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2008-01-04 20:10 < kim_bruning> FastLizard4, makes sense :-P
2008-01-04 20:10 < kim_bruning> FastLizard4, rebooting is also known to Not Work on linux
2008-01-04 20:10 < kim_bruning> hmph, perhaps I simply didn't compile IPv6 support into the kernel, though goodness knows why I'd do that
2008-01-04 20:10 < kim_bruning> kyevan, seen sshfs yet?
2008-01-04 20:11 * FastLizard4 pulls out HoverIP
2008-01-04 20:11 < kyevan> kim_bruning: Doesn't help when I'm booted into windows, silly.
2008-01-04 20:11 < quanticle> [quanticle@localhost ~]$ ping6 fe80::211:11ff:fe59:86ab%5
2008-01-04 20:11 < quanticle> connect: Network is unreachable
2008-01-04 20:11 < quanticle> That's what I get
2008-01-04 20:11 < kim_bruning> kyevan, if not, everyone who has seen it say it has changed their life. (only requirement is that you need FUSE)
2008-01-04 20:11 < kim_bruning> kyevan, argh. windows
2008-01-04 20:11 < kim_bruning> quanticle, I think we're missing something fundamental
2008-01-04 20:11 < kyevan> That's the reason I'm sshed out.
2008-01-04 20:12 < quanticle> kim_bruning: Hmm. Is FUSE easy to install?
2008-01-04 20:12 < kyevan> quanticle: It is on debian ;P
2008-01-04 20:12 < kyevan> In fact, I think it's in the base packages...
2008-01-04 20:12 < FastLizard4> gksudo gedit /etc/pmount.allow
2008-01-04 20:12 < kim_bruning> quanticle, it's a kernel module
2008-01-04 20:12 < FastLizard4> Is my favorite Ubuntu command
2008-01-04 20:13 < quanticle> FastLizard4: That's a rather odd command to have as your favorite. Most people have some variant of apt-get install
2008-01-04 20:13 < kim_bruning> quanticle, if it's loaded, you can then use some 200 userspace filing systems (there's really an insane amount of them)
2008-01-04 20:13 < kim_bruning> quanticle, there's even a wikipediafs!
2008-01-04 20:13 < FastLizard4> ????
2008-01-04 20:13 < kim_bruning> (which lets you edit wikipedia pages with vi, or what-have-you)
2008-01-04 20:13 < FastLizard4> WikipediFS?
2008-01-04 20:14 < kim_bruning> FastLizard4, it's a FUSE filing system :-)
2008-01-04 20:14 < FastLizard4> wow
2008-01-04 20:14 < quanticle> kim_bruning: Heh. I've already got it loaded. I guess it comes by default with Fedora these days
2008-01-04 20:14 < kim_bruning> FastLizard4, it's even written in python (using the python fuse API :-P )
2008-01-04 20:14 < kyevan> Anyway, I'd be running linux, but...
2008-01-04 20:14 < pengo> Buginese Wikipedia has reached 50 articles
2008-01-04 20:14 < kyevan> Sims 2 doesn't run on wine very well :P
2008-01-04 20:14 < kim_bruning> quanticle, so sshfs lets you mount remote directories over ssh . Too useful to believe
2008-01-04 20:14 < kim_bruning> quanticle, (I use it to play multimedia files stored on other computers)
2008-01-04 20:15 < quanticle> kim_bruning: Ok, I just installed sshfs, so how do I use it...
2008-01-04 20:15 < kim_bruning> quanticle, do you have a remote machine you'd like to mount?
2008-01-04 20:15 < quanticle> Yeah
2008-01-04 20:15 < FastLizard4> What about CitizendiumFS:
2008-01-04 20:15 < FastLizard4> ERROR: File must be verified by an expert before it can be written to disk.
2008-01-04 20:15 < FastLizard4> ERROR: File has been approved, and is now read-only
2008-01-04 20:15 < kim_bruning> sshfs quanticle@remotemachine.com:some/dir /home/quanticle/local_mountpoint
2008-01-04 20:16 < quanticle> FastLizard4: Sounds like windows with a bad anti-virus
2008-01-04 20:16 < kyevan> Citizendum's running on a modified mediawiki, isn't it?
2008-01-04 20:16 < kim_bruning> quanticle, replace the remote scp-like address with something more useful
2008-01-04 20:16 < kim_bruning> quanticle, and the local mountpoint with something more useful
2008-01-04 20:16 < kyevan> You probably can mount it using the wikifs module for fuse :P
2008-01-04 20:16 < kim_bruning> sshfs brothers_computer:/home/brother/movies ~/movies/brothers_movies
2008-01-04 20:16 < kim_bruning> is a (sanitized) version of the command that I sometimes use :-)
2008-01-04 20:16 < FastLizard4> ERROR:
2008-01-04 20:16 < FastLizard4> Windows has detected fun on the website you are attempting to visit. This is not allowed.
2008-01-04 20:17 < FastLizard4> From the desk of Bill Gates
2008-01-04 20:17 < kyevan> kim_bruning: s/movies/porn/?
2008-01-04 20:17 * kyevan duchs
2008-01-04 20:17 < kyevan> *ducks
2008-01-04 20:17 < kyevan> well, actually, s/movies/porn/g
2008-01-04 20:17 < kyevan> But who cares about regex precision?
2008-01-04 20:18 < kim_bruning> kyevan, no, porn is somewhere else :-P
2008-01-04 20:18 < FastLizard4> X-D : http://www.deanliou.com/WinRG
2008-01-04 20:18 < kyevan> WinRG is awesome
2008-01-04 20:18 < kyevan> Play with Word :P
2008-01-04 20:19 < FastLizard4> Oh noes, it's Clippy!
2008-01-04 20:20 < kyevan> Don't worry, it gets better
2008-01-04 20:20 < FastLizard4> I know
2008-01-04 20:20 < FastLizard4> I downloaded the damn thing and play with it all the time
2008-01-04 20:21 < FastLizard4> I even created my own version called Doors XP
2008-01-04 20:21 < kyevan> Nifty Doorways!
2008-01-04 20:21 < FastLizard4> I plan to create Doors Vista soon
2008-01-04 20:21 < kim_bruning> FastLizard4, winrg is too familiar
2008-01-04 20:22 * kim_bruning doesn't think winrg is actually so funny, since windows tends to act that way around me :-P
2008-01-04 20:22 < kyevan> What's the Indiana abbreviation?
2008-01-04 20:22 < kyevan> kim_bruning: Your Clippy bleads?
2008-01-04 20:22 < kim_bruning> kyevan, and btw, my brother could rename his dir to "anime" with little trouble :-P
2008-01-04 20:22 < kyevan> Can I get a copy of your word disk?
