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Message in a bottle BuckGalaxy October 29, 2025 10:55 am (Off-Topic)

According to some, we're a nation of illiterate dependents looking for a handout RobVG October 27, 2025 8:56 pm (CurrentEvents)

The 1% RobVG October 27, 2025 10:54 am (Off-Topic)

Parting Shot ER October 27, 2025 4:36 am (Off-Topic)

Space X put on notice RobVG October 20, 2025 4:55 pm (Space/Science)

There is no bottom to this barrel... RL October 19, 2025 5:40 pm (CurrentEvents)

John Wheeler's philosophy: "Beyond the Black Hole" RL October 16, 2025 10:00 pm (Space/Science)

Brosz baffled, Bondi busts Bolton ER October 16, 2025 2:08 pm (CurrentEvents)

Science backs up what I have been saying for years... RL October 15, 2025 7:59 pm (CurrentEvents)

No sugar tonight in my coffee, no sugar tonight in my tea ER October 15, 2025 5:07 pm (Space/Science)

Only thing surprising is that people are surprised... RL October 15, 2025 7:12 am (CurrentEvents)

Superwood BuckGalaxy October 14, 2025 5:46 pm (Space/Science)

Kindle Fire is hard to resist at $199 by FrankC November 17, 2011 4:07 pm

My Kindle fanatic guru who has given all his writings into the Kindle free library says that it's good for ... by bowser 2011-11-17 17:44:15
- Yeah, when it comes to toys like this, I'm my own best friend. by FrankC 2011-11-17 22:55:38

How do you write a paragraph code? by bowser November 16, 2011 3:11 pm

A paragraph can be set off by inserting (p) at the beginning, and (/p) at the end, except replacing the ... by TB 2011-11-16 17:37:56

How do you write a program for this? by bowser November 14, 2011 8:14 pm

e-mail display by TB November 12, 2011 11:58 am

Are email addresses visible in public? Shouldn't be. But there is a serious flaw in WordPress's design that it displays ... by Robert 2011-11-13 13:25:22
- Seems to be working. Now all that's left is our ISPs, but I don't think spammers typically mine sites ... by TB 2011-11-13 16:38:58

Robert? Can I use actual trade names in my story? by Jeff-Wash November 9, 2011 2:21 pm

You wanted a speedy reply. by Robert 2011-11-11 13:36:10
Jeff, see this article: Usually it would be OK. If your main character were drinking a Miller Lite, the company might even ... by Eri 2011-11-09 18:42:47
- Winston Forded the small stream in his Explorer, having decided between Town & Country to live in the Outback. ... by bowser 2011-11-10 23:19:47
  - Actually, there is. They pay movie producers millions for placement in movies. But you gotta be highly visible. ... by Eri 2011-11-11 08:49:06
    - Remember when the M & Ms people decided they didn't want to have a lumpy little alien eating their candy ... by TB 2011-11-11 09:35:01
      - You may well be right. I was only saying that, IF someone like those authors approached someone like Coke ... by Eri 2011-11-11 18:51:51

Google: do a barrel roll by Jody November 3, 2011 1:38 pm

Binary logic by johannes November 2, 2011 7:48 pm

Octal logic by Robert 2011-11-03 10:17:47
- As the old saying goes: There’s more than one way to skin a cat. That patent is over ... by johannes 2011-11-04 11:38:11
  - How? by Robert 2011-11-05 13:31:28
    - Thank you Robert, I really appreciate that you are taking the time to explain these things to me. On that poorly ... by johannes 2011-11-06 15:45:09
      - No problem. But I've pretty much reached the limit of my knowledge, and ability to puzzle things out from first ... by Robert 2011-11-14 10:47:43

no·blesse o·blige by FrankC October 27, 2011 12:04 am

It's a heavy burden but I am obliged to do my blesset. (groaning may begin now) by Eri 2011-10-27 18:59:19

