC
 
@Sterno I was poking around in the config files, and it looks like they have 3 DLC planned.
 
@SaintWacko I wouldn't go that far. The only games I have for Desura are stricly the Indie Royale bundles
 
@SaintWacko That's happened before, too.
Usually when nobody knows about what the actual feature is.
 
I'm totally trying that out once I beat the game normally
 
5:33 PM
@badp Well, it's wonderful if you use linux
 
@SaintWacko OIC. Actuallly Indie Royale's average coverage for Linux kind of sucks
The Humble Indie Bundle only gets 100% Linux coverage because when all else fails they're the ones making Linux ports in the first place.
 
@Sterno Same. It looks good.
 
@MartinSojka You are mistaken in believing that we give enough of a shit to have multiple stereotypes per country :P
unless you are... Texas. I guess.
 
@badp ... or Bavaria, I hope.
 
@MartinSojka Ba-what? :P
 
5:42 PM
Any fans of Amnesia: The Dark Descent here? If yes, I think you will be very interested in this.
 
Yeah, I guess I kind of know southern germans tend to be less... squareheads. That's all I've got.
 
@MartinSojka Bavaria counts as a separate country for sure ;-)
 
Hey, we haven't had a gaming grant for a while.
I wonder if we'll get one soonish.
 
@fbueckert I don't get the impression that we're still doing that
 
@MadScientist Oh? We just upped and stopped?
 
5:45 PM
Yeah, I have the latent feeling that SE is no longer farting money.
 
@fbueckert Dishonored and XCOM would have been the two bigs ones for it.
 
Also, you guys should all check out NEO Scavenger
Especially @badp
Seems like your kind of thing.
It's awesome.
 
Really like the idea of the mods that let you intercept UFOs on terror and abduction missions
 
I dunno, maybe the team expects us to have a more active role in detecting game grant opportunities? I have no idea.
rofl
 
@badp Lol at the water bug.
 
5:48 PM
@GnomeSlice You didn't notice the flying squid?
 
@badp I did, I was talking about the cross shaped array of currents in the water.
 
Yeah, I saw that too.
 
To be specific: Within Germany, Bavaria, Saxony and Thuringia are "free countries" ("Freistaat"), Hamburg and Bremen are "free Hansa cities" ("Freie Hansastadt") and everything else is a state ("Land").
 
@Ullallulloo What's wrong with the tree?
 
5:51 PM
@badp It isn't falling down.
 
@badp The trunk was photoshopped out like someone harvested it lazily.
 
oh.
 
I don't get what's special about the cloud.
 
Bavarians are the ones with Lederhosen and beer, all the other germans don't wear Lederhosen (but still drink beer)
 
@GnomeSlice It's clipping through the mountain.
 
5:52 PM
Or the dark spots on the cliff face. Unless those are supposed to be caves.
@Ullallulloo Clouds do that though...
They form around stuff, anyway.
 
@GnomeSlice They don't pass through stuff.
They get deflected over or something
Condense on it maybe.
 
@Ullallulloo It doesn't look like it's passing through it, it looks like it's passing over it.
 
@MartinSojka I don't know what that's got to do with anything, so I'll just point out Sardinia, Sicily, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Aosta Valley and Friuli-Venezia Giulia have home rule ("regioni a statuto speciale.") Feel free to try and give a damn about it :P
 
@badp I do. :) I sometimes play EU as one of the countries there (mostly Milan or Genoa, but also sometimes others) and try to be a nice wealthy trading nation ... and kick the Pope out of Rome, obviously. :D
 
5:55 PM
@Ullallulloo Are the dark spots supposed to be caves or something?
Or just lighting errors.
 
@GnomeSlice that
 
user15026
@wipqozn I may regret this but yes I am around now.
 
Heh.
 
