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2008-02-03 21:48 < Mark_Ryan> yes
2008-02-03 21:48 < Gwern-away> Messedrocker: define interface. networking? as in, IP over USB?
2008-02-03 21:48 < Mark_Ryan> but you need a particular cable
2008-02-03 21:49 < Messedrocker> Gwern-away, any sort of interaction
2008-02-03 21:49 < privatemusings> well you can share files easy enough.....
2008-02-03 21:49 < Messedrocker> how would one do file transfer from one computer to another over USB
2008-02-03 21:49 < Mark_Ryan> a USB file transfer cable
2008-02-03 21:50 < Messedrocker> isn't that just a generic cable?
2008-02-03 21:50 < Mark_Ryan> i don't think so
2008-02-03 21:50 < Mark_Ryan> i think it has something built-in to make the other computer look like a USB drive on each end
2008-02-03 21:50 < Messedrocker> ah
2008-02-03 21:50 < Messedrocker> http://www.clearoutworld.com/CUSB-LINK06.html << like this
2008-02-03 21:50 < privatemusings> exactly
2008-02-03 21:51 < zero1328> Anything USB has to have a software chip in it to work I think, so it can't be a generic cable
2008-02-03 21:51 < privatemusings> and you could hotkey a file retrieval or something....
2008-02-03 21:51 < privatemusings> what d'ya wanna do?
2008-02-03 21:52 < Messedrocker> i have an idea for a box where you could back up files to not only a hard drive but you can back up the hard drive to DVD-R(W)
2008-02-03 21:52 < privatemusings> and you want to build the hardware with a 'one touch' button?
2008-02-03 21:52 < Ceiling_Cat> are yo guys watching?
2008-02-03 21:52 < Ceiling_Cat> you*
2008-02-03 21:53 < Messedrocker> well there'd be different options for different buttons i guess
2008-02-03 21:54 * brown_cat_nap looks at Messedrocker
2008-02-03 21:54 < brown_cat_nap> O_O
2008-02-03 21:54 < Messedrocker> like, one for "burn files to disc"
2008-02-03 21:54 < Messedrocker> one for "put everything in a neat archive"
2008-02-03 21:54 < Messedrocker> etc
2008-02-03 21:55 < privatemusings> you wanna make it just for you - or more than once?
2008-02-03 21:55 < Messedrocker> more than once, if there's a demand
2008-02-03 21:55 < Messedrocker> you could interface with it as a hard drive and then press buttons on the unit itself for it to do stuff
2008-02-03 21:56 < bumm13> Touchdown Giants!
2008-02-03 21:56 < Messedrocker> wahoo!
2008-02-03 21:56 < White_Cat> I should charge people for mentioning my nick on irc
2008-02-03 21:56 * Gwern-away groans. disk access is truly the bottleneck in modern computers! no if ands or buts, my next computer will have all the spare money put into fast drives, either solidstate or raid-0'd drives
2008-02-03 21:56 < Messedrocker> White_Cat White_Cat White_Cat White_Cat White_Cat
2008-02-03 21:56 < Messedrocker> that'll be $25
2008-02-03 21:57 < White_Cat> no
2008-02-03 21:57 < White_Cat> I planed on charing a thousand dollars per mention
2008-02-03 21:57 < Messedrocker> ok, i'll gladly charge your card for $5000
2008-02-03 21:57 < zero1328> White_Cat, White_Cat White_Cat White_Cat White_Cat White_Cat White_Cat White_Cat White_Cat White_Cat
2008-02-03 21:57 < Mark_Ryan> White_Cat, everyone knows that *you* pay *us* for mentioning you on IRC ;)
2008-02-03 21:57 < zero1328> Ok, send your $10,000 in the mail
2008-02-03 21:57 < White_Cat> Mark_Ryan indeed
2008-02-03 21:58 < White_Cat> now I am charging to
2008-02-03 21:58 < Messedrocker> privatemusings, what do you think of my idea?
2008-02-03 21:58 < privatemusings> yeah - i like it....
2008-02-03 21:58 < privatemusings> backing up is harder than it shold be
2008-02-03 21:58 * name_name has entered
2008-02-03 21:58 < privatemusings> course the one touch maxtors pretty much do quite a lot of that (and others....)
2008-02-03 21:58 < Messedrocker> ah finally, my idea is good!
2008-02-03 21:59 < privatemusings> hooray!
2008-02-03 21:59 < Messedrocker> privatemusings, what "one touch maxtor"
2008-02-03 21:59 < privatemusings> things like this
2008-02-03 21:59 < privatemusings> http://www.maxtorsolutions.com/en/catalog/OTIII_Turbo/
2008-02-03 22:00 < privatemusings> " Back up your entire hard drive with a push of a button or set up the software to perform convenient automatic backups."
2008-02-03 22:00 < Pumpmeup> !staff needed at User talk:Freelion (forgotten password)
2008-02-03 22:00 < Krimpet> OT III Turbo? does Xenu personally back up your data into a volcano?
2008-02-03 22:01 < privatemusings> hee hee
2008-02-03 22:01 < Messedrocker> privatemusings, but does it give the option of burning to disc?
2008-02-03 22:01 < privatemusings> no - that's true...
2008-02-03 22:02 < Messedrocker> also, with my idea, software isn't required. granted it's only semi-intuitive, but that's what the Instruction Card is for. Fits all the info you need to worry about on an index card.
2008-02-03 22:02 < privatemusings> you should build a prototype for giggles.....
2008-02-03 22:03 < Messedrocker> i will, but i have some concerns over what i'll have to do to the keyboard
2008-02-03 22:03 < Messedrocker> can you hack over half of it off and have it still work?
2008-02-03 22:03 < privatemusings> pretty much...
2008-02-03 22:03 * brown_cat_nap smells Messedrocker's hands
2008-02-03 22:03 < The359> wohoo
2008-02-03 22:03 < The359> Fuck the Patriots
2008-02-03 22:04 < brown_cat_nap> O_o
2008-02-03 22:04 < wmarsh> this is weird
2008-02-03 22:04 < brown_cat_nap> xD
2008-02-03 22:04 < ronabop> Did the game finally end?
2008-02-03 22:05 < wmarsh> no...
