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2008-02-10 19:17 < Cyrius> which politician are you summarizing?
2008-02-10 19:17 < zero1328> you have to ask?
2008-02-10 19:17 < Cyrius> um, yes
2008-02-10 19:17 < Cyrius> there's so many
2008-02-10 19:18 < CharlotteWebb> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chickens&diff=190500535&oldid=124577363
2008-02-10 19:18 < CharlotteWebb> o.O
2008-02-10 19:18 < Lubaf> Cyrius: Given my last line was a paraphrase of Simon and Garfunkel, it should be obvious!
2008-02-10 19:18 < Lubaf> Hillary Clinton, of course.
2008-02-10 19:18 < Cyrius> CharlotteWebb: http://www.everytopicintheuniverseexceptchickens.com/
2008-02-10 19:19 < Lubaf> Seriously, I'm listening to The Boxer, which is surprisingly epic in the chorus.
2008-02-10 19:20 < CharlotteWebb> lie la lie lie la lie lie lie lie lie la la lie lie lie
2008-02-10 19:20 < CharlotteWebb> that one
2008-02-10 19:21 < Lubaf> CharlotteWebb: Yes.
2008-02-10 19:21 < CharlotteWebb> i think maybe the song is about lying
2008-02-10 19:22 < Lubaf> CharlotteWebb: Nah, that's just the "Nah nahs" that fit the music.
2008-02-10 19:22 < Lubaf> Lyrical filler, in other words.
2008-02-10 19:23 < Mike_H> arcimboldo_: Are you awake?
2008-02-10 19:23 < CharlotteWebb> sha la la la la la la uh huh
2008-02-10 19:23 < CharlotteWebb> skibbity bee bop
2008-02-10 19:24 < CharlotteWebb> Cyrius is this an old joke then
2008-02-10 19:24 < Cyrius> CharlotteWebb: over a year old, yes
2008-02-10 19:27 < Cyrius> originated with http://www.qwantz.com/archive/000879.html
2008-02-10 19:28 < CharlotteWebb> how very odd
2008-02-10 19:29 < gwern> Cyrius: we had problems with [[Chicken]] and [[Dinosaur Comics]] because of North's little jokes
2008-02-10 19:29 < gwern> but we love North anyway - that adorable scamp!
2008-02-10 19:32 < Pilotguy_aw> GO TAR HEELS!!!!
2008-02-10 19:32 < shimgray> gwern: if only Real Jimbo Wales brought cupcakes
2008-02-10 19:33 < gwern> shimgray: maybe the raccoons and squids next door could make some
2008-02-10 19:33 < shimgray> mmmm, squidalicious
2008-02-10 19:34 < Mike_H> Arson suspected in Namdaemun gate fire in Seoul
2008-02-10 19:34 < Mike_H> Namdaemun Gate, one of South Korea's most iconic landmarks, caught fire Sunday night, with the police believing the blaze was a case of arson.
2008-02-10 19:34 < Mike_H> ā Full story
2008-02-10 19:35 < gwern> 'we put our minds to it and learned english t-rex. would you like to sleep over? we just want to touch you t-rex'
2008-02-10 19:35 < gwern> https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Image:Korea-Seoul-Namdaemun-Sungnyemun-03.jpg <-- purty
2008-02-10 19:36 < shimgray> hey!
2008-02-10 19:36 < shimgray> when did we get pre-filled text on the deletion forms?
2008-02-10 19:37 < gwern> not any time I remember, although I used to have a script which copied speedy and prod reasons into the deletion form
2008-02-10 19:37 < CharlotteWebb> something odd about the photo or camera makes it look like a painting
2008-02-10 19:37 < Mike_H> gwern: not purty anymore
2008-02-10 19:38 < Mike_H> all that's left is the brick :(
2008-02-10 19:38 < CharlotteWebb> can't put a finger on it
2008-02-10 19:38 < shimgray> CharlotteWebb: have you seen the SS America photo?
2008-02-10 19:39 < shimgray> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:8_-_AmStar_7.JPG - *really* looks painted, it's impressive.
2008-02-10 19:39 < gwern> Mike_H: ln pls
2008-02-10 19:39 < gwern> CharlotteWebb: I think it's the angles - it seems pretty wide to me
2008-02-10 19:40 < gwern> shimgray: I was very impressed byt that one. I wondered if the guy used hdr, but I reflected that the entire image seemsed pretty blue and white and unneeding of hdr
2008-02-10 19:41 < shimgray> it'd be mentioned somewhere if he did, surely?
2008-02-10 19:42 < shimgray> I wonder if it's a very slight focal shift that's giving the muted effect
2008-02-10 19:42 < gwern> 'From time-to-time, on regular Wikipedia, there are bizarre random errors. They usually go away, but still, an organization with well over a million dollars (if not several million) ought to be able to keep a clean database, with more than "one great tech guy" who never sleeps. Brion, as I understand it, is like the Greek god, Atlas, holding up Wikipedia on his back, while there are tons of people that aren't apparently pulling their ...
2008-02-10 19:42 < gwern> ... weight or are basically resting on Brion's back.'
2008-02-10 19:43 < shimgray> I was quite impressed today - I went to write to a website about a database error, and by the time I'd taken a screenshot to put in the mail it had been fixed
2008-02-10 19:50 < MrZ-man> gwern: he didn't do a lot of research before posting that
2008-02-10 19:52 < gwern> [[The Great Stink]]
2008-02-10 19:52 < gwern> MrZ-man: pardon?
2008-02-10 19:52 < MrZ-man> Zenwhat, before posting that silliness to the village pump
2008-02-10 19:53 < MrZ-man> I think we have 4 paid tech people, only one of which is in the same state as most of the servers
2008-02-10 19:53 < gwern> ah. yes, it was bad timing on his part
2008-02-10 19:53 < MrZ-man> and the database is "clean" whatever that means
2008-02-10 19:54 < gwern> ...obama is now a grammy award winner?
2008-02-10 19:54 < gwern> wut
2008-02-10 19:55 < gwern> 'Not to be outdone by Obama, Hillary Clinton won the spoken word prize in 1997, while she was still first lady, for her book "It Takes a Village."'
2008-02-10 19:55 < gwern> 'Obama on Sunday won the spoken word Grammy for the audiobook version of his blockbuster tome "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream." It marked his second statuette, following a win in 2006 for "Dreams From My Father," an audiobook for a memoir first published in 1995.'
2008-02-10 19:56 < shimgray> "Dreams" is quite interesting. It's v. rare to discover a politician's memoirs written long before they were a politician.
2008-02-10 19:56 < arcimboldo_> Mike_H: I am awake - but I'm about to leave
2008-02-10 19:57 < gwern> shimgray: yeah. in that, obama joins a long line of great politicians, such as lenin, hitler, mao...
2008-02-10 19:58 < shimgray> A cheering thought, I'm sure you'll agree.
2008-02-10 19:58 < comperr> http://calum.org/posts/the-wikipedia-game -- lol
2008-02-10 19:58 * Ceiling_Cat returns
2008-02-10 19:59 < shimgray> Still, it's politically handy for him. It's not like anyone can publish a story saying "It has been revealed that the Democratic frontrunner took drugs as a youth"
2008-02-10 19:59 < gwern> shimgray: yes. say what you will about lenin &etc, they got things done!
