The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

KyloRen

15:01

@Mithrandir, sorry did not realize that voicing an opinion to someone that does not want to hear it is offensive behavior? And where is the place to be discussing it? Main Meta? Sorry, I have no privileges there. Oh wait, this site is all fore expressing ones opinion.... But yet I can't express it, even on chat. Yes, every word you guys post just proves my point, thanks.

Jenayah

@KyloRen in order not to blank you (which wouldn't be very nice): as @Mith said this is getting a bit off-topic, not that there's really a "topic" in TREU but discussing this kind of stuff shouldn't just be limited to the ~6 of us as it's about a bigger scale. I'm not sure anyone can do much about your question ban on Main Meta but the usual applies, you can probably ask a mod/CM there to review it, so that you can word your concerns into a new Meta post.

damn you guys type way faster than I do today

doppelgreener

Scifi chat is not for passive-aggressive soapboxing about your persecution complex.

I expect the topic to be dropped for the time being.

Jenayah

And I don't think Mith (or anyone, for that matter) was saying your behavior was offensive, just that people expressed a will not to pursue the discussion further and nudged others into changing the topic

SQB

@doppelgreener thanks. I was still catching up.

doppelgreener

@SQB I may trash the conversation back about an hour. Does that seem reasonable?

SQB

15:10

Hm. Not sure if that's needed.

doppelgreener

Ok. 👍

SQB

Nothing bad was said, just one of the participants wouldn't knock it off when told to.

KyloRen

15:21

OK, this is my last comment on this, but I have to wonder why I am kicked for having a discussion? Is talking and disagreeing about about a topic calmly and nicely considered grounds for an offense? If so, I am so much more justified with what I have being saying. Like I said before, mods hold different people to different standards and that is my opinion not an accusation. Told to drop it and you should do it or risk the repercussions no matter how nicely you are being. Sounds like Main Meta.

doppelgreener

You were kicked being kicked for not dropping the topic, and for escalating this into rudeness when moving on was requested.
The kick now is for continuing to complain about main meta, which is still not dropping the topic. Please take a break. You can come back in half an hour.

TheLethalCarrot

@AnkitSharma Done

@Jenayah You writing the excerpt for that?

Jenayah

@TheLethalCarrot sec

TheLethalCarrot

Just checking so I don't waste my time... I'd have thrown together a quick one but support call...

Jenayah

Planning to, but gotta argue with school officer not wanting to pay my advance back

TheLethalCarrot

15:27

Ah the fun

Jenayah

I mean go for it if you have it it's not a big deal

TheLethalCarrot

Done a real basic one

Mithrandir

:/

...have I ever mentioned how much I dislike kicking / suspending people? Unfortunately... it's sometimes necessary. I'd really like it if people could avoid running into situations like that... *sigh*

TheLethalCarrot

It's a really helpful tool but shouldn't be overused certainly

doppelgreener

I agree

Jenayah

15:34

"yeah, we're only giving you a third back because you took a first class"
"First class was cheaper than second class (which you reimburse fully), and I provided you a screenshot."
"Yeah, but on your screenshot there was a much cheaper ticket. That's the one we're paying back because you could have taken this one instead."
"That's not how you were doing it for the past three years, and besides, that ticket was a completely different schedule, non-modificable, non-reimbursable ticket, and the train had a MUCH different route, with a connection in Paris instead of the direct one I took."

Geez, guess who's not getting her money back.

To think I spent all those hours in the train to promote the school... sheesh

Mithrandir

welp that sucks for you

Jenayah

It'd probably be a shame if I were to provide her the matter-of-fact, signed-by-headmaster school text regarding she's plain wrong... Oh woops, my finger clicked the "send" button...

Mithrandir

savage

Marvin

0

Q: What happened to the wreckages of Battlestars from the First Cylon War?

In Blood and Chrome, we see the wreckage of the Battlestar Archeron, and in Razor we see the Battlestar Columbia explode into relatively large Pieces, so much so that people are actually alive for a short time in one of the chunks of hull. So what happens to the wreckage of Battlestars after a ...

Jenayah

I mean it is the same school who made us study a three-day course on law texts and legal precedents (remember, I study programming) because "it might be a part of what you do in your future and it's important to know how to do it blahblahblah"

so y'know

backlash FTW :)

Ankit Sharma

15:46

@TheLethalCarrot great

Jenayah

I know it's a ferret with a hat but am I the only one who always sees (in the small avatar) a ferret putting on a (way too big) hat with its two tiny arms?

