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2008-02-08 14:51 < Messedrocker> "warning: if you're not a member of the elite, we will ignore you, spit on you, and shoot you dog"
2008-02-08 14:52 < Tony_Sidaway> I don't want to argue abouit it, really. It would be nice if somebody could find the template name for me.
2008-02-08 14:52 < Leslie_S> when i used to close afds, people would always bitch at me every time i used common sense when i closed one
2008-02-08 14:52 < Leslie_S> infact, it was damn near any time it wasnt a 100% perfect consensus
2008-02-08 14:52 < Leslie_S> and people often included other admins
2008-02-08 14:52 < Leslie_S> ;/
2008-02-08 14:54 < Tony_Sidaway> Gosh, have I walked into #embittered_wikipedians again?
2008-02-08 14:54 < Messedrocker> barack obama is a colored man!
2008-02-08 14:55 < Tony_Sidaway> With a name like O'Bama, I'm guessing he's Black Irish.
2008-02-08 14:56 < Messedrocker> "Obama"
2008-02-08 14:56 < Messedrocker> his dad is from the maghreb i think
2008-02-08 14:57 < Tony_Sidaway> Clan Maghreb? Oh one of those Scots-Irish.
2008-02-08 14:57 < Messedrocker> actually barack sr. is from kenya
2008-02-08 14:58 < Messedrocker> kenya, barbary states, same thing
2008-02-08 15:01 < shimgray> Tony_Sidaway: He did comment at some point he used to get very suspicious reactions on the phone from people who assumed he was Irish (and therefore Catholic) back when he was doing organising with churches
2008-02-08 15:01 < zvook> ^this op kicked me by accident and ignored my suggestion that an apology would be nice.
2008-02-08 15:02 < zvook> oops, pilotguy i mean
2008-02-08 15:02 < zvook> on another note, i suppose passing passing highbeam and jstor logins isn't exactly legal, hmm?
2008-02-08 15:02 < Snowolf> Tony_Sidaway: you're searching for [[:Template:notaballot]]?
2008-02-08 15:04 < zvook> do we have any mechanism for access to those resources?
2008-02-08 15:07 < Tony_Sidaway> Snowolf: thanks, I've stuck it onto the AfD page.
2008-02-08 15:07 < Messedrocker> AƒD
2008-02-08 15:09 < zvook> anyone? bueller? surely this has come up before.
2008-02-08 15:11 < Doc_glasgow> zvook: no, I just ask some student with access to copy it and e-mail me
2008-02-08 15:12 < Leslie_S> so, i had fun in theatre class today.
2008-02-08 15:12 < Doc_glasgow> zvook: jstor is shit for access
2008-02-08 15:12 < Leslie_S> Doc_glasgow access to what?
2008-02-08 15:12 < Doc_glasgow> jstor
2008-02-08 15:13 < Leslie_S> Doc_glasgow i can check if i have access :P
2008-02-08 15:13 < Doc_glasgow> you cannot even subscribe to it as an individual
2008-02-08 15:13 < zvook> it was I who was looking for access to it and highbeam
2008-02-08 15:13 < Leslie_S> Doc_glasgow im a student. i have access to a lot of things like this.
2008-02-08 15:13 < zvook> but it was for a wide range of articles and journals, i wouldn't expect someone to go through them all
2008-02-08 15:14 < Leslie_S> i guess i dont
2008-02-08 15:14 < Doc_glasgow> Leslie_S: yes, thanks. I have found you students to be very sympathetic about sharing your privileged access with us :)
2008-02-08 15:14 < Leslie_S> what is jstor anyway?
2008-02-08 15:14 < zvook> (i can't really tell which are useful without reading them all, sadly)
2008-02-08 15:14 < zvook> academic journals, Leslie_S
2008-02-08 15:14 < Doc_glasgow> [[JSTOR]]
2008-02-08 15:14 < Leslie_S> ...youre the one that wants me to share my access with you.
2008-02-08 15:14 < Leslie_S> i shouldnt have to read what it is.
2008-02-08 15:15 < zvook> no, he isn;t.
2008-02-08 15:15 < zvook> ...
2008-02-08 15:15 < Doc_glasgow> Leslie_S: I'm not (currently) needing access
2008-02-08 15:15 < Leslie_S> anyway, i have access to CQ, EBSCO, InfoTrac, and Lexis Nexis Academic
2008-02-08 15:15 * Doc_glasgow had a hack for a while, but they shut it down
2008-02-08 15:15 < zvook> have you used lexis nexus academic much, Leslie_S?
2008-02-08 15:15 < zvook> *nexis
2008-02-08 15:16 < Leslie_S> not really
2008-02-08 15:17 < Leslie_S> i havent used any of them much
2008-02-08 15:17 < Leslie_S> zvook the library has a portal where i can just search all of these at once, and get the results on one page..i usually use that and look at the best articles.
2008-02-08 15:18 < zvook> it seems a pretty powerful tool.
2008-02-08 15:19 < zvook> in theory anyhow.
2008-02-08 15:55 < GaryKing> anyone here familiar with using the wikipedia API?
2008-02-08 15:55 < GaryKing> I can't make updating articles using the API to work; any help?
2008-02-08 15:56 < GaryKing> Specifically, I don't know how to generate wpEditToken
2008-02-08 15:59 < Leslie_S> uh, omg. i played my guitar and my fingers turned colors!
2008-02-08 15:59 < Leslie_S> i think i need new strings!
2008-02-08 16:00 * Faroframkallande closes [[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Tlatosmd/Adult-child sex]] as a keep
2008-02-08 16:00 < Faroframkallande> regardless of how it's closed, it'll spend another five days at DRV
2008-02-08 16:00 < rubikcube> Hi, I think I've just found a page on en.wikipedia with heavily copy&pasted text from a commercial site. What should I do?
2008-02-08 16:01 < Cyrius> did it start out that way?
2008-02-08 16:01 < zvook> remove it if it is so. is it possible the site copied wikipedia?
2008-02-08 16:02 < rubikcube> i checked the site with archive.org and it seems that the wiki content is newer. Is a simple delete of the passage + note on the discussion page ok?
2008-02-08 16:03 < zvook> yeah for sure
2008-02-08 16:04 < rubikcube> http://preview.tinyurl.com/3crzkr and http://preview.tinyurl.com/2qexdk , btw
2008-02-08 16:04 < rubikcube> ok
2008-02-08 16:23 < Leslie_S> http://www.yorksview.freeserve.co.uk/posser/
2008-02-08 16:23 < Leslie_S> and people think im a nutjob
2008-02-08 16:23 < Leslie_S> ;/
2008-02-08 16:28 < morwen> yay
2008-02-08 16:28 < morwen> i have a +2 BACON SANDWICH OF DOOM
2008-02-08 16:57 < rw> hi all!