2008-02-10 19:59 < gwern> mussolini made the trains run on time! (and shot the conductors who failed him :)
2008-02-10 20:00 < shimgray> I was really sad to discover that wasn't even true
2008-02-10 20:00 < zero1328> ..<.< anyone up for some cat stiry-fry or something?
2008-02-10 20:01 < shimgray> Raul, we only need at most three of you
2008-02-10 20:01 < Space_Cat> :(
2008-02-10 20:01 * Huggly_Cat is feeling unloved
2008-02-10 20:02 < gwern> Huggly_Cat: as you should
2008-02-10 20:02 * MrZ-man huggles Huggly_Cat
2008-02-10 20:02 < gwern> ...how do you even do that anyway, multiple clients?
2008-02-10 20:02 < gwern> *multiple programs
2008-02-10 20:03 < Tree_Cat> multiple instances of the same program
2008-02-10 20:03 * Not_the_NSA huggles LOUD_CAT Huggly_Cat Emo_Cat LOUD_CAT The359 LOUDER_CAT EVEN_LOUDER_CAT Roof_Cat Tree_Cat Sky_Cat and Space_Cat
2008-02-10 20:03 < MrZ-man_> split personalities
2008-02-10 20:03 < MrZ-man> that always helps
2008-02-10 20:03 < gwern> Tree_Cat: how inelegant
2008-02-10 20:03 < Sky_Cat> yet deliciously functional
2008-02-10 20:03 < gwern> Sky_Cat: that's not functional at all. it's hideiously side-effectful and non-referentially transparent
2008-02-10 20:04 * facehuggle_cat shrugs and facehuggles gwern
2008-02-10 20:04 * MrZ-man_ waves to MrZ-man
2008-02-10 20:04 * MrZ-man waves back
2008-02-10 20:04 * MrZ-man is pinging himself
2008-02-10 20:05 * Ceiling_Cat watches MrZ-man "ping" himself
2008-02-10 20:05 < Krimpet> sure are a lot of wikicats in here
2008-02-10 20:05 * CharlotteWebb is hating rabid mergists more and more
2008-02-10 20:05 < gwern> facehuggle_cat: quite aside from the wasted resources! it's practically dysfunctional
2008-02-10 20:05 < CharlotteWebb> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Something_in_the_Way&diff=185300346&oldid=178978965
2008-02-10 20:06 * MrZ-cat pings Ceiling_Cat
2008-02-10 20:06 * Not_the_NSA huggles LOUD_CAT Huggly_Cat Emo_Cat LOUD_CAT The359 LOUDER_CAT EVEN_LOUDER_CAT Roof_Cat Tree_Cat Sky_Cat Space_Cat Attic_Cat and Galaxy_Cat
2008-02-10 20:06 * Not_the_NSA wonders why on earth raul is socking so much
2008-02-10 20:07 * Not_the_NSA asks LOUD_CAT Huggly_Cat Emo_Cat LOUD_CAT The359 LOUDER_CAT EVEN_LOUDER_CAT Roof_Cat Tree_Cat Sky_Cat Space_Cat Attic_Cat and Galaxy_Cat
2008-02-10 20:07 * MrZ-cat huggles Not_the_NSA
2008-02-10 20:07 * MrZ-man huggles Not_the_NSA
2008-02-10 20:07 * NSA_Cat huggles MrZ-cat
2008-02-10 20:07 * NSA_Cat huggles MrZ-man
2008-02-10 20:07 < MrZ-man> :O
2008-02-10 20:09 * Galaxy_Cat watches Space_Cat watch Sky_Cat watch Tree_Cat watch Roof_Cat watch Attic_Cat watch Ceiling_Cat watch you masturbate
2008-02-10 20:10 < NSA_Cat> XD
2008-02-10 20:13 < Ceiling_Cat> woohoo!
2008-02-10 20:13 < Ceiling_Cat> Another successful submission using the photo submission queue
2008-02-10 20:13 < Ceiling_Cat> [[Remy Ryan]] this time
2008-02-10 20:13 < shimgray> what's our success rate like with that now?
2008-02-10 20:14 < Ceiling_Cat> something like 50%
2008-02-10 20:14 * LuciferTiger watches Ceiling_Cat fall off the ceiling half the time.
2008-02-10 20:15 < Ceiling_Cat> it's their fault, not mine
2008-02-10 20:15 < Ceiling_Cat> the directions clearly say "MAKE SURE TO SPECIFY A LIECNSE. WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND THE CC-BY_SA" (with link)
2008-02-10 20:15 < Dodde> Anyone know if Wikimedia has a list of all language codes it is using for various sites, and what codes it is planning to use for new languages who wants to start and new wikimedia-site?
2008-02-10 20:15 < Ceiling_Cat> and yet, somehow people do not
2008-02-10 20:15 < Ceiling_Cat> Dodde - we use ISO language abbreviations
2008-02-10 20:16 < Ceiling_Cat> http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php
2008-02-10 20:16 < MrZ-man> I'm dealing with an article subject that provided us with a photo for her article
2008-02-10 20:16 < MrZ-man> I've asked twice now for a license for the photo
2008-02-10 20:16 < Krimpet> Ceiling_Cat: oh jesus, they actually have one for klingon in there? -_-
2008-02-10 20:16 < Ceiling_Cat> specifically, the ISO 639-1 Code
2008-02-10 20:16 < Ceiling_Cat> Yes, they do
2008-02-10 20:16 < MrZ-man> have not gotten one
2008-02-10 20:17 < Ceiling_Cat> Tlh
2008-02-10 20:17 < Ceiling_Cat> for til'ingin Hol
2008-02-10 20:17 * Krimpet only wonders... why?
2008-02-10 20:17 < Ceiling_Cat> see [[Klingon language]]
2008-02-10 20:18 < Ceiling_Cat> Krimpet - because someone is going to have to be a code talker during the next world war
2008-02-10 20:18 < Ceiling_Cat> we used commanche during WWII
2008-02-10 20:18 < Ceiling_Cat> WWI*
2008-02-10 20:18 < Ceiling_Cat> and Navajo during WWII
2008-02-10 20:19 < Ceiling_Cat> next time it'll be klingon
2008-02-10 20:19 < Dodde> Ceiling_Cat: ok 639-1 if that language exists in that iso... what if it's not?
2008-02-10 20:19 < MrZ-man> [[Klingon Language Institute]]
2008-02-10 20:19 < Ceiling_Cat> or - if Jamesday is any indication - possibly english with a heavy scottish accent
2008-02-10 20:19 * Ceiling_Cat could not decipher a thing he said
2008-02-10 20:19 < FastLizard4> MrZ-man: What the hell is that?
2008-02-10 20:19 < MrZ-man> The Klingon Language Institute (KLI) is an independent organization located in Pennsylvania, USA. Its goal is to promote the Klingon language and culture.
2008-02-10 20:20 < Ceiling_Cat> Dodde - probably iso 639-2, if I had to guess
2008-02-10 20:20 < FastLizard4> O...k
2008-02-10 20:20 < MrZ-man> http://www.kli.org/
2008-02-10 20:20 * Ceiling_Cat orders a copy of Hamlet in the original klingonm
2008-02-10 20:20 < Dtobias> In Star Trek, The Original Series, the Klingons looked like normal humans and usually spoke English.