Word for the day by FrankC October 25, 2011 11:42 pm

Meta word for the day by Robert 2011-10-26 16:38:37
- HAH!!! I am the expert on that! My mother is in a one minute conversation loop...and I am asked the same ... by Jody 2011-10-27 09:12:33
- A technique often used in explaining matters to children. When the fifth grade level is too complex the fourth ... by bowser 2011-10-26 21:57:21
  - Absolutely Bowser! It is easy to read a blank stare. Re-phrasing helps generate an aha! moment. by Jody 2011-10-27 09:13:54
This is a humorous post by FrankC 2011-10-25 23:52:11
- I am in the humor cadre and I declare that cannot pass muster without specificity. Or wait a minute, was that ... by Eri 2011-10-26 00:02:13
  - nah...cadre is mi madre's cousin. by Jody 2011-10-26 03:39:23
    - The madre cadre. by Eri 2011-10-26 18:58:16
    - Unless it is the padre... by Jody 2011-10-26 08:12:48
      - in which case it's the padre cadre, non madre cadre. by Eri 2011-10-27 11:32:29

How to post a video from YouTube. by Jody October 24, 2011 8:58 am

One can also use the shortcut of typing "youtube" in brackets instead of quotes, then the unique video number copied ... by podrock 2011-10-24 12:07:43
Thanks! by TB 2011-10-24 09:29:38
- Just in case you don't know how to insert a video from MSNBC news site, there's a "clip and share" ... by Eri 2011-10-24 10:19:25

Notice To Editors: by podrock October 23, 2011 2:17 pm

As far as I know, I do not have that privilege, nor do I have a key to the wardroom ... by Ainz 2011-10-28 14:41:00
- Hey Ainz....nice to see you here. I came back, and post every now and then when I can REMEMBER that ... by Lindy 2011-10-29 20:41:08
- Actually, you do have that priviledge, you are an editor, just like everyone who made the jump from the Damn ... by podrock 2011-10-28 16:25:03
By the way, love the "global post." by TB 2011-10-23 20:03:36
- For when Robert or Podrock are unavailable by Jody 2011-10-23 21:06:04
  - You're incorrigible. A good thing, of course. LOL by Eri 2011-10-23 23:10:57
Thanks for trying to herd the cats, podrock. I expected things to get a bit chaotic when a whole group ... by Robert 2011-10-23 15:07:16
- Now, listen, Robert, that last line was so small I had to copy it to my Word Processor and enlarge. ... by Eri 2011-10-23 15:17:36
  - I'm just a modest kinda guy, what can I say? by Robert 2011-10-24 12:26:40
    - And my eyes ain't what they used to be. Of course, the rest of me isn't, either. by Eri 2011-10-24 14:57:10
Has anyone besides Bowser complained about his stuff being tampered with? Jeff's turned out to be a misfire. This may ... by TB 2011-10-23 15:00:29
- The bigger picture is that, regardless of what really happened, doubt has crept in. This rickety software does not foster ... by Robert 2011-10-23 15:10:08
  - Not to worry, Robert. I got fine with it as long as I was reassured there was transparency and ... by bowser 2011-10-23 16:52:32
  - The obvious solution is fixing things so that people can only edit their own stuff. Point is, nobody's really had a ... by TB 2011-10-23 15:25:38
Pod, mark me off your list. As I stated in the thread below, I would NEVER do that. ... by Eri 2011-10-23 14:52:41

Question for TB by Eri October 22, 2011 12:32 pm

I had the first response under here and it's disappeared without a trace. How could that happen? by bowser 2011-10-23 08:39:06
- Somehow it ended up in the comment "trash bin." by TB 2011-10-23 11:19:25
  - Thanks for figuring that out. I'm gathering someone threw it into the Trash Bin to wait someone else's approval? ... by bowser 2011-10-23 11:33:24
    - No one pre-approves messages. When you're in edit mode and you happen to click a little too far one ... by Eri 2011-10-23 12:00:43
      - Someone trashed a posted message. It was an endlessly clever response to your post. You said you had ... by bowser 2011-10-23 12:17:55
        
        I suggested you lose weight Trust me when I say this...this is all the post contained. This is all ... by Jody 2011-10-23 13:03:56
        
