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Q: Would the macroviruses attack Data?

T-1000's SonIn "Macrocosm," nearly all of Voyager is incapacitated by macroviruses. Even the EMH is attacked, since the macroviruses are also attracted to infrared light. I am curious if Data would be attacked, if he happened to be aboard at the time. Granted, Data is not flesh and blood, nor does he give of...

 
 
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4:03 AM
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Q: Why don't others steal Yondu's fins?

CodeMedIn Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2, Where did Yondu get his fins? And why didn't other crew members steal them?

 
4:30 AM
@Adamant Actually , the book I referred too (Immortals of Meluha ) The heroine first challenges the guy to a duel, later when She overpowers him, She was about to kill him ,but her mother feeling comes in between so She spares him,but She did the damage ,that guy had to fight for life for about 8 hours ..... I was looking for these kind , Loved your recommendations too....
 
@KishyNivas Thank you.
 
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Q: Old scifi-like movie where aliens disguise as humans, magical pool that makes people young

LamphamI am looking for an old scifi movie, described in the title. I watched it a few years in 2009 (I think) when I was looking for scifi movies to rent (Watched in English). The plot is on some aliens getting trapped on earth and later, to survive, they disguise themselves completely as humans. Whe...

 
 
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6:14 AM
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Q: Why don't Merry and Pippin seem taller than Frodo and Sam, even after drinking ent-draught?

LamphamI believe that in the 2nd movie, Merry and Pip meet Treebeard and drink ent-draught from Fangorn. They didn't appear any taller when we see them in ROTK though. I know that they appeared taller(and noticeably stronger for that matter) in the books, but how come they aren't in the movies: was t...

 
 
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7:47 AM
@Babelfish Alternate explanation: they did "care" enough to have the scene in order to be able to advertise the usual "extended versions bonuses", but they didn't really care about the "background/plot" so they just added the ent-cola without even considering the plot effects that scene had.
 
8:13 AM
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Q: Film about a man who had a boil on his shoulder that turned into another head

Digitalsa1ntFirst time post here, so apologies if I miss some otherwise obvious etiquettes. I remember being quite young, so I would have seen it on television in the early 90's. It was a film about a man who developed a condition (can't quite remember the circumstances that brought about the situation) wh...

 
Why can't I add a <20 rep user here? I thought rom owner could do that.
 
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8:51 AM
@Derpy Heheh, "ent-cola".
 
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Q: Need help tracking down short story/excerpt about pain as a cultural practice

LAHSo, what I can remember is that there are two protagonists, 1 male, 1 female. He is from another culture, and is visiting(?) a place where people practice enduring pain as a...meditation or something? Does this ring a bell for anyone? I feel like it might have been in a fantasy anthology or somet...

 
Someone should nominate Star Trek: First Contact. I might actually watch it at around the same date,if it is the movie ;)
 
I've "only" watched it three times, so I'd be up for that.
 
10:07 AM
Why do we have two wonder woman reviews pinned, and an announcement that we hit 40k questions but no film night announcement?
 
@Edlothiad That makes sense.
One review is by KutuluMike and another is by Dizzle
This month's film night theme is "Robots"! Vote for existing choices, or propose your own!
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^ Look good?
 
Ye!
I'd say get rid of the 40k one, because we've moved on from that
or just pin 5 cuz they're all quite short
He went for 5 haha
 
I'm thinking one week is about right for review pins, so Mike's can go away this Sunday
 
How dare you.
 
It's already june 11th for reviews?
I think I'm going to read them actually, don't want to do work, might as well :P
Wait I thought screennerds was the sffblog?
 
10:22 AM
LOL
no that's always been Dizzle's blog
 
oh
> a variety of Wonder Woman comics cannon.
gg
 
10:57 AM
@SQB considering that they demonstrated a "don't care much" behavior with many other scenes (*Tom? Who is Tom? No character called Tom in the kid illustrated version of the book we used as a source) I doubt they considered that scene much more than "Hobbits drinking Cola"
 
11:08 AM
@Gallifreyan the nerdosity levels measurement for the proposed movies are somehow unsatisfying. Are you really going to have something as commercial as Pacific Rim run up for second place? I expected more from you guys. :P
You should watch the '27 original Metropolis (nope, Tezuka version doesn't count).
 
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11:25 AM
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A: July Film Night: Robots!

SQBMetropolis (1927) Directed by Fritz Lang, written by him and Thea von Harbou (his wife), starring Gustav Fröhlich, Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel and Rudolf Klein-Rogge. This is one of the first science fiction films ever made. And it features a robot.