2008-02-10 20:20 * facehuggle_cat facehuggles MrZ-man
2008-02-10 20:20 < MrZ-man> The Klingon Language Institute is a nonprofit 501(c)3 corporation and exists to facilitate the scholarly exploration of the Klingon language and culture.
2008-02-10 20:20 * Enterprise_Cat stares at facehuggle_cat
2008-02-10 20:20 < facehuggle_cat> Dtobias - they retconned that one in the 4th season of Star Trek Enterprise
2008-02-10 20:22 < Galaxy_Cat> [[Remy Ryan]] now has a pic
2008-02-10 20:22 < Galaxy_Cat> (note: she's fairly hot)
2008-02-10 20:22 < Enterprise_Cat> zOMG so many cats!
2008-02-10 20:22 < EVEN_LOUDER_CAT> ENTERPRISE_CAT - WHAT ARE WE TO DO?
2008-02-10 20:22 < LuciferTiger> Enterprise_Cat: join #wikipedia-cats
2008-02-10 20:22 < Dtobias> I remarked about the cats yesterday.
2008-02-10 20:22 < ArM-> AMON-RA ppl!
2008-02-10 20:23 < Dtobias> I still don't know what the deal about cats is around here... is it some metaphor about herding cats?
2008-02-10 20:23 < MrZ-man> Dtobias: well about half are the same person
2008-02-10 20:23 < LuciferTiger> EVEN_LOUDER_CAT: STFU
2008-02-10 20:23 < shimgray> gwern: wrt your email, I think you've misread the legal thing
2008-02-10 20:23 < Dtobias> MrZ-man: ZOMG! SOCKPUPPETRY! Get out the banhammer!
2008-02-10 20:24 < shimgray> it translates to me as "we're not likely to lose any that matter, and if we do they'll not really cost us anything"
2008-02-10 20:24 < Gracenotes> /who *Raul654*
2008-02-10 20:24 < Gracenotes> :<
2008-02-10 20:24 < shimgray> ie, there's nothing put aside because they don't matter, not the other way around
2008-02-10 20:24 < Gracenotes> oh dear
2008-02-10 20:24 < Enterprise_Cat> Oh my
2008-02-10 20:25 < Enterprise_Cat> 14 Raul654 socks
2008-02-10 20:25 * Sky_Cat nods
2008-02-10 20:25 < gwern> shimgray: which is why I ask for calrification
2008-02-10 20:25 < MrZ-cat> Dtobias: Sock puppetry?? Where?
2008-02-10 20:26 < Enterprise_Cat> MrZ-cat: /who *Raul654*
2008-02-10 20:26 < Sky_Cat> The difference is that sockpuppetry in this channel is allowed, if it's done in good humor
2008-02-10 20:26 < Dp67> I hate to think how many users would come up in a clone scan.
2008-02-10 20:27 < Huggly_Cat> oh, that reminds me
2008-02-10 20:27 < Huggly_Cat> are there any wikinewsies around?
2008-02-10 20:27 < MrZ-man> Mike_H
2008-02-10 20:27 < Enterprise_Cat> #wikinews
2008-02-10 20:27 < Enterprise_Cat> ?
2008-02-10 20:27 < Huggly_Cat> we just got a submission for wikinews in the photo submission queue
2008-02-10 20:27 < Enterprise_Cat> Noes, moar cats!
2008-02-10 20:28 < CharlotteWebb> pfft what consensus
2008-02-10 20:28 < CharlotteWebb> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Something_in_the_Way&diff=190513326&oldid=190510914
2008-02-10 20:28 < Arm-eye> do you want to read the revelation?
2008-02-10 20:29 < Arm-eye> it involves biblical figures
2008-02-10 20:30 < Enterprise_Cat> MOAR CATS!
2008-02-10 20:31 < Lubaf> Ceiling_Cat: How's porn?
2008-02-10 20:31 < gwern> Lubaf: arousing
2008-02-10 20:31 < PeanutHorst> how could I request a lock on a userbox I created?
2008-02-10 20:31 < cimon> Good Moorning!!! #Wikipeeedia!!!
2008-02-10 20:31 < Lubaf> gwern: Ceiling_Cat watches people masturbate; it follows that he would be well aware of trends in the porn industry, if at one remove much of the time.
2008-02-10 20:32 < Enterprise_Cat> PeanutHorst: You don't
2008-02-10 20:32 < Enterprise_Cat> cimon: Hello
2008-02-10 20:32 < MrZ-man> morning cimon
2008-02-10 20:32 < MrZ-cat> morning cimon
2008-02-10 20:32 < gwern> Lubaf: well sure, how do you think he pays for his kibble and climbing gear? he consults
2008-02-10 20:32 < PeanutHorst> Enterprise_Cat: how do I let people know somehow that I don't intend the Userbox to be altered, and its layout is quite intentional?>
2008-02-10 20:32 < kibble> O_O
2008-02-10 20:32 * kibble got pinged by gwern
2008-02-10 20:32 < cimon> I lolled at that Wayne guy saying the US should declare victory and get out of dodge...
2008-02-10 20:32 < gwern> kibble: don't blame me! you chose that name
2008-02-10 20:33 < Huggly_Cat> hrm
2008-02-10 20:33 < Enterprise_Cat> PeanutHorst: See my example at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:FastLizard4/My_Userspace
2008-02-10 20:33 < Huggly_Cat> we just got a 29 picture submission on the OTRS queue
2008-02-10 20:33 < kibble> gwern: ;-)
2008-02-10 20:33 < PeanutHorst> Enterprise_Cat: but it DOESN'T employ intricate wikisyntax
2008-02-10 20:33 < Arm-eye> REVEL# Abraham who is associated with the Egyptian pharaoh Amenemhat I (translates: amen is the head) who worshiped the god Amun (Amen). the Abraham god then be associated with in the Abrahamic religions god as amun, amon, omon, amen and the deity aamon
2008-02-10 20:34 < gwern> kibble: don't wink at me. you are cruft, according to Dick
2008-02-10 20:34 < Enterprise_Cat> PeanutHorst: Yes it does
2008-02-10 20:34 < PeanutHorst> it's just that the picture is wider than usual because the logo is disproportionate
2008-02-10 20:34 < Enterprise_Cat> PeanutHorst: ParserFunctions are in that template :P
2008-02-10 20:34 < PeanutHorst> Enterprise_Cat: my userbox i mean
2008-02-10 20:34 < kibble> gwern: :-P
2008-02-10 20:34 < PeanutHorst> Enterprise_Cat: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:UBX/User_SXEmacs
2008-02-10 20:34 < Arm-eye> REVEL# Moses = Thutmose III
2008-02-10 20:34 < Enterprise_Cat> PeanutHorst: No, you don't use my template, you use it as an example and make your own
2008-02-10 20:34 < cimon> people could learn such a lot if they just studied my postings on alt.fan.heinlein
2008-02-10 20:35 < Arm-eye> REVEL# Thomas Judas Didymus = Alexander Helios
2008-02-10 20:35 < Enterprise_Cat> PeanutHorst: Second of all, by putting it in the UBX namespace (User:UBX/), you have released all rights to the public, and cannot per policy place a template such as the one I linked to on it
2008-02-10 20:35 < PeanutHorst> oh snap
2008-02-10 20:35 < Arm-eye> REVEL# David = Psusennes I
2008-02-10 20:35 < PeanutHorst> why did no-one tell me that
2008-02-10 20:35 < Arm-eye> REVEL# Solomon = Siamon I
2008-02-10 20:36 < PeanutHorst> can i at least leave a note that says "please consider your edits and whether they're worth the time" ? :p
2008-02-10 20:36 < Krimpet> PeanutHorst: you can move it back into your userspace if you'd like. WP:NOT#BUREAUCRACY :)
2008-02-10 20:36 < Arm-eye> REVEL# Mary Magdalene = Cleopatra Selene II
2008-02-10 20:36 < Arm-eye> FINALIZE REVELATIONEM
2008-02-10 20:36 * Enterprise_Cat jumps onto Krimpet's lap
2008-02-10 20:37 * Krimpet whacks Enterprise_Cat with a skillet.
