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Coyote
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Message 361 of 653 (779386)
03-03-2016 7:03 PM
Reply to: Message 360 by Dr Adequate
03-03-2016 4:00 PM


Re: Sci-Fi, Help Locating Story
Thanks! That was a lovely story.

Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.
Belief gets in the way of learning--Robert A. Heinlein
In the name of diversity, college student demands to be kept in ignorance of the culture that made diversity a value--StultisTheFool
It's not what we don't know that hurts, it's what we know that ain't so--Will Rogers
If I am entitled to something, someone else is obliged to pay--Jerry Pournelle
If a religion's teachings are true, then it should have nothing to fear from science...--dwise1
"Multiculturalism" demands that the US be tolerant of everything except its own past, culture, traditions, and identity.

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coffee_addict
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Message 362 of 653 (781953)
04-12-2016 2:42 PM


FYI, I've shamelessly stolen EvC technology
Part of my job is to work on Line of Business (LOB) apps for the company. I just added in a "Do Nothing Button" button to every app.
Question. How did this new and innovative technology come about? How did Percy come up with such an awesome invention?
Edited by Lammy, : No reason given.

If you say the word "gullible" slowly, it sounds like oranges. Go ahead and try it.

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New Cat's Eye
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Message 363 of 653 (781955)
04-12-2016 3:20 PM
Reply to: Message 362 by coffee_addict
04-12-2016 2:42 PM


Re: FYI, I've shamelessly stolen EvC technology
Question. How did this new and innovative technology come about? How did Percy come up with such an awesome invention?
I used to have an iPhone and would browse this site on it. Whenever I'd scroll through a thread and arrive at the bottom, I would use the All Topics button to get back to the list. With the relatively small screen, and my normal sized thumb, I would occasionally hit the Contact Us button on accident. This caused the iPhone to open up the email application to draft a new email and then it would start downloading all my emails n'stuff and it was really annoying.
I posted a message here Message 231 to ask Percy to move the buttons apart so I wouldn't have to be annoyed anymore.
So then he created the Do Nothing Button to seperate them.
Why did you create a Do Nothing Button?

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coffee_addict
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Message 364 of 653 (781957)
04-12-2016 3:33 PM
Reply to: Message 363 by New Cat's Eye
04-12-2016 3:20 PM


Re: FYI, I've shamelessly stolen EvC technology
To do absolutely nothing.

If you say the word "gullible" slowly, it sounds like oranges. Go ahead and try it.

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New Cat's Eye
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Message 365 of 653 (781959)
04-12-2016 4:39 PM
Reply to: Message 364 by coffee_addict
04-12-2016 3:33 PM


Re: FYI, I've shamelessly stolen EvC technology
So, for the lulz?

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coffee_addict
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Message 366 of 653 (781961)
04-12-2016 5:57 PM
Reply to: Message 365 by New Cat's Eye
04-12-2016 4:39 PM


Re: FYI, I've shamelessly stolen EvC technology
Haha ya.

If you say the word "gullible" slowly, it sounds like oranges. Go ahead and try it.

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AZPaul3
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Message 367 of 653 (781967)
04-12-2016 8:47 PM
Reply to: Message 364 by coffee_addict
04-12-2016 3:33 PM


Re: FYI, I've shamelessly stolen EvC technology
To do absolutely nothing.
But does it work? Does it, in fact, do absolutely nothing every time it is hit?
Percy is quite good at this programming stuff. Just look around to see how awesome he is. I keep testing the "Do Nothing Button" to make sure he hasn't slipped up somewhere and, sure enough, on this site, the "Do Nothing Button" does exactly that.
Can you claim the same competence and expertise?
Edited by AZPaul3, : No reason given.

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Blue Jay
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Message 368 of 653 (781993)
04-13-2016 9:59 AM
Reply to: Message 367 by AZPaul3
04-12-2016 8:47 PM


Re: FYI, I've shamelessly stolen EvC technology
Hi Paul.
AZPaul3 writes:
I keep testing the "Do Nothing Button" to make sure he hasn't slipped up somewhere...
Glad to know I'm not the only one who does this!
I pretend it's beta-testing.

-Blue Jay, Ph.D.*
*Yeah, it's real
Darwin loves you.

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New Cat's Eye
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Message 369 of 653 (781998)
04-13-2016 11:35 AM
Reply to: Message 367 by AZPaul3
04-12-2016 8:47 PM


Re: FYI, I've shamelessly stolen EvC technology
Percy is quite good at this programming stuff. Just look around to see how awesome he is. I keep testing the "Do Nothing Button" to make sure he hasn't slipped up somewhere and, sure enough, on this site, the "Do Nothing Button" does exactly that.
I haven't accidentally clicked on the 'Contact Us' button since the 'Do Nothing Button' has been implemented, so it is actually doing something for me.
I do question if it technically even counts as a button when it is not something that you can "press". I mean, it should still be clickable like a real button is.

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Message 370 of 653 (782002)
04-13-2016 11:41 AM
Reply to: Message 369 by New Cat's Eye
04-13-2016 11:35 AM


Re: FYI, I've shamelessly stolen EvC technology
I mean, it should still be clickable like a real button is.
Except that if it clicked, it would be doing something!

Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul
"A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain "
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New Cat's Eye
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Message 371 of 653 (782005)
04-13-2016 11:44 AM
Reply to: Message 370 by Phat
04-13-2016 11:41 AM


Re: FYI, I've shamelessly stolen EvC technology
If I flip a light switch and nothing happens, did the switch really do anything?
If the switch cannot be moved, then is it really a switch?
Edited by Cat Sci, : No reason given.

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ringo
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Message 372 of 653 (782009)
04-13-2016 12:11 PM
Reply to: Message 371 by New Cat's Eye
04-13-2016 11:44 AM


Re: FYI, I've shamelessly stolen EvC technology
Cat Sci writes:
If I flip a light switch and nothing happens, did the switch really do anything?
It told you there's a problem.

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Message 373 of 653 (782011)
04-13-2016 12:48 PM


Do Nothing Button
Little do you know, the Do Nothing Button is an executive admin only portal into the bar/lounge where we do ... nothing. Whilst in there we are not in the forums creating fear and loathing among the populous.

  
New Cat's Eye
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Message 374 of 653 (782013)
04-13-2016 1:06 PM
Reply to: Message 372 by ringo
04-13-2016 12:11 PM


Re: FYI, I've shamelessly stolen EvC technology
Cat Sci writes:
If I flip a light switch and nothing happens, did the switch really do anything?
It told you there's a problem.
Not if it's a Do Nothing Switch...
But if I cannot even move the switch, does it really count as a switch? Isn't it just a knob at that point?
It's really more of a Do Nothing Box, since it's not really an actual button that I can press.

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ringo
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Message 375 of 653 (782015)
04-13-2016 1:14 PM
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04-13-2016 1:06 PM


Re: FYI, I've shamelessly stolen EvC technology
Cat Sci writes:
It's really more of a Do Nothing Box, since it's not really an actual button that I can press.
But if there's no feedback, you don't know what, if anything, it's doing. It could be uploading your personal information to me.

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