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Accidental humour is often the best. I'm currently browsing Stack Overflow cmd questions and I just saw:
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Q: Can't replace text with spaces with fart

John TaylorI try to replace in the file 'file' text c:\Program Files\gnuplot\bin\ by some similar text, likely c:\Program Data\bin\ by using FART and batch scripting through the command line. I use following code: set /P id2=Enter the directory: fart -i -r "file" "c:\Program Files\gnuplot\bin" "%id...

I had to laugh at the question title ...
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I'm surprised that didn't get more attention
@DavidPostill he said sitting gown which made me smirk a lit bit
@DavidPostill Well, there used to be a lot more accidental humour here...
@JourneymanGeek yeah it could have exploded if it got the initial upvote flow.
@RahulBasu there used to be time when only JMG was here.
14:06
like he was here for so long that he became room owner one fine day.
@RahulBasu I quite literally became room owner cause a previous room owner was idle, and the system decided I was in the most
Seriously? Didn't an existing room owner have to make your one?
Then why isn't @ChatBotJohnCavil a room owner?
He's here even more then you
because there are enough active room owners right now
14:09
Like literally always
@jokerdino oh...
I am talking about ancient history when JMG was pretty much the sole survivor
was it back in 2010?
The thought that I can be a room owner one day by just chatting a lot fills me with hope
@jokerdino I was nine then o_O
Sep 23 '11 at 11:08, by Stack Exchange
Journeyman Geek has been automatically appointed as owner of this room. (What does this mean?)
14:10
@RahulBasu if an existing room owner isn't here for a long time and we fall below the quorum
But some room owners are never here
most of the room owners are mods I think
So if I kill every room owner, then I have a chance?
I've never seen ivo or marc
@ThatBrazilianGuy I'm not supposed to threaten, but they may never find your body if you try.
14:12
@ThatBrazilianGuy you get free food and a place to sleep
@RahulBasu IIRC Marc works for SE
Ivo's a mod
Just a second, someone's knocking on my door....
@JourneymanGeek traveling around the world only to become a room owner seems a bit desperate
@ThatBrazilianGuy don't you have a doorbell?
> The thought that I can be a room owner one day by just chatting a lot fills me with hope
@JourneymanGeek I wanna work for SE!
14:15
I miss soulhack.
Soul hack?
he makes nice R graphs
@RahulBasu former mod
14:16
lol let me just plant curiosity seeds in him
How long have you guys been in this room for?
there's a small amount of mod churn
like trogfor
he was appointed, no?
Another mod?
also, random
14:17
Yeah, but at the time pro tems didn't have to stand for election again I think
I am not sure if they carried on from beta stage
Jeff Atwood on March 26, 2010
I'd like to announce a changing of the guard for Super User moderation.
oh god
quack quixote
forgot about quack
That's a name I've not seen in ages
he was the guy back then
Jeff Atwood on January 19, 2010
We've appointed two new Super User moderators from the meta voting thread.
they did voting on meta
14:21
heh
I might have missed that
I remember him
Does slhck come around these days?
I think the first mod I ran into was studiohack
@HackToHell not that often
I think that meta thread resembles the beta site pro-term appointment
(who removed the 'the' from my username cause it was a pain to @ ;p )
lol good guy he is
still around too, it seems
14:23
Oh yeah, you used to be the JMG
:D
he is still THE JMG. no doubt about it
I was the JMG for about... 5 minutes ;p
Lol
Mods can change others' usernames?
I wasn't a mod then
but I can change your username on SU, sure
@RahulBasu yes
14:28
you can change it yourself once every 30 days I think?
@JourneymanGeek But a mod changed yours?
ye, on both accounts
Yeah, prolly was quicker, and I was cool with it
I think I'm gonna become rahul2001
14:28
dont tell me you were not even 1 when 9/11 happened
My mom doesn't like it when I put my full name on sites
Do you have any idea how many rahuls were born in 2001? ;p
(neither ro I!)
@jokerdino four months :p
I think I need a break.
Bob
Bob
@RahulBasu I think you'll be fine...
14:30
I know
though I remember seeing flights crash into towers and go 'woah that's a nice bit of graphics. Looks so real'.
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Lol
@Bob my mom still thinks I should change it
So I probably will
switch to her name
gotta listen to your mom, man...
How about
"The real ARR BASSIE!"
14:32
Lol, no
Bob
Bob
Heh, @JourneymanGeek is similarly hard to find.
I'm not sure if it's a good or bad thing.
On one hand, hard for employers to dig up dirt.
On the other... well, not a unique name :P
all of them have a common name
@Bob his trello and Twitter have his real name
unlike mine with its unique spelling.
14:33
or so they think.
Bob
Bob
@RahulBasu I know his name - I've mailed him something before :P
Lol, OK
Bob
Bob
I'm just saying chucking it into Google doesn't find JMG specifically.
My name is the same way.
@Bob: I've had mail to "journeyman geek" before ;p
@Bob I tracked your name to some uni level competition.
14:34
I'm pretty sure there are too many Bobs your there to find the relevant one...
I'm pretty sure there are too many Bobs out there to find the relevant one...
if I know his full name and his place of residence, I can get much closer.
Bob
Bob
@jokerdino You did? O_O
Do tell (privately)?
@Bob remember that time when I was talking about your university
Bob
Bob
Ohhhh was it that lego robot thing? :P
@Bob: your last name is pretty unusual for what you are ;p
14:35
yeah, that name did look a little bizarre
Bob
Bob
@JourneymanGeek ...yeaaaaa, I've had telemarketers assume I'm Indian. Apparently a common surname there.