2008-02-03 22:05 < wmarsh> theres 1 second left
2008-02-03 22:05 < The359> Giants won
2008-02-03 22:05 < Pumpmeup> Assistance needed re: lost password at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Freelion
2008-02-03 22:06 < bumm13> it's over
2008-02-03 22:07 < Krimpet> aww, I got edit conflicted adding it to ITN. -_-
2008-02-03 22:07 < Nakon> Pumpmeup: we can't do anything about that here. try in #wikimedia-tech
2008-02-03 22:07 < Pumpmeup> yeah, sorry - posted in wrong channel
2008-02-03 22:07 < The359> someone might want to watch the Giants, Patriots, and Super Bowl articles
2008-02-03 22:07 < Pumpmeup> easy to do with Chatzilla
2008-02-03 22:07 < The359> also, Tom Brady and Eli Manning too
2008-02-03 22:07 < wmarsh> man I wouldn't have been able to deal with 35 years of hearing about how amazing the '07 Patriots were
2008-02-03 22:08 < wmarsh> I would have had to stop watching pro football
2008-02-03 22:08 < bumm13> heh
2008-02-03 22:08 < bumm13> The Imperfect Season :D
2008-02-03 22:08 < bumm13> (teh fail)
2008-02-03 22:09 < Rinn> doomssassin: You forgot an A.
2008-02-03 22:09 < bumm13> oh well, it was a good (and mostly dull) game
2008-02-03 22:09 < bumm13> (until the end)
2008-02-03 22:09 < nokmar> there aren't that many correctly spelled assassins on the internet
2008-02-03 22:10 < Rinn> You did, however, remember all the Ses! Congrats!
2008-02-03 22:10 < nokmar> most of them are asasin or assasin or something
2008-02-03 22:10 < Mask> that game was incredible
2008-02-03 22:10 < bumm13> damn close
2008-02-03 22:10 < bumm13> heya Mask
2008-02-03 22:10 < bumm13> long time no see
2008-02-03 22:10 < SJFriedl> so how many people all clicked [Submit] to post the score at the same time?
2008-02-03 22:11 < DoubleAW> haha.
2008-02-03 22:11 < jtizzle1854> the channel was on fox was that the only channel it was on? someone in this chatroom said it was also on UPN was it on UPN?
2008-02-03 22:11 < Mask> i've been hanging out on irc for a week or so bumm13 :)
2008-02-03 22:11 < DoubleAW> super bowl page vandalized already
2008-02-03 22:11 < White_Cat> Mark_Ryan
2008-02-03 22:11 < bumm13> only Fox
2008-02-03 22:11 < White_Cat> you seem free
2008-02-03 22:11 < Mask> upn is no longer around
2008-02-03 22:11 < bumm13> there is no UPN anymore
2008-02-03 22:11 < bumm13> Mask: I've not seen you
2008-02-03 22:11 < jtizzle1854> ok
2008-02-03 22:12 < jtizzle1854> why'd someone say it was going to be on UPN?
2008-02-03 22:12 < Rinn> Isn't UPN "My Network Television" now?
2008-02-03 22:12 < Mike_H> No
2008-02-03 22:12 < Mike_H> UPN and the WB became The CW
2008-02-03 22:12 < Mike_H> they combined.
2008-02-03 22:12 < bumm13> many old UPN affiliates are now MyNetwork "affiliates", but no, per Mike_H
2008-02-03 22:12 < bumm13> some old UPN affiliates are now CW
2008-02-03 22:12 < Mike_H> Many old UPN programs, such as Girlfriends and America's Next Top Model, are on The CW now.
2008-02-03 22:13 < jtizzle1854> what does the CW stand for?
2008-02-03 22:13 < bumm13> I think more are old WB affiliates, but I can't say what percentage
2008-02-03 22:13 < Rinn> Ah.
2008-02-03 22:13 < bumm13> The Morse Code Network
2008-02-03 22:13 < Mask> all upn affiliates are cw except those owned by fox, those are now mynetworktv
2008-02-03 22:13 < Mike_H> Its name derives from the first letter of the names of these two corporations (CBS and Warner Bros.).
2008-02-03 22:13 < name_name> lol
2008-02-03 22:13 < doomssassin> My buddy pip won't ever let me live this down.
2008-02-03 22:13 < Rinn> CBS?
2008-02-03 22:13 < GoldFlower> NYG WINS THE SUPERBOWL!!!!!
2008-02-03 22:13 < Rinn> UPN was CBS?
2008-02-03 22:13 < The359> CBS owns Viacom which owns Paramount which founded UPN
2008-02-03 22:13 < bumm13> Portland's WB station became their CW affiliate
2008-02-03 22:13 < Rinn> Ah.
2008-02-03 22:14 < bumm13> Rinn: owned by Viacom
2008-02-03 22:14 < bumm13> (as CBS once was for many years)
2008-02-03 22:14 < doomssassin> CW = Chip war.
2008-02-03 22:14 < Mask> other way, viacom owns cbs
2008-02-03 22:14 < GoldFlower> WHO CARES ABOUT THE SUPER BOWL?
2008-02-03 22:14 < Mask> i do
2008-02-03 22:14 < bumm13> Mask: not anymore
2008-02-03 22:14 < The359> CBS bought Viacom after UPN was formed though
2008-02-03 22:14 < Mask> go to -en, its aall were talking about
2008-02-03 22:14 < bumm13> CBS and Paramount TV properties/distribution was recently spun off
2008-02-03 22:14 < GoldFlower> GOOD, MASK!!!! IF YOU PICKED THE PATS: THEN HAHA!!!! BAM!!
2008-02-03 22:14 < Mike_H> The359: It was originally the Paramount network
2008-02-03 22:14 < bumm13> kill the all caps text, please
2008-02-03 22:14 < Mike_H> UPN = United Paramount Network
2008-02-03 22:14 < Mask> i took the giants
2008-02-03 22:15 < bumm13> (as CBS, Inc.)
2008-02-03 22:15 < White_Cat> United Paramount Network of America
2008-02-03 22:15 < White_Cat> UPNA
2008-02-03 22:15 < jtizzle1854> wait it was you you said it you said it earlier today that it'll be on UPN The359 My computer keeps a record of everybody chatting
2008-02-03 22:15 < GoldFlower> If you picked the NYG, then you're my future husband!!!!! only smart peeps picked the giants.
2008-02-03 22:15 < White_Cat> United Paramount States of America
2008-02-03 22:15 < White_Cat> UPSA
2008-02-03 22:15 < bumm13> !!!!!
2008-02-03 22:15 < Mask> paramount was kcking around the idea of their own tv network since the seventies, star trek: phase 2 was going to launch it till that got scrapped for the motion picture
2008-02-03 22:15 < White_Cat> United Paramount States = UPS. Coincidence? I don't think so!
2008-02-03 22:15 < GoldFlower> Hi, shojo
2008-02-03 22:16 < shojo> hiya GoldFlower
2008-02-03 22:16 < shojo> :)
2008-02-03 22:16 < GoldFlower> :)
2008-02-03 22:16 < GoldFlower> Are you a user?