        Aw, come on! It was an obvious joke when asked how to "reduce" a photograph. There's nothing wrong ... by TB 2011-10-23 13:17:56
        
        It wasn't as obvious as you or Bowser thought. The first thing that occurred to me was that he ... by Eri 2011-10-23 14:40:34
        
        I apologize for the offence that caused, Eri. On my limited behalf I have no idea of what you ... by bowser 2011-10-23 15:22:09
        
        All is well. Thank you for the apology. Since I do need to lose a few, I'm probably ... by Eri 2011-10-23 16:32:18
        
        I am not overweight...I am under tall. It is all relative anyway...when I go live on the moon, I will ... by Jody 2011-10-23 16:41:33
        
        The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress by FrankC 2011-10-23 17:44:20
        
        I will take a look see Frank! by Jody 2011-10-23 19:54:40
        
        Thank you Eri, and I apologize for discussing this like you were not in the same room. This topic is over ... by FrankC 2011-10-23 14:48:06
        
        No problem, Frank. Thanks. by Eri 2011-10-23 16:32:46
        
        Does anyone really want to take issue with this with me?? I mean REALLY???????????? I have a life time of experiences ... by Jody 2011-10-23 13:57:39
        
        LOL, says the male with the hide of a Rhino. by FrankC 2011-10-23 13:39:40
        
        Obviously, someone did this. I will be shocked if there isn't an audit trail that will reveal the doer. I considered ... by FrankC 2011-10-23 12:45:31
        
        Oh, goody. Back to Flame. by bowser 2011-10-23 12:53:14
        
        Get that Jiffy-Pop shaking! by TB 2011-10-23 13:01:48
        
        I'm going to take a nap. It's going to take all I have to explain that post to a ... by bowser 2011-10-23 13:31:35
        
        I wouldn't get too paranoid. by TB 2011-10-23 12:31:14
        
        There are two basic interfaces with this board. by TB 2011-10-23 12:27:55
Wait a second... by Robert 2011-10-22 21:39:17
- This if for my NaNoWriMo site. They have a place for us to download our pic. The message ... by Eri 2011-10-22 22:48:56
- I might be wrong but I think she is trying to upload to another site. The pic is already uploaded ... by FrankC 2011-10-22 22:21:39
  - Yes. :-) by Eri 2011-10-22 22:49:17
I know I'm not TB but go to ShrinkPictures.com I use it all the time. n/t by RobVG 2011-10-22 16:51:17
- Alright! I went there, resized and uploaded it to NaNoWriMo. Thanks, Rob! by Eri 2011-10-22 23:02:24
  - You're Welcome :) n/t by RobVG 2011-10-23 10:36:04
I'll e-mail you a reduced copy, but in the spirit of Teaching to Fish, do you have any image manipulating ... by TB 2011-10-22 16:20:23
- Thank you for all your help. I just got the tool to "fish" at shrinkpictures.com (Rob's suggestion) and have ... by Eri 2011-10-22 23:05:30
  - Are you all sorted out now? I don't know what the "black border" thing is about. I didn't know about ... by TB 2011-10-23 08:20:11
    - Yep, I'm all sorted out. I posted my pic online at the NaNoWriMo site. I think the 100 ... by Eri 2011-10-23 23:09:43
      - 100 x 100 is the pixel count, vertical and horizontal (or maybe the other way around). It's common to ... by TB 2011-10-24 06:45:04
  - I use Photoimpact which is much cheaper than Photoshop but nothing is better than free. The Paint program is free ... by FrankC 2011-10-22 23:42:31
- All I have is Adobe Photoshop which as near as I can tell, is a piece of crap. I ... by Eri 2011-10-22 22:51:22
Forgive me Father, for I am about to sin. My last confession was about a day ago. Eri - Maybe lose ... by bowser 2011-10-22 15:26:21
- Actually, I have lost 12 lbs. About 100 times over my lifetime. So that makes a total of ... by Eri 2011-10-23 14:48:02

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