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2008-03-02 16:47 * NotACow steals 15 of quanticle's gigabytes
2008-03-02 16:47 * KingAirbus steals the other 11
2008-03-02 16:47 * quanticle is out of diskspace
2008-03-02 16:47 < NotACow> KingAirbus: contact the cyberninja revenge team
2008-03-02 16:47 < quanticle> Thanks guys
2008-03-02 16:47 * KingAirbus steals 200 more GB
2008-03-02 16:47 < NotACow> KingAirbus: they'll resolve the problem for a reasonable fee.
2008-03-02 16:47 < KingAirbus> NotACow: It does not exist.
2008-03-02 16:47 < NotACow> KingAirbus: alternatively, you could choose to have a life :)
2008-03-02 16:48 < asdf> like that'll happen
2008-03-02 16:48 < NotACow> getting banned from a website is karma's way of letting you know that you need to get a life.
2008-03-02 16:48 < KingAirbus> I DO HAVE A LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2008-03-02 16:48 < quanticle> asdf: Heh. This is #wikipedia, we don't have lives here.
2008-03-02 16:48 < asdf> true
2008-03-02 16:48 < NotACow> http://nonbovine-ruminations.blogspot.com/2008/03/if-only.html
2008-03-02 16:48 < KingAirbus> WHY DO YOU HATE ME!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
2008-03-02 16:48 < KingAirbus> !?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
2008-03-02 16:48 < KingAirbus> !?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
2008-03-02 16:48 < KingAirbus> 1/
2008-03-02 16:49 < asdf> SHUT UP!?!?1/!
2008-03-02 16:49 < NotACow> KingAirbus: good demonstration of how you lack a life :)
2008-03-02 16:49 < KingAirbus> WHY DO YOU HATE ME!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
2008-03-02 16:49 < asdf> ha
2008-03-02 16:49 < KingAirbus> !?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
2008-03-02 16:49 < KingAirbus> WHY DO YOU HATE ME!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
2008-03-02 16:49 < KingAirbus> WHY DO YOU HATE ME!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
2008-03-02 16:49 < quanticle> KingAirbus: The very fact that you're complaining about getting banned from an internet forum signals that you do not, in fact, have a life.
2008-03-02 16:49 < GDonato> !op
2008-03-02 16:49 < KingAirbus> !?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
2008-03-02 16:49 < quanticle> Heh
2008-03-02 16:49 < GDonato> heh
2008-03-02 16:49 < Comets> >:(
2008-03-02 16:49 < Martinp23> :(
2008-03-02 16:49 < NotASpy> bye bye
2008-03-02 16:49 < Kamping_Kaiser> :|
2008-03-02 16:49 * Scarian has no idea what that is...
2008-03-02 16:49 < NotACow> i don't even know what the site he complained about was
2008-03-02 16:49 < Comets> dumb people
2008-03-02 16:50 < NotACow> Comets: wikipedia attracts dumb people
2008-03-02 16:50 < Scarian> What's -o do?
2008-03-02 16:50 < quanticle> Wow. He wasn't even smart enough to stay under the excess flood limit.
2008-03-02 16:50 < Scarian> And +o
2008-03-02 16:50 < Scarian> ?
2008-03-02 16:50 < NotASpy> NotACow: www.buyjimboaprivatejet.com ?
2008-03-02 16:50 < NotACow> NotASpy: heh
2008-03-02 16:50 < quanticle> Scarian: +o = taking on operator powers
2008-03-02 16:50 < Comets> KingAirbus, don't so it again !!
2008-03-02 16:50 < KingAirbus> Why do you hate me!?
2008-03-02 16:50 < quanticle> Scarian: -o = dropping operator power
2008-03-02 16:50 < Comets> don't do it again *
2008-03-02 16:50 < Scarian> KingAirbus: I'll be your friend if you shush for a few hours.
2008-03-02 16:50 * White_Cat enters a megolomaniacal state
2008-03-02 16:51 < Scarian> quanitcle: Thanks :(
2008-03-02 16:51 < NotASpy> KingAirbus: we don't, Jimbo will be buying an Airbus in the future. We promise.
2008-03-02 16:51 < Scarian> *:)
2008-03-02 16:51 < Scarian> * :)
2008-03-02 16:51 < Ceiling_Cat> hrm
2008-03-02 16:51 < KingAirbus> LIES!!!!!!!!!
2008-03-02 16:51 < Scarian> Ugh...
2008-03-02 16:51 * White_Cat devastates Ceiling_Cat
2008-03-02 16:51 < Ceiling_Cat> is this channel lacking in ops?
2008-03-02 16:51 < Scarian> Kick him.
2008-03-02 16:51 < NotASpy> OK, he's getting a Boeing 737.
2008-03-02 16:51 < werdan7> KingAirbus: please stop
2008-03-02 16:51 < KingAirbus> LIES!!!!!!!!!
2008-03-02 16:51 < NotACow> Ceiling_Cat: ops are overrated.
2008-03-02 16:51 < NotASpy> now bugger off.
2008-03-02 16:51 < White_Cat> O_o
2008-03-02 16:51 * White_Cat has been devastated
2008-03-02 16:51 < quanticle> Speaking of buying Airbus, did any of you see that the US military is going to be buying Airbus for their new aerial tankers?
2008-03-02 16:51 < Comets> :(
2008-03-02 16:51 < Scarian> Ceiling_Cat: Good call.
2008-03-02 16:51 < Ceiling_Cat> no, seriously
2008-03-02 16:51 < Ceiling_Cat> do we need more ops in here?
2008-03-02 16:51 < White_Cat> quanticle airbus makes big planes
2008-03-02 16:52 < White_Cat> Ceiling_Cat yes
2008-03-02 16:52 < White_Cat> me!
2008-03-02 16:52 < Ceiling_Cat> hrm
2008-03-02 16:52 < quanticle> White_Cat: The surprising thing is that Boeing was supposed to be a shoo-in for that contract.
2008-03-02 16:52 < NotACow> Ceiling_Cat: yes, but we're not allowed to ahve more ops because james has a stick up his ass and is enjoying that too much to actually manage the channel
2008-03-02 16:52 < Ceiling_Cat> I'll take your request under advisement
2008-03-02 16:52 < White_Cat> You take the ceiling I take the sofa
2008-03-02 16:52 < White_Cat> I was an op
2008-03-02 16:52 < White_Cat> until kelly taken it away
2008-03-02 16:52 < Ceiling_Cat> NotACow - actually, Mark Ryan has given me the job of managing the ops
2008-03-02 16:52 < NotACow> Ceiling_Cat: god forbid
2008-03-02 16:52 < Ceiling_Cat> because nobody was doing it
2008-03-02 16:53 < NotACow> Ceiling_Cat: i was before james fired me for no reason
2008-03-02 16:53 < shimgray> quanticle: Indeed. It's an interesting decision which seems to have been made with a surprising degree of rationality
2008-03-02 16:53 < White_Cat> Ceiling_Cat you watch people kick people too?
