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Q: Where did Cobra get his psycho-gun?

Jon LinIn Space Adventure Cobra, a campy space opera series, and its more recent sequels, Cobra, the adventurous main character, has a cybernetic gun embedded in his left forearm that uses mental energy. We know he wasn't born with it, so how did he acquire the psycho-gun?

 
 
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1:28 AM
I'm finally (more or less) settled down at home. No more school for me!
Here's what my new setup looks like:
Took a while to build that setup...
 
@Mysticial Is that Kuroneko?
 
@LoganM yeah
 
@Mysticial I knew I recognized that wall scroll.
 
I linked it here before.
 
Yeah I remember that.
 
1:38 AM
@Mysticial You have far too many screens, boi'.
 
4 monitor setup was a lot harder to do in the dorm since I couldn't wall mount the one on top. So I had to put it further away.
But now that I'm back at home, I can do whatever I want.
Which means... stealing my Dad's 27in. TV and mounting it to the wall. :)
 
@Eric I don't think 4 monitors is really that many. I've worked with people who had significantly more than that.
 
@LoganM I've seen day-traders having 20+.
 
@LoganM Anything more than 2 I think is too many. Thus 4 is far too many.
@Mysticial That's just obscene.
 
@Eric The more monitors you use, the harder it is to go back to fewer of them. :)
 
1:42 AM
lol
 
20 is a lot. The most I've seen was my advisor's station in the control room at Princeton Plasma Physics Lab, which had 12.
 
I think my wall would collapse if I mounted 20 monitors on it.
 
Yeah, I'm noticing that myself. At home I have 2 monitors, and at work here I have 2 monitors.
But at home here (my apartment) I have only one. I'm painfully unproductive.
 
What I like about my new 4 monitor setup (as opposed to the one back at my dorm) is that I can actually watch Anime on the top monitor. Since this time, it's large enough and close enough.
 
When I watch anime, I don't do anything else (except maybe chat) so two monitors is plenty sufficient for that.
Perhaps for movies, I could use it.
 
1:46 AM
@Mysticial テレビアニメを見るときは部屋を明るくして、テレビからはなれて見てください!
 
@Eric Oh, I'm always multi-tasking. Even when watching anime. :)
@LoganM aha
 
@Mysticial lol... I can't multitask with things I'm watching for the first time. Especially if in another language.
 
Multitasking for me while watching anime would sort of defeat the purpose. I watch anime to stop thinking about other things and practice Japanese.
 
@LoganM Depends for me. If I'm rewatching something, or it's boring, or it's an uninteresting filler episode, I won't have my full attention on the Anime.
Quite often, I'll leave an Anime running just for the background noise.
 
@Mysticial I just don't watch those shows anymore. I used to, but I don't have time for boring stuff anymore.
 
1:52 AM
Yeah, I'm not into boring/filler anime either. I use music for BG noise.
 
For this season, the ones that have fallen into my "boring" category are:
- Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge
- Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W
- Photokano
- Red Data Girl
- Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru.
Which is like half the things that I'm watching. lol
 
Everything there is shows that I know I should be watching, but I just haven't had time. This is the first week since spring break that I'll actually have more than just a few hours for anime.
 
2:12 AM
Is it just me, or is the automatic site evaluation post technically NARQ?
 
NARQ close reason doesn't exist on metas.
 
Hmm...
It doesn't exist on meta.SO.
 
@LoganM Many meta posts are, IMO. But meta is special.
 
2:17 AM
It probably shouldn't exist on meta sites at all, but it does as of right now, and plenty of our meta stuff isn't questions at all.
 
 
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6:16 AM
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Q: How does binding a soul to an armor suit allows the suit to move?

SingerOfTheFallWe know a couple of characters whose souls are bound to armor suits, e.g. Alphonse or Barry the Chopper. It was explicitly shown that the armor suits have nothing inside - which means they are just pieces of metal with an rune that binds the soul to the armor. So how are they able to move at ...

 
 
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7:19 AM
Hey guys
i was wondering if you are linking to manga chapters what site do you link to? is there a preferred site to link to. or just the site you yourself are reading it on?
 
 
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10:01 AM
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Q: Overlaps between Paradise Kiss & Nana?

MrPineappleAt the end of some of the chapters of Nana, some characters from Ai Yazawa's other manga Paradise Kiss show up at 'Junko's Place' (the bonus section) and chat with some of the Nana cast. Is there a similar section in Paradise Kiss? Are there any further overlaps between the two series?

 
10:59 AM
Dammit, I get an answer on the multicollider for the first time in months and the question gets closed... lol
Oh well...
 
which question?
 
This one:
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Q: meaning of `???-` in C++ code

taocpI saw the following code from some legacy codes: size_t a = 1 ???- 2 :0; What does the symbol ???- mean in C++? How should I understand it? Thank you!