2008-01-04 20:23 < kim_bruning> kyevan, I'm sure he did, once when I had windows
2008-01-04 20:23 < geniice> oh great I appear to have files 50 meg in size
2008-01-04 20:23 < kim_bruning> kyevan, can't, all ms software is excosized from my old systems
2008-01-04 20:23 < kim_bruning> and my new ones don't have windows either
2008-01-04 20:23 < kim_bruning> windows is for games :-P
2008-01-04 20:23 < kyevan> kim_bruning: Heh.
2008-01-04 20:23 * kyevan actually agrees
2008-01-04 20:23 < Luna-San> kyevan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_postal_abbreviations ?
2008-01-04 20:24 < geniice> I need better lossless compression
2008-01-04 20:24 < kyevan> All I ever run on Windows is games, putty, firefox and/or opera and sometimes openoffice
2008-01-04 20:24 < FastLizard4> X-D : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNqPTOb31S8
2008-01-04 20:25 < FastLizard4> ^ The Blue Screen of Death banned commercial
2008-01-04 20:26 < pengo> dos is for games
2008-01-04 20:26 < FastLizard4> /pengo is a crazy person/
2008-01-04 20:27 < kim_bruning> though nowadays occaisionally you can get decent games for linux too
2008-01-04 20:27 * kim_bruning just bought drop team
2008-01-04 20:27 < kim_bruning> still need to get the sound working though
2008-01-04 20:27 < kim_bruning> something odd there
2008-01-04 20:27 < FastLizard4> linux is fun
2008-01-04 20:28 < FastLizard4> kim_bruning: Probably a bad codec
2008-01-04 20:29 < kyevan> kim_bruning: But, I'm addicted to Half-Life, Portal, and The Sims 2 :P
2008-01-04 20:29 < FastLizard4> SimCity 4 Rush Hour!
2008-01-04 20:29 < kim_bruning> FastLizard4, yeah, I fixed the demo before by just linking the right libs
2008-01-04 20:29 < kyevan> (Those are the only games I really like that can't be run under linux either natively, or with wine)
2008-01-04 20:29 < kim_bruning> proprietary software just kinda sucks on linux :-P
2008-01-04 20:29 < kim_bruning> kyevan, portal is kinda cool, I've heard :-)
2008-01-04 20:29 < kyevan> FastLizard4: Eh. I prefer the older ones.
2008-01-04 20:29 < FastLizard4> Anyone play Command and Conquer?
2008-01-04 20:29 < kyevan> kim_bruning: It's FUN.
2008-01-04 20:30 < kyevan> FastLizard4: Yes~!
2008-01-04 20:30 < kim_bruning> kyevan, sounds like it's a good game then
2008-01-04 20:30 < kyevan> But those run under Wine, iirc :P
2008-01-04 20:30 < FastLizard4> I play Generals, Zero Hour, Red Alert 2, and CNC 3
2008-01-04 20:30 < kyevan> You're evil
2008-01-04 20:30 < kim_bruning> kyevan, I don't even hate you ... I'm being so sincere right now :-P
2008-01-04 20:30 < kim_bruning> kyevan, even though you broke my heart, and killed me ;-)
2008-01-04 20:30 < FastLizard4> I plan to get Kane's Wrath
2008-01-04 20:30 < kim_bruning> kyevan, and tore me to pieces
2008-01-04 20:30 < kyevan> I'm not even angry, I'm being so sincere right now
2008-01-04 20:30 < kim_bruning> Ah yes
2008-01-04 20:30 < kim_bruning> :-)
2008-01-04 20:30 < kim_bruning> ok, not spoilers for you ;-)
2008-01-04 20:31 * FastLizard4 got his wisdom teeth pulled and can't eat solid food for two more days
2008-01-04 20:31 < kyevan> "I don't hate you" is from in the game, when you kill turrets sometimes :P
2008-01-04 20:31 < kim_bruning> and threw each piece into a fire!
2008-01-04 20:31 < kim_bruning> kyevan, heh
2008-01-04 20:31 < kyevan> every piece.
2008-01-04 20:31 < kyevan> I've MEMORIZED Still Alive, It's kinda sad
2008-01-04 20:32 < FastLizard4> Who plays Battlefield here?
2008-01-04 20:32 < Luna-San> I was a big fan of Generals/ZH.
2008-01-04 20:32 < FastLizard4> Luna-San: I can pwn you any day in ZH
2008-01-04 20:32 < kim_bruning> kyevan, everyone has :-)
2008-01-04 20:33 < Luna-San> The only thing more awesome than Commanches is STEALTH Commanches.
2008-01-04 20:33 < kim_bruning> kyevan, it's on internets greatest hits
2008-01-04 20:33 < kim_bruning> kyevan, up there with things like the lady with the leek, and gotta dig :-P
2008-01-04 20:33 < Luna-San> FastLizard4: This is probably true, I'm really much better at FPS games than RTS
2008-01-04 20:33 < FastLizard4> Luna-San: I always play the nuke general
2008-01-04 20:33 * kim_bruning wonders if we should have an internet greatest hits album ;-)
2008-01-04 20:34 < kim_bruning> at least these latest songs are better than "badger badger badger"
2008-01-04 20:34 < Luna-San> Faster overlords. Planning on running over all the other tanks? :(
2008-01-04 20:34 < kim_bruning> Luna-San, and then there was a game like drop team :-P
2008-01-04 20:34 < FastLizard4> Luna-San: No, I just nuke everyone back to the stone age and use nuclear cannons and overlords to defend
2008-01-04 20:34 < kim_bruning> or battlezone 2
2008-01-04 20:34 < Luna-San> FastLizard4: Aha
2008-01-04 20:34 < Luna-San> Natural Selection was a wonderful idea.
2008-01-04 20:35 < FastLizard4> I always turtle
2008-01-04 20:35 < Luna-San> Although I never got to play it much, and never as an alien.
2008-01-04 20:35 < FastLizard4> Luna-San: Have you played Command and Conqer 3: Tiberium Wars?
2008-01-04 20:36 < Luna-San> Not yet. Good?
2008-01-04 20:36 < FastLizard4> YES!
2008-01-04 20:36 < Luna-San> Is it more like Generals or Tiberium Dawn?
2008-01-04 20:36 < FastLizard4> The expansion pack is going to be great, too
2008-01-04 20:36 < FastLizard4> Luna-San: Tiberium Dawn
2008-01-04 20:37 < Luna-San> Hm, darn. But I'll live.
2008-01-04 20:37 < FastLizard4> I guess my favorite "tiberian" faction would be GDI
2008-01-04 20:38 * TheWeasel only played 2 at a mate's
2008-01-04 20:38 < TheWeasel> somewhere around 1995/6
2008-01-04 20:38 * FastLizard4 realizes that it is pouring rain outside his house
2008-01-04 20:38 * TheWeasel prefers "things that exist" in video games
2008-01-04 20:39 * FastLizard4|BRB will brb
2008-01-04 20:39 < Messedrocker> TheWeasel, then you must loathe the Metroid series
2008-01-04 20:39 < quanticle> Command and Conquer was great before Tiberum Sun
2008-01-04 20:39 < TheWeasel> Never played it
2008-01-04 20:40 < quanticle> TheWeasel: Do you prefer shooters or strategy or role-playing?
