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2008-04-11 14:56 < The359> then why aren't you there, rocketmaster000?
2008-04-11 14:56 < Working_Cat> rocketmaster000: you should hang out here more. then you'll know.
2008-04-11 14:56 < Enterprise_Cat> rocketmaster000: Then join #uncyclopedia
2008-04-11 14:56 < Working_Cat> we have funny, drama, tragedy and surreal all of it
2008-04-11 14:56 < Enterprise_Cat> oh teh noes teh intarwebz
2008-04-11 14:57 < Enterprise_Cat> they sayz I haz new messagez (last change)
2008-04-11 14:57 < The359> IT'S A TARP
2008-04-11 14:58 < Working_Cat> lol no one has said anything there in the 5 mins that i've been there
2008-04-11 14:59 < Working_Cat> also, they have 50-odd people in there
2008-04-11 15:00 < Enterprise_Cat> {{lies}}
2008-04-11 15:01 < Working_Cat> {{lies on top}}
2008-04-11 15:01 < The359> {{lies to your mother}}
2008-04-11 15:01 * Working_Cat tags The359 with a [[dont know, dont care]] .... again
2008-04-11 15:02 < Enterprise_Cat> You have new nuclear missiles (last regeime change)
2008-04-11 15:03 < Working_Cat> Enterprise_Cat: lol
2008-04-11 15:03 < Working_Cat> ok any of you guys use any online budgeting/finance management tools?
2008-04-11 15:03 < Enterprise_Cat> nope
2008-04-11 15:03 < The359> nope
2008-04-11 15:04 < Working_Cat> okie
2008-04-11 15:04 < gwern> Undone last launch by [[User:Enterprise_Cat | Enterprise_Cat ]]:...
2008-04-11 15:04 < Working_Cat> i just tried out a couple of good ones
2008-04-11 15:05 < Enterprise_Cat> (Nuke log) April 11, 2008 19:04 FastLizard4 (Talk | Contribs | Block) Nuked user Gwern (crimes against the state)
2008-04-11 15:06 < Enterprise_Cat> Working_Cat: Which ones?
2008-04-11 15:06 * Working_Cat reverts the 'Undo Last Launch' by [[User: Gwern | gwern ]]
2008-04-11 15:06 < Working_Cat> A revert war: Cuz nuclear wars just aint enoguh
2008-04-11 15:07 < Enterprise_Cat> XD
2008-04-11 15:07 < Working_Cat> Enterprise_Cat: wasabe and buxfer
2008-04-11 15:07 < Enterprise_Cat> Working_Cat: Ehh
2008-04-11 15:08 * gwern blanked page, content: "#REDIRECT[[Soviet Russia]]
2008-04-11 15:08 < Working_Cat> buxfer has a better CSS and is also a lot more useful for anyone living with roomies / indulging in group spending
2008-04-11 15:08 * Working_Cat does whatever the format is to redirect from Soviet Russia to China
2008-04-11 15:09 < Working_Cat> wasabe is much more secure
2008-04-11 15:09 < Working_Cat> apparently
2008-04-11 15:10 < FletchFF> article Spud_gun needs someone to revert it
2008-04-11 15:12 < morwen> gwern: shouldn't that be #SOVIET RUSSIA[[redirect]] ?
2008-04-11 15:13 < White_Cat> ...
2008-04-11 15:13 < White_Cat> morwen
2008-04-11 15:14 < White_Cat> you the morwen?
2008-04-11 15:14 < morwen> what morwen?
2008-04-11 15:14 < White_Cat> the arbitrator?
2008-04-11 15:14 < Working_Cat> what the morwen
2008-04-11 15:14 < morwen> White_Cat: there is no such morwen. stop making shit up.
2008-04-11 15:14 < GofG> What are the dimensions of the wikipedia logo?
2008-04-11 15:14 < Working_Cat> also, arbcom does not exist :P
2008-04-11 15:15 < Working_Cat> GofG: the height, width and depth of human knowledge.
2008-04-11 15:15 < White_Cat> User:Morven
2008-04-11 15:15 < Working_Cat> so basically, yeah, not too deep
2008-04-11 15:16 < White_Cat> GofG which one?
2008-04-11 15:16 < morwen> White_Cat: exactly.
2008-04-11 15:16 < White_Cat> vv
2008-04-11 15:16 < White_Cat> I suppose wattching rental magica is more productive
2008-04-11 15:16 < morwen> is your memory that addled?
2008-04-11 15:23 < Working_Cat> anyone here has any clue about wikimedia and formatting and stuff?
2008-04-11 15:23 < Working_Cat> as in, suppose i have an XML file, is there any 'engine' which i can plug that file into and have a formatted page?
2008-04-11 15:24 < kingturtle> gmorning
2008-04-11 15:25 < nsh> ghthl'[]
2008-04-11 15:27 < FletchFF> can someone revert Spud_gun
2008-04-11 15:33 < Enterprise_Cat> FletchFF: Revert yurself!
2008-04-11 15:34 < FletchFF> I can't from work
2008-04-11 15:34 < Enterprise_Cat> FletchFF: Why not?
2008-04-11 15:35 < FletchFF> BECAUSE!
2008-04-11 15:35 < Enterprise_Cat> :\
2008-04-11 15:38 < Working_Cat> Enterprise_Cat: as a Working_Cat, i can empathize with FletchFF
2008-04-11 15:45 < Mc13football> Pseud
2008-04-11 15:45 < Mc13football> deeduck
2008-04-11 15:45 < Mc13football> HELOO
2008-04-11 15:45 < Mc13football> hi
2008-04-11 15:45 < Mc13football> 什麼
2008-04-11 15:46 < Enterprise_Cat> Mc13football: Stop flooding
2008-04-11 15:46 < Mc13football> ok
2008-04-11 15:46 < Mc13football> whtf
2008-04-11 15:46 < toresbe> Are you drunk?
