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Jim Reynolds

I told the police that I have no idea why the bodies of 714 children are packed in freezers all around my house.

MARamezani

@Iplodman Because you got -2?

Don't know. Really.

Could be someone random.

Iplodman

5:34 PM

It seems odd to me. It says the same as the other answer, right?

Thanks, I assume you're the upvoter ;P

MARamezani

No, it was Jim.

Iplodman

Ah c:

Thanks c:

MARamezani

Anytime!

Just not too often. I'll be considered as your sock puppet

Iplodman

I wasn't expecting upvotes, just reasons as to why it was downvoted c:

MARamezani

@Iplodman It was downvoted because

BECAUSE

...

............

.................................................

Iplodman

5:40 PM

Damn, tense!

;)

MARamezani

................................................................................‌...................................

it was waiting for our upvotes.

Iplodman

;D

Shoulda' been:
.
..
...
.....
.......
............
...................
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..................................................
.................................................................................

Fibonacci sequence ;)

Jim Reynolds

@sna hi!

MARamezani

@Iplodman So you're a math nerd! I likey!

Hullo @Lamart!

Lamart

Hullo @MARamezani

MARamezani

5:42 PM

Hullo @snailboat

@Lamart I upvoted your second meta Q.

I wonder that now.

Jim Reynolds

I sleep. G'night!

Lamart

For doing extensive research ? :)

MARamezani

@JimReynolds Don't eat yourself when I'm not watching.

@Lamart Hehe! I thing I'm screwed for the rest of my meta life!

@Lamart Ya know, it's really typical for people there to ask for what you've tried.

It's typical in StackExchange, actually.

Iplodman

@MARamezani Well, not quite. I just like things to look pretty!

MARamezani

@Iplodman So you're a what nerd?

Iplodman

5:45 PM

Computers and writing c:

MARamezani

BOOOORRRRIIIIIINNNNGGGG!

Computer isn't a science, the way Aristotle defined it.

Lamart

What is typical? @MARamezani

Iplodman

That's because Aristotle, a Greek fellow, wasn't aware of modern electronic computing.

MARamezani

@Lamart Leaving comments like what research have you done that didn't reach results?

@Iplodman Fellow? FELLOW?!

Whatever.

Iplodman

Fellow? What's wrong with fellow? c:

MARamezani

5:47 PM

@Lamart Anyways, welcome to the confusing world of SE.

Lamart

@MARamezani Yes. For the rest of your meta life :)

MARamezani

@Iplodman Because he didn't tell me you were his friend.

@Lamart I don't hang out there too much.

Lamart

@MARamezani Confusing and more stupid since they have a very strange restriction.

MARamezani

@Lamart Give them a break, they're humans.

Iplodman

Fellow doesn't mean friend!

> "a man or boy." - google.co.uk/…

MARamezani

5:49 PM

@Lamart They usually talk about SO and stuff.

@Iplodman Ah, but he didn't tell me he was a a man or boy either.

Iplodman

Does that mean he wasn't?

MARamezani

@Iplodman YES.

Iplodman

NO.

MARamezani

Let's fight for it!

chat.stackexchange.com/search?q=fight&room=7227

Iplodman

Dons boxing gloves.

MARamezani

5:51 PM

Reloads laser gun

Iplodman

Runs away.

MARamezani

Damkerng T.

@Ilan Ubuntu is good too. Oh, Jim reminded me that I can't officially endorse any OS!

@JimReynolds The rhine in spine falls minely on the pline!

Lamart

@MARamezani I think they didn't like it. Got -2 on the new question too.

MARamezani

@Lamart I saw it already.

Damkerng T.

5:57 PM

Hello @Lamart!

MARamezani

Hmm, maybe the way you asked wasn't liked.

It's just not very good to say that hey! I just can bypass your restriction with this. So what is your restriction good for?.

I thought you needed to rephrase it.

But just then told myself: There could be something outta this with no -1s.