2008-02-10 20:37 < Arm-eye> REVEL# JESUS = CAESARION, Ptolemy XV, King of Kings, Jesus, Isa
2008-02-10 20:37 * Enterprise_Cat bites Krimpet's ankle
2008-02-10 20:37 * privatemusings would like a slice of toasted cocunut bread
2008-02-10 20:38 < Enterprise_Cat> wth?
2008-02-10 20:38 < wimt> Cat efflux :-p
2008-02-10 20:38 < Ceiling_Cat> someone decided to make cat stir-fry
2008-02-10 20:38 < PeanutHorst> ... what the hell just happened?
2008-02-10 20:38 < Dp67> that cats eaten it
2008-02-10 20:38 < kibble> Ceiling_Cat: haha
2008-02-10 20:39 < Gracenotes> it must be the food supply
2008-02-10 20:39 < Ceiling_Cat> oh a more serious note
2008-02-10 20:39 < Ceiling_Cat> on*
2008-02-10 20:39 * Gracenotes suspects they were poisoned :(
2008-02-10 20:39 < Ceiling_Cat> I have some jpeg pixxxxxx here that render fine in firefox and adobe photoshop
2008-02-10 20:39 < Dp67> a cat net split
2008-02-10 20:39 < Ceiling_Cat> but windows picture viewer doesn't like them
2008-02-10 20:39 < Ceiling_Cat> is it possible they are not following the jpeg spec?
2008-02-10 20:40 < Lucifer_Cat> Enterprise_Cat: those were the phasers in action
2008-02-10 20:40 < Dodde> bah now I got a spam message on my talkpage... I haven't even edited wp today, and I always edit as Dodde [[User_talk:80.251.192.2]]
2008-02-10 20:40 < Dodde> (at least the page should say the ip is used by different users)
2008-02-10 20:41 * Enterprise_Cat attempts to conpensate for the cat efflux by calling in his sock
2008-02-10 20:41 < IceKarma> Ceiling_Cat, http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/02/10/funny-pictures-sees-no-evidence-of-celing-cat/
2008-02-10 20:41 * Ceiling_Cat lulz
2008-02-10 20:41 < Ceiling_Cat> that goes on my ceiling cat humor page
2008-02-10 20:42 * dungodung annihilates *cat
2008-02-10 20:42 < Ceiling_Cat> [[User:Ceiling Cat]]
2008-02-10 20:42 < Ceiling_Cat> (PS - I need a free ceiling cat image for that page)
2008-02-10 20:43 * FastKitty4 laughs manically
2008-02-10 20:43 * Enterprise_Cat laughs manically
2008-02-10 20:43 < Lubaf> http://youtube.com/watch?v=ONr5fl-0liQ <- A strange cover of a strange song.
2008-02-10 20:43 * privatemusings smiles manically but can't quite break into a laugh
2008-02-10 20:44 * Enterprise_Cat annihilates dungodung
2008-02-10 20:44 * FastKitty4 annihilates dungodung
2008-02-10 20:44 < CharlotteWebb> there is a guy trying to tell me that Nirvana's "Something in the Way" is not notable enough for an article
2008-02-10 20:44 < Ceiling_Cat> ok, I'm going to upload one image
2008-02-10 20:44 < Ceiling_Cat> can someone see if it works for them?
2008-02-10 20:44 < privatemusings> sure
2008-02-10 20:44 < Ceiling_Cat> if it does, I'll finish the rest
2008-02-10 20:45 * dungodung resurrects
2008-02-10 20:45 * FastKitty4 annihilates dungodung again
2008-02-10 20:45 * Enterprise_Cat annihilates dungodung again
2008-02-10 20:45 < Dp67> what an ultimate bastardization of a classic tune..
2008-02-10 20:45 * dungodung likes these felines not
2008-02-10 20:46 < Enterprise_Cat> Yay! <1 second lag time!
2008-02-10 20:46 < Ceiling_Cat> I really do need some help with this queue
2008-02-10 20:46 < NotACow> DEATH TO QUEUES
2008-02-10 20:46 < Ceiling_Cat> (Mental find: recruit more people)
2008-02-10 20:46 < ninja_cat> anonymous ftw!
2008-02-10 20:46 < ninja_cat> ok, who went to one of the scientology raids?
2008-02-10 20:46 < Ceiling_Cat> ninja_cat - that's what this is about
2008-02-10 20:46 < privatemusings> cue a queue helper....
2008-02-10 20:46 < ninja_cat> Ceiling_Cat: what's about?
2008-02-10 20:46 < Ceiling_Cat> someone just dropped 30 scientology protest pics into the photo submission queue
2008-02-10 20:46 < privatemusings> oh yeah - chanology..... did anything happen?
2008-02-10 20:47 < CharlotteWebb> dp67 would you care to help "assert notability" or whatever the correct term would be
2008-02-10 20:47 < ninja_cat> privatemusings: 10k+ people worldwide :)
2008-02-10 20:48 < privatemusings> that's pretty good - just looking at some of the pics now....
2008-02-10 20:48 < Ceiling_Cat> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:February_2008_Anti-Scientology_protest_01.jpg
2008-02-10 20:48 < Ceiling_Cat> does that image show up fine for everyone?
2008-02-10 20:48 < Ceiling_Cat> Windows media viewer doesn't like it
2008-02-10 20:48 < privatemusings> working in firefox (you knew that....)
2008-02-10 20:49 < ninja_cat> in london scientology got rick roll'ed and bell air'ed -_-
2008-02-10 20:49 < Dp67> assert notability?
2008-02-10 20:49 < privatemusings> certainly doesn't like it....
2008-02-10 20:49 < ninja_cat> there are some videos on youtube of it, pretty funny
2008-02-10 20:49 < Enterprise_Cat> Ceiling_Cat: I can see image
2008-02-10 20:50 < CharlotteWebb> well whatever might stop him from blanking it with a redirect to the album
2008-02-10 20:50 * Enterprise_Cat goes to make a cup of coffee
2008-02-10 20:50 < privatemusings> checking photoshop... and doing a 'save for web'.....
2008-02-10 20:51 < privatemusings> that fixes it....