2008-01-04 20:40 * TheWeasel doesn't do a lot of gaming these days, flightsimming mostly
2008-01-04 20:40 < Messedrocker> PLATFORMERS!
2008-01-04 20:40 < TheWeasel> the middle
2008-01-04 20:40 < TheWeasel> Civilization is of course the greatest game serious of all times
2008-01-04 20:40 < TheWeasel> *series
2008-01-04 20:40 < Messedrocker> i'll go with a real-time strategy game if i feel like it
2008-01-04 20:41 < Messedrocker> role-playing games make me want to gnaw my arm off
2008-01-04 20:41 < Messedrocker> first-person shooters are great
2008-01-04 20:41 < TheWeasel> They were not well regarded where I grew up :-D
2008-01-04 20:41 < TheWeasel> so I never really got into that
2008-01-04 20:42 < TheWeasel> damn hippies :-P
2008-01-04 20:42 < quanticle> TheWeasel: Didn't Germany ban violent video games?
2008-01-04 20:42 < TheWeasel> plus, I'm clumsy
2008-01-04 20:42 < TheWeasel> they're always saying they're going to
2008-01-04 20:42 < TheWeasel> when someone shoots someone
2008-01-04 20:42 < TheWeasel> hasn't happened I think
2008-01-04 20:43 < TheWeasel> not an outright ban, anyway
2008-01-04 20:43 < mavhk> just make everyone who plays them take a psyche test
2008-01-04 20:43 < Messedrocker> quanticle, whoever said violent video games causes your personality to warp is full of it
2008-01-04 20:44 < Messedrocker> i go in and out of bioshock as the same person
2008-01-04 20:44 < TheWeasel> it's someone with the mindset choosing his game accordingly
2008-01-04 20:44 < TheWeasel> not the other way round
2008-01-04 20:44 < Cyrius> you're not playing it right!
2008-01-04 20:44 < Messedrocker> yeah, i am good at moderating my gameplay
2008-01-04 20:44 < mavhk> it's possible to make someone who's crazy a) go over the edge, or b) get ideas/practice though
2008-01-04 20:44 < quanticle> TheWeasel: Didn't Crysis make noises about moving from Germany because of all the anti-shooter noise there?
2008-01-04 20:44 < Messedrocker> mavhk, how the hell do you practice shooting a real gun with an xbox 360 controller?
2008-01-04 20:44 < quanticle> TheWeasel: Or Crysoft, rather
2008-01-04 20:45 < TheWeasel> yea. Many German studios did that
2008-01-04 20:45 * quanticle|away is away
2008-01-04 20:45 < TheWeasel> they're putting a huge amount of energy into looking clean
2008-01-04 20:45 < mavhk> Messedrocker: you can practice killing lots of people quickly
2008-01-04 20:45 < TheWeasel> the question is another one
2008-01-04 20:46 < Messedrocker> mavhk, except in real life you can't kill people by pressing buttons on a controller
2008-01-04 20:46 < TheWeasel> "because it spoils 0.1% of people, is it worth banning"?
2008-01-04 20:46 < Messedrocker> so a lot of the practice you do is useless
2008-01-04 20:46 < mavhk> no, you press buttons on a gun
2008-01-04 20:46 < kim_bruning> Messedrocker, you can't?
2008-01-04 20:46 < Messedrocker> except guns have a different form factor
2008-01-04 20:46 < Messedrocker> and you hold them differently
2008-01-04 20:46 < TheWeasel> kind of like the completely crazy war on smoking here
2008-01-04 20:46 < kyevan> Messedrocker: The Wii! :P
2008-01-04 20:46 < kim_bruning> Messedrocker, you can kill people with a joystick though ;-)
2008-01-04 20:46 < Messedrocker> kyevan, the wii remote doesn't resemble a firearm enough.
2008-01-04 20:46 < Messedrocker> the wii zapper resembles reality even less so
2008-01-04 20:46 < mavhk> so no game is realistic enough to help you commit a crime?
2008-01-04 20:47 * TheWeasel does not smoke, to be sure
2008-01-04 20:47 < Messedrocker> mavhk, if you played it with a light gun it'd be very realistic
2008-01-04 20:47 * Cyrius goes off to write "enron - the game"
2008-01-04 20:47 < kyevan> Those arcade ones, maybe?
2008-01-04 20:47 < mavhk> press button A to embezzel 8 billion dollars
2008-01-04 20:47 < Messedrocker> too easy
2008-01-04 20:47 < Messedrocker> Cyrius, Enron the Game is a brilliant idea
2008-01-04 20:48 < Cyrius> I think 'Swindle' is a better name
2008-01-04 20:48 < TheWeasel> The tasks could have Nintendo-type names, like Accounting Extravaganza
2008-01-04 20:48 < mavhk> you can get all those out of work enron people to do the voice acting
2008-01-04 20:48 < TheWeasel> the boss is dead
2008-01-04 20:48 < TheWeasel> no longer available
2008-01-04 20:49 < cimon> hee hee, notorious at last
2008-01-04 20:50 < cimon> According to wikipedia review, I have lost my humanity.
2008-01-04 20:50 < TheWeasel> "Fortune named Enron "America's Most Innovative Company" for six consecutive years."
2008-01-04 20:50 * cimon is an animal.
2008-01-04 20:50 < mavhk> cimon: you've made it!
2008-01-04 20:50 < TheWeasel> Seems to me than 2001 was a good year to cancel your Fortune subscription
2008-01-04 20:50 < Freya> TheWeasel: lol
2008-01-04 20:50 < Messedrocker> TheWeasel, they were extremely innovative in the field of bamboozling
2008-01-04 20:51 < mavhk> those poor anti wikipedia people, if only there was a way they could take all our data and create an exact clone of wikipedia...
2008-01-04 20:51 < TheWeasel> Yea, what's snarkily called "creative accounting"
2008-01-04 20:51 < TheWeasel> Gotta love the resourcefulness of free enterprise.
2008-01-04 20:52 * FastLizard4|hunt begins the hunt for the elusive Wikipedia vandal
2008-01-04 20:52 < mavhk> which is weird, because if you were creative, why would you be in accounting?
2008-01-04 20:52 < TheWeasel> Say you *accidentally* ended up there
2008-01-04 20:52 < TheWeasel> whats a way to lighten up your life?
