You know, I've saved lives. Dozens. Maybe hundreds. I reattached a girl's leg. Her whole leg. She named her hamster after me. I got a hamster. He drops a box of money, he gets a town.

Simon ,'Jaynestown'


Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."

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amych - Dec 02, 2009 4:27:36 am PST #11868 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

(Relatedly, does the hivemind think I would be violating anyone's copyright if I created my own and uploaded it to Gelaskins?)

If you did this, I would buy one before the takedown hit.


Jessica - Dec 02, 2009 4:28:57 am PST #11869 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

If you did this, I would buy one before the takedown hit.

Heh - I was thinking the same thing. Anyone got a font suggestion?


tommyrot - Dec 02, 2009 5:08:44 am PST #11870 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Dumb javascript question.

Say I have an array b. Why is it that when I do this:

b[i] += intTmp;

with intTmp being a Number object that's = 2, b[i] ends up being NaN? Can't you use += on an array?


Jessica - Dec 02, 2009 5:16:16 am PST #11871 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Oops - doesn't look like custom skins are searchable once the order is placed. Sorry Amych!


Tom Scola - Dec 02, 2009 5:20:15 am PST #11872 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

I think you have to use intTmp.valueOf


tommyrot - Dec 02, 2009 5:24:51 am PST #11873 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Oops, I had the array set up wrong. So the initial values were 'undefined' - once I fixed that, it works.


amych - Dec 02, 2009 6:37:00 am PST #11874 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

No worries, Jess -- I can always do my own!


Vortex - Dec 02, 2009 6:50:53 am PST #11875 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Anybody else having trouble clicking on links in Facebook with the new Firefox update?


tommyrot - Dec 03, 2009 8:53:40 am PST #11876 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Google Public DNS Aims to Speed Up Your Browsing

Google today launched a new, free DNS service—called Google Public DNS—aimed at making your web browsing experience even faster.

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Google Public DNS, then, aims to replace your ISP's default DNS with a (hopefully) faster, safer, and more reliable alternative. Google Public DNS isn't the first freely available alternate DNS we've seen. Previously mentioned OpenDNS is an excellent DNS alternative (it boasts keyboard shortcuts, parental filters, and more), but—for better or worse—we're guessing that even more people may be interested in Google's offering.

Tests of its performance: Move Over OpenDNS, Google DNS is Here and It Rocks

In my tests, Google DNS consistently outperformed both OpenDNS and Level 3. For Americans the Level 3 server (4.2.2.2) might offer as good performance as Google. But if you are living outside US and you care about your browsing experience you should switch now :). The results are below


bon bon - Dec 03, 2009 9:49:56 am PST #11877 of 25501
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Is there a way to fake an area code in a phone call? My BiL is trying to serve someone.