yeah, totally.
common is a little underestimate.
@Bob those are new. Interesting
Bob
Bob
@jokerdino ... fml.
You're entirely too snoopy -_-
Also, that means I have no idea what competition you were talking about.
14:39
its a comp sci competition
cant remember now
might also have been challenge or something
Bob
Bob
@jokerdino Comp sci was my program, but that doesn't narrow it down much :P
Sad thing he's probably smart enough to know how silly he looks
@Bob yeah but it gave me your university
Bob
Bob
@jokerdino I've mentioned my university here before.
14:40
(also, cropped ears + docked tail :( . Luckily many civilised places banned it_
@Bob yeah I dug these things quite a bit before
I looked you up around that time I think
heh
I totally respect the privacy of others ;p
@Bob or that's what you want us to think
:30139714 lmao
Well mostly
totally now, since I'm a mod.
Bob
Bob
O_O
14:43
I've looked up people once or twice ;p
@JourneymanGeek nothing more than just plonking his full name on Google.
Bob
Bob
Now that I'm looking these up, I appear on quite a few lists I wasn't expecting to... O_O
@jokerdino You don't know my full name.
I'm pretty sure I've never mentioned my middle name online.
the full partial name I know of
I need to remove my surname from se
it will live here forever
14:49
@RahulBasu go ahead then
If it dosen't let you, I'd be glad to help
Bob
Bob
@RahulBasu TBH it might be a bit late... e.g. chat transcripts
which are also indexed pretty quickly by external services
and comment pings in site
Bob
Bob
If you're personally worried... ditch the account, start a new one with an entirely new name and no link between them.
@DavidPostill what's that?
Bob
Bob
14:53
If you just want to appease parents, change your name but keep in mind that others will be able to make the link in the future without much trouble.
@JourneymanGeek 3rd result of searching for "rahulbasu chat"
@DavidPostill hmm. Technically correct, but entirely unhelpfiul ;p
@Bob I sense something
this is why my angsty teenage years was handy
@Bob 'I know, but better late than never
14:56
I figured I'd legally change my name to geek when I got old enough ;p
Bob
Bob
lol
It's not too late!
@JourneymanGeek I'm not sure what else you wanted to know.
@DavidPostill it looks like a duplicate of SE.
and the main site is filled with nonsense
Yes. But the rest of the site isn't
14:57
@DavidPostill um... why would someone do that? Mirror a site?
@Bob can I email you something?
Bob
Bob
@jokerdino uh... if you want?
Sorry, I think I might have managed to stumble upon something
@Bob the rats ate the ducks?
and became rodents of unusual size?
14:57
Lol
Bob
Bob
@JourneymanGeek ROUS!
XD
Rodents Of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist.
@RahulBasu Who knows? An attempt to fiddle google ranking maybe
Bob
Bob
@jokerdino Now I have to kill you. Sorry, but you know too much.
Bob
Bob
15:03
*throws meteor at @jokerdino*
it pinged me
secures parameters.
goes underground.
@jokerdino bye!
"It was reported that there was an ongoing problem with rats in the town. The
problem was felt to be exacerbated by residents feeding the ducks from the bridges in
the town, particularly in Bridge Street. It was also noted that the duck population was
in decline, possibly as a result of the increase in rats. The Committee considered some
notice could be displayed warning residents that feeding the ducks was in fact
encouraging the rat problem. It was not known if Environment Health would respond
I am officially Rahul2001 now!
Explanation behind the sign. Source webcache.googleusercontent.com/…
15:05
wait, why hasn't my display name changed?
@RahulBasu Caching
Bob
Bob
@DavidPostill Unless there's further explanation in the cropped part, that sign is still confusing.
IT'S ALWAYS CACHING!!
15:06
@Bob Wouldn't surprise me. Local councils are always confusing.
except when it isn't
Bob
Bob
@jokerdino I don't pick the group names. Also, delete please :P
no idea what that means
Bob
Bob
(that one is probably very searchable...)
purged
no history
holy crap I messed it
Bob
Bob
15:08
Thanks.
ok, I fixed my mess. Totally purged
@Bob do you have a website?
just curious
Bob
Bob
@RahulBasu What do you mean?
you'll soon know why
he has a domain
Bob
Bob
15:09
I have an abortive attempt at a blog that never really took off.
but nothing on it
Bob
Bob
I own half a dozen domains.
One hosts many services.
which is?
nvm if you don't wanna tell...
@RahulBasu Are you trying to out @bob? :P
Bob
Bob
vulpin.com
@DavidPostill I've posted that one on here a few times :P
It's under whoisguard
15:11
@Bob Unlike some other websites ...
Bob
Bob
lol
@jokerdino You should probably purge that ;)
wait, why did I do that?
I am going out for a walk.
PURGE EVERYTHING
15:12
Bob, dont send hitmen, please.
Bob
Bob
@jokerdino Have fun. Make sure to dodge any giant rocks ;P
@Rahul2001 Your website got updated pretty quickly ;)
@DavidPostill The flair?
Yeah... Surprisingly
@Rahul2001 Erm, When did you copyright the MIT licence?
@DavidPostill Wait... that format is wrong?
oh...
damnit
15:18
The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2016 Rahul2001.com
It should be
<NAME OF PRODUCT>
Copyright (c) 2016 Rahul2001.com
right?
done...
While I'm at it, I might as well update my gravatar...
@allquixotic hey
Bob
Bob
'lo
!!should I ask her out tomorrow?
15:21
@Rahul2001 No
meh... John never says yes
Bob
Bob
!!are you just jealous, Cavil?
@Bob time to play Stellaris ;p
@Bob All signs point to yes
Bob
Bob
@allquixotic lol. what did you want to do next weekend?
15:22
Have to go to the market...
bye
Bob
Bob
Personally, I'd vote for SoaSE, maybe a bigger (multi-system?) map.
@Rahul2001 cya
15:42
@Rahul2001 good luck
I'm Back!
Welcome back
Bob
Bob
15:57
hmm
16:08
How does NASA organize their company parties?
they let NSA do that bit
The planet
geddit?
flaghammer incoming
Bob
Bob
*slap*
Me: Doctor you've got to help me, I'm addicted to Twitter.

