#editorial | Logs for 2015-12-08
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[01:56:13] <Bytram> cmn32480: !!
[01:56:22] <cmn32480> bytram !!
[01:56:28] <cmn32480> how goes?
[01:57:10] <Bytram> I'm still upright and awake
[01:57:17] <cmn32480> uptight?
[01:57:19] <cmn32480> why?
[01:57:36] <Bytram> upRight, as in haven't fallen over, yet.
[01:57:36] <cmn32480> everything ok?
[01:57:42] <cmn32480> oh
[01:57:54] <Bytram> =)
[01:57:57] <Bytram> np
[01:58:04] <cmn32480> me too... and since my ability to read is failing... I think I'm barely awake
[01:58:21] <cmn32480> talked to janrinok today
[01:58:35] <Bytram> BARELy awake... are you wearing pants?
[01:58:42] <cmn32480> hell yes
[01:58:50] <cmn32480> do I look like spallshurgenson?
[01:58:54] <Bytram> no kilt tonite, then.
[01:59:16] <Bytram> ;)
[01:59:18] <cmn32480> no
[01:59:27] <cmn32480> pants tonight... for sleeping
[01:59:48] * Bytram is reading the paris story about blocking free wi-fi and ending Tor access.
[01:59:51] <Bytram> nod nod
[01:59:56] <Bytram> seems they have no clue.
[02:00:06] <Bytram> pu a penny in a jar for the wi-fi password.
[02:00:11] <Bytram> s/pu/put/
[02:00:11] <cmn32480> you read the backscroll of my conversation with janrinok?
[02:00:15] <Bytram> yeah
[02:00:24] <Bytram> and as for tor, just vpn out and then connect
[02:00:33] <Bytram> seems I missed something
[02:00:46] <Bytram> S had a 'relapse' or something?
[02:00:55] <cmn32480> you see the email from yesterday?
[02:01:05] * Bytram notes that his and J's schedule seem to be on opposite sides of the day.
[02:01:08] <Bytram> no...
[02:01:12] * Bytram goes to look
[03:15:12] <cmn32480> bytram - watch your time on that last story
[03:15:22] <cmn32480> I have on posted 4 min later
[03:15:45] <Bytram> cmn32480: watch your time on your story, I have one posted four minutes earlier.
[03:15:56] <cmn32480> really????
[03:16:06] <cmn32480> lol
[03:16:09] <Bytram> I was wondering how long it was going to take for you to notice I already had a story there.
[03:16:15] <cmn32480> mine was there first
[03:16:27] <Bytram> I didn't see that.
[03:16:30] <cmn32480> I did
[03:16:52] <cmn32480> as I shrunk your overzealous timong on the one bfore it and fit it in jsut before miodnight
[03:16:56] <Bytram> I thought you said you were tired and had trouble staing awake... you must have dreamed it!
[03:17:04] <cmn32480> hahahahah
[03:17:48] <Bytram> your juno story seems much too long to fit in the main area... needs to be split into extended copy
[03:17:50] <cmn32480> watching cartoons has a way of keeping me awake
[03:17:57] <cmn32480> It is
[03:18:21] <Bytram> oh, I see it now...
[03:18:31] <Bytram> then you need something to indicate that it is continued.
[03:18:41] <cmn32480> what time you work tomorrow?
[03:19:25] <Bytram> I'm takoing the day off so I can keep an eye on you.
[03:19:33] <cmn32480> hahaha
[03:19:59] <Bytram> so you admitted that you changed the time for one of my stories so that you could wedge in one of your own?
[03:20:36] <Bytram> BUSTED: "cmn32480: as I shrunk your overzealous timong on the one bfore it and fit it in jsut before miodnight"
[03:20:50] <cmn32480> it had been at 2hours and change
[03:21:07] <cmn32480> far too long as I understand we are shooting for about 90 minutes
[03:21:52] <Bytram> in general, but the queue was running very low and I saw that prior to my posting stories, they were scheduled for about 1h45m so I tried to follow approximately the same
[03:23:51] <Bytram> in fact, that is the timing I see in the stories that YOU posted before mine.
