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I've always taken this as Black Hat doing in real life what obnoxious advertisers do on the Internet.  Which is to say, take key words out of things you type (like your email or a search box) and advertise at you based on that.  Black Hat pounced on the word "stud" and Lord only knows what products might be advertised at you based on that word, especially out of the twisted mind of BH, and Cueball is smart enough to head that one off at the pass. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.54|108.162.216.54]] 23:50, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
 
I've always taken this as Black Hat doing in real life what obnoxious advertisers do on the Internet.  Which is to say, take key words out of things you type (like your email or a search box) and advertise at you based on that.  Black Hat pounced on the word "stud" and Lord only knows what products might be advertised at you based on that word, especially out of the twisted mind of BH, and Cueball is smart enough to head that one off at the pass. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.54|108.162.216.54]] 23:50, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
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Note to all:  stud-finder-finder is obviously and completely correct.  [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.223|108.162.219.223]] 20:39, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

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In most of the U.S. local building codes specify 16 inches (about 41 cm) center-to-center as the standard distance between wooden studs.wknehans 15:22, 18 September 2012 (UTC)


Could Black Hat probably have fixed Cueball's stud finder so that it always showed studs everywhere? Guru-45 (talk) 15:23, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Well, I think it's Randall who's talking in the alt-text. --Jimmy C (talk) 17:43, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

I thought Black Hat was about to say he had a "stud" for sale. Which can be taken in one of several ways... 199.27.128.63 21:34, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

I've always taken this as Black Hat doing in real life what obnoxious advertisers do on the Internet. Which is to say, take key words out of things you type (like your email or a search box) and advertise at you based on that. Black Hat pounced on the word "stud" and Lord only knows what products might be advertised at you based on that word, especially out of the twisted mind of BH, and Cueball is smart enough to head that one off at the pass. 108.162.216.54 23:50, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

Note to all: stud-finder-finder is obviously and completely correct. 108.162.219.223 20:39, 21 January 2014 (UTC)