Talk:2749: Lymphocytes - Revision history

172.71.242.97 at 21:57, 20 June 2023

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172.71.155.18: added writable DVD info to the discussion

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added writable DVD info to the discussion

162.158.186.213 at 19:09, 28 March 2023

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141.101.76.238 at 13:34, 22 March 2023

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Rpgcubed at 23:46, 16 March 2023

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172.70.85.56 at 21:05, 16 March 2023

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172.71.222.132 at 19:02, 16 March 2023

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172.64.238.49: good faith

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good faith

172.71.178.65 at 12:40, 16 March 2023

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172.70.174.43 at 05:58, 16 March 2023

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	AFAIK, one of the user-facing technical differences between DVD-R and DVD+R is that the +R type can be read without having to be "closed" at the end of a write session (leaving it "open" lets additional data be written later); whereas the -R type may also be left "open" at the end of a write session, but cannot be read until it is "closed". Or maybe it's that +R can be added to later, but -R can't. I forget exactly. Someone CMIIW. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.155.18\|172.71.155.18]] 17:45, 20 June 2023 (UTC)		AFAIK, one of the user-facing technical differences between DVD-R and DVD+R is that the +R type can be read without having to be "closed" at the end of a write session (leaving it "open" lets additional data be written later); whereas the -R type may also be left "open" at the end of a write session, but cannot be read until it is "closed". Or maybe it's that +R can be added to later, but -R can't. I forget exactly. Someone CMIIW. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.155.18\|172.71.155.18]] 17:45, 20 June 2023 (UTC)
		+	:I'm sure it was one ''or'' the other, yes, except that format-agnostic (multi-standard) CDR(W) drives (and/or the operating systems of the time) very quickly became capable of reading the 'unclosed' close-necessary format with no trouble. Occasionally you'd try putting an unclosed audio-CD in an audio disc player and it was too 'traditional', or else your friend/colleague with the slightly less advanced PC couldn't load something that you had no trouble at all with. Probably, by now, anyone still lumbered with old enough hardware/firmware/OS to still be affected by this probably finds it a problem they can take in their stride (they must have worked it out over the last quarter of a century or thereabouts!). ICBW, but certainly it became a negligable issue (or easily self-sorted by the end-users) by the end of my stint in a dedicated computer support position over 15 years ago... [[Special:Contributions/172.71.242.97\|172.71.242.97]] 21:57, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

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	Does anyone else think the title text could be a reference to plasma weapons in sci-fi?		Does anyone else think the title text could be a reference to plasma weapons in sci-fi?
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		+	AFAIK, one of the user-facing technical differences between DVD-R and DVD+R is that the +R type can be read without having to be "closed" at the end of a write session (leaving it "open" lets additional data be written later); whereas the -R type may also be left "open" at the end of a write session, but cannot be read until it is "closed". Or maybe it's that +R can be added to later, but -R can't. I forget exactly. Someone CMIIW. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.155.18\|172.71.155.18]] 17:45, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

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	: Please, follow [[WP:GOODFAITH]] and assume good faith in these edits; maybe they were testing the MediaWiki software before thinking about how to contribute. [[Special:Contributions/172.64.238.49\|172.64.238.49]]		: Please, follow [[WP:GOODFAITH]] and assume good faith in these edits; maybe they were testing the MediaWiki software before thinking about how to contribute. [[Special:Contributions/172.64.238.49\|172.64.238.49]]
	::I'd assume good faith by default, but when you see repeat instances of that kind of change (amongst others), it's clearly no longer a matter of a single 'test', inadvertent error, honest misunderstanding, etc... Yep, that's a recurring form of vandalism, I would concur. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.56\|172.70.85.56]] 21:05, 16 March 2023 (UTC)		::I'd assume good faith by default, but when you see repeat instances of that kind of change (amongst others), it's clearly no longer a matter of a single 'test', inadvertent error, honest misunderstanding, etc... Yep, that's a recurring form of vandalism, I would concur. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.56\|172.70.85.56]] 21:05, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
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 I was originally thinking the CD4+ would be a reference to ''Call of Duty 4'' and onwards, in which players scream (insults?) at each other while playing. But the feeling has subsided, after considering it. Mentioning it here, though, in leiu of adding it as 'factual'. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.47|172.70.162.47]] 06:06, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
 : My interpretation was that 'D4' referred to the music pitch D_4, whicch might've been someone screaming, but I'm also reconsidering this now actually. [[User:Rpgcubed|Rpgcubed]] ([[User talk:Rpgcubed|talk]]) 23:46, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
 It should have bee Natural Born Killer Cells, but some opportunities were always going to be missed... --[[Special:Contributions/172.71.178.187|172.71.178.187]] 07:16, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