2008-02-03 22:16 < shojo> yep
2008-02-03 22:16 < GoldFlower> On wikipedia? If so as whom?
2008-02-03 22:16 * bumm13 licks GoldFlower
2008-02-03 22:16 < shojo> GoldFlower: as Shojo
2008-02-03 22:17 < bumm13> (completely platonic, of course)
2008-02-03 22:17 < GoldFlower> why did you lick me? /me kicks bumm13's ass
2008-02-03 22:17 * doomssassin stabs bumm13.
2008-02-03 22:17 < Mask> nd only works at the beginning of a line
2008-02-03 22:17 < doomssassin> Saw that coming.
2008-02-03 22:17 < doomssassin> :o
2008-02-03 22:17 < nokmar> short fuses?
2008-02-03 22:17 < Mask> the /me command*
2008-02-03 22:18 < Mask> im snarky when drunk
2008-02-03 22:18 < nokmar> are you drunk?
2008-02-03 22:18 < jtizzle1854> what's snarky mean?
2008-02-03 22:18 < Mike_H> jtizzle: Sarcastic/bitchy.
2008-02-03 22:18 < Mask> on super bowl sunday? isn't everyone beering up?
2008-02-03 22:19 < Ceiling_Cat> someone put the city of boston on suicide watch
2008-02-03 22:19 < Messedrocker> hah
2008-02-03 22:19 < Mike_H> Ceiling_Cat: lulz
2008-02-03 22:19 < Mask> ... that just made me crack up Ceiling_Cat. I love you
2008-02-03 22:19 < Ceiling_Cat> :)
2008-02-03 22:19 < White_Cat> Ceiling_Cat loving is illegal in some countries
2008-02-03 22:20 < bumm13> waaah, Boston shits its Pampers!
2008-02-03 22:20 < bumm13> how many sports championships do they need? :P
2008-02-03 22:20 < doomssassin> bumm13 : Why'd you ban that dude?
2008-02-03 22:20 < Messedrocker> how many sports championships does NEW YORK need?
2008-02-03 22:20 < bumm13> Patriots, Red Sox, possibly the Celtics this season...
2008-02-03 22:21 < Messedrocker> hi gustafson
2008-02-03 22:21 < Mr_Gustafson> ahoy
2008-02-03 22:21 < Mr_Gustafson> man, I live in Brooklyn, and my Window is open... this city is turning itself inside out right now
2008-02-03 22:21 < Messedrocker> you leave your window open at night!??
2008-02-03 22:21 < Messedrocker> how unsafe!
2008-02-03 22:21 < bumm13> Messedrocker: other then the Giants, the last NY team to win a championship was in 2001
2008-02-03 22:21 < jtizzle1854> how is loving illegal in some countries?
2008-02-03 22:21 < Mr_Gustafson> unsafe?
2008-02-03 22:21 < jtizzle1854> is marriage illegal too?
2008-02-03 22:21 < Mike_H> Messedrocker: He's from Brooklyn
2008-02-03 22:21 < Mike_H> not the Bronx.
2008-02-03 22:21 < Messedrocker> ahh!
2008-02-03 22:21 < rory096> GIANTS WIN
2008-02-03 22:21 < rory096> WOOT
2008-02-03 22:22 < Mr_Gustafson> and a window is not going to stop a bullet anyway
2008-02-03 22:22 < bumm13> Question for New York area persons: what motivates people to not be Giants fans? (aka Jets fans)
2008-02-03 22:22 * Mr_Gustafson shrugs
2008-02-03 22:22 * Mr_Gustafson is a New England fan so is unqualified to answer
2008-02-03 22:22 < Messedrocker> hah! i remember that!
2008-02-03 22:23 < The359> To be different, bumm13
2008-02-03 22:23 < The359> most like
2008-02-03 22:23 < The359> ly
2008-02-03 22:23 < The359> like Mets fans
2008-02-03 22:24 < bumm13> it's tough to have one's team lose
2008-02-03 22:24 < The359> Some people also like underdogs, bumm13
2008-02-03 22:24 < MopperSuperbowl> So, how 'bout them giants
2008-02-03 22:24 < Messedrocker> they won the superbowl :D
2008-02-03 22:24 < MopperSuperbowl> I know :D
2008-02-03 22:24 < MopperSuperbowl> Manning's pass to Tyree was sensational
2008-02-03 22:24 < bumm13> the 1995 and 2001 Mariners lost in the ALCS, the 1996 Sonics got the Jordan treatment, and the 2005 Seahawks arguably got screwed
2008-02-03 22:24 < bumm13> it was
2008-02-03 22:24 < bumm13> unbelievable
2008-02-03 22:24 < nokmar> #superbowl actually exists now
2008-02-03 22:25 * Mr_Gustafson was physically ill from Eli's touchdown
2008-02-03 22:25 * doomssassin stabs *.
2008-02-03 22:25 < doomssassin> I need to figure out how to make this work.
2008-02-03 22:26 < bumm13> doomssassin (about the ban) - GoldFlower was already being disruptive before his final text posting
2008-02-03 22:26 < doomssassin> I need to figure out how to get one girl to have the crushes on me, and get another girl to stop having hte crushes on me
2008-02-03 22:27 < bumm13> heh
2008-02-03 22:27 < Messedrocker> doomssassin, tell them both you're gay
2008-02-03 22:27 < MopperSuperbowl> Doomsassin: get a girlfriend
2008-02-03 22:27 < doomssassin> .... SOMEONE doesn't know how to spell assassin. :\
2008-02-03 22:27 < bumm13> Messedrocker: so the first one will just hang out and go shopping with him? :\
2008-02-03 22:28 < MopperSuperbowl> Doomssassin*
2008-02-03 22:28 < doomssassin> Messedrocker : Strictly speakin, I'm both gay and straight.
2008-02-03 22:28 < Messedrocker> so you're a bisexual?
2008-02-03 22:28 < bumm13> demisexual?
2008-02-03 22:28 < doomssassin> The one who can spell assassin got it right.
2008-02-03 22:28 < MopperSuperbowl> I still think you should get a girlfriend.
2008-02-03 22:28 < Messedrocker> who said i could spell assassin?
2008-02-03 22:28 < Messedrocker> (though i can)
2008-02-03 22:29 * bumm13 can spell it just fine
2008-02-03 22:29 < doomssassin> I have one. Just don't like her very much.
2008-02-03 22:30 < Messedrocker> i have an idea for a computer that does processing
2008-02-03 22:30 < Messedrocker> it works entirely in RAM
2008-02-03 22:30 < White_Cat> sexualdemi
2008-02-03 22:30 < bumm13> processing?