So, I'd tell it to you now: @Lamart, it's better to edit your question and phrase it as politely as possible.

Lamart

@DamkerngT. Hullo ( I think the 'u' is the style in here) :)

Damkerng T.

Hallo!

The 'u' is MAR's style. :-)

Lamart

Aye aye captain!

Damkerng T.

1

Q: Meaning of phrase with "to allow for"?

What means "The talk needs to be approximately 45 mins to allow for 15 mins of Q&A’s." Does it mean that the talk needs to be 45 mins and additional 15 mins will be for questions? So the whole thing will take 60 mins. Or the whole process will take 45 mins - like while talking during that time ...

meaning

Wow! This is really ambiguous!

MARamezani

6:01 PM

Yes. Wait. No.

Damkerng T.

But I assume that it makes more sense to assume that it's 60 minutes in total.

MARamezani

@DamkerngT. Nah. I think it's 45 minutes.

I assume.

Lamart

Done! So does anyone use Hollo here?

Damkerng T.

lol

MARamezani

@Lamart That's, too weird d00d.

BTW, if you wanna be in SE hopefully, where are you gonna hang?

Lamart

6:04 PM

I guess here.

MARamezani

Tell us about yourself. Where are you from? How old are you? What are your interests? etc etc.

Hullo again @Catija!

Lamart

@DamkerngT. Why can't you endorse an OS?

Damkerng T.

Jim said so.

By the way, you're welcome to hang around here. Where exactly in the room would you like to be hung again? :P

Lamart

Captain, thats a breach of privacy! :)

MARamezani

It doesn't really matter if you tell us or not, but it was simply a matter of knowing each other and getting friendly.

(But not TOO FRIENDLY)

Damkerng T.

6:07 PM

Hmm... What's wrong with my cat?

MARamezani

But you could at least say what your interests are.

@DamkerngT. Hungry.

Damkerng T.

Oh, it's another cat outside!

MARamezani

@DamkerngT. It must be a bug.

@DamkerngT. Oh, so it's malicious software.

Lamart

Is there an age restriction here? Thats why I am keeping low on it.

Catija

Hi @MARamezani Just passing through.

MARamezani

6:09 PM

@Lamart Well, you must be 13 or higher. Dam is in his 5473647ieth, and I'm 16.

@Catija Take your time. I'm really looking forward to make you a reg here, even if you don't want to.

Catija

@Lamart The only age restriction is what's required by COPPA in the US, 13. But that's not for content reasons. COPPA restricts the ability of companies to retain the contact information of individuals under the age of 13.

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@MARamezani Regular in here or on ELL in general?

MARamezani

@Catija Here.

You're already an ELL reg.

And I hope you don't recede on what you're currently doing.

@Dam Yet here we are, with @snailboat version 2.0

Talking too much sensible stuff that we can't match up her stars...

Continues daydreaming

Catija

@MARamezani Ah, true. Just checking. I like helping, though (like many native speakers) I'm not as well versed in the names of parts of speech or verb tenses. I know how to use them, just don't know what they're called :P

Lamart

I just scraped it then.

MARamezani

@Catija Haha! Same goes here. You should hold up private classes with MFI.

@Lamart No ones telling anyone if you're not older than 13. :}

Catija

6:15 PM

MFI?

MARamezani

@Catija Man_From_India. He knows too much linguisty thingies.

But he can't use them BTW.

Catija

@Lamart I think this SE site, in particular, is very useful for people of all ages, so I don't think you'll find anyone who's going to tattle on you if you're under 13.

@MARamezani Ah! Yes. He's very gracious when corrected, though. :)

MARamezani

@Lamart I agree with Catija. There's a reason the content is free to see.

@Catija And he uses :O and :( a lot, even when he's :D'ing.

@Catija I'm gracious too. But don't correct me.

Lamart

Thank you for the support :)

MARamezani

I was kidding BTW

Lamart

6:18 PM

Whom are you talking about?