Doctor: I don't follow you.
@Bob how do you prevent the asterisk from turning the text into italics and display instead?
16:14
he escaped it with \
*tries it.*
*
nice...
16:39
\*foobar\*
*foobar*
<PRODUCT NAME>
Copyright (c) <year> <copyright holder>
Licensed under <license>
17:17
@jokerdino Looks like you guys are partying :D
17:28
@HackToHell lol
@bwDraco That looks more correct than what @Rahul2001 has/had.
Nice
But if I have only one licence on my website for all products, what product name do I enter?
I would put the license notice on each page
17:45
@Rahul2001 Hmm. choosealicense.com/licenses/mit suggest you are/were right all along. Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer nor do I play one on TV.
choosealicense.com allows to to select a licence and then tells you how to apply it.
For the MIT licence it says:
Create a text file (typically named LICENSE or LICENSE.txt) in the root of your source code and copy the text of the license into the file. Replace [year] with the current year and [fullname] with the name (or names) of the copyright holders.
It doesn't mention the name of the software. But the licence is part of the software distribution so you can put a copy in the zip file or whatever.
@BenN That would be for the website copyright notice not for each piece of software though, right?
I meant on each product page
To license a product you should probably distribute the text file with the terms in the download
But I'm not a lawyer either.
@BenN What I just said ^^^^
There we go
"But the licence is part of the software distribution so you can put a copy in the zip file or whatever."
I see :)
I still haven't decided on a license for the things I've put online, so I guess they're "all rights reserved, except for the ones I gave y'all by putting this on GitHub"
17:56
@BenN That's the No Licence which is described quite nicely on the same website ;)
Opting out of open source licenses doesn’t mean you’re opting out of copyright law.