2008-02-03 22:30 < White_Cat> desexualmi
2008-02-03 22:30 < MopperSuperbowl> Doomssassin: :O
2008-02-03 22:30 < Messedrocker> bumm13, like, folding@home stuff
2008-02-03 22:30 < bumm13> not sure what that is
2008-02-03 22:30 < Messedrocker> heh, women are certainly good at folding@home
2008-02-03 22:30 < Messedrocker> </misogyny>
2008-02-03 22:30 * Mr_Gustafson preps voodoo dolls for Eli Manning, Tom Coughlin, Peyton Manning, Archie Manning, Cooper Manning (for good measure) and Mercury Fucking Morris for running his mouth
2008-02-03 22:31 < bumm13> oh, that kind of deal
2008-02-03 22:31 < Messedrocker> nah
2008-02-03 22:31 < ronabop> So, what handles the memory mapping for storing data?
2008-02-03 22:31 < The359> Archie Mannings balls should be in the Hall of Fame
2008-02-03 22:31 < Messedrocker> folding@home is software you install so your computer becomes part of a larger computer
2008-02-03 22:31 < Rinn> What's with railway stations and unique colors?
2008-02-03 22:31 < Rinn> [[Kernot railway station, Victoria]]
2008-02-03 22:31 < Rinn> This is the second one I've seen.
2008-02-03 22:31 < bumm13> Mr_Gustafson - now now....
2008-02-03 22:31 < MopperSuperbowl> The359: LOL
2008-02-03 22:31 < White_Cat> so
2008-02-03 22:31 < White_Cat> any terror attacks on the super bowl?
2008-02-03 22:31 < White_Cat> any suicide touchdowns?
2008-02-03 22:32 < Messedrocker> suicide touchdown
2008-02-03 22:32 < MopperSuperbowl> White_Cat: Yes, all Pats players just blew up
2008-02-03 22:32 < Messedrocker> that's rich
2008-02-03 22:32 < quanticle> Was it just me or did the first 3 quarters suck absolutely?
2008-02-03 22:32 < bumm13> no, they did
2008-02-03 22:32 < bumm13> but well-played
2008-02-03 22:33 < doomssassin> Are you kidding, Brady SUCKED the first half. With teeth.
2008-02-03 22:33 < quanticle> bumm13: Waaaaay to defensive for my taste...
2008-02-03 22:33 < bumm13> indeed
2008-02-03 22:33 < bumm13> no fireworks :)
2008-02-03 22:33 < quanticle> doomssassin: Brady didn't suck as hard as the Patriots' defensive line.
2008-02-03 22:33 < bumm13> offensive line?
2008-02-03 22:33 < bumm13> Brady was under pressure all game long
2008-02-03 22:34 < doomssassin> My buddy (the one who pointed out I have only one sideburn) was right. He's a "great" quarterback. He never throws more than 2 or 3 yards.
2008-02-03 22:34 < quanticle> bumm13: Right, but it was the defense that allowed the Giants to score.
2008-02-03 22:34 < bumm13> (that amazing play by Manning late in the game didn't hurt, either)
2008-02-03 22:34 < doomssassin> He can throw it very far, but with VERY little accuracy.
2008-02-03 22:35 < bumm13> New England was damn good, but not "perfect"
2008-02-03 22:35 < bumm13> (as in this past season)
2008-02-03 22:35 < bumm13> it's also hard to compare them to the 1972 Dolphins because of how the game has changed regarding personnel
2008-02-03 22:36 < doomssassin> I just wish Al Harris didn't suck the pickles in the Championship game.
2008-02-03 22:37 < bumm13> nowadays, many players are "mercenaries"; they get paid a lot to play for a team for only a few years in the hopes that the people an organization puts together can make a good run for the Super Bowl and win it
2008-02-03 22:37 * bumm13 stabs Al Harris
2008-02-03 22:37 < White_Cat> bumm13 hmm
2008-02-03 22:37 < White_Cat> blackwater?
2008-02-03 22:38 < bumm13> (Seahawks fan ;p )
2008-02-03 22:40 < doomssassin> Al Harris wrecked it for the packers.
2008-02-03 22:40 < doomssassin> I wanted to see Brett Farve get another one. Hope he sticks around next season. He's easily as good as anyone out there today.
2008-02-03 22:40 < doomssassin> favre*
2008-02-03 22:40 < bumm13> he says he's going to return for 2009
2008-02-03 22:40 < bumm13> er
2008-02-03 22:40 < bumm13> 2008-09
2008-02-03 22:40 < rory096> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&action=history
2008-02-03 22:40 < rory096> oh dear
2008-02-03 22:41 < Nakon> rory096: we know
2008-02-03 22:41 * bumm13 bums around aimlessly
2008-02-03 22:42 < rory096> Nakon: i know
2008-02-03 22:43 * bumm13 wonders when his truck will be done with maintenance at the shop
2008-02-03 22:45 < Gwern-away> rory096: that's weird stuff. what's with the null edits?
2008-02-03 22:46 < rory096> Gwern-away: they were trying to get it over 5000 so it couldnt be deleted
2008-02-03 22:46 < bumm13> 5000 edits?
2008-02-03 22:46 < Gwern-away> that's a real hack,,, I don't think that's what that limit was meant for
2008-02-03 22:46 < rory096> bumm13: pages with over 5000 revisions can't be deleted
2008-02-03 22:46 < bumm13> why not?
2008-02-03 22:46 < rory096> Gwern-away: oh yes
2008-02-03 22:46 < rory096> bumm13: because it breaks the servers, so the devs made a patch to prevent it
2008-02-03 22:47 < bumm13> o.o
2008-02-03 22:47 < Gwern-away> deletion was too intensive. it brough the servers to its kneees when the sandbox was deleted
2008-02-03 22:47 < bumm13> what if individual revisions are deleted to bring an article's revision number under 5000?
2008-02-03 22:47 < Gwern-away> the 5k limit was the 'solution'
2008-02-03 22:47 < bumm13> does that affect anything?
2008-02-03 22:47 < OverlordQ> it's a temporary solution
2008-02-03 22:47 < White_Cat> 2k bug became 5k bug?
2008-02-03 22:49 < rory096> bumm13: since when can individual revisions be deleted?
2008-02-03 22:49 < rory096> without deleting everything
2008-02-03 22:50 * Gwern-away wonders whether it's still possible to pull an ed poor with that limit
2008-02-03 22:50 < Krimpet> rory096: nope
2008-02-03 22:50 < FastLizard4|away> Administrator: I bet you aren't an administrator...
2008-02-03 22:51 < rory096> Krimpet: what?