2008-02-08 16:58 < rw> anyone there? ( *echoes in the great halls* )
2008-02-08 17:02 < CMoreschi> digwuren!
2008-02-08 17:03 < Qst> Please maybe adhere to the [[m:IRC guidelines/wikipedia]] at all times. > the topic
2008-02-08 17:03 < Qst> Doesn't make sense
2008-02-08 17:03 < The359> I think they were trying to be funny
2008-02-08 17:04 < Qst> Well, it sort of failed
2008-02-08 17:04 < Qst> :)
2008-02-08 17:04 * CMoreschi waves to Qst
2008-02-08 17:04 < Brian_M> Definitey
2008-02-08 17:05 < Qst> Hi CMoreschi :)
2008-02-08 17:05 < semafor> Where do I find these guidelines?
2008-02-08 17:05 * CMoreschi is still looking for Digwuren
2008-02-08 17:05 < Pill> semafor, on http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_guidelines/wikipedia
2008-02-08 17:05 < semafor> Thanks.
2008-02-08 17:07 < Brian_M> Hi Qst
2008-02-08 17:07 < Qst> Hi Brian_M
2008-02-08 17:07 < Brian_M> We're close to getting that FT
2008-02-08 17:08 < Brian_M> Principal and the Pauper passed a few days ago
2008-02-08 17:09 < Lady_Aleena> I hate waiting for answers.
2008-02-08 17:10 * Lady_Aleena plops in a chair.
2008-02-08 17:10 < Miranda> Lady_Aleena: wassup?
2008-02-08 17:10 < Qst> Brian_M: FT?
2008-02-08 17:10 < Qst> Featured topic?
2008-02-08 17:11 < Lady_Aleena> Miranda: Oh, I have two questions on two talk pages and I am waiting for the "experts" to reply.
2008-02-08 17:11 < Miranda> links
2008-02-08 17:11 < Lady_Aleena> Hold on a sec.
2008-02-08 17:12 < Lady_Aleena> [[Talk:Scooby-Doo#Various Scooby-Doo films series, are they together?]] and[[Talk:Godzilla (series)#Godzilla film chart]]
2008-02-08 17:13 < Miranda> Lady_Aleena: might want to ask in the Cartoons Portal
2008-02-08 17:14 < Miranda> or something related to that
2008-02-08 17:14 < Qst> Strange, Brian_M just left the network, but it hasn't appeared on here, but has at #Wikipedia-en
2008-02-08 17:14 < Lady_Aleena> Miranda: If I don't get an answer by Sunday, I might.
2008-02-08 17:14 < Miranda> ok
2008-02-08 17:14 < Lady_Aleena> I just hate the waiting.
2008-02-08 17:14 < Miranda> yeah me too
2008-02-08 17:14 < RobJ1981> hi
2008-02-08 17:14 < Miranda> that's why I am on IRC now to do some business related to commons
2008-02-08 17:16 < Lady_Aleena> Miranda: I am trying to clean out all of the [[Film series]] lists of junk, and to do that I need help from those who know the various film series. A lot of them are simple, but some of them are very complex. [[Night of the Living Dead]] is a good example, it fell into public domain and everyone and their neighbor decided to do "sequels," including the origianl director/writer.
2008-02-08 17:17 < Miranda> ok
2008-02-08 17:17 < Lady_Aleena> The above was a rant...sorry I didn't preface it as such.
2008-02-08 17:18 < geniice> any way to check if someone actualy is a memeber of the American Bar Association?
2008-02-08 17:20 < Leslie_S> geniice im just curious as to why youre doing this/who youre checking up on?
2008-02-08 17:20 < geniice> Giovanni di Stefano again
2008-02-08 17:20 < Leslie_S> I used to print the american bar association journal. heh.
2008-02-08 17:21 < geniice> so is there any way to check?
2008-02-08 17:21 < White_Cat> geniice :D
2008-02-08 17:21 < Leslie_S> hell if i know
2008-02-08 17:21 < White_Cat> I sense a genice in search of answers
2008-02-08 17:21 < White_Cat> geniice I want to pm you some info
2008-02-08 17:21 < Leslie_S> i barely even read the journal when i printed it. i primarily looked for print errors. :D
2008-02-08 17:21 < Lady_Aleena> (rant) Someone went through an added a whole bunch of Japanamation titles and crufted them too. They have the same titles listed over and over again in various "series" that I think are also cruft; but since I don't know the genre, I can't make a good determination without having to read every bloody article on every one of those blasted things. ARGH!
2008-02-08 17:22 < mavhc> who else did a sequel to night of the living dead?
2008-02-08 17:22 < Lady_Aleena> mavhc: Lots of people.
2008-02-08 17:23 < Lady_Aleena> mavhc: Go to [[List of film decologies and larger series#Pentadecologies]] for a list of all of the "sequels." Do you need a regular link?
2008-02-08 17:23 < Leslie_S> In Roman times, fulling was conducted by slaves standing ankle deep in tubs of human urine and cloth. Urine was so important to the fulling business that urine was taxed. Urine (known as 'wash') was a source of ammonium salts, and assisted in cleansing the cloth.
2008-02-08 17:23 < Leslie_S> eww
2008-02-08 17:24 < geniice> eh it was latter collected on a large scale to help with the manufactor of gun poweder
2008-02-08 17:25 < mavhc> ur ine the money
2008-02-08 17:26 * Lady_Aleena still hates waiting. She might need to take a break for a few hours.
2008-02-08 17:27 < geniice> waiting for what?
2008-02-08 17:28 < Lady_Aleena> geniice: Answers to questions on talk pages.
2008-02-08 17:29 * Lady_Aleena finds an empty corner somewhere out of the way and throws dishes at the wall (wishing she could do that in real life).
2008-02-08 17:30 < cimon> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Robertgrassi - yikes...
2008-02-08 17:31 < Lady_Aleena> Okay, that's a mess.
2008-02-08 17:31 < Lady_Aleena> I thought my user page was bad.
2008-02-08 17:33 < OverlordQ> Jeebus
2008-02-08 17:33 * Lady_Aleena wishes she could cry just to releive the tension.
2008-02-08 17:34 < mavhc> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Livingdead I don't think the "sequels" had anyhting to do with the public domain status
2008-02-08 17:35 < cimon> Leslie_S: You should read Household Gods by Judith Tarr and Harry Turtledove...
2008-02-08 17:36 < cimon> Really good timetravel novel centering on the northern roman town of Carnuntum.
2008-02-08 17:37 < ronabop> Wow. A whole chunk of obscure california local punk bands (and related articles) that seem to uniformly fail WP:MUSIC in one single collection... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honest_Don%27s
2008-02-08 17:38 < Leslie_S> cimon ok :o
2008-02-08 17:38 < Lady_Aleena> mavhc: If NotLD hadn't fallen into PD then most of those would not have been made.
