Time stamp for comments/posts September 25, 2008 5:03 PM Subscribe
A suggestion: can there be a time stamp indicating the time when a post or comment is posted (e.g. "posted 2 1/2 hours ago") next to the date?
Seems like a fairly simple addition, and would help us MeFites who aren't anywhere near the Eastern U.S. time zone. Especially with the news-y posts, it's helpful to know when something materialized.
I looked for a greasemonkey script for this but didn't find one. I also looked for a previous post on this on MeTalk but couldn't find anything, but apologies if this has been dealt with previously.
Mods, what do you think?
Seems like a fairly simple addition, and would help us MeFites who aren't anywhere near the Eastern U.S. time zone. Especially with the news-y posts, it's helpful to know when something materialized.
I looked for a greasemonkey script for this but didn't find one. I also looked for a previous post on this on MeTalk but couldn't find anything, but apologies if this has been dealt with previously.
Mods, what do you think?
cortex--I wasn't aware nor was I sufficient but I got it now. Thanks, problem solved.
posted by zardoz at 5:13 PM on September 25, 2008
posted by zardoz at 5:13 PM on September 25, 2008
This thread is now about Pallas cats.
posted by turgid dahlia at 5:18 PM on September 25, 2008 [7 favorites]
posted by turgid dahlia at 5:18 PM on September 25, 2008 [7 favorites]
I knew we could set our tz, but I never knew it actually worked. Huh.
posted by DU at 5:25 PM on September 25, 2008
posted by DU at 5:25 PM on September 25, 2008
Yeah it only gets a little freaky in weird timezone places and around daylight savings time. So-called live preview does not get the time right though, we do know that.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 5:31 PM on September 25, 2008
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 5:31 PM on September 25, 2008
i've never heard of Pallas cats & holy moly are they cool! thanks, turgid dahlia
am i seeing things right? do they have round pupils? dang!
dang & wow
posted by jammy at 5:39 PM on September 25, 2008
am i seeing things right? do they have round pupils? dang!
dang & wow
posted by jammy at 5:39 PM on September 25, 2008
weird timezone places
Like that spot in Indiana that never changes, amirite?
posted by fixedgear at 5:40 PM on September 25, 2008
Like that spot in Indiana that never changes, amirite?
posted by fixedgear at 5:40 PM on September 25, 2008
And the Bermuda Triangle. It hasn't been 7:42 there in over 50 years.
Believe it....or not.
posted by DU at 5:43 PM on September 25, 2008
Believe it....or not.
posted by DU at 5:43 PM on September 25, 2008
I have a fish. In my pants.
Which is all well and good except for the fact that I'm wearing my cat pants. I had them custom made from about a dozen wild cats. A couple of bobcat, a few lynx, an ocelot or three. Sitting down is... problematic. But these are pants of action! Pants of adventure! Aren't these the most ferocious pants you've ever seen? Go on. You just try and pick my pocket. I dare you. Reach right into that cat butt and try to not loose your fool hand. Hell, I haven't seen my wallet in two months.
Anyone have a bandaid?
posted by loquacious at 5:45 PM on September 25, 2008 [1 favorite]
Which is all well and good except for the fact that I'm wearing my cat pants. I had them custom made from about a dozen wild cats. A couple of bobcat, a few lynx, an ocelot or three. Sitting down is... problematic. But these are pants of action! Pants of adventure! Aren't these the most ferocious pants you've ever seen? Go on. You just try and pick my pocket. I dare you. Reach right into that cat butt and try to not loose your fool hand. Hell, I haven't seen my wallet in two months.
Anyone have a bandaid?
posted by loquacious at 5:45 PM on September 25, 2008 [1 favorite]
jammy: I hadn't heard of them either, until I saw this picture floating about somewhere the other day, and I resolved immediately to find out what kind of wonderful creature it was.
posted by turgid dahlia at 6:09 PM on September 25, 2008
posted by turgid dahlia at 6:09 PM on September 25, 2008
WTF? I need a nap.