 
Bonus floof:
 
11:49 AM
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Q: What does The Doctor's Speech in The Rings of Akhaten refer to?

LiathI recently watched the brilliant speech from The Rings of Akhaten again. For those who haven't seen it or don't remember it: I walked away from the last Great Time War. I marked the passing of the Time Lords. I saw the birth of the universe and I watched as time ran out, moment by moment,...

 
^ Game about a vampire who can use the Force Choke, from the creators of Life is Strange. #want
 
12:16 PM
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Q: comic book about ninjas with liquid masks

pmott_lthis is a real long shot but here goes: It's been quite a while since I read this so everything is very hazy. This comic must have been from late eighties/early nineties. There were ninjas involved and they had masks that appeared to slide on and off their faces like liquid. I believe some (all?...

 
 
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1:22 PM
Greetings, Earthlings.
 
Greetings
 
SQB
Greetings, assumed earthling.
 
Greetings.
 
挨拶
 
 
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3:15 PM
oh no... the guy who wrote an answer to my "does Wonder Woman get cold" question (wonder womaaaaan) but didn't provide any images or direct quotes was right. I just found the issue online, and the scene he described is in there
so... do I edit his answer and accept it, or write my own answer, giving him credit, and self-accept, or do I leave a comment with a link to the image and see if he takes the initiative?
I don't want to accept his answer because it was relatively simple for me to find the image online. But I don't want to edit it because most of the answer is redundant if the image is added.
but I wouldn't know about the image without him suggesting where to look
 
the nice thing to do would be to add the image, I think
 
Yeah that's what I'd do too, if possible.
If he objects to whatever you do to improve his answer, he call rollback and you can write your own answer.
 
ugh, it just seems like more work than I should have to do if he's going to get the rep for it
 
What would you buy with the rep? Anyway, all options are valid, it's a judgement call. If you feel better adding your own (better) answer do that.
 
it gets especially bad because there's another answer that actually does provide a specific quote from a specific TV show episode
so I'd accept that one, except this guy remembering something but not providing evidence wrote his answer first
and was right
 
3:26 PM
@DaaaahWhoosh Speed doesn't matter.
 
It was issue 140, I've added an image of the relevant panel. — DaaaahWhoosh 1 min ago
 
maybe I should also provide a link to where I found the issue
 
Yeah that would be good.
 
I've been doing this on my phone, let me copy it here first
okay, commented with the link. It still bothers me that I get 30 points and he gets 120, but whatever. I got my answer, that's what's important
I just hope the OP takes the time to edit their answer, especially since I don't know who Wonder Woman's mother is at that point
 
4:29 PM
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Q: What would happen if the Sacrificial Protection charm caster owned a horcrux?

agarwaenWhat would happen if the Sacrificial Protection charm caster owned any horcruxes? Would spell still work? Would it still save the person's life if the victim ultimately sacrifices his or her own life willingly and out of deep and pure love to save the life of one or more people? However the vict...

 
5:06 PM
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Q: Story where most of humanity was moved from Earth to two other planets

MichailThere's a story where humanity is an experiment of a robot intelligence from outer space (maybe from the center of the Galaxy, I'm not sure). Said intelligence some day moves most of humanity to two other planets, where warlike civilizations emerge (they also try to reclaim the Earth at some poin...

 
5:58 PM
Bonus floof:
^ A bumblebee's butt, if that wasn't clear.
 
Ummmmm
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Q: To USS Enterprise NCC 1701

John BanksBridge Control room crew please contact Caption James T. Kirk soon as possible and ask him to check his email from John Banks that he has a urgent private email to check from John Banks. Send a urgent message to Caption James T. Kirk's communicator to come back to the star ship to read the email...

Initially flagged as rude or abusive, but then
Emergency Medical Attention needed at cornets Latitude 37. 780093 37 46 48 34N Longitude -122. 406907 -122 24 .24 .28 .86W Please beam down a medical crew & to beam up aboard me & my wheelchairs. I am suffering Pain need your help with medical attention in sick bay urgent care. My Names is John Indian Banks Date of Birth January 15th 1970. & need help with transportation to Star base 375 over 50 LYS. From this planet earth. — John Banks 50 secs ago
I don't know how to interpret that.
 
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A: How do USS Enterprise Crew members receive emails or other forms of personal messages?