2008-02-10 20:51 < privatemusings> is it a problem that picture viewer can't read it?
2008-02-10 20:51 < ninja_cat> http://www.altogetherdigital.com/20080210/anonymous-vs-scientology-strange-goings-on-in-london/
2008-02-10 20:52 < ArM-> REVEL# Image of Cleopatra Selene II / Mary MAgdalene http://z.about.com/d/architecture/1/7/_/i/Statue_of_Liberty_FREE_l.jpg
2008-02-10 20:53 < Enterprise_Cat> ArM-: Huh?
2008-02-10 20:53 < Ceiling_Cat> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:February_2008_Anti-Scientology_protest_06.jpg
2008-02-10 20:53 < Ceiling_Cat> I sorta like that one
2008-02-10 20:54 < privatemusings> i like the dude on the left checking out the poster
2008-02-10 20:54 < privatemusings> looks pleasantly disinterested...
2008-02-10 20:55 < privatemusings> plus the fact that the only words i can read on the placards are 'eaten alive - bugs'
2008-02-10 20:55 < Gracenotes> Ceiling_Cat: you can read the signs on 05
2008-02-10 20:55 < Gracenotes> and also get a view of the store
2008-02-10 20:55 < Gracenotes> /place of worship
2008-02-10 20:55 < Gracenotes> /whatever
2008-02-10 20:55 < privatemusings> where is that?
2008-02-10 20:55 < Gracenotes> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:February_2008_Anti-Scientology_protest_05.jpg
2008-02-10 20:56 < DannyLilithborne> robobabes on myspace need to die
2008-02-10 20:56 < privatemusings> just discovered this http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Raul654/gallery
2008-02-10 20:56 < privatemusings> someone's been very busy!!
2008-02-10 20:56 < privatemusings> great stuff.
2008-02-10 20:57 < ninja_cat> We are Anonymous. We are upset with your naughty religion. We will stand outside your church carrying plaquards telling you how upset we are. Then we will go home...and play xbox.
2008-02-10 20:57 < ninja_cat> lmao
2008-02-10 20:57 < Enterprise_Cat> 2 + 2 = 5!
2008-02-10 20:57 < ninja_cat> Enterprise_Cat: for large sums of two, yes
2008-02-10 20:57 < Ceiling_Cat> privatemusings - what do you think?
2008-02-10 20:58 < ninja_cat> also, when do I get my op status back, I miss that :(
2008-02-10 20:58 < Ceiling_Cat> :)
2008-02-10 20:58 < ninja_cat> I held the record for most bans for quite a while
2008-02-10 20:58 * Enterprise_Cat wonders if ninja_cat got the 1984 reference
2008-02-10 20:58 < Ceiling_Cat> privatemusings - oh wait, no, forget about that gallery
2008-02-10 20:58 < Ceiling_Cat> that's the one automatically generated by commonist
2008-02-10 20:58 < Ceiling_Cat> you should see my *big* one
2008-02-10 20:58 < ninja_cat> Enterprise_Cat: wasn't alive then :(
2008-02-10 20:58 < Ceiling_Cat> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Raul654/favpics <-- the *big* gallery
2008-02-10 20:58 < Enterprise_Cat> ninja_cat: OMG
2008-02-10 20:59 < privatemusings> where's kenneth williams when you need him?
2008-02-10 20:59 < Enterprise_Cat> ninja_cat: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four
2008-02-10 20:59 < Gracenotes> Enterprise_Cat: 2+2=5 is not specific to 1984, exactly...
2008-02-10 21:00 < Enterprise_Cat> Gracenotes: But that is where it originated
2008-02-10 21:00 < Ceiling_Cat> privatemusings - did you check out my big gallery?
2008-02-10 21:00 < privatemusings> where?
2008-02-10 21:00 < Ceiling_Cat> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Raul654/favpics
2008-02-10 21:00 < Crazytales> ERROR: Too many cats!
2008-02-10 21:00 < gwern> so, Winston Churchill once received a telegram from George Bernard Shaw, saying 'I've reserved you two tickets for the opening night of my play; come and bring a friend, if you have one'.
2008-02-10 21:00 < gwern> Churchill replied, 'Impossible to attend first night; shall attend second, if you have one'
2008-02-10 21:00 < gwern> (oh that witty winston!)
2008-02-10 21:01 < Ceiling_Cat> [[Image:MP-Panthera uncia6.jpg]] - ROOOOOAAAR!
2008-02-10 21:01 < privatemusings> i see some 'stralian pics...
2008-02-10 21:01 < privatemusings> oops - they're in 'taken by others'
2008-02-10 21:02 < privatemusings> (sounds like lost)
2008-02-10 21:02 < Ceiling_Cat> teeheee
2008-02-10 21:02 < Ceiling_Cat> yes, the "taken by others" gallery is the only one on that page that's not mine
2008-02-10 21:02 < privatemusings> except Liz's?
2008-02-10 21:03 < cimon> "Dr. Keyes won no states on Super Tuesday, and as of this writing has zero delegates."
2008-02-10 21:03 < Ceiling_Cat> oh yes, that was taken by my brothers' (now-ex) girlfriend
2008-02-10 21:03 < Ceiling_Cat> Jim F. Bleak was very helpful identifying those bird pics
2008-02-10 21:03 < Cyrius> alan keyes is running?
2008-02-10 21:04 < Ceiling_Cat> Cyrius - only in theory
2008-02-10 21:04 < Cyrius> even ron paul has delegates =O
2008-02-10 21:04 < Ceiling_Cat> Cyrius - see http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/UnNews:Journalists_discover_Republican_Alan_Keyes_is_running_for_president
2008-02-10 21:04 < Ceiling_Cat> that should help clear things up
2008-02-10 21:05 < Cyrius> Ceiling_Cat: roffle
2008-02-10 21:05 < Enterprise_Cat> heh
2008-02-10 21:05 < cimon> gwern: John Wilkes spanks winston every day of the week and twice on sundays for wittiness.
2008-02-10 21:08 < cimon> http://www.quazen.com/News/Alternative/Worlds-First-Surfing-Cat.80058 - Raul, is that you?
2008-02-10 21:09 < cimon> sorry this one is much better: http://www.quazen.com/News/Alternative/Worlds-First-Surfing-Cat.80058
2008-02-10 21:13 < Ceiling_Cat> cimon - clearly not - there's no ceiling and nobody mastrubating in that picture'
2008-02-10 21:14 * Enterprise_Cat sees no picture
2008-02-10 21:15 < cimon> ' [Agent Lowry appears to be unconscious after a blow to the head.]
2008-02-10 21:15 < cimon> Jerry: Areā€¦ are you pretending?
2008-02-10 21:15 < cimon> [Lowry stays limp; Jerry chambers a round.]
2008-02-10 21:15 < cimon> Lowry: [sitting up] Yes. Yes, okay.
2008-02-10 21:15 < cimon> Jerry: [hitting him again] Sorry. '
2008-02-10 21:15 < cimon> http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Conspiracy_Theory
2008-02-10 21:16 < Enterprise_Cat> Unable to connect: Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at www.quazen.com.
2008-02-10 21:17 < cimon> ' [At his apartment, Jerry balances an empty bottle on the doorknob.]
2008-02-10 21:17 < cimon> Alice: Is that supposed to protect you from aliens or something?
