The Quill and Tankard

amflare

00:01

But its in south france?

When was that english?

Skooba

01:07

@Kepotx ah I just read it wrong then!

Aegon

05:48

@Skooba Office of Warden, not the Rock, as Kepotx says

@amflare During King John's reign I believe. He inherited lands from his mother the Duchess of Aquitaine, And of course Normandy was an English duchy since 1066, thanks to an arrangement with the King of France

When you use stuff you learn in ck2 irl but no one's around to witness your achievement

Aegon

06:10

@Skooba Presumably a regency council made up of possibly the Castellan Ser Courtney Penrose and the Maester Cressen. Like Luwin and Rodrik Cassel handled Winterfell for Bran while Robb was away. Robert was a minor after all

@Skooba Oy Vey did not know that. I hate numbers

Kepotx

07:49

See the history of Plantagenet and 100 year war, england contrôles a part of France, even if there are some oddities as William the conqueror as independent king of england but in the same time still attached to france by normandy

Edlothiad

I don't believe that you just typed "Alt + 0 + 2 + 4 + 4" by accident to get that character

Hunt and kill. They call me the Black Panther.

Out in cinemas April 5th anywhere films are show

JAD

@Edlothiad on my keyboard, typing a ^ and then o results in ô

same for " o ö

' o ó

` o ò

~ o õ

Edlothiad

Are you on greater operating system

And by that I mean a Mac

JAD

windows

Edlothiad

Hmm, why doesn't mine do that

JAD

07:57

It depends on the language settings

english doesn't use diacritics, so the option is disabled on those keyboard layouts afaik

Edlothiad

Poo

Mac always has it, hence better.

JAD

might be a question for SU though

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Q: How do I disable automatic diacritics?

I have been given a new work computer, and it exhibits some additional functionality that is slowly becoming a nuisance. The computer supports automatic diacritics; for example, if I type an apostrophe, nothing will display on the screen. Instead, the computer waits for my next input. If the nex...

that's how to disable it

doing the reverse might enable it :P

Edlothiad

@Edlothiad 678 stars shown, 701 expected.

JAD

btw, am I the only one seeing the accepted answer not at the top?

Edlothiad

@JAD 0 votes accepted answer don't hit the top I believe.

JAD

08:06

ah

Nog Shine

@Edlothiad o votes accepted will be at the top but not self accepts.

Edlothiad

There you go.

JAD

kewl

Edlothiad

Ok something went wrong with the stats. I'm resetting the Rangers log.

Kepotx

@Edlothiad just autocorrect of my phone

Edlothiad

08:09

Ranger's Log: 08/02/2018 08:10 UTC, 725 stars shown

!Remindme 2 weeks.

JAD

@Kepotx the mystery is solved!

Edlothiad

Apparently there were huge set leaks yesterday

Although it looks more like creeps photographing people filming from a distance

The Red Comet has been solved, GoT confirmed set in the Future of our current planet:

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Aegon

09:10

Looks like AGOT mod is integrating show canon @Kepotx

well kinda

TheLethalCarrot

Lol, at least he didn't do the legendary head charge through the flames

Ghost has been spotted on set for S8!!!

(That joke may have been better if I'd posted an arbitrary set picture and had you guys searching for him when he wasn't in it)

Edlothiad

Is that supposed to be just white?

TheLethalCarrot

Yeah

Edlothiad

3/10, would've been 2/10 but +1 for trying

TheLethalCarrot

09:25

Lol

I knew it was crap but I couldn't help myself after all the "set leaks" yesterday

Edlothiad

The funny thing is where every other universe/set of fans simply says "set photos"

The freefolk immediately call it "leaks"

And they start guessing which castle it is and what it means.

TheLethalCarrot

And then make up 5 million "leaks" of what their dothraki extra cousin saw whilst on set

Edlothiad

They'll be like "Ok they're in Iceland, these characters have had these scenes in Iceland, if you combine the characters you'll get a scene like this, which means this will happen, and confirmed TormundxBear, and Jon Snow raises the Night's Queen, falls in love, Bran wargs into one of the NKs underlings, they have a brain fight, with bran losing and becoming Hodor."

Oh btw, Sam's endgame is to take the iron throne and conquer Westeros and Sothoryos, before sinking both the lands and being Lord of Planetos

TheLethalCarrot

Hhaha about sums it up

Edlothiad

"Umm, you got all of this from looking at Kit Harrington on some steps in Iceland and Isaac at a coffee shop? Ok, must be true."