MARamezani

@Lamart The last message was to Cat.

@Lamart Welcome to the crazy world of chat!

Lamart

MFI? @MARamezani

MARamezani

@Lamart Another regular here. He's asleep now.

Catija

OK, wandering off again. Next time, I expect to discuss why we think it's taking SE designers so long to create the site design for ELL so that we can graduate already.

MARamezani

@Catija Okay. TTYL!

Lamart

6:23 PM

This wandering off looks cool. Going to the next chatroom? @Catija

MARamezani

@Lamart Nah. People usually stick to one chatroom. The one from the site they're active in.

I'm kinda active in chemistry and ELL, so I live in their chat.

Catija

@MARamezani actually, I have SE chats open in three tabs ELL, Movies&TV and Cooking (though I don't talk there much)... but I'm not switching rooms, I'm going back to... um... what's that thing people do normally because they need money?.... uh... Oh, that's right... work.

MARamezani

@Catija I know, kinda.

Catija

You guys here are a lot more chatty than the M&TV room. All they do is talk about Tags.

We're having a tag revolution over there, whether we want it or not. :P

Lamart

@Catija Do you think that the 20 rep restriction for chat is flawed?

MARamezani

6:28 PM

@Catija Pfffffffffffffffft.

Lamart

@MARamezani I shall be active here :)

MARamezani

@Lamart Good. Another ELLer. Mission accomplished.

Lamart

The mission just started Captain!

MARamezani

Alright soldier! Heads up! You're on point!

Lamart

I made it from -4 to -3! 3 more to go Captain!

@MARamezani I am down to -4 again. People surely don't like it.

MARamezani

6:46 PM

@Lamart Unfortunately, that could be because you're a new user.

It's a little complicated.

And is a reason why I don't venture on meta.SE too much.

Lamart

In fact, good. I can chat longer. They won't change it and I will still have my smartly gained 20 rep.

@MARamezani I think they can't take in the fact that there is a flaw. I am down to -5. :(

MARamezani

Now, if I were you, I'd have sticked to the topics I'm interested in.

And let it slip away.

It's sad that you're likely gonna get more downvotes.

Lamart

@MARamezani No problem! It doesn't go below 1 rep. And what is the opposite of downvote called? Upvote? It says on my profile that one needs 15 rep for votes.

MARamezani

@Lamart You can only upvote with a rep of 15. Downvote ability coms at 125 rep. (Sometimes 150 rep)

Lamart

7:10 PM

Ohhh! I wont reach 15 due to those downvotes. @MARamezani

MARamezani

@Lamart I'd just say let's not care. What is rep anyways? Just a number.

Lamart

True Captain!

Where did the rest of the army go?

MARamezani

Asleep.

BTW, which SE do you want to be active in?

Lamart

Its Question Answer type so I think whichever suits the best for my question, I shall go there. Maybe Math,Physics and Chem.

And squeeze out time to chat here :)

MARamezani

How old are you? Are you gonna say that now?

BTW @Lamart it really pays to take a look at this question:

119

Q: How do I participate in Meta and not die trying?

Meta doesn't like me; I can't seem to keep my points. How can I post better and be well-received?

discussion meta faq-proposed

Lamart

7:23 PM

I understand it and hence ignoring the downvotes. @MARamezani Thanks for the link.

Gtg. See you later for the next mission Capt!

MARamezani

@Lamart Don't mention it. In any ways, I find it weird to become a member of meta.SE before even making another SE account (which could be the reason of some downvotes)

Lamartly weird. :D

BTW, before you go, there are some posts from very high rep users that got heavy downvotes @Lamart!

-157

Q: Don't close questions where the user has requested that it not be closed

The system should search posts for the word "please" in proximity to the phrase "don't close" or "do not close", and if found together disable the close link for the following reasons: They asked nicely They knew enough about the system to understand that posts can be closed, and thus are exper...

feature-request vote-to-close fun

The guy has 48k rep.

