We could do it downtown.

In which case poutine means The Steelhead Diner, though none of the poutine I've found in Seattle has really been awesome.
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 11:22 AM on April 14, 2008

I'd probably be up for this. What sort of place would you like to meet up at?
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 10:04 AM on May 18, 2007

By odd coinkydink I will be attending a film on the hill that night.

During this time of year, I hardly think attending a film can be called coincidence (I'm seeing one tonight and probably two tomorrow). I'll endeavour to stop by, though.
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 4:05 PM on June 8, 2007

These are the same people who wouldn't buy a personal computer until IBM put one out.

Exactly. And there are a lot of them, and we're a self-selecting group that can't look at the situation objectively because we're involved in/used to it.

There are a lot of good arguments against this proposal (as well as many for it) -- tautological statements about personal preference that are impossible to separate from conditioning aren't among them.
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 3:48 PM on March 5, 2007

I suppose koeselitz's post is as good as any to do a little dissection on to show a few of the errors (in both logic and rhetoric) that are plaguing this thread in particular. I'm not going to do the "quote, rebut, repeat" format because it's subjectively insufferable.

Anil's admission that he thinks the green is ugly is not mutually exclusive with his assertion that these hypothetical "normal people" exist. This is also not about... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 6:05 PM on March 5, 2007

No, fraud or deception indisputably took place.

You could not possibly know this unless you were one of the frat guys.
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 1:36 AM on November 11, 2006

I work a couple blocks from the Rendezvous, it would be an excellent bar for this sort of thing. What time did you have in mind?
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 2:46 PM on August 28, 2006

It apparently happens when your web browser's bidirectional text support gets triggered. The little dot is indicating the direction your text is going (left to right vs. right to left).

Yup, it occurs when bidi text is used in some way. A quick jaunt through the stylesheets and nothing sprung out at me, but I didn't look too closely.
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 4:33 PM on April 7, 2006

You could use that same parser to perform an action on mailto: links as well, were you inclined.
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 4:20 PM on January 20, 2006

Hunh? Matt has the information. He approves each anonymous question before it gets posted.

You're willfully missing the point. There's a world of difference between one guy seeing a username for a couple seconds once (and most likely forgetting it instantly, unless it's particularly amusing) and the username being linked to the question in a DB on a subpoenable server.
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 11:23 AM on December 9, 2005

How is it not disruptive to at least one other student in the class?

It is as disruptive as taking notes on a laptop. Would you prevent people from taking notes on their laptop?
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 12:51 AM on September 9, 2005

wouldn't jabber include googletalk as well as other servers?

Not yet, since Google doesn't (yet) support the server2server protocol and the GTalk client won't connect to non-Google XMPP servers.
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 6:16 PM on August 24, 2005

No, us "IP panty bunchers" believe that the copyright holder should be allowed the choice of how to use their intellectual property to generate income, if at all.

Explain why a creator should be given legal protection over their creation for a limited period of time if they choose not allow the public to benefit from it (i.e., by purchasing it). If they don't want income, then they would either be fine with distribution or they want to... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 2:38 PM on August 23, 2005

I ♣ Seals

∀x∀y∀z(φ(x,y,p) ∧φ(x,z,p) ⇒ y = z) ⇒ ∀X∃Y∀y(y ∈ Y ⇔ (∃x ∈ X)φ(x,y,p))

Looks good to me. I see this as being a great use of Live Preview.
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 2:08 PM on July 28, 2005

If you're running Windows XP, go to Control Panel→Regional and Language Options→Languages and check both boxes to install additional languages. You'll need your installation CD.

I am unfamiliar with how to install these glyphs in OS 9 or other operating systems.
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 2:19 PM on July 28, 2005

Meh. Self-links aren't a problem in ask.mefi if they're relevant (i.e., look at this page and tell me something based on it).

If the person wasn't already a gun-wielder, telling them to put a glock in their murse wouldn't make them one -- therefore, noise.
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 4:30 PM on July 13, 2005

Except that every other commentor in the thread apparently came to the very same conclusion that he (and I, and Matt) did. But I guess this was just our "delusions" talking

Even if every other person did agree with that conclusion, the poor wording (whatever your opinion, the question was badly phrased) makes any conclusion about the author's intent or actions invalid without further commentary therefrom.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 10:34 PM on June 20, 2005

I don't think my current semi-hangover would mesh well with the rumble of bowling lanes. I'll make it to one of these eventually!
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 5:36 PM on May 8, 2005

See you folks there.
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 10:18 AM on March 2, 2005

My family came into town and I was obligated to attend them. Next time! Especially if there's bowling.
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 2:53 PM on March 7, 2005

Even considering initial ownership alone, intellectual property is property, which is something owned by someone.

