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  • srieschsriesch Posts: 4,243
    edited September 2015

    Hamsters for packet transmission works for many sites, but there appears to be a conflict when attempting to use them on websites that have lolcats.  100% packet loss .

     

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  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,180
    Fixmypcmike said:
    McGyver said:

    I just read about that at CNET... I guess its better than some of the gerbil based systems. I believe Microsoft still uses them as data shunts... While they may be cheaper, they tend to get stuck in the tubes and just drop dead.... That and they usual chew up the transcripts and use it for bedding.

    For the record, any suggestion that Microsoft uses gerbils to transmit packets is completely unfounded, and you should be ashamed for spreading this rumour.

    They use hamsters.

    Is there any truth to the rumor that contrary to popular belief, the meat product hamburg, is is not ground beef but is in actuality ground hamsters?

     

  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,707
    LeatherGryphon said:
    Fixmypcmike said:
    McGyver said:

    I just read about that at CNET... I guess its better than some of the gerbil based systems. I believe Microsoft still uses them as data shunts... While they may be cheaper, they tend to get stuck in the tubes and just drop dead.... That and they usual chew up the transcripts and use it for bedding.

    For the record, any suggestion that Microsoft uses gerbils to transmit packets is completely unfounded, and you should be ashamed for spreading this rumour.

    They use hamsters.

    Is there any truth to the rumor that contrary to popular belief, the meat product hamburg, is is not ground beef but is in actuality ground hamsters?

    Completely untrue.  Hamburgers are indeed ground beef.  Well, made from part of a cow at least.  And while they do consist of meat between two pieces of bread, the Earl of Sandwich rolls over in his grave whenever they are referred to as sandwiches.

  • nicsttnicstt Posts: 11,715
    Fixmypcmike said:
    LeatherGryphon said:
    Fixmypcmike said:
    McGyver said:

    I just read about that at CNET... I guess its better than some of the gerbil based systems. I believe Microsoft still uses them as data shunts... While they may be cheaper, they tend to get stuck in the tubes and just drop dead.... That and they usual chew up the transcripts and use it for bedding.

    For the record, any suggestion that Microsoft uses gerbils to transmit packets is completely unfounded, and you should be ashamed for spreading this rumour.

    They use hamsters.

    Is there any truth to the rumor that contrary to popular belief, the meat product hamburg, is is not ground beef but is in actuality ground hamsters?

    Completely untrue.  Hamburgers are indeed ground beef.  Well, made from part of a cow at least.  And while they do consist of meat between two pieces of bread, the Earl of Sandwich rolls over in his grave whenever they are referred to as sandwiches.

    I'm not so sure, I recon he'd embrace the difference and opportunity; just because most of those available are poor, doesn't mean all are.

    So do the test posts still need doing or should we hijack the thread? :D

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,371
    sriesch said:

    Hamsters for packet transmission works for many sites, but there appears to be a conflict when attempting to use them on websites that have lolcats.  100% packet loss .

     

    That looks like a cat.

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,420

    It is a cat

  • ScavengerScavenger Posts: 2,674
    nicstt said:
     

    So do the test posts still need doing or should we hijack the thread? :D

     

    Hi jack away!  As long as notifications come in, it doesn't matter what goes on :)

    (I'm subsribed to pretty much every thread on the front page to get a good sampling body)

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    nicstt said:
    Fixmypcmike said:
    LeatherGryphon said:
    Fixmypcmike said:
    McGyver said:

    I just read about that at CNET... I guess its better than some of the gerbil based systems. I believe Microsoft still uses them as data shunts... While they may be cheaper, they tend to get stuck in the tubes and just drop dead.... That and they usual chew up the transcripts and use it for bedding.

    For the record, any suggestion that Microsoft uses gerbils to transmit packets is completely unfounded, and you should be ashamed for spreading this rumour.

    They use hamsters.

    Is there any truth to the rumor that contrary to popular belief, the meat product hamburg, is is not ground beef but is in actuality ground hamsters?

    Completely untrue.  Hamburgers are indeed ground beef.  Well, made from part of a cow at least.  And while they do consist of meat between two pieces of bread, the Earl of Sandwich rolls over in his grave whenever they are referred to as sandwiches.

    I'm not so sure, I recon he'd embrace the difference and opportunity; just because most of those available are poor, doesn't mean all are.

    So do the test posts still need doing or should we hijack the thread? :D

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,420
    edited September 2015

    I was jacking away already

    oh you mean on the thread

     

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  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,401

    All about the base, the way it could have been.   https://youtu.be/iyTTX6Wlf1Y   

  • srieschsriesch Posts: 4,243
    Kulay Wolf said:
    sriesch said:

    Hamsters for packet transmission works for many sites, but there appears to be a conflict when attempting to use them on websites that have lolcats.  100% packet loss .

    That looks like a cat.

    There was a hampster, not a cat, in that hampster ball before the packet got to the lolcat site, I swear.  :-)

  • JackFosterJackFoster Posts: 143
    Scavenger said:
    Hi jack away!

    Hi.

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,420
    JackFoster said:
    Scavenger said:
    Hi jack away!