2008-01-04 20:52 < TheWeasel> :-D
2008-01-04 20:52 < mavhk> set fire to all the money
2008-01-04 20:53 < TheWeasel> eh *and* stay employed I suppose, quite apart from the carbon monoxide
2008-01-04 20:53 < Random832> hi
2008-01-04 20:53 < mavhk> my sister walks across the city with $4million in cheques to cash each week
2008-01-04 20:54 < mavhk> s/cash/bank
2008-01-04 20:54 < mavhk> I keep telling her to change her name to Miss National Rail
2008-01-04 20:55 * FastLizard4|hunt has found a vandal!
2008-01-04 20:55 < mavhk> quick, grab it by its tail
2008-01-04 20:55 < Random832> since when is the wikipedia vandal elusive?
2008-01-04 20:55 < FastLizard4|hunt> Random832: Ever since they made cluebot
2008-01-04 20:55 < Random832> you can hardly swing a cat without hitting one
2008-01-04 20:55 < FastLizard4|hunt> Random832: Cluebot gets them first
2008-01-04 20:55 < Random832> bah, cluebot sticks to 1RR; persistent vandals will revert right back and it'll stick
2008-01-04 20:56 < TheWeasel> "Question to Radio Yerevan: Is it possible to systematically build up socialism in Switzerland?" "In principle, yes, but it would be a pity, wouldn't it?"
2008-01-04 20:56 * TheWeasel reads Radio Yerevan jokes
2008-01-04 20:57 < Luna-San> Random832: Yes, but Cluebot reports such incidents on IRC >.>
2008-01-04 20:58 < cimon> TheWeasel: crap, can't think of a suitable Radio Yerevan joke for the occasion...
2008-01-04 20:59 < TheWeasel> "Is it possible to make love over distance? In principle, yes provided love is bigger zan distance!"
2008-01-04 20:59 < digwuren> TheWeasel: Wouldn't Accounting Extravaganza be considered product placement for Artur Andresen ?
2008-01-04 21:00 < TheWeasel> I don't know him
2008-01-04 21:00 < TheWeasel> I also like "Is possible to build up socialism in one country?" "Yes, but should live in anozzer."
2008-01-04 21:00 < cimon> goes instead for Soviet News... "Peaceful Soviet Collective Tractors were plowing the fields near the Chinese Border, when Chinese Aggressor tanks opened fire on Soviet Peaceful tractors. Regrettably Soviet Peaceful tractors were forced to return fire."
2008-01-04 21:01 < TheWeasel> hehe
2008-01-04 21:01 < kim_bruning> cimon, interesting plows those tractors had
2008-01-04 21:02 < Random832> heh
2008-01-04 21:03 < Random832> where are you getting these?
2008-01-04 21:03 < TheWeasel> "Vat is chaos?" "No answering questions on national economy"
2008-01-04 21:03 < TheWeasel> all in my head
2008-01-04 21:03 < TheWeasel> :-D
2008-01-04 21:06 < cimon> there is a load at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Yerevan though
2008-01-04 21:06 < TheWeasel> "Is it true zat capitalism is hurtling toward abyss?" "Yes, but ve vill overtake."
2008-01-04 21:08 < TheWeasel> "Can one go 120 kph in Soviet car?" "Yes, once."
2008-01-04 21:08 < cimon> Random832: if you follow the external links at the bottom of the wikipedia article, you will find many more.
2008-01-04 21:11 < TheWeasel> Why was toilet paper so scratchy in the Eastern Bloc?
2008-01-04 21:11 < TheWeasel> So that even the last ass would go red.
2008-01-04 21:11 < cimon> Okay, some GDR jokes then...
2008-01-04 21:11 < cimon> Two Stasi agents are on a surveillance mission and quite bored.
2008-01-04 21:11 < TheWeasel> heh
2008-01-04 21:11 < cimon> First agent: "Hey, what are you thinking about?"
2008-01-04 21:12 < cimon> Second agent: "Oh, nothing special. The same as you..."
2008-01-04 21:12 < cimon> First agent: "In that case, you're under arrest!"
2008-01-04 21:12 < TheWeasel> ah, the Firma
2008-01-04 21:12 < TheWeasel> my favorite GDR joke is
2008-01-04 21:12 < TheWeasel> three people are sitting in a prison cell
2008-01-04 21:13 < TheWeasel> one is asked "what are you sitting for?" "I was five minutes late at work, it was sabotage"
2008-01-04 21:13 < TheWeasel> the second is asked... "I was five minutes early at work, it was espionage"
2008-01-04 21:14 < TheWeasel> the third is asked... "I was at work just in time, so they knew my watch was from the West"
2008-01-04 21:14 < Mike_H> oh, those nutty East Germans!
2008-01-04 21:14 < quanticle> TheWeasel: That's one of the best jokes I've heard in a while
2008-01-04 21:14 < TheWeasel> heh
2008-01-04 21:15 < Luna-San> Ah, there's nothing quite like typing out a nice little message to somebody, explaining that they're probably better off looking for dates at another site... only to be edit conflicted by somebody twitching with {{test4-im}}
2008-01-04 21:15 < cimon> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GDR_jokes#Examples_of_Honecker_jokes - this is a priceless one.
2008-01-04 21:15 < TheWeasel> The Party is holding a send-in joke contest. First prize: Ten years pen.
2008-01-04 21:18 < TheWeasel> The Trabant was called "walking aid"
2008-01-04 21:18 < TheWeasel> :-D
2008-01-04 21:19 < TheWeasel> How do you double the value of a Trabant? Fill 'er up.
2008-01-04 21:19 < TheWeasel> How many tools does it take to assemble a trabant? Two.
2008-01-04 21:20 < TheWeasel> 1. Scissors
2008-01-04 21:20 < TheWeasel> 2. Glue
2008-01-04 21:20 < TheWeasel> hm...
2008-01-04 21:21 < theINC> I swear that the Rapture's just happened or something
2008-01-04 21:21 < theINC> because no-one is making any noise
2008-01-04 21:22 < geniice> seriosuly how may wikipedians do you think would qualify for the rapture?
2008-01-04 21:22 < quanticle> theINC: We're too busy listening to TheWeasel's stand-up
2008-01-04 21:22 * FastLizard4|hunt is tired of looking for vandals
2008-01-04 21:22 < kim_bruning> how many wikipedians does it take to replace a lightbulb?
2008-01-04 21:22 < Messedrocker> depends on your definition of "qualify for the rapture"
2008-01-04 21:22 < TheWeasel> With the Trabant, for the first time in history, hits-and-runs can be committed by pedestrians.
2008-01-04 21:22 < theINC> geniice: that's a good question, I know I wouldn't
2008-01-04 21:23 < quanticle> kim_bruning: 10,000. One to replace the lightbulb, and 9,999 to revert and edit war about it
2008-01-04 21:23 < theINC> well, if qualifying for the rapture is fundy christian
2008-01-04 21:23 < kim_bruning> TheWeasel, they could cut a hole in the bottom and use it fred flintstone style?