2008-02-10 21:17 < cimon> Jerry: No, no. It's just a beer bottle. '
2008-02-10 21:17 < Dp67> Whats the cats role? A shark appetizer before the surfer as a main course?
2008-02-10 21:17 < Lucifer_Cat> cimon: wheres that from?
2008-02-10 21:17 < Enterprise_Cat> Internet Explorer prompt: *Unable to connect:* You are browsing to an internet site
2008-02-10 21:18 < cimon> ' Jerry: David Berkowitz, Ted Bundy, Richard Speckā€¦
2008-02-10 21:18 < cimon> Alice: What about them?
2008-02-10 21:18 < cimon> Jerry: Serial killers. Serial killers only have two names, you ever notice that? But lone-gunman assassins, they always have three names. John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, Mark David Chapmanā€¦
2008-02-10 21:18 < cimon> Alice: John Hinckley. He shot Reagan. He only has two names.
2008-02-10 21:18 < cimon> Jerry: Yeah, but he only just shot Reagan. Reagan didn't die. If Reagan had died, I'm pretty sureā€¦ we probably would all know what John Hinckley's middle name was.
2008-02-10 21:18 < cimon> '
2008-02-10 21:19 < cimon> http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Conspiracy_Theory
2008-02-10 21:19 < Enterprise_Cat> zOMG! Excess flood!
2008-02-10 21:21 < Lucifer_Cat> oh crap. my memory has gone down the drain. i watched that movie just 3 days back. i watched it 3 times before. and right now i was thinking.... "hey theres a movie called Conspiracy Theory... maybe i should download it..."
2008-02-10 21:21 < cimon> Conspiracy Theory was the movie that finally convinced me that Patrick Stewart can act...
2008-02-10 21:23 < cimon> Patrick Stewart was good as Sejanus in I, Claudius, but in conspiracy theory he really did the evil thing pretty definitively. Not even evil as in not recognizably human, but very very human and evil.
2008-02-10 21:24 < quanticle> cimon: Wait, the same Patrick Stewart that was in Star Trek?
2008-02-10 21:25 < Lucifer_Cat> cimon: like hillary?
2008-02-10 21:25 * quanticle hasn't seen Conspiracy Theory
2008-02-10 21:25 < Lucifer_Cat> quanticle: yup the same
2008-02-10 21:25 < Lucifer_Cat> cimon: i'd have named republicans, but they arent humans
2008-02-10 21:25 < cimon> lol @ all the caps in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylk_Cozart
2008-02-10 21:26 < quanticle> Lucifer_Cat: I should get that movie then.
2008-02-10 21:26 * quanticle is a Patrick Stewart fan.
2008-02-10 21:26 < Lucifer_Cat> its a good movie
2008-02-10 21:26 < Lucifer_Cat> cimon: didnt see any caps
2008-02-10 21:26 < Cyrius> quanticle: patrick stewart has had a significant non-trek career
2008-02-10 21:27 < Lucifer_Cat> x-men not withstanding
2008-02-10 21:27 < quanticle> Cyrius: I'm aware. I just didn't know he was in this movie.
2008-02-10 21:27 < Cyrius> okay then
2008-02-10 21:27 < Lucifer_Cat> oh i see them no
2008-02-10 21:27 < Lucifer_Cat> now
2008-02-10 21:27 < cimon> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cylk_Cozart&oldid=184334234
2008-02-10 21:27 < cimon> maybe that version...
2008-02-10 21:28 < Gracenotes> cimon: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cylk_Cozart&diff=152712154&oldid=140882614...
2008-02-10 21:28 < Cyrius> hah
2008-02-10 21:28 < Cyrius> 'Gene Roddenberry's riposte to a reporter who said, "Surely they would have cured baldness by the 24th century," to which Roddenberry replied, "In the 24th Century, they wouldn't care."'
2008-02-10 21:31 < cimon> Cyrius: Roddenberrys line on k/s was pretty cool as well.
2008-02-10 21:31 < Cyrius> haven't heard that one
2008-02-10 21:32 < cimon> pretty sure it is quoted somewhere on wikipedia...
2008-02-10 21:32 * Cyrius checks the slash article
2008-02-10 21:32 < Cyrius> oh boy, [[Kirk/Spock]] exists
2008-02-10 21:33 < Ceiling_Cat> ewww
2008-02-10 21:35 < cimon> "Gene Roddenberry on K/S:
2008-02-10 21:35 < cimon> "Yes, there's certainly some of thatā€”certainly with love overtones. Deep love. The only difference being, the Greek idealā€”we never suggested in the seriesā€”physical love between the two. But it's theā€”we certainly had the feeling that the affection was sufficient for that, if that were the particular style of the 23rd century." [3] "
2008-02-10 21:35 < Krimpet> "Roddenberry is reported to have remarked that there would be trouble if "the mothers of America" were to discover the existence of sexually explicit K/S zines, evidently not realizing that slash zines were primarily women's fiction, written, published and enjoyed by that very demographic."
2008-02-10 21:36 * Krimpet throws up at the thought of her mom reading Kirk/Spock literature :x
2008-02-10 21:37 < quanticle> Krimpet: Heh, do I smell a new "your mom" joke in the making?
2008-02-10 21:37 < Dtobias> What does J.K. Rowling think of the "Harry / Draco Malfoy" fanfic?
2008-02-10 21:37 < cimon> krimpet: just remember you are living proof your mom did it at least once...
2008-02-10 21:37 < cimon> darn, too slow
2008-02-10 21:38 < Krimpet> I've got a brother anyway, that makes it twice. :P
2008-02-10 21:38 < Krimpet> but kirk and spock hopefully never factored into either time.
2008-02-10 21:39 < Dtobias> Spock's mom and dad did it interspecies.
2008-02-10 21:44 < privatemusings> are we really discussing interspecies sex at the moment?
2008-02-10 21:44 < privatemusings> the channel always get more interesting while I do something else!!
2008-02-10 21:44 < cimon> no, it is all in your mind...
2008-02-10 21:45 < Cyrius> it was just star trek aliens, they hardly count
2008-02-10 21:45 < privatemusings> ah star trek.....
2008-02-10 21:45 < Cyrius> funny ears and bumpy foreheads don't make real aliens
2008-02-10 21:45 < cimon> privatemusings: see [[Leslie Fish]] though...
2008-02-10 21:46 < privatemusings> i'm sure she's a lovely lady
2008-02-10 21:46 * cimon strums the Banned in Argo song...
2008-02-10 21:47 * Ceiling_Cat is exhausted
2008-02-10 21:47 < privatemusings> you'll go blind you know, ceiling cat.
2008-02-10 21:47 < Ceiling_Cat> someone decided it would be a great idea to link to the photo submission page from the scientology protest article in wikinews
2008-02-10 21:47 < Ceiling_Cat> so - as the only person who tends that queue - guess who got innundated?
2008-02-10 21:47 < privatemusings> can we see them all in a fancy gallery?
2008-02-10 21:47 < privatemusings> if not - get back to work!!