At the rate it was going, my answer was headed for +100. But getting closed and knocked off the multicollider will definitely put an end to that. :(
 
bad luck as always i suppose. :P
 
@Robin Not really. I've been high on the multicollider a number of times, only 3 of them got nerfed with the question getting closed - one of which eventually got reopened.
Actually... wait...
I count a 4th... Maybe it's actually significant...
Going down my list, I've had 13 answers that made it high on the multicollider. 4 of them were closed at least once. Of those, only one got reopened and stayed opened.
 
4/13 got closed that's not that bad
 
11:14 AM
It's definitely a lot higher than the average. But most of it I think is just bad luck.
One was closed twice as a dupe and eventually reopened. That was because the close voters didn't know enough about the topic to distinguish the key difference it had with the dupe.
One was closed as NC because the title was flamebait. It eventually picked up 4 reopen votes. But never got the 5th needed. So the 4 votes expired.
One was closed as a dupe. It got mod-reopened almost a year later.
And now this trigraph one. Closed, and currently has 3 reopen votes. I'll see what happens to it when I wake up in the morning. But I don't expect much. If anything, I won't be surprised if it actually gets deleted by 10k users after a few days.
 
 
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1:28 PM
@Robin upload the page to imgur, if possible -- try not to link to those reader sites. you can link them in chat if you want to. If you are specifically referencing the chapters, justa mention is fine. People who need to find them should be able to find them... if not, you can link them in chat for them to find
 
@Krazer thanks. edited my answer that had i link in it. edit i dont know why i always make the typo "awnser"
 
'w' is near 'a' on a qwerty keyboard, probably
 
 
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3:36 PM
@Robin Can you elaborate this answer to say which episode is the "latest" (i.e. which episode corresponds to chapter 670)? As it stands, in a few weeks someone reading this answer may think you are referring to later episodes.
 
Can anyone review the closure of this question: anime.stackexchange.com/questions/3758/…
Meta has a discussion about list question, and it is allowed under certain condition
I don't think it is going to be worse than the question cited in the meta question
 
@nhahtdh I think this should be open, right @Krazer?
 
@nhahtdh hmm this feels a bit too localized to me... can you better describe what criteria you ware looking for having the correct animation?
what is considered correct animation, what is considered not correct?
I believe most productions hide it to save money/labor
this would make a good Community Wiki question if you narrow down the criterion
I'll consider reopening if you add the specifics of what you're looking for... technically Sora no Woto (Sound of the Sky) fits this criteria but some shots have the bugle are hard to distinguish if the right notes are being blown correctly
 
4:17 PM
 
@Eric wow, awesome
 
@JNat What better in the morning than cats and coffee?~
 
 
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5:54 PM
@JNat I voted to close that one consistent with my answer here. As far as I know that answer isn't official policy, so the question itself might be acceptable by our more lenient policy here.
 
@LoganM I actually agree with that answer, but since our 'more official' policy is that second link, I was thinking it should be reopened
 
@JNat From an official position that might be true. However, IMO we should probably reconsider the official policy. It's stated differently in different places. For instance, "Questions calling for a list of works, authors" is in the FAQ under unacceptable questions, and the tag wiki for says questions asking to identify a group of anime "are too broad and are not wanted on anime.SE.". However, AFAIK there was never an official policy shift regarding this.
 
@LoganM yeah, we should probably have a chat cast sometime
 
@Krazer: I'll review it in a few days and ask in chat again.
 
@JNat Deciding on this sounds like a pretty good reason to have one. If we schedule a chat-cast regarding this, then it's reasonable to reopen the question until the discussion.
The question that is more worrisome to me is this one. It seems like the answer will keep changing, at least as long as One Piece continues being published and airing. I think it's a bad precedent to keep such questions open.
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Q: How far along is the One Piece anime compared with the manga?

Ricardo ValerianoI'm Brazilian and I'm having a hard time locating the manga. I'd like to know how far along the anime is compared to the the manga, or if the anime will give spoilers to the story (in the manga).

 
6:14 PM
@LoganM Chat cast this Saturday, around 1800 UTC! @Krazer, @Eric, @Mysticial, @JonLin, @MadaraUchiha and @everyoneelse
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I should be.
 
@JNat Works for me.
 
@JNat I won't be online saturday, flying to shanghai that day
 
@JonLin well, let's see what the other have to say
if we do have it on Saturday, you can leave your thoughts somewhere before
@JonLin and in case I don't speak to you before then, have a nice flight :)
 
thanks
 
6:17 PM
@LoganM I think the problem here is really the way it is phrased. If he were to ask something like "How far along the story is episode X, comparing to chapter Y?", I think it could be acceptable
the problem with it now, is that he asks for no specific point in time either on the anime or the manga
 
as for that music/animation question, it was originally worded of just asking for "anime" as opposed to a "list of anime". And my understanding was that the former was an "does such a thing exist" while the later was asking for a list
 
@JonLin yeah, I got that from your answer and comment on the other answer
 
@JNat Yes, I agree. If it were changed to that, the answer would remain correct and it wouldn't really be worth closing. I still think the question is rather trivial though.
 
@LoganM indeed
 
@JNat Sounds fine.
 
