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by Foil
Thu Dec 22, 2016 11:21 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Door Deadbolt issue
Replies: 24
Views: 5280

Re: Door Deadbolt issue

Isaac, enough with the childish thinly-veiled penile references. We all get it.
by Foil
Wed Dec 21, 2016 10:03 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: International Space Station
Replies: 20
Views: 4869

Re: International Space Station

SpaceX is a private organization, not a government organization like NASA.
by Foil
Wed Dec 07, 2016 2:07 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Welcome.
Replies: 11
Views: 2221

Re: Welcome.

You'll get the hang of it. :mrgreen: At the very least, you'll be able to do more than I've been able to over the last few months.

Thank you for being willing to jump into the fray. :)
by Foil
Wed Nov 30, 2016 12:43 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: remember when Baptist Churches were getting this......
Replies: 17
Views: 2667

Re: remember when Baptist Churches were getting this......

...aaaaaand we're done.

If you guys can't post dialogue without taking personal shots, don't post at all.
by Foil
Tue Nov 29, 2016 2:50 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: I guess there is ONE thing I thank Obama for...
Replies: 8
Views: 1886

Re: I guess there is ONE thing I thank Obama for...

Is there a point here, or is this pic just political humor that belongs in the Café?
by Foil
Tue Nov 29, 2016 2:48 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: everything is cool up at the '21'!!!
Replies: 4
Views: 1599

Re: everything is cool up at the '21'!!!

He has a point. If you're going to post a link in E&C, it needs to come with notes or some other form of starting discussion.

So if you have a point about the link, post it.
by Foil
Tue Nov 01, 2016 10:58 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Just....LOL
Replies: 2
Views: 1895

Re: Just....LOL

...off to the Café.
by Foil
Wed Oct 26, 2016 12:12 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Lookout below!
Replies: 2
Views: 1853

Re: Lookout below!

If you want to start an E&C topic, it requires some commentary.

If you just want to post a cartoon... it's off to the Café.
by Foil
Thu Sep 08, 2016 8:17 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Now a superior feature Apple users won't have:
Replies: 12
Views: 2919

Re: Now a superior feature Apple users won't have:

Off to the Café...
by Foil
Wed Sep 07, 2016 8:26 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: From a Russian...
Replies: 23
Views: 3745

Re: From a Russian...

...and we're done.
by Foil
Tue Sep 06, 2016 10:59 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: From a Russian...
Replies: 23
Views: 3745

Re: From a Russian...

Get back to the topic, folks, and drop the international smack-talk.
by Foil
Tue Aug 30, 2016 8:41 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Do not question the queen.
Replies: 4
Views: 1588

Re: Do not question the queen.

If you want to discuss a particular conspiracy theory, add some thoughts about it to kick off the dialogue. Posting a video alone is not a topic.
by Foil
Mon Aug 29, 2016 9:44 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: BLM members need to attend this...
Replies: 7
Views: 1835

Re: BLM members need to attend this...

Come back when you all can have a legitimate discussion.
by Foil
Fri Aug 12, 2016 12:33 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Yes! Let's celebrate!
Replies: 29
Views: 4276

Re: Yes! Let's celebrate!

The only "assimilation" happening is one way...that of western civilization submitting to islam. I'm confused here. How can you claim this, after posting an image of a Muslim woman not only competing in an athletic event (which in many cases is seen as contrary to Islamic principles), but...
by Foil
Fri Aug 05, 2016 11:30 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: electoral college histogram
Replies: 66
Views: 6316

Re: electoral college histogram

Be careful of "trend-chasing" or "bounce-chasing" when touting results soon after conventions. (That goes for both woody and slick.) FiveThirtyEight has a pretty good discussion about models, and whether they should aggressively follow trends or not in this recent article . http:...
by Foil
Thu Aug 04, 2016 12:00 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Windows Update fail
Replies: 47
Views: 16581

Re: Windows Update fail

Foil, Holy crap! I've got 46.1 megs of cbs.persist.log files. I'll have to read your link a little bit more and see if I can deal with them. My little server at home went from 58G free space to 72G free w/ some elbow grease :) CBS files: stop the "Windows Modules Installer" service, delet...
by Foil
Wed Aug 03, 2016 2:14 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Windows Update fail
Replies: 47
Views: 16581

Re: Windows Update fail

I have seen some outrageous numbers here (eg. 20GB System queued Windows Error Reporting, 2+GB Windows Update Cleanup), cleaning these out seemed to help speeding up update checks. This. I was seeing some massive disk usage upon bootup with some error logs [details] . Cleaning those up helped massi...
by Foil
Wed Aug 03, 2016 9:13 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Car audio issues.
Replies: 5
Views: 2676

Re: Car audio issues.

My wife's car stereo was showing the same symptoms about a month ago. Particularly in heat, the audio would just cut out after about 30 seconds.

I came to the conclusion that something in the internal amplifier circuitry was going bad... and just had to replace it (I found a great deal on a refurb).
by Foil
Thu Jul 28, 2016 8:55 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Forward!
Replies: 40
Views: 5702

Re: Forward!

[moderator]

Reminder:
  • Debate is fine
  • Personal shots are not


[/moderator]
by Foil
Thu Jul 21, 2016 8:40 am
Forum: Descent Multiplayer
Topic: Let's Play CTF! Round #22!
Replies: 12
Views: 7950

Re: Let's Play CTF! Round #22!

I'm not sure the bandwidth on my server will suffice for more than 6-8 players or so on a Friday night, when we have other activity on that same connection, which uses an old DOCSIS 2 modem.