2008-02-08 17:38 < ronabop> Gotta be at least 60 A:7's in the batch. ;)
2008-02-08 17:38 < Leslie_S> The label ceased trading around 2003 with the Nerf Herder EP "My E.P".
2008-02-08 17:38 < Leslie_S> great name for a record there
2008-02-08 17:39 < OverlordQ> come on now "Rave from the Grave" how could that *not* be a hit
2008-02-08 17:39 < cimon> Leslie_S: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_Gods
2008-02-08 17:39 < mavhc> you only need your source to be PD if you're taking stuff from it, most of the sequels had little to do with the original
2008-02-08 17:39 < Lady_Aleena> OverlordQ: I have no opinion on it, since I have never seen it.
2008-02-08 17:40 < cimon> Leslie_S: I am somewhat bemused by the fact that article is still mostly what I wrote about the book, and an added infobox... Would have expected somebody to have improved it out of sight.
2008-02-08 17:40 < OverlordQ> Lady_Aleena: neither have I :)
2008-02-08 17:40 < OverlordQ> although I must say Romero's Dead films are so much better then Russo's
2008-02-08 17:41 < Lady_Aleena> OverlordQ: My only interest is the fact that it is a complex film series that gave me headaches.
2008-02-08 17:41 < Leslie_S> cimon lol
2008-02-08 17:42 < Lady_Aleena> OverlordQ: The Godzilla films are going to similarly give me headaches along with every single Japanimation film series on the lists currently.
2008-02-08 17:44 < Leslie_S> http://riaa.com/whatwedo.php i love how they make themselves sound like theyre ...something good
2008-02-08 17:45 < cimon> Leslie_S: I am even more bemused to check the page history, and to find no edits by myself. I could have sworn I wrote that article...
2008-02-08 17:45 * Lady_Aleena ranted again without warning, sorry.
2008-02-08 17:46 < geniice> Leslie_S they are good. They stimulated the development of p2p software
2008-02-08 17:46 < mavhc> OverlordQ: bound to be, seeing as I'd never heard of russo or his sequels
2008-02-08 17:50 < Leslie_S> geniice true i suppose.
2008-02-08 17:50 < OverlordQ> mavhc: they're more comedy then horror
2008-02-08 17:52 < Ionas_Freeman> Whenever I read this message http://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/User:ionas68224#Blocked by Creol, I feel that no one is ever going to ever accept me back here. I am called vandal, everywhere I go on Wikimedia, and I feel that my presence would not affect anything at wikipedia and that I have no potential as a contributor. So, bye.
2008-02-08 17:53 < Lady_Aleena> There's a Simple English Wikitionary now???? OMG!
2008-02-08 17:54 < Ionas_Freeman> I meant http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Ionas68224#Blocked
2008-02-08 17:54 < Ionas_Freeman> but, yes, there is.
2008-02-08 17:58 < Leslie_S> Sam Walton, a businessman from Arkansas, began his retail career when he started work on June 3, 1940, at a J.C. Penney store in Des Moines, Iowa where he remained for 18 months
2008-02-08 17:58 < Leslie_S> LOL.
2008-02-08 17:58 < ronabop> Ionas: If you're 11, maybe wait a few years?
2008-02-08 17:58 < Leslie_S> im suprised i didn't know that ;/
2008-02-08 17:59 < Ionas_Freeman> ronabop: Thats what I was thinking, go on somewhere else, because I am obviously "not welcome".
2008-02-08 18:00 * Warpath agrees with ronabop
2008-02-08 18:02 * Leslie_S agrees with ronabop too
2008-02-08 18:03 < Leslie_S> you know, theres plenty of somwhere elses that you can go, and will be welcome to, if you can behave.
2008-02-08 18:03 < Leslie_S> like wiktionary
2008-02-08 18:03 < Ionas_Freeman> I mean not-wikimedia, like MeatballWiki.
2008-02-08 18:04 < JohnReaves> Ionas_Freeman:At least you have a cool sounding name
2008-02-08 18:04 < Warpath> Ionas_Freeman, go to wikia
2008-02-08 18:04 < Ionas_Freeman> I'm doing well on MeatballWiki, and Wiktionary, banned again. I guess I'm not welcome anywhere on here.
2008-02-08 18:04 < Warpath> they have trools as admins..you'll fit right in :)
2008-02-08 18:04 < Warpath> trolls*
2008-02-08 18:05 < Lady_Aleena> Ionas, you need to calm down. There must be a reason that you were blocked. Work on correcting that, a change in attitude or practices, and the block may be removed.
2008-02-08 18:05 < Warpath> Lady_Aleena, yup, socking and attacking other editors.. ;)
2008-02-08 18:06 < mavhc> why doesn't anyone accept me? What have I done wrong? signed, Hitler
2008-02-08 18:06 < Leslie_S> Ionas_Freeman it looks to me like the only reason you arent welcome is because youve been a [[WP:DICK|dick]] ...
2008-02-08 18:06 < Ionas_Freeman> The block won't be removed, I will try to change my attitude, but I just won't do it on WM projects.
2008-02-08 18:06 < Leslie_S> its really not hard to survive on wikipedia.
2008-02-08 18:06 < Messedrocker> Leslie_S, that's a stupid reason to block someone. [[WP:DICK]]. You might as well be saying "we're banning you because we don't like you"
2008-02-08 18:07 < Ionas_Freeman> Leslie_S: Yes I have been a dick, but I've also decided that it just isn't for me. It can't be for everybody, can it?
2008-02-08 18:07 < Lady_Aleena> Warpath: I didn't read into the matter.
2008-02-08 18:07 < mavhc> if you weren't such a dick you wouldn't have been a dick
2008-02-08 18:07 < Lady_Aleena> It was a generalized statement. :)
2008-02-08 18:07 < Ionas_Freeman> Messedrocker: I agree, and there apparently is a block reason called "stupidity" on wikt.
2008-02-08 18:08 < mavhc> "sorry I was a retard, I've had a brain transplant now"
2008-02-08 18:08 < Warpath> Ionas_Freeman, we will hunt you down on WM and kick your a** if it continues ;)
2008-02-08 18:08 < Leslie_S> Messedrocker He knows why he's banned, so i dont need a real reason. Besides, i barely know anything about the situation, but i read the block message.
2008-02-08 18:08 < Leslie_S> Messedrocker it's not like i'd ban him with "youre a dick" for a reason
2008-02-08 18:08 < Messedrocker> kgood
2008-02-08 18:09 < Messedrocker> you have some common sense
2008-02-08 18:09 < mavhc> "you're a huge douchebag" has such a better ring to it
2008-02-08 18:09 < Leslie_S> Messedrocker for the record, i havent used any of my administrative buttons in the last 6 months. hell, i havent even used the save button in that time.