2008-04-11 15:46 < Mc13football> 谁
2008-04-11 15:46 < Working_Cat> toresbe: no. im at work.
2008-04-11 15:46 < Mc13football> me
2008-04-11 15:46 < Mc13football> ok
2008-04-11 15:46 < Mc13football> 每个人都喜
2008-04-11 15:46 < toresbe> Working_Cat: I've been drunk at work.
2008-04-11 15:47 < toresbe> I've written code in that condition, too.
2008-04-11 15:47 < Mc13football> ok
2008-04-11 15:47 < Mc13football> 무슨일
2008-04-11 15:47 < Mc13football> alkdjfa
2008-04-11 15:47 < Mc13football> a;lkf
2008-04-11 15:47 < Mc13football> eed
2008-04-11 15:47 < Mc13football> dell
2008-04-11 15:47 < Mc13football> 델은이 있으십니까
2008-04-11 15:47 < Enterprise_Cat> Mc13football: STOP
2008-04-11 15:47 < toresbe> Mc13football: shut up, please
2008-04-11 15:47 < Mc13football> 난 뭘하고있는 거지
2008-04-11 15:47 < Working_Cat> toresbe: <Smartass comment redacted under the suspiction that the target has the banhammer>
2008-04-11 15:48 < Mc13football> 我什么也不干
2008-04-11 15:48 < Mc13football> hi
2008-04-11 15:48 < Working_Cat> doesnt strike 3 mean kickff?
2008-04-11 15:48 < Enterprise_Cat> Mc13football: This is your final warning
2008-04-11 15:48 < Mc13football> 这是一个坏聊天室，你应该离开!!!!!
2008-04-11 15:48 < Working_Cat> Enterprise_Cat: time to show you dont suck at kickbanning
2008-04-11 15:48 < Mc13football> NOOBS
2008-04-11 15:48 < Enterprise_Cat> Simple, easy, effective
2008-04-11 15:49 < Working_Cat> Enterprise_Cat: if he doesnt come back, you would have redeemed 2% of your rep.
2008-04-11 15:49 < nsh> will have
2008-04-11 15:49 < Working_Cat> sweet move though
2008-04-11 15:49 < Enterprise_Cat> Working_Cat: I purposely set a quiet
2008-04-11 15:49 < Working_Cat> what exactly did you hit him with?
2008-04-11 15:49 < Working_Cat> oh ok
2008-04-11 15:50 < Working_Cat> a lot of mibbit users seem to be jerks
2008-04-11 15:50 < Enterprise_Cat> Working_Cat: Most people who use gateways are
2008-04-11 15:51 < Working_Cat> same goes for Gateway machine
2008-04-11 15:51 < Working_Cat> *machines
2008-04-11 15:51 < Enterprise_Cat> heh
2008-04-11 15:51 < Enterprise_Cat> Working_Cat: I try to avoid full bans usually
2008-04-11 15:51 < Working_Cat> its raining! and theres supposed to be thunderstorms. ride home will be fun. lots of fun.
2008-04-11 15:51 < Enterprise_Cat> Working_Cat: If it is just flooding with nonsense, I usually only quiet. However, if they flood with something disruptive, I usually opt for a full ban
2008-04-11 15:52 * Working_Cat floods the room with joy and sunshine
2008-04-11 15:52 < Enterprise_Cat> :O
2008-04-11 15:52 < The359> http://goteaminternet.com/img/docs/9678.jpg Look at this up close
2008-04-11 15:52 < The359> Then stand a few feet away
2008-04-11 15:53 < Golbez> GAH
2008-04-11 15:53 < Golbez> how the hell does that work
2008-04-11 15:53 < The359> I have no clue
2008-04-11 15:53 < Enterprise_Cat> Golbez: What work?
2008-04-11 15:53 < The359> but it hurts my eyes :(
2008-04-11 15:53 < Enterprise_Cat> oh, the linky
2008-04-11 15:53 * Enterprise_Cat grabs linky
2008-04-11 15:54 < Enterprise_Cat> o_O
2008-04-11 15:55 < Enterprise_Cat> My eyes!
2008-04-11 15:55 < The359> look at it from a few feet away
2008-04-11 15:55 < Enterprise_Cat> The359: I did
2008-04-11 15:55 < Enterprise_Cat> It's a sailboat!
2008-04-11 15:55 < The359> yes
2008-04-11 15:56 * Enterprise_Cat massages his eyes
2008-04-11 16:03 < Working_Cat> MY EYESSS O.o
2008-04-11 16:03 < nneonneo> what?
2008-04-11 16:04 < The359> http://goteaminternet.com/img/docs/9678.jpg this
2008-04-11 16:04 < Working_Cat> and im seeing canvas texture everywhere now :(
2008-04-11 16:04 < The359> did you see the message, Working_Cat?
2008-04-11 16:04 < Working_Cat> MY EYESSSSS :'(
2008-04-11 16:04 < gwern> nneonneo: he was attempting to say 'The goop in my eyes is no long as sweet and tasty as it used to be'.
2008-04-11 16:05 < nneonneo> err...
2008-04-11 16:05 < nneonneo> at least it's stationary
2008-04-11 16:05 < Working_Cat> the3 the one that goes away when you blink?