2008-02-10 21:47 < Ceiling_Cat> yes
2008-02-10 21:48 < privatemusings> ;-)
2008-02-10 21:48 < cimon> "One of Fish's more unusual personal projects is an on-going attempt to breed domestic cats for intelligence and other traits, including polydactyly. She claims that her cats are about as intelligent as a six-year-old human child, except in regards to symbolic language."
2008-02-10 21:48 < privatemusings> awesome! - where?
2008-02-10 21:48 < Ceiling_Cat> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Raul654/gallery
2008-02-10 21:48 < Ceiling_Cat> Check out the two entries for Feb 10
2008-02-10 21:48 < Ceiling_Cat> teh first one is for the New Orleans protest
2008-02-10 21:48 < Ceiling_Cat> and the second is for Plymouth UK
2008-02-10 21:48 < Ceiling_Cat> a third from London will be coming shortly
2008-02-10 21:48 < Ceiling_Cat> (when they reply to my request for a license)
2008-02-10 21:49 < Ceiling_Cat> privatemusings - FYI, last time I checked, I was the 50th most prolific uploader to commons
2008-02-10 21:49 < Ceiling_Cat> I suspect I've probably jumped into the top 20 since I dumped all of Musopen's music there
2008-02-10 21:49 < cimon> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Fish#Political_activism
2008-02-10 21:50 < privatemusings> any familiar names in the top 10?
2008-02-10 21:50 < Ceiling_Cat> yes
2008-02-10 21:50 < Krimpet> I've been meaning to upload stuff from American Memory someday
2008-02-10 21:50 < Ceiling_Cat> but the list will be out of date
2008-02-10 21:50 < cimon> I have amazing respect for Leslie. Really. Anyone who works for post-apocalyptic survival of humanity is a good person in my books...
2008-02-10 21:50 < Krimpet> they've got a whole bunch of old silent movie clips on there, including every film Edison ever did I think
2008-02-10 21:51 < Krimpet> all PD
2008-02-10 21:51 < Ceiling_Cat> http://tools.wikimedia.de/~bryan/stats/top_uploaders.txt
2008-02-10 21:51 < Ceiling_Cat> Infrogmation had some ridiculous upload amount
2008-02-10 21:51 < Ceiling_Cat> like 15-20 gigs
2008-02-10 21:51 < privatemusings> geez....
2008-02-10 21:51 < Ceiling_Cat> which averages out to something like 5 megs per day since commons started in 2004
2008-02-10 21:52 < Krimpet> Krimpet 210541849 :D
2008-02-10 21:52 < privatemusings> could the old wikipedia database dumps be uploaded to commons?
2008-02-10 21:52 < privatemusings> perhaps they are...
2008-02-10 21:52 < privatemusings> that's one way to get the data up there.....
2008-02-10 21:52 < Ceiling_Cat> divide by 1024^3 to get gigabytes
2008-02-10 21:53 < privatemusings> love the name flickrLickr
2008-02-10 21:53 < cimon> 2Because of her distrust of the stability of modern society, she has in the past worked to organize groups for carrying on civilization after what she (at one time at least) considered the imminent collapse of the current society. Her album Firestorm was in large part meant as a set of instructions for surviving a nuclear war, on the reasoning that it would be easier to recall them if they...
2008-02-10 21:53 < cimon> ...were in lyric form."
2008-02-10 21:56 < cimon> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Benjamin_Mako_Hill/11BP - hehehe
2008-02-10 21:57 < cimon> "May 5. 05:01:40am. Now this might appear as just another wild guess at first, but in fact it isn't! I've calculated an exponential function from the number of articles in the english version of Wikipedia based on the counts the last 5 years. The function is: f(x)=82.382*9.4843543^x. Where x is number of years since 2001. If my calculations are correct, we will se this the 110000000000th...
2008-02-10 21:57 < cimon> ...article at the precise moment written above. Exilibur 17:39, 15 January 2006 (UTC)"
2008-02-10 21:58 < Lubaf> Hopefully, in a few weeks, Hillary Clinton will be dead.
2008-02-10 21:58 < Lubaf> And I mean that as a candidate, not as in doornails.
2008-02-10 21:59 < Lubaf> Of course, we can also hope that wishes were horses.
2008-02-10 22:00 < cimon> Lubaf: did you see the wikinews article about dubya visiting the tornado areas?
2008-02-10 22:00 < Lubaf> cimon: Anything interesting about it?
2008-02-10 22:01 < cimon> well, yes, if you consider platitudes that are deep when taken out of context, interesting...
2008-02-10 22:02 < cimon> basically if dubya had said the same sentences about himself, rather than the tornado stricken folk, it would have been amazingly poignant...
2008-02-10 22:03 < cimon> but often we have to skirt around the danger zone, the one where self-awareness resides...
2008-02-10 22:04 < cjb> http://sphericalcow.org/index.php?p=15 # silliness.
2008-02-10 22:06 < cimon> Lubaf: whoever the hell you get, you'll be in for a bumpy ride... I sort of think folks are really zoning in on who the veep will be... Does Hillary have the cojones to nominate Kathleen as her Veep...
2008-02-10 22:06 < OverlordQ> cjb: lol
2008-02-10 22:06 < Messedrocker> kathleen...
2008-02-10 22:07 < Messedrocker> governor of kansas?
2008-02-10 22:07 < Messedrocker> or blanco?
2008-02-10 22:07 < OverlordQ> oh jesus, not sebelius as Veep
2008-02-10 22:08 < Lubaf> cimon: Hillary in the same sentence as cojones but not corruption? The answer would be no, than.
2008-02-10 22:08 < Ceiling_Cat> Any brits in the house?
2008-02-10 22:08 < Messedrocker> of lords?
2008-02-10 22:09 < Messedrocker> yes, many brits in the house of lords
2008-02-10 22:09 < Messedrocker> house of commons too
2008-02-10 22:09 < Ceiling_Cat> I have a pic of a (far) right politician who has a red linked article
2008-02-10 22:09 < Ceiling_Cat> if someone wants to spin me out one
2008-02-10 22:09 < privatemusings> who?
2008-02-10 22:10 < Ceiling_Cat> Robin Tilbrook
2008-02-10 22:11 < privatemusings> he's a kinda fringe guy I think....
2008-02-10 22:11 < privatemusings> runs his own party?
2008-02-10 22:11 < privatemusings> ah yeah - http://whatenglandmeanstome.co.uk/?p=52
2008-02-10 22:11 < Ceiling_Cat> the english nationalist party
2008-02-10 22:12 < Ceiling_Cat> frankly, I don't care what his politics are - but he has pics and wants to freely license them to us for use in articles
2008-02-10 22:12 < cimon> stand by for 2222222 articles in the english wikipedia...
2008-02-10 22:12 < Ceiling_Cat> so that makes him OK in my book :P
2008-02-10 22:13 < privatemusings> not quite - it's the English Democrats Party...
2008-02-10 22:14 < cimon> Ceiling_Cat: not the guy from UKIP? UKIP has plenty of smart and eloquent guys on it's roster, they aren't nearly all football hooligans in there...
2008-02-10 22:14 < privatemusings> hey - they've got mat o'connor on board though....
2008-02-10 22:14 < privatemusings> no no
2008-02-10 22:14 < Ceiling_Cat> privatemusings - I know
2008-02-10 22:14 < Ceiling_Cat> I am uploading a free pic of matt o'connor now
2008-02-10 22:14 < privatemusings> that puts it up a few notches in my book....