2008-01-04 21:23 < gurch> :O
2008-01-04 21:23 < theINC> then basically no wikipedians would qualify
2008-01-04 21:23 < theINC> because they have more sense
2008-01-04 21:23 < kim_bruning> quanticle, 1 to replace it, and about 100 to bitch about the unilateral action! :-P
2008-01-04 21:23 < kim_bruning> darn
2008-01-04 21:23 < TheWeasel> :-)
2008-01-04 21:23 < gurch> how many gurches does it take to replace a lightbulb
2008-01-04 21:23 < gurch> three
2008-01-04 21:23 < TheWeasel> as I said, walking aid
2008-01-04 21:23 < gurch> one to replace it
2008-01-04 21:23 < gurch> one to deal with huggles while the other one is busy
2008-01-04 21:23 < quanticle> gurch: None, because gurch isn't afraid of the dark
2008-01-04 21:24 < gurch> and... huh?
2008-01-04 21:24 < TheWeasel> the Trabant was built without the motor in 1989.
2008-01-04 21:24 < theINC> 1 to replace it, 2 to suggest changes that could be made to make it a Good Article, and the general public to vandalize it and generally not give a crap
2008-01-04 21:24 < TheWeasel> Everything was going downhill anyway
2008-01-04 21:24 < cimon> At the risk of being current... "Putin goes to a restaurant with Medvedev and orders a steak. The waiter asks, "And what about the vegetable?" Putin answers, "The vegetable will have steak too.""
2008-01-04 21:24 < kim_bruning> quanticle, and can give it a roundhouse kick to the head?
2008-01-04 21:24 < theINC> (that's wikipedians)
2008-01-04 21:24 < gurch> kim_bruning: you're confusing me with david gerard
2008-01-04 21:25 < kyevan> How many how many x does it take to change a lightbulb jokes does it take to change a lightbulb?
2008-01-04 21:25 < cimon> btw, I have to admire Mike Huckabees sense of humor if nothing else...
2008-01-04 21:25 < cimon> on the subject o Chuck norris
2008-01-04 21:25 < kyevan> (I have no punchline, so you'll have to provide one, or settle for recursion)
2008-01-04 21:25 < theINC> cimon: 2004 wants their meme back
2008-01-04 21:26 < TheWeasel> If Huckabee is elected, Chuck Norris will run the country
2008-01-04 21:26 < TheWeasel> Terrorism problem solved.
2008-01-04 21:26 < theINC> Don't vote Huckabee
2008-01-04 21:26 < gurch> kim_bruning: David Gerard doesn't have to ignore all rules, because all rules ignore him.
2008-01-04 21:26 < gurch> etc. etc.
2008-01-04 21:26 < theINC> we want to GET RID of god botherers from the state
2008-01-04 21:26 < theINC> not vote them in
2008-01-04 21:26 < theINC> or vote in bigger god botherers than Dubyu
2008-01-04 21:26 < cimon> theINC: officially, no comment.
2008-01-04 21:26 * TheWeasel is as far as anyone from endorsing any Republican at all
2008-01-04 21:26 < quanticle> cimon: You never finished?
2008-01-04 21:26 < kenlyric> Huckabee makes W look like a methodist.
2008-01-04 21:27 < TheWeasel> Isnt he a methodist?
2008-01-04 21:27 < kenlyric> a *United* methodist
2008-01-04 21:27 < cimon> quanticle: finished what?
2008-01-04 21:27 < TheWeasel> There should be Ron Paul jokes
2008-01-04 21:27 < theINC> Baptist
2008-01-04 21:27 < kenlyric> the ones that let in the gay!
2008-01-04 21:27 < theINC> a baptist minister
2008-01-04 21:27 < quanticle> cimon: Huckabee's comment about Chuck Norris...
2008-01-04 21:27 < theINC> I'm australian so I don't really know these things
2008-01-04 21:27 < theINC> but I've had it with christian fundy presidents
2008-01-04 21:27 < TheWeasel> Q: Why doesn’t Ron Paul ever turn off the lights? A: That kind of on-again / off-again policy is against his principles.
2008-01-04 21:27 < quanticle> TheWeasel: It doesn't matter who you endorse. You're in Europe...
2008-01-04 21:27 < TheWeasel> Woohoo
2008-01-04 21:28 < aib> hi
2008-01-04 21:28 < TheWeasel> Change that to "want to win"
2008-01-04 21:28 < theINC> too bad that australians *are* affected by the US president
2008-01-04 21:28 < aib> does anyone know of a tool that will hyperlink all the phrases in the currently viewed page that have corresponding titles on wikipedia?
2008-01-04 21:28 < cimon> TheWeasel: I kinda like most of the republican candidates, and find most of the democrats uninspiring, but the fact still remains that lately your democratic presidents have be better ones... track record wise...
2008-01-04 21:28 < quanticle> theINC: Your new president is a rather nice fellow. Kevin Rudd, right?
2008-01-04 21:28 < theINC> we're practically the technologically-behind 51st state
2008-01-04 21:28 * TheWeasel isn't looking for inspiration
2008-01-04 21:28 < theINC> quanticle: prime minister, and yes, and he's okay, but he wants to censor the internet gasp
2008-01-04 21:28 < TheWeasel> I'm looking for sanity
2008-01-04 21:29 < quanticle> theINC: No, that distinction belongs to Canada. You guys are #52
2008-01-04 21:29 < geniice> aib you realise that would result n the text being unreadable?
2008-01-04 21:29 < theINC> canada > australia
2008-01-04 21:29 < cimon> quanticle: I don't talk about Chuck Norris. Professional courtesy.
2008-01-04 21:29 < theINC> http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22989008-662,00.html
2008-01-04 21:29 < aib> geniice, i'll take care of that with CSS
2008-01-04 21:30 < quanticle> geniice: I think he's talking about a private web page, not content on wikipedia
2008-01-04 21:30 < kyevan> aib: impossible
2008-01-04 21:30 < TheWeasel> "84% *unwanted* sexual content?
2008-01-04 21:30 < aib> rofl, impossible?
2008-01-04 21:30 < TheWeasel> Not sure there
2008-01-04 21:30 < Lycurgus> it does matter to them (europeans). See that gini map I updated yesterday? If stuff fucks up over here, they're looking at a reddening and they don't want that. When I say the don't want that ...
2008-01-04 21:30 < TheWeasel> but maybe
2008-01-04 21:30 < Lycurgus> ... I mean they *REALLY* don't want that.
2008-01-04 21:30 < kyevan> aib: Bubble wand, for example
2008-01-04 21:30 < aib> i've got a local copy of the wiki - it wouldn't be that hard to do title lookups on n-grams, i just wondered if someone had done it already
2008-01-04 21:31 < kyevan> I dunno if bubble wand is a page, vut
2008-01-04 21:31 < kim_bruning> gurch, ROTFL :-)
2008-01-04 21:31 < aib> bubble wand? you mean ambiguous phrases?
