George Stocker

I've also tried to find other sources for this linked robbery outside of the marianatimes, and I can't find any. Does the OP have a case record they can point to?

@Matsemann by 'loaded' do you mean 'attributes rise in crime to policies that the OP doesn't like even though neither statistics nor reality produce any relationship between the two?'

@ToddA.Jacobs It feels almost like a "The Workplace" question.

Indeed. It just makes me think of other policies that may cause similar issues.

Granted, this is an extreme-- but it's something I've never even thought about until now.

@EliahKagan It brings up something I've never really thought about: If other SE sites decide to (let's say) say, "Hey, we love link only answers", then you could potentially have a case where someone could be a good user on 3 or 4 SE sites, but be a pariah on other sites because the same policies don't hold.

Indeed. Two people in the community agree with the moderator, whereas 7 agreed with Gilles. Seems like that to the extent there is 'community involvement', they like the latter post.

@EliahKagan I'm a moderator on Stack Overflow. We routinely delete link only answers. see also: meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/8231/…

@EliahKagan Great! Since they're different, can you show me AU's policy on link only answers?

@EliahKagan Not really. All it said originally was that 2d wasn't available. That sure is the problem I have -- but the overall problem is getting xRDP to work. As I wrote, How to I log in to my Ubuntu Desktop using XRDP in a foolproof fashion. I can successfully SSH in to the command line, so do I need to install another window manager? Do I need to reset some settings?. His original 'answer' didn't address that at all, it just posted a link (Link only answers are not answers).

@EliahKagan Now I see that someone replaced the 'original' link in the second revision. That original link did answer the question, but it was a link only answer.

This is a great comment, but it still doesn't help me work around/solve my problem. How can I use xRDP to connect to unity in Ubuntu 12.10?

@DavidManheim What do you mean 'unfriendly'?

lol

THat's awesome, and local too.

Apparently if you say his name, Voldemort cringes.

Ah. Yes. RP.

@JonathanSampson What's RP?

There's a gaming t-shirt?

@JonathanSampson Next time I'm in atlanta I'll take you up on that. Oh, that wasn't meant for me, was it.

@MichaelMrozek It's one of my favorite features. Evar.

@Thomas I bribed Joel to bring it to where I live.

By the way, this feature you guys added rocks: stackoverflow.com/tools/flagged

I still wonder if this Programmers question is related to sony. twitter.com/#!/gortok/status/76647922065883136

Ah.

It sounds like they're saying the same thing.

Did it just go die for anyone else

Just sayin'

42 would have been cooler.

weblogs.asp.net/gunnarpeipman/archive/2009/02/26/…

For the number of times I do this on every project I start/work on, I'm surprised the ASP.NET MVC team hasn't included the 'ignore favicon.ico' code in every MVC project as a default.

@Msk “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”

(Say that three times, fast).

There will probably be random prancing unicorns crossing the screen.

@Badp wait until April 1.

My personal favorite, "Knowledge Meet" didn't stand muster. Apparently it sounds too much like "Knowledge Meat", which has its own connotations.

Ugh.

@Lord Torgamus I've never used Experts Exchange either, but until recently they were a lot higher in the search results; not easily avoidable when searching before Stack Overflow.

Except Stack Exchange is minus teh suck.

Similar products, similar names...

I'm surprised Experts Exchange isn't all up in a tizzy over the change.

Any talk of giving more recognition to the long-time editors that keep the sites free from cruft? You've lowered the barrier to entry by allowing everyone to edit; but I still feel like rewarding the votes a good edit receives is missing from the incentives; even when there's empirical evidence that keeping a site free from 'broken windows' enhances its longevity.

WHat's going to happen with the MathOverflow.net people? From what I understand, the SE 1.0 'license' runs out on 1 April.

@Francisco: startuppodcast.wordpress.com

@Rob Z: For my wrists? Yes.

@Francisco Bob Walsh has a startup success podcast; it may be useful. Different vein than SO, but still a startup podcast.

@msarchet I could, but then I feel like I'm adding to the internet echo chamber.

@John Not necessarily searching for ideas; but having an idea, and making sure the references check out; once I get to that point I inevitably stumble upon Joel/Jeff/Steve/Uncle Bob/Some other prolific writer who has already made the point and made it well.