Sir? I think you have a problem with your brain being missing.

Zoe ,'The Train Job'


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§ ita § - Jun 16, 2014 8:48:07 am PDT #23923 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Q: Hey, what is the difference between GOTO and GOSUB?
A: Oh, GOTO executes the next line and GOSUB you need like a return command at the end.

Would your programming teacher accept that (I guess I'm asking the olds, here) as an answer, or do you think there was a better way to say that for the TV audience? Because now I don't trust the things I don't know the answers for...


NoiseDesign - Jun 16, 2014 9:31:59 am PDT #23924 of 25496
Our wings are not tired

I would think that a little more clarity is needed. GOTO moves to an indicated section and begins executing code from that section, GOSUB indicates that it will run a subroutine and then return to the section of code that was being executed.


§ ita § - Jun 16, 2014 10:13:33 am PDT #23925 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

But I don't think the explanation really helps the audience understand that it goes somewhere else and keeps going, and GOSUB will come back and keep going from whence it was sent.

The character's response is, admittedly, "this is confusing." But the answer doesn't make me think of her as a computer expert, even if an antisocial one.


le nubian - Jun 18, 2014 5:42:38 pm PDT #23926 of 25496
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Dana,

if you want to see ahemmed media that is current or from the future, I recommend a service called put.io.

they have a roku channel, so depending on the format the ahem is in, I can watch it on my roku connected to the tv. I don't download it to my computer at all.


meara - Jun 23, 2014 4:38:55 pm PDT #23927 of 25496

OK, recommendations on photo organization? I scanned approximately 1000 photos with my sister this weekend, all family pictures from the last 30-40 years. A LOT of pictures. Some will likely need a bit of editing. But I don't want to put them all in iPhoto, so I'm thinking there's gotta be a better solution out there, for organizing and maybe for some of them tagging/putting in info like dates and things--suggestions?


Consuela - Jun 25, 2014 8:10:24 pm PDT #23928 of 25496
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

So I spent $300 on a business website on Wordpress.com, and only after the refund period expired did I learn that I can't use it (for reasons it is unnecessary to explain at this juncture).

Anyone want to buy it off me? I can give you a good deal...


Sophia Brooks - Jun 26, 2014 4:26:37 am PDT #23929 of 25496
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I am not sure if this is a board problem or an iPhone problem, but since I have switched to the iPhone 5, I have to log in every time I come to the Buffistas. Help!


javachik - Jun 26, 2014 7:53:06 am PDT #23930 of 25496
Our wings are not tired.

I do, too, Sophia! Glad you asked the question.


EpicTangent - Jun 26, 2014 8:06:40 am PDT #23931 of 25496
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

I've been having the same problem for the last few months on my laptop & tablet!


tommyrot - Jun 26, 2014 8:18:36 am PDT #23932 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I haven't had the problem, but if you're all using Safari, do you see b.org listed under Settings/Safari/Passwords and Autofill/Saved Passwords? Do you have Names and Passwords set to Yes?

Oddly enough, when I look under my Saved Passwords on both my iPad and iPhone, I don't see anything at all, yet I don't need to enter my user ID and password to get to b.org. I'm guessing this is because I use iCloud.

So anyway, I'm not sure this advice will help at all, but maybe you can play around with those settings to fix the problem?