2008-01-04 21:31 < cimon> but I have to strongly aggree with Justin Webb of the BBC and his blog.
2008-01-04 21:31 < geniice> aib sort of
2008-01-04 21:31 < kyevan> Do you highlight bubble and wand, or bubble wand, or?
2008-01-04 21:31 < geniice> aib I think the took worked on the basis of right clicking on a word
2008-01-04 21:31 < TheWeasel> "Senator Conroy said the Australian Communications and Media Authority would prepare a blacklist of unsuitable sites."
2008-01-04 21:31 < Lycurgus> y
2008-01-04 21:31 < TheWeasel> I wonder who they'll appoint to do that
2008-01-04 21:31 < cimon> the POTUS candidates are awesomely underendowed foreign policy wise (the front runners that is)
2008-01-04 21:31 < theINC> TheWeasel: that's the plan
2008-01-04 21:32 < theINC> like the Great Firewall of China, but in a democracy
2008-01-04 21:32 * TheWeasel supported Biden, but he's out
2008-01-04 21:32 < quanticle> TheWeasel: How can they maintain censorship of the Internet while still preserving freedom of speech and all that?
2008-01-04 21:32 < Lycurgus> cimon: yeah but only one is a nutcase.
2008-01-04 21:32 < TheWeasel> most of the rest don't know anything about foreign policy
2008-01-04 21:32 < theINC> quanticle: Australia doesn't actually have a constitutional free speech right
2008-01-04 21:32 < TheWeasel> No I mean, who'll actually assemble that list
2008-01-04 21:32 < TheWeasel> that's kind of a... weird task
2008-01-04 21:32 < TheWeasel> anyway
2008-01-04 21:32 < theINC> but even if you OPT OUT of the filter, you still get pages filtered (kiddy porn and "violent content")
2008-01-04 21:32 < cimon> Lycurgus: who do you figure that is. many of them are kind of eccentric.
2008-01-04 21:32 < quanticle> cimon: Not Hillary. She's served on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Senate Armed Services Committee.
2008-01-04 21:32 < geniice> theINC europe in 2010?
2008-01-04 21:32 < theINC> so your internet will be slower
2008-01-04 21:33 < theINC> geniice: what?
2008-01-04 21:33 < quanticle> cimon: If nothing else, Hillary's domestic policy chops are weak...
2008-01-04 21:33 < cimon> quanticle: fari enough
2008-01-04 21:33 < geniice> theINC you think europe won't go the same way?
2008-01-04 21:33 < Lycurgus> cimon: well there's only two front runners right now.
2008-01-04 21:33 < theINC> geniice: nah, Europe is more sensible with technology
2008-01-04 21:33 < theINC> Australia's adults are technology-fearing
2008-01-04 21:33 < geniice> theINC Uk gov keeps thinking about it
2008-01-04 21:34 < theINC> the bloke who wants to bring it in, Sen. Conroy, is the head of Family First, a Christian party
2008-01-04 21:34 < cimon> Lycurgus: I read Bloomberg might run if it is going to be Huckabee.
2008-01-04 21:34 < theINC> geniice: I was told that BT already filter pages, but somehow they do it affectively
2008-01-04 21:34 < TheWeasel> but Labour is behind it, so...
2008-01-04 21:34 < geniice> theINC because they are a single ISP
2008-01-04 21:34 < Lycurgus> cimon: I guess you mean he would be a GOP white knight, but you're wrong.
2008-01-04 21:34 < quanticle> Lycurgus: Well, Hillary is still a "first-tier" candidate, despite her poor showing in Iowa, so I guess she still counts
2008-01-04 21:34 < theINC> TheWeasel: indeed, but Mr Conroy is the front-bencher, he's the Minister for Communications i think
2008-01-04 21:34 < geniice> ISPs can block pretty much whatever they like
2008-01-04 21:35 < TheWeasel> ...I guess the left-wing case is also that it demeans women and all that
2008-01-04 21:35 < Lycurgus> he's indicated he'd only run as an independent and that not at all.
2008-01-04 21:35 < quanticle> TheWeasel: The case against pr0n?
2008-01-04 21:35 < TheWeasel> yea
2008-01-04 21:35 * theINC thinks religion should really be banned in general
2008-01-04 21:35 < TheWeasel> it's regarded as a social evil both left and right, for different reasons
2008-01-04 21:35 * theINC is listening to "Supermassive Black Hole" by Muse, from the album Black Holes And Revelations. 256 Kbps
2008-01-04 21:35 < kyevan> Hmm
2008-01-04 21:35 < theINC> Muse's frontman is an atheist!
2008-01-04 21:35 < cimon> Lycurgus: well, I agree, he would certainly give Hugo Chavez a run for the title of most eccentric leader... Now that Berlusconi is no longer on the field.
2008-01-04 21:36 < kyevan> So, if porn is bad because it demeans women... gay porn is OK!
2008-01-04 21:36 < TheWeasel> perhaps... I dunno
2008-01-04 21:36 < Lycurgus> and note, we haven't even mentioned his name, it's just implicit/understood.
2008-01-04 21:36 < theINC> kyevan: if women want to be taken seriously, they should go beyond needing pink versions of their gadgets
2008-01-04 21:36 < Lycurgus> i.e. which one matches "nutcase"
2008-01-04 21:37 < geniice> theINC why ndo men feel the need for a non pink version?
2008-01-04 21:37 < Lycurgus> in a foreign policy context anyway
2008-01-04 21:37 < quanticle> cimon: Who, Bloomberg?
2008-01-04 21:37 < theINC> geniice: there should be one version and people should be happy with it
2008-01-04 21:37 < cimon> no, the current front runner.
2008-01-04 21:37 < quanticle> cimon: I don't think that Bloomberg is that eccentric.
2008-01-04 21:37 < theINC> like the RAZR
2008-01-04 21:37 < quanticle> cimon: Huckabee?
2008-01-04 21:37 < theINC> originally came out in black but women weren't happy
2008-01-04 21:37 < theINC> so they released it in pink
2008-01-04 21:37 < geniice> theINC and it should be pink?
2008-01-04 21:38 < kyevan> theINC: Release it in one color and make sure paint will stick!
2008-01-04 21:38 < cimon> quanticle, could you imagine huckabee meeting with berlusconi and chavez?
2008-01-04 21:38 < White_Cat> geniice
2008-01-04 21:38 < kyevan> Problem solved.
2008-01-04 21:38 < Lycurgus> I doubt Bloomberg would run and he has stated he wouldn't but not as convincingly as say Cheney.
2008-01-04 21:38 < theINC> geniice:the fact is that black is a color both sexes should be happy with, but pink is something that no self-respecting hetereo sexual would carry
2008-01-04 21:38 < TheWeasel> Not even Hillary will meet with "evil people"
2008-01-04 21:38 < TheWeasel> theINC: Lots of preps over here wear pink Lacoste clothes
2008-01-04 21:39 < kyevan> theINC: Um...