2008-03-02 16:53 < White_Cat> you watch over the channel?
2008-03-02 16:53 < Ceiling_Cat> yes, I watch over the channel
2008-03-02 16:53 < White_Cat> mm
2008-03-02 16:53 < NotASpy> the A330MRTT is a cracker of an aircraft, even if it's wings are made in Wales from left over leaks and bits of coal.
2008-03-02 16:53 * White_Cat watches the Ceiling_Cat watch the channel over and over
2008-03-02 16:53 < quanticle> shimgray: Yeah. In the sense that they actually chose the better aircraft, rather than the company with more political connections.
2008-03-02 16:53 < White_Cat> I look at you, you look away...
2008-03-02 16:54 < White_Cat> It must be love!
2008-03-02 16:54 < White_Cat> <#
2008-03-02 16:54 < White_Cat> <3
2008-03-02 16:54 < Ceiling_Cat> ok, besides White_Cat, are there any regulars in here who do not have ops and would like them?
2008-03-02 16:54 < quanticle> NotASpy: The fact is, the A330 can fly farther and carry more, but Boeing had the influential congresspeople supposedly on their side.
2008-03-02 16:54 < quanticle> I would.
2008-03-02 16:54 < White_Cat> quanticle it has disadvantages too
2008-03-02 16:54 < NotACow> i don't like airbuses
2008-03-02 16:54 < White_Cat> Airbus lacks a lot of things
2008-03-02 16:54 < NotACow> they were designed for short people
2008-03-02 16:55 < White_Cat> first of all its french
2008-03-02 16:55 < shimgray> quanticle: Or, rather, the aircraft best suited for their operational model - especially given that its real strength comes out in operations other than those being fought just now
2008-03-02 16:55 < Ceiling_Cat> ok, quanticle and White_Cat - anyone else?
2008-03-02 16:55 < NotACow> every time i've flown an airbus i've hit my head on something in the cabin
2008-03-02 16:55 < quanticle> White_Cat: Such as? This isn't a fighter jet we're talking about, its a tanker.
2008-03-02 16:55 < White_Cat> quanticle yes and it had no real combat experience
2008-03-02 16:55 < shimgray> White_Cat: It's a *tanker*
2008-03-02 16:55 < quanticle> NotACow: I'm sure that jet-fuel tanks don't mind the height.
2008-03-02 16:55 < White_Cat> while boeing ones have
2008-03-02 16:55 < NotASpy> quanticle: yeap. It's all swings and roundabouts though, the British will be buying 140 F-35B things, when we could have botched together a carrier version of the EuroFighter.
2008-03-02 16:55 < shimgray> if those have combat experience, you're doing it wrong on every conceivable level
2008-03-02 16:56 < White_Cat> shimgray and flying in a combat zone is stressful to the plane
2008-03-02 16:56 < quanticle> White_Cat: Airbus' parent company makes the Eurofighter Typhoon.
2008-03-02 16:56 < White_Cat> quanticle yes
2008-03-02 16:56 < White_Cat> and thats not a tanker
2008-03-02 16:56 < shimgray> Flying is stressful to planes, full stop.
2008-03-02 16:56 < NotASpy> White_Cat: the Airbus A330 has pretty much the same hydraulics, avionics and engines as a 767, it's just a bit bigger.
2008-03-02 16:56 < White_Cat> tho I have to admit Eurofighter does resemble a truck
2008-03-02 16:56 < quanticle> White_Cat: Also, as Shimgray said, if you're flying a tanker into combat, you're doing it wrong.
2008-03-02 16:56 < White_Cat> NotASpy yes and being larger puts stress to ever part of it
2008-03-02 16:57 < shimgray> I am really not getting what your objection is here, beyond vague mumbling based on "they had the other one before so it must work okay"
2008-03-02 16:57 < quanticle> White_Cat: The Typhoon is a bit like the F4. A capable plane, but as pretty as a brick.
2008-03-02 16:57 < White_Cat> quanticle exactly
2008-03-02 16:57 < White_Cat> I'd not wish to be in one
2008-03-02 16:57 < White_Cat> I'd prefer a Mustang
2008-03-02 16:57 < quanticle> Really? I wouldn't mind.
2008-03-02 16:58 * White_Cat picks quanticle up
2008-03-02 16:58 * quanticle would take your Mustang on any day in a EF Typhoon
2008-03-02 16:58 * White_Cat puts quanticle on a Eurofighter
2008-03-02 16:58 * White_Cat fires the missle quanticle is attached
2008-03-02 16:58 < White_Cat> He can fly!
2008-03-02 16:58 * quanticle flies
2008-03-02 16:58 * quanticle falls
2008-03-02 16:58 * quanticle falls
2008-03-02 16:58 * quanticle falls
2008-03-02 16:58 * White_Cat watches the missle run out fuel an explode
2008-03-02 16:58 < NotASpy> White_Cat: not if it's designed properly. The 747 is as safe as a 737, despite your clearly mad rationale suggesting otherwise.
2008-03-02 16:58 * quanticle hits the ground
2008-03-02 16:59 < quanticle> The 747 is probably more safe than the 737, since the 747 was expressly designed to fly across oceans.
2008-03-02 16:59 < White_Cat> NotASpy large planes tend to have parts that wear out fast
2008-03-02 16:59 < White_Cat> on a long term campaign such maintanance can be difficult
2008-03-02 16:59 < White_Cat> thats what I mean by stress and stuff
2008-03-02 16:59 < White_Cat> bigger != better all the time
2008-03-02 17:00 < shimgray> They're *tankers*. They're both big planes.
2008-03-02 17:00 < shimgray> It's not like one of them is magically made of pixie-dust
2008-03-02 17:00 < White_Cat> shimgray have you ever seen a tanker up close?
2008-03-02 17:00 < shimgray> of course one will need more logistical support. the trade-off is that you need fewer of them.
