Topic: This thread is non-euclidean, for it has no point (Read 583818 times)

Method of Madness · « **Reply #2450 on:** 21 Oct 2014, 16:24 »

Step 1. Vodka
Step 2. Tanks
Step 3. ???
Step 4. PROFIT!

Ugh, I hate how three ?s in a row becomes ???.

Kugai · « **Reply #2451 on:** 21 Oct 2014, 18:12 »

Loki · « **Reply #2452 on:** 21 Oct 2014, 18:14 »

I hate that fake-Russian font.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #2453 on:** 21 Oct 2014, 18:29 »

FRUSSIAN

Kugai · « **Reply #2454 on:** 21 Oct 2014, 18:31 »

About the same as

MOCANESE

J · « **Reply #2455 on:** 21 Oct 2014, 22:35 »

pwhodges · « **Reply #2456 on:** 21 Oct 2014, 23:51 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 21 Oct 2014, 16:24

Ugh, I hate how three ?s in a row becomes .

Me too.

???

Now it doesn't.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #2457 on:** 21 Oct 2014, 23:55 »

If multiple exclamation marks are a sign of madness what are multiple question marks a sign of?

Loki · « **Reply #2458 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 00:02 »

Deep introspection.
Allow me an example.

"Could it be I look stupid using a lot of question marks in a row?? What do you think, forum???????????????????"

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #2459 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 00:07 »

Someone who wears their underpants on their head.

Thrillho · « **Reply #2460 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 00:59 »

Quote from: pwhodges on 21 Oct 2014, 23:51

Quote from: Method of Madness on 21 Oct 2014, 16:24
Ugh, I hate how three ?s in a row becomes .

Me too.

???

Now it doesn't.

On Outlook 2013, if you write :\ it becomes a slanty smily face. Give that I often am telling people where on the shared disc drives to find files, that is NOT. FUCKING. HELPFUL.

pwhodges · « **Reply #2461 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 01:02 »

A joy to look forward to. We're still on Office 2010, 'cos Outlook 2013 won't talk to Exchange 2003, which I've not managed to phase out yet. (Soon, soon...)

Method of Madness · « **Reply #2462 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 03:56 »

Quote from: Gareth on 22 Oct 2014, 00:59

Quote from: pwhodges on 21 Oct 2014, 23:51
Quote from: Method of Madness on 21 Oct 2014, 16:24
Ugh, I hate how three ?s in a row becomes .

Me too.

???

Now it doesn't.

On Outlook 2013, if you write :\ it becomes a slanty smily face. Give that I often am telling people where on the shared disc drives to find files, that is NOT. FUCKING. HELPFUL.

There's no setting to turn off emoticons?

Thrillho · « **Reply #2463 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 04:07 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 22 Oct 2014, 03:56

Quote from: Gareth on 22 Oct 2014, 00:59
Quote from: pwhodges on 21 Oct 2014, 23:51
Quote from: Method of Madness on 21 Oct 2014, 16:24
Ugh, I hate how three ?s in a row becomes .

Me too.

???

Now it doesn't.

On Outlook 2013, if you write :\ it becomes a slanty smily face. Give that I often am telling people where on the shared disc drives to find files, that is NOT. FUCKING. HELPFUL.
There's no setting to turn off emoticons?

Working for the government with people who have been here for 400 years you have to have everything IT-related absolutely locked down so that people don't hurt themselves. So, no. I can't even change the resolution on my screen without logging a call with the IT helpdesk.

pwhodges · « **Reply #2464 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 04:09 »

I think they're implemented through autocorrect; it might be worth seeing if you can affect that.

Thrillho · « **Reply #2465 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 04:11 »

I probably should've been clearer - if the setting exists and is editable by me, I can't find it. But again, half of the features that I know exist have been stripped out for the kid glove treatment the IT people give here.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #2466 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 05:47 »

Gareth your post sent me into a crying fit of laughter and I was in the middle of filming a lecture

LTK · « **Reply #2467 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 06:35 »

There was one time at my high school computer science class that my login session accidentally had some of those restrictions lifted, so I could access the graphics control panel and such. Before I left I flipped the screen upside down and logged off. An hour later, my computer science teacher pulled me out of my other class to make me fix it, and I had to go to the IT office to make them log onto the computer remotely with admin privileges to fix it. That was amusing.

Side note: what is this abomination:

Thrillho · « **Reply #2468 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 06:44 »

Quote from: Masterpiece on 22 Oct 2014, 05:47

Gareth your post sent me into a crying fit of laughter and I was in the middle of filming a lecture

Which one???

Neko_Ali · « **Reply #2469 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 06:48 »

Quote from: LTK on 22 Oct 2014, 06:35

Side note: what is this abomination:

It's ClaireDoge!

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #2470 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 07:34 »

wow, such creepy, very scare

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #2471 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 07:54 »

LTK · « **Reply #2472 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 08:06 »

Quote from: Neko_Ali on 22 Oct 2014, 06:48

Quote from: LTK on 22 Oct 2014, 06:35
Side note: what is this abomination:

It's ClaireDoge!