@AshleyNunn Play more Beastie Bay!
I need questions to answer!
 
user15026
I can't while I am at work silly bean ;)
 
5:56 PM
@AshleyNunn I have, some. I liked it well enough.I have, some. I liked it well enough.I have, some. I liked it well enough.I have, some. I liked it well enough.I have, some. I liked it well enough.I have, some. I liked it well enough.I have, some. I liked it well enough.I have, some. I liked it well enough.I have, some. I liked it well enough.I have, some. I liked it well enough.I have, some. I liked it well enough.I have, some. I liked it well enough.
 
@AshleyNunn Pfft.
 
user15026
@wipqozn how did I know that is what you were summoning me for?
 
@AshleyNunn Clearly you're a witch.
 
user15026
@wipqozn I am not going to admit to anything.
 
@AshleyNunn Well that just proves you're a witch.
 
5:59 PM
@AshleyNunn There's still the evidence we'd recorded back then
 
user15026
@wipqozn you are just jealous of all my skills.
 
user15026
@badp I thought you were going to destroy that!
 
@AshleyNunn I CANNOT UNSEE IT.
 
user15026
@badp that makes me sound TERRIBLE.
 
user15026
I swear I am innocent of anything these men say.
 
6:04 PM
@AshleyNunn A likely story.
 
@Wipqozn Did she turn you into a newt?
@AshleyNunn What about things you say?
 
@SaintWacko No.. worse... she turned me into.. a human! cue dramatic music
 
@Wipqozn dramatic gasp
 
Read conversations backwards from a starred message is really weird.
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Q: Xbox 360 backwards compatibility for Yu-Gi-Oh Dawn of Destiny

C-dizzleOk so after doing some research about backwards compatiblity on the 360, I found one of my favorite games from the original Xbox, Yu-Gi-Oh The Dawn of Destiny, was backwards compatible. While I was very excited about this, I found a small game shop in town that actually had this game so I proceed...

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Q: Is there a way to breed sun with moon on dragonvale

Blue Zebra worldCan I breed sun with moon on dragonvale .if so what is the result.

 
6:07 PM
ASKED A QUESTION
I ask like one question a month now, or less...
And none of them about popular games.
 
@GnomeSlice downvotes it
 
@Sterno, I think once I finish this run I may try for some more achievements and then go for a normal or classic run.
that mod looks interesting though. maybe once I can beat it "vanilla"
I also want to go back through and recruit a bunch of hero units and just pwn
really looking forward to an all sid meier mindrape squad.
 
user15026
@Gnomeslice I ask more than that but since I play stuff not many other people are playing a lot of my stuff doesn't really get attention.
 
user15026
@wipqozn as for turning you into a human, you liked it, and I did return you to tortoise form.
 
6:18 PM
@AshleyNunn Without a shell I just felt naked all the time.
I don't know how you humans manage to get up every morning without a shell on your back.
 
user15026
@wipqozn First one leg and then the other. Besides, it's not like we are naked all the time.
 
@AshleyNunn Without a shell you mine as well be.
 
user15026
I have clothes on and a giant backpack. Backpack is like a shell.
 
@AshleyNunn Not shelly enough.
In anycase, time to swoosh.
tortoise swoosh
 
@AshleyNunn I put my trousers on both legs at once, it saves me tonnes of time.
 
6:28 PM
Greenlight just passed more games.
 
@Ullallulloo Yep, that's today.
 
@AshleyNunn Yay, giant backpacks!
 
I wonder if Miasmata made it.
 
Oh, @AshleyNunn, did you see the tablet case I linked earlier?
 
20 more...
@GnomeSlice Yep, it did.
Miner Wars 2081 did too.
 
6:36 PM
0
Q: What Do the Red Footprints On the Map Mean?

GnomeSliceIn NEO Scavenger, I've noticed that sometimes when I visit a new space, an icon that looks like a pair of red footprints appears on it (this seems to usually happen when I'm running low on moves each turn). These 'footprints' remain there until I end my turn. What do they signify?