TheLethalCarrot

09:34

But they did see Kit with two black clothed people! It makes all the difference!!!

And potentially a very blurry Emilia

That means they must be right!

Aegon

09:49

blurry photo evidence is the best kind of evidence

You might not like it, but that's what peak performance looks like

Edlothiad

10:32

This is what Peak Performance looks like!

JAD

> Sam tried to explain. "No one is permitted to see [Mance] but Maester Aemon, my lady."

Small use that is

TheLethalCarrot

11:11

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Edlothiad

I think you're missing the title, paha

TheLethalCarrot

I didn't think it needed it

Edlothiad

Use for what?

I don't know if most people here know about the lower bear.

TheLethalCarrot

Well the title is literally "The books vs the show" so it doesn't really give much else

@Edlothiad see Aemon is blind

Edlothiad

@TheLethalCarrot Oh...

@TheLethalCarrot Well why would I have thought that?

TheLethalCarrot

11:20

Well I assume that is what JAD was getting at

JAD

11:44

it was

TheLethalCarrot

12:46

@Edlothiad At least I understand how I made the mistake that time haha

Edlothiad

Lol...

TheLethalCarrot

I don't really know why though

I've also got into a habit of typing George R. R. Marting for some reason

Edlothiad

Kepotx does G.R.R.Martin, which has been bothering me...

I don't know why, just hurts my feelings reading it

TheLethalCarrot

Yeah it was odd to me too

Edlothiad

I like to call authors by their first name to pretend I'm in the know with them B-)

TheLethalCarrot

12:48

@TheLethalCarrot Did a separate typo trying to show a typo haha

@Edlothiad Lol I've written George a lot too

Edlothiad

Except the prof, I would never call him by his first name

@TheLethalCarrot George, Andy, whatever other author's I might write about

Come to think of it it's just George, Elio, Linda and ProfT

TheLethalCarrot

Haha

Edlothiad

Thank god I didn't have to review that HP fanfic, that stuff makes me ill

TheLethalCarrot

Damnit Ed I was waiting to protect the Don't Panic Q :P

Edlothiad

Should've been deleted.

You want something to protect?

TheLethalCarrot

12:53

Meh I just knew that one would need it but I've seen it said a lot not to protect before you're certain you should so I was waiting for one more crappy answer but you beat me to it haha

Edlothiad

If there was stats on who has the most protects since getting 15k I'd bet it was me. As soon as I see a 1 /101 rep user post on a question I slam that protect button

Ain't nobody gonna stop me.

TheLethalCarrot

Hahaha

I've been trying to wait for 2 or 3 low quality answers from new users before doing so

Edlothiad

Here, you can protect the most answered question of all time on SFF: scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/328/…

TheLethalCarrot

Closed so doesn't really need it

Edlothiad

Fine I'll put my name on it ;P

Nah that's riskay

TheLethalCarrot

12:57

Haha, yeah let me take the risk

Kepotx

@Edlothiad Does "J. R. R. Tolkien" bother you? maybe it's only in france but i see more often J. R. R Tolkien than John R. R. Tolkien.

Edlothiad

It's J.R.R. Tolkien by convention, but George R. R. Martin by convention (Or JRRT/GRRM)

TheLethalCarrot

I think the point is it is more common to see George R. R. Martin than G. R. R. Martin

Edlothiad

Most likely because in English saying G. R. R. Martin just rolls off the tongue quite poorly.

Kepotx

"by convention": is it by convention only for phonetic reasons or did someone (publisher, media or whatever) "decide" it by using it?

TheLethalCarrot

13:09

georgerrmartin.com

Skooba

George, I am going to add a second R in my name Martin

Kepotx

I also see ore often George R. R. Martin (or simply George Martin), but G. R. R. Martin din't sound odd for me when i wrote it

Edlothiad

@Skooba You did that thing where you forget again

@Kepotx I was going to say that maybe it's to do with how the letter G is pronounced in French sounds more natural (a little like JRR as opposed to gee-arr-arr

TheLethalCarrot

Was he actually born "George Raymond Richard Martin" or did he add one of those middle names?

Edlothiad

I think he was christened George Raymond Richard

Skooba

13:12

@TheLethalCarrot he was born only Raymond

Took Richard at confirmation

Edlothiad

Took the confirmation name, not christened, mb

Skooba

he was 13 and IIRC already a fan of Tolkien, don't remember if he had any quotes if he took the second R for that reason.