2008-02-10 22:14 < privatemusings> he's an interesting guy
2008-02-10 22:14 < Ceiling_Cat> (Submitted by Robin Tilbrooke)
2008-02-10 22:14 < privatemusings> well he's running for mayor shortly...
2008-02-10 22:15 < Ceiling_Cat> [[Image:Matt O'Connor.jpg]]
2008-02-10 22:15 < privatemusings> trouble with those articles is that they'll attract a particularly er... motivated editor...
2008-02-10 22:15 < privatemusings> wiki must have a mat o'connor article..
2008-02-10 22:15 < cimon> lol @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_ask%2C_don%27t_tell
2008-02-10 22:15 < Ceiling_Cat> it does
2008-02-10 22:16 < Ceiling_Cat> [[Matt O'Connor]]
2008-02-10 22:16 < Ceiling_Cat> it could use some polishing though
2008-02-10 22:16 < privatemusings> just found it...
2008-02-10 22:16 < privatemusings> yeah that could be better....
2008-02-10 22:16 < privatemusings> the EDP thing is really a corollary of devolution for scotland and wales....
2008-02-10 22:17 < gwern> 'U.S. Marine accused of raping teen in Okinawa' <-- not *again*. and zscout370 wonders why Berkeley doesn't like marines
2008-02-10 22:17 < privatemusings> god - Gary Bushell supports the EDP
2008-02-10 22:17 < privatemusings> that puts it back down....
2008-02-10 22:17 < cimon> '"I now believe that if gay men and lesbians served openly in the United States military, they would not undermine the efficacy of the armed forces," General Shalikashvili wrote. "Our military has been stretched thin by our deployments in the Middle East, and we must welcome the service of any American who is willing and able to do the job."'
2008-02-10 22:17 < cimon> love the imagery there...
2008-02-10 22:17 < Ceiling_Cat> someone write me an article on [[Robin Tilbrook]], dammit ;)
2008-02-10 22:17 < cimon> "stretched thin"
2008-02-10 22:18 < Ceiling_Cat> otherwise I will create a stub myself
2008-02-10 22:18 < gwern> cimon: the service should bend over backwards for such manly men
2008-02-10 22:18 < gwern> cimon: they are currently really reaching around to meet their quota
2008-02-10 22:19 < privatemusings> ceiling cat - i'd love to help but.....
2008-02-10 22:20 < privatemusings> ;-)
2008-02-10 22:20 < Ceiling_Cat> stub created
2008-02-10 22:21 < cimon> Do you know what really pisses me off?
2008-02-10 22:21 < privatemusings> parking attendants
2008-02-10 22:21 < privatemusings> I win.
2008-02-10 22:22 < cimon> I know for a fact that Don Imus has publicly discussed having three testicles, but try to find a reliable source for it...
2008-02-10 22:26 < Messedrocker> it would explain his aggressiveness
2008-02-10 22:28 < CharlotteWebb> yeah but would imus be a reliable source on matters relating to his own private parts
2008-02-10 22:28 < CharlotteWebb> howard stern maybe
2008-02-10 22:29 < Messedrocker> imus is the best authority on imus's scrotum contents
2008-02-10 22:29 < cimon> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Don_Imus#Extra_ball.
2008-02-10 22:29 < Messedrocker> and as reliable he is he is not verifiable
2008-02-10 22:29 < Messedrocker> we can ask his physician
2008-02-10 22:29 < Messedrocker> or does he have too much bravado to go to a doctor
2008-02-10 22:32 < Krimpet> LexisNexis has a bunch of hits for "imus testicles" :x
2008-02-10 22:32 < cimon> Messedrocker: well, the thing is I am positive he discused it in some interview or another. thought it was Larry King bout could be wrong...
2008-02-10 22:32 < Krimpet> "Imus grew up in the West, is of Welsh extraction, worked as a railroad brakeman and in a uranium mine, served in the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton, worked at various small stations out West and also in Cleveland during a brief, unhappy exile from Manhattan. He is a recovering drug addict and alcoholic, claims women cannot resist him though he is afraid of them, wears bicycle shorts to work, and claims to have three testicles."
2008-02-10 22:33 < Gracenotes_away> I'm so glad we're taking our mission to propagate the sum of human knowledge so seriously
2008-02-10 22:33 < Messedrocker> you should see the comment i posted
2008-02-10 22:35 < cimon> Messedrocker: Zing!
2008-02-10 22:36 < cimon> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Carville - yikes, when did he shave his dome?
2008-02-10 22:36 < Messedrocker> a long time ago?
2008-02-10 22:38 < cimon> well, I don't get CNN, so I wouldn't know...
2008-02-10 22:39 < MoIrc> does anyone know where i can get a blue-ray reader-writer
2008-02-10 22:39 < MoIrc> ???
2008-02-10 22:39 < Messedrocker> check the internet
2008-02-10 22:39 < Messedrocker> they're expensive though
2008-02-10 22:39 < Messedrocker> especially if you want the USB kind
2008-02-10 22:39 < MoIrc> dats the kind yep
2008-02-10 22:40 < The359> Might help if you searched for Blu-Ray
2008-02-10 22:40 < The359> rather than Blue-Ray
2008-02-10 22:40 < MoIrc> hehehe
2008-02-10 22:40 < MoIrc> hello!! good idea
2008-02-10 22:42 < MoIrc> is there such a thing as a hardware rental store you think?
2008-02-10 22:42 < The359> for computer hardware?
2008-02-10 22:42 < MoIrc> there aint no way i'm buying one
2008-02-10 22:42 < MoIrc> like an external drive??
2008-02-10 22:42 < The359> Not that I am aware of
2008-02-10 22:42 < MoIrc> sounds good
2008-02-10 22:43 < The359> What would you want a Blu-Ray reader/writer for anyway
2008-02-10 22:43 < MoIrc> i wished
2008-02-10 22:43 < MoIrc> to modify my playstaion games
2008-02-10 22:43 < The359> Modify how
2008-02-10 22:44 < MoIrc> Idk. create my own weapons, change gravity factors if at all possible.
2008-02-10 22:44 < MoIrc> create my own maps too
2008-02-10 22:44 < nokmar> um
2008-02-10 22:44 < The359> I doubt you can do that
2008-02-10 22:45 < nokmar> maybe he's Carmack
2008-02-10 22:45 < MoIrc> I have the software for it
2008-02-10 22:45 < The359> what software
2008-02-10 22:45 < MoIrc> but my dvd, obviously can't read it
2008-02-10 22:45 < nokmar> and has super-secret powers
2008-02-10 22:45 < nokmar> your dvd can read it
2008-02-10 22:45 < nokmar> or maybe I'm thinking of something else.
2008-02-10 22:45 < MoIrc> hold on
2008-02-10 22:45 < The359> And which type of PlayStation games are you talking about
2008-02-10 22:46 < MoIrc> PS3
2008-02-10 22:46 < The359> I doubt you can just fiddle with a game as advanced as a PS3
2008-02-10 22:46 < The359> especially this early in the system's life
2008-02-10 22:47 < MoIrc> http://brdgen.ps3news.com/ <<site has quite a few pop ups though