2008-02-03 22:51 < Gwern-away> speaking of the main page, [[Wikipedia:Village stocks]] is pure gold
2008-02-03 22:51 < Krimpet> revisions can be selectively _restored_, but deletion is all-or-nothing
2008-02-03 22:51 < Administrator> hi
2008-02-03 22:51 < Administrator> = =''
2008-02-03 22:51 < rory096> Krimpet: right, that's what i thought
2008-02-03 22:51 < Administrator> i
2008-02-03 22:51 < Gwern-away> '1.1 AmiDaniel for the revert the right page award: Who succeeded in reverting vandalism, but posted the reversion to the Main Page instead of the article.'
2008-02-03 22:51 < OverlordQ> Krimpet: oversight can hide/delete/whatever individual revisions
2008-02-03 22:51 < rory096> OverlordQ: that just moves it into a hidden place though, it doesn't actually delete them, so it probably doesn't lower the revision count
2008-02-03 22:51 < Krimpet> OverlordQ: yeah, it's a different kettle of fish though
2008-02-03 22:51 < Administrator> lvbkplbmpcvnmpoxc,vdcsavxzbfgdvsfb?
2008-02-03 22:51 < Gwern-away> '1.4 Maxim for the "what does this button do?" award: Who managed, on 3 February 2008, to delete the Main Page, because someone told him it could not be done. (confession: [1])'
2008-02-03 22:52 < Administrator> erkghmokghdfih jfgjodksgjkodf hgdohngfohnfgoh1kgbmklcnlmbn,how to you????
2008-02-03 22:52 < Ceiling_Cat> Administrator - please pick a different name
2008-02-03 22:52 < Krimpet> Administrator: intelligible language, please
2008-02-03 22:52 < bumm13> please speak English
2008-02-03 22:52 < Gwern-away> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AAdministrators%27_noticeboard%2FIncidents&diff=188874109&oldid=188873946 <-- utterly brilliant
2008-02-03 22:52 < bumm13> (or other real language)
2008-02-03 22:52 < Krimpet> well English isn't mandatory... but real language is. :)
2008-02-03 22:52 < rory096> bumm13: dont be so english-centric, this is a multilingual channel ;)
2008-02-03 22:53 < bumm13> I already added my addendum ;p
2008-02-03 22:53 < Nakon> yes, gibberish is a language
2008-02-03 22:53 < rory096> bumm13: well, don't be so real language-centric ;)
2008-02-03 22:53 < bumm13> Nakon: as much as regulated emission of methane from one's backside is a language ;)
2008-02-03 22:53 < Ceiling_Cat> Does anyone else think that Administrator needs to choose a new name?
2008-02-03 22:54 < Gwern-away> Ceiling_Cat: 'Janitor'
2008-02-03 22:54 < Gwern-away> er, I mean,
2008-02-03 22:54 < Gwern-away> 'adminship is no big deal!'
2008-02-03 22:54 < White_Cat> yes
2008-02-03 22:54 < Gwern-away> (names are hard, let's go shopping)
2008-02-03 22:54 < Administrator> = =\\
2008-02-03 22:54 < rory096> Ceiling_Cat: not really. it doesn't really matter
2008-02-03 22:54 < White_Cat> Ceiling_Cat how about we name it Ceiling_people
2008-02-03 22:54 < Administrator> TMHGKHBKDFBN,SDIFNMSFHGVHGCHBCVV2008MCVNBCVB
2008-02-03 22:55 < NCC-1701-E> operators plz
2008-02-03 22:55 < bumm13> try again
2008-02-03 22:55 < Gwern-away> I have a question. if you saw a substances described as causing a 'fatal addiction', what would you take that to mean?
2008-02-03 22:55 < White_Cat> hm
2008-02-03 22:55 < White_Cat> can we call Administrator's as "Tanukis"
2008-02-03 22:55 < rory096> bumm13: that seems to be some sort of number in roman numerals
2008-02-03 22:55 < rory096> perhaps we can translate it from ASCII
2008-02-03 22:55 < White_Cat> no such number
2008-02-03 22:55 * NCC-1701-E pulls out universal translator
2008-02-03 22:55 < Gwern-away> White_Cat: I've got big balls, they've got big balls! we've got big balls...
2008-02-03 22:56 < rory096> Gwern-away: hmm, perhaps it caused an addiction, and was also fatal after multiple uses?
2008-02-03 22:56 < White_Cat> Gwern-away all your balls are belong to us
2008-02-03 22:56 < NCC-1701-E> Administrator: Ready to speak a real existent language?
2008-02-03 22:56 < NCC-1701-E> Administrator: Oh, and do change your nick
2008-02-03 22:56 < bumm13> those aren't Roman numerals
2008-02-03 22:56 < Administrator> I am Chinese.
2008-02-03 22:56 < Administrator> I do not know what it is talking about?
2008-02-03 22:56 < rory096> it was a joke :o
2008-02-03 22:56 < White_Cat> Ceiling_Cat they discovered hitlers missing fleet
2008-02-03 22:56 < Gwern-away> rory096: phooey. I'm trying to concisely describe a substances which addicts you, and whose withdrawal is fatal
2008-02-03 22:57 < bumm13> Administrator: that's not an excuse to post nonsense text
2008-02-03 22:57 < rory096> Gwern-away: hmm
2008-02-03 22:57 < NCC-1701-E> Administrator: Change your nick to something other than Administrator :P
2008-02-03 22:57 < Gwern-away> 'addictive substance with fatal withdrawal' sounds clunky
2008-02-03 22:57 < White_Cat> poor bastards got stranded in the black sea when romania entered the war
2008-02-03 22:57 < White_Cat> 6 subs
2008-02-03 22:57 < White_Cat> russians sunk 3
2008-02-03 22:58 < White_Cat> but 3 were never found till today
2008-02-03 22:58 < Krimpet> hmm, he might be using another character set like Big5...
2008-02-03 22:58 < rory096> oh snape house is on
2008-02-03 22:58 < NCC-1701-E> Hitler's missing feet?!
2008-02-03 22:58 < rory096> bye guys
2008-02-03 22:58 < NCC-1701-E> Krimpet: It still wouldn't appear as a string of letters and numbers, though
2008-02-03 22:59 < NCC-1701-E> Unless it is a really conflicting set
2008-02-03 22:59 < Gwern-away> 'oh snape'?
2008-02-03 22:59 < Krimpet> NCC-1701-E: Big5 looks like that in UTF-8
2008-02-03 22:59 < Gwern-away> (snape, snape, severus snape...)