2008-03-02 17:00 < White_Cat> those things smell
2008-03-02 17:00 < quanticle> White_Cat: But, in the case of tankers, bigger == more fighters refueled per trip
2008-03-02 17:00 < NotACow> shimgray: actually pixie dust is boeing's secret ingredient
2008-03-02 17:00 < White_Cat> quanticle true
2008-03-02 17:00 < White_Cat> but if you loose one
2008-03-02 17:00 < White_Cat> you are f***ed
2008-03-02 17:00 < shimgray> hence, your overall burden is slightly less.
2008-03-02 17:00 < NotASpy> White_Cat: if that were true, nobody would buy A330's, everybody would run 767s.
2008-03-02 17:01 < White_Cat> allies used small but many tactic in ww2 remember
2008-03-02 17:01 < quanticle> White_Cat: That's true, but its equally true with the Boeing.
2008-03-02 17:01 < shimgray> White_Cat: They're still buying a lot. We're not talking an overall purchase of four airframes here.
2008-03-02 17:01 < White_Cat> NotASpy I did not buy an A330
2008-03-02 17:01 < quanticle> White_Cat: Its also easier to run fighter escort for a small number of big tankers rather than a large number of small tankers.
2008-03-02 17:01 < NotACow> you want the smallest plane that has the capacity required for the mission
2008-03-02 17:01 < NotACow> which is why you have a variety of different sizes
2008-03-02 17:02 < quanticle> NotACow: Not really. You want a plane with extra capacity, because the mission is surely going to change once you encounter the enemy.
2008-03-02 17:02 < White_Cat> I guess I have an emotional bond with boeing
2008-03-02 17:02 < NotACow> quanticle: yes, but you don't want massive overcapacity.
2008-03-02 17:02 * White_Cat hugs a tanker thats about to land
2008-03-02 17:02 < shimgray> NotACow: On the other hand, you also need to project what the mission will be in 2030
2008-03-02 17:02 < shimgray> and have the capacity for that
2008-03-02 17:02 * White_Cat gets sucked into the engine
2008-03-02 17:02 < NotACow> quanticle: it's a waste of resources, plus the larger boat may be harder to protect and will almost certainly consume more resources overall
2008-03-02 17:02 * quanticle grabs White_Cat by the tail
2008-03-02 17:03 * quanticle pulls White_Cat out of the way
2008-03-02 17:04 < NotACow> heh
2008-03-02 17:04 < NotACow> the quality wiki has been closed to nonstaff
2008-03-02 17:04 < quanticle> NotACow: That is true. You don't want excess capacity, but it is good to have a safety reserve. The other thing I've heard about the Airbus is that it has a longer range, so it can stay airborne longer.
2008-03-02 17:04 < shimgray> how often are you only flying a single tanker, though?
2008-03-02 17:04 < NotACow> apparently coming up with ways to improve quality on the english wikipedia is a discussion that the community is not invited to participate in
2008-03-02 17:05 < NotACow> quanticle: i'm not an expert on airframes, so i can't say which airframe makes a better tanker.
2008-03-02 17:05 < shimgray> you have a tradeoff - for all the times you fly one-tanker missions and do so less efficiently, you have times you can fly two instead of three, which will win out
2008-03-02 17:05 < shimgray> swings, roundabouts.
2008-03-02 17:05 < NotACow> shimgray: they typically fly in pairs so that if one has a problem the other can at least provide enough fuel for the mission to make a controlled recovery
2008-03-02 17:05 < quanticle> shimgray: It means that your tankers can loiter around the refueling point longer, so you have more of a safety margin when your fighters are coming back with low fuel.
2008-03-02 17:06 < NotASpy> 30% extra capacity, that's 3 tankers on the ground dropping off supplies instead of 4, and in an airport with unfriendly chaps with RPGs and such, that's always better.
2008-03-02 17:07 < quanticle> NotACow: Neither am I. I'm just quoting sources that I've heard. The Airbus was supposedly the better plane. The Boeing was supposed to be ever so slightly less expensive, and it had the advantage of political connections.
2008-03-02 17:07 < NotASpy> it also equals 2-4 less crew per mission, which with the way recruitment is for some of the forces, can be the only way to keep the supply chain flowing.
2008-03-02 17:07 < NotACow> quanticle: also, boeing is an american company, while airbus is not.
2008-03-02 17:07 < NotACow> quanticle: buying american is a big deal, especially in an election year.
2008-03-02 17:07 < quanticle> NotACow: Yeah - political connections.
2008-03-02 17:07 < NotACow> quanticle: then again, the current administration has about no hope at all of retaining much power after november
2008-03-02 17:08 < shimgray> it was Airbus-constructed-in-the-US, mind you, which partly offsets that
2008-03-02 17:08 < NotACow> quanticle: i drive by Boeing HQ on a regular basis :)
2008-03-02 17:08 < shimgray> (quick, look up which districts Airbus plans to build them in!)
2008-03-02 17:08 < NotACow> they're at wacker and canal, iirc.
2008-03-02 17:08 < NotACow> er, lake and canal
2008-03-02 17:08 < quanticle> simgray: That's true. Only the design is Airbus. The actual plane will be built by Northrop-Grumman.
2008-03-02 17:08 < NotACow> either that or lake and wacker
2008-03-02 17:08 < NotACow> i think they're on the west side of the river, though
2008-03-02 17:09 < shimgray> (& it's entirely possible for a cynical political decision to decide new jobs in one place are better than supporting jobs in another... this election-year decision can cut both ways)
2008-03-02 17:09 * quanticle didn't realize that Northrop-Grumman still existed as a separate company.
2008-03-02 17:09 < NotACow> shimgray: well, boeing assembly plants are still mostly in washington
2008-03-02 17:10 < NotACow> shimgray: i don't recall where northrop-grumman hangs out these days
2008-03-02 17:10 < shimgray> new plant will be Mobile
2008-03-02 17:10 * quanticle thought N-G had been bought by either Boeing or Lockheed-Martin
2008-03-02 17:10 < NotACow> shimgray: alerbamer?
2008-03-02 17:10 < shimgray> ayup
2008-03-02 17:10 < NotACow> shimgray: probably politics argued for airbus, then
2008-03-02 17:10 < quanticle> NotACow: Well, it is close to the NASA aerospace center in Huntsville.
2008-03-02 17:10 < shimgray> quanticle: no, they're the #3 aerospace corp
2008-03-02 17:11 < quanticle> shimgray: Yeah. I didn't realize that until recently.
