The Bridge

OrigamiRobot

2:05 PM

@pixel :(

@badp Thief!

badp

@OrigamiRobot What is it that's gone missing?

Martin Sojka

@badp Uniqueness.

badp

@MartinSojka It was already lost as his words of wisdom were displayed and stored on multiple computers in mutiple places.

OrigamiRobot

@badp Also it's not even my words of wisdom. I don't know why it was pinned and starred so many times.

Fluttershy

Everyone: Go see Wreck-it Ralph! That is all.

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OrigamiRobot

2:13 PM

It's the answer to "What's the difference between a duck?"

badp

> Nonsense jokes lack intrinsic meaning, and become funny simply because they are absurd, as in a nonsense riddle from the 1930s

Invader Skoodge

@OrigamiRobot "We'll never put ads on our site except this one for our own site you will see it"

badp

@InvaderSkoodge Actually I don't see it on Wikipedia

Wipqozn

@Fluttershy That movie is excellent. I second this.

goes to school

fbueckert

@Fluttershy I saw it opening weekend. I third this.

Also, good morning to all.

Lazers

2:21 PM

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Q: How effective are adaptive shields against burst fire?

Adaptive shields will alter itself to resist the element that last hit the shield. How fast is this effect? For instance, if I shoot someone wearing an adaptive shield with a corrosive shotgun with 10 pellets, will the shield take full damage for the entire shot, or will it take full damage for...

borderlands-2

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Q: Can I use the hard disk and the mount from a Slim PS3 in a Super Slim PS3?

I'm looking at grabbing a Super Slim PS3 soon, and since the 12 gig is cheaper than the 500 gig I have been looking at grabbing that and putting a hard drive in it. As far as I can figure replacing a hard drive is easy enough, except the new 12 gig model doesn't include the mount for a hard drive...

ps3 hardware

Sterno

What's with people deleting their accounts when they leave the site?

user15026

@fluttershy I really want to see that movie but I lack someone to see it with me, so I shall likely wait til the dvd release.

fredley

@Sterno Anger/resentment :-(

Invader Skoodge

@Sterno Make sure to burn your bridges. Very important.

fredley

@InvaderSkoodge Bridges

@InvaderSkoodge burninate

Sterno

2:32 PM

With Mark gone, someone needs to step up to argue with @fbueckert all day.

Not it.

user15026

No arguments from me. Just cupcakes.

fbueckert

@Sterno I'd prefer to NOT have to argue with someone all the time.

Especially someone who discounts and disregards my entire argument, and justifies it by pointing out a single thing and going, "Your opinion doesn't matter because you don't understand it."

Sterno

@fbueckert Someone's gotta keep you in line!

OrigamiRobot

@Sterno I've done my fair share!

fbueckert

@Sterno Eh. I've said my piece about it. If it happens again, people start getting ignored.

Sterno

2:37 PM

@fbueckert No no no. That's the wrong way to handle it. Everyone knows if you have a problem here, the solution is to DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT FOREVER

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fbueckert

@Sterno Better idea: I'll badger the person I have a problem with to delete their account forever!

Sterno

@fbueckert That works too.

Invader Skoodge

I will mail $1 to the next person with more than 10k rep who deletes his account.

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OrigamiRobot

@InvaderSkoodge I nominate @Fluttershy!

fbueckert

@InvaderSkoodge If you delete your own account, does that mean you have to mail a dollar to yourself?

Invader Skoodge

2:39 PM

@fbueckert Technically yes, but that won't happen.

I love my rep too much.

Tim Stone

@InvaderSkoodge I just need 6618 reps worth of bounties from everyone and then I'll pretend to consider it.

Sterno

Reading Mark's rant. He seems overly mad for something that amounted to a bug.

Tim Stone

@Sterno It was a rather large oversight.

I can't say I'd have had the same reaction, but I'm also not someone trying to remove any of my accounts.

user15026

I am still not sure I understand his issue with how it went down but I suspect I just don't understand it.

Invader Skoodge

@AshleyNunn That is very tautological.

Sterno

2:42 PM

Sounds like basically some bad code (specific to meta.SO, it sounds like) made it easy for people to identify his downvotes after he left meta.SO. And he got really really mad about it.

pixel

@InvaderSkoodge sexist

tiddy

It's almost like he became personally responsible for his online actions

OrigamiRobot

@pixel I was gonna say something, but I chose to antagonize a pony instead.

pixel

@OrigamiRobot lol

fbueckert

@tiddy Responsiblity!? ON THE INTERNET!?

We can't have that!

OrigamiRobot

2:44 PM

@Sterno I think the MSO thing was a last straw type of deal.

Invader Skoodge

@pixel English doesn't easily support the sentiment I wanted to express. Blame your ancestors for inventing such a stupid language.

Sterno

@OrigamiRobot Sounds like

What's amusing is the guy complaining about how the downvotes were clearly vindictive :)

pixel

@InvaderSkoodge the word "their" works perfectly in that sentence

Sterno

People take these sites way too seriously.

user15026

@InvaderSkoodge the second "it" standing for "What happened in the first place"

user15026

2:46 PM

@sterno invisible Internet points are serious business.

Sterno

On a more serious note, though, I'll miss Mark. He had good meta posts and helped keep this site a lot more sane

pixel

The only one who knows the full story is Mark, everything else is speculation, and we all know how well speculation goes down around here hides

Sterno

@pixel Well, he did more or less post the full story

Invader Skoodge

@pixel No this is stupid.

pixel

@InvaderSkoodge no u

OrigamiRobot

2:47 PM

@Sterno For some people, it is more serious.

user15026

@pixel what are you trying to do here?

pixel

@AshleyNunn be childish

user15026

@origamirobot I don't get the seriousness tbh

pixel

this conversation is bordering on being way too serious, it needed contrast

user15026

@pixel... Okay then.

fbueckert

2:49 PM

@pixel As soon as you tell me what constrast is, I'll join you in making it.

Sterno

Making fun of SciFi.SE is going to be so much less fun now.

pixel

interesting spelling mistake

Tim Stone

@Sterno Don't you dare say that. WE WON'T LET THE FLAME DIE.

OrigamiRobot

@AshleyNunn Some people use things for demonstrating working knowledge. Like for when potential employers google their names.

@Sterno Mostly because it looks like they are shaping up.

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot "Aww, the site's falling into line. Who'll be our scapegoat now?"

badp

2:51 PM

@Sterno except, you know, the first paragraph where he just kind of glimpses entirely on the direction he would've liked SE to take.

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert @pixel

pixel

wait what

no @Wipqozn is the scapegoat

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot Works for me!

OrigamiRobot

@pixel Of course you would say that.

user15026

@origamirobot I suppose so, for some site that might be the case.

pixel

2:52 PM

I think @AshleyNunn is still on a mobile device

user15026

@pixel congrats you caught me.

user15026

I happen to be on mobile. Shock and horror.

user15026

Also, still?

pixel

the star from lastnight

Tim Stone

@AshleyNunn Heh, I even have a MSO answer listed on my Careers profile.

I should put an Arqade answer on there just for giggles.

user15026

2:55 PM

@timstone I suspect that since I use a site that really has nothing to do with my career aspirations that I didn't consider that. :)

user15026

Also you totally should do that.

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