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Q: Is there a way to increase the ammo capacity for Sleep Darts?

wraith808I see the upgrade to increase bolt capacity for normal bolts, but not sleep bolts. I didn't know if the sleep bolt might be a blueprint that I missed or have yet to come upon, but it seemed strange that there was no corresponding increase for them. Is there a blueprint to increase sleep bolt am...

1
Q: Is any elevated surface a valid place to store unconscious victims in order not to get eaten by rats?

wraith808I know you can place unconscious bodies in trashbins in order to have them not count as kills, but does any elevated surface work just as well, i.e. tables and bathtubs? I stored an unconscious body in a bathtub and came back and it was gone, so wasn't sure if it had been eaten or just disappear...

 
@Ullallulloo SICK
I wonder if I get a steam key because I preordered the game...
 
They greenlighted a rebundled Postal 2?
 
user15026
@ronanforman that's smart. :)
 
user15026
@saintwacko no I did not but I would love to!
 
Looks like I said no to most of those games when I reviewed them.
 
6:40 PM
@AshleyNunn treegloo.com
It looks like a book :)
I'm trying to decide what color combination I want to get
 
@Ullallulloo I've been backing that for so long
I need to try out the beta
 
user15026
@saintwacko I want one for the Nexus tablet is plan to get eventually a long time from now.
 
@AshleyNunn They're rumored to be releasing a $99 version sometime this year. It won't be as powerful as the first one, though
 
@InvaderSkoodge You missed your chance to steal-but-not-really from EA over the weekend.
 
user15026
6:43 PM
@saintwacko no, but that one I can afford!
 
@Sterno Ugh, stupid blocked links. That sounds interesting!
 
@Sterno Wow, really.
 
@AshleyNunn Yeah, and if you're using it as an e-reader, you don't need a ton of power!
 
@Sterno I don't want any Origin games anyway.
I don't want that spyware on my computer.
 
@Sterno Eh. It's Origin.
 
user15026
6:44 PM
True that. But I do love my Kobo Touch. When it works.
 
It could be guerrilla marketting.
 
@SaintWacko EA sent out a $20 store voucher to some people, but didn't realize it could be used over and over again. It got to Reddit, and people used it a million times to get a load of games for free.
 
@SaintWacko They gave away a free $20 game to people who took a survey for them, but the code wasn't just restricted to those people, and it wasn't verified server-side so you could even use it multiple times yourself.
 
@Ullallulloo explained it better.
 
@GnomeSlice @Ullallulloo Whoa.
Did they do anything to try to fix it?
 
6:45 PM
They cut the code off.
 
Disabling the games people bought or something
 
@SaintWacko Nope
 
@SaintWacko They did fix it, but it took them 18 hours.
 
They're honoring all of the games.
 
They haven't disabled any of the bought games yet.
 
6:45 PM
Alex Miller on October 15, 2012

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So what’s new in the seven months since our last podcast? Check out the new and improved review queue! If you’ve got enough reputation, you can see the review button at the top of any Stack Exchange site. The new system is clearer to use and it’s fast thanks to a ton of AJAX goodness. …

 
Wow. I wish I had known about that
 
> Edit: EA have said they’ll honour all uses of the code this weekend! Gosh. Thanks Talkar.
 
I need to get ME3
 
> EA in shock display of acting reasonably and not trying to screw over customers at every chance! More at ten….
That's the dumbest comment I've ever heard.
It's hardly unreasonable for them to be upset at such a costly mistake.
 
Someone got fired over that
 
6:47 PM
@GnomeSlice They're a giant multi-million dollar corporation that screwed up.
 
More than likely.
@fbueckert So?
 
@GnomeSlice If they're at fault, why shouldn't they honor all the codes used?
 
Most news sites seem to be saying that it could be good for EA because now people might actually use Origin.
 
Trying to redact all of the essentially stolen content wouldn't be 'screwing people over'.
I'm not saying they shouldn't honor them either.
It's just that comment is really dumb.
Everyone is screwing EA over. Not the other way around.
 