2008-02-03 22:59 < Krimpet> I think
2008-02-03 22:59 < Krimpet> cf. http://ash.jp/code/cn/big5tbl.htm
2008-02-03 22:59 < Ceiling_Cat> White_Cat - I tried to read [[Zweites Buch]] earlier this week
2008-02-03 22:59 < Ceiling_Cat> it's... unintelligible
2008-02-03 23:00 < NCC-1701-E> Hmm
2008-02-03 23:00 < Ceiling_Cat> he rants about the "Tyrolia problem"
2008-02-03 23:00 < White_Cat> yes
2008-02-03 23:00 < White_Cat> actualy a ceiling cat started it
2008-02-03 23:00 < NCC-1701-E> Is there a chinsese Wikipedia channel?
2008-02-03 23:00 < White_Cat> you see hitler doesnt like being watched when he masturbates
2008-02-03 23:00 < Ceiling_Cat> and discusses how in warfare, the genetically best people die disproportionally, and therefore the most sucessful nations fell because after decades of constant warfare the best people were selected out of the gene pool
2008-02-03 23:01 < Krimpet> White_Cat: dalí's painting must've made him roll in his grave, then :P
2008-02-03 23:01 < NCC-1701-E> Administrator: Please change your username, it makes it appear you are an administrator, something you may or may not be
2008-02-03 23:01 < White_Cat> Ceiling_Cat he omited one fact
2008-02-03 23:01 < White_Cat> that germany was no peace loving nation
2008-02-03 23:01 < Gwern-away> Ceiling_Cat: really? I'd figure that warefare would kill off the stupid ie. the ones stupid enough to go fight
2008-02-03 23:02 < NCC-1701-E> Ceiling_Cat: Lower the channel temperature, -o now...
2008-02-03 23:02 < Krimpet> "One of the more unusual late works of Salvador Dalí was Hitler Masturbating (1973), depicting just that in the center of a desolate landscape."
2008-02-03 23:02 * White_Cat uses Gwern-away as a human shield
2008-02-03 23:02 * Gwern-away is a bunch of gwer! modify that to 'inhuman shield'
2008-02-03 23:03 < Gwern-away> and I'm not even here to sheidl, I'm -away, remember?
2008-02-03 23:03 < bumm13> http://ln-s.net/1Ul8 <---- lol! (Amazon.com link)
2008-02-03 23:03 < Ceiling_Cat> The most spectacular difference between Mein Kampf and Zweites Buch is in Hitler’s views regarding the United States. In Mein Kampf, Hitler declared that Germany’s most dangerous opponent on the international scene was the Soviet Union. In Zweites Buch, Hitler declared that for immediate purposes, the Soviet Union was still the most dangerous opponent, but that in the long-term, the most dangerous potential opponent was the United States. Beyond
2008-02-03 23:03 < NCC-1701-E> Ceiling_Cat!
2008-02-03 23:03 < Gwern-away> Ceiling_Cat: pretty astute observation
2008-02-03 23:04 < Ceiling_Cat> --[[Zweites Buch]]
2008-02-03 23:04 < bumm13> "Beyond..."
2008-02-03 23:04 < Ceiling_Cat> Beyond that, Hitler’s views on the United States changed dramatically between 1924 and 1928.
2008-02-03 23:04 < Ceiling_Cat> the story behind that book is really neat. Gerhard Weinburg found it in a safe in the 50s
2008-02-03 23:05 < Ceiling_Cat> but it wasn't published in the US until 4 years ago
2008-02-03 23:05 < NCC-1701-E> Ceiling_Cat: Time to deop no
2008-02-03 23:05 < Ceiling_Cat> (erm, in english)
2008-02-03 23:05 < NCC-1701-E> *now
2008-02-03 23:05 < bumm13> http://www.sportsline.com/spin/story/10613134
2008-02-03 23:05 < bumm13> :D
2008-02-03 23:06 < Gwern-away> 'a final struggle would take place for world domination between the United States and the combined forces of Greater Germany and the British Empire.' <-- this is interesting in that it ties into explanations of why hitler didn't take dunkirk and the british army - he wanted an alliance, not to conquer england
2008-02-03 23:06 < quanticle> Ceiling_Cat: So why did he think that the USA was the long term enemy of Germany?
2008-02-03 23:06 < White_Cat> http://www.catsthatlooklikehitler.com/cgi-bin/seigmiaow.pl
2008-02-03 23:06 < White_Cat> Ceiling_Cat!
2008-02-03 23:08 < Ceiling_Cat> zomg
2008-02-03 23:08 < Ceiling_Cat> make way for Hitler_cat
2008-02-03 23:09 < Ceiling_Cat> http://www.catsthatlooklikehitler.com/cgi-bin/seigboard.pl?1972
2008-02-03 23:09 < quanticle> White_Cat: I like this quote from the hate mail page: "I myself think this site is a disgrace.:( Hitler killed everything living thing there was and he would kill these cute cats if he was still here. Thank you.
2008-02-03 23:09 < White_Cat> not true
2008-02-03 23:09 * Ceiling_Cat wonders what kind of person creates a site named www.catsthatlooklikehitler.com
2008-02-03 23:09 < White_Cat> hitler was a cat fan
2008-02-03 23:09 < quanticle> Firstly, I think Hitler would rather enjoy these cats. He'd think they're Aryan
2008-02-03 23:09 < White_Cat> he watched the Ceiling_Cats masturbate
2008-02-03 23:10 < quanticle> Secondly, Hitler most definitely didn't kill every living thing there was.
2008-02-03 23:10 < White_Cat> quanticle right
2008-02-03 23:10 < White_Cat> he selectively killed everything
2008-02-03 23:10 < quanticle> White_Cat: He was just a dictator, not a mass extinction.
2008-02-03 23:10 < White_Cat> quanticle did you know that hitler wore a mustache?
2008-02-03 23:11 < Leslie_S> i got a date!
2008-02-03 23:11 < White_Cat> saddam husein also wore a mustache
2008-02-03 23:11 < Leslie_S> someone actually asked me out! :D
2008-02-03 23:11 * Krimpet calls dibs on hamstersthatlooklikepolpot.com
2008-02-03 23:11 < White_Cat> Leslie_S it wasnt me
2008-02-03 23:11 < Leslie_S> ....
2008-02-03 23:11 < Leslie_S> its this cute black girl from work
2008-02-03 23:11 < White_Cat> is she like wikipetan in black
2008-02-03 23:11 < Leslie_S> ....
