Distracting nonsense

[DaddyHoggy]

Moderator: Split from Oolite Linux - Trunk nightly builds. Please refrain from grave-digging jokes in srs bsns threads.

It would in the Arctic Circle...

[Gimi]

It would in the Arctic Circle...

Well, actually, no it wouldn't. On the Arctic Circle you have one day a year without sun light. On the poles you have 6 months. That is the theory anyway. So right now, the sun is back on the Arctic Circle. However, on the North Pole, it would still count as a nightly.

Edit: I'm being a pain and a nitpick now, aren't I.

[Smivs]

It would in the Arctic Circle...

Well, actually, no it wouldn't. On the Arctic Circle you have one day a year without sun light. On the poles you have 6 months. That is the theory anyway. So right now, the sun is back on the Arctic Circle. However, on the North Pole, it would still count as a nightly.

Edit: I'm being a pain and a nitpick now, aren't I.

I just love this forum

[Gimi]

It would in the Arctic Circle...

Well, actually, no it wouldn't. On the Arctic Circle you have one day a year without sun light. On the poles you have 6 months. That is the theory anyway. So right now, the sun is back on the Arctic Circle. However, on the North Pole, it would still count as a nightly.

Edit: I'm being a pain and a nitpick now, aren't I.

I just love this forum

This is a year old! I don't need to be reminded of my obsessive tendencies.

[DaddyHoggy]

I saw this pop up in my unread posts and thought... WTF...

[Smivs]

A year old ?!
It showed up as an unread post for me as well....I just responded to it-didn't check the date-stamp.
Weird

[Gimi]

A year old ?!
It showed up as an unread post for me as well....I just responded to it-didn't check the date-stamp.
Weird

Ahruman doing a little cleanup me thinks.

[Cody]

The question is, how does one derail a thread entitled Distracting nonsense?

[Smivs]

The question is, how does one derail a thread entitled Distracting nonsense?

We can derail anything

[JensAyton]

The question is, how does one derail a thread entitled Distracting nonsense?

Until yesterday, it was called “Oolite Linux - Trunk nightly builds”.

[Commander McLane]

The question is, how does one derail a thread entitled Distracting nonsense?

Until yesterday, it was called “Oolite Linux - Trunk nightly builds”.

So, the perfect way to derail the thread would be to post something technical about Linux trunk nightlies here.

[Cody]

So, the perfect way to derail the thread would be to post something technical about Linux trunk nightlies here.

Hmm... maybe. But seeing as 'Oolite Linux - Trunk nightly builds' has been labelled as 'Distracting nonsense', any technical post pertaining to 'Oolite Linux - Trunk nightly builds' would in fact be about 'Distracting nonsense', and would be entirely on-topic, and therefore not a derailment!

[Commander McLane]

So, the perfect way to derail the thread would be to post something technical about Linux trunk nightlies here.

Hmm... maybe. But seeing as 'Oolite Linux - Trunk nightly builds' has been labelled as 'Distracting nonsense',

That's not quite what happened. The stuff in this thread was split away from the still perfectly existing and not-at-all-relabed Oolite Linux - Trunk nightly builds thread and given its own silly label on behalf of DaddyHoggy, because each thread needs to have a subject. Ahruman could have simply deleted the off-topic posts, but I guess if he started doing something so radical, the boards would implode.

[JensAyton]

Ahruman could have simply deleted the off-topic posts, but I guess if he started doing something so radical, the boards would implode.

In this particular case – a year-old joke being resurrected in the middle of a conversation in a “working” thread – I was sorely tempted.

[DaddyHoggy]

So, the perfect way to derail the thread would be to post something technical about Linux trunk nightlies here.

Hmm... maybe. But seeing as 'Oolite Linux - Trunk nightly builds' has been labelled as 'Distracting nonsense',

That's not quite what happened. The stuff in this thread was split away from the still perfectly existing and not-at-all-relabed Oolite Linux - Trunk nightly builds thread and given its own silly label on behalf of DaddyHoggy, because each thread needs to have a subject. Ahruman could have simply deleted the off-topic posts, but I guess if he started doing something so radical, the boards would implode.

Hey, not me - I made that joke in good faith - a year ago - when it was completely in context of the Linux nightly builds only being updated once every six months...

However, the sickly pumpkin has a lot to answer for...