2008-04-11 16:05 < gwern> you must forgive his inarticulateness. it is a disconcerting discovery
2008-04-11 16:05 < nneonneo> hmm, I see
2008-04-11 16:06 < nneonneo> http://prishels.net/dizzy.gif
2008-04-11 16:06 < The359> what, Working_Cat?
2008-04-11 16:06 < Working_Cat> gwern: please allow me to suggest you to proceed and self fellate yourself
2008-04-11 16:06 < The359> you can see something if you move away from the image, Working_Cat
2008-04-11 16:06 < Working_Cat> the message... i can see a few words, which lose focus as soon as i blink
2008-04-11 16:07 < Working_Cat> but i did get the gist of it.
2008-04-11 16:07 < shimgray> aaaarg, that hurts
2008-04-11 16:07 < The359> MY EYES
2008-04-11 16:07 < nneonneo> lol
2008-04-11 16:07 < The359> THE GOGGLES, THEY DO NOTHING
2008-04-11 16:07 < nneonneo> how long have you been staring at these things?
2008-04-11 16:08 < Working_Cat> too long
2008-04-11 16:08 < gwern> Working_Cat: I'm afraid I cannot allow you to suggest that as I lack sufficient flexibility to contemplate that action even in the abstract
2008-04-11 16:08 < Working_Cat> it said something about killing them all
2008-04-11 16:08 < nneonneo> eek.
2008-04-11 16:09 < Working_Cat> gwern: in that case, blow me.
2008-04-11 16:09 < Working_Cat> and this time, its an order.
2008-04-11 16:09 < gwern> No, thank you
2008-04-11 16:09 < The359> Bestiality is forbidden
2008-04-11 16:09 < Enterprise_Cat> lol
2008-04-11 16:09 < Enterprise_Cat> [13:09:30] === ChanServ!ChanServ@services. banned *brown*cat*!*@* from #wikipedia on Friday, April 11, 2008 12:54:05 AM.
2008-04-11 16:09 * gwern casts aspersions on Working_Cat's transpeciest sexual preferences
2008-04-11 16:10 < nneonneo> I think Europeans are more sane than North Americans
2008-04-11 16:10 < The359> who said we're North American?
2008-04-11 16:10 < nneonneo> didn't imply that
2008-04-11 16:10 < Working_Cat> Enterprise_Cat: he got kicked on join?
2008-04-11 16:10 < nneonneo> more sane != completely sane
2008-04-11 16:11 < The359> I thought he was unbanned yesterday
2008-04-11 16:11 < Enterprise_Cat> Working_Cat: Yeah, he's on autorem, but that means no one can use the nick with brown and cat following it :\
2008-04-11 16:11 < Working_Cat> lol
2008-04-11 16:11 < Enterprise_Cat> The359: He's on autorem
2008-04-11 16:11 < The359> I thought that was removed as well
2008-04-11 16:11 < Working_Cat> browning_muscat
2008-04-11 16:12 * The359 recalls him being allowed back in yesterday
2008-04-11 16:12 < Enterprise_Cat> The359: He's still on it
2008-04-11 16:12 < Enterprise_Cat> huh
2008-04-11 16:13 * The359 can check his log
2008-04-11 16:13 * Working_Cat recalls The359 was tripping yesterday
2008-04-11 16:17 < Working_Cat> channy serv is one dumb prick
2008-04-11 16:18 < The359> he's a prick?
2008-04-11 16:18 < Warpath> :O
2008-04-11 16:19 < Alkivar> http://attuworld.com/worlds_worst_tattoo
2008-04-11 16:19 < Alkivar> zomg Chocolate Rain TATTOO!!
2008-04-11 16:20 < The359> at least its not on his Forehead
2008-04-11 16:22 < Working_Cat> The site you requested is blocked under the following categories: Provocative Attire
2008-04-11 16:22 < Working_Cat> lulz
2008-04-11 16:23 < Working_Cat> i'll have to bookmark that for homeviewing then
2008-04-11 16:23 < The359> linky?
2008-04-11 16:23 < Working_Cat> the one Alkivar posted
2008-04-11 16:23 < The359> oh
2008-04-11 16:23 < The359> yeah
2008-04-11 16:23 < The359> lots of porn ads all over the site
2008-04-11 16:23 < Ryan_wp> Good Afternoon.
2008-04-11 16:24 < The359> Gentlemen
2008-04-11 16:24 < The359> I am a HAL 9000 computer
2008-04-11 16:24 < Working_Cat> in need of upgrade?
2008-04-11 16:24 < The359> Yes, more memory for movie quotes
2008-04-11 16:24 * Working_Cat upgrades HAL's crappy os to GLaDos
2008-04-11 16:25 < nneonneo> but he needs more memory
2008-04-11 16:25 < Alkivar> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CgHNRR6wQ8
2008-04-11 16:25 < Alkivar> theres the straight youtube link for the video
2008-04-11 16:25 < Alkivar> of the chocolate rain tattoo
2008-04-11 16:25 < Alkivar> hopefully that site isnt blocked for you?
2008-04-11 16:25 < Scientus> i in general is opposed to flags
2008-04-11 16:25 < Working_Cat> like i haven nothing else to do.
2008-04-11 16:25 < Scientus> often because a wikipedia article becomes a nice hub for a certain demographic the wikipedian have to flag it cause their opposed to anyone getting what they want
2008-04-11 16:25 < Scientus> i think wikipedia is overly descriminating to external links
2008-04-11 16:25 < The359> you must have the UN building, Scientus
2008-04-11 16:25 < The359> hate
2008-04-11 16:26 < Working_Cat> The359: lol
2008-04-11 16:26 < Working_Cat> Alkivar: i havent tried youtube yet. and i dont intend to either.