Either that or you need to think twice before drinking room temperature Cisco.
posted by turgid dahlia at 6:13 PM on September 25, 2008
Either that or you need to think twice before drinking room temperature Cisco.
posted by turgid dahlia at 6:13 PM on September 25, 2008
That's why you're not a botanist.
posted by turgid dahlia at 6:19 PM on September 25, 2008
posted by turgid dahlia at 6:19 PM on September 25, 2008
I'm sorry, I thought you said tamarins.
You can eat them, but it's probably easiest not to.
posted by turgid dahlia at 6:21 PM on September 25, 2008 [1 favorite]
You can eat them, but it's probably easiest not to.
posted by turgid dahlia at 6:21 PM on September 25, 2008 [1 favorite]
Cool. Porcelain wild cat of the steppes is - well, porcelain wild cat of the steppes.
posted by yhbc at 6:30 PM on September 25, 2008
posted by yhbc at 6:30 PM on September 25, 2008
“You can eat them, but it's probably easiest not to.” ^
True. Stick + termite mound = choice noshing. ;)
posted by bonobo at 6:57 PM on September 25, 2008
True. Stick + termite mound = choice noshing. ;)
posted by bonobo at 6:57 PM on September 25, 2008
This thread is now about Pallas cats.
Pallas cat meat is the most delicious type of cat meat.
Fact or fiction?
posted by kosem at 7:07 PM on September 25, 2008
Pallas cat meat is the most delicious type of cat meat.
Fact or fiction?
posted by kosem at 7:07 PM on September 25, 2008
I read that as "Phallus Cats"
I need to go to bed.
posted by C17H19NO3 at 7:36 PM on September 25, 2008
I need to go to bed.
posted by C17H19NO3 at 7:36 PM on September 25, 2008
Either that or you need to think twice before drinking room temperature Cisco.
If I've never once thought about drinking Cisco, why would I need to think twice? What I should have been thinking twice about was the cheeseburger I ate. And the second one. Argh. Food coma.
posted by loquacious at 7:41 PM on September 25, 2008
If I've never once thought about drinking Cisco, why would I need to think twice? What I should have been thinking twice about was the cheeseburger I ate. And the second one. Argh. Food coma.
posted by loquacious at 7:41 PM on September 25, 2008
I mean, I like cats and all, probably an awful lot, and my photos from the San Diego zoo are mostly of the cats, but I don't think I care much for these Pallas cats.
posted by uncleozzy at 8:24 PM on September 25, 2008
posted by uncleozzy at 8:24 PM on September 25, 2008
...but I don't think I care much for these Pallas cats.
D:
posted by turgid dahlia at 8:37 PM on September 25, 2008
D:
posted by turgid dahlia at 8:37 PM on September 25, 2008
The only good Pallas cat is a declawed Pallas cat.
posted by Sailormom at 10:15 PM on September 25, 2008
posted by Sailormom at 10:15 PM on September 25, 2008
Which is all well and good except for the fact that I'm wearing my cat pants. I had them custom made from about a dozen wild cats.
*refrains from making obvious and sophomoric pussy galore joke*
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 11:44 PM on September 25, 2008
*refrains from making obvious and sophomoric pussy galore joke*
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 11:44 PM on September 25, 2008
While we're here, can we put a little emoticon next to each posted date indicating the approximate mood/level of drunkenness of the poster at the moment of submission? Kind of like the Yahoo chat emoticons, but kind of beat-up and abused-looking (the way I sort of envision all of us probably are.)
posted by davejay at 11:59 PM on September 25, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by davejay at 11:59 PM on September 25, 2008 [1 favorite]
Actually I (and I'm sure all the other maths-incompetent people) would like this pony to get up.
posted by dg at 1:25 AM on September 26, 2008
posted by dg at 1:25 AM on September 26, 2008
Either that or you need to think twice before drinking room temperature Cisco.
Better than room temperature Crisco.
posted by aihal at 7:13 AM on September 26, 2008
Better than room temperature Crisco.
posted by aihal at 7:13 AM on September 26, 2008
I feel like cortex.
