Elephanting Spotify

Shelby Robertson

Stop stealing window focus to pop up an ad for shitty beer (miller) while I'm typing into Visual Studio. RAAAAAAAAR!

CPallini wrote:

You cannot argue with agile people so just take the extreme approach and shoot him. :Smile:

Lost User

Install multiple desktops. Move it to it's own desktop. Leave it there.

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lewax00

Any app that thinks it's important enough to steal focus from the application I'm currently using is immediately uninstalled from my computer if that behavior can't be disabled. I can't stand apps doing that.

Forogar

Hear hear!

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Joan M

Don't know if this app (grooveshark[^]) is not doing the same, but you could try...

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Kevin Marois

I don't understand what you mean when you say "Elephanting Spotify". WTH does that mean? Anyway, what app is doing this?

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wizardzz

You can try last.fm and join a couple of us CPians.

BobJanova

'Elephant' has become the CP substitution for a certain word for carnal actions that is deemed non-KSS. You'll also see 'sunshine' which is a replacement for a different rude word.

RJOberg

Spotify is the app. An internet music thing.

Kevin Marois

Oh oh oh. Now I get it. His OP was "Elephanting Spotify: Stop stealing window focus to pop up an ad for sh***y beer (miller) while I'm typing into Visual Studio. RAAAAAAAAR!" I knew what Elephanting meant, having slowly figured it out over time. So I naturally thought Spotify was another substituion for some app he's using. Didn't realize Spotify WAS the app. Sometimes I come into the lounge, see a posting, and think, "WTH are they talking about???" I felt like I walked into the middle of a conversation.

If it's not broken, fix it until it is

RJOberg

Kevin Marois wrote:

Sometimes I come into the lounge, see a posting, and think, "WTH are they talking about???"

Daily occurance for me. I'm used to being completely clueless about things I feel like I should know, being in a relationship trained me for that. ;P

Kevin Marois

RJOberg wrote:

being in a relationship trained me for that.

I hear ya

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QuiJohn

Thanks, you've saved me the trouble of ever trying Spotify!

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Shelby Robertson

I never did catch what sunshine substitutes for.

CPallini wrote:

You cannot argue with agile people so just take the extreme approach and shoot him. :Smile:

lewax00

Generally the various non-KSS nouns, where elephant is used in place of verbs. At least, that's what I've noticed.

Shelby Robertson

So the sentence "Spotify is and elephanting piece of sunshine" would be correct?

CPallini wrote:

You cannot argue with agile people so just take the extreme approach and shoot him. :Smile:

lewax00

Of course not, that "and" should be "an" ;P (But yes, otherwise it would, "piece of" can also be optionally omitted.)

BobJanova

'Sunshine' comes from a gaffe on the weather forecast here in Britain (I think it was the Scottish one) where the presenter got confused between 'sunshine' and 'countryside'.