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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 18, 2010, 1:38:03 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers I can't in good conscience support the status quo when the status quo sucks. Internet Driver's License needed.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 18, 2010, 1:05:54 AM
In Reply To @kev_nz
@kev_nz doubtful; I expect another race to the bottom. OSX development much easier than iPad dev, and broader too.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 18, 2010, 12:48:42 AM
In Reply To @kev_nz
@kev_nz @robconery just wait until the app store for OS X hits :) http://goo.gl/41ZO $2.99 to maybe $4.99 yeah.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 18, 2010, 12:44:06 AM
In Reply To @kev_nz
@kev_nz @robconery You might say I've highly internalized the lessons of open source software, and believe in ad-subsidized everything
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 18, 2010, 12:42:53 AM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers really? asking to see your Facebook Driver's License is higher friction than "think of a new password and which email?"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 17, 2010, 7:30:35 PM
In Reply To @NOV8R
@NOV8R nah, you could be .. like.. a high class call girl. Or a really sophisticated, jetsetting pimp.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 17, 2010, 7:09:47 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@nathanbowers @robconery "Problem is I have a few emails that I use" <-- I think I see what your problem is, there
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 17, 2010, 4:23:40 PM
In Reply To @spolsky
@spolsky to be clear I totally support first class for flights 6 hours or longer
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 17, 2010, 8:50:55 AM
In Reply To @dougrathbone
@dougrathbone done everything we can. At this point it is a Google problem -- try Bing?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 14, 2010, 6:56:42 PM
In Reply To @ohmz
@ohmz already possible on the /questions/tagged page, try it
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 14, 2010, 4:07:46 PM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy look closer. like everything else, it's about boobies.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 14, 2010, 12:57:55 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente based on my research, it's FUD spread by people who want to undermine the scanning. They were approved by FDA, ec.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 13, 2010, 11:05:21 PM
In Reply To @donpark
@donpark this is why I don't like GitHub, personally -- too much forking, not enough leadership. But, I tend towards the dictatorial
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 13, 2010, 10:57:07 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers actually I leave the house a lot *more* now with @rockhardawesome but for totally different reasons
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 13, 2010, 2:55:51 AM
In Reply To @jongalloway
@jongalloway still waiting on Microsoft's OpenID support by the way. After like 2 years.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 12, 2010, 6:18:51 PM
In Reply To @hotdogsladies
@hotdogsladies man with yellow hat, most irresponsible pet owner EVER
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 12, 2010, 4:45:23 AM
In Reply To @bradwilson
@bradwilson @jonskeet I approve of these activities!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 11, 2010, 8:55:21 PM
In Reply To @siracusa
@siracusa that's it, I'm coming over there
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 11, 2010, 4:29:18 PM
In Reply To @digory
@digory @secretgeek no "can't get work done, keep getting interrupted by stupid polls" option?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 11, 2010, 4:30:06 AM
In Reply To @jonskeet
@jonskeet I know a website where people ask questions like that!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 11, 2010, 1:28:26 AM
In Reply To @billjamesdev
@tankerbay painful on so many levels, starting with the website typography and it does not get better from there
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 11, 2010, 1:25:11 AM
In Reply To @chris_bc
@chris_bc select isn't broken, except when it is :/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 10, 2010, 5:28:50 PM
In Reply To @Spatacoli
@Spatacoli bikes, how the f**k do they work?!?!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 10, 2010, 3:43:32 PM
In Reply To @ntotten
@ntotten We follow up with these guys and make sure they follow the attribution guidelines; see http://goo.gl/00kW
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 10, 2010, 3:25:49 PM
In Reply To @dylanvee
@dylanvee SSD first as it affects so many things, then memory. 4 GB to 8 GB will be nice but won't affect as much (typically)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 9, 2010, 8:17:58 PM
In Reply To @secretGeek
@secretGeek there's an app for that http://www.mycardstar.com/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 9, 2010, 4:57:29 AM
In Reply To @mabster
@mabster question title tooltip has that, at least partially
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 8, 2010, 10:15:20 PM
In Reply To @timbray
@timbray the old people need to die off so the younger people can be more progressive. Sad but true. (assuming kids are progressive-er)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 8, 2010, 7:38:40 PM
