User talk:SteveBaker
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[edit] Tux Racer
I am interested in doing some development for this game. I've posted more details on the discussion page. Please let me know if you plan to be the Sourceforge package maintainer. Bluej100 00:18, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] MINI Cooper'S
I've seen this apostrophe'd description a couple of times today, and wondered if you could clue me up on this. Is this a simple error (i.e. assuming it's named as if it was John Cooper's personal car), or has it been adopted unofficially by afficionados? I can't see it referred this way in your MINI (BMW) page, so I'm presuming it's not correct and have been replacing the apostrophe with a space if I'm editing the page (e.g. Intercooler). Is that OK? --DeLarge 19:23, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
- The apostrophy shouldn't be there. I (and some others) got into the bad habit of putting it there because the 'S' tends to get "lost" in email conversations. Sorry about that - and thanks for fixing it! SteveBaker 19:27, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] DEMs
If NASA really has a 10cm accuracy DEM, please point out where. I would really like that data. However, NASA's recent 2006 ASTER DEMs only provide 7m accuracy. Frankly, I think you are mistaken, and that no such product exists, because I have looked for the highest accuracy DEMs in the past and never done better than several meters for products of global scope. Dragons flight 21:17, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
No, no, no - read what I said - it has 10cm VERTICAL precision - the horizontal is something like 5m - maybe 7m - it probably depends where on the earth you look. I think you may be thinking of the same thing. SteveBaker 23:50, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
- No, I also meant what I said, ASTER has 7m absolute VERTICAL error. Over small distances the relative error may be less, but over large distances the absolute vertical error is substantial. Dragons flight 00:07, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Thanks
Hey dude, you must have taken a lot of time out to answer my reference desk questions on evolution and such. Just wanted to say many thanks. 69.223.135.80 22:40, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
- No problem - it was fun! I generally learn quite a bit from researching those questions...it keeps me sharp. SteveBaker 23:17, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] You helped choose Black hole as this week's WP:ACID winner
AzaBot 01:38, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] How did you put photos.........
How did you put photos on your user page?ˑ —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ciara me (talk • contribs) 23:41, 5 March 2007 (UTC).
Same way as any other page - just use the 'Upload file' thingy - after you have the photo uploaded, do a cut/paste of the title of the image ("Image:whatever.jpg") and stick it between two square brackets just like on any other page. SteveBaker 02:13, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Visual Thinking
What a visual thinker... *laughs out loud*. No, seriously, whoever I tell about your response at the desk has a big laugh. You really should read the article about this. --Taraborn 21:21, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
- I guess I don't understand what you're finding so funny. I'm very familiar with the article. Tell me more? SteveBaker 02:53, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
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- No offense, but it is hilarious that somebody that uses his real name as a Wikipedia account could have said something so stupid. "I am a visual thinker" you say, and after a while you prove that you _thought_ you were one only because "if I have to explain to a mechanic at the garage that my car is 'hesitating' during accelleration (sic) - I feel a strong desire to sketch a quick graph rather than trying to put it into words". Man, that's completely ridiculous, it is an absolutely normal behavior. That's not a visual thinker, I'll repeat it, that's not a visual thinker. Autism, Asperger's, Schizophrenia and so were coined because they had clearly defined and differentiated patterns, not veeeery slight and subjective variations of what is (supposedly?) normal. You are just a normal thinker (linear, verbal or however you want to call it) that either didn't have a clue what I was asking for (which you repeatedly deny) or, well... felt a need to be special in some way. That would be as ridiculous as claiming you are a synesthete because some sounds remind you things. You say you are familiar with the article... well that makes things even worse, because being that true you still haven't understood anything. You have just exemplified what makes difficult in this kind of research where scientific method is difficult to apply. --Taraborn 22:38, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
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- Yeah - OK. We'll take it as read that you can see inside my head after two paragraphs of my writing. If you actually knew me - you'd think differently. But fine - whatever - be happy. SteveBaker 02:13, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] WikiProject Automobiles
Possible hoaxer around, see contributions of Hardlinger (talk · contribs · logs · block user · block log) for details. --sunstar nettalk 14:16, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Plane refuelling
There is now a follow-up at Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Science#Plane_refuelling. Thanks. Samsara (talk • contribs) 01:31, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] You did it!
FA for the Moke! Good job! --Justanother 20:45, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Holden VE Commodore FAC
I have responded to your message regarding the issues found in the Holden VE Commodore article. I think that I have done just about everything mentioned, and was wondering whether you would like to support the article for FA yet. Regards OSX 06:13, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
- It's looking better - I have struck out three of my complaints - but there are still fair use images that don't need to be there - and the article is still unnecessarily wordy (although not you fixed the example I gave - the entire article suffers from over-verbosity) - so I can't switch to a 'support' right now. Sorry. SteveBaker 15:19, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
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- I have replaced two of the fair-use images in the article with free alternatives. I have also removed most of the redundancy words (i.e. also, and additionally etc}, with only a few examples still present. OSX 05:52, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Just for the record
I just wanted to clear these two things up. First, I DO assume good faith, and I assumed good faith when BD started on Wikipedia a year ago as Take Me Higher. I have offered him a few tips to improve his images [1], which he ignored. It was only after he ignored out original RfC that I started to turn from Good Faith and him becoming a problem. It was only of lately that I started to get tough with him. It was this edit[2] that finally drove me over the edge and caused taht little slip of profanity on is talk page.
As for teh block, I didn't know that they changed the image policy, so I uploaded a few fair use images fir Oldsmobile Silhouette and Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser. Well, an admin then blocked me for 24 hours for "Blatant image copy violations". Karrmann 22:55, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
- Please keep this converastion on the RfC page - it shouldn't splatter out all over Wikiland. SteveBaker 23:36, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
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- Well, you were acting like I got my block because I pulled a Wiarthurhu, so I naturally wanted to defend myself. Karrmann 01:10, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] RE: Bot problem
The problem was in ca:Mini, somebody placed interwiki wrong, I already corrected articles to prevent futures errors. best regards --Rei-artur 16:06, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
- Many thanks for cleaning that up. SteveBaker 12:29, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] AfD nomination of George Demeny
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[edit] Thanks
Hey, thanks for pointing out my bite, I didn't realize at first that it was so pointed... I've been a bit irritable today, and didn't intend to carry it over to Wikipedia. V-Man - T/C 02:47, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- Yeah - I know what you mean. We all do it sometimes - don't sweat it. SteveBaker 02:52, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Reward - Antikythera mechanism:
Like the picture says, good job & keep your eye out for any more rewards I may post on the reference desks. Cheers, :) Spawn Man 07:07, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- Many thanks! I shall place the original in a bank vault at an undisclose location and exhibit a replica of the award on my front page. SteveBaker 07:10, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] WikiWorld
Hi Steve - In case you've lost track of the WikiWorld comics, I figured out a way to present the "Buffalo buffalo" article in the form of a cartoon. It's in this week's Signpost; Hope you like it. --Greg Williams 11:01, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Yeah - I saw it - you did a great job. It's definitely one of my favorites! It's a classic example of how a cartoon can actually help the explanation along as well as illustrating it and adding humor. Many thanks! SteveBaker 15:00, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Help please
Your urgent help would be most appreciated here. -- Jreferee 21:08, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
