# Ctrl-V

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ctrl-v/98270
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 14, 2002, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ctrl-v/98270 "2002-03-14T14:12:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1

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### Author: ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2002, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ctrl-v/98270/1 "2002-03-14T14:12:20Z")

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OKay, let’s see what you have in your clipboard. Here’s mine:

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You are receiving this message because our records show that it  
failed to reach you upon its initial sending. If this is not  
correct and you have received multiple copies, we apologize for  
the error.

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### Author: ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2002, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ctrl-v/98270/2 "2002-03-14T16:17:40Z")

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OK, I’ll play…

S,AFAuthorization2,99,AFAuthorization,

Boy, isn’t that thrilling? Has to do with some database work I was doing yesterday. Supposed to govern page flow for our website. Woohoo! :rolleyes:

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### Author: ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2002, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ctrl-v/98270/3 "2002-03-14T16:22:08Z")

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> #e0efff

My. That is a bit disappointing. Only a hex color code.

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### Author: ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2002, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ctrl-v/98270/4 "2002-03-14T16:24:17Z")

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mperloff@pitt.edu

Undergrad Philosophy department guy e-mail addy, I want him to help me put together a directed study in ethics.

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### Author: ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2002, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ctrl-v/98270/5 "2002-03-14T16:35:38Z")

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> We’re making progress. Lunch is almost upon us. I’m glad to know that I’m not the only one who is not fooled by this faux-Friday.

Ah. My latest LJ comment.

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### Author: ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2002, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ctrl-v/98270/6 "2002-03-14T16:36:57Z")

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I was replying to this in another thread, but out of context, it’s kind of funny.

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## If you were to go on Jerry Springer, is that how’d you handle your problems?

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### Author: ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2002, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ctrl-v/98270/7 "2002-03-14T16:47:52Z")

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**PP**

I was doing an initials game at the Unaboard.

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### Author: ![whatami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85f322/32.png) [@whatami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatami)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2002, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ctrl-v/98270/8 "2002-03-14T16:55:03Z")

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hmmmmm… let’s see…

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> If you were starving in the street gutter I wouldn’t feed you the peanuts out of my shit!

ohhh… that’s from my pit rant…

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### Author: ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2002, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ctrl-v/98270/9 "2002-03-14T16:58:56Z")

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Mine is a customer’s phone number. I do not think they would appreciate if I posted it 🙂

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### Author: ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2002, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ctrl-v/98270/10 "2002-03-14T17:29:12Z")

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This is funny!

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> “Sorry about that. I didn’t mean to boot on your paw.”

I was trying to figure out the mysterious connection in Rue’s two mouse stories (other than being about two meeces).

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### Author: ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2002, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ctrl-v/98270/11 "2002-03-14T17:56:26Z")

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Hmmmm, vector images just won’t paste. So you get nothing from me.

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### Author: ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2002, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ctrl-v/98270/12 "2002-03-14T18:31:52Z")

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A bunch of numbers.

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### Author: ![Doubting\_Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@Doubting\_Robert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doubting_Robert)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2002, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ctrl-v/98270/13 "2002-03-14T18:31:57Z")

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> Charleton Heston

Left over from a post yesterday to a thread in Cafe Society.

Hmm . . . I was expecting it to be work-related. Probably not a good sign.

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### Author: ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2002, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ctrl-v/98270/14 "2002-03-14T18:34:31Z")

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This link was in my clipboard:

[http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2002/03/13/monkey/index.html?x](http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2002/03/13/monkey/index.html?x)

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### Author: ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2002, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ctrl-v/98270/15 "2002-03-14T18:37:42Z")

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My clipboard:

```auto

#declare j_mat=
 material{
   texture{
     pigment{rgbf 1}
     normal{bumps 0.2 scale 0.01}
   }

   interior{
     ior -1
     media{
       scattering{5, red 5 extinction 0 eccentricity 0.3}
       absorption rgb 10
       intervals 5
     }
   }
 }

```

Some code for a 3D graphics rendering program called POV-Ray (a ray tracer). It’s a velvet-like fur texture.

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### Author: ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2002, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ctrl-v/98270/16 "2002-03-14T18:53:55Z")

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From my clipboard:

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> Enhanced Edit Mode Cursor Key Operation

A phrase from a manual I’m worrking on. From FrameMaker… to the Straight Dope. Aren’t computers fun? 🙂

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### Author: ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2002, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ctrl-v/98270/17 "2002-03-14T18:57:21Z")

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This link was in my clipboard:

[![](http://3weasel.20m.com/images/jeffihat.jpg) ](http://3weasel.20m.com/images/jeffihat.jpg)

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### Author: ![Arwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Arwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arwen)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2002, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ctrl-v/98270/18 "2002-03-14T19:07:13Z")

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\*\*(((((((((((AAD/“Spruce Grove” OR IAD/“Spruce Grove”) OR AAD/“Fort Saskatchewan”) OR IAD/“Fort Saskatchewan”) OR AAD/“St. Albert”) OR IAD/“St. Albert”) OR AAD/Leduc) OR IAD/Leduc) OR AAD/Edmonton) OR IAD/Edmonton) OR IAD/“Sherwood Park”) OR AAD/“Sherwood Park”) \*\*

Looks like fun, no?

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### Author: ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2002, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ctrl-v/98270/19 "2002-03-14T19:14:32Z")

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😕

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I have no idea where that came from…

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### Author: ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2002, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ctrl-v/98270/20 "2002-03-14T19:35:01Z")

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I got nothin’.  
Maybe I should get to work or something.  
Naaaaaahhhh.

🆒

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