John BanksBridge Control room crew please contact Caption James T. Kirk soon as possible and ask him to check his email from John Banks that he has a urgent private email to check from John Banks. Send a urgent message to Caption James T. Kirk's communicator to come back to the star ship to read the email...

Just spam.
Poof! Gone.
 
I'm not sure though. I don't know if he's hallucinating or what, but that seems oddly specific (and also a request for medical care).
 
if you're posting here for medical care, then you are beyond our help
 
I couldn't find coordinates. He would've tried to send proper coordinates if he wanted help
 
6:05 PM
@DaaaahWhoosh At which point we switch from standard SE helpfulness to a different kind: meta.stackexchange.com/a/243701/266359
@Gallifreyan Whatever it was, it's beyond my power to intervene at this point.
I'd rather err on the side of caution if a person's health or safety is at stake. Hell, I just had this conversation an hour ago in Tavern on the Meta: chat.meta.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/6091118#6091118
 
it didn't sound like a self-harm/suicide thing though
though I guess you could take it that way
 
It had the potential to be a "needs serious help" thing, which I think should be treated the same way.
IOW, the comments wouldn't have been the stock comments from that MSE answer, but someone should (and, at this point, mods still could, either on that post or privately) say something about finding appropriate help.
 
yeah, I guess it's worth a shot. Do any mods frequent this room?
in Factory Floor there's usually a few handing around, but I don't know who the mods are for SFF
 
@Shokhet I told him to call 911 if he needs medical attention.
 
@JNat is CM
 
6:18 PM
Google maps indicated his coordinates are in Texas.
 
@Null Thank you.
@Null Good work. I wasn't able to make those numbers give me useful info, but I'm not so familiar with lat/long coordinates
Also, did you see his profile photo?
 
@Shokhet I just stripped out the "Latitude/Longitude" words and Google Maps found a location. Though his IP address doesn't appear to be from Texas.
IDK. He at least appears to be in the US so 911 would be correct.
@Shokhet It's hard to make out the words on the sign, but something about needing emergency money.
 
@Null Yes. Looks like he's a little down on his luck. (And actually does have a wheelchair)
 
@Shokhet Okay, now he's veering off into troll territory. He just posted a long answer consisting entirely of "flagged".
 
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Q: Looking for a movie

AlonsoHey guys can you help me. I am searching for a movie but I cant remember the name of the movie. But there is a scene where a man tongue transform into snake or slug ( can't remember it precisely). And then the snake or slug enter a female mouth.

 
6:30 PM
@Null Oh, I didn't see that.
 
Hopefully for his sake he's just a troll who doesn't actually need emergency medical attention and/or mental health issues.
@Shokhet I deleted it within a minute.
 
I hope he's okay. Take whatever mod actions you need to, though.
@Null Oh, I see. Home page has a question that was "modified" by that user.
 
@Null You got that last one in under 30 seconds. That's impressive.
 
He seems to be going down my list of highly-upvoted answers now.
 
6:33 PM
Oh dear.
 
11 seconds
 
@Null Can they be stopped from posting a bunch of troll stuff if they're on that kick?
 
I'm no moderator, but maybe this is the point at which you should consider a post ban/suspension/account deletion.
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Yes, his account has been destroyed now.
 
SQB
Just to be on the safe side, has a CM been notified?
Like @JNat, for instance?
 
6:41 PM
@SQB I pinged JNat earlier; he hasn't responded yet. I've also sent a message through the contact form on the main site.
 
SQB
Good, thanks.
 
I saw that also. I was wondering if SO has any history on him, but there are no (undeleted?) posts...
 
Now we've got another user acting up.
 
Oy. Good luck with that.
...it's not the same person, is it? You can check IP address, right?
Alonso is a new unregistered user, member since today.
 
6:47 PM
@Shokhet That can't always prove they aren't the same.
IP spoofing is trivial.
 
@Adamant True.
 
SQB
Don't see anything weird in the new answers yet.
 
@Shokhet He has another unregistered account that is 2 days old.
 
SQB
Is there a way for mere mortals to see new comments?
 
@Null Interesting. Good luck with that!
 
7:19 PM
 
Dogs on the NYC subway must fit in bags.
 
@SQB yes, although not sure how. Try asking in SObotics.
 
I haven't seen that irl yet, but I haven't used the subway since this became a thing.
 
@Catija Is there a limitation on what the bag must fit in? Otherwise one could smuggle pretty big doggos.
 
7:22 PM
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Q: How did Wonder Woman's shield withstand machine gun fire?

