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  • giovanni tiso, in reply to BenWilson,

    What? No personality test?

    We're not as picky as we used to be.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

  • BenWilson,

    As Marx wrote, please accept my resignation. I don’t want to belong to any club that would accept me as one of its members.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 10657 posts Report

  • Islander, in reply to BenWilson,

    As Marx wrote, please accept my resignation. I don’t want to belong to any club that would accept me as one of its members

    Hence that rather odd & pompous little literary club, "Groucho's". I was invited to join but declined for the eponymous actor's reason...

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report

  • Paul Campbell,

    We don't do personality tests any more but let me sell you a few communication courses and explain about our evil alien overlord Lord Xenu ...

    Dunedin • Since Nov 2006 • 2623 posts Report

  • Hebe, in reply to Carol Stewart,

    Muriel Newman; On The Smell of An Oily Old Bag.

    Christchurch • Since May 2011 • 2899 posts Report

  • Craig Ranapia, in reply to giovanni tiso,

    Sure, if you look around at the financial markets or at the state of social services in this or most other developed nations, we are muddling through just splendidly, aren’t we?

    You know, Gio, please go lecture my next door neighbours on what a shithole New Zealand is. They’ll patiently explain why they’re in no great rush to go back to Iraq. They have family who are more concerned about securing clean drinking water than the state of the Dow-Jones.

    North Shore, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 12370 posts Report

  • giovanni tiso, in reply to Craig Ranapia,

    You know, Gio, please go lecture my next door neighbours on what a shithole New Zealand is. They’ll patiently explain why they’re in no great rush to go back to Iraq.

    Wow, really? Have you discussed with them the role of the Western countries that New Zealand has been consistently allied with since it has had a foreign policy in making Iraq the place that it is?

    But you've given me a great idea. I'm going to go over to my neighbours, who come from Somalia, and lecture them on what a great place my country is compared to theirs. I'm sure they will be far too polite to remind me of the relevant chapters of Italian history.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

  • Stephen Judd, in reply to Craig Ranapia,

    please go lecture my next door neighbours on what a shithole New Zealand is. They’ll patiently explain why they’re in no great rush to go back to Iraq. They have family who are more concerned about securing clean drinking water

    Do tell me where the intermediate point is between here and Iraq where I can worry with your blessing.

    NZ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------Iraq
    Not OK with Craig^........somewhat OK with Craig^.........OK with Craig^

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 3122 posts Report

  • Stephen Judd,

    Russell, can we please have tags for monospaced font so that ASCII art is possible? Ta.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 3122 posts Report

  • Russell Brown, in reply to Stephen Judd,

    Russell, can we please have tags for monospaced font so that ASCII art is possible? Ta.

    That is quite honestly the geekiest bloody thing I've read all year.

    I'll see what I can do.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report

  • Sacha, in reply to Stephen Judd,

    though I accept a mono tag would be easier to implement, wouldn't you rather have tables? seems more generally useful

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • giovanni tiso,

    Also, could we have a spellchecker, and a debugger that checks comments for internal logical consistency?

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

  • David Hood, in reply to Sacha,

    wouldn’t you rather have tables?

    With a mono tag
    ____________________
    |I could make my own tables|
    ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
    (Actually, I don't think tables are such a good idea, because of the limited horizontal space. For tables of figures, monospace would be a functional replacement)

    Dunedin • Since May 2007 • 1445 posts Report

  • Stephen Judd, in reply to Sacha,

    If you have monospaced fonts, laying out tables is child’s play. For me, anyway. Sorry. I try to think like normal people but it really is difficult, especially today. I have been playing Speaker To Non Technical People all day and my Normality Feigning Reserve is completely exhausted.

    Edit: thank you, Brother David. Also, snap.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 3122 posts Report

  • Lilith __,

    I s’pose you all know the joke that goes, “A web designer walks into a bar….and walks out again as soon as he realises they’re using tables.”

    a debugger that checks comments for internal logical consistency?

    Gio! How could we have arguments then?!

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report

  • Sacha, in reply to David Hood,

    the limited horizontal space

    width = 100%
    #sorted

    (and yes it would rely on posters only trying for a few columns of numbers, not a matrixed treatise)

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Sacha,

    I suspect there are more pressing features anyway, for non-geek and geek alike.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • giovanni tiso,

    You know what would be nice? If you got an email if somebody replies to one of your posts (so long as you’ve registered your email address in the system, obviously). That way if you’ve dropped out of the conversation you can still pick it up if you’ve been addressed directly.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

  • Sacha, in reply to giovanni tiso,

    if you’ve been addressed directly

    sounds like an @reply function..

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Steve Barnes, in reply to David Hood,

    |I could make my own tables|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

    I would recommend using a mortice and tenon joint for attaching the rails to the legs, preferably foxed with a soft wedge to accommodate changes in humidity and temperature.
    As for the table top itself. Care must be taken in this exercise as larger widths of timber are more susceptible to warping. Therefore plywood is recommended as a suitable base for an attractive finish, such as paint.
    There are, of course, other joints that could be considered, such as the Biscuit Reinforced Butt Joint
    Mmmmm biscuits...

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report

  • tussock,

    So, high youth unemployment, abandoned youth busymaking programs, recently limited youth opportunities for self-betterment, endless police powers used to constantly harass youth, and a youth holiday period, => riot!

    Do any of these austerity countries have a plan for the future of intermittent oil supplies, with modern growth being a function of fossil fuel burn rates? Maybe this is the plan, divide and conquer.

    Since Nov 2006 • 611 posts Report

  • Craig Ranapia, in reply to Stephen Judd,

    Do tell me where the intermediate point is between here and Iraq where I can worry with your blessing.

    North Shore, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 12370 posts Report

  • Russell Brown,

    And in Yet More Weird, Bureaucratic Social Control news, David Cameron is proposing banning people from social media if they might be plotting criminal activity.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report

  • merc, in reply to Russell Brown,

    Ah, thought crime.

    Since Dec 2006 • 2471 posts Report

  • recordari, in reply to Lilith __,

    “A web designer walks into a bar….and walks out again as soon as he realises they’re using tables.”

    Another man walks into the bar. "Hey, there's this hairy chested guy outside blabbering and making obtuse gestures in the air".

    Bartender "yeah, he just walked in, saw our nest of tables in the corner and then ran out".

    <table bgcolour="#FFFFFS" border=5>
    <td><table bgcolor="#FFSFFS">
    <tr><td>Don't</td><td>try</td></tr>
    <tr><td>this</td><td>at</td></tr>
    <tr><td>home</td></tr>
    </table></td></table>

    AUCKLAND • Since Dec 2009 • 2607 posts Report

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