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Hello 18 days ago you reversed my edit on the willamette meteor, why? I said it was technically owned by the clackamas people, as it landed on their reservation land. It even says so in their article

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Research stations in Antarctica

hi EncMstr's, i'm new and yesterday i had problems with editing, sorry ----- I'm updating the list with the site of the Council of Manager of National Antarctic Programs (the excel file is at the end of this page https://www.comnap.aq/Members/SitePages/Home.aspx (updated 13 february 2014). ----- have a nice day N

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Michiel Huisman's account

Michiel Huismans

I have tried to add a profile picture to Michiel Huisman's wiki page, but I was not able to do it due to all the copy rights stuff. I feel he should be given a profile picture due to all the prominent roles he has had on TV and in movies lately. For example Game of Thrones. If anyone could add one I would appreciate it because I think he deserves it. Sebahed (talk) 22:51, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

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	Thank you very much for detailed advice on my talk page yesterday! Gamera1123 (talk) 04:15, 16 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Move review

There is currently a discussion at WP:MR to which you may be associated with. The thread can be found here. Thanks. Qxukhgiels (talk) 22:36, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Block ME!!!!!

Hi,

Could you do a block for me indefinitely with my email disabled and a Hardblock. I want to be sure that I need to retire without being able to make any edits with my IP or making sure that I am not able to edit with my accounts.

Regards - Nim Bhharathhan (talk) 01:33, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@EurovisionNim:, I am willing to do it if you wouldn't mind giving a hint: Why is being blocked preferable to simply not editing in the future? —EncMstr (talk) 03:16, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@EncMstr: I am considering retirement and to just enjoy life without having to edit. My maths teacher suggested just to get off it and don't attempt to make anymore edits. It would be easier and to prevent any more trouble :). i have a girlfriend and she does not want me to get too stressed so it would be easier to be quiet and concentrate in class because i keep getting detentions for going on this site. I just want to move on and I will be making my own site very soon. I would like an indefinite block just to cull my retirement. I hope this was helpful -- Nim Bhharathhan (talk) 04:06, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, just wanted to be reasonably sure this wasn't a compromised account. —EncMstr (talk) 14:49, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the welcome

EncMstr, thanks for the welcome. Referring to the article Standard streams. Do you think that there is an inconsistency with the definition of the term Stream or not? Luciotato (talk) 20:17, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

As I mentioned on the article's talk page, there is the more general stream and the newer, more specific object-oriented stream. See Stream (disambiguation) for all the different meanings for which Wikipedia has an article, and there is also Stream (computing) which mentions many of the various flavors of computer streams. Perhaps that last article helps? —EncMstr (talk) 22:00, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The article Stream (computing) is the correct one. Please bear with me, maybe I'm not expressing myself correctly. English is not my native language.

1) In Stream (computing) it reads: "a stream is a sequence of data elements made available over time" (let's call this stream-definition-1)

2) The Standard streams article starts with: "This article is about standard I/O file descriptors" implying that a "stream" is a "file descriptor" - (let's call this stream-definition-2)

2) Also In Standard streams it reads: "standard streams are preconnected input and output streams (communication channels)" implying that a "stream" is a "communication channel". (let's call this stream-definition-3)

In stream-definition-1, a "stream" is a sequence of data elements" and in stream-definition-3 a "stream" is a "channel". Either a "stream" is "the channel" or it is "the data in the channel", but it can't be both.

The question is: which one of this contradictory definitions for "stream" is the correct one?

A "stream" is a "sequence of data elements" or is a "communication channel"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Luciotato (talk • contribs) 06:04, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for trying to clarify this. Unfortunately, this confusion is common in English where the same word ("stream") is used in many different but subtle ways. That is, it has several distinct meanings. In the case of streams, the individual meanings are very similar. Confusingly so.

"Standard streams" is the name given by English speaking computer scientists for the collection {stdin, stdout, stderr}. Therefore, this implies that each of those is a stream. This is fine though because each of those allow moving data from somewhere to somewhere else, the intuitive simile like a river.

A file descriptor is distinctly different and not what is meant. It is only a "handle" to a stream (or i/o channel) or symbolic name for something which does not have a true name. In this case, we mean a logical i/o channel—which could involve some physical channels—but we don't care how real it is. We only care what the program perceives: it can read from an input stream and write to an output stream.

The computing stream appears to be about a slightly different animal. That article describes sequenced data, not i/o. It is implied that i/o could be done, but the stream is the data, not the i/o.

Is that any clearer? —EncMstr (talk) 07:25, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your kind answer, now I see your point. A "stream" is the name given to a "communication channel" ^[1]^[2] AND ALSO "stream" is the name given to "a sequence of data elements", i.e. the data in the stream. This is of course confusing, but I understand how the term usage drifted. I guess Wikipedia should describe actual usage of the words and not try to correct confusing usages. Anyway I'll make a change, if you don't mind, to remove the circular definition in the first sentence:"standard streams are preconnected input and output streams..." and also add the references. Thank you. Luciotato (talk) 13:51, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

^ D. M. Ritchie, A Stream Input-Output System, AT&T Bell Laboratories Technical Journal, 68(8), October 1984.
^ D. Presotto, Multiprocessor Streams for Plan 9, UKUUG Proc. of the Summer 1990 Conf. , London, England, 1990.

[1] D. M. Ritchie, A Stream Input-Output System, AT&T Bell Laboratories Technical Journal, 68(8), October 1984.

[2] D. Presotto, Multiprocessor Streams for Plan 9, UKUUG Proc. of the Summer 1990 Conf. , London, England, 1990.

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