2008-04-11 16:26 < The359> Descriminating to external links?
2008-04-11 16:26 < The359> nevermind, fuck it, I need to shower
2008-04-11 16:27 < Working_Cat> smelly cat, smelly cat.... what are they feeding you?
2008-04-11 16:27 * The359 is NOT a merry cat
2008-04-11 16:27 < Working_Cat> smellly cat smelly caaat, its not your fault
2008-04-11 16:35 < Alkivar> sooo NSFW: http://electricretard.com
2008-04-11 16:39 * Working_Cat looks up [[hostile takeover]]
2008-04-11 16:43 < Alkivar> http://designergasmasks.com/
2008-04-11 16:44 < Messedrocker> aww, i was hoping those were real
2008-04-11 16:45 * Messedrocker likes the one on the left ^-^
2008-04-11 16:45 < Working_Cat> heh, #5 and #6 of the worlds richest men are brothers
2008-04-11 16:45 < Working_Cat> they split up the assets a few years back
2008-04-11 16:46 < Alkivar> more big brother for you: http://newsroom.dc.gov/show.aspx/agency/octo/section/2/release/13338
2008-04-11 16:48 < Messedrocker> yeah, one ID
2008-04-11 16:48 < Messedrocker> consolidates existing cards
2008-04-11 16:49 < Working_Cat> interestingy, their dad was nowhere in the top 10 list.
2008-04-11 16:49 < Messedrocker> also so Mussolini doesn't have to subpoena different departments
2008-04-11 16:49 < Working_Cat> continuing my rant, the combined wealth a few years ago, was not enough to be on the top 10 list
2008-04-11 16:50 < Working_Cat> and in the past few years, they built up their individual assets - independently that too, cuz they dont like each other - to be in the top 10 one right after the other.
2008-04-11 16:51 < The359> Texou, what are you doing?
2008-04-11 16:51 < White_Cat> AH its Messedrocker...
2008-04-11 16:51 < White_Cat> ... on a stick
2008-04-11 16:52 < The359> Jose?
2008-04-11 16:52 < Working_Cat> ah its White_Cat ...
2008-04-11 16:52 < Working_Cat> ... canned
2008-04-11 16:52 < Working_Cat> The359: San
2008-04-11 16:53 < White_Cat> José Jalapeño?
2008-04-11 16:53 < White_Cat> no
2008-04-11 16:53 < White_Cat> its not JJ
2008-04-11 16:53 * Cream waves at White_Cat
2008-04-11 16:54 * The359 wishes his WikiProject had more active users
2008-04-11 16:54 < The359> I feel like I'm doing everything myself :(
2008-04-11 16:56 < Enterprise_Cat> Texou: Enough with the excess flood :\
2008-04-11 16:57 < The359> he's in 28 rooms on Freenode
2008-04-11 16:57 < The359> that can't exactly be good
2008-04-11 16:57 < Alkivar> http://www.break.com/index/naked-pictures-of-your-buddys-girlfriend.html
2008-04-11 16:57 < Alkivar> LULZ
2008-04-11 16:57 < Working_Cat> wow. i simply cant see this Texou person or his posts
2008-04-11 16:57 < The359> he hasn't said anything, Working_Cat
2008-04-11 16:57 < Cream> hey Alkivar
2008-04-11 16:58 < Working_Cat> then
2008-04-11 16:58 < Texou> Enterprise_Cat: I'd like not to do that
2008-04-11 16:58 < Texou> but my client seems too fast to connect te too much channels,
2008-04-11 16:58 < Texou> :D
2008-04-11 16:58 < Texou> no I try to config correctly my client
2008-04-11 16:58 < Texou> to be connected jo all I want
2008-04-11 16:58 < Texou> but it implies checas, and failures, and....
2008-04-11 16:58 < Texou> so sohh4
2008-04-11 16:58 < Texou> serhy
2008-04-11 16:59 < Texou> sorry
2008-04-11 16:59 < Texou> normally,
2008-04-11 16:59 < Texou> still 5 recodnectioni maximus
2008-04-11 16:59 < White_Cat> Alkivar? On a stick?
2008-04-11 16:59 < Texou> still 5 reconnectioni maximus
2008-04-11 17:00 < The359> lol, nice Alkidar
2008-04-11 17:00 < The359> er
2008-04-11 17:00 < The359> Alkivar
2008-04-11 17:00 < The359> whichever
2008-04-11 17:00 < The359> "Oh shit, I better start memorizing!"
2008-04-11 17:00 < Cream> where is Johnreaves?
2008-04-11 17:02 < The359> http://www.break.com/index/philly-anchor-makes-explicit-mistake.html Nice
2008-04-11 17:08 < Alkivar> DIABEEETUS REMIX: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hNu1I9r_1A
2008-04-11 17:18 < Golbez> So
2008-04-11 17:18 < Golbez> What would y'all consider the #1 best work on Wikipedia?
2008-04-11 17:18 < Aqwis> best article, you mean?
2008-04-11 17:18 < MooingLemur> Main_Page
2008-04-11 17:18 < Golbez> article, list, whichever is bar none the top of what we can offer
2008-04-11 17:19 < White_Cat> Golbez please volunteer
2008-04-11 17:19 < Golbez> i.e. if you wanted to show someone the best of Wikipedia, you would go to this article first
2008-04-11 17:19 < Aqwis> hmm
2008-04-11 17:19 < MooingLemur> This may be more of a mediawiki question, but is there a way to have a template, such as a table, and then on each page that includes it, substitute something for a part of it (different part on each page)?
