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How to tell how old a map is: xkcd: Map Age Guide[^]
I love the whole "Is it trying to bite you?" branch... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I love the "How sure are you this map is in English"?
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While I've learned to accept the mystery down-voter who awards me -16 points from time to time, often after the OP has accepted my response as "the answer," in QA, here  ...
I am surprised, indeed, by what appears to be someone(s) going through many of my recent QA posts and up-voting them.
In case this is one of you (gentle readers), please keep in mind that the criteria I think are valid for voting (up, or, down) for a QA reply is: the technical quality of the solution; its relevance to the OP's concerns; and its over-all usefulness. I would hope that the criteria used by the mystery up-voter(s) are similar.
But, even though I consider myself (attempting to stay) outside the "rep game," I am not complaining
cheers, Bill
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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It's me. Could you please return the favour?  
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Maybe, with all the complain about anonymous down-voters, we breed a new CPian 
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Yes, Kornfeld, I think you're right, the effect of Cerenkov radiation's eerie blue light on sperm and eggs probably cannot underestimated.
cheers, Bill
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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Don't worry Bill - it was my turn last week!
Seen a couple of instances where a bunch of recent answers from me were all up-voted in the space of a few moments.
My concern was that someone would think I'd created a sock-puppet account! 
But like you, I'm not complaining
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I got one of those yesterday - on an answer I provided more than five years ago. My answer even started out with the phrase "No guarantees, but...". It was later established that my answer wouldn't work, but at the very least, it provided the question asker with something that won't work in that situation, which is often equally as valuable as something that does work.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Would be nice with a comment for both up-votes and down-votes.
But the mystery down-votes are of course more annoying, especially when it happens a minute after you post your answer.
Like someone is lurking in the shadows, waiting for something to do. 
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Because bunny[^]!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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That is an ugly bunny. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Nice bunny. Everybody likes bunnies.
Kitty at my foot and I waAAAant to touch it...
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I said EVERYBODY likes bunnies!
Kitty at my foot and I waAAAant to touch it...
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Hard to decide if the it is the ugliest thing ever, or if it is kind of cute.
Could give kids nightmares, though.
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How about this: It's so ugly that it's cute.
Kitty at my foot and I waAAAant to touch it...
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Could work.
And maybe it is cuddly as well as ugly.
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Reminds me of Grumpy Cat.
Kitty at my foot and I waAAAant to touch it...
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Haha
I once made a look alike comparison with Grumpy Cat and my girlfriend.
I thought it was spot on, but she didn't appreciate it all that much.
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I guess she's not your girlfriend anymore.
Kitty at my foot and I waAAAant to touch it...
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Actually she is.
I can still bring out the old photo at times when she is grumpy.
And girls get grumpy for all kinds of reasons unknown to man.
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Girls also get grumpy without reasons.
Kitty at my foot and I waAAAant to touch it...
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Have just (had to) update / upgrade to the above version...
1. All previously set security settings had to be redone (I hope I've got them all)
2. All the Bull*hit apps that were currently deactivated / de-installed had to be de-installed (again)
3. Some apps are no longer de-installable, can only be deactivated
4. Some previously set GPO's (I'm on a domain) no longer work...
I predict that Win7 will be used up to and until it really is EOL. Hopefully MS will realise that the whole Win10 upgrade / update policy is a dead end and that users do not want a windowed google OS malware / spyware...
rant over...
Who the f*** is General Failure, and why is he reading my harddisk?
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Zero problems. You're clearly doing it wrong! (Where's the self-satisfied smirk emoticon?)
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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where's the "dear lord give me the ability to punch people via TCP/IP" icon...
Who the f*** is General Failure, and why is he reading my harddisk?
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