    Hi.

    welcome Jack heart

     

  • nicsttnicstt Posts: 11,715

     

    JaguarElla said:

    It is a cat

    The hamster is wearing a cat... poor hamster. :p

  • ScavengerScavenger Posts: 2,674

    Just reactivating this...Comcast won't fix the problem on their end...and not having their filters running is letting too much junk go through.. so I'm seeing if my client can snag the mail before or out of the junk....

  • srieschsriesch Posts: 4,243

    I was never here.

    This post does not exist.

    Why is it double-spacing everything I type?

  • atticanneatticanne Posts: 3,009

    Well, I certainly hope it gets straightened out.  

  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,707
    sriesch said:

    I was never here.

    This post does not exist.

    Why is it double-spacing everything I type?

    Who put all those words in between the blank lines you didn't type?

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,371
    Fixmypcmike said:
    sriesch said:

    I was never here.

    This post does not exist.

    Why is it double-spacing everything I type?

    Who put all those words in between the blank lines you didn't type?

    Not me

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 108,967
    edited September 2015

    If you want to avoid double spacing you have to edit the source.
    Click the Source button, remove all but the first <p> and the last </p> and then add a <br /> at the end of the other paragraphs.
    Like this.

    Post edited by Richard Haseltine on
  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,371
    Richard Haseltine said:

    If you want to avoid double spacing you have to edit the source.
    Click the Source button, remove all but the first <p> and the last </p> and then add a <br /> at the end of the other paragraphs.
    Like this.

    okay

    not like this

    but like
    this

  • srieschsriesch Posts: 4,243
    edited September 2015

    Aha,
    ok,
    thanks.

    Post edited by sriesch on
  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,085
    edited September 2015

    That's good to know... I wonder why it double spaces automatically?
    It seems very wasteful of post area real estate.

    Now I will promptly forget how to do this...

    Still, it's good to know.

    Post edited by McGyver on
  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604

    Isn't

    it

    called

    minimalism

    to

    have

    lot's

    of

    space

    between

    things?

  • AtiAti Posts: 9,188

    Or instead of a simple enter, use shift+enter. That puts in a <br> instead of a <p>. I find this easier than editing the source.

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,371
    Chohole said:

    Isn't

    it

    called

    minimalism

    to

    have

    lot's

    of

    space

    between

    things?

    not sure

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,085

    The proverb of today is:

    "The man who stands alone in a lake, will have fish in his pants, yet he who does not, will be dry"

    Pass this on to someone you love or want to confuse... It will show you care.

  • srieschsriesch Posts: 4,243
    edited September 2015
    McGyver said:

    That's good to know... I wonder why it double spaces automatically?

    Good question.   Microsoft Word does this too, and the only way around it I could find was to make a specially-prepared "blank" document to start from (or go through a whole series of steps to disable it every single time you write a document, which is silly.)  I have no idea what they're thinking.  It's probably some standard business grammar formatting thing we're all supposed to use to put a space after every paragraph or something, who knows.  But most of the time I'm just typing up a list or collection of one-line items, so it's extra-annoying if not disabled.

     

    Chohole said:

    Isn't

    it

    called

    minimalism

    to

    have

    lot's

    of

    space

    between

    things?

    I think that should be called "maximalism".  :-)

    Post edited by sriesch on
  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,085

    This has nothing to do with anything, but since I was thinking about it, I figured I'd post it here...

    Why I don't use emoticons or smilies...

    Well, they are too cute for me... I'm not a cute person. But also, I'm not sure I always get what they mean or feel people will get what I mean by them... Here are a few examples of what I mean, and how I feel some emoticons can also be interpreted:

    smiley=  Happy, non-threatening smile or satisfied with what I did.

    sad=  Sad, pooped in pants or meds not working yet.

    wink= Winking perversely, got poked in eye (but happy about it) or pirate patch fell off while smiling too hard.

    laugh= Very happy, just got grabbed in naughty manner or meds finally kicked in.

    frown= Disappointed, indifferent or just had a stroke and right side is paralyzed.

    cheeky= "Can I lick you?"or "I like licking stuff".

    blush= "I'm allergic to shellfish, please call paramedics".

    surprise= Got grabbed too hard in naughty manner and wasn't expecting it.

    indecision= Stroke effects are getting worse.

    angry= "I'll kill you all and burn your mangled remains with my new flamethrower"... Or "I'm really constipated".

    angel= I just died and heaven is very nice.

    cool= I honestly have no idea what this is about... "I just bought a new pair of Harry Potter glasses"? 

    devil= I just died and hell is a lot of fun.

    crying= "Tear ducts just ruptured, call for help" or "I'm cutting onions".

    enlightened= Lightbulbs are great.

    yes= "Great idea, lets hitchhike now!"

    no= "Off with his head!!" Or "I'm very bad at hitchhiking"

    heart= "Having heart attack... Call paramedics"

    broken heart= "Aorta just violently ruptured, call for help"

    kiss= "I have bizarrely puffy lips"

    mail= Strangely folded diaper or nappy

     

    I'm sure most people who use emoticons are mostly not using them to mean what I'm seeing them as, but I just thought I'd put that out there.

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604

    When they put the smileys up they always forget the Chohole Smiley 

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