The Very Many Questions-Not-Worth-Their-Own-Thread Thread XXXII

[hobbsyoyo]

Banned

 

[Gori the Grey]

This new site has an interesting feature. If a person has been banned, his (or her) name appears struck through.

 

[Borachio]

You're right. And I've just found out he's been banned.

Doesn't tell me why or for how long, though.

Not that I need to know. I'm just idly curious.

Moderator Action: You're right - you don't need to know. Please don't speculate publicly about moderator activity for any reason. ~ Arakhor
Please read the forum rules: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=422889

 

[Timsup2nothin]

You're right. And I've just found out he's been banned.

Doesn't tell me why or for how long, though.

That would require PDMA by a moderator. Not sure if expressing a hope would be considered discussion, so I will refrain.

 

[Takhisis]

Re: radioactive bananas - how else would we have radioactive monkeys?

 

[Gori the Grey]

Not sure if expressing a hope would be considered discussion, so I will refrain

Brilliant instance of the rhetorical device occupatio.

 

[Synobun]

Re: radioactive bananas - how else would we have radioactive monkeys?

@Perfection doesn't like to talk about it.

 

[CurtSibling]

Is the great Perf still around these days? I recall him from ancient OT times...

 

[Takhisis]

https://forums.civfanatics.com/members/

Aye, he is. An unlike you he has kept up a decent postcount over the years.

 

[Gori the Grey]

Why do people write: "the hours of the new cafe will be 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. (midnight)" instead of "the hours of the new cafe will be 11:00 a.m. to 12 midnight"?

That people do this might have been a rant, but maybe there is a good reason that one of you can supply me. Noon and midnight aren't either a.m. or p.m. (they're m!).

 

[Lexicus]

Why do people write: "the hours of the new cafe will be 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. (midnight)" instead of "the hours of the new cafe will be 11:00 a.m. to 12 midnight"?

That people do this might have been a rant, but maybe there is a good reason that one of you can supply me. Noon and midnight aren't either a.m. or p.m. (they're m!).

I mean 12am means midnight, 12pm means noon, no? So is your beef with 12am (midnight) that it's redundant?

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Why do people write: "the hours of the new cafe will be 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. (midnight)" instead of "the hours of the new cafe will be 11:00 a.m. to 12 midnight"?

That people do this might have been a rant, but maybe there is a good reason that one of you can supply me. Noon and midnight aren't either a.m. or p.m. (they're m!).

Well, actually there is an accepted convention that midnight is designated 12 am and noon is designated 12 pm. This convention is necessary because computerized forms, and before that actual paper forms, have a space for a number and a checkbox for am/pm and "noon" or "midnight" doesn't fit the available space and format. Now, when writing 'the hours of the new cafe' there is probably no real good reason to include the 'am,' especially since they felt compelled to go on and explain it...so that part is probably rant worthy.

 

[Gori the Grey]

Ok, thanks. I guess I'm vaguely aware of this convention by which noon is 12 p.m. (just in that if I saw 12 p.m. by itself, I would assume that noon was meant). So one half of my question was a genuine question, which the two of you answered. The other half was a rant-leaning rhetorical question, and you've given me permission for my little rant.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Ok, thanks. I guess I'm vaguely aware of this convention by which noon is 12 p.m. (just in that if I saw 12 p.m. by itself, I would assume that noon was meant). So one half of my question was a genuine question, which the two of you answered. The other half was a rant-leaning rhetorical question, and you've given me permission for my little rant.

You're actually ahead of me. If I see 12 pm by itself and there isn't some sort of context to make it clear I actually have to look it up pretty much every time, if it's important enough for me to actually need to know. Usually the context is pretty clear, like I would recognize immediately the new cafe wasn't going to be open an hour a day so no matter what they throw in with the '12' I'm gonna know what they mean. I guess the situations where it is not clear from the context are so rare, and in most of those there is an opportunity taken to throw in clarification, that I just never bother to remember.

 

[Lexicus]

You're actually ahead of me. If I see 12 pm by itself and there isn't some sort of context to make it clear I actually have to look it up pretty much every time, if it's important enough for me to actually need to know.

Get out of my brain

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Get out of my brain

LOL...I actually looked it up this time because I couldn't bring myself to trust the sign makers that @Gori the Grey was ranting about. When I wrote "there is an accepted convention that midnight is designated 12 am and noon is designated 12 pm" I couldn't let it go without making sure it was correct.

 

[Lexicus]

LOL...I actually looked it up this time because I couldn't bring myself to trust the sign makers that @Gori the Grey was ranting about. When I wrote "there is an accepted convention that midnight is designated 12 am and noon is designated 12 pm" I couldn't let it go without making sure it was correct.

I did the same. Exact. Thing. Scary.

 

[Gori the Grey]

Maybe you two are the same person. After all, I've never seen you two together in the same place

 

[Takhisis]

You've never seen them on CFC, then?

 

[civvver]

Where's Cassius Critzer gone?

I used to spend some time trying to puzzle out what some of his, to me, incoherent posts might mean.

He did seem to have a really wide range of knowledge.

Really? He was terribly self aggrandizing and pretentious. Just look at his replies in whatcha cooking 2, every post was basically knocking other members for not staying true to the historical/cultural roots of a recipe and then he wouldn't even get that part right.