2008-02-08 18:09 < OverlordQ> "Worthless cuntmuffin" is good also
2008-02-08 18:09 < Leslie_S> ....ok, lets stfu with the insults, dumbasses. (pun intended)
2008-02-08 18:09 < Messedrocker> yeah, fuck all y'all
2008-02-08 18:10 < Leslie_S> but seriously, its not that hard to be left alone on wikipedia. I did it until i became an admin, and admins who do their job do not get left alone under any circumstances. (however, they dont tend to get banned)
2008-02-08 18:10 < Warpath> ohh .he went :~(
2008-02-08 18:10 < Leslie_S> of course, my fuse was a hell of a lot longer when i came to wikipedia than it is now. :D :D
2008-02-08 18:10 * Warpath looks for next victim
2008-02-08 18:11 < Leslie_S> bah.
2008-02-08 18:11 < OverlordQ> Yay he left
2008-02-08 18:11 < Leslie_S> i need to finish this play report
2008-02-08 18:11 < OverlordQ> Has that guy threatening lawsuits come back again?
2008-02-08 18:11 < Leslie_S> it was due today, but we can email it in today
2008-02-08 18:11 < Leslie_S> OverlordQ lots of people have done that.
2008-02-08 18:11 < OverlordQ> it was the remember19xx guy
2008-02-08 18:11 < OverlordQ> saying everybody is racists and he'll get his dad to sue everybody
2008-02-08 18:11 < Leslie_S> heh, at a local good will, they have a huge sign that says "WORKERS ON WHEELS"
2008-02-08 18:12 * Leslie_S giggles
2008-02-08 18:12 < Lady_Aleena> Well, I am going on a two hour Wikibreak or so. See you all later...and thanks for letting me rant. Have a nice day everyone!
2008-02-08 18:12 < ronabop> Nice!
2008-02-08 18:13 < Leslie_S> thats a hell of a wikibreak
2008-02-08 18:13 < Leslie_S> I often took 12 hour wikibreaks when i used wikipedia!
2008-02-08 18:14 < Leslie_S> you know, when i slept.
2008-02-08 18:14 < Leslie_S> oh, and i used to have a job that had a 12 hour shift, so i pretty much didnt use wikipedia during the work week...
2008-02-08 18:15 < mavhc> if you have to make a point to not use wp for 2 hours, that's bad
2008-02-08 18:16 < Leslie_S> i agree.
2008-02-08 18:17 < Leslie_S> wtf would make my wifi connection drop *EXTREMELY* often at school? it always works fine at my home wifi though!
2008-02-08 18:18 < ronabop> Noise? Overloaded connection point?
2008-02-08 18:18 < Leslie_S> i have no idea
2008-02-08 18:18 < Leslie_S> sometiems it drops extremely often, sometimes it doesnt
2008-02-08 18:18 < OverlordQ> mmmmm
2008-02-08 18:18 < Leslie_S> at one point this morning the DHCP even gave my ip to someone else, without disconnectng me.
2008-02-08 18:19 < OverlordQ> seasalt bagel crisps
2008-02-08 18:20 < mavhc> crappy drivers
2008-02-08 18:20 < Leslie_S> on my computer?
2008-02-08 18:20 < Leslie_S> it always works great at home though
2008-02-08 18:21 < mavhc> what brands?
2008-02-08 18:23 < Leslie_S> the laptop is an old compaq with a belkin 802.11g card. my router at home is a linksys wrt-54g, and at school...all i know is that they have these little white antennas hanging from the ceiling
2008-02-08 18:23 < Krimpet> wifi can be weird for no reason sometimes. when I'm in my college's library, but nowhere else, my wireless drivers crash every 5-10 minutes
2008-02-08 18:26 < Messedrocker> "Super Mario Rpg - www.BattleOn.com - Fight Monsters, Get 100s Of Weapons Gold & More. Create A Free Account!"
2008-02-08 18:26 < Messedrocker> did they transform super mario rpg into a mu-mor-per-ger?
2008-02-08 18:27 * Messedrocker sees the google ad
2008-02-08 18:28 < Messedrocker> nope, they haven't
2008-02-08 18:28 < Messedrocker> they're just squatting on that registered trademark to promote an unaffiliated product
2008-02-08 18:28 < Messedrocker> that may be illegal
2008-02-08 18:38 < Crazytales> What's a utility to convert files with DOS line endings to files with UNIX line endings?
2008-02-08 18:42 < Arwen> Crazytales, tofrodos
2008-02-08 18:42 < Arwen> or, rather, fromdos in this case
2008-02-08 18:43 < Crazytales> Well, this is a sticky situation... ralink's drivers apparently only compile on x86
2008-02-08 18:43 < Crazytales> Im trying to get wireless working on my ibook.
2008-02-08 18:43 < Arwen> *cough* mac...
2008-02-08 18:43 < Crazytales> I have three usb adapters I can use, intersil, realtek, and ralink.
2008-02-08 18:43 < Crazytales> I have debian etch on it.
2008-02-08 18:44 < NotACow> DEATH TO USB
2008-02-08 18:44 < Crazytales> NotACow: DEATH TO NOTACOW
2008-02-08 18:44 < NotACow> DEATH TO EVIL
2008-02-08 18:44 < Arwen> hehe, USB wifi
2008-02-08 18:44 < Crazytales> I cna't use pcmcia adapters.
2008-02-08 18:44 < Arwen> Use wired wi-fi
2008-02-08 18:44 < Arwen> :-P
2008-02-08 18:44 < NotACow> DEATH TO INADEQUATELY INFLEXIBLE BUS ARCHITECTURES
2008-02-08 18:45 < Arwen> anyway, you want to do "fromdos evilfile.c"
2008-02-08 18:46 < Crazytales> Thanks
2008-02-08 18:46 < Cyrius> "Appeals court: First Amendment protects forum trolls too"
2008-02-08 18:46 < Cyrius> that's good for us
2008-02-08 18:47 < mavhc> NotACow: care to be more...nuanced?
2008-02-08 18:48 * CMoreschi waves to NotACow
2008-02-08 18:58 < AzaTht> Was looking at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/security/current-threat-level/ and it states that the current threat leven in UK is severe. Is that common?
2008-02-08 18:59 < tickletux> it's been severe since 2006
2008-02-08 19:00 < AzaTht> k
2008-02-08 19:02 < tickletux> although ther have only been two terrorist attacks in the uk of any signifigance since then
2008-02-08 19:02 < tickletux> iirc
2008-02-08 19:08 < Leslie_lap> blahs
2008-02-08 19:08 < Leslie_lap> why do we even bother with desktops these days?
2008-02-08 19:08 * Leslie_lap is in a comfy chair in the living room :o
2008-02-08 19:08 < Leslie_lap> with my feet propped up on a printer box :o
2008-02-08 19:10 < Austin> I don't bother with desktops.
2008-02-08 19:10 < Austin> Except at work.