I'd suggest using Krom's server, if it's running okay, and just use mine as a backup.
by Foil
Mon Jul 11, 2016 8:37 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: What the "Clinton deal" means...
Replies: 30
Views: 3816

Re: What the "Clinton deal" means...

[mod] Reminder - DBB rules allow fierce debate, but not personal shots. [/mod]
by Foil
Tue Jul 05, 2016 9:49 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: I love my distant cousins.
Replies: 5
Views: 1932

Re: I love my distant cousins.

Spidey wrote:Isn’t it against forum rules to defeat the curse censor with an image?
Yes, it is.
by Foil
Wed Jun 29, 2016 8:50 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Говорим по русски
Replies: 13
Views: 3862

Re: Говорим по русски

For those who want to play along, feel free to use a translator.

[Note: I'm moving this to the Café, as it's a "fun" thread, not E&C discussion. :) ]
by Foil
Fri Jun 24, 2016 11:33 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Bwa-ha-ha
Replies: 69
Views: 8763

Re: Bwa-ha-ha

If you guys want to get back to the topic, do it without all the nation-smack-talk, bear-poking, and other thread-debris.
by Foil
Tue Jun 21, 2016 11:29 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Can't beat them at the polls?
Replies: 11
Views: 2470

Re: Can't beat them at the polls?

Nah, I'll just end this one now.

[If you boys want to actually debate the original topic instead of throwing crap at each other, feel free.]
by Foil
Fri Jun 10, 2016 3:25 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Bwa-ha-ha
Replies: 69
Views: 8763

Re: Bwa-ha-ha

If this is going to evoke some discussion about international relations, journalistic bias, submarine propulsion technology or something else worthwhile, carry on.

If this is only going to be more nation-smack-talk, then drop it.
by Foil
Fri Jun 10, 2016 10:48 am
Forum: DBB Feedback Forum
Topic: Major forum software update.
Replies: 24
Views: 10752

Re: Major forum software update.

Extremely minor issue:

[*] After logging in with the "Hide my online status this session", the "who is online" list on the front page still shows me.
by Foil
Thu Jun 09, 2016 8:13 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Get your money out of Bank
Replies: 7
Views: 2202

Re: Get your money out of Bank

Hey! I'm originally from Oklahoma! I resent that... actually, no, you're probably right...

(With that said, the Oklahoma primaries voted for Bernie and Rubio, so at least they're not supporting the trainwreck we currently have.) ;)
by Foil
Thu Jun 09, 2016 8:11 am
Forum: DBB Feedback Forum
Topic: Major forum software update.
Replies: 24
Views: 10752

Re: Major forum software update.

sigma wrote:It seems that the forum becomes almost a social network. And it seems we are in danger to be equated with the media, with appropriate censorship.
sigma, this forum is hosted in the US. There's no danger of censorship.
by Foil
Mon Jun 06, 2016 8:43 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Sharing
Replies: 17
Views: 2873

Re: Sharing

Yep, we're done here.

[Feel free to start another thread on the topic, without the pot-shots.]
by Foil
Fri Jun 03, 2016 3:50 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: You are good for nothing infidels!
Replies: 15
Views: 2764

Re: You are good for nothing infidels!

Taking personal shots at each other is a quick way to end threads.

[ There's a valid topic in here amongst the crap. I suggest either discussing it in a new thread, or not posting. ]
by Foil
Thu Jun 02, 2016 8:52 am
Forum: DBB Feedback Forum
Topic: Benefactor
Replies: 38
Views: 14246

Re: Benefactor

It was animated - more annoying than amusing. :P
by Foil
Thu May 26, 2016 3:36 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Never 10! Block Windows 10
Replies: 16
Views: 5652

Re: Never 10! Block Windows 10

"Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence." Given that MS has denied that users are forced to upgrade, I'm going to have to lean towards incompetence (because upgrade-without-a-choice events are happening). It's still a fiasco. ^^^^ This. It's anecdotal, ...
by Foil
Wed May 25, 2016 2:10 pm
Forum: DBB Feedback Forum
Topic: Benefactor
Replies: 38
Views: 14246

Re: Benefactor

At the risk of being given my own humorous "custom" title:


Krom, if you're going to do this for one "extremely-polarized E&C regular", you should do it for all of them.

(I hope this one doesn't last long; the animation is really annoying...) ;)
by Foil
Wed May 04, 2016 4:05 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Shariah police are coming...
Replies: 5
Views: 1739

Re: Shariah police are coming...

Nightshade wrote:...to a city near you.
Heh, only if you call ~5000 miles "near".
by Foil
Tue May 03, 2016 9:08 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Happy May Day
Replies: 47
Views: 5302

Re: Happy May Day

...I would be interested to know why insurance is considered a model of socialism, using a simple definition. Insurance is, by definition, an aleatory contract , meaning that the benefits are unequal, heavily weighted towards need. That doesn't make it a model of socialism, but it certainly evokes ...
by Foil
Tue May 03, 2016 8:58 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Miami
Replies: 52
Views: 7654

Re: Miami

woodchip wrote:...I wouldn't bet the farm on such such a speculative paper.
So you're dismissing the ideas proposed by the paper you cited for support a page or so ago?

I don't follow your logic here.
by Foil
Mon May 02, 2016 4:09 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Miami
Replies: 52
Views: 7654

Re: Miami

Okay, guys, drop the pot-shots and stick to the topic. ---- Here's the problem, woodchip. Neither one of the quotes from the article support your premise that "earth was warming before there ever was a increase in CO2" . "We find no significant asynchrony..." contradicts your sta...
by Foil
Fri Apr 29, 2016 12:41 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Poison Pill
Replies: 12
Views: 2592

Re: Poison Pill

Drop the international smack-talk and get back to the topic, folks.