2008-02-03 23:12 < Leslie_S> lol
2008-02-03 23:12 < nokmar> hmm here virtually everybody has cloaks
2008-02-03 23:12 < nokmar> in the more technically advanced channels virtually nobody has cloaks
2008-02-03 23:12 < quanticle> White_Cat: I also like this quote from the fan mail page: 'I am priviledged to know several Holocaust survivors and can assure you that none of them would be in the slightest bit troubled by your Kitler fanclub. As a Jew with a (admitedly sick) sense of humour I can honestly say I love your site more than I love gefilte fish, dancing in circles and those stupid little hats - all put together. I showed the site to my mum who teaches a university
2008-02-03 23:12 < quanticle> zomg sorry for the flood
2008-02-03 23:12 < White_Cat> dont be sorry
2008-02-03 23:13 < White_Cat> dont do it again
2008-02-03 23:13 < quanticle> nokmar: That's because there's a nice system for obtaining Wikipedia cloaks.
2008-02-03 23:13 < Leslie_S> quanticle thats not a flood. thats one line...
2008-02-03 23:13 * The359 rewatches the Super Bowl commercials
2008-02-03 23:13 < White_Cat> Leslie_S has a 10240x8000 resolution
2008-02-03 23:13 < Leslie_S> ..
2008-02-03 23:14 < Ceiling_Cat> teeheee
2008-02-03 23:14 * quanticle wants a course called "A Post-Structuralist Analysis of the Socio-Semiotics of Fuhrer/Feline Contextuality"
2008-02-03 23:14 < Leslie_S> it was 4 lines on my screen, but its not a flood unless its more than one message.
2008-02-03 23:14 < Leslie_S> DUH.
2008-02-03 23:14 < Ceiling_Cat> you've all heard the 'every time you masturbate, god kills a kitten' - BUT
2008-02-03 23:14 < Ceiling_Cat> there was originally a second line there
2008-02-03 23:14 < Ceiling_Cat> "How many more must die?"
2008-02-03 23:14 * Ceiling_Cat snickers
2008-02-03 23:14 < Leslie_S> Ceiling_Cat i remember that one
2008-02-03 23:14 < Leslie_S> :D
2008-02-03 23:14 < Leslie_S> anyway, it was kinda funny when she asked me out
2008-02-03 23:14 < White_Cat> Ceiling_Cat how much I love cute kittens let me count the corpses
2008-02-03 23:14 < quanticle> Leslie_S: So, if I post 30,000 characters worth of 'desu' on one line, it doesn't count as a flood?
2008-02-03 23:15 < SinSeer> cough theres a max text line limit
2008-02-03 23:15 < White_Cat> desumania is disruptive
2008-02-03 23:15 < Ceiling_Cat> that sounds like an amusing poem
2008-02-03 23:15 < The359> http://www.myspace.com/superbowlads For those that care
2008-02-03 23:15 < White_Cat> Ceiling_Neko desu!
2008-02-03 23:15 < quanticle> White_Cat: I know. I'm doing reduction ad absurdium
2008-02-03 23:15 < Ceiling_Cat> How do I love fapping? // Let me count the kitten corpses
2008-02-03 23:15 < Leslie_S> i gave her a ride to work, then she was like "how come you never call me?", and complained about it for a few minutes, and then she mentioned she doesnt really have any friends here (she moved here from jamaica recently), and i was like "wanna do something sometime?", and she was like "lets go to the theatre!"
2008-02-03 23:15 < Leslie_S> quanticle theres a max text line limit. duh.
2008-02-03 23:15 < quanticle> Leslie_S: Does that really count as a 'date'?
2008-02-03 23:16 < Leslie_S> quanticle my friends indicate yes.
2008-02-03 23:16 < quanticle> Leslie_S: After all, you hardly know her.
2008-02-03 23:16 < White_Cat> I think its a date
2008-02-03 23:16 < White_Cat> I'd arange a millitary parade but USAF isnt listening to me proerly
2008-02-03 23:16 < Leslie_S> quanticle anyway, im not gonna try to pull anything like getting any or anything. to be honest, ill kinda avoid sex.. heh.
2008-02-03 23:16 < White_Cat> those undiciplined bastards
2008-02-03 23:17 < White_Cat> they wont put up an airshow merely per an annonymous request for no real reason
2008-02-03 23:17 < Leslie_S> quanticle but it can lead to more. anyway, i think she had an interest in me from the first time i really talked to her....she was like "do you have a girlfriend?", and then "call me sometime!"
2008-02-03 23:17 < quanticle> Leslie_S: I'm not talking about that. I'm saying that the first meeting is usually not referred to as a 'date'. The actual 'dating' phase comes later...
2008-02-03 23:17 < White_Cat> Leslie_S I dont believe she will attempt to rape you
2008-02-03 23:17 < Leslie_S> but i was too scared to do much about it. :P
2008-02-03 23:17 < Leslie_S> quanticle around here, its a date.
2008-02-03 23:17 < quanticle> Leslie_S: Heh. Ok.
2008-02-03 23:18 < quanticle> White_Cat: Airshow?
2008-02-03 23:18 < Leslie_S> White_Cat i wouldnt mind it. however, itd be easier if she had a cock and i didnt.
2008-02-03 23:18 < Leslie_S> my cock doesnt work well
2008-02-03 23:18 < Leslie_S> :/
2008-02-03 23:18 < quanticle> o_O
2008-02-03 23:18 < White_Cat> Watch the sky quanticle, we are gonna put up an airshiw!
2008-02-03 23:18 < quanticle> White_Cat: You and what Air Force?
2008-02-03 23:18 < White_Cat> mmm
2008-02-03 23:18 < Gwern-away> 'in japan, rape is how we say hello!'
2008-02-03 23:19 < The359> way too much information in here
2008-02-03 23:19 < White_Cat> Malcom Grangers air force
2008-02-03 23:19 < White_Cat> Leslie_S try rewinding it
2008-02-03 23:19 < Leslie_S> also, i'm possibly going to become her roommate in november
2008-02-03 23:19 < Leslie_S> id like to move before then, but...heh.
2008-02-03 23:19 < White_Cat_Zzz> Gwern-away no
2008-02-03 23:19 < White_Cat_Zzz> thats tentacl rape
2008-02-03 23:20 < White_Cat_Zzz> entirely different
2008-02-03 23:20 < quanticle> Gwern-away: http://remiq.net/static/img/remiq.net_24.jpg
2008-02-03 23:20 < Leslie_S> White_Cat_Zzz sadly, shes black, and black guys have huge cocks. so.....her having a cock would be ..heh. :o
2008-02-03 23:20 < The359> w
2008-02-03 23:20 < The359> t
2008-02-03 23:20 < White_Cat_Zzz> quanticle thats no rape
2008-02-03 23:20 < The359> f
2008-02-03 23:20 < Heartwork> wat
2008-02-03 23:20 < White_Cat_Zzz> thats Haruhi
2008-02-03 23:21 < White_Cat_Zzz> thats how haruhi molests
2008-02-03 23:21 < Gwern-away> you know, Leonard Cohen's Famous Blue Raincoat creeps me out, because he keeps talking about 'going clear' and to me that's a Scientology phrase
2008-02-03 23:21 < Pilotguy> What is this I hear about some giant doing something
2008-02-03 23:21 < Ceiling_Cat> RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!