2008-02-08 19:11 < cimon> "The Space Needle was built to withstand severe earthquakes by doubling the building code of 1962. But an earthquake registering 6.8 on the Richter Scale jolted the Needle enough in 1965 for water to slosh out of the toilets in the restrooms." - methinks water sloshing out of toilets counts as withstanding...
2008-02-08 19:11 < kenlyric> people sloshing out onto the ground does not
2008-02-08 19:12 * Mike_H NP: Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire (1989)
2008-02-08 19:13 < JohnReaves> Lawrence of Arabia...
2008-02-08 19:13 < Leslie_lap> cimon ROFL
2008-02-08 19:13 < Leslie_lap> OMG, TOILET WATER ... OMG!!!!
2008-02-08 19:14 < Mike_H> British Beatlemania...
2008-02-08 19:14 < zvook> Mike_H: have you seen that FA project?
2008-02-08 19:14 < JohnReaves> Pope Paul....
2008-02-08 19:14 < Mike_H> Ole Miss
2008-02-08 19:14 < Mike_H> John Glenn
2008-02-08 19:14 < Mike_H> zvook: no
2008-02-08 19:15 < JohnReaves> someone beats Patterson?
2008-02-08 19:15 < Mike_H> Liston beats Patterson
2008-02-08 19:15 < zvook> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Casliber/Flaming_Joel-wiki ;)
2008-02-08 19:15 < Mike_H> Pope Paul
2008-02-08 19:15 < Mike_H> Malcolm X
2008-02-08 19:15 < Mike_H> British politician sex
2008-02-08 19:15 < Mike_H> JFK
2008-02-08 19:16 < Mike_H> blown away
2008-02-08 19:16 < Mike_H> what else do I have to say?
2008-02-08 19:17 < Mike_H> zvook: :D
2008-02-08 19:17 < cimon> Mike_H: you know who that British politician sex is?
2008-02-08 19:17 < Mike_H> cimon: Yes
2008-02-08 19:17 < Mike_H> Profumo affair
2008-02-08 19:17 < cimon> right
2008-02-08 19:17 < Mike_H> that was big news in the US too.
2008-02-08 19:18 < cimon> Mike_H: for my own information, what is Ole Miss? betting the Miss is Mississippi...
2008-02-08 19:18 < Mike_H> cimon: "Ole Miss" is the nickname of the University of Mississippi.
2008-02-08 19:18 < Mike_H> So much so that actual news outlets will just refer to it as Ole Miss.
2008-02-08 19:18 < cimon> what happened there to make it epochal? Integration?
2008-02-08 19:18 < Mike_H> #
2008-02-08 19:18 < Mike_H> # University of Mississippi: James Meredith integrates the University of Mississippi (known as 'Ole Miss).
2008-02-08 19:19 < cimon> guessed right, it seems.
2008-02-08 19:19 < Mike_H> cimon: Like Southerners
2008-02-08 19:19 < Mike_H> we never call it "University of Mississippi"
2008-02-08 19:19 < Mike_H> it's ALWAYS Ole Miss.
2008-02-08 19:20 < cimon> Mike_H: Have you seen Scandal? The movie about that sex scandal?
2008-02-08 19:21 < Mike_H> no
2008-02-08 19:21 < cimon> Joanne Whalley is delicious in it...
2008-02-08 19:21 < cimon> or worley, or whatever her surname is...
2008-02-08 19:21 < Mike_H> "Jo Anne Worley"
2008-02-08 19:21 < Mike_H> you mean the woman from Laugh-In?
2008-02-08 19:22 < cimon> the one that married Val
2008-02-08 19:22 < Mike_H> oh, yeah
2008-02-08 19:22 < Mike_H> you're talking about Joanne Whalley
2008-02-08 19:22 < Mike_H> Jo Anne Worley is a lot older
2008-02-08 19:22 < Mike_H> and not "delicious" at all
2008-02-08 19:22 < cimon> =)
2008-02-08 19:23 < cimon> Jo Ann Phflug is though...
2008-02-08 19:23 < Mike_H> well, back in her Match Game '73 days at any rate
2008-02-08 19:24 < TheWeasel> Whoa, talk about name similarity
2008-02-08 19:24 < cimon> Mike_H: at the risk of being branded a gerontophile, I think she still is.
2008-02-08 19:24 < Mike_H> Regular panelists (1973?1982) Charles Nelson Reilly, Brett Somers, Richard Dawson (until 1978), McLean Stevenson (1981-1982)
2008-02-08 19:24 < Mike_H> Semi-regulars (1973?1982) Steve Allen, Patty Duke Astin, Orson Bean, Joyce Bulifant, Gary Burghoff, Bill Daily, Patti Deutsch, David Doyle, Fannie Flagg, Eva Gabor, Arte Johnson, Elaine Joyce, Lee Meriwether, Scoey Mitchell, Mary Ann Mobley, Richard Paul, Jo Ann Pflug, Nipsey Russell, Avery Schreiber, Debralee Scott, Connie Stevens, Marcia Wallace, Betty White, Mary Wickes
2008-02-08 19:25 < Mike_H> wow, lots of semi-regulars.
2008-02-08 19:25 < Mike_H> :o
2008-02-08 19:25 < cimon> Mike_H: To me Pflug will ever be the woman on the Playboy ads...
2008-02-08 19:26 < justlee> match game was fun
2008-02-08 19:27 < Mike_H> oh, yeah
2008-02-08 19:27 < Mike_H> they have a lot of the old episodes on YouTube
2008-02-08 19:28 < Mike_H> cimon: I think I found one with Jo Ann Pflug
2008-02-08 19:28 < Mike_H> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZKH8_pOUzs
2008-02-08 19:29 < CharlotteWebb> ok, so what is the best way to describe the somebody's birthplace when the official name and system of government have changed since then
2008-02-08 19:30 < Messedrocker> refer to by what the country was called when they were born
2008-02-08 19:30 < CharlotteWebb> extra "the" in there, but shouldn't be too confusing
2008-02-08 19:30 < Mike_H> CharlotteWebb: In my most recent experience, I just referred to what the old country was
2008-02-08 19:30 < Mike_H> and not the new one
2008-02-08 19:30 < cimon> CharlotteWebb: not touching that one... there are too many jokes to make there...
2008-02-08 19:30 < Mike_H> (it was a Soviet republic so it's easier to piece together)
2008-02-08 19:30 < Mike_H> Alla Korot (born November 1, 1970) is an American actress and dancer.
2008-02-08 19:30 < Mike_H> Korot was born in Odessa, Ukrainian SSR to Elena and Alex Korot.
2008-02-08 19:31 < CharlotteWebb> what kind of jokes, this sounds more interesting
2008-02-08 19:31 < Messedrocker> e.g. John McCain was born in the United States even though the place he was born in is no longer part of the United States
2008-02-08 19:31 < cimon> CharlotteWebb: I think it was some writer in antiquity who characterized the location as "between piss and shit".