2008-03-02 17:11 < NotACow> shimgray: south has better connections than WA state, and keeping business out of illinois is also consistent with republican priorities
2008-03-02 17:11 < NotACow> shimgray: a big boeing contract means tax money going to a blue state
2008-03-02 17:11 < shimgray> behind Boeing and LockMart, then Rayethon after them, who I also swore had been bought out
2008-03-02 17:11 < shimgray> indeed.
2008-03-02 17:11 < shimgray> plus, if you're lucky, people will decide it was their local representatives who failed to get the contract, and vote against *them*
2008-03-02 17:12 < compwhizii> hi
2008-03-02 17:12 < bumm13> hi
2008-03-02 17:12 < quanticle> shimgray: Raytheon doesn't make aircraft, does it?
2008-03-02 17:12 < NotACow> republcans are very mad at illinois these days
2008-03-02 17:12 < shimgray> It makes blowy-up-stuff, anygow
2008-03-02 17:12 < shimgray> I think it's just the three proper aerospace left
2008-03-02 17:13 < bumm13> Hughes is another major military contractor
2008-03-02 17:13 < NotACow> raytheon is a division of general electric, i thought
2008-03-02 17:14 < NotACow> no, they're independently traded
2008-03-02 17:14 < compwhizii> hey, are you a cow :P
2008-03-02 17:14 < compwhizii> sorry, just had to.
2008-03-02 17:15 < NotACow> bumm13: actually, most of Hughes belongs to Raytheon now
2008-03-02 17:15 < NotACow> bumm13: Raytheon bought out the bulk of Hughes' military aerospace operations
2008-03-02 17:15 < shimgray> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Bonner is the guy representing the Mobile area
2008-03-02 17:15 < NotACow> bumm13: Hughes' nonmilitary operations are a part of General Motors
2008-03-02 17:17 < NotACow> shimgray: looks like a run-of-the-mill loyal party man
2008-03-02 17:19 < Mike_H> Rose: Miami is nice, so I'll say it thrice!
2008-03-02 17:19 < Mike_H> Dorothy: Thrice? Who the hell says thrice?
2008-03-02 17:19 < Mike_H> Rose: It's a word!
2008-03-02 17:19 < Mike_H> Dorothy: So is "intrauterine." It doesn't belong in a song.
2008-03-02 17:20 < Mike_H> Rose: *pauses* Miami...you're cuter than...an intrauterine...
2008-03-02 17:20 < shimgray> NotACow: there's also a PR element - remember, the 767 was initially selected and then the contract was suspended, under a bit of a cloud
2008-03-02 17:21 < shimgray> reselecting Boeing might have had interesting stories involving the words "administration", "corruption", "toothless", etc, a bit more than they like in an election year
2008-03-02 17:22 < NotASpy> the other point to note is the commonality between the USAF, the RAF, the RAAF, the Saudi's, the UAE Air Force and the rest of the NATO countries that will inevitably buy the A330 MRTT.
2008-03-02 17:24 < NotASpy> it's things like spare wheels, pipes and such that can prevent an asset being stranded and ultimately having to be destroyed to prevent it falling into enemy hands.
2008-03-02 17:24 < str4nd> Where stranded?
2008-03-02 17:24 < str4nd> nvm
2008-03-02 17:37 < Daniel_Bush> Oh, wow. You're all here still.
2008-03-02 17:37 < Daniel_Bush> It's been...months
2008-03-02 17:37 < Daniel_Bush> and no one left
2008-03-02 17:37 < Daniel_Bush> except for the people I forgot.
2008-03-02 17:40 < Rinn> I left for a week!
2008-03-02 17:42 < Daniel_Bush> Who are you?
2008-03-02 17:44 < Rinn> I'm Rinn.
2008-03-02 17:44 < Rinn> I figured that was self-explanatory, 'cause, y'know, the name.
2008-03-02 17:44 < Daniel_Bush> You're one of Wikipedia's red shirts. You can die and come back a week later in the same role as an extra and no one will care except the people that freeze frame.
2008-03-02 17:44 < Rinn> ;_;
2008-03-02 17:53 < yenno> hi, can i upload company logos to wiki commons?
2008-03-02 17:53 < Ceiling_Cat> no
2008-03-02 17:53 < Ceiling_Cat> those are almost certainly trademarked
2008-03-02 17:53 < yenno> so i need it to upload directly to en.wikipedia.org
2008-03-02 17:54 < White_Cat> fair use
2008-03-02 17:54 < White_Cat> yes
2008-03-02 17:54 < yenno> okay.. thanks
2008-03-02 17:54 * White_Cat uploads Ceiling_Cat to the Ceiling
2008-03-02 17:55 < pe3> hi everyone - do you know anyone from this collaborative video project: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Collaborative_Video
2008-03-02 17:56 < Daniel_Bush> Why is #wikimedia-cats advertised in the topic, and not the #wikipedia-de, -es, -it, or #wiktionary #wikibooks channels
2008-03-02 17:56 < Daniel_Bush> Is #wikimedia-cats more important
2008-03-02 17:56 < Ceiling_Cat> Clearly it is
2008-03-02 17:57 < Franz21> i think my cat is dead :(
2008-03-02 17:58 < Ceiling_Cat> poor nok_cat
2008-03-02 17:58 < Daniel_Bush> Did you feed it the risin like I asked
2008-03-02 17:58 < Daniel_Bush> Oh, I meant ricin
2008-03-02 17:59 < Daniel_Bush> Ricin.
2008-03-02 17:59 < Daniel_Bush> It's part of the hairball care formula.
2008-03-02 18:02 < quanticle> Franz21: Why's that?
2008-03-02 18:02 < Ceiling_Cat> quanticle - because nok_cat isn't responding
2008-03-02 18:02 < Ceiling_Cat> despite repeated pokings
2008-03-02 18:02 < Franz21> dunno
2008-03-02 18:02 < Franz21> yep
2008-03-02 18:02 < Franz21> it's just idling around
2008-03-02 18:02 < Franz21> i tried highlighting the poor thing
2008-03-02 18:03 < Franz21> but nothing
2008-03-02 18:03 < Franz21> i could try to offer it some cheezburgers
2008-03-02 18:03 < quanticle> Well, its name is *sleep_deprived*
2008-03-02 18:03 < quanticle> It could just be sleeping, y'know.
2008-03-02 18:06 < Daniel_Bush> All the old videos just were taken off from The Daily Show website
2008-03-02 18:06 < Daniel_Bush> except for one about Paris Hilton
2008-03-02 18:07 < Daniel_Bush> I was in the middle of watching the archives and they all just disappeared
2008-03-02 18:12 < quanticle> Daniel_Bush: Perhaps its a prelude to them releasing the shows on DVD?
