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More to the point, can you even do anything about it? I know in my case I'd ring up the sysadmin and he would have to do the dirty work. My fault, but his problem. Shit happens.

KitFox

I can't do anything. It won't recognize my credentials.

I don't want to call my boss.

RegDwighт

Well, why boss? Again, I'm not sure how your company works. But I am kind of certain the boss wouldn't be able to fix anything, either.

aedia λ

Fess up to whoever is more senior than you and can help you fix it before it gets worse.

KitFox

10:26 PM

He's the only one with administrator privileges.

RegDwighт

Ouch.

KitFox

The boss has to fix it. THere isn't anyone else.

RegDwighт

Now I understand. That really does suck.

aedia λ

Sucks that it's Friday, but at least it's practically still the workday. It's not like it's midnight on Saturday. Don't wait until then.

But it does suck. I'm sitting here cringing on your behalf.

KitFox

Well, he'd just pulled into his driveway.

I think I must have dropped the production database.

I'm going home. I'm taking my 5.2 oz of remaining chocolate with me.

cornbread ninja

10:36 PM

Oh jeez.

Johan Larsson

I feel you pain @KitFox :(

what db is it, MySQL?

aedia λ

Commute safe.

And don't put the chocolate too close to the heater vents.

cornbread ninja

Have I walked in to the last gasp of Jasp?

Johan Larsson

@cornbreadninja jasp?

cornbread ninja

Drive cautionly, @KitFox

@JohanLarsson Jasper. Matt Damon. Jason Bourne. Red square.

Johan Larsson

10:40 PM

ok

cornbread ninja

reads star board

shakes head

Johan Larsson

Ask Reg, I don't know how that happened

cornbread ninja

@Mahnax A very negative boy couldn't decide whether to go to a radical party. But the boy was very square, and missed out on four awesome chicks. The party was over at 2AM.

MετάEd

@cornbreadninja I'm rooting for the boy.

cornbread ninja

@MετάEd let's hear it for the boy / let's give that boy a hand

►

Mahnax

10:51 PM

@cornbreadninja Haha, clever! Fortunately I already have the formula memorized.

cornbread ninja

good!

Mahnax

confused

Jasper is gone but his upvotes remain?

aedia λ

We don't know if there is impending doom or not.

Mahnax

Urgh. I was hoping the deed would be done by the time I returned from my exam.

Oh well.

I'm off again, back in a bit.

Bye!

aedia λ

In other news, dinner. Catch y'all later!

cornbread ninja

10:56 PM

I lost four, which is why I came in.

I searched him in Users and do not find.

Four reps?

Yeps.

How on Earth could you have gotten four reps from someone?

cornbread ninja

I lost four reps.

User was removed

RegDwighт

That's what I'm saying, how could you have gotten these reps.

cornbread ninja

10:58 PM

Shrug.

RegDwighт

There are weird ways, has to do with maxing out and stuff, but that's rather esoteric.

Plus not really likely, what with his casting OVER 9000 (sic!) votes.

cornbread ninja

Was another user removed?

RegDwighт

Could be.

Could be ten other users.

cornbread ninja

-_-

RegDwighт

I don't get notified when that happens. Except via my rep report just like everybody else.

cornbread ninja

11:00 PM

OIC

I must commute.

RegDwighт

CU

I must resume watching TV.

cornbread ninja

au revoir

Johan Larsson

why did he delete his account?

tchrist

@RegDwighт Rep cap.

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Prescience, precognition, and a boy scout’s preparatory prowess.

Matt Эллен

@JohanLarsson he doesn't like having more than one account. He's kept Math.SE

Johan Larsson

11:11 PM

@MattЭллен ok, I understand even less given that reason but up to him I guess

tchrist

@cornbreadninja I as of yet see no fingerprints of his immolation. Perhaps it is someone else. Or the algorithm has been modified.

@MattЭллен Hm.

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A: Why do photons and protons exhibit such anomalous behavior?

As Bruce Hayes (UCLA) puts it, Word-medial voiceless stops are aspirated provided they are in the onset of a stressed syllable and are not preceded by a strident (Hayes 1995: 13). Thus, proton [ˈpʰɹouˌtʰɑn] in AmE. There's no secondary stress in "voting" in AmE. See a note on aspiration ...

And this from a presumably native speaker:

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Q: What is modifying the "i" in Thumbelina and Carolina to alter its pronuciation?

While helping my daughter read (she is 5) we encountered two names in a story, "Thumbelina and Carolina". The way I've come to pronounce the last four letters of "Thumbelina" is "LEE NAH" and the same part of "Carolina" as "LIE NAH". My question is what is modifying the sound "i" makes in each ...

user19161

@cornbreadninja That must have been another user.

KitFox

Yep. I sure did. I dropped the production data.

user19161

Well, sorry to hear that, though I don't know what that means.

user19161

Just try to fix it now I guess, but have a break first.

KitFox

11:22 PM

My boss is fixing it. He said he can only restore the noon backup right now. He's going to try the other logs later.

user19161

Oh, at least there is a backup.

KitFox

This is why tired programmers shouldn't be touching stuff.

user19161

So it's not a BIG problem right?

KitFox

It's a big problem.

user19161

Oh, so all the work in an afternoon is gone?

KitFox

11:25 PM

Could be.

user19161

@tchrist I half suspect TPTB have only pseudodeleted my accounts in case I change my mind, but that is just a suspicion!

user19161

The last time I deleted my other accounts it took a few days for all the changes to be effected.

user19161

Anyway, over and out!

MετάEd

Why would anyone bother to delete an account?

Why not just never use it again?

tchrist

@MετάEd Very good question.

user19161

11:36 PM

@MετάEd I came back just to give a brief answer. Well, I am just obsessed with minimalism!

MετάEd

@JasonBourne So you are done participating at EL&U?

user19161

Also, to help me focus on less things and have less distractions. You know, things like that. I am sure you can imagine.

MετάEd

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A: What should our FAQ contain?*

English Language Learners helps people learn or improve their English language skills. Before you ask Ask questions which can have a definite answer that would be useful to many people. Ask about problems you actually face. Bear in mind that this is a Q&A site, but not a discussion forum. ...

user19161

@MετάEd Yes, forever.

MετάEd

@JasonBourne Very.

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A: What’s the “elevator pitch” for our site?*

ELL is a community of English teaching experts and students who answer questions for one another and for English language learners. The hope is to make ELL the primary resource for English teachers and learners.

Those are a couple of "modest proposals" for ELL.

user19161

11:39 PM

@MετάEd So are you happy with ELL as it is now?

MετάEd

@JasonBourne We don't know what ELL is yet.

I'm happy it's there, though.

user19161

Yeah, ELL is there thanks to JA.

user19161

I'll take a peek when the site goes into public beta to see what it's like.

MετάEd

@JasonBourne If you want you can look at it now.

user19161

@MετάEd No, I am not creating another account!

MετάEd

11:45 PM

@JasonBourne You can trade it for this one. It's zero sum.

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