2008-02-08 19:31 < Mike_H> oh, another example
2008-02-08 19:31 < Mike_H> Ulrike "Uli" Herzner (born April 23, 1971) is a fashion designer originally from East Germany, currently living in Miami Beach, Florida.
2008-02-08 19:32 < justlee> where was McCain born?
2008-02-08 19:32 < Messedrocker> justlee, "panama canal zone"
2008-02-08 19:33 < Mike_H> cimon: fun fact: Jo Ann Pflug was on the first episode of Match Game back in 1973.
2008-02-08 19:33 < Mike_H> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr7S7x3T8l4
2008-02-08 19:39 < kyorosuke> Awesome.
2008-02-08 19:39 < CharlotteWebb> i'd guess the canal zone is mostly piss and shit as cimon says
2008-02-08 19:39 < CharlotteWebb> lol cimon says
2008-02-08 19:39 < cimon> CharlotteWebb: well there is a reason why the gay bars are often on Canal Street...
2008-02-08 19:39 < Mike_H> justlee: You know the ones who sat in the sixth seat?
2008-02-08 19:39 < Mike_H> Fannie Flagg, Betty White, Joyce Bulifant, Marcia Wallace, etc.?
2008-02-08 19:39 < Mike_H> Which one was your favorite?
2008-02-08 19:39 < justlee> Fannie
2008-02-08 19:39 < CharlotteWebb> alrighty, but what about the pedantry where people say "born in East Germany (now Germany)" or "born in Latvian SSR (now Latvia)" as if germany wasn't germany or latvia wasn't latvia during the commie daze
2008-02-08 19:39 < Mike_H> See, I liked Marcia Wallace
2008-02-08 19:39 < justlee> with her Fried Eggs shirt
2008-02-08 19:39 < justlee> I don't even recall what she looked like
2008-02-08 19:39 < cimon> Eh, what is this? http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alvin_%26_the_Chipmunks
2008-02-08 19:39 < Mike_H> justlee: hold
2008-02-08 19:39 < cimon> is that vandalism?
2008-02-08 19:39 < Mike_H> justlee: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy-qVAVQIDA
2008-02-08 19:39 < Mike_H> that's from an episode where she was in the sixth seat
2008-02-08 19:40 * cimon doesn't know Alvin and the Chipmunks that wel...
2008-02-08 19:40 < justlee> oh!
2008-02-08 19:40 < justlee> yeah
2008-02-08 19:40 < CharlotteWebb> alvin, cimon, and theodore
2008-02-08 19:40 < justlee> she was great too
2008-02-08 19:40 < White_Cat> Mike_H what is it?
2008-02-08 19:40 < Mike_H> justlee: She was the secretary
2008-02-08 19:40 < justlee> I had a boss that looked a lot like her
2008-02-08 19:40 < Mike_H> on Bob Newhart's show
2008-02-08 19:40 < justlee> yes
2008-02-08 19:41 < sean_black> heh, Richard Kiel, awesome
2008-02-08 19:42 < Mike_H> justlee: I also liked Debralee Scott
2008-02-08 19:42 < Mike_H> but she alternated
2008-02-08 19:42 < Mike_H> between seat 4 and 6
2008-02-08 19:43 < justlee> i think that is partly where I developed my sense of humor
2008-02-08 19:43 < Mike_H> justlee: Dumb Dora was so dumb
2008-02-08 19:44 < justlee> How dumb was she?
2008-02-08 19:44 < Mike_H> She was so dumb she put a dime into what she thought was the phone
2008-02-08 19:44 < Mike_H> and a ______ popped out.
2008-02-08 19:45 < CharlotteWebb> gumball?
2008-02-08 19:45 < justlee> tampon
2008-02-08 19:45 < Mike_H> justlee: Haha, Richard Dawson would say that
2008-02-08 19:45 < Mike_H> or use a euphemism
2008-02-08 19:45 < Mike_H> "lady fresh product"
2008-02-08 19:45 < sean_black> haha
2008-02-08 19:46 < Mike_H> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d75-arI8Jr4
2008-02-08 19:46 < cimon> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_Knowledge_%28Australia%29
2008-02-08 19:46 < Mike_H> Oh, I liked this episode
2008-02-08 19:46 < Mike_H> where the puppets from Kukla, Fran and Ollie came on
2008-02-08 19:46 < cimon> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_Life%2C_Bahrain
2008-02-08 19:47 < justlee> my grandmother's name was wanda
2008-02-08 19:48 < justlee> and she did not have much of a sense of humor
2008-02-08 19:48 < cimon> "The source of water for this tree still remains a mystery, because it stands in a place completely free of water whatsoever."
2008-02-08 19:48 < Mike_H> Do they still sell St. Mary's bedsheets?
2008-02-08 19:48 < Mike_H> like at Westpoint Stevens factory outlets maybe
2008-02-08 19:48 < cimon> I am betting the story is something like arbre du tenerere
2008-02-08 19:49 < Mike_H> justlee: Ever wonder when they do those Friday end of the Week reveal of the celebrities who'll appear next week. We'll here we have the Friday episode from Match Game '76 copied off the Studio Master recording before the tape was even edited. Watch why they had to do it twice.
2008-02-08 19:49 < Mike_H> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_TLjdm5rlw
2008-02-08 19:49 * danopia notes that this channel is filled with randomness
2008-02-08 19:50 < Mike_H> duly noted.
2008-02-08 19:50 < Mike_H> oh, wow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExIlcX2T5_E
2008-02-08 19:50 < Mike_H> That address still exists.
2008-02-08 19:51 < Mike_H> I'm pretty sure it's the Price is Right lot now.
2008-02-08 19:52 < Mike_H> CBS Television City is a television studio located in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles' West Side at 7800 Beverly Boulevard, at the corner of Beverly and Fairfax Avenue. It is one of two CBS studios in the area?the other is CBS Studio Center, located in the Studio City section of the San Fernando Valley.
2008-02-08 19:52 < cimon> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Garden-eden.jpg - too bad nobody has tagged that plaque with OR
2008-02-08 19:52 < NotACow> MOO
2008-02-08 19:52 < kyorosuke> there's another one somewhere called Century City, as I recall, but that might be another network...?
2008-02-08 19:53 < Mike_H> kyorosuke: I believe Century City is ABC
2008-02-08 19:53 < kyorosuke> ah
2008-02-08 19:53 < Mike_H> kyorosuke: the Century City article says
2008-02-08 19:53 < Mike_H> For many years it was home to the ABC Entertainment Center, which housed network operations for the ABC Television Network and the Shubert Theatre. They were demolished in 2004.
2008-02-08 19:54 < DragonFire1024> anyone interested
2008-02-08 19:54 < NotACow> DragonFire1024: no
2008-02-08 19:54 < kyorosuke> mm
2008-02-08 19:54 < cimon> Mike_H: does that unedited footage include a wardrobe malfunction or something of the like?