2008-03-02 18:13 < Daniel_Bush> I watched Jan. 7 and 8 at least
2008-03-02 18:38 * Rinn ebbs
2008-03-02 18:39 * Rinn flows
2008-03-02 18:39 * Rinn ebbs
2008-03-02 18:40 * Rinn flows
2008-03-02 18:40 < kgoetz> o_0
2008-03-02 18:42 < Franz21> @_@
2008-03-02 18:57 < The359> Am I correct in thinking that this is a horrible page name?
2008-03-02 18:57 < The359> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maserati_Coup%C3%A9_/_Spyder&redirect=no
2008-03-02 18:58 < The359> [[Maserati Coupé / Spyder]]
2008-03-02 18:58 < The359> Article had originally been on [[Maserati Coupe]], with [[Maserati Spyder]] redirecting to [[Maserati Coupe]]
2008-03-02 19:01 < ggreer> that maserati looks a lot like a jag
2008-03-02 19:01 < The359> that wasn't the point ;0
2008-03-02 19:01 < The359> erm, ;)
2008-03-02 19:01 < quanticle> Heh. Is anyone else in #wikinews?
2008-03-02 19:02 * quanticle needed a breather from the dramastorm in that channel
2008-03-02 19:02 < ggreer> I had a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Exige following me today
2008-03-02 19:02 < ggreer> those things have amazing handling
2008-03-02 19:04 < quanticle> ggreer: Nice. I'd probably be more excited to see one of those than a Ferrari. They're certainly rarer on American roads.
2008-03-02 19:04 * quanticle goes carwatching occasionally
2008-03-02 19:04 < The359> I wouldn't say that
2008-03-02 19:04 < ggreer> quanticle: well my boss has an elise so I guess I'm used to the look
2008-03-02 19:04 < The359> I've seen quite a few Elises and Exigse
2008-03-02 19:04 < The359> and Esprits around here
2008-03-02 19:05 < NotACow> what's the deal with all the cars with names that start with E?
2008-03-02 19:05 < ggreer> and me on my lowly ninja
2008-03-02 19:05 < BillyH> Like the Ford Escort?
2008-03-02 19:05 < The359> Lotus just likes to do that, NotACow
2008-03-02 19:05 < ggreer> heh
2008-03-02 19:05 < The359> Elise, Exige, Esprit, Eclat, Excel, Europa
2008-03-02 19:05 < The359> they have a few rare models that aren't Es though
2008-03-02 19:06 < ggreer> they used to have an Elan
2008-03-02 19:06 < The359> yes
2008-03-02 19:06 < The359> twice
2008-03-02 19:06 < quanticle> ggreer: The Elise is a sweet car as well.
2008-03-02 19:06 < The359> 340R, Carlton, Cortina
2008-03-02 19:06 < BillyH> Lotus II on the Amiga ruled.
2008-03-02 19:06 * quanticle saw a Maserati Quattroporte the other day.
2008-03-02 19:06 < Messedrocker> the Ford Existentialism
2008-03-02 19:06 < The359> which version?
2008-03-02 19:06 < The359> 1 through 4?
2008-03-02 19:06 < ggreer> yeah, lotus makes some pretty cool cars
2008-03-02 19:06 < quanticle> BillyH: I played Lotus III on the Sega Genesis. That was an awesome game as well.
2008-03-02 19:07 < ggreer> repairs and maintenance are really expensive on them though
2008-03-02 19:07 < BillyH> Ooh cool.
2008-03-02 19:07 < Messedrocker> quanticle, how long did it take for you to get over the fact that sega lost the war?
2008-03-02 19:07 < ggreer> if somebody backs into you and cracks the front fiberglass shell, it's like $8k to fix
2008-03-02 19:07 < BillyH> I was a Nintendo kid.
2008-03-02 19:07 * Messedrocker ^5 BillyH
2008-03-02 19:08 < quanticle> Messedrocker: Never. I still haven't gotten over it. The Genesis should have won, dammit.
2008-03-02 19:08 < Messedrocker> to hell with your ugly genesis!
2008-03-02 19:09 < BillyH> I got a sexy SNES in '94, with Donkey Kong Country, Street Fighter II and a few others.
2008-03-02 19:09 < Messedrocker> and Super Metroid?
2008-03-02 19:09 < Messedrocker> Super Metroid came out in 1994
2008-03-02 19:09 < quanticle> Oh F the SNES! Sonic > Mario
2008-03-02 19:09 < quanticle> :)
2008-03-02 19:09 < quanticle> ;)
2008-03-02 19:09 < BillyH> We didn't have that no, looks cool though.
2008-03-02 19:09 < The359> ugh
2008-03-02 19:09 < BillyH> Sonic and Mario are buddies now.
2008-03-02 19:09 < The359> same fool that moved Maserati Coupe to Maserati Coupe / Spyder
2008-03-02 19:10 < Messedrocker> It took 3 years to make. No kidding
2008-03-02 19:10 < The359> also uploaded a dozen pictures from Flickr, which were listed as CC-BY-NC-SA
2008-03-02 19:10 < BillyH> I think, in a fight, Sonic would just run away really quickly but Mario would shoot fireballs.
2008-03-02 19:10 < The359> so they now have to be deleted
2008-03-02 19:10 < BillyH> Hard work.
2008-03-02 19:11 < Messedrocker> quanticle, sonic and mario are both good for different reasons
2008-03-02 19:11 < The359> effing annoying
2008-03-02 19:11 < Messedrocker> BillyH, in a fight, sonic would jump on top of mario
2008-03-02 19:11 < quanticle> BillyH: Yeah. I find it somewhat disgusting that the main platform for Sega games has been Nintendo consoles.
2008-03-02 19:11 < Messedrocker> i find it somewhat HAHA SUCKERS
2008-03-02 19:11 < quanticle> Messedrocker: We'll see. Brawl is coming out soon.
2008-03-02 19:12 < Messedrocker> fuckin a!
2008-03-02 19:12 < Messedrocker> i had that game reserved since august
2008-03-02 19:12 < Rinn> A week!
2008-03-02 19:12 < quanticle> Rinn: Really? That soon?
2008-03-02 19:12 < Rinn> Yup.
2008-03-02 19:12 < Messedrocker> i reserved brawl the day i got metroid
2008-03-02 19:12 < Messedrocker> by which i mean, the original metroid, in 1987
2008-03-02 19:12 < Messedrocker> "yes I'd also like to reserve Super Smash Brothers Brawl for the Wii"
2008-03-02 19:12 < Messedrocker> "kid, drugs are bad for you"
2008-03-02 19:13 < compwhizii> ???