You’ll have to check with your own legal counsel regarding your particular project, but generally speaking, the absence of a license means that default copyright laws apply. This means that you retain all rights to your source code and that nobody else may reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works from your work.

You don’t have to do anything to not offer a license, though including a copyright notice is recommended.
I see
Well, what I'm really after is "you can use this software for any purpose, distribute it as long as my name is on it, but may not release a modified version without making it clear which parts are not mine"
@BenN That's the MIT licence.
Hmm, I'm not sure how I feel about sublicensing and selling
See choosealicense.com/licenses. "Open source licenses grant permission to everyone to use, modify, and share licensed software for any purpose, subject to conditions preserving the provenance and openness of the software.". The least restrictive are at the bottom and what you describe isn't the last one so it must be MIT.
Well, I guess there doesn't have to be an existing one that perfectly matches what I want
18:05
@BenN There are others. See choosealicense.com/about. You could also try the wizard and see what it comes up with.
"Sorry, but your code cannot be Open Source."
I'm not quite sure that's legit
lol
@DavidPostill I followed those instructions...
as the author of the IP you could define the terms of use you allow for that IP yourself. I dont code , but i sure wouldnt give carte blange to commertial or sold products, or allow the use of it in viruses and ransomware :-) All of which people could exploit your code, and leave your name on it :-)
Hey the licence said too, just because we put the code into "fixyourbloodypc.com" malware
@BenN You need to answer "No" to the first question ;) Then the following choices restrict what can be done with the Open Source
I did answer No, and all it gave me was that line
18:21
@BenN Oops. You need to answer "Yes" to the first question.
Ah. The Apache license seems pretty good
^The Indian lunatics
:?
*Wants to die of embarrassment*/
"Making love in a hotel room pollutes the atmosphere" WTF??
18:42
This is not Twitter.
@jokerdino Should I delete them?
I can't
no, just keep in touch with the basic topics of this room
@jokerdino That's a bit harsh :/
didnt want to encourage him to post too Off topics
18:48
@jokerdino I'm pretty sure hitmen, rats, ducks, dogs, cats, noodles, universities are not related to computers...
And yet ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@jokerdino It's alright, this room isn't very tightly focused
no one engaged with you and you still were on that topic for about 8 minutes.
YouTube quality is arguably on-topic as it is about Technology.
If people wanted to talk about something else, they'd talk about something else :)
I personally was just busy editing a video
(which, incidentally, took me two days to pick music for)
na, I just really hate Arnab Goswami.
18:50
@jokerdino There aren't many people active in RA at the moment. And some of use are doing stuff in other windows, like reading Super User questions.
@jokerdino that said, bye
@Rahul2001 night
@jokerdino We've already lost one person in the last 24 hours ...
You guys are overreacting to my overreaction.
@Rahul2001 come back here.
I think he went to bed? I think it's midnight in India
18:56
its 0026 here
@BenN You should know me better than that by now...
I. Do. Not. Sleep.
@jokerdino I don't love gosvami either, I was commenting on the typical indian mentality...
 
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20:07
!!xkcd now
@djsmiley2k Something went on fire; status 403
20:42
;D
21:25
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free flags!
Get 'em while they last!
Someone give me ideas for my blog
21:40
has stuff calmed down in here now?
@Burgi Probably
@Burgi For now.
22:17
@Burgi Yep. Welcome back :)
 
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23:37
Morning
Very early morning
@Burgi mostly. Sadly all the drama happens when I'm asleep.
Lol. It's almost quarter to 8. I've been up since half past six
I meant very early morning for me at 00:40 ;)
Good evening
Anyways, time for bed. See you all in about 8 hours ...
I have just been restarted! This happens daily automatically, or when my owner restarts me. Ready for commands.

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