Don't complain about lack of options. You've got to pick a few when you do multiple choice. Those are the breaks.
Feel free to suggest poll ideas if you're feeling creative. I'd strongly suggest reading the past polls first.
This whole thing is wildly inaccurate. Rounding errors, ballot stuffers, dynamic IPs, firewalls. If you're using these numbers to do anything important, you're insane.
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>Emacs, of course. It's awesome scripting support and featureset would deal quite a bit of damage. Plus, it's everywhere so others would already be surrounded.
FTFY
-- (May or may not have been) Posted from my K6-2, Athlon XP, or Pentium I/II/III.
nano/pico, because it is lightweight, it really is everywhere, ... screw it. I raise you 'cat', 'echo', 'grep', 'awk', and the input/output stream redirectors.
That's really not a fair comparison because NCommander does way more writing than the other editors, who only edit stories and occasionally post journals/comments (if you can prove otherwise, please do and post the links).
From a grammar and punctuation standpoint, all are equally good more or less and so I cannot pick a clear winner, However, I've noticed that NCommander misspells occasionally. I'm not sure if that's because he sucks at spelling more than the others or if his misspellings are more visible because he writes a lot more than the rest.
Based on style and content, NCommander goes loco and starts cursing and talking shit about things Tourette's-style, [wikipedia.org] so he would be the winner from a stylistic point of view since the casual coolness of the others is a contrast.
The real question is, which one would win in a real-life fist-fight? I want to see blood!
(Score: 3, Funny) by maxwell demon on Friday June 27 2014, @06:29PM
When I read the title I had a mental image of a guy running towards another guy and stabbing the tail end of a giant, life-sized comma into his stomach...
Specifically and solely on the topic of "From a ... punctuation standpoint" and in the poll "If ... punctuation were weapons" one observation is Laminator's enter key must occasionally be broken. Strictly commenting solely on punctuation. Scrolling by, wall of text, oh that's laminator.
From a military tactical strategy either that's a very heavy club or a solid defensive wall. Then again other military theories identify "big and heavy" as immobile and therefore easier to defeat. So its a tough call which would win, probably depends on the opponent, but the argument would revolve around this impenetrable wall.
I'll blame the editors for that. They do a good job of cleaning up things that I don't worry too much if what I write isn't great as it'll get fixed :-)
Although making submissions on a phone is pretty tricky so I'd expect something to need fixing even if I tried for a perfect submission.
Cowboy Neal would have them all retreating like the Knights of the Round Table from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, "Run away! Run away!" And he wouldn't even have to say "Ni"
I may not miss the old site, but I do miss the Cowboy Neal option in the polls :-)
-- "How are we gonna get out of here?" ... "We'll dig our way out!" ... "No, no, dig UP stupid!"
(Score: 1) by richtopia on Saturday June 28 2014, @12:26AM
E.g. Would you buy a robot car? O Shut up and take my money. O Only if proven 100% safe. O Maybe given below posted condition were met... O you can pry my steering wheel from my cold dead hands. O Cowboy Neil already drives me everywhere.
It was that funny catchall. I always pictured this stereotypical cowboy with an exaggerated 10 gallon hat, cowhide chaps, big leather boots and twin leather holsters w/ ivory handled revolvers doing all sorts of silly and impossible tasks.
I always pictured this stereotypical cowboy with an exaggerated 10 gallon hat, cowhide chaps, big leather boots and twin leather holsters w/ ivory handled revolvers doing all sorts of silly and impossible tasks.
Whenever NCommander begins to prepare one of his epics, we each try our best to make the necessary corrections when he is not looking... Sometimes - in fact often - he can produce typos and 'spolling misteaks' quicker than we can correct them! But the content is pure NCommander and, for that, he must take all the credit.
(Score: 1) by azrael on Sunday June 29 2014, @11:20PM
Sorry for being off topic. But is there any link where someone can submit his own polls? I checked on submit [soylentnews.org] and in polls [soylentnews.org], but no luck.
-- Registered IRC nick on chat.soylentnews.org: qkontinuum
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 30 2014, @04:35PM
by Anonymous Coward
on Monday June 30 2014, @04:35PM (#62014)
Post them on the most current poll, the creator often trolls the poll comments for suggestions.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 27 2014, @05:09PM
vi, of course. Its light weight and agility would help avoid damage. Plus, it's everywhere so others would already be surrounded.
(Score: 3, Funny) by meisterister on Friday June 27 2014, @08:46PM
>Emacs, of course. It's awesome scripting support and featureset would deal quite a bit of damage. Plus, it's everywhere so others would already be surrounded.
FTFY
(May or may not have been) Posted from my K6-2, Athlon XP, or Pentium I/II/III.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 29 2014, @05:24AM
i hereby smite you with gedit powahs!
consider yourself smite :-p
(Score: 2) by DECbot on Monday June 30 2014, @11:00PM
nano/pico, because it is lightweight, it really is everywhere, ...
screw it.
I raise you 'cat', 'echo', 'grep', 'awk', and the input/output stream redirectors.
cats~$ sudo chown -R us /home/base
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday June 27 2014, @05:15PM
That's really not a fair comparison because NCommander does way more writing than the other editors, who only edit stories and occasionally post journals/comments (if you can prove otherwise, please do and post the links).
