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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 15, 2011, 5:22:00 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers it's like mice. One button is too few. Four buttons is too many.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 15, 2011, 3:28:45 PM
In Reply To @ftrain
@ftrain sounds like someone needs to write an open letter to open letters
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 14, 2011, 10:25:57 PM
In Reply To @dmunsie
@dmunsie we did a best fit remap on location based on what you entered, see http://goo.gl/8zCQm
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 14, 2011, 3:52:31 AM
In Reply To @halilweb
@halilweb clearly we should find a phpbb bulletin to discuss this issue :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 14, 2011, 2:56:49 AM
In Reply To @specialjesse
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 13, 2011, 10:57:43 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers straight dudes have access to ladies ready to party sorted by proximity. For a price.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 13, 2011, 2:42:21 AM
In Reply To @mabster
@mabster Destined To Fail In 12 Months
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 13, 2011, 1:27:46 AM
In Reply To @splattne
@splattne that's fantastic :P
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 12, 2011, 3:08:58 PM
In Reply To @iStarr
@iStarr what type of gadgets? Maybe http://electronics.stackexchange.com
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 12, 2011, 3:08:22 PM
In Reply To @tzenes
@tzenes maybe, but it's a false sense of security, like running fake anti-virus
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 12, 2011, 2:28:23 AM
In Reply To @ObjT
@ithoughts_de have you disabled plugins? I can't repro problems in FF4 logging in with facebook.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 12, 2011, 1:47:07 AM
In Reply To @ObjT
@ithoughts_de not aware of any issues, Facebook is OAuth 2.0. Try in another browser just to be sure?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 12, 2011, 1:42:32 AM
In Reply To @balpha
@balpha I love that they ask you to make that your goddamn email signature. Because THAT shit helps.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 11, 2011, 9:52:46 PM
In Reply To @jongalloway
@jongalloway why is he so ... dreamy?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 11, 2011, 9:09:28 PM
In Reply To @JackMarchetti
@JackMarchetti the things I am complaining about are native to iTunes. Wake up.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 11, 2011, 5:33:05 PM
In Reply To @kaihendry
@kaihendry we auto-save drafts on the server every 45 seconds, so.. it's already saved. 1 for question, 1 for answer.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 11, 2011, 5:32:11 PM
In Reply To @iamqxotk
@arrocharGeek fascinating.. reminds me of my "i'll just try washing this keyboard in the dishwasher.." http://goo.gl/YRf9n
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 11, 2011, 5:16:21 PM
In Reply To @kfan
@kfan congrats, man. http://goo.gl/ixR84 is fantastic
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 11, 2011, 4:09:41 AM
In Reply To @balpha
@balpha that's why our company motto is "we try very, very hard not to suck!" http://goo.gl/CpwRG
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 11, 2011, 2:40:09 AM
In Reply To @voidspace
@voidspace yeah, EC2 is used for a lot of pretty evil stuff, unfortunately. Just like 40% of mechanical turk jobs = spam http://goo.gl/IrnQv
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 11, 2011, 12:10:08 AM
In Reply To @anildash
@anildash thing about parenting, it gets exponentially more awesome over time. But it also means not so much awesome at the beginning..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 10, 2011, 6:35:04 PM
In Reply To @jrgifford
@jrgifford ah yes, that's fine. have them email us with the question text and title, and we will look at it.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 10, 2011, 5:45:05 PM
In Reply To @jrgifford
@jrgifford are you "trampstr"? how are you experiencing it? If you have question text, send it to the email address in footer of all html
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 10, 2011, 5:30:18 PM
In Reply To @jrgifford
@jrgifford some of his existing questions no longer pass our quality filters..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 10, 2011, 2:09:59 PM
In Reply To @jrgifford
@jrgifford we can't repro this, can you provide more detail?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 10, 2011, 5:38:28 AM
In Reply To @donpark
@donpark I just like periodically bothering you.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 10, 2011, 5:15:05 AM
In Reply To @donpark
@donpark hmm I thought you'd be more into this background texture http://goo.gl/Pvp1V
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 10, 2011, 4:16:30 AM
In Reply To @maciejmalecki
@maciejmalecki we just did a pass on this; what do you think? suggestions? http://physics.stackexchange.com/editing-help
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 10, 2011, 12:41:35 AM
In Reply To @jongalloway
@jongalloway presumably that is from a user who didn't upgrade WordPress for quite a while.. he doesn't describe that part
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 10, 2011, 12:32:37 AM
In Reply To @jongalloway
@jongalloway I run three wordpress blogs, none of them ever hacked, ~2/3 years old
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 9, 2011, 3:34:41 PM