DForck42In one of the pivotal scenes of the movie, Diana goes out into No Man's Land between two trenches. She is eventually held in place by concentrated machine gun fire, using her shield to protect herself. A normal metal shield would eventually get too hot and break under this sort of concentrated ...

 
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Q: Why did the fellowship have such strategy deficits without Gandalf?

elias_d(I've noticed a similar question here, What was Gandalf's plan for getting the Ring to Mt. Doom?, but think this one has different aspects.) Without Gandalf the fellowship soon gets into a leadership crisis. Aragorn is indecisive of what to do, and Frodo is unprepared how to find the way into Mo...

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Q: When replicas of Green Lantern Power Battery and Power Ring were first produced?

Al.GateThe earleast replicas of Power Battery and Power Ring I've seen were released in 2002. As Green Lantern exist since 1940 I have a question: were there replicas of the above named items like in 50s, 70s of 20 centuary? And were at that time any collectibles at all? I'll be very grateful for any i...

 
@Gallifreyan That's sort of the point of the article Shokhet posted... people are taking them at their word and hauling around dogs of large sizes.
 
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@Mithrandir SObotics?
 
@Babelfish everyone needs me
 
@Catija There can never be too much doggos.
 
7:25 PM

 SOBotics

This room is dedicated to moderating content on Stack Overflow...
 
The funny thing is that probably actually accomplishes the original goal of keeping dogs out of people's way. Most of those human-plus-dog-in-bag pictures seem to take up less total space than the equivalent dog standing up arrangement would.
 
@AncientSwordRage ^ferrets there
 
7:36 PM
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Q: Did Luke Skywalker knows the name "Darth Sidious"?

anakindchosenone05192005In the movies, Luke Skywalker only knows the name "The Emperor". He never even mentions "Darth Sidious or Emperor Palpatine". Surely Luke Skywalker knows that the Emperor is Darth Vader's master. But does he know that the Emperor is also Darth Sidious?

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Q: Why the Martok Changeling became suicidal?

Morning StarIn DS9 5x01, Apocalypse Rising, the changeling taken the form of Martok tries to kill Odo for identifing him. Between hundreds of angry Klingon fighters, hunting for changelings. He should have known, that he will be killed on the moment. Furthermore, if he had really wanted to kill Odo (not be...

 
7:56 PM
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Q: Why didn't Sentinel Prime kill Optimus Prime?

anakindchosenone05192005Sentinel Prime betrays Ironhide by killing him, which was his plan from the beginning since he was a traitor to the Autobots. Since he killed Ironhide, why not also kill Optimus Prime, the leader of the Autobots? Later during the battle they fought, but that's another issue because they are in ...

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Q: Why did the Nazgul not attack again at Weathertop?

elias_dEven Aragorn and the Hobbits are surprised at Weathertop that the Nazgul do not try a second time to take the ring after the first attack. The following possible reasons are offered or implied: The Nazgul where satisfied with stabbing Frodo with the Morgul-knife. But why fall back on a secon...

 
@Babelfish this guy keeps on self-answering strange questions
but in this case I don't know how to handle it. I mean, it's an all-right question, but the answer is speculation again
 
Who's that?
 
He plays Castiel in Supernatural.
 
8:39 PM
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Q: Book identification - Genius girl throw another dimension

Anthony Cruisen Jenkinsfor the past 2 years atleast, i have been trying to remember the name of a book i read while in high school (so 04-08). Sadly i have the memory of a goldfish, i can remember the setting and some things that took place, but no names etc. Starting of the book is about a group of scientists that f...

 
@Babelfish wow. She threw a whole dimension? O_o
:P
 
SQB
8:53 PM
Weird.
They don't seem like the kind of questions one would self-answer.
 
9:10 PM
@SQB yeah, they seem like cases of "is it this?", where the 'answer' should just be part of the question
since the answers themselves are speculative at best
 
 
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@Gallifreyan I really need to watch that some day
 
11:16 PM
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Q: Looking for multimedia novel that included packet of papers character found in story

SkylarkI remember reading a young adult novel, in English, in the early to mid 2000s. It was unique in that it came with a packet of papers that the main character came across during the course of the story. Ex: newspaper clippings, business cards, a torn up photograph, sketches. It even had numbers you...

 
11:50 PM
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Q: How is Gamora this strong?

CodeMedIn Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2, How is Gamora strong enough to do this? I know that Thanos enhanced his daughters in order to make them better fighters. But is there also a more specific answer?

 

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