2008-02-08 19:54 < DragonFire1024> we are interviewing Walter Cronkite
2008-02-08 19:54 < DragonFire1024> and Mark Bunker of XenuTV
2008-02-08 19:54 < CharlotteWebb> he's still alive?
2008-02-08 19:54 < NotACow> DragonFire1024: will it be ironic?
2008-02-08 19:54 < Mike_H> cimon: What, the end of the week thing? No, it just says who is on the next week's shows.
2008-02-08 19:54 < NotACow> DragonFire1024: mark bunker is still around?
2008-02-08 19:54 < DragonFire1024> both interesting topics everyone would be interested in :)
2008-02-08 19:54 < NotACow> he's a bit crazy.
2008-02-08 19:54 < NotACow> i haven't talked to mark in *ages*
2008-02-08 19:55 < DragonFire1024> :)
2008-02-08 19:55 < DragonFire1024> IRC interview
2008-02-08 19:55 < cimon> DragonFire1024: do you know who is the only one to get Cronkite to totally lose his composure?
2008-02-08 19:59 < NotACow> tell him i say hi
2008-02-08 19:59 < DragonFire1024> date TBA
2008-02-08 19:59 < kyorosuke> http://imdb.com/title/tt0377153/ <-- this is a different Century City
2008-02-08 19:59 < DragonFire1024> cimon: who?
2008-02-08 19:59 < cimon> DragonFire1024: Robert A. Heinlein...
2008-02-08 19:59 * Gracenotes is writing to a college to say they're too expensive for him, even though they accepted him
2008-02-08 19:59 < Gracenotes> fun :)
2008-02-08 19:59 < cimon> Heinlein said women would go to space, and Cronkite lost his cookies...
2008-02-08 19:59 < Paine> Hmm
2008-02-08 19:59 < DragonFire1024> lol
2008-02-08 19:59 < Paine> TPB is down?
2008-02-08 19:59 < OverlordQ> seems to be
2008-02-08 19:59 < cimon> DragonFire1024: I am not sure if it is a fair question or that relevant, but personally I would be curious to know if the space shuttle and all that has made Cronkite change his mind...
2008-02-08 19:59 < Leslie_lap> Gracenotes heh, i just totally ditched the school when that happened to me ;/
2008-02-08 19:59 < Leslie_lap> Gracenotes never said a word to them
2008-02-08 19:59 < DragonFire1024> cimon: ask :)
2008-02-08 19:59 < cimon> DragonFire1024: this was on the broadcast from coverage of Apollo 11 landing... iirc
2008-02-08 19:59 < DragonFire1024> cimon: http://tinyurl.com/3bfar9
2008-02-08 19:59 < NotACow> cimon: change his mind about what?
2008-02-08 19:59 < Leslie_lap> why are people sexist anyway? wtf is the difference between men and women?
2008-02-08 19:59 < Gracenotes> Leslie_lap: well, I applied to this place Early Decision, with the condition in mind that if I couldn't afford it, I'd still turn it down
2008-02-08 19:59 < NotACow> women smell better
2008-02-08 19:59 < cimon> NotACow: about women in space...
2008-02-08 19:59 < The359> Women are stupid
2008-02-08 19:59 < The359> Obviously
2008-02-08 19:59 < DragonFire1024> I wouls ask :)
2008-02-08 19:59 < Gracenotes> Leslie_lap: I'm pretty sure there are differences between men and women, but I forgot what they are...
2008-02-08 19:59 < Gracenotes> :>
2008-02-08 19:59 < justlee> men are silly
2008-02-08 19:59 < cimon> women fit better into space capsules...
2008-02-08 19:59 < The359> The difference is who can leave the kitchen
2008-02-08 19:59 < NotACow> i seem to recall that the long-term effects of zero-g are more severe for women
2008-02-08 19:59 < TheWeasel> Men can't, at least not until there are more steaks.
2008-02-08 19:59 < TheWeasel> *no more
2008-02-08 20:00 < DragonFire1024> and here is the Bunker page: ask away :) http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Story_preparation/Wikinews_interviews_Mark_Bunker%2C_producer_of_anti-Scientology_website_%27XenuTV%27
2008-02-08 20:00 < cimon> DragonFire1024: why did you tinyurl me to that scientology interview?
2008-02-08 20:01 < Gracenotes> hm, I wish I had little buttons to put ndash, mdash, larr, and rarr in my clipboard.
2008-02-08 20:01 < DragonFire1024> hhmm
2008-02-08 20:01 < DragonFire1024> cimon
2008-02-08 20:01 < DragonFire1024> was not supposed to be
2008-02-08 20:01 < Gracenotes> would make it much more convenient...
2008-02-08 20:01 < cimon> okay
2008-02-08 20:01 < cimon> I have zero intrest in CoS
2008-02-08 20:01 < DragonFire1024> cimon: http://tinyurl.com/3akeza
2008-02-08 20:01 < DragonFire1024> :)
2008-02-08 20:01 < DragonFire1024> sorry
2008-02-08 20:02 * NotACow has negative interest in scientology
2008-02-08 20:02 < NotACow> DragonFire1024: stop using tinyurl. everyone knows that every tinyurl is goatse.cx or lemonparty.
2008-02-08 20:02 < zvook> moreschi wuz lookin' fer you, digwuren
2008-02-08 20:03 < Leslie_lap> NotACow or 2girls1cup
2008-02-08 20:03 < DragonFire1024> ?
2008-02-08 20:03 < DragonFire1024> a what?
2008-02-08 20:03 * Arwen has yet to see any of those.
2008-02-08 20:03 < DragonFire1024> oh
2008-02-08 20:03 < DragonFire1024> sorry
2008-02-08 20:03 < Leslie_lap> youve never heard of 2girls1cup?
2008-02-08 20:03 < Arwen> incidentally, there really needs to be a dialup-friendly shock site.
2008-02-08 20:03 < DragonFire1024> never thought about that
2008-02-08 20:04 < Arwen> increase your possible target range
2008-02-08 20:04 < Leslie_lap> Arwen: LMOS, but it isnt technically a shock site
2008-02-08 20:04 < The359> who uses dialup anymore?
2008-02-08 20:04 < Gracenotes> Arwen: what about goatse?
2008-02-08 20:05 < Gracenotes> that's reasonably dial-up friendly
2008-02-08 20:05 < Gracenotes> I mean, it's just an image.
2008-02-08 20:05 < Arwen> yeah, that's the only one somewhat dial-up accessible I can think of
2008-02-08 20:05 < Arwen> but even then, they can anticipate it and leave
2008-02-08 20:06 < kyorosuke> the flash ones, with the "turn up your speakers" or what have you, probably lose a lot of impact on weaker connections
2008-02-08 20:06 < Leslie_lap> Arwen: well, what you do is break into their house at night and stick an lmos floppy in the drive
2008-02-08 20:07 < Leslie_lap> next time they reboot....heheh.