In Reply To @BrkngSoftware
@RBSoftcity nah it sucks
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 9, 2011, 7:25:30 AM
In Reply To @balpha
@balpha @jarrod_dixon YOU ARE ALL FIRED
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 9, 2011, 7:16:05 AM
In Reply To @clifgriffin
@clifgriffin if only the historical record supported your position; alas it does not. http://goo.gl/9dOPV
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 9, 2011, 7:15:01 AM
In Reply To @jarrod_dixon
@jarrod_dixon GET TO WORK
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 9, 2011, 6:50:08 AM
In Reply To @clifgriffin
@clifgriffin walmart loves you, and always has your best interests at heart.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 9, 2011, 2:10:02 AM
In Reply To @damncabbage
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 9, 2011, 2:04:47 AM
In Reply To @venzann
@venzann I remember it too, there was a tremendous amount of blood and screaming. The idea of "birthday wee fun!" was never quite the same..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2011, 4:17:28 AM
In Reply To @secretGeek
@secretGeek seriously, I never want to convert anything from Object again for the rest of my life. Such a waste of time.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2011, 4:16:50 AM
In Reply To @secretGeek
@secretGeek great, as long as you like .ToString() and Convert.ToInt32() -- massive returns only Object, bleh
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 8, 2011, 4:12:44 AM
In Reply To @secretGeek
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 6, 2011, 10:16:08 PM
In Reply To @saqibs
@saqibs we have another blind user who participates on meta stack overflow -- feel free to add to http://goo.gl/D5cwq
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 6, 2011, 6:42:24 PM
In Reply To @AskChrisW
@DevVegas macs are really horrible for windows devs; we had one guy on the mac but he hated it so much he sold it. only good for unixy
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 6, 2011, 4:33:05 PM
In Reply To @aditya_gore
@aditya_gore the boxed intel CPU includes a rather nice stock low-profile heatsink / fan -- so it's included free
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 6, 2011, 4:32:30 PM
In Reply To @AmanAlam
@AmanAlam open as request on http://meta.stackoverflow.com with details and examples justifying why
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 6, 2011, 8:46:42 AM
In Reply To @chotalia
@chotalia sometimes one may be famous for the wrong reasons..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2011, 7:28:24 PM
In Reply To @steve_ugrc
@SteveAGRC feel free to read the hundreds of meta posts covering the topic..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2011, 7:26:20 PM
In Reply To @steve_ugrc
@SteveAGRC we already have a div that appears for that. http://goo.gl/7kBmS
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 5, 2011, 4:40:41 PM
In Reply To @marcgravell
@marcgravell hey, did you try ISNULL/COALESCE?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 4, 2011, 11:39:17 PM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy @iA I suspect those who say they will pay, and those who *actually* pay for such a thing, will be very different numbers.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 4, 2011, 10:53:54 PM
In Reply To @Dru89
@Dru89 no, just the usual duplicate accounts, merged.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 4, 2011, 6:50:36 PM
In Reply To @secretGeek
@secretGeek this information is relevant to my interests
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 4, 2011, 6:28:54 PM
In Reply To @mattcutts
@mattcutts one time I checked in a robots.txt that excluded all #stackoverflow questions from indexing. true story. was bad.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 4, 2011, 4:57:55 PM
In Reply To @anildash
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 4, 2011, 4:31:01 AM
In Reply To @semanticwill
@semanticwill hey, if you're a UX guy, let me know what you think of http://ux.stackexchange.com/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 3, 2011, 3:04:30 PM
In Reply To @ZulyGonz
@ZulyGonz nice :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 2, 2011, 9:53:53 PM
In Reply To @jhripley
@jhripley not correct, see the comments from the editor/owner of SPCR here http://goo.gl/rJKxV
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 2, 2011, 5:59:19 PM
In Reply To @jhripley
@jhripley actually the brick PSUs are very efficient at low voltages, which is why they are used on laptops..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 2, 2011, 5:23:25 PM
In Reply To @jarrod_dixon
@jarrod_dixon NEEDS MORE BACON
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 2, 2011, 4:03:08 PM
In Reply To @onaclov2000
@onaclov2000 it is turned off on each site so long as you visited in the last 24 hours
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 2, 2011, 4:56:46 AM
In Reply To @thomasborowski
@thomasborowski still sucks over a modem, no matter how ajaxy.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 2, 2011, 3:10:38 AM
In Reply To @SamiRageb
@samirageb sure in what context? I'd rather hook you up directly with that community, but I can mediate
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 2, 2011, 12:37:37 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers @jarrod_dixon this dialog is, like, the best thing I've ever read on Twitter. OF ALL TIME!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
May 1, 2011, 10:54:37 PM