@GnomeSlice Yeah, it would be. It's saying, "We screwed up, but we're not going to pay for it. We're taking all your games away!".
 
6:48 PM
@fbueckert I think it was pretty clear the code wasn't supposed to work the way it did.
 
@GnomeSlice And this is the user's fault how?
 
@fbueckert It's not.
The user should know better.
I didn't want to start an argument.
Just saying that the hostility towards EA isn't really founded at all.
 
@GnomeSlice EA made Origin. They deserve all the hostility that comes their way.
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It's not the user's fault, but if EA said "We decided any games bought entirely with those codes will be 'unbought'" I don't think it would be evil of them or anything. Taking away something that someone got for free and probably knew they shouldn't be able to isn't the same as punishing them
That said, just letting it ride is the smartest move
 
Write it off as marketing.
 
6:51 PM
Darkspore
Crysis warhead
Bulletstrom
Crysis
Mass effect 2
Mass effect
Battlefield 2
Spore
Need for speed hot pursuit
The sims 2
Medal of honor
Command & Conquer
Battlefield 2142™ Deluxe Edition
Dragon Age 2
Dragon Age 1 + Awakenings
I think that's pretty clearly abuse. That's what one commenter said he got.
 
Is that Amazon deal of the week still out of keys?
 
@fbueckert Who knows, it's US-only. =/
 
@GnomeSlice That can be worked around.
 
Canada doesn't get US only stuff?
 
@GnomeSlice It's digital-only though, so if you enter any US address you can still buy it.
 
6:52 PM
I thought US only meant NA only
 
Also, Amazon only accepts credit cards.
 
@BrianColvin Let's just make them the 52nd state. After Mexico.
 
@GnomeSlice You can also link bank accounts directly.
 
@GnomeSlice think they also take polar bear skins
 
@fbueckert Ooh, there's a code to get it for only $8 now...
 
6:54 PM
@John A state as large as all of the US.
@Ullallulloo Where!?
 
@fbueckert SQRLUVIO
 
@fbueckert So? No one seems to care about Alaska and Texas being big...
 
Does anyone still have the link?
 
@fbueckert They said that they're out of keys, so they're giving a two-dollar code. amazon.com/Absolutely-Great-Square-Pack-Download/dp/B009PNLAAW/…
It might not work on itself though...
 
@Ullallulloo Item is unavailable.
 
6:55 PM
@Ullallulloo That's two dollars off any single game. :/
 
@Ullallulloo So is this one.
 
I want the whole damn package for $10.
 
user15026
@briancolvin if it is download able from amazon.com it won't work here.
 
Ah, code expires when it comes back up.
 
Me too. I took the survey and got a promo code for a $20 discount on a game. When I went to redeem the code, it said it was invalid. I think this could be false advertising and possibly fraud. I will check with my attorney with regards to a class-action suit
 
6:56 PM
@fbueckert You can get some DLC stuff for free though.
 
Talking in code eh?
 
Even trolling Rebecca Black videos in here doesn't make me giggle as hard as reading some internet nerd write I will check with my attorney over something ridiculously trivial.
 
@Sterno You can't sue over false advertising can you?
 
@BrianColvin Quoting a comment, methinks
 
I like this font better as well, oh ic
 
6:57 PM
@GnomeSlice Of course you can.
 
user15026
@Sterno I love those sorts of comments.
 
user15026
@Gnomeslice I forget the actual name of the suit, but you totally can sue for false advertising.
 
@AshleyNunn That's disappointing
 
In the US, you can sue for anything you feel like.
 
Just ask Apple.
 
6:58 PM
@BrianColvin I forget what this sort of font is called. Means each character is the same width
 
user15026
@SaintWacko preaching to the choir my dear ;)
 
@SaintWacko Monospace
 
^^^this
 
Wups, that didn't quite work
@Ullallulloo Ah, yes, that's right
I should remember that, considering I work at a printing company
 

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