2008-02-08 20:08 < Arwen> hehe
2008-02-08 20:08 < Arwen> (goatse rescue floppy)
2008-02-08 20:09 < White_Cat> The359 dialup is no longer used in the west
2008-02-08 20:09 < White_Cat> BUT
2008-02-08 20:09 < White_Cat> GPRS bw is used instead
2008-02-08 20:09 < White_Cat> which is the same as 56k
2008-02-08 20:09 < White_Cat> speedwis
2008-02-08 20:09 < White_Cat> e
2008-02-08 20:09 < The359> wut?
2008-02-08 20:10 < White_Cat> GPRS is cell phone internet
2008-02-08 20:10 < Leslie_lap> gprs is that slow? :/
2008-02-08 20:10 < Arwen> I still see dial-up everywhere actually.
2008-02-08 20:10 < Arwen> Leslie_lap, as far as latency goes, it's worse iirc
2008-02-08 20:10 < danopia> i use dialup over my cell phone
2008-02-08 20:10 < Leslie_lap> There's actually a free dialup provider in my area.
2008-02-08 20:11 < Leslie_lap> It's kinda neat that someones trying it again.
2008-02-08 20:11 < danopia> my cell phone is acutally a data modem
2008-02-08 20:11 < danopia> so i can instal AOL or w/e (note, i'm NOT an "aol user" per say) and use the internet in hte car
2008-02-08 20:11 < danopia> btw i make a lot of typos :/
2008-02-08 20:12 * kmccoy uses dialup at his home.
2008-02-08 20:12 * kmccoy is using some sort of Sprint wireless connection here.
2008-02-08 20:12 < danopia> i use broadband at home
2008-02-08 20:13 < danopia> have you ever tried remote desktop over a cell phone dialup? :O
2008-02-08 20:13 < Leslie_lap> aol broadband?
2008-02-08 20:13 < Leslie_lap> by the way, WTF is with aol broadband?
2008-02-08 20:13 < danopia> aol has broadband?
2008-02-08 20:13 < kmccoy> This Sprint thing is pretty fast, it seems.
2008-02-08 20:13 < Brian_M> Any admins here?
2008-02-08 20:13 < Leslie_lap> danopia sort of. its broadband from the local provider rebranded as aol, with aol crap piled ontop.
2008-02-08 20:13 < Leslie_lap> danopia which means that its...absolutely useless and silly.
2008-02-08 20:13 < danopia> Leslie_lap, sounds like it's 100% AOL
2008-02-08 20:14 < danopia> do you still need to use hte AOL nrowser for best results?
2008-02-08 20:14 < danopia> browser*
2008-02-08 20:14 < Leslie_lap> i ddunno
2008-02-08 20:14 < Leslie_lap> i stay the hell away from that crap
2008-02-08 20:14 < danopia> same
2008-02-08 20:14 < danopia> even when dialup was the norm, i dind't use AOL
2008-02-08 20:14 * kmccoy nudges Mike_H
2008-02-08 20:16 * danopia is improving his ability on making everyone in a channel go quiet at the same time
2008-02-08 20:18 < Gracenotes> danopia: needs a bit more work
2008-02-08 20:18 < Gracenotes> but you're on your way there
2008-02-08 20:18 < danopia> i was almost at my record of 4 minutes
2008-02-08 20:18 < danopia> :/
2008-02-08 20:18 < Gracenotes> It's more of an amateur hobby, right?
2008-02-08 20:18 < danopia> yea
2008-02-08 20:18 < danopia> but i'm not an amateur :P
2008-02-08 20:19 < kyorosuke> I don't think "being boring" can be parlayed into a professional career
2008-02-08 20:19 < danopia> yes, lawyers write those EULA and you saying those arne' boring/
2008-02-08 20:21 * kmccoy nudges Mike_H again.
2008-02-08 20:21 * danopia restarts his stopwatch
2008-02-08 20:23 < kmccoy> Hm.
2008-02-08 20:25 < TheWeasel> Maybe in accountancy?
2008-02-08 20:28 < cimon> hmm. Citizendium boasts over five million words... Do they really want to advertise that figure, considering that wikipedia has more than that number of articles, rather than words...
2008-02-08 20:29 < The359> it's about quality, not quantity
2008-02-08 20:29 < Leslie_lap> cimon ROFL
2008-02-08 20:29 < Leslie_lap> i have to agree with The359 for a change though.
2008-02-08 20:29 < Gracenotes> cimon: but a hundred of Wikipedia's words are worth, say, one Citizendium word.
2008-02-08 20:29 < Gracenotes> I don't know the exact exchange rate, of course.
2008-02-08 20:29 < Leslie_lap> How long has citizendium been around now anyway?
2008-02-08 20:30 < ehird`_> I have a question. would (void *)0 be considered an inappropriate username?
2008-02-08 20:30 < ehird`_> :P
2008-02-08 20:30 < Gracenotes> ehird`_: ewwwwww
2008-02-08 20:30 < ehird`_> Gracenotes: :D
2008-02-08 20:30 < Gracenotes> block! block! block!
2008-02-08 20:30 < ehird`_> haha, aww. :)
2008-02-08 20:30 < cimon> well, citizendium quality is uneven at best..
2008-02-08 20:30 < Leslie_lap> cimon for example?
2008-02-08 20:31 < ehird`_> hah, i decided to register the fisrt captcha that appeared
2008-02-08 20:31 < ehird`_> it was already done
2008-02-08 20:31 < Leslie_lap> ehird`_ what was the captcha?
2008-02-08 20:31 < Gracenotes> It takes 40 uses of the word "the" in Wikipedia to impress the reader as much as 3 uses of "the" in Citizendium. Fact.
2008-02-08 20:32 < ehird`_> Leslie_lap: panelequal
2008-02-08 20:32 < ehird`_> plainview is also taken
2008-02-08 20:32 < Leslie_lap> ehird`_ lol.
2008-02-08 20:32 < ehird`_> ditto emptywords
2008-02-08 20:32 < ehird`_> are they all reserved? :P
2008-02-08 20:32 < Leslie_lap> maybe they are
2008-02-08 20:32 < ehird`_> wheelblood too.
2008-02-08 20:32 < Leslie_lap> i could see plainview being taken though, since thats two words that might actually be used together like that. but panelequal? heh!
2008-02-08 20:32 < arcimboldo_> Are there any finished articles on Citizendium? A sample of 10 random articles consists of draft ones only.
2008-02-08 20:33 < ehird`_> woot
2008-02-08 20:33 < ehird`_> 'tubepoint'
2008-02-08 20:33 < ehird`_> xD
2008-02-08 20:33 < Leslie_lap> ehird`_ have you tried just using two random words together?
2008-02-08 20:34 < brown_cat> O_O
2008-02-08 20:34 < ehird`_> Leslie_lap: No -- I want a captcha. :-P