In Reply To @tobyhede
@tobyhede an infinite list of opinions is not a suitable question anywhere on Stack Exchange.. http://stackoverflow.com/faq#dontask
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 30, 2011, 2:27:02 AM
In Reply To @donpark
@donpark I think you have spent far too much time thinking about this topic already :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 30, 2011, 12:22:15 AM
In Reply To @timbray
@timbray you ought to use this browser I heard of from this web search company .. can't remember their name.. begins with a G.. something..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 29, 2011, 11:35:48 PM
In Reply To @mrdenny
@mrdenny I've seen a picture of that motorcycle ride somewhere http://www.flickr.com/photos/8397091@N07/3714896326/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 29, 2011, 11:17:09 PM
In Reply To @ScareAll
@ScareAll @jlaase we're seeing issues on production with linq 2 sql performance, not locally. Seems new to .net 4.0 ..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 29, 2011, 11:11:55 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers every girl crazy 'bout a sharp dressed Buddhist <CUE WAILING GUITAR RIFFS>
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 29, 2011, 1:59:36 AM
In Reply To @drylight
@drylight I like the Air, if I owned a Mac computer, it would be that model. I also own an iPhone..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 29, 2011, 1:49:53 AM
In Reply To @drylight
@drylight well, that's what I'm saying.. and on the PC side there are Air equivalents (not as pretty) for about 1/2 the price.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 29, 2011, 1:44:03 AM
In Reply To @drylight
@drylight actually, it's more subtle than that; thin/light laptops are so good now that classic "netbook" stuff isn't worthwhile
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 29, 2011, 1:07:24 AM
In Reply To @haacked
@haacked @anglicangeek @bradwilson @bennage @lazycoder insert obligatory totally non-spammy link to http://rpg.stackexchange.com here!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 28, 2011, 7:41:03 PM
In Reply To @ivoflipse5
@ivoflipse5 hmm, I am able to delete things via /admin/dashboard on SO at least -- perhaps hard clear cache?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 28, 2011, 2:48:35 AM
In Reply To @secretGeek
@secretGeek now go play it in Rock Band 3!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 28, 2011, 2:21:31 AM
In Reply To @marcgravell
@marcgravell oh, you still wear clothes? I see you have only begun this journey
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 28, 2011, 1:08:17 AM
In Reply To @jimevansmusic
@jimevansmusic this is in reference to..?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 27, 2011, 11:02:12 PM
In Reply To @anildash
@anildash STUPID BOARD
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 27, 2011, 10:58:16 PM
In Reply To @anildash
@anildash sorry, I had an internet moment.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 27, 2011, 10:55:39 PM
In Reply To @anildash
@anildash SUCKS
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 27, 2011, 5:06:10 PM
In Reply To @ChaseFlorell
@ChaseFlorell we liked this idea so much it is now implemented as a feature, see http://i.imgur.com/HeIaO.png
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 27, 2011, 3:24:08 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers I only pay for prostitutes to slap me, Don Draper style.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 26, 2011, 10:04:12 PM
In Reply To @thunderror
@thunderror there are mobile apps at http://stackapps.com
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 26, 2011, 2:16:21 PM
In Reply To @bassistance
@bassistance wrong close reason, but properly closed.. "infinite list of opinions.."
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 26, 2011, 3:28:39 AM
In Reply To @mehulharry
@MehulHarry no, that is at daycare :) we have a very cool daycare.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 25, 2011, 3:35:18 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers @betsyphd I need to get some internet tactical pants, thanks for the reminder
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 25, 2011, 6:32:19 AM
In Reply To @AaronBBrown777
@AaronBBrown777 you got it :) also there's an edit link on every post that works even for anonymous users. :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 25, 2011, 4:28:38 AM
In Reply To @kristian
@kristian we do if the date is far enough in the past.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 25, 2011, 3:46:03 AM
In Reply To @ivoflipse5
@ivoflipse5 @nrhinkle you're kidding of course
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 25, 2011, 2:03:36 AM
In Reply To @_
@_ IMHO they all but came out and said it on the latest harmonix podcast http://twitter.com/#!/codinghorror/status/62031654738341888
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 25, 2011, 1:59:12 AM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake c'mon, no Joshua Tree? no Streets Have No Name?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 25, 2011, 12:44:33 AM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake don't know enough to say. U2, Pink Floyd and Zeppelin still haven't appeared in any rhythm game to date. Eagles prob incoming.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Apr 25, 2011, 12:13:42 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers it's like an 8-track tape player
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