2008-04-11 17:19 < Golbez> personally I think mine is [[Alcibiades]], which seems to have pretty much everything we could possibly want
2008-04-11 17:19 < Aqwis> i think my stubs are great
2008-04-11 17:19 < Aqwis> ;)
2008-04-11 17:20 < morwen> MooingLemur: yes
2008-04-11 17:20 < morwen> MooingLemur: what do you know of how templates work?
2008-04-11 17:20 < Aqwis> indeed, Golbez, that is a great article
2008-04-11 17:20 < Aqwis> i like the blue boxes ;)
2008-04-11 17:21 < MooingLemur> morwen: only a cursory understanding through what I read on http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Templates
2008-04-11 17:21 < White_Cat> ah its Ceiling_Cat
2008-04-11 17:21 < White_Cat> on a stick
2008-04-11 17:22 < morwen> MooingLemur: Ok. Basically, what you will want to do is to set up a template with a parameter for each bit that could be substituted
2008-04-11 17:22 < morwen> MooingLemur: and then use a default value if the parameter is not there
2008-04-11 17:22 < MooingLemur> morwen: I'm hoping to have a table, where cells have default values in the template, but any of them could be substituted
2008-04-11 17:22 < MooingLemur> yeah
2008-04-11 17:22 < MooingLemur> I see that part of the page now..
2008-04-11 17:22 < MooingLemur> thanks
2008-04-11 17:23 < Ceiling_Cat> hi all
2008-04-11 17:23 < morwen> np
2008-04-11 17:23 * Ceiling_Cat just got a ton of work dumped on him
2008-04-11 17:23 < morwen> hey Ceiling_Cat
2008-04-11 17:23 < White_Cat> Ceiling_Cat your girlfriend dumped you?
2008-04-11 17:23 < Ceiling_Cat> My advisor wants a final copy of my thesis in his hands by sunday afternoon
2008-04-11 17:23 < Golbez> White_Cat- volunteer for what?
2008-04-11 17:24 < Ceiling_Cat> so he can review it while he's traveling next week, and sign it thursday
2008-04-11 17:24 < White_Cat> Golbez commons relinking
2008-04-11 17:24 < MooingLemur> and I'm assuming cascading templates will also work :)
2008-04-11 17:24 < White_Cat> which bots cant handle
2008-04-11 17:24 < White_Cat> a few pages
2008-04-11 17:24 < Golbez> elaborate
2008-04-11 17:24 < morwen> MooingLemur: yes, you can embed template calls in templates
2008-04-11 17:24 < White_Cat> Golbez basicaly
2008-04-11 17:24 < White_Cat> you replace a.png with b.png
2008-04-11 17:24 < morwen> MooingLemur: please try to limit it to sanity though, as otherwise the developers will cry.
2008-04-11 17:24 < MooingLemur> haha :)
2008-04-11 17:24 < White_Cat> http://tools.wikimedia.de/~daniel/WikiSense/CheckUsage.php?i=Resilient-silver.png&w=_100000&m=&x=&go=Check+Usage&b=0#end
2008-04-11 17:25 < White_Cat> Resilient-silver.png -> Resilient_Barnstar.png
2008-04-11 17:25 < morwen> if you want to use math, use the builtins
2008-04-11 17:25 < White_Cat> Golbez you think you can preform the task
2008-04-11 17:25 < White_Cat> ?
2008-04-11 17:25 < White_Cat> mind that the toolserver lags behind for some wikis
2008-04-11 17:26 < White_Cat> so the linked pages may have already been resolved
2008-04-11 17:26 < White_Cat> I have 8 images that need relinking
2008-04-11 17:26 < Golbez> yikes
2008-04-11 17:26 < Golbez> well i can't right now but catch me later maybe
2008-04-11 17:27 * White_Cat tosses a pokeball
2008-04-11 17:27 < White_Cat> I caught a Golbez!
2008-04-11 17:27 < Golbez> golba golba
2008-04-11 17:27 < Golbez> golbasaur
2008-04-11 17:27 < White_Cat> O_o
2008-04-11 17:27 * White_Cat writes down to the pokedex next to missingno
2008-04-11 17:28 < cimon> Golbez: in practise, it is a good bet (though not cast iron of course) that the best featured article is likely to be a fairly new one, as the standards for getting in rise ever more.
2008-04-11 17:28 < Golbez> hm
2008-04-11 17:28 < Golbez> so does anyone know if there's a standard way of citing a constitution
2008-04-11 17:28 < Golbez> and perhaps should we have a {{cite const}} template?
2008-04-11 17:29 < White_Cat> Golbez you cite it like you cite a book I suppose
2008-04-11 17:29 < White_Cat> {{cite book}} should suffice
2008-04-11 17:29 < White_Cat> constitution is a book
2008-04-11 17:29 < Golbez> But it has no pages or authors.
2008-04-11 17:29 < morwen> sure it has pages
2008-04-11 17:29 < White_Cat> yes but has article nuymbers
2008-04-11 17:29 < morwen> if you are citing an edition of the constitutio
2008-04-11 17:29 < morwen> n
2008-04-11 17:29 < White_Cat> you can cite it like how you would cite any law
2008-04-11 17:29 < Golbez> right but we don't have article= in {{cite book}} =p
2008-04-11 17:29 < cimon> Golbez: though of course, it is within the bound of probabilities that some article writer(s) have kept up with improving their article(s), to avoid being withdraw from the list...
2008-04-11 17:30 < Golbez> {{cite law}} also seems deficient
2008-04-11 17:30 < Golbez> oh huh
2008-04-11 17:30 < Golbez> i thought that one existed
2008-04-11 17:30 < White_Cat> Golbez I can create it but most consitutions are on wikisource or wikpedia
2008-04-11 17:30 < morwen> i always used {{cite book}} for statutes
2008-04-11 17:30 < morwen> it has a section= right?