2008-03-02 19:13 < BillyH> I expect lemonade and party cake and paper hats, by the way.
2008-03-02 19:13 < BillyH> Today is my Wikibirthday.
2008-03-02 19:14 < BillyH> I am four years old.
2008-03-02 19:14 < Messedrocker> nice
2008-03-02 19:14 < Messedrocker> i'll be four this november
2008-03-02 19:14 * Ceiling_Cat will celebrate his 5th wiki-birthday in August
2008-03-02 19:14 < BillyH> I wonder what the equivalent of that is in human years.
2008-03-02 19:14 < BillyH> Ok you win.
2008-03-02 19:14 < Ceiling_Cat> Billyh is a newb :)
2008-03-02 19:14 < bumm13> Bill-ay!
2008-03-02 19:14 < Messedrocker> welly billyh, newyorkbrad is only like 1 wiki-year old yet he's three decades older than me IRL
2008-03-02 19:15 < BillyH> Bumm Thirteen!
2008-03-02 19:15 < bumm13> how goes it? :)
2008-03-02 19:15 < BillyH> Awesome.
2008-03-02 19:15 < bumm13> that's good
2008-03-02 19:15 < bumm13> I'm still fighting off an evil cold/flu bug :P
2008-03-02 19:15 < BillyH> I'm celebrating my Wikibirthday by waving my stick around and saying how better it was in the days of {{msg:stub}}
2008-03-02 19:15 < bumm13> that requires a dancing stickman
2008-03-02 19:15 < Messedrocker> the PlayStation 3: a stupid console, or the stupidest console?
2008-03-02 19:16 < BillyH> And when there were less than 250,000 articles and only about 75 people in here.
2008-03-02 19:16 < bumm13> not as stupid as the Atari 5200, methinks
2008-03-02 19:16 < kenlyric> jaguar
2008-03-02 19:16 < bumm13> heh
2008-03-02 19:16 * Messedrocker remembers there being 400,000 articles
2008-03-02 19:16 < BillyH> The stupidest console is the Atari 2600 Jr.
2008-03-02 19:16 < bumm13> it was probably lower than 250,000 when I first started lurking here
2008-03-02 19:16 < bumm13> nah, it's just a redesign of one of the all-time greats :)
2008-03-02 19:17 < Messedrocker> BillyH, slimlined versions of older consoles don't count
2008-03-02 19:17 < BillyH> Ah well.
2008-03-02 19:17 < BillyH> I like how they were still making 2600 games until like 1992.
2008-03-02 19:17 * Ceiling_Cat remembers there being 120,000 articles
2008-03-02 19:17 < Ceiling_Cat> and bumm predates me in this sense ;)
2008-03-02 19:17 < Messedrocker> they made NES games until the Nintendo 64 was two years away :D
2008-03-02 19:17 < bumm13> I'm sure I remember hitting 100k
2008-03-02 19:17 < WikiStalker> Ceiling_Cat, never facehuggled me back :~(
2008-03-02 19:17 < Ceiling_Cat> I think we might have been at 100k (or there abouts) the day I joined
2008-03-02 19:18 * bumm13 never thought he'd become an "IRC channel ancient"
2008-03-02 19:18 * Ceiling_Cat latches onto WikiStalker's face
2008-03-02 19:18 < BillyH> That was like 2003 I think.
2008-03-02 19:18 < WikiStalker> O_O
2008-03-02 19:18 < BillyH> 2003 is 50 years ago in internet years.
2008-03-02 19:18 < BillyH> No youtube.
2008-03-02 19:18 < BillyH> No Facebook.
2008-03-02 19:18 < BillyH> Myspace had like six people on it.
2008-03-02 19:18 < Messedrocker> bumm13, there's an IRC channel I've been consistently hanging out in since October 2003
2008-03-02 19:18 < Messedrocker> it's the longest time i've been with a channel ever
2008-03-02 19:18 < Ceiling_Cat> See also: http://surreality.info/up/Facehugger.jpg
2008-03-02 19:18 < BillyH> Hah! I've been hanging out in one since April 2001.
2008-03-02 19:18 < BillyH> I was...12.
2008-03-02 19:19 < bumm13> en: had 132,520 articles in June 2003
2008-03-02 19:19 < WikiStalker> :DD
2008-03-02 19:19 < bumm13> (thanks wayback machine!)
2008-03-02 19:19 * Messedrocker remembers the article count hitting 404,000
2008-03-02 19:19 * Messedrocker remembers giggling at that
2008-03-02 19:19 < WikiStalker> 5 years and only 2million :S
2008-03-02 19:19 < BillyH> I have logs of when we hit 500k and 1 million.
2008-03-02 19:19 < WikiStalker> Ceiling_Cat, an alien O_O
2008-03-02 19:20 < Ceiling_Cat> Now imagine one of those in _cat form
2008-03-02 19:20 < BillyH> Alien cat?
2008-03-02 19:20 < bumm13> 240,000+ in March 2004
2008-03-02 19:20 < BillyH> I remember being bored so I screencapped IE the moment Wiki hit 250k.
2008-03-02 19:20 < WikiStalker> eeek O_o
2008-03-02 19:20 < CharlotteWebb> i just saw an edit summary which said something like "reduce plot synopsis to conform with 200-word limit"
2008-03-02 19:20 < bumm13> this particular date of the main page is funny
2008-03-02 19:20 < CharlotteWebb> are these people for real?
2008-03-02 19:20 < bumm13> it has Joshua Norton as the feature article
2008-03-02 19:20 < bumm13> and
2008-03-02 19:20 < Messedrocker> CharlotteWebb, idiots deserve the most hugs
2008-03-02 19:21 < WikiStalker> Ceiling_Cat, i wonder what will be entering the mouth :P
2008-03-02 19:21 < Faroframkallande> CharlotteWebb: where?
2008-03-02 19:21 < bumm13> the anniversary of Bobby Fischer refusing refused to play Anatoly Karpov in 1975
2008-03-02 19:21 < Faroframkallande> 200 words is stupid
2008-03-02 19:21 < bumm13> -refused
2008-03-02 19:21 < CharlotteWebb> hugs will only encourage them to procreate
2008-03-02 19:21 < Faroframkallande> I have a hard time condensing plot summaries to 500 words, let alone 200
2008-03-02 19:21 < geniice> CharlotteWebb probably. Old time copyright myth
2008-03-02 19:22 < BillyH> Surely it's harder depending on the film length.