Lamart

But there is just one account right? That is common everywhere.

-157 :o @MARamezani

MARamezani

@Lamart You can create other accounts, but you mustn't upvote yourself.

They have pretty awesome rules to find people who upvote themselves.

Lamart

I won't reach till the voting part. 15 looks too much right now.

MARamezani

@Lamart It did to everyone. Anyhow, my suggestion is to use what SE actually is.

Forget about its meta.

Have fun!

Anonymous

7:30 PM

Actually, you have to sign up for each "site" on the Stack Exchange network separately

MARamezani

@snailboat Hullo!

Anonymous

It's sort of integrated, and sort of not

Anonymous

Your accounts on all the different sites are linked and share the same login data

MARamezani

@snailboat Yes. I think everything lies between the lines of "sorta".

Lamart

Did you research that? @snailboat

Anonymous

7:32 PM

But the user profile, activity, reputation and so on is specific to each site

Anonymous

No.

Anonymous

I'm just used to using SE

Lamart

Since I used a single account for all sites.

Anonymous

So I thought I'd explain how it worked, since you asked and I thought I understood your question

MARamezani

@snailboat Give him/her a break. (Yay I used slash)

They're recovering from a downvote shock.

First-time user, downvote shock. Always a bad situation.

Ya know, opens up space for rants.

But this guy's accepting it.

Like a soldier!

Lamart

7:35 PM

Not a shock @MARamezani. Its funny. I went down to -8 ;)

MARamezani

@Lamart Click to sort the questions by votes, and scroll down and click the last page.

Lamart

BTW , I am 'he'. What are you Capt ?

MARamezani

@Lamart I'm a he too soldier!

Anonymous

You're a captain now?

MARamezani

@snailboat Yes. Apparently.

Lamart

7:38 PM

@MARamezani I won't go till -60 for sure :)

MARamezani

@Lamart Yes. You should be shouting at them or proposing a very stupid feature to get to that legendary state.

Lamart

Haha

Until the next time Capt @MARamezani and my fellow soldier @snailboat (hope you don't mind being a soldier)

MARamezani

@Lamart She is a vehicle.

Lamart

Oh.. but there can be 'she' soldiers too.

MARamezani

@Lamart Nope. This is established for a long time. She's a vehicle.

Lamart

7:43 PM

Alright! See ya @MARamezani @snailboat

MARamezani

TTYL!

Damkerng T.

ELL status: 15,083 questions

See you @Lamart!

Anonymous

Can I be a pacifist instead?

MARamezani

@snailboat Nope. Not in this world you can't.

Damkerng T.

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Q: I can't come to school tomorrow. I __ my aunt? [am visiting - will visit - .. ]

I can't come to school tomorrow. I __ my aunt please, clarify this sentence and choose the correct answer from these choices: [would visit - am visiting - will visit]

meaning future-time

MARamezani

7:51 PM

@DamkerngT. I have a dirty mind...

Damkerng T.

Which is...

MARamezani

A dirty mind. You figure that from the question title.

:}}}}}}}}}

Damkerng T.

I'm afraid that we're becoming more and more like a site that loves to turn trivial things into complicated stuff! (Though in language, things are never that trivial!)

MARamezani

@DamkerngT. Shivering

@DamkerngT. Wait. How can we become a site?

Damkerng T.

@MARamezani I think you won't go to school tomorrow anyway. :-)

@MARamezani Indeed!

MARamezani

7:54 PM

@DamkerngT. That shows you didn't get it.

Damkerng T.

How could I know what you were thinking!?

MARamezani

@DamkerngT. You better NOT know. I'll pass.

Damkerng T.

I'd better pass, too. :D

MARamezani

Away, in, or out?

Damkerng T.

Just not away is okay!

Anonymous

7:57 PM

Hmm, guess I shouldn't have phrased that as a question :-)

MARamezani

@snailboat That? The call for pacifism?