The statement intellectual property is property is fallacious, and appears to be at or near the source of your confusion. As bugbread noted, the laws surrounding copyright that you linked to do not include the word theft, because theft and trespass are governed by a different set of laws, because intellectual property... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 1:02 AM on February 28, 2005

I read the thread, Alex, and moreover I am aware of (and agree with) large-scale copyright infringement being criminal. However, the fact of both actions being crimes does not equate them. They are not the same crime because they are governed by different bodies of law, with different origins and backgrounds, and incur different penalties.
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 1:10 AM on February 28, 2005

That's incredibly convenient for me. I'll show.
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 5:28 PM on February 13, 2005

No but the question is, is Meta still “best of the web”?

Moreso than if the post had stayed. A definite benefit of the web is distribution of content that isn't provided by the mainstream media, but that's not Metafilter's role. Any imagery which won't be delivered by mainstream media for reasons of offensiveness or controversy will be important to some people. That doesn't give them the right to post them here. The idea that it was a good post... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 11:33 PM on January 26, 2005

If only 1 person out of 20,000 would possibly know an answer to any given question, i would not ask it here. I would go to where the odds are better for having it answered well.

The thing is, you have no idea what the odds are. Even if you've read the site since it began, the "weakness" you see in knowledge of gun ownership is only indicative that guns have not been discussed heavily. Naturally, if this is the case, it could be possible... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 1:42 PM on January 19, 2005

Boy, I'm late to this thread. Anyhow, I think that a post explaining that it would be better in MeTa is a [good thing], but once such a post is posted everyone should seriously shut the hell up about it. In the case of that (now-deleted, reconstructing from memory) thread, there were a number of posts not answering the question, and decrying the person for posting in ask.mefi, and two or three (mine included) answering their question.

So howzabout the first person to... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 4:36 PM on December 15, 2004

Nothing can be done about it other than appealing to the decency of the people who make the comments, which by the Grand Unifying Equation of the internet (Normal Person + Anonymity + Audience = Total Fuckwad) won't always work. Appealing to Matt shouldn't be considered an option since it won't prevent the problem in the future.

Before you make a comment, imagine the list of all people who would say what you're about to say and see if that's a list you'd like to be on.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 3:59 PM on December 8, 2004

I know the list of people I'd make my kitchen comment to

I was more thinking of the other people who would make that comment, not those whom you would/wouldn't say it to.

Context is everything. If I'm being naive it's only in the sense that I'm overestimating the MeFi readership.

That's exactly the problem, there is no context. People here don't care enough (and certainly don't have... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 4:15 PM on December 8, 2004

No, but an explanation of the disease was germane to your answer.

It certainly wasn't. It was explained that the disease made it necessary to sleep flat on his back -- that indicates that such a pillow would be a good choice if the individual in question wanted or needed that sleeping arrangement.
I would have found an explanation of his condition without a name rather unnecessary, since it doesn't provide any additional information and... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 2:39 PM on December 3, 2004

(which was funny last year, before he died)

Now it's just common sense.
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 11:46 AM on September 26, 2004

That's a darn shame -- I had a friend who's been wanting a user account (lots of ask.meta questions to answer) for quite some time now, but she couldn't be around at noon until the weekend. Ah well.
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 11:20 AM on April 3, 2004

My method for tackling this problem.
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 9:06 PM on November 4, 2003

chenched sphincters and flatulence metaphors were specifically chosen with you in mind.

Quonsar -- no they weren't. You chose them because they're common metaphors for the "stick-up-the-ass" mentality you see in sennoma. They are an artifact of the society you operate within.
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 12:15 AM on October 14, 2003

chenched sphincters and flatulence metaphors were specifically chosen with you in mind.

Quonsar -- no they weren't. You chose them because they're common metaphors for the "stick-up-the-ass" mentality you see in sennoma. They are an artifact of the society you operate within.

and sennoma is an artifact of...what?