TheLethalCarrot

I always see the cat in the hat

Donald.McLean

Greetings, Earthlings.

Jenayah

It's a cat?!

@Donald.McLean Greetings, Hubble guy!

Mithrandir

no, it's a ferret

TheLethalCarrot

15:51

I know it is a ferret I just see Cat in the Hat:

Jenayah

seriously though the curvy cheeks look like tiny bent arms from a distance

no idea what this is, and not sure I want to know

TheLethalCarrot

For all I know it might be a play on that

It's a children's book I think you'll be fine haha

Mithrandir

The Ferret in the Hat: a novel by AncientSwordRage, available from bookstores near you

doppelgreener

@Jenayah omg, i see it

we see its torso and its little arms reaching up either side of its tiny head

TheLethalCarrot

Aye it's those neck markings that do it

Jenayah

15:54

@doppelgreener can't unsee now :D

Donald.McLean

Dr Seuss is probably one of the most beloved American children's book authors of all time. I'm not sure how well his stuff would translate though.

Mithrandir

Badly.

It's a struggle to read them.

KyloRen

Ah well, you all have a great day.

Donald.McLean

Be excellent to each other.

Jenayah

Live long and prosper

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A: If someone asks to borrow your phone to make a call, what could they do?

with a USB rubber on android the pin password could be hacked (brute forced) http://hakshop.myshopify.com/products/usb-rubber-ducky they could then create a backup of your device, they could analyse already created backups, they could download all of your saved data, media etc and use this to fu...

Lol for the side note... :D

TheLethalCarrot

16:17

They fixed it again... assuming it works

Napoleon Wilson

Was something not working?

Anyway, the size appendages still seem to be broken.

TheLethalCarrot

Well fixed as in...

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A: Editor improvements for images and links

support status-completed This has been fixed. Might be me missing something but how do I add an image via link to upload to imgur? There used to be an option for that but I can't tell anymore.

Marvin

16:55

0

Q: How did Norris get infected with the alien in the movie "The Thing"?

How did Norris get infected, or is the movie "not clear"? Also could it be a plot device to ratchet up the tension between the characters in an already volatile situation that blows up? What I am asking is: Is the non mentioning of how he got infected a plot thing that will serve a later purpo...

the-thing-1982

Napoleon Wilson

17:07

@Marvin Though, I struggle to remember who specifically Norris actually is (and why his infection is more unclear than other people's).

Was it the young black guy on rollerblades?

Wait, no, that's Nauls.

Ah, it's the guy who's chest eats Dr. Copper's arms.

Skooba

where is Wad when you need him!?

Napoleon Wilson

He first ought to answer my Dark Tower questions anyway.

Jenayah

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Q: How did Norris get infected with the alien in the movie "The Thing"?

How did Norris get infected, or is the movie "not clear"? Also could it be a plot device to ratchet up the tension between the characters in an already volatile situation that blows up? What I am asking is: Is the non mentioning of how he got infected a plot thing that will serve a later purpo...

the-thing-1982

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Q: Who gets infected first in John Carpenter's The Thing?

Amongst the Americans in John Carpenter's The Thing, who was the first to get infected?

the-thing-1982

dupe?

I meant not dupe in title but accepted answer is kind of thorough in asnwering both questions of the new one (am I making sense?)

Napoleon Wilson

By SciFi standards? Probably. I'm sure Norris is deep down in one of those answers, too.

Jenayah

@NapoleonWilson he's theoricized, yes

Napoleon Wilson

17:26

Who wasn't terrorized by that thing?

Jenayah

Tension is raised with maestria

To be fair though (only speaking for myself though!) I'm not one to be terrorized by most of whatever happens on a screen. That doesn't make the film less of a masterpiece, mind you

Napoleon Wilson

I was talking about the characters anway, since you said Norris was.

Jenayah

?

I said his infection timeline was theoricized in the answers to the older question

not that he was terrorized

Napoleon Wilson

The characters were terrorized by the thing.

@Jenayah I know, don't worry. ;-)

Jenayah

Crap, I checked and it's spelled "theorized"

Napoleon Wilson

17:34

Heh, that would have fit even better.

Jenayah

@NapoleonWilson hey, sure. Who wouldn't in their situation

Napoleon Wilson

'nneed.

Jenayah

(... actually I can think of "that weird friend of mine" who'd try to pet the critter.)

Napoleon Wilson

I wouldn't even pet the dogs before their transformation. ;-)

Jenayah

Dogs were made to be petted!

Napoleon Wilson

17:36

Meh.