Kepotx

i didn't even know that someone can add a name for confirmation

Skooba

common in the US for Catholics

Kepotx

web.archive.org/web/20130326010252/http://tamutimes.tamu.edu/…

What is the origin of the double “R” in your name?

I was born with one ‘R,’ that was my father’s name, Raymond. I was raised Catholic and at the age of 13, I took a confirmation name, the name of my cousin which happened to be another ‘R.’ And it was around the same time I started writing and publishing stories in comic book fanzines and I started using the double ‘R.’ It was lucky that I did because George Martin is a very common name. So the R.R. has made my name memorable and that’s important for a writer because it’s your brand name, your trademark.

double R, official trademark of good writers

TheLethalCarrot

13:22

Looks like that user really took offence too his SW Q being dupe closed

Edlothiad

Hmm maybe should've been duped the other way.

TheLethalCarrot

Well the new Q is better but the older one already has the answer, even if it is informed speculation

Plus we can't dupe close till it get's an answer, at which point everyone would have moved on leaving 2 dupes hanging around

Edlothiad

And it answers hs question, not necessarily another one

TheLethalCarrot

To be fair both Q's are basically the same it's just the older one is written from the perspective of a misunderstanding

Edlothiad

Ye, I thought I cared for a second, but I now remember I don't, lol

TheLethalCarrot

13:27

Haha

TheLethalCarrot

13:39

Lol

Also for anyone interested in set pictures see these

Edlothiad

Silly question coming up

TheLethalCarrot

Seen it, though it does have more meaning behind it than just GRRM's quote but not much really

Bael the Bard

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Q: Why did Stannis keep the title of Prince of Dragonstone after Joffrey was born?

Yesterday, I asked a question about why Robert gave titles to his brothers. Two answers linked an answer from the author himself: We discussed whether Robert loved his brother Renly or not. Haaruk thought so, while I never envisioned their relationship as more than lukewarm. (Jaime said Robe...

game-of-thrones a-song-of-ice-and-fire

Edlothiad

Well if you take the quote apart and clarify where he's misunderstood it, you answer the question

Could sneak in a stub but I'll let Aeg have it

@Aegon go for 200

Aegon

@BaeltheBard Stannis never was Prince of Dragonstone

TheLethalCarrot

13:45

I can't be bothered with it

Edlothiad

I've never understood people who come into a chatroom, ask questions, and then go pinging like crazy because they're not getting an instant reply.

TheLethalCarrot

@Edlothiad Why?

@Edlothiad WherE?

Edlothiad

The pod bay

TheLethalCarrot

Oh boo you messed it up :P

I was going for 10 or so pings ;P

Edlothiad

@TheLethalCarrot Because a person may have other things to do, than answer your question

Oh you're being a twat, I see...

TheLethalCarrot

13:48

Hahaha

Skooba

@Aegon i need to type faster ;-)

Edlothiad

This user is asking whether or not the interstellar alien spacecraft entering the solar system in 2021, invading that Saturnian system will destroy Musk Outpost on Mars? Bruh it's 2018 I don't know..

Kepotx

future work policy...

maybe a blurry picture will leak it

TheLethalCarrot

Zoom and enhance!

Aegon

@Skooba Haha it's still a stub, can't really find quotes right now, working

Skooba

14:03

@Aegon I went with an option that doesn't need quotes!

forever... stub....

Edlothiad

Crap questions should be left to die.

5th ping

Aegon

15:04

@Edlothiad Oh that's so thoughtful of you. Just read that

Cheers pal

Bael the Bard

16:29

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Q: Does it matter what religion a king has?

King Robert Baratheon and several Targaryen Kings before him were all within the Faith of the Seven. The crown/throne and the High Septon are on really good terms with each other and most people of the Seven Kingdoms are within the Faith of the Seven. Except for the North who believe in the Old...

game-of-thrones a-song-of-ice-and-fire

TheLethalCarrot

17:05

@Kepotx Nice example, low on time today though so will edit in tomorrow if someone hasn't made an answer out of it by then :)

Kepotx

just had an internet conection error so couldn't answer in time, i just had the time to find the SSM quote but not to write it as an answer

TheLethalCarrot

Fair enough, if you want go for it and you'll probably make a better answer than mine

Kepotx

just by adding the example of the faith militant? dunno, the other part of the answer would be identical as yours

TheLethalCarrot

Well quotes identical but you might draw different conclusions than I have or word it better, though adding a later answer with the same sources does sometimes draw people to DV though

Your choice, if not I'll edit mine when I get time

Kepotx

i prefer to let you edit, the faith militant uprising example is good enough as a comment/edit but not as an answer by itself

amflare

17:12

The problem with starring images is that the sidebar is cluttered with links that one one wants to click on.

