This is why tech support is called Bob—all tech support at Demon Internet at one point in the mid-1990s were called Bob.
More generally, it’s the London Dave Problem. (e.g. I get “Diva”. This was the name of my cat.)
[I’ve just worked out what function the Open Thread serves now!]
Exactly: it’s for discussion of topics too trivial for the Discussion section.
Beats waiting around for an opportunity to hijack a comments thread from some other post, I suppose.
This is why tech support is called Bob—all tech support at Demon Internet at one point in the mid-1990s were called Bob.
More generally, it’s the London Dave Problem. (e.g. I get “Diva”. This was the name of my cat.)
[I’ve just worked out what function the Open Thread serves now!]
Exactly: it’s for discussion of topics too trivial for the Discussion section.
Beats waiting around for an opportunity to hijack a comments thread from some other post, I suppose.