Oh, shit! It's Zombie Jessamyn! Run! RUN!!!
posted by Crabby Appleton at 2:17 PM on September 26, 2008
Oh, shit! It's Zombie Jessamyn! Run! RUN!!!
posted by Crabby Appleton at 2:17 PM on September 26, 2008
Pallas Cat? No no. Better name would be ORC CAT.
posted by The Whelk at 2:39 PM on September 26, 2008
posted by The Whelk at 2:39 PM on September 26, 2008
ORC CAT IS ANGRY ABOUT THINGS
I need davejay's emoticons, STAT.
posted by The Whelk at 5:41 PM on September 26, 2008
I need davejay's emoticons, STAT.
posted by The Whelk at 5:41 PM on September 26, 2008
weird timezone places
I understand. I live in the future.
posted by jonmc at 6:28 PM on September 26, 2008
I understand. I live in the future.
posted by jonmc at 6:28 PM on September 26, 2008
I understand. I live in the future.
How is it? I understand that is where you and I will spend the rest of our lives.
posted by The Whelk at 8:23 PM on September 26, 2008
How is it? I understand that is where you and I will spend the rest of our lives.
posted by The Whelk at 8:23 PM on September 26, 2008
Huh. Speak for yourself. I'm firmly ensconced in the past.
I like it here. It smells like Vick's Vapo-Rub and hamburgers.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 12:57 AM on September 27, 2008
I like it here. It smells like Vick's Vapo-Rub and hamburgers.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 12:57 AM on September 27, 2008
weird timezone places
On the topic of weird timezone places: Anyone with the vague notion that Daylight Savings Time has something to do with farmers getting up in the morning should take a good look at the large, flat, trapezoidal region in the middle of North America whose inhabitants--a large percentage of whom are farmers--don't use it.
No, Daylight Savings Time has more to do with preventing mid-winter Joe Cubicle from blowing his brains out by merely providing him a meagre slice of sunlight for his afternoon commute. (That these golden sunbeams should shine directly into his eyes while he is operating a motor vehicle is apparently inconsequential.)
posted by Sys Rq at 9:39 AM on September 27, 2008
On the topic of weird timezone places: Anyone with the vague notion that Daylight Savings Time has something to do with farmers getting up in the morning should take a good look at the large, flat, trapezoidal region in the middle of North America whose inhabitants--a large percentage of whom are farmers--don't use it.
No, Daylight Savings Time has more to do with preventing mid-winter Joe Cubicle from blowing his brains out by merely providing him a meagre slice of sunlight for his afternoon commute. (That these golden sunbeams should shine directly into his eyes while he is operating a motor vehicle is apparently inconsequential.)
posted by Sys Rq at 9:39 AM on September 27, 2008
Yeah, the past is the place to be, for sure. It's comfortable here and I know what's going to happen next.
As one of those Joe Cubicles, I would love to have daylight savings here so that I could get that meagre slice of sunlight for a bit more of the year - now there's a government that lives in the past (no daylight savings here because it fades the curtains or some stupid shit like that).
posted by dg at 3:49 PM on September 27, 2008
As one of those Joe Cubicles, I would love to have daylight savings here so that I could get that meagre slice of sunlight for a bit more of the year - now there's a government that lives in the past (no daylight savings here because it fades the curtains or some stupid shit like that).
posted by dg at 3:49 PM on September 27, 2008
now there's a government that lives in the past (no daylight savings here because it fades the curtains or some stupid shit like that)
Queensland did manage to eradicate winter altogether, didn't they? That seems like a fair enough alternative.
posted by Sys Rq at 4:14 PM on September 27, 2008
Queensland did manage to eradicate winter altogether, didn't they? That seems like a fair enough alternative.
posted by Sys Rq at 4:14 PM on September 27, 2008
Unfortunately, they also managed to eradicate spring and autumn, so we are stuck in a perpetual summer, which seems like a good thing but gets boring after a while. Anyway, it's light I'm seeking, not heat - in winter, I never see my home in daylight from Sunday night until Saturday morning. In summer, the sun is disappearing by about 7pm and up again at 4am, which is just plain stupid.
posted by dg at 5:08 PM on September 27, 2008
posted by dg at 5:08 PM on September 27, 2008
Daylight Saving s Time.
Thank you. Your cooperation is appreciated.
posted by ryanrs at 5:43 PM on September 28, 2008
Thank you. Your cooperation is appreciated.
posted by ryanrs at 5:43 PM on September 28, 2008
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posted by cortex (staff) at 5:04 PM on September 25, 2008