I'm not here to judge anyone for their opinions. I try not to, even in meatspace.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 1:50 AM on October 14, 2003

Imagine if Encylopedia Brown had to put up with this much flak from his posse of problem-solving pre-pubescents everytime he delcared a case closed.

He didn't have a posse, it was just him in the first two stories in the book (the second contained the gang "The Tigers") and then Sally helped in out in the third story and from then on. Occasionally an additional pre-pubescent would be recuited, but it was never for more than a single story.

Anyhow...
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 3:32 PM on October 3, 2003

It's full of easily offended people who have nothing better to do than start MetaTalk threads, too.

Actually, it's spelled decent humans beings with respect for their fellow man.
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 3:11 PM on September 25, 2003

people that feel the need to impose their standards on everyone else.

There's no imposition going on here. He's bring their reprehensible statements to the attention of the community so proper action can be taken. It's called self-policing.

Would you feel differently if they were?

There is no excuse for racism, keswick.

On... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 3:41 PM on September 25, 2003

j.edwards, I agree. That Margaret Cho is a filthy racist.

I'm glad we're in agreement.

dhoyt, I'm sorry I was so accusative -- however, I still don't condone your remark (I never noticed that Simpsons gag, which ep. was it?), but I'll stop attacking people.

Except Sennoma. *stab*
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 4:17 PM on September 25, 2003

Or humorless self-congratulatory twits.

Yay me!

I'd actually believe that if I believed for one moment that your indignation came from a deep concern for the dignity of the asian people

I have no concern for any race as a unit. I have concern for the differentiation of population by race in any form.

and not from a chance to show the world how... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 5:18 PM on September 25, 2003

Sorry, it's not really 'constant'. My bad.
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 5:24 PM on September 25, 2003

He could, but that wouldn't sound as techno-über-hip(per-than-thou) as "proxy that shit..."

Well, I *am* techno-über-hip, and "proxy that shit" does not sound like what I would say.

I would say you should use an SSH tunnel through your home b0xen to avoid prying firewall eyes.
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 11:13 PM on August 10, 2003

and kinda dissappointed and annoyed when I opened it up and saw that it was mostly just one guy.

What about when the majority of the Swifties he posted were more clever than those posted pre- and post-Brad's mad dash for hilarity?
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 11:02 AM on August 7, 2003

But keep up the sleuthing, master detective!

The game is afoot!
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 12:02 AM on July 21, 2003

Now he's stuck in MeTa
And time keeps draggggin' on
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 11:31 AM on July 17, 2003

That quote from Julian makes me cringe.
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 10:43 PM on July 15, 2003

Letting the days go by
And Miguel posts once again
Letting the days go by
And I leave to go underground
Then away from the blue (#006699) again
after my patience is gone
Once in a lifetime
we'll see a day without posts
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 11:36 AM on July 11, 2003

So then any modern x86 pc is a workstation because it can run XP Server?

Nope, but it would be if it could *only* run server or workstation software, or if it were exclusively marketed towards that sector. For example, DEC Alphas couldn't run any "desktop" OS until Linux, which doesn't really even count (more of a hobbyist thing). A good way to judge the desktop market is to see what you can buy in CompUSA.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 9:43 PM on June 23, 2003

No, it's not, since by this measure the AMD Opteron has already beaten Apple since it is 64-bit and can run Windows XP Home, which certainly is "marketed towards the home user/families."

However, XP Home is not a 64-bit OS, and you're essentially running a 32-bit system. Once MS comes out with their 64-bit home OS, then a desktop Opteron computer will be a "64-bit desktop."

Is MS Office exclusively... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 12:39 PM on June 24, 2003

1) So far all the years that, marketing-wise, Dell failed to market to families and ceded that segment to Gateway, Dell only sold workstations or servers?

They didn't do a good job of marketing to families, but they did. In addition, Dells shipped with a "desktop OS" (the one my family got in 1992 came with Windows 3.1).

2) If you get covered in mid 90's PC Mag, is that a sign that you're a pc?... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 3:25 PM on June 24, 2003

you've redefined your own statements when shown they are false.

Clarified. Nobody's perfect, Nort, and I did eliminate those parts of my argument that you successfully retorted to.
posted to MetaTalk by j.edwards at 10:17 AM on June 26, 2003