2008-04-11 17:30 < Golbez> White_Cat- yeah, i need to put some of these constitutions on ws
2008-04-11 17:30 < White_Cat> {{cite jimbo}}
2008-04-11 17:30 < White_Cat> {{cite jesus}}
2008-04-11 17:30 < cimon> Golbez, Which countrys constitution do you mean?
2008-04-11 17:31 < Golbez> New York's.
2008-04-11 17:31 < Golbez> they've had four constitutions
2008-04-11 17:31 < morwen> hmm. no section=
2008-04-11 17:31 < White_Cat> Golbez really?
2008-04-11 17:31 < Golbez> and my references on [[List of Governors of New York]] are a bit unwieldly.
2008-04-11 17:31 < Aqwis> can someone check if wikback is down please?
2008-04-11 17:31 < Aqwis> i don't know if it's my connection or if it's really down
2008-04-11 17:31 < Golbez> White_Cat- 1777, 1821, 1894, 1938.
2008-04-11 17:32 < White_Cat> 1777-1821 = -44 1821-1894 = -73 1894-1938 = -44
2008-04-11 17:32 < White_Cat> oh cute
2008-04-11 17:32 < cimon> so give or take every 50 years, give or take a decade or two
2008-04-11 17:32 < White_Cat> 44 years apart, 73 years apart
2008-04-11 17:32 < morwen> Golbez: hmm. when was the most recently adopted state constitution in the US, i wonder? (um, apart from Alaska/Hawaii)
2008-04-11 17:32 < White_Cat> and again 44 years apart
2008-04-11 17:32 < White_Cat> talk about symetry
2008-04-11 17:32 < Golbez> White_Cat- which means we're due in 2011
2008-04-11 17:33 < Ceiling_Cat> FYI everyone
2008-04-11 17:33 < Ceiling_Cat> Not the Wikipedia Weekly episode 8 is about to record
2008-04-11 17:33 < White_Cat> 1938-2011 = -73
2008-04-11 17:33 < White_Cat> right
2008-04-11 17:34 * Golbez dusts off his WS account
2008-04-11 17:35 < Golbez> http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Letter_by_Alexander_Hamilton_on_the_hurricane_of_August_1772
2008-04-11 17:35 < Golbez> my one and only WS work
2008-04-11 17:35 < Messedrocker> !
2008-04-11 17:35 < Messedrocker> Zub!
2008-04-11 17:36 < Messedrocker> GolbING!
2008-04-11 17:36 < Working_Cat> im bringing wiki back!
2008-04-11 17:36 < Working_Cat> yeah!
2008-04-11 17:36 < Golbez> Working_Cat- you other fuckers dunno how to edit
2008-04-11 17:36 < Golbez> Messedrocker- whaaaaaaa
2008-04-11 17:37 < Golbez> oh dear
2008-04-11 17:37 < Working_Cat> Golbez: rofl
2008-04-11 17:37 < Golbez> wikisource says there was a 1846 constitution.
2008-04-11 17:39 < Golbez> i don't need that. =p
2008-04-11 17:42 < Golbez> so White_Cat
2008-04-11 17:42 < Golbez> there were 5 actually
2008-04-11 17:45 < The359> is it ant mating season?
2008-04-11 17:45 < The359> there's a big pile of ants on our patio, and they're all paired up
2008-04-11 17:45 < The359> either they look like they're fighting
2008-04-11 17:46 < The359> or they're not moving at all, still paired up with another ant
2008-04-11 17:47 < White_Cat> The359 ants dont mate
2008-04-11 17:47 < White_Cat> they act as a collective
2008-04-11 17:47 < White_Cat> there is one mateable female and its the queen
2008-04-11 17:47 < The359> ok, so then they're having a battle royale
2008-04-11 17:48 < The359> they did it yesterday as well
2008-04-11 17:48 < White_Cat> The359 do not attempt to mate them ok
2008-04-11 17:49 < The359> I'm not
2008-04-11 17:49 < White_Cat> just checking
2008-04-11 17:50 < mavhc> build a computer with them
2008-04-11 17:50 < The359> I think most of them are dead if they're not moving
2008-04-11 17:51 < mavhc> build a windows computer with them
2008-04-11 17:52 < White_Cat> The359 prepare a funeral then
2008-04-11 17:52 < The359> a Viking funeral?
2008-04-11 17:53 < White_Cat> klingon one
2008-04-11 17:53 < The359> they're not noble warriors
2008-04-11 17:53 < White_Cat> well
2008-04-11 17:53 < White_Cat> gawron is not
2008-04-11 17:54 < The359> Gowron
2008-04-11 17:54 < cimon> The359: the onesnot moving might just be having a test of strength rather than in fact fighting...
2008-04-11 17:54 < White_Cat> Worf kicked his ass
2008-04-11 17:54 < White_Cat> martok benefited from it
2008-04-11 17:54 < The359> maybe
2008-04-11 17:54 < White_Cat> he became the emporor
2008-04-11 17:54 < White_Cat> for crists sake
2008-04-11 17:54 < cimon> kind of like an arm-wrassle, that isn't all that movement, until one give
2008-04-11 17:55 * The359 goes to take pictures of the carnage
2008-04-11 17:55 * White_Cat tosses cimon into the nearest cargo ship
2008-04-11 17:55 < White_Cat> take him to cardassia
2008-04-11 17:58 < geniice> water is a lot more dangerious than most people think
2008-04-11 17:58 < cimon> The359: that in fact reminds me of a page I was proofreading in Distributed Proofreaders just a few hours ago... It was a book about the history of the Red Cross, I got this gruesome page where the emergency workers had to deal with how to contain an infection, and specifically what to do with the contaminated corpses... very not good for the appetite...