Anonymous

I didn't call for pacifism. I was only talking about myself

MARamezani

@snailboat What. Ever.

@snailboat BTW haven't heard about your snails lately. I miss them.

Damkerng T.

@snailboat What made you think you can't be a pacifist?

And on what matter?

I was trying to decipher something an anchor said.

MARamezani

@DamkerngT. HTML tag?

Damkerng T.

8:03 PM

A news anchor!

Anonymous

@DamkerngT. Nothing. It was a rhetorical question :-)

MARamezani

1

Q: The «sh» being launched with execl() becomes a zombie

I am spent whole half a day, but still couldn't figure, why is the dash being launched with execl call just becomes a zombie. Below is a minimal test case — I'm just fork a child, make a duplicate of std [in,out,err] descriptors, and launch the sh. #include <cstdio> #include <fcntl.h> #include <...

shell c c++ exec api

Damkerng T.

@snailboat I see. I was worried about you for a bit!

Anonymous

Someone tried to coerce me into type Soldier, but it failed because my type is incompatible

MARamezani

I think Jim is interested in this question.

@snailboat Hmm, you're not off-road type. I see.

Anonymous

8:05 PM

Anyway, it wasn't a serious discussion :-)

Damkerng T.

I think I give up, my best guess doesn't match what he said really well. I think I need you favor! I will upload the clip soon.

MARamezani

@DamkerngT. What do you mean?

Damkerng T.

3 mins ago, by Damkerng T.

I was trying to decipher something an anchor said.

MARamezani

@DamkerngT. Aha! Then you should say I think I need you to do a favor for me.

Damkerng T.

Oh, I dropped my "r" again!

MARamezani

8:07 PM

This is known as Snailboat Effect

Anonymous

@MARamezani I posted pictures of Luna the other day

MARamezani

@snailboat Oooooooooooooh. The other day!

Yawning I'm heading to the most wonderful place in the world - bed. Later!

Damkerng T.

dropbox.com/s/8f8ai2almeh3335/…

@MARamezani Ah, later!

I can't figure the first few words the anchor said at 2.5s.

> (???) because of the drought. The Bay Area City's decided to ban the front lawns on all new homes. Good evening. I'm Ken Wayne.

My best guess: "There are drastic measures"

However, it doesn't really sound like There are drastic measures!

It sounds like There he drastic veasures [because of the drought].

Anonymous

8:22 PM

Taking drastic measures

Damkerng T.

Ah!

lol -- Indeed! Thanks a lot!

It's so simple once I knew it. It had been so difficult earlier!

I'm still not used to the new profile page! I think it will take a while.

One of the reasons may be that the profile pages of our own and of others don't look the same!

Iplodman

8:49 PM

Hullo!

Damkerng T.

Hello!

I was about to go out when you just came in. :-)

Iplodman

Thou shalt not leave the room in the presence of The almighty Harry!

;)

Damkerng T.

Hee

Iplodman

Related: I was considering changing my name to HarryCBurn.

Damkerng T.

Ahh, is it a pen name or a real name?

Iplodman

8:54 PM

Well, I hate to say it, but my second name is slightly embarrassing, and so some of it's cut out c:

Damkerng T.

Ah, that's okay; HarryCBurn sounds like a cool author's name to me.

Iplodman

Thanks! I'll look into changing my SO/SE name now c:

Damkerng T.

thinking of crime novels... :P

Iplodman

;D

Damkerng T.

Anyway, I've gotta go. See you later!

Iplodman

8:57 PM

He stalked across the room, and inspected the dormant body strewn across the room-- there was a KILLER ROBOT!

Damkerng T.

(Say "good night" to snailboat for me when she comes back. TIA :-)

Iplodman

Alright, cya! Have fun! :)

If I see her, I'm off soon!

Damkerng T.

@Iplodman That's gonna be a big hit! :D

Iplodman

;D

Have a good night!

Damkerng T.

Good night!

Iplodman

8:58 PM

:)

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