In Reply To @tobin
@tobin ask on gaming.stackexchange.com and I'll answer there np
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 8, 2010, 6:18:58 PM
In Reply To @MaggieL
@MaggieL it's stated in the SU post -- I did a google images search for an xbox 360 transfer cable. Visiting the site with the image caused
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 8, 2010, 3:38:49 PM
In Reply To @edbott
@edbott @thurrott ah the old "Apple" approach -- puts hair on chest
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 8, 2010, 3:09:59 PM
In Reply To @natebross
@natebross ack, bugs! fixing now
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 8, 2010, 2:47:16 PM
In Reply To @bozhobg
@bozhobg lame. delete and don't reply to him!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 8, 2010, 4:12:09 AM
In Reply To @ayaz_khan
@ayaz_khan we set PG-13 on gravatars. Is it not PG-13? Citation?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 7, 2010, 3:42:16 PM
In Reply To @JosephHill
@JosephHill I have a usb-powered scanner I like a LOT, actually. CanoScan.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 6, 2010, 5:26:31 PM
In Reply To @averyj
@averyj what would the bounty be FOR? eg what's the "reward"?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 5, 2010, 6:24:43 PM
In Reply To @jzy
@jzy life in hell
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 4, 2010, 10:52:31 PM
In Reply To @NickFitz
@NickFitz dunno, never heard of that. Clear cache?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 4, 2010, 3:17:18 PM
In Reply To @smashingmag
@smashingmag did you check out our UX/UI site? might be up your alley! http://ui.stackexchange.com/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 4, 2010, 3:03:57 PM
In Reply To @balpha
@balpha it is important that we be able to discuss all topics using comics
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 4, 2010, 5:23:55 AM
In Reply To @MehrdadA
@MehrdadA how many of those upvotes are in cwiki questions (ineligible)? that's all I can think of at the moment.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 4, 2010, 3:41:47 AM
In Reply To @systempuntoout
@systempuntoout I saved them all in Bioshock 2 (which started slow, but was quite good by the middle). I dunno man they looked evil to me!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 3, 2010, 8:54:34 PM
In Reply To @briandonahue
@briandonahue @migueldeicaza I'm not really convinced reading in the dark is a primary use case. maybe it needs some INDIGLO!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 3, 2010, 8:04:59 PM
In Reply To @Tao_of_Will
@ComcastWill I called tech and they recommended cable modem replacement
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 3, 2010, 7:17:14 PM
In Reply To @Tao_of_Will
@ComcastWill maybe -- are there any known network issues in Comcast East Bay (Albany / El Cerrito)? Started election night.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 3, 2010, 7:11:37 PM
In Reply To @JohnRoot
@JohnRoot yeah the case is stupid expensive, but it is actually really nice. Not saying it's worth 1/2 cost of device, but.. nice.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 3, 2010, 7:01:58 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza hmm, so you booted up and used your iPad without ever connecting it to a Mac or PC *gadget*? :) #itunesanchor
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 3, 2010, 6:30:42 PM
In Reply To @migueldeicaza
@migueldeicaza you know they sell official Kindle 3 cases with lights that draw power from the Kindle itself, right?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 3, 2010, 5:53:55 PM
In Reply To @tooshel
@tooshel there's pro drums, pro keyboard, pro guitar (Mad Catz). See http://www.fakeplasticrock.com/2010/09/rock-band-3-video-previews/
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 3, 2010, 3:17:09 AM
In Reply To @BoltClock
@BoltClock the badge text explains it, but the main criteria is question age
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 2, 2010, 11:22:56 PM
In Reply To @izevaka
@izevaka simple: favor one app pool over hundreds. simple message..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 2, 2010, 4:19:13 PM
In Reply To @mrdenny
@mrdenny awesome :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 2, 2010, 4:01:18 PM
In Reply To @NathanBowers
@NathanBowers this is what I like about the Kindle -- you commit to READING A BOOK. No web or gaming procrastination allowed
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 2, 2010, 1:12:51 AM
In Reply To @farhannow
@codebig topre realforce is better than the das keyboard to me, at least. Haven't gotten the others in yet (backorders)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 1, 2010, 10:41:42 PM
In Reply To @hotdogsladies
@hotdogsladies no you dont
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 1, 2010, 7:21:20 PM
In Reply To @averyj
@averyj yeah that result looks correct to me -- the collapsing is not really a problem per se, and efreedom is way down there
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 1, 2010, 7:05:36 PM
In Reply To @averyj
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 1, 2010, 6:45:03 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente usb extension cord is what I am thinking. projector will be above or below out of range of the "eyes" of the kinect, yes?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 1, 2010, 6:43:49 PM
In Reply To @tillig
@tillig true, I added a question to the end