2008-04-11 17:59 < geniice> cimon burn them idealy
2008-04-11 17:59 < cimon> They couldn't bury them at sea or in the ground for some reason I forget, and burn it was...
2008-04-11 17:59 < Working_Cat> stir frying helps too
2008-04-11 17:59 < Working_Cat> thats what my good friend, the Lucifer_Cat does
2008-04-11 17:59 < Working_Cat> havent seen him on in a while though
2008-04-11 18:00 < Working_Cat> !seen Lucifer_Cat
2008-04-11 18:00 < Working_Cat> :/
2008-04-11 18:00 < cimon> but really weird to get that one really gruesome page, and the next one was how uplifting it all was to see people doing the emergency work all that humble.
2008-04-11 18:01 < geniice> cimon more problematical is how to transport them to be burned without the proper equipement
2008-04-11 18:01 < cimon> I understand how great a humanitarian you have to be to go do that sort of work, but heartwarming it isn't to me.
2008-04-11 18:02 < cimon> more like tragic
2008-04-11 18:02 < cimon> Like that Dallaire dude.
2008-04-11 18:03 < geniice> you want tagic? check out the concentration camp liberated by the british
2008-04-11 18:04 < cimon> geniice: the one where they took the guards, and had them lick the blood from the floor before executing them?
2008-04-11 18:04 < geniice> cimon no the one where they didn't know what to feed the inmates
2008-04-11 18:05 < mavhc> ants are totally nobel warriors, they live for the group, no chance of breeding, always sacrificing themselves
2008-04-11 18:07 < geniice> Belsen Concentration Camp
2008-04-11 18:08 < geniice> mavhc are we talking about geeks or insects here
2008-04-11 18:08 < cimon> geniice: I think the one I was thinking about was somewhere in southeast asia...
2008-04-11 18:08 < Working_Cat> geeks hardly ever sacrifice themselves. not physically atleast.
2008-04-11 18:08 < morwen> i have random question for americans or those knowledgeable in americanness
2008-04-11 18:08 < morwen> the state national guards: funded by the states?
2008-04-11 18:08 < Working_Cat> cimon: you are talking about pol pot's men
2008-04-11 18:09 < cimon> Working_Cat, quite likely
2008-04-11 18:09 < Working_Cat> morwen: go wiki?
2008-04-11 18:09 < mavhc> are there geek ants? how aren't played by woody alan?
2008-04-11 18:09 < morwen> Working_Cat: i trieded that!
2008-04-11 18:09 < Working_Cat> try spelling checker next time :P
2008-04-11 18:10 < morwen> Working_Cat: hah, some cat you are
2008-04-11 18:10 < Working_Cat> anyways, heres a Q.....
2008-04-11 18:10 < Working_Cat> anyone here has a 401k ?
2008-04-11 18:10 < Alkivar> http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/music/article1020802.ece <-- LOL
2008-04-11 18:10 < Working_Cat> or atleast knows a bit about them
2008-04-11 18:14 * The359 is uploading pictures of the ant battle
2008-04-11 18:15 < mavhc> battle of wounded knees
2008-04-11 18:16 < The359> http://www.flickr.com/photos/the359/2405725459/
2008-04-11 18:19 < mavhc> could you *have* a smaller DoF?
2008-04-11 18:19 * The359 was using Macro
2008-04-11 18:20 < The359> and I was probably 2 inches away
2008-04-11 18:21 < mavhc> be careful to watch our for a flanking attack
2008-04-11 18:22 < Working_Cat> The359: beautiful yard. ugly cat.
2008-04-11 18:22 < cimon> The359: looking at that, I doubt there was so much a test of strength there between the unmoving ones, but rather they are thinking they aren't good eanough fighters in the melee, so best to just hang on to one dude, so he can't go fight... Much like boxers will often hug each other...
2008-04-11 18:22 < The359> I guess
2008-04-11 18:23 < The359> some were moving around to fight
2008-04-11 18:23 < Working_Cat> i think it was more of a genocide than a test of strength
2008-04-11 18:23 < The359> but yeah, most were just standing locked together
2008-04-11 18:23 < mavhc> that's not because they're all secretly gay then?
2008-04-11 18:23 < cimon> mavhc, more liek enuchs
2008-04-11 18:23 < Working_Cat> mavhc: gay implies a presence of sexness
2008-04-11 18:23 < cimon> *eunuchs
2008-04-11 18:24 < White_Cat> Texou
2008-04-11 18:24 < White_Cat> do you want to be klined?
2008-04-11 18:24 < The359> he's not here, White_Cat
2008-04-11 18:25 < White_Cat> yes
2008-04-11 18:25 < White_Cat> he was scared
2008-04-11 18:25 < The359> he already said before it's something to do with joining 28 chat rooms
2008-04-11 18:25 < White_Cat> The359 then he shouldnt join them
2008-04-11 18:25 < The359> I know
2008-04-11 18:26 < mavhc> not all at once anyway
2008-04-11 18:26 < The359> he clearly has problems with learning
2008-04-11 18:28 < mavhc> he needs his learning chip activating
2008-04-11 18:32 < The359> wtf
2008-04-11 18:32 < The359> I just got a political phone call
2008-04-11 18:32 < The359> it was a recording from some teenbopper
2008-04-11 18:32 < The359> but she answered with "Hello, this is Hillary Clinton"
2008-04-11 18:32 < The359> No, you're not...?