2008-03-02 19:22 < BillyH> Then again there could be a short film with like 50 plot twists.
2008-03-02 19:22 < Mike5> this is surely one of our finest articles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newbie
2008-03-02 19:22 < kgoetz> surely its harder depending on how much plot there was to start with :)
2008-03-02 19:22 < bumm13> wow, when I first starting editing (I was a long time anon but started lurking here in Mar. 2002)....
2008-03-02 19:22 < Faroframkallande> BillyH: they call that a M Night Shamylan movie
2008-03-02 19:22 < bumm13> WP had less than 50,000 articles
2008-03-02 19:23 < bumm13> *Mar. 2003
2008-03-02 19:23 < Mike_H> bumm13: ooh, look what I found
2008-03-02 19:23 < Mike_H> Iron Butterfly
2008-03-02 19:23 < Mike_H> on American Bandstand :DD
2008-03-02 19:23 < bumm13> lol
2008-03-02 19:23 < bumm13> what year?
2008-03-02 19:23 < Mike_H> it's kinescope
2008-03-02 19:23 < Mike_H> 1968
2008-03-02 19:23 < Mike_H> doing an *extremely* truncated version of Inna Gadda Da Vida
2008-03-02 19:23 < bumm13> that's hilarious
2008-03-02 19:24 < bumm13> heh
2008-03-02 19:24 < Mike_H> http://youtube.com/watch?v=MKD55D-O7QE
2008-03-02 19:24 < CharlotteWebb> i think any kind of word limit in prose will only encourage choppy sentence structure
2008-03-02 19:24 < bumm13> apparently one of Led Zeppelin's earlier concerts had them opening for Iron Butterfly in 1969
2008-03-02 19:24 < FastLizard4> Mike5: Most definitely
2008-03-02 19:25 < bumm13> after Zep did their set, Iron Butterfly refused to take the stage to play :D
2008-03-02 19:25 < Mike_H> this version of Inna Gadda Da Vida is probably like two and a half minutes
2008-03-02 19:25 < bumm13> wow
2008-03-02 19:25 < bumm13> that is short
2008-03-02 19:26 < Mike_H> it's basically the beginning
2008-03-02 19:26 < Messedrocker> bumm13, it's definitely possible, though
2008-03-02 19:26 < Mike_H> the first verse
2008-03-02 19:26 < Mike_H> the chorus
2008-03-02 19:26 < Mike_H> and the ending
2008-03-02 19:26 < Messedrocker> since there's really only that much song in lyrics
2008-03-02 19:26 < bumm13> true
2008-03-02 19:26 < Faroframkallande> remember when we used to make out to this hymn?
2008-03-02 19:26 < Messedrocker> hehehehe shhh shhh shhh
2008-03-02 19:26 * Mike_H whips out a lighter
2008-03-02 19:26 < Faroframkallande> it's a candle
2008-03-02 19:26 < BillyH> Wait a minute! This sounds like rock and/or roll
2008-03-02 19:26 * Mike_H hits BillyH with a beach ball
2008-03-02 19:27 * Messedrocker hits BillyH with a beach ball
2008-03-02 19:27 < Messedrocker> holy shit
2008-03-02 19:27 < CharlotteWebb> yeah he's doing it everywhere http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Raymondc0?namespace=0
2008-03-02 19:27 < bumm13> o_O
2008-03-02 19:27 < FastLizard4> zOMG!
2008-03-02 19:27 < geniice> remeber guys Rachel Marsden is not a reliable source
2008-03-02 19:27 < geniice> http://valleywag.com/362814/the-goodbye-email-from-jimmy-waless-girlfriend
2008-03-02 19:28 < CharlotteWebb> 15:08, 25 January 2008 (hist) (diff) m List of characters from The Office (US)‎ (Per concensus, characters must have speaking roles in two episodes to merit inclusion here
2008-03-02 19:28 < CharlotteWebb> where do they come up with this shit
2008-03-02 19:28 < Mike_H> seventeen minutes later!
2008-03-02 19:28 < CharlotteWebb> and why do so many people habitually misspell "consensus"
2008-03-02 19:28 < Mike_H> doo doo
2008-03-02 19:28 < Mike_H> doo doo doo doo
2008-03-02 19:28 * Mike_H collapses
2008-03-02 19:29 < WikiStalker> aint she that Sanchez's friend? O_O
2008-03-02 19:29 < Faroframkallande> wait a minute, this sounds like rock and/or roll...
2008-03-02 19:29 < The359> anyone can fake IM logs
2008-03-02 19:29 < The359> even me
2008-03-02 19:29 < Messedrocker> Faroframkallande, someone beat you to that
2008-03-02 19:29 < BillyH> I never thought when I started coming here four years ago we'd be talking about Jimbo sex scandals.
2008-03-02 19:30 < Faroframkallande> shit
2008-03-02 19:30 < BillyH> Larry Sanger sex scandals maybe.
2008-03-02 19:30 * Mike_H pets BillyH
2008-03-02 19:30 < Mike_H> I've missed you :D
2008-03-02 19:30 < BillyH> Hehe hello!
2008-03-02 19:30 < Messedrocker> BillyH: EWWWWWWWWWW
2008-03-02 19:31 < WikiStalker> those are fakes since Jimbo doesn't talk much P:
2008-03-02 19:31 < geniice> WikiStalker Rachel Marsden is not a reliable source
2008-03-02 19:32 < BillyH> This is amusing.
2008-03-02 19:32 < CharlotteWebb> for that matter neither is jimbo
2008-03-02 19:32 < WikiStalker> ;)
2008-03-02 19:32 < BillyH> I like the idea of Jimbo saying "the last thing I want to do is take a break from fucking your brains out all night to work on your wikipedia entry :)"
2008-03-02 19:32 < The359> the last report did say that they were having marathon 24 hour sex sessions
2008-03-02 19:33 < The359> Also, why is Valleywag the one reporting this stuff at least twice now?
2008-03-02 19:33 < geniice> BillyH seriosuly mess up priorities there. We didn't even get a free image out of the thing
2008-03-02 19:34 < BillyH> 24 hour sex? Holy crap.
2008-03-02 19:34 < geniice> The359 Eh wikipedia is now located on their turf
2008-03-02 19:34 < Faroframkallande> the359: he also has jet to sex0r her in
2008-03-02 19:34 < BillyH> "Ooh it's Monday, I gotta go to work" "Let's have sex first" "Ok!" *time passes* "Oh crap it's Tuesday"
2008-03-02 19:34 < The359> what?