That's not doge, that's a husky. Doge is a Shiba Inu. >_>

Neko_Ali · « **Reply #2473 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 08:08 »

I know. But the meme of the pun dog is to cute. And pun Claire is to cute. So I combined memes to become... ClaireDoge!

snarkyone · « **Reply #2474 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 08:34 »

Quote from: Neko_Ali on 22 Oct 2014, 08:08

I know. But the meme of the pun dog is to cute. And pun Claire is to cute. So I combined memes to become... ClaireDoge!

Clairesky does flow off the tongue a bit better.

snarkyone · « **Reply #2475 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 08:37 »

Quote from: Gareth on 22 Oct 2014, 00:59

On Outlook 2013, if you write :\ it becomes a slanty smily face. Give that I often am telling people where on the shared disc drives to find files, that is NOT. FUCKING. HELPFUL.

Try This....

Open Microsoft Outlook (if it’s not already open).
Fire up the Options panel (found under the File ribbon).
Click open the Mail tab. You should see a “Spelling and Autocorrect…” button. The “Editor Options” panel will launch.
From there, click the “AutoCorrect Options…” button. The “AutoCorrect: English (U.S.)” properties pane is what you should see next.
Under the default “AutoCorrect” tab, look to the “Replace text as you type” section.
Click the “Delete” button.
Repeat these steps for the other smiley auto-replacements.

Thrillho · « **Reply #2476 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 08:54 »

Quote from: Gareth on 22 Oct 2014, 04:11

I probably should've been clearer - if the setting exists and is editable by me, I can't find it. But again, half of the features that I know exist have been stripped out for the kid glove treatment the IT people give here.

But thanks anyway!

snarkyone · « **Reply #2477 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 08:59 »

So they locked you out of Autocomplete? That's fucking absurd.

Can you at least choose Richtext/HTML vs plain text? Plain Text should not auto correct to emoticons.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #2478 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 09:25 »

Quote from: Gareth on 22 Oct 2014, 06:44

Quote from: Masterpiece on 22 Oct 2014, 05:47
Gareth your post sent me into a crying fit of laughter and I was in the middle of filming a lecture

Which one???

Quote from: Gareth on 22 Oct 2014, 00:59

On Outlook 2013, if you write :\ it becomes a slanty smily face. Give that I often am telling people where on the shared disc drives to find files, that is NOT. FUCKING. HELPFUL.

This one, love.

LeeC · « **Reply #2479 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 14:02 »

there's more!
http://imgur.com/t/soviet_bear/rj75V

jwhouk · « **Reply #2480 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 14:50 »

Did you see the new Back To The Future Trailer?

(click to show/hide)

Akima · « **Reply #2481 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 16:31 »

I don't really approve of not taking elections seriously, but I could not resist.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #2482 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 16:40 »

Mocking student elections requires a special art, and Soviet Bear is one of my favorites.

In other news, I really hate that that people keep calling the new Lindsey Sterling vid "steampunk" it's not. Even vaguely. Please see the video below for more information.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #2483 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 18:46 »

Quote from: Akima on 22 Oct 2014, 16:31

I don't really approve of not taking elections seriously

It's student council elections. From the look at it, high school at most.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #2484 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 19:23 »

Honestly Comrade Bear was taking the election much more seriously then the other signs shown.

LeeC · « **Reply #2485 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 19:41 »

@Akima:

Kugai · « **Reply #2486 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 21:29 »

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #2487 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 22:02 »

Why is Red Guard Girl holding a boomerang?

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #2488 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 22:23 »

For the glory of the communist mother land.

Honestly, couldn't you have figured that one out yourself?

RedWolf4 · « **Reply #2489 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 23:51 »

I thought it was a stapler, to be honest. She just gonna staple that little stukach right in the damn face.

Akima · « **Reply #2490 on:** 23 Oct 2014, 01:31 »

It is one of these, a style of traditional Chinese "concertina" book, broken in the middle. There is another part in her left hand where you can see the pages. The broken book symbolises the destruction of old ways of thinking, and their replacement with Chairman Mao Thought. The original poster dates from the Cultural Revolution. I think this particular example is Thai:

In my spoof poster, it was obviously Soviet Bear's agenda that was to be rejected.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #2491 on:** 23 Oct 2014, 02:08 »

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/artful_decadent_and_slightly_creepy_papier-mache_animal_masks

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #2492 on:** 23 Oct 2014, 06:35 »

and that mask my friends is responsible for killing the entire Panda species' libido.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #2493 on:** 23 Oct 2014, 06:37 »

ONLY the panda's libido? I think the whole world became a bit more droopier as a result.

LeeC · « **Reply #2494 on:** 23 Oct 2014, 07:37 »

Thrillho · « **Reply #2495 on:** 23 Oct 2014, 07:48 »

I don't get it.

LeeC · « **Reply #2496 on:** 23 Oct 2014, 07:53 »

which one? they're not related.

pwhodges · « **Reply #2497 on:** 23 Oct 2014, 07:59 »

Well, the second doesn't belong in the pointless thread, as it's very much to the point.

Thrillho · « **Reply #2498 on:** 23 Oct 2014, 08:04 »

The second one was the one I meant.

LeeC · « **Reply #2499 on:** 23 Oct 2014, 08:10 »

Quote from: Gareth on 23 Oct 2014, 08:04

The second one was the one I meant.

The Canadian shooting from yesterday. Someone shot and killed a soldier in front of the Canadian War memorial. The statues are checking on him in the picture I posted.

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