[03:24:12] <cmn32480> 1:40 is is about my normal
[03:24:32] <cmn32480> that one was 2hrs plus. I shrunk the time frame and inserted another story to fit
[03:25:11] <Bytram> so 'far too long as I understand we are shooting for about 90 minutes' doe snot apply to you who '1:40 is about my normal'
[03:25:28] <Bytram> lol 'doe snot' should be 'does not'
[03:25:33] <Bytram> nograb
[03:25:45] <Bytram> okay, I'll fix the time.
[03:25:50] <cmn32480> my typing is horrendous. THat is a known deficiency
[03:26:03] <cmn32480> we are quite the pair.
[03:26:31] <cmn32480> fix the time, eh?
[03:26:34] <Bytram> better a pair then a bunch of apples, I supposed.
[03:26:39] <Bytram> yes, I fixed the time.
[03:26:47] <cmn32480> bag of mixed nuts more like
[03:26:49] <Bytram> I just didn't quite entirely qualify where and how.
[03:26:56] <cmn32480> I noticed
[03:27:11] <Bytram> you can be the peanut (which is not actually a nut) and I'll be the pecan.
[03:27:20] <Bytram> or walnut, if you prefer.
[03:27:23] <cmn32480> a peanut is a legume, I think
[03:27:34] <Bytram> unless I cashew saying any more bad puns.
[03:27:42] <Bytram> sounds right.
[03:28:00] <cmn32480> it is all just a shell game
[03:28:07] <Bytram> LOL!
[03:28:13] <Bytram> NUTS!
[03:28:31] <Bytram> Maybe these puns are not all they are cracked up tobe?
[03:28:46] <cmn32480> <groan>
[03:29:14] <Bytram> cheese and wisecrackers?
[03:29:24] <cmn32480> better than whine!
[03:29:40] <Bytram> that's for sure!
[03:29:43] <Bytram> brb
[03:29:44] <Bytram> afk
[03:35:59] <Bytram> lol
[03:36:34] <cmn32480> hmmm?
[03:37:18] <Bytram> mr innocent, eh?
[03:37:27] <cmn32480> scary when the sub queue is this empty
[03:37:41] <cmn32480> I'll fire up arthur in the morning
[03:37:42] <Bytram> nah, the community always comes through.
[03:37:52] <cmn32480> "Not on my watch"
[03:37:59] <Bytram> should shake them up a bit,
[03:38:17] <cmn32480> you'ld hope
[03:38:22] <Bytram> we're good for the day. I'm sure others will notice the zero queue, and respond.
[03:38:30] <cmn32480> <crossed fingers>
[03:38:43] <Bytram> esp p666
[03:38:50] <cmn32480> him
[03:38:54] <cmn32480> tak and gewg
[03:39:04] <Bytram> nod nod
[03:39:19] <cmn32480> and several others have been known to toss in
[03:39:30] <cmn32480> nick
[03:39:40] <cmn32480> I'm not sweatin' it yet
[03:39:42] <Bytram> 'zactly
[03:40:18] <cmn32480> but firing arthur gives us a bit of a backstop, JIC
[03:41:16] <Bytram> nodnod
[03:41:57] * Bytram just noticed he had 3 stories in a row with over 2k hits
[03:42:05] <cmn32480> noice
[03:42:09] <cmn32480> good picks
[03:42:11] <Bytram> and two of those had over 70 comments
[03:42:30] <Bytram> I'd like to take credit, but this is one of those things where I am beholden to what the community provides.
[03:42:41] <cmn32480> I know
[03:43:03] <cmn32480> but it makes you feel good when the community reacts to an article with good discussion
[03:43:17] <Bytram> I must confess to a bit of pride, yes.
[03:43:42] <Bytram> I am a bit saddened that the science-y stories don't get as much response.
[03:44:07] <cmn32480> yeah
[03:44:13] <cmn32480> but it was the same in the old site
[03:44:14] <Bytram> but I console myself that quantity != quality
[03:44:47] <cmn32480> and that degenerated to a point where a lot of the science type stories went by the wayside in favor of high comment counts
[03:44:57] <Bytram> there are some stories posted here that I go 'Oh, WoW!' -- I have nothing to contribute to the discussion, but they dramatically affect my perception of the universe.
[03:45:17] <Bytram> and that goes for the comments,too.
[03:45:28] <cmn32480> yes
[03:45:44] <Bytram> when they start getting into cosmology (I miss Boris The Spider) and quantum physics...