2008-03-02 19:35 < Xihix> Hey guys
2008-03-02 19:35 < Xihix> how do you clear cache in IE?
2008-03-02 19:35 < Xihix> I need to use AWB but it says I should clear it.
2008-03-02 19:35 < Comets> why would Jimbo do a Bimbo? :)
2008-03-02 19:35 < Comets> hehe
2008-03-02 19:36 < BillyH> Why would Jimbo do a whale?
2008-03-02 19:36 < dtobias> Jimbo: "...an internal mailing list of people who specialize in fixing this kind of stuff..." Another one of those sooper-seekrit cabal inner circle back channels?
2008-03-02 19:37 < BillyH> Well what else could it be?
2008-03-02 19:37 < dtobias> Xihix: Uninstall IE and get a decent browser like Firefox.
2008-03-02 19:37 < geniice> dtobias nah just good old otrs
2008-03-02 19:37 < Daniel_Bush> Former manager of a porn site having a sex scandal
2008-03-02 19:37 < Daniel_Bush> Say it ain't so
2008-03-02 19:37 < Xihix> dtobias
2008-03-02 19:37 < Xihix> I have FF
2008-03-02 19:37 < Xihix> But
2008-03-02 19:38 < Xihix> AWB uses IE.
2008-03-02 19:38 < Xihix> so, how do you clear cache in IE?
2008-03-02 19:38 < dtobias> Dunno... I never use that thing myself.
2008-03-02 19:38 < Comets> ctrl +F5
2008-03-02 19:38 < compwhizii> no..
2008-03-02 19:38 < BillyH> Jimbo is to the 00s what Clinton was to the 90s.
2008-03-02 19:38 < compwhizii> You get firefox
2008-03-02 19:38 < Comets> yes
2008-03-02 19:38 < FastLizard4> Xihix: Ctrl + F5
2008-03-02 19:38 < Comets> same
2008-03-02 19:38 < Xihix> thanks
2008-03-02 19:39 < RR|testingchatzi> destroy wikipedia with chatzilla old bean
2008-03-02 19:39 < Xihix> why doesn't WP:AWB use FireFox?
2008-03-02 19:39 < RR|testingchatzi> fdsfdasjfsdhgafhsdgsdffdkjhgfsdhkdjfashkjfdskjhfasdhkjfasdjkhfsdkjhsdfkjhjhksdfkjhsdfjhksdfkhhksdjfkjhsdfkjhsdfdfhkjhksdjfhkjdfskjhfd my werk if art
2008-03-02 19:39 < Comets> RR|testingchatzi, dont
2008-03-02 19:40 < BillyH> Yeah it's my Wikibirthday, be nice.
2008-03-02 19:40 < RR|testingchatzi> interfere with all wiki activity
2008-03-02 19:40 < Comets> tis sceptre's birthday O_O
2008-03-02 19:40 < Daniel_Bush> Wikibirthday? Is that like a birthday you change every day so you get 365x more presentsw?
2008-03-02 19:40 < Franz21> ftw
2008-03-02 19:41 < RR|testingchatzi> thoust must abuse power of such irc clients
2008-03-02 19:41 < BillyH> No I've protected it to March 3rd.
2008-03-02 19:41 < BillyH> Jesus I was 15 when I started editing.
2008-03-02 19:42 < Messedrocker> i was 12 :)
2008-03-02 19:42 < Faroframkallande> 14 here
2008-03-02 19:42 < Messedrocker> i screwed up a LOT as a noob, but i was the most patient noob ever
2008-03-02 19:42 < Comets> i was happy
2008-03-02 19:42 < Messedrocker> "your article was deleted because it's crap"
2008-03-02 19:42 < Comets> now I'm not :|
2008-03-02 19:42 < BillyH> Later this year I'm gonna turn an ancient old fogey and be 20.
2008-03-02 19:42 < Messedrocker> "ah oh well. no problem"
2008-03-02 19:43 < BillyH> I posted full theme tune lyrics, it got put on Possible Copyright Infringements, and I was like "Oh crap I'm gonna get sued"
2008-03-02 19:43 * Messedrocker wrote the wikipedia article on that 1985 song by that shitty band
2008-03-02 19:44 * Faroframkallande wrote the wikipedia article on the 2007 Eurovision song by that equally shitty band
2008-03-02 19:45 * Messedrocker wrote the article on the Atari chess game
2008-03-02 19:45 < BillyH> My RFA wasn't universal because I 'only' had about 2,500 edits.
2008-03-02 19:45 < BillyH> I was like "ONLY?!"
2008-03-02 19:45 < Jonjonbt> Some people have over 150,000
2008-03-02 19:45 < Jonjonbt> And some people have gotten promoted at less edits
2008-03-02 19:45 < Messedrocker> last i checked i had over nine thousand
2008-03-02 19:45 < BillyH> Yeah I guess so.
2008-03-02 19:45 < Jonjonbt> It just depends
2008-03-02 19:45 < BillyH> This was like a year after I started editing.
2008-03-02 19:45 < BillyH> Some of my edits have been hella big though.
2008-03-02 19:45 < Jonjonbt> I have about 6,000
2008-03-02 19:46 < BillyH> I have...erm where's a good edit counter?
2008-03-02 19:46 < Daniel_Bush> You can upload 100 featured articles in 100 edits,
2008-03-02 19:46 * Jonjonbt will get it
2008-03-02 19:46 < Daniel_Bush> but they'd still say "You're too inexperienced. We count by edits. Upload one sentence per edit and we'll see."
2008-03-02 19:46 * dtobias wrote the article on a Commodore 64 diskmagazine
2008-03-02 19:47 < Jonjonbt> BillyH, Username?
2008-03-02 19:47 < Messedrocker> Daniel_Bush, that doesn't happen often, though. Even after I make a big edit I see little flaws that I'd like to fix, so I start pecking in
2008-03-02 19:47 < BillyH> ...BillyH.
2008-03-02 19:47 * Messedrocker 's latest work is [[Lead and copper rule]]
2008-03-02 19:47 < BillyH> I used to have a list of all the new articles I started but I removed it cus it was out of date and couldn't be bothered to update it.
2008-03-02 19:47 < Crimedog> Why does [[1946]] have 2 table's of contents, one at the beginning and one at the end?
2008-03-02 19:48 < Jonjonbt> http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/Tool1/wannabe_kate?username=BillyH&site=en.wikipedia.org You have about 4400
2008-03-02 19:48 < BillyH> Awesome.