Jenayah

(yes, I know I'll loose a hand to a rottweiler someday with this kind of thinking)

Donald.McLean

Science fiction characters have some great pets. I just finished reading a story where the main character had a lizard-like animal that exhibited dog-like behavior. They called him "dogzard"

Jenayah

lol

Donald.McLean

Of course, there's Nimitz, the treecat.

Jenayah

unrelated but each time I want to join Charcoal room, I use the "rejoin all fav rooms" button, which also makes me rejoin Trash room (it's in my favorites for whatever reason...). So sometimes I manually click its leave button, and that never fails to make me chuckle:

I'm a child...

Napoleon Wilson

17:41

> 'Ake!

Jenayah

ake?

Napoleon Wilson

Yes.

Jenayah

:P

Napoleon Wilson

It's a quote from Oy of Mid-World, since we were talking about famous pets.

Jenayah

Cat sees rat....

►

ahahahaha

go get 'im

Napoleon Wilson

18:01

...in the hat?

RDFozz

Fantasy, too - Loiosh, from the Vlad Taltos novels by Steven Brust, is fun.

DavidW

18:36

"Let me eat him, boss"

Marvin

18:56

0

Q: Crimes of Grindelwald qestion

Why is the American magical government called American Ministry of Magic in the second movie? To me if anything it should be MACUSA or maybe the American Department of Magic like the real world example Department of Defense, etc. Maybe Rowling doesn't know how our government works or she did not ...

the-crimes-of-grindelwald

Napoleon Wilson

You don't say! ;-)

Jenayah

19:47

scifi.stackexchange.com/q/198990/98028 well that was fast!

Marvin

20:44

0

Q: Why did this character join Grindelwald?

I must admit, I entirely did not understand chose to join Grindelwald at the climax of The Crimes of Grindelwald. She seems like the least likely, given her relationship with Can anyone explain?

harry-potter fantastic-beasts the-crimes-of-grindelwald

1

Q: British TV series with robot dog and post-apocalypse

I watched as a child, so not long ago, but because of my age, I must have watched the German dub, or there were subtitles, which may explain my confusion. Some memories are jumbled, so it is hard to recall, but there were aliens in the show, and a girl was crushed by some metal. The dog saved the...

story-identification

1

Q: Analog early 60s story one spaceship of scientists innovating on the fly to overcome multiple adversaries

This story or novella published in Analog in the early 1960s was remarkable for the wealth of technical ideas in one storyline. The heros first developed a space-warp battery capable of storing huge amounts of energy in a small lightweight package. Next they became able to create matter directl...

story-identification short-stories analog

0

Q: Why Wednesday tells Shadow to "be nice, but not too nice" to Easter?

When Wednesday and Shadow are about to visit Easter, Wednesday says: Be nice to the lady we are visiting. But not too nice. [...] “Let me put it bluntly,” said Wednesday. “You must be very cautious around the lady we are visiting. She might take a fancy to you, and that would be bad.” ...

american-gods

RDFozz

@Mithrandir (Just to be fair - the post prior to this one was a response to a question some asked prior to the request to change topics.)

Marvin

21:14

-1

Q: Is the Farmer’s wife in the Shrek 2 game the Evil Queen?

In the Shrek 2 video game for PC, there is a Wanted poster of the Farmer’s Wife from the Three Blind Mice nursery rhyme. I know she was based off of said rhyme, but could this version of her possibly be the Evil Queen? I mean, in the original Snow White fairytale, the Queen dresses as a farmer’...

shrek

Marvin

21:29

2

Q: In Crimes of Grindelwald, why is Dumbledore wearing Muggle clothing?

In The Crimes of Grindelwald, Dumbledore is clearly seen wearing Muggle clothing: Why? Why wouldn't he wear robes instead, like all wizards; particularly one of his stature?

harry-potter fantastic-beasts the-crimes-of-grindelwald

Jenayah

23:15

Asking whether a mildly fantasy song references a D&D book is on-topic, right?

Well, technically it's a whole album

Alex

Oh well — this is the second time I answered a question only to see that it has a score of -7 so it won't appear on the homepage anyway.

RDFozz

23:46

@Jenayah I would think so. If it's a novel based in a D&D setting (for example, the Drizzt Do'Urden books), certainly; it might be a bit more questionable if it's based on a D&D game book (Player's Handbook, Monster Manual, etc.)

Jenayah

Woops it was Forgotten Realms but you get my meaning

aye it's about this one goodreads.com/book/show/291638.Red_Magic

firing it up soon, then

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