2008-01-04 21:39 < quanticle> cimon: I imagine he and Berlusconi would get along rather nicely. Not so sure about Chavez. I'd really like to see a meeting between Huckabee and Kim Jong Il
2008-01-04 21:39 < geniice> theINC so men feel an irational need for a non pink version
2008-01-04 21:39 < TheWeasel> and they're all straight
2008-01-04 21:39 < theINC> keyword: prep
2008-01-04 21:39 < kyevan> Thank you for pointing out I have no selfconfidance.
2008-01-04 21:39 < theINC> geniice: lol... i guess
2008-01-04 21:39 < Lycurgus> if she doesn't show in NH I bet she folds at the end of the month if she hasn't swept other states bu then.
2008-01-04 21:39 < kyevan> I'll go kill myself now.
2008-01-04 21:39 < cimon> quanticle: heh
2008-01-04 21:39 < kyevan> (Actually, pink's OK, unless it's HOT pink. That's justevil.)
2008-01-04 21:39 < TheWeasel> Hillary will win NH
2008-01-04 21:39 < TheWeasel> Edwards will win SC
2008-01-04 21:40 < TheWeasel> if Obama wins just one non-Democratic state, he's got it
2008-01-04 21:40 < quanticle> TheWeasel: Then it just comes down to Super Tuesday
2008-01-04 21:40 < TheWeasel> that's not a beatable kind of momentum then
2008-01-04 21:40 < Lycurgus> I don't think it's clear yet that Hillary will take NH.
2008-01-04 21:40 < TheWeasel> McCain leads there, I heard?
2008-01-04 21:40 < Lycurgus> place maybe
2008-01-04 21:40 * theINC needs to shave anyway
2008-01-04 21:40 < geniice> edwards is in a tricky position
2008-01-04 21:41 < theINC> so i might go now
2008-01-04 21:41 < TheWeasel> Edwards NEEDED to win Iowa
2008-01-04 21:41 < TheWeasel> if not that kind of state, which?
2008-01-04 21:41 < cimon> what would happen if there were still three viable candidates in both parties after super tuesday?
2008-01-04 21:41 < Lycurgus> the old super Tuesday?
2008-01-04 21:41 < TheWeasel> Won't happen.
2008-01-04 21:41 < geniice> TheWeasel no he needed to beat obama
2008-01-04 21:41 < White_Cat> geniice we need to talk
2008-01-04 21:42 < TheWeasel> I think the ST states will vote very similarly
2008-01-04 21:42 < kyevan> Then the communist party will win!
2008-01-04 21:42 < TheWeasel> "...the terrorists will have won."
2008-01-04 21:42 < quanticle> Lycurgus: No, the new super duper reinforced Super Tuesday
2008-01-04 21:42 < kyevan> The communists can have the presidency, though
2008-01-04 21:42 < cimon> TheWeasel: you are predicting two way races, or emergence of a single candidate?
2008-01-04 21:42 < kyevan> If they get congress, I might be a little worried
2008-01-04 21:43 < TheWeasel> I predict a pretty straightforward Obama win after South Carolina, which he'll lose
2008-01-04 21:43 < Alkivar> any fps gurus in the house?
2008-01-04 21:43 < Lycurgus> well I think the corporate slate will be clear within 30 days and it will be Obama and a Republican
2008-01-04 21:43 < TheWeasel> and Romney will definitely be back
2008-01-04 21:43 < Alkivar> i need an opinion on a mouse
2008-01-04 21:43 < TheWeasel> McCain is kind of the dark horse
2008-01-04 21:43 < quanticle> TheWeasel: Really? I rather think that Hillary will continue to harry Obama after she wins New Hampshire.
2008-01-04 21:43 < cimon> TheWeasel: so a democratic candidate, but a bit more iffy on the other side?
2008-01-04 21:44 < quanticle> TheWeasel: If Hillary fails to win NH, then its over for her...
2008-01-04 21:44 < cimon> quanticle: if HIllary loses NH, they will forever say it was because she went on too strong and negative on Obamas ass.
2008-01-04 21:45 < TheWeasel> I can't believe they don't manage to show people how little is behind Obama's nice style of talking
2008-01-04 21:46 < quanticle> cimon: Yeah. Either that or she didn't go strong and negative enough, allowing Obama to take the offensive...
2008-01-04 21:46 < TheWeasel> she's pretty weak, in fact, in attack
2008-01-04 21:46 < Lycurgus> don't confuse this with Bush-Kerry, this is gonna be the full show, around-the-world, toute-suite, what have you
2008-01-04 21:46 < TheWeasel> she's good at defense
2008-01-04 21:47 < cimon> TheWeasel: Frankly to me Obama sounds hollow. Edwards is far more adept at projecting as a speaker. Not that I know for a fact there is any substance behind that, though.
2008-01-04 21:47 < Mike_H> Alkivar: msg
2008-01-04 21:47 < quanticle> TheWeasel: That's why I have reservations about Obama still. I don't see much substance or expertise behind his rhetoric. Hillary looks awfully attractive in that regard, political baggage notwithstanding...
2008-01-04 21:47 < TheWeasel> yup
2008-01-04 21:47 < Lycurgus> more like Bush-Gore, but this time tragedy and farce *at the same time*
2008-01-04 21:47 * TheWeasel still supports Edwards, who I think is the only Democrat the Republicans positively pee their pants about
2008-01-04 21:47 < quanticle> cimon: Edwards' populism has a hint of "The lady doth protest too much..."
2008-01-04 21:48 < Lycurgus> Unless it's Huckabee vs. Obama which woud just be a rout
2008-01-04 21:48 < quanticle> Lycurgus: A rout in whose favor?
2008-01-04 21:48 < TheWeasel> he's a bit hyper, but at least aggressive enough to not let anyone bullshit him, like Kerry did
2008-01-04 21:48 * TheWeasel thinks Huckabee would win
2008-01-04 21:48 < quanticle> TheWeasel: Edwards?
2008-01-04 21:48 < Lycurgus> Obama of course.
2008-01-04 21:48 < TheWeasel> yea, Edwards
2008-01-04 21:48 < cimon> TheWeasel: well, I'll say I can't think of any republican who could dominate Edwards, purely as a performer.
2008-01-04 21:49 < quanticle> Lycurgus: Never underestimate the power of Christian fundamentalists in America
2008-01-04 21:49 < UninvitedCompany> Leslie_S: <<ping>>
2008-01-04 21:49 < TheWeasel> Obama isn't the kind of performer the country rallies behind
2008-01-04 21:49 < quanticle> cimon: I can't think of any Republican that'd dominate Obama as a speaker...
