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Edited by MacronNotes on Apr 13th 2023 at 3:16:47 PM

Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
Vorpy Unstoppable Sex Goddess from from from from from from from from from Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Two-timing
Unstoppable Sex Goddess
#1428: Mar 3rd 2011 at 10:03:23 PM

That made me laugh, and now I know.

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Legionnaire The Leading Man from Australia Since: Oct, 2010
The Leading Man
#1429: Mar 4th 2011 at 1:48:17 AM

Not particularly sure if this goes here, but I can't seem to log into MSN or Windows LIVE to access my e-mail. Whenever I try MSN it tells me there's a problem with my account, and whenever I try to log into LIVE it tells me there's a problem and it can't log in, and to try later. This has been happening for a few hours now, and I was just wondering if anyone else here is getting the same thing and if I should start running down the street declaring the end is nigh.

Against all tyrants.
Morven Nemesis from Seattle, WA, USA Since: Jan, 2001
Nemesis
#1430: Mar 4th 2011 at 1:56:48 AM

Given that it's night-time in the US, it's quite possible they're doing something to the systems and have it broken.

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Edmania o hai from under a pile of erasers Since: Apr, 2010
o hai
#1431: Mar 4th 2011 at 10:03:46 AM

Do alcoholic drinks really taste better the longer they ferment? Are there alcoholic drinks that cannot expire?

If people learned from their mistakes, there wouldn't be this thing called bad habits.
Madrugada Since: Jan, 2001
#1432: Mar 4th 2011 at 10:07:55 AM

A) The longer they ferment? No, not really. The longer they ferment, the stronger (more alcoholic) they get, until the sugar content is low enough that that the yeasts can no longer survive. But higher alcohol level doesn't equate to better flavor.

B) There are some alcoholic drinks that are effectively immortal as long as they're sealed away from air. Air causes oxidation. Oxidation can ruin any alcoholic beverage eventually.

Edmania o hai from under a pile of erasers Since: Apr, 2010
o hai
#1433: Mar 4th 2011 at 10:16:28 AM

So aging after the yeasts are dead is pointless? What would it taste like by then? How long would that take?

If people learned from their mistakes, there wouldn't be this thing called bad habits.
Madrugada Since: Jan, 2001
#1434: Mar 4th 2011 at 10:27:52 AM

Aging isn't fermenting. They do two different things. Fermenting produces alcohol. Aging changes the flavor. To what depends on what it's being aged in. A liquid that's aged in a charred oak barrel will absorb chemicals from both the char and the oak that will result in a different flavor than if the same liquid is aged in uncharred maple barrels. Aging in a sealed glass container will generally not change the flavor at all, because glass has no flavor-producing chemicals that can be dissolved in alcohol or water. The stopper might, though.

As to flavor, alcohol is alcohol is alcohol. Filter (or distill) out all the stuff that isn't alcohol from any alcoholic beverage, and they'd all taste the same. The flavor comes from all the stuff that isn't alcohol.

edited 4th Mar '11 10:29:42 AM by Madrugada

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
I see the Awesomeness.
#1435: Mar 4th 2011 at 10:52:35 AM

It's the alcohol concentration that kills the yeast rather than the sugar deprivation.

For the most part aged more = better tasting, or so people tell me. I don't drink anything aged because it's A)expensive and B)the things I drink aren't aged very often.

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Videogamer07 from the U.S. Since: Oct, 2010
#1436: Mar 4th 2011 at 3:40:21 PM

What's with the square next to the quote boxes?

<—This one.

edited 4th Mar '11 3:40:29 PM by Videogamer07

CentralAvenue Literally A Princess from The Palace of Serenity Since: Sep, 2014
Literally A Princess
#1437: Mar 4th 2011 at 3:41:45 PM

The HTML that should display the little speech-balloon image is jacked up, so it's showing the "broken image" square.

In some browsers, it doesn't show up at all.

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Videogamer07 from the U.S. Since: Oct, 2010
#1438: Mar 4th 2011 at 3:47:11 PM

For me, it sort of looks like a spoiler tag. I keep thinking that I should highlight it, but I remember that nothing will appear!

edited 4th Mar '11 3:47:27 PM by Videogamer07

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
I see the Awesomeness.
#1439: Mar 4th 2011 at 3:50:44 PM

Try clearing your cache.

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CentralAvenue Literally A Princess from The Palace of Serenity Since: Sep, 2014
Literally A Princess
#1440: Mar 4th 2011 at 3:57:06 PM

Clearing the cache doesn't help. The problem is that it's putting out borked HTML:

<img src="<img src='https://static.tvtropes.org/pub/smiles/comment.png' class='embeddedimage' border='0' alt='' />" height="16" width="16"/>

(It's been this way for like a week now)

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AnonymousUser Since: Jan, 2001
#1441: Mar 4th 2011 at 3:58:04 PM

we gotta tell him to FIX IT

or you do, seeing as how it is driving you insane

CentralAvenue Literally A Princess from The Palace of Serenity Since: Sep, 2014
Literally A Princess
#1442: Mar 4th 2011 at 4:00:41 PM

(The thing is, I don't really mind not having the icon there, but the stupidity of that code drives me mad)

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AnonymousUser Since: Jan, 2001
#1443: Mar 4th 2011 at 4:01:19 PM

(I don't either, but still, you are something of a 1337 hacker and need to tell him to fix it or else you'll snap and kill everyone but me)

CentralAvenue Literally A Princess from The Palace of Serenity Since: Sep, 2014
Literally A Princess
#1444: Mar 4th 2011 at 4:03:52 PM

("Don't put an entire HTML tag inside the attribute of another HTML tag" isn't really something you have to be a 1337 hacker to understand.)

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AnonymousUser Since: Jan, 2001
#1445: Mar 4th 2011 at 4:05:27 PM

(Strangely, that seems like something I would do to test out HTML, if I were curious. Wouldn't let it stick if it turned out not to work, though)

CentralAvenue Literally A Princess from The Palace of Serenity Since: Sep, 2014
Literally A Princess
#1446: Mar 4th 2011 at 4:07:11 PM

I started a thread about it in Tech Wishlist.

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Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#1447: Mar 4th 2011 at 4:21:20 PM

There are other flaws in the HTML, like an overlapping tag or two.

[1] This facsimile operated in part by synAC.
Vorpy Unstoppable Sex Goddess from from from from from from from from from Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Two-timing
Unstoppable Sex Goddess
#1448: Mar 4th 2011 at 4:36:36 PM

What's a good place to make custom fonts for yourself?

And make a theme for your Firefox beyond Windows settings?

edited 4th Mar '11 4:37:02 PM by Vorpy

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AnonymousUser Since: Jan, 2001
#1449: Mar 4th 2011 at 4:42:12 PM

FontLab. Lots and lots of patience, though.

I wonder how anyone can be a type designer, it has to be the most maddening job in the world. I remember wanting to be one and sketching designs, but I imagine digitizing them would quickly become tedious and I would break things out of frustration.

Zersk o-o from Columbia District, BNA Since: May, 2010
o-o
#1450: Mar 4th 2011 at 4:55:28 PM

How do you use a prepaid credit card on Amazon?

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