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  Mankind changes the environment wherever we go
Posted by: robkelk - 06-11-2018, 11:29 AM - Forum: General Chatter - Replies (8)

Astronauts' movement increased subsurface temperatures on the moon, study finds

Something to keep in mind for Fenspace... and for real life.

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  Time-Traveling Post
Posted by: DHBirr - 06-10-2018, 11:10 AM - Forum: Forums - Replies (6)

I found something weird seems to have happened in one thread (A teaser from chapter two...) of the Heart of Steel forum:  a comment I posted, according to the thread, at 11:41 PM on 08-01-2017 is quoted by Bob in his post of 03:42 PM on 08-01-2017.  So it seems Bob responded to my post eight hours before I made it.  Also, posts #7 & 8, 9 & 10, and 11 & 12 are double-posts, with 11 & 12 being the time-travelers (or is it precognition?).

I haven't so far seen anything like this in other threads, and I also don't know if it's somehow only showing up on my computer.  I tried a simple restart, and that didn't change anything. 

To quote Bloom County:  the wonder of it all!

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  "It looks like you're writing some source code. Would you like some help with that?"
Posted by: robkelk - 06-10-2018, 10:09 AM - Forum: General Chatter - No Replies

The subject line is a quote from Microsoft commits: We're buying GitHub for $7.5 beeeeeeellion, originally by "JMcPhee". (It's just before the part about how GitLab's getting very busy compared to last week.)

Speaking of alternate Gits, I'll just quote one paragraph from the article:

Quote:However, jumping ship to another service immediately is a little premature, and the words "frying pan" and "fire" spring to mind. While there are several other Git services available (and nothing stopping a coder rolling their own) it would be prudent to allow the dust to settle and plan a considered migration if, indeed, any migration is needed.

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  That was meant to be easy!?!
Posted by: Rod.H - 06-09-2018, 06:30 PM - Forum: General Chatter - Replies (3)

Adding an all-in-one CPU water cooling kit to my PC. It wasn't! I bought one & brought it home, then attempted to install it. Nope! No points in the case to fasten the radiator to. Yay! Discovered that there is an optional mounting bracket, but no one locally has it. Not even the manufacturer has it. Double yay! Found one on eBay and two and bit weeks later the brackets turned up. 

I pull me pc apart again to finally instal the kit and discovered that the radiator won't fit as the brackets don't line up. I soon realized what the problem was, I'm trying fit a 140mm wide radiator in a space designed for 120mm. Triple yay! So I spent awhile working the problem and coming to the conclusion that the brackets just needed more holes, but how? Using a radiator fan as a template I drilled some holes, roughly. After some finessing I got the radiator mounted, the pc reassembled and running. 
Yet considering the trouble I had doing that & the fact there's no cable management, I suspect that I should get a new case. Yeah, that's going to be fu, doubt there's too many cases with 4 5&1/4 bays + hdd & can take a 280mm rad.

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  I think I am back?
Posted by: ckosacranoid - 06-08-2018, 11:29 PM - Forum: Introductions - Replies (4)

I just seen that the boards where updated and switched and got the green light to post tonight to I wanted to say hello from Ckosacranoid. I was not a major poster on the the last boards. not sure how much on here. but Hello everyone. And it all lead to bob posting an update on the mailing list the other day.

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  Looking for examples of recursive fanfiction
Posted by: LilFluff - 06-07-2018, 04:16 PM - Forum: Other People's Fanfiction - Replies (9)

So over on the mastodon* server I hang out on a question was bumped over to me. The original question was, "has anyone ever made a fanfiction of a fanfiction. To which a reference was made to I believe the delightfully tangled interlocking web of Terraverse stories over on Twisting the Hellmouth. Which had the question raised to, "Then... has someone ever made a fanfiction of a fanfiction of a fanfiction? [Image: 98b6aedb3b5b0eaa.png]"

Now the Terraverse is the most immediate example I can think to point to as there's the original crossover Diane wrote, and it's sequel, and the stories those inspired, which have in turn inspired others who are writing in the multiverse Diane started. But does anyone have any other examples of this kind of thing happening?


*If you're wondering I hang out on Tootplanet.Space which is no longer an Under 100 Users server but still has that Small Server comfy feeling even if I don't know everyone on it from other sites.

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  ‘Not a swimming place for Nazis’
Posted by: DHBirr - 06-07-2018, 01:01 PM - Forum: Politics and Other Fun - Replies (1)

Far-right German lawmaker Alexander Gauland, who has dismissed the Third Reich as an insignificant part of Germany's history (even while he promotes generally similar "values"), stripped down to take a dip in a lake.  Someone swiped his clothing, forcing him to walk home in swim trunks.

Among comments on the article was the following:

Quote:zeemerite wrote: But it was very wrong of the thief to do that. Very wrong.
Hehehehehehe.   Hehehehe.
Hehe.
I will, of course, put a summary of this incident on ATT under "Gone Swimming, Clothes Stolen."  Ach, die Schadenfreude!

Edit: Well, I'll put it on as soon as ATT allows me to log on again, which doesn't seem to be any time soon. It's giving me an error message Bob reported seeing back in late May: "There seems to be a problem with your login session; this action has been canceled as a precaution against session hijacking. Go back to the previous page, reload that page and then try again."

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  Trump: Canada Burned White House in 1812
Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 06-07-2018, 12:37 PM - Forum: Politics and Other Fun - Replies (2)

And that's why tariffs.

Story here.

(For those who don't want to click the link: Canada didn't exist as a separate nation in 1812, the British burned the White House, and Trump apparently is no better informed on American History than he is on anything else.)

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  Creative Destruction Lab
Posted by: robkelk - 06-07-2018, 07:52 AM - Forum: General Chatter - Replies (1)

Two cool things:

1: The University of Toronto has a "Creative Destruction Lab".

2: The U of T's Creative Destruction Lab is offering help to entrepreneurs interested in space. Cmdr.Hadfield is involved.

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  Happy Birthday, Hidden User!
Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 06-07-2018, 07:22 AM - Forum: General Chatter - No Replies

I could use my super-secret admin powers and troll through the user data to see who you are, but I really don't need to do that just to wish you happy birthday.

So I didn't, and which I do.

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