From a grammar and punctuation standpoint, all are equally good more or less and so I cannot pick a clear winner, However, I've noticed that NCommander misspells occasionally. I'm not sure if that's because he sucks at spelling more than the others or if his misspellings are more visible because he writes a lot more than the rest.
Based on style and content, NCommander goes loco and starts cursing and talking shit about things Tourette's-style, [wikipedia.org] so he would be the winner from a stylistic point of view since the casual coolness of the others is a contrast.
The real question is, which one would win in a real-life fist-fight? I want to see blood!
(Score: 3, Funny) by maxwell demon on Friday June 27 2014, @06:29PM
What do you think where the red colour of the site comes from? :-)
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 2) by Geotti on Saturday June 28 2014, @10:41PM
Red color? I have a polar bear on an ice-block and everything's blue, and you should too [soylentnews.org].
Btw, can we get a style-switching box, or at least a way to switch modes with a link so I can switch two themes in my user-box?
(Score: 2) by clone141166 on Saturday June 28 2014, @01:57AM
When I read the title I had a mental image of a guy running towards another guy and stabbing the tail end of a giant, life-sized comma into his stomach...
(Score: 2) by Tork on Saturday June 28 2014, @05:49PM
🏳️🌈 Proud Ally 🏳️🌈
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday June 29 2014, @02:18AM
Dilemma: "comma induced coma" or "coma induced comma"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday June 29 2014, @02:08AM
[Citation needed]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 29 2014, @05:26AM
Pop into IRC once in a while
(Score: 2) by VLM on Sunday June 29 2014, @03:36PM
Specifically and solely on the topic of "From a ... punctuation standpoint" and in the poll "If ... punctuation were weapons" one observation is Laminator's enter key must occasionally be broken. Strictly commenting solely on punctuation. Scrolling by, wall of text, oh that's laminator.
From a military tactical strategy either that's a very heavy club or a solid defensive wall. Then again other military theories identify "big and heavy" as immobile and therefore easier to defeat. So its a tough call which would win, probably depends on the opponent, but the argument would revolve around this impenetrable wall.
(Score: 2) by lhsi on Friday June 27 2014, @06:19PM
I'll have to check back on some of my submissions to see which ones improved the most between me submitting it and it being posted.
It might take some time as I have a pretty big sample size to check :-/
(Score: 1) by zizban on Friday June 27 2014, @08:54PM
Your submission actually are pretty good. Most of the work we do on them is adding stuff from the TFA since the submission looks a little sparse.
(Score: 2) by lhsi on Friday June 27 2014, @10:09PM
I'll blame the editors for that. They do a good job of cleaning up things that I don't worry too much if what I write isn't great as it'll get fixed :-)
Although making submissions on a phone is pretty tricky so I'd expect something to need fixing even if I tried for a perfect submission.
(Score: 1) by zizban on Friday June 27 2014, @08:46PM
I'm too new to be on that list!
(Score: 1) by clone141166 on Saturday June 28 2014, @02:05AM
Missing poll option: zizban
(Score: 3, Insightful) by e_armadillo on Friday June 27 2014, @09:41PM
Cowboy Neal would have them all retreating like the Knights of the Round Table from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, "Run away! Run away!" And he wouldn't even have to say "Ni"
I may not miss the old site, but I do miss the Cowboy Neal option in the polls :-)
"How are we gonna get out of here?" ... "We'll dig our way out!" ... "No, no, dig UP stupid!"
(Score: 1) by richtopia on Saturday June 28 2014, @12:26AM
Even if it isn't Neal we do need a default dummy answer. One of the best parts of polls is when the dummy answer wins hands down.
(Score: 2) by Subsentient on Saturday June 28 2014, @07:20AM
I propose Gerbilius: Lord of the Gerbils
"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." -Jiddu Krishnamurti
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 29 2014, @05:31AM
i propose a borg-assimilated natalie portman... with the breast enlargement implants
she would make short work of your gerbil swarm... mwahahaha!
(Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Saturday June 28 2014, @05:55PM
I loved the old Cowboy Neil option.
E.g.
Would you buy a robot car?
O Shut up and take my money.
O Only if proven 100% safe.
O Maybe given below posted condition were met...
O you can pry my steering wheel from my cold dead hands.
O Cowboy Neil already drives me everywhere.
It was that funny catchall. I always pictured this stereotypical cowboy with an exaggerated 10 gallon hat, cowhide chaps, big leather boots and twin leather holsters w/ ivory handled revolvers doing all sorts of silly and impossible tasks.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday June 29 2014, @02:26AM
Ummmm... like him [memegenerator.net]?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday June 29 2014, @02:29AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Sunday June 29 2014, @12:15PM
Whenever NCommander begins to prepare one of his epics, we each try our best to make the necessary corrections when he is not looking... Sometimes - in fact often - he can produce typos and 'spolling misteaks' quicker than we can correct them! But the content is pure NCommander and, for that, he must take all the credit.
(Score: 1) by azrael on Sunday June 29 2014, @11:20PM
I hope I got votes for my awesome editing skills and not just being at the top of the list ;)
(Score: 2) by q.kontinuum on Monday June 30 2014, @05:43AM
Registered IRC nick on chat.soylentnews.org: qkontinuum
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 30 2014, @04:35PM
Post them on the most current poll, the creator often trolls the poll comments for suggestions.