2008-01-04 21:49 < TheWeasel> he's just inspiring his base, no other
2008-01-04 21:49 < Lycurgus> don't be silly, even with fixed elections and most of the electorate turned off or disenfranchise they're barely able to squeak thru
2008-01-04 21:49 < Messedrocker> whoa
2008-01-04 21:49 < cimon> TheWeasel: unless Fred Thompson raises his game.
2008-01-04 21:49 < Messedrocker> the coolest thing just happened
2008-01-04 21:49 < Lycurgus> d
2008-01-04 21:50 < Messedrocker> have you ever laid in bed and thought about something
2008-01-04 21:50 < Messedrocker> and you were like borderline asleep and then your body trying to physically imitate your thoughts
2008-01-04 21:50 < Messedrocker> so you end up spasming?
2008-01-04 21:50 < TheWeasel> I think the Democratic primary voters have in the past shown terrible judgment in guessing what a non-Democrat would look for
2008-01-04 21:50 < cimon> Fred Thompson could pull this James Earl Jones shtick,
2008-01-04 21:50 < quanticle> TheWeasel: I predict this race will be a contest of "which party am I *less* disgusted with?"
2008-01-04 21:50 < TheWeasel> Fred Thompson is a joke
2008-01-04 21:50 < quanticle> Messedrocker: That happens to me all the time
2008-01-04 21:50 < quanticle> Messedrocker: Especially in a dream where I fall
2008-01-04 21:50 < TheWeasel> quanticle: No, Obama will be portrayed as a cerebral loonie too highfalutin to swill beers with.
2008-01-04 21:51 < UninvitedCompany> Messedrocker: Actually that's a neurological response, quite common, nothing to do with what you're thinking at the time.
2008-01-04 21:51 < cimon> quanticle: Giuliani vs. Obama certainly be a rout.
2008-01-04 21:51 < Messedrocker> quanticle, it moreso happens to me *before* i fall asleep
2008-01-04 21:51 < TheWeasel> It happens to me when I wake up having slept on my arms on the desk
2008-01-04 21:51 < UninvitedCompany> The curious thing is that it only ever happens once a night, to anyone.
2008-01-04 21:51 < quanticle> cimon: In Giuliani's favor...
2008-01-04 21:51 < UninvitedCompany> I believe there's a medical term for it.
2008-01-04 21:52 < cimon> quanticle?
2008-01-04 21:52 < quanticle> cimon: All Giuliani has to do is play "Hero of 9/11", and people will practically beg him to take the presidency
2008-01-04 21:52 < TheWeasel> Or so he thinks
2008-01-04 21:52 < Messedrocker> i'll just randomly spasm
2008-01-04 21:52 < TheWeasel> Ain't workin so far
2008-01-04 21:52 < Lycurgus> a body part spasm or a seizure?
2008-01-04 21:52 < Messedrocker> Lycurgus, like a tiny seizure i suppose
2008-01-04 21:52 < TheWeasel> it happens when you fall to the front when falling asleep sitting
2008-01-04 21:52 < TheWeasel> I have it all the time
2008-01-04 21:53 < TheWeasel> :-)
2008-01-04 21:53 < TheWeasel> and when waking up suddenly
2008-01-04 21:53 < Messedrocker> what do you mean "fall to the front"
2008-01-04 21:53 < cimon> quanticle: who was the guy the NYPD ass-raped with a plunger?
2008-01-04 21:53 < TheWeasel> like you're sitting on a chair and your head falls to the front
2008-01-04 21:53 < Lycurgus> I only get that when I'm testing Simulflow.
2008-01-04 21:53 < Messedrocker> oh
2008-01-04 21:53 < UninvitedCompany> Messedrocker: I bet it's never happened to you more than once a night
2008-01-04 21:53 < Messedrocker> no
2008-01-04 21:53 < quanticle> cimon: Abner Louima?
2008-01-04 21:53 < Messedrocker> also it doesn't happen to me while sitting
2008-01-04 21:53 < Messedrocker> it happens to me when my body is lying down
2008-01-04 21:54 < Messedrocker> so, what causes sleep-related microseizures?
2008-01-04 21:54 < UninvitedCompany> Messedrocker: The phenomenon is believed to be related to the neurological transition to sleep
2008-01-04 21:54 * TheWeasel sometimes wakes up with an intense start
2008-01-04 21:54 < UninvitedCompany> It is not considered abnormal
2008-01-04 21:54 < TheWeasel> Like the feeling of not being able to move and breathe properly after waking up?
2008-01-04 21:54 < Messedrocker> of course it's not. i've had it several times in my life
2008-01-04 21:55 < Messedrocker> TheWeasel, your body paralyzes itself when it goes to sleep
2008-01-04 21:55 < cimon> Messedrocker: my theory is it is designed to keep monkeys from falling off a tree branch while sleeping in the canopy.
2008-01-04 21:55 < TheWeasel> yea
2008-01-04 21:55 < Messedrocker> so maybe it's the result of you being awake before your body is reactivated
2008-01-04 21:56 < TheWeasel> sleep is a fascinating thing
2008-01-04 21:56 < cimon> there is a neurological responce that keeps you from falling off the edge of your bed, even if you roll around several times during the night.
2008-01-04 21:56 < quanticle> TheWeasel: Scientists still don't properly know why animals sleep
2008-01-04 21:56 * UninvitedCompany tries to google it and fails
2008-01-04 21:56 < quanticle> cimon: Really? I fell out of my bed many times when I was young...
2008-01-04 21:57 * TheWeasel looks at dog sleeping and clawing the air
2008-01-04 21:57 < quanticle> cimon: The worst feeling is falling out of bed and waking before you hit the ground
2008-01-04 21:57 < cimon> quanticle, right, it only develops after the age of nurture, when baby monkeys grab their monkey mothers fur.
2008-01-04 21:57 < cimon> by design.
2008-01-04 21:57 < TheWeasel> heh
2008-01-04 21:57 < TheWeasel> lol
2008-01-04 21:58 < TheWeasel> 1-day-block
2008-01-04 21:58 * Messedrocker is reminded in super mario galaxy where you pick parts of a launch star off of a bee's body
2008-01-04 21:58 < UninvitedCompany> Messedrocker: http://google-sina.com/2007/12/14/pure-pedantry-why-do-i-feel-like-im-falling-when-i-go-to-sleep/
2008-01-04 21:58 < cimon> UninvitedCompany: try "sleep apnea"
2008-01-04 21:58 < fruitbag> Hey, guys
2008-01-04 21:58 < fruitbag> How can I find information on the most widely accessed internet site?
2008-01-04 21:58 < Mike_H> fruitbag: alexa.com
2008-01-04 21:59 < UninvitedCompany> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnic_jerk
2008-01-04 21:59 < TheWeasel> It's still Yahoo though.
2008-01-04 21:59 < TheWeasel> :-)