TheLethalCarrot

Well I didn't mean just that example as an answer alone but I get your point :)

!Test

@amflare It wouldn't be a problem if we could hyperlink them like above and they still onebox but seems we can't

amflare

4 hours ago, by TheLethalCarrot

you mean like that?

Or that they expand in the sidebar?

TheLethalCarrot

No I mean doing [image description](link)

amflare

Oh

TheLethalCarrot

Then image description text shows in the side bar

And the image still one boxes in chat

Kepotx

17:16

yep, that would be a good feature for the side bar, isn't here a meta site where we can suggest edits?

amflare

scifi.meta.stackexchange.com.co.uk.internet.org

Or just meta.se for the main meta

TheLethalCarrot

Post a feature request to mother meta

No idea if there already is a request for it though

amflare

@edl ^^

TLC (or Kep), can you ping me twice in sequential messages please? I need to test something

TheLethalCarrot

@amflare msg 1

@amflare msg 2

amflare

Hmm... mind doing it one more time in about 5 seconds?

TheLethalCarrot

17:21

Okay

Will post in 5

@amflare msg 1

@amflare msg 2

@Kepotx There are some related FR's on mother meta but my lazy search didn't turn up a dupe one

amflare

Thanks

TheLethalCarrot

No worries

Edlothiad

18:31

@amflare I thought I was called in for something useful, not for the meta catalogue.. there’s nothing on our meta, I believe there is/was one on main meta, but i’m Not sure

amflare

18:53

Being our resident meta-catalog is being useful

I mean, if you are gonna read the whole damn thing...

Edlothiad

The whole SFF thing, and I'm only 10th of the way through

Actually that's not true I've read ~500 questions so more like 20% of my way through... Oy Vey

Bael the Bard

21:11

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Q: Shouldn't Dragonstone staircase have gates to be more effective?

Here is a screenshot from Episode 1, Season 7. It seems pretty impressive, with massive walls, and a long, skinny path. Good for defence. But to be more effective, shouldn't have been some gates in this path? Defence in Depth is a primordial aproach of medieval defence, that just multiply layer...

game-of-thrones

JAD

Oh @Edlothiad is gonna love that one

amflare

ITS MY LUCKY DAY

There should be a gate after every step

Like dominos that open

JAD

and moats in between

Kepotx

but does it fall inward?

amflare

21:26

@Kepotx No. No falling allowed. They will be tied to the gates in-front and behind to support them incase they try to fall.

Kepotx

21:49

@Edlothiad wouldn't dragonflame melt stone?

Edlothiad

Dragonflame can be used to shape certain stone, I don't know of anything that suggests it melts stone.

Kepotx

sure, a dragon breathing fire on an army climbing the staircase would be devetating for the army, but you dont want your staircaise to be an harrenal 2.0

Edlothiad

@Kepotx how dare you link that question...

Kepotx

maybe dragonstone is fireproof

Edlothiad

@Kepotx Harrenhal was bombarded.

The dragons would just need to swoop past and GG army

Kepotx

21:51

amflare need more upvote in his answer ^^

Edlothiad

That Q&A needs to be deleted

Kepotx

im balanced. sure, the question was dumb in the way that it's a lack of search and common sense(like the new one), but when i see the upvote, i wonder how many people learn something. isn't it also the goal of this website?

Edlothiad

@Kepotx Learnt something? No offence to amflare... but lordy lord, if you didn't know that gates and doors opened inwards you gotta get out of the house more often. Literally...

amflare

@Edlothiad #bestanswer2017

Edlothiad

@amflare Highest upvoted answer, it was low-quality, on a poor question.

Kepotx

22:04

yup. like the manual that say "no, don't put your cat in microwave!": it's sad that you need to write it, but deleting it wont make the dumb less dumber

Edlothiad

@Kepotx Leaving it won't make the dumb any smarter

Kepotx

that won't make them genius, sure but that's something

Edlothiad

amflare

@Edlothiad actually that redwall language one was I think

Edlothiad

Good.

Kepotx

22:27

confirmed

data.stackexchange.com/scifi/query/edit/800428

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