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	I was originally thinking the CD4+ would be a reference to ''Call of Duty 4'' and onwards, in which players scream (insults?) at each other while playing. But the feeling has subsided, after considering it. Mentioning it here, though, in leiu of adding it as 'factual'. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.47\|172.70.162.47]] 06:06, 14 March 2023 (UTC)		I was originally thinking the CD4+ would be a reference to ''Call of Duty 4'' and onwards, in which players scream (insults?) at each other while playing. But the feeling has subsided, after considering it. Mentioning it here, though, in leiu of adding it as 'factual'. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.47\|172.70.162.47]] 06:06, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
		+	: My interpretation was that 'D4' referred to the music pitch D_4, whicch might've been someone screaming, but I'm also reconsidering this now actually. [[User:Rpgcubed\|Rpgcubed]] ([[User talk:Rpgcubed\|talk]]) 23:46, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

	It should have bee Natural Born Killer Cells, but some opportunities were always going to be missed... --[[Special:Contributions/172.71.178.187\|172.71.178.187]] 07:16, 14 March 2023 (UTC)		It should have bee Natural Born Killer Cells, but some opportunities were always going to be missed... --[[Special:Contributions/172.71.178.187\|172.71.178.187]] 07:16, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

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	: Please, follow [[WP:GOODFAITH]] and assume good faith in these edits; maybe they were testing the MediaWiki software before thinking about how to contribute. [[Special:Contributions/172.64.238.49\|172.64.238.49]]		: Please, follow [[WP:GOODFAITH]] and assume good faith in these edits; maybe they were testing the MediaWiki software before thinking about how to contribute. [[Special:Contributions/172.64.238.49\|172.64.238.49]]
		+	::I'd assume good faith by default, but when you see repeat instances of that kind of change (amongst others), it's clearly no longer a matter of a single 'test', inadvertent error, honest misunderstanding, etc... Yep, that's a recurring form of vandalism, I would concur. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.56\|172.70.85.56]] 21:05, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

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 ::Team effort. When I found it, it just referenced tabletop games in general. I changed it to D&D specific, because that's really what it is. Most games use d8 for damage like most sports only allow goalies to touch the ball with their hands. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.174.43|172.70.174.43]] 05:58, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
 :::Pedancy: "...allow only goalies...", as goalies generally ''are'' allowed to kick/head/etc, in such sports where others can't handball. Ignoring the "most sports" bit altogether, as I don't know how what your scope is (only those ''with'' goalkeeping-roles, by whatever name?), how you're tallying it up (by basic list? Participation-weighted? Spectator-weighted?) and the rest... ;) [[Special:Contributions/172.71.178.65|172.71.178.65]] 12:40, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
 "[https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2749:_Lymphocytes&diff=next&oldid=308593 Vandalism?]" - Yes, certainly, and you got there just before I undid it. And probably the usual suspect. '''Mods: please continue to do the necessary...''' The idiot concerned probably won't stop, but it'd be nice to tidy away some of the more obvious garbage they're littering up the system with. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.57|172.70.85.57]] 15:08, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
 : Please, follow [[WP:GOODFAITH]] and assume good faith in these edits; maybe they were testing the MediaWiki software before thinking about how to contribute. [[Special:Contributions/172.64.238.49|172.64.238.49]]

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	"[https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2749:_Lymphocytes&diff=next&oldid=308593 Vandalism?]" - Yes, certainly, and you got there just before I undid it. And probably the usual suspect. '''Mods: please continue to do the necessary...''' The idiot concerned probably won't stop, but it'd be nice to tidy away some of the more obvious garbage they're littering up the system with. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.57\|172.70.85.57]] 15:08, 15 March 2023 (UTC)		"[https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2749:_Lymphocytes&diff=next&oldid=308593 Vandalism?]" - Yes, certainly, and you got there just before I undid it. And probably the usual suspect. '''Mods: please continue to do the necessary...''' The idiot concerned probably won't stop, but it'd be nice to tidy away some of the more obvious garbage they're littering up the system with. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.57\|172.70.85.57]] 15:08, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
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	Whoever added the D&D references to D8 and D4, thank you. Was totally unexpected, and as a DM, I laughed so hard I cried. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.126.232\|172.70.126.232]] 13:54, 15 March 2023 (UTC)		Whoever added the D&D references to D8 and D4, thank you. Was totally unexpected, and as a DM, I laughed so hard I cried. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.126.232\|172.70.126.232]] 13:54, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
		+	::Team effort. When I found it, it just referenced tabletop games in general. I changed it to D&D specific, because that's really what it is. Most games use d8 for damage like most sports only allow goalies to touch the ball with their hands. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.174.43\|172.70.174.43]] 05:58, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

	"[https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2749:_Lymphocytes&diff=next&oldid=308593 Vandalism?]" - Yes, certainly, and you got there just before I undid it. And probably the usual suspect. '''Mods: please continue to do the necessary...''' The idiot concerned probably won't stop, but it'd be nice to tidy away some of the more obvious garbage they're littering up the system with. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.57\|172.70.85.57]] 15:08, 15 March 2023 (UTC)		"[https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2749:_Lymphocytes&diff=next&oldid=308593 Vandalism?]" - Yes, certainly, and you got there just before I undid it. And probably the usual suspect. '''Mods: please continue to do the necessary...''' The idiot concerned probably won't stop, but it'd be nice to tidy away some of the more obvious garbage they're littering up the system with. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.57\|172.70.85.57]] 15:08, 15 March 2023 (UTC)