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[Frumple]

Internet magic, fueled by finely ground pixie buttock.

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In rage news, I seem to have accidentally slept for about three hours longer than I intended. Whoops.

[Aklyon]

Thing is, they left it on a sequel hook, so, of course, I'm going to have to watch the next season because I like to watch these things all the way through. Cliffhangers drive me mad.

If it's a bad show, why not just assume everyone dies at the end and leave it at that?

FTFY

How do quotes work?

With lots of brackets and in pyramidal fashion.

[masked_krusader]

[quote author=Aklyon link=topic=59069.msg6000896#msg6000896 date=1422753909
[quote author=Orange Wizard link=topic=59069.msg6000633#msg6000633 date=1422746192
[quote author=Tawarochir link=topic=59069.msg6000336#msg6000336 date=1422738299
[quote author=Spehss _ link=topic=59069.msg6000320#msg6000320 date=1422738049
[quote author=greatorder link=topic=59069.msg6000225#msg6000225 date=1422736006
Thing is, they left it on a sequel hook, so, of course, I'm going to have to watch the next season because I like to watch these things all the way through. Cliffhangers drive me mad.
[/quoteIf it's a bad show, why not just assume everyone dies at the end and leave it at that?
[/quote
FTFY
[/quote
How do quotes work?
[/quoteWith lots of brackets and in pyramidal fashion.
[/quoteI still don't understand. 8O

[Putnam]

(removed the quote pyramids -- they do bad things to browsers and so on, so please don't post them)

[penguinofhonor]

I don't see any quote pyramids

[Tawa]

It's a quote pyramid with Displacement cast on it, it should fix itself in a few minutes.

[SealyStar]

I'm curious, what are the "bad things" that pyramids ostensibly do to browsers? Has anyone actually experienced problems from them?

[Orange Wizard]

Slower browsers, reportedly, though the forum software shits itself (metaphorically) to process them.

[Bauglir]

(metaphorically)

You clearly have never worked in server maintenance.

[Orange Wizard]

software

[Arx]

I'm curious, what are the "bad things" that pyramids ostensibly do to browsers? Has anyone actually experienced problems from them?

Lags them to hell and back (might crash if there's a big enough pyramid), and yes.

[Bauglir]

software

Sooner or later, the abstraction runs out and an actual machine has to execute instructions.

[Orange Wizard]

... and then the machine shits itself because it doesn't understand the instructions. Probably. I don't actually know, I've never worked in server maintenance.

[Frumple]

I think it happening because the machine does understand the instructions is the more common issue. Incomprehension just causes inaction, not excretion. Usually.

It's just that the instructions are really terrible.

[Descan]

It's like if you were told to run a five minute mile, a hundred times in a row, without stopping.

Sure, you know what the instructions are, and hell, if you're really fit (a high end computer) you could even do it! But that's not likely, and more likely is that you'll end up panting and wheezing and collapse within a short period.