6:44 PM
@JNat pings only go to up to 2 ppl
I'm fine with it anyway
we should pick our next flavor day flavor, too
 
@Krazer The choice seems clear this time.
 
@Krazer yes, this time it should be beaches and swimming
it's @Eric's flavor
 
@JNat Time to make it official ;D
 
This Saturday's (May, 25th, 2013) Flavor Day's flavor is "Swimming" and "Beaches". If you have a flavor you want to propose, post it in this meta! Happy Flavor Day and bring on the beach babe questions~
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7:02 PM
@JNat made a post to this question about list questions: meta.anime.stackexchange.com/a/574/91
I think the question about playing music/animation fits the 4 criteria, but I question the scoping
 
@JonLin nice, thanks
 
@Eric I find it amusing that "From what series is this odd lolicon poster?" is one of your most viewed questions.
 
@JNat Fine by me.
 
7:23 PM
@LoganM we get a lot of hits from the "lolicon" keyword
 
@Krazer Yes, I've heard that. Any idea why? Is there just an incredibly high volume of searches for "lolicon"?
 
@LoganM I think that's just it, yes
 
@LoganM out google pagerank is 5 right not, which is pretty good (SO is 7), so we typically appear on the first page of result with most common anime/manga questions
 
@LoganM lolicon is a synonym for hentai child porn, lotsa pervs out there.
 
@MadaraUchiha that depends...
 
7:32 PM
@Krazer 5 is pretty good. The highest I could find for any anime-themed sites was 6.
 
@Krazer depends on who's searching. Lotsa pervs out there.
How do you see search rank?
 
@MadaraUchiha google.com/ig/…
@MadaraUchiha while that may be true, lolicons would typically be looking for lolitas rather than other lolicons, because they know... where there's lolis there's lolicons
 
@Krazer For every image on the internet there are 5 porn images. Trust me, most people search lolicon for the pr0n
 
i would say it's tagged as that
or else we're just optomized for the word lolicon
 
7:41 PM
@MadaraUchiha Rule 34 on Rule 34!
 
That.
 
there's a rule 34 for that
 
It could just be that there are few reputable sites on the internet willing to discuss lolicon, so we get a lot of traffic through that.
 
@LoganM LOL, that's good. Not unexpected, though.
 
is there a way to like... save a question for later?
short of like, writing it in a text file
thinking of beach/swimming questions :)
 
7:48 PM
@MrPineapple It's done automatically, you have a draft saved locally.
Every few minutes it autosaves
 
I keep them in text files or in separate tabs. If you only have one it sometimes remembers the content, but if you have more than one then it's not so convenient.
 
Ah okay, grand so :)
 
Hmm... I just realized how easy it would be to engineer a question to get on the multicollider.
Agree upon a question with 5-10 people, agree upon 2-3 answers, post them all in quick succession, and everyone upvotes everyone else.
 
but thats cheating :P
 
@MrPineapple Life is all about cheating.
 
7:58 PM
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat :3
 
@MrPineapple Apple wins quite often, actually. (Sadly.)
 
^^;
 
:P
We're back up to 88% answered but still at 1.4 ratio.
 
@Eric @Mysticial and I already discussed this, and the decision we came to is that it probably constitutes some kind of abuse.
 
Would it make sense to make some medal for answering questions that haven't got an answer in over 4 weeks? might encourage some people
dunno if that's something that can be done
 
8:05 PM
@MrPineapple There's already Revival and Necromancer for answering old questions.
 
:o
I take it back so :P
 
@LoganM Of course. I suspected no less. But many things we discuss here are abusing the system, so I had no qualms bringing it up.
 
@Eric We were seriously considering doing it, but decided against it.
On a totally unrelated note, Math.SE elections always disappoint me. The winners this year are the 4 people running with the highest rep. None of them were bad candidates, but lots of users with more meta activity and flags got passed over just because their rep wasn't as high. But at least the 4 people who did win, none were bad candidates, so I guess that's a positive.
 
More rep = more connections, I guess.
 
@Eric No, it's just that for most voters, that's the only number they even look at. Most Math.SE voters do very little in terms of moderating, or even looking at meta.
 
8:15 PM
@LoganM What do you think that'll happen here?
 
@MadaraUchiha No idea. Probably the same, though there are a few users here with lower rep but lots of meta activity who I think would be serious candidates.
in Mathematics 2013 Moderator Election, 1 min ago, by ManishEarth
Usually only the first elections of a site (after beta) are non-aligned to rep
That is depressing.
 
8:52 PM
@LoganM here's a pile of cats to cheer you up:
 
@Krazer Yay cats. Cats are great.
Looks like Open Data is finally going public, and Freelancing private beta will start today. Expect Blender to start tomorrow.
 
 
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10:33 PM
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Q: Who is Shiki talking to in one of his dreams in one of the Far Side Routes

Memor-XIn one of the Far side of the Moon Routes (i think Hisui's Route), When he falls asleep he has a "Dream", in it him (or SHIKI) encounter another serial killer who after the 2 have a drink together decides to leave the city believing that there would be trouble if the city had 2 serial killers i'...

 

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