[03:45:51] <cmn32480> there are often discussions where I read everythign and hove nothign to contribute due to a lack of knowledge
[03:45:53] <Bytram> I just step back and go 'Whoah!'
[03:46:23] <Bytram> I'm no dummy when it comes to maths, but these guys make me feel like I just learned my multiplication tables!
[03:46:34] <Bytram> very humbling!
[03:46:50] <cmn32480> math is not my strong point
[03:46:56] <Bytram> I am fortunate to have this place to learn from some of the most brilliant minds out htere.
[03:47:00] <cmn32480> I'm almost as bad at math as I am at typing
[03:47:14] <Bytram> roflmao!
[03:47:27] <Bytram> keep practicing, I'm sure you can attain similar mastery.
[03:47:48] <cmn32480> great... by the time I retire I might be able to do long division
[03:48:19] * Bytram lobs over a calculator
[03:48:48] * cmn32480 pokes it nervously
[03:49:30] <Bytram> 0.7734
[03:49:44] <cmn32480> 80085
[03:52:22] <Bytram> http://eyes.nasa.gov
[03:52:50] <cmn32480> that's cool
[03:52:51] <Bytram> http://eyes.nasa.gov
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[14:45:00] <takyon> you like sub sandwiches
[14:50:20] <takyon> TheMightyBuzzard: merging a story seems to label it as "accepted" on your recent submissions, despite it not being posted yet. Is this the intended behavior?
[14:51:07] <takyon> I guess it would be difficult to track
[14:51:14] <takyon> whatever
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[19:59:23] <takyon> i'll submit so many stories cmn32480 that it will be 72 hours of straight takyon
[20:07:59] <cmn32480> better than 72 hours of bytram!
[20:08:26] <cmn32480> and likely we can work in somebody else at some point each day
[21:12:15] <takyon> help me cmn32480
[21:12:20] <takyon> "Qualcomm could face as much as a $2.7 billion fine, 10% of its 2014 global revenues, if new European Commission antitrust charges succeed in court:"
[21:12:32] <cmn32480> ok
[21:12:36] <cmn32480> help with what?
[21:12:40] <takyon> in place of the words "succeed in court", I had...
[21:13:03] <takyon> something else. but regardless, it sounds awkward
[21:13:11] <takyon> what do you think
[21:13:40] <takyon> "succeed in court", "are approved", etc.
[21:13:51] <cmn32480> thinking
[21:15:53] <cmn32480> If new EC antitrust charges are proven out in court, Qualcomm could face as much as a $2.7billion dollar fine. At mamimum, this woudl be 10% of 2014 global revenues
[21:17:06] <takyon> qualcomm should appear in the first clause
[21:17:15] <takyon> writing
[21:18:13] <takyon> If new European Commission antitrust charges against Qualcomm succeed in court, the company could face as much as as a $2.7 billion fine, 10% of its 2014 global revenues
[21:18:18] <cmn32480> Qualcomm faces ne EC antitrust charges that coudl cost the company as much as 2.7 billion (10% of 2014 global revenue) if proven out in court.
[21:19:07] <takyon> the word "out" can just leave
[21:19:27] <takyon> which leaves me wondering about "proven". do you "prove" charges? I guess so
[21:19:54] <takyon> If new European Commission antitrust charges against Qualcomm are proven in court, the company could face as much as as a $2.7 billion fine (10% of its 2014 global revenues)
[21:20:25] <takyon> maybe I should throw the word guilty in there
[21:21:17] <takyon> Qualcomm could face as much as a $2.7 billion fine, 10% of its 2014 global revenues, if found guilty of <a href="http://www.tomshardware.com/news/eu-accuses-qualcomm-predatory-pricing,30717.html">new European Commission antitrust charges</a>:
[21:21:17] <Lumberg> ^ 03EU Officially Accuses Qualcomm Of 'Predatory Pricing' To Thwart Rivals
[21:21:50] <cmn32480> yes
[21:22:09] <takyon> except I'm using the (10% of its 2014 global revenues)
[21:22:19] <takyon> ok
[21:22:24] <takyon> thx
[21:31:00] <cmn32480> np
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[23:52:40] <cmn32480|away> ~q