2008-02-03 23:21 * Pumpmeup wonders why the stalk word thingy went off when a certain word was mentioned...
2008-02-03 23:21 * Ceiling_Cat facehuggles Rinn
2008-02-03 23:21 < Gwern-away> quanticle: the expression predates haruhi, although I have my fair share of haruhiism
2008-02-03 23:22 < quanticle> Gwern-away: Heh. That poster has to be one of my favorite pseudo-demotivators
2008-02-03 23:23 < quanticle> Gwern-away: However, every time I GIS for it, I feel like I have to clear my browser cache and history.
2008-02-03 23:24 < Gwern-away> GIS?
2008-02-03 23:24 * Gwern-away is freaked out. I just went to my GIS folder
2008-02-03 23:24 < Gwern-away> (here GIS/ is the folder I keep my Ghost in the Shell OSTs)
2008-02-03 23:25 < quanticle> Gwern-away: GIS usually means Google Image Search on the web.
2008-02-03 23:25 * Rinn suffocates and dies
2008-02-03 23:25 * quanticle thinks we need to standardize some of these TLAs.
2008-02-03 23:25 * quanticle gives CPR to Rinn.
2008-02-03 23:25 < Gwern-away> oh. that makes sense, although I'ven't seen't
2008-02-03 23:25 * Gwern-away likes abbreviating with apostrophes :)
2008-02-03 23:26 < quanticle> Gwern-away: Its a commonly used expressin on Fark and Something-awful.
2008-02-03 23:26 * Ceiling_Cat drags Rinn's body off to do unspeakable things with it
2008-02-03 23:26 * quanticle bashes Ceiling_Cat over the head with a clue-bat
2008-02-03 23:26 < Gwern-away> quanticle: I stopped frequenting fark back in '04. it was either fark or WP, y'know?
2008-02-03 23:26 < quanticle> Gwern-away: I'm afraid it is coming down to the same choice with me.
2008-02-03 23:27 * quanticle wonders if there's a #fark on freenode
2008-02-03 23:27 < quanticle> Nope. No IRC channel for fark
2008-02-03 23:27 < quanticle> I guess WP wins.
2008-02-03 23:27 * Krimpet is perma-banned from both those places. :P
2008-02-03 23:27 < Gwern-away> quanticle: there is something at #fark, but only one person there
2008-02-03 23:28 < quanticle> Krimpet: How'd you get yourself permabanned from Fark?
2008-02-03 23:28 < Krimpet> quanticle: I don't quite remember, it was back in 2003
2008-02-03 23:28 < quanticle> Gwern-away: I think Freenode created the channel when I tried to join it.
2008-02-03 23:28 < Krimpet> back when I was less mature. -_-
2008-02-03 23:29 < quanticle> Krimpet: How'd you get yourself permabanned from Wikipedia?
2008-02-03 23:29 < Krimpet> quanticle: uh, not WP. I meant SA
2008-02-03 23:29 < SinSeer> heh, it's irc... if you join a new channel, it makes a new channel for you, and puts you in control, yes
2008-02-03 23:29 < quanticle> Krimpet: Oh. How on earth did you get yourself banned from SA?
2008-02-03 23:29 < Rinn> Doesn't SA ban for anything?
2008-02-03 23:29 < quanticle> Krimpet: SA is about as hard to get banned from as 4Chan...
2008-02-03 23:30 < quanticle> Rinn: Really? I've always seen the SA community as rather... permissive.
2008-02-03 23:30 < Rinn> I've only heard stories of the admins banning people for stupid reasons.
2008-02-03 23:30 < SinSeer> (you could then register the channel, throw up some webchats and/or invite friends, and populate them)
2008-02-03 23:31 < quanticle> Rinn: Well, yeah. That's true, I guess.
2008-02-03 23:31 < Krimpet> it was a deliberate thing, apparently I was seen as "washed-up" there so I went out with a bang. ;P
2008-02-03 23:31 < quanticle> Rinn: There is a fair bit of groupthink there as well.
2008-02-03 23:31 < quanticle> Krimpet: Do tell!
2008-02-03 23:31 < Krimpet> quanticle: I'd rather not. :)
2008-02-03 23:32 < quanticle> Krimpet: But it'd be funny!
2008-02-03 23:32 < Rinn> Did you post CP?
2008-02-03 23:32 < Krimpet> ...no.
2008-02-03 23:32 < quanticle> Krimpet: The worse it is, the funnier it looks in hindsight. Besides, this is Net Drama. It doesn't count in real life.
2008-02-03 23:33 < quanticle> Krimpet: Did you call down the hounds of /b/?
2008-02-03 23:33 < Rinn> You can't really call down /b/ on a forum that has paid registration.
2008-02-03 23:33 < quanticle> Rinn: True.
2008-02-03 23:33 < quanticle> Rinn: I forgot about that.
2008-02-03 23:34 < Krimpet> quanticle: this was like 2004.
2008-02-03 23:34 < quanticle> Krimpet: So? You must still remember the outline of what happened.
2008-02-03 23:35 < Krimpet> so in other news, I hear there's a free encyclopedia on the internet. an encyclopedia anyone can edit :o
2008-02-03 23:35 < quanticle> Krimpet: Nah. It'll never work. It'll be overrun by vandals within a week.
2008-02-03 23:35 < quanticle> :P
2008-02-03 23:35 < Chosen_Warrior> everyone relies on wikipedia these days
2008-02-03 23:35 < SinSeer> if you don't see the fnords, they can't eat you
2008-02-03 23:35 * SinSeer closes eyes at fnordus
2008-02-03 23:36 < quanticle> Chosen_Warrior: As a wikipedia editor and vandal fighter, sometimes that fact scares the ever living daylights out of me.
2008-02-03 23:36 < Gwern-away> I once put fnords in the Discordian template
2008-02-03 23:36 < Chosen_Warrior> haha
2008-02-03 23:36 < Gwern-away> they got reverted :(
2008-02-03 23:36 < Chosen_Warrior> yah
2008-02-03 23:36 < SinSeer> those bastards
2008-02-03 23:37 < SinSeer> if there were ever a place for fnords
2008-02-03 23:37 * Gwern-away can see the <!-- fnords -->!