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 1, 2010, 1:38:14 PM
In Reply To @donpark
@donpark tell them Stack Overflow sends all its OpenID-y love
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Nov 1, 2010, 1:24:51 PM
In Reply To @mattcutts
@mattcutts I can't thank you guys enough for getting into url shortening. That ONLY makes sense when search engines do it..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 31, 2010, 10:21:16 PM
In Reply To @DonMacAskill
@DonMacAskill unfortunately that question is community wiki, so no reputation accrues to anyone on it (and it can be edited more easily)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 31, 2010, 11:47:52 AM
In Reply To @idlety
@a2h_ it does, but using it is.. really, really painful. It's a tech demo proof of concept but unusable in practice
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 30, 2010, 11:25:14 PM
In Reply To @garethhayter
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 30, 2010, 10:34:26 PM
In Reply To @tomwalsham
@tomwalsham oh my god
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 30, 2010, 5:53:17 PM
In Reply To @mrdenny
@mrdenny man -- are you ever *not* travelling?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 30, 2010, 4:11:27 PM
In Reply To @textfiles
@textfiles every day is a good day for porn! But seriously: it was new to me..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 30, 2010, 4:14:11 AM
In Reply To @blueben
@blueben @timhaines all our benchmarking supports it. Shrug. Your data, your benchmarks.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 30, 2010, 1:43:03 AM
In Reply To @travlin
@travlin you should check out http://stackexchange.com instead :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 29, 2010, 5:46:30 PM
In Reply To @JulioBarros
@JulioBarros not harsh, just reality: you try building a good search service. Go ahead, I'll wait here. :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 29, 2010, 5:09:22 PM
In Reply To @JulioBarros
@JulioBarros Google has a few more resources than we do. A few.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 29, 2010, 3:24:03 PM
In Reply To @JasonPunyon
@JasonPunyon excellent!!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 28, 2010, 6:47:02 PM
In Reply To @ahsteele
@ahsteele special feature for you courtesy of @samsaffron and @jarrod_dixon :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 28, 2010, 7:19:05 AM
In Reply To @badp
@badp mostly the flagging stuff
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 28, 2010, 4:10:56 AM
In Reply To @mrdenny
@mrdenny builds character
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 27, 2010, 9:57:21 PM
In Reply To @ajsilver01
@ajsilver01 I try not to think about Ke$ha as much as possible, so no
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 27, 2010, 7:02:35 PM
In Reply To @nandokakimoto
@nandokakimoto I don't know why.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 27, 2010, 5:51:40 PM
In Reply To @JasonPunyon
@JasonPunyon I need you guys to start unboxing and testing out all that stuff I sent.. otherwise it'll be like 4 hours of setup on Nov 14
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 27, 2010, 1:30:20 AM
In Reply To @aperson
@aperson meh, I never use reddit. deleted.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 26, 2010, 10:19:29 PM
In Reply To @thisisbrad
@thisisbrad meh, I'll just delete my Reddit account. I never go there anyway.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 26, 2010, 8:44:09 PM
In Reply To @kevindente
@kevindente sure, keyboard works in normal or pro mode. pro drums requires cymbal add-on. pro guitar requires special guitar..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 26, 2010, 8:37:14 PM
In Reply To @joerustad
@Kalantak well, you can also view the metacritic and gamerankings scores. It ain't just me!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 26, 2010, 4:01:01 PM
In Reply To @RockBandAide
@RockBandAide confirmed, worked last night, not working today.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 26, 2010, 3:55:41 PM
In Reply To @RockBandAide
@RockBandAide xbox 360
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 26, 2010, 3:50:23 PM
In Reply To @RockBandAide
@RockBandAide not exactly -- NONE of the code entry functions in RB3 are working today. Like, you can't enter the RB2 code to export either
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 26, 2010, 3:47:38 PM
In Reply To @RockBandAide
@RockBandAide the enter code page just doesn't work today.. even clicking "view code history" returns an immediate error.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 26, 2010, 3:00:21 PM
In Reply To @kgriffs
@kgriffs nice :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 26, 2010, 3:38:20 AM
In Reply To @bdoserror
@bdoserror well I was there for Rock Band 3, so thanks Fable 3!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 25, 2010, 9:29:35 PM
In Reply To @paulirwin
@paulirwin yeah MAXDOP > 4 is almost always a bad idea and MAXDOP > 8 is crazy
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 25, 2010, 6:05:30 PM
In Reply To @danulf
@danulf power management is set to "high performance"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 25, 2010, 5:58:30 PM
In Reply To @danulf
@danulf I edited to include that info
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Oct 25, 2010, 3:39:34 PM
In Reply To @JasonRikard
@jasonrikard excellent, my work here is done! Tomorrow is the big day!!
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