2008-04-11 18:39 < quanticle> The359: Heh. Nice. Was it an ad of some kind?
2008-04-11 18:40 < The359> yes
2008-04-11 18:43 < cimon> Was it even a good imitation?
2008-04-11 18:44 < The359> no
2008-04-11 18:44 < The359> she sounded like she was 20
2008-04-11 19:13 < Mww113> I have a question
2008-04-11 19:14 < Mww113> is anyone here??
2008-04-11 19:14 < Aqwis2> yes.
2008-04-11 19:16 < Mww113> hey how does one become a channel operator here?
2008-04-11 19:17 < Mww113> I checked the irc instructions on meta but found nothing
2008-04-11 19:17 < snowolf> 23:16:58 < Mww113> hey how does one become a channel operator here?
2008-04-11 19:17 < snowolf> sry
2008-04-11 19:17 < Mww113> np
2008-04-11 19:17 < Cream> Mww113, well, try kissing one of the oeprators
2008-04-11 19:18 < Mww113> lol
2008-04-11 19:19 < Mww113> but serrously, is there any process to become one?? or is it given out by the current operators?
2008-04-11 19:19 < quanticle> Mww113: No. There's no real process. You have to be invited, essentially.
2008-04-11 19:19 < Mww113> ok thank you
2008-04-11 19:19 < Mww113> :-)
2008-04-11 19:21 < gwern> 'After what has come to be known as “the Pound Cake speech”—it has its own Wikipedia entry—Cosby came under attack from various quarters of the black establishment. '...
2008-04-11 19:21 < gwern> http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200805/cosby
2008-04-11 19:22 < Cream> Mww113, what is your wiki username?
2008-04-11 19:24 < cimon> wow, we just passed Hotmail in alexa ranking..
2008-04-11 19:26 < cimon> Only gmail , windows live, and myspace to go and we are the worlds most popular website according to alexa....
2008-04-11 19:26 < Messedrocker> what about google and yahoo
2008-04-11 19:27 < gwern> myspace will be hard to pass
2008-04-11 19:28 < cimon> Messedrocker, Google Chile is after hotmail...
2008-04-11 19:30 < cimon> there is something wonky there, I go to traffic detail and there it lists us as number nine
2008-04-11 19:31 < cimon> that fourth most popular must be just a snapshot, at this time of night..
2008-04-11 19:33 < quanticle> cimon: I'm not surprised that Wikipedia routinely cracks the top 10, given that we're the top search result for a lot entries.
2008-04-11 19:33 * Cream cuddles quanticle
2008-04-11 19:34 < Cream> but on some subjects, the results is from ED
2008-04-11 19:35 * quanticle cuddles Cream
2008-04-11 19:35 < quanticle> Cream: Given that Wikipedia and ED are nearly orthogonal sets, I don't think that there's a lot of difference.
2008-04-11 19:36 < Cream> true, since their wiki article is perm salted on WP:En, but it does exists in other languages
2008-04-11 19:38 < cimon> yes but I must have misunderstood one of their rankings.. I don't have the foggiest what they were measuring to make wikipedia come up as number 4
2008-04-11 19:38 < Golbez> am i wrong in hoping that a second Nagorno-Karabakh War erupts so we can have something new to fight over on the Azeri/Armenian articles
2008-04-11 19:39 < cimon> http://www.alexa.com/ can somebody interpret that for me...
2008-04-11 19:40 < anon32> cimon, what part of it?
2008-04-11 19:40 < gwern> 'Glands in its mouth contain a neurotoxin that allows it to immobilize larger animals such as snakes and birds. If not able to find food within about a two-hour period, these small mammals will attack and eat each other.' <-- wtf
2008-04-11 19:41 < gwern> good thing it takes humans more than 2 hours to resort to cannibalism
2008-04-11 19:41 < gwern> [[Northern Short-tailed Shrew]] btw
2008-04-11 19:41 < cimon> anon32: the part on what basis is wikipedia number 4 on that list?
2008-04-11 19:46 < quanticle> Golbez: Nope. You are also not wrong in wanting the Soviet Union to reform and reannex those two countries in order to suppress their warring.
2008-04-11 19:46 < Golbez> eh, it failed in its last days. much like iraq, to be able to suppress hatreds that strong requires a certain kind of dictatorship.
2008-04-11 19:54 < fruitbag> What is the oficial Harvard University anthem?
2008-04-11 19:54 < Messedrocker> fair harvard?
2008-04-11 19:55 < fruitbag> How old is it?
2008-04-11 19:55 < Messedrocker> i don't know
2008-04-11 19:55 < Messedrocker> i don't even know if that's their Theme Song
2008-04-11 19:55 < fruitbag> I was wondering if Harvard has had a traditional historical anthem
2008-04-11 19:55 * Enterprise_Cat adds $wgGroupPermissions['*']['userrights'] = true; to Wikipedia's LocalSettings.php file
2008-04-11 20:00 < Mike42> >.<
2008-04-11 20:01 < snowolf> hi Mike42 :)
2008-04-11 20:01 < Mike42> hey snowolf :)
2008-04-11 20:03 < Mike42> actually I've been meaning to talk to you for a while
2008-04-11 20:03 < snowolf> to me?
2008-04-11 20:03 < Mike42> yes
2008-04-11 20:03 < Mike42> PM?
2008-04-11 20:03 < snowolf> sure
2008-04-11 20:03 < Mike42> ok
2008-04-11 20:10 * TheWeasel wonders if Harvard has anything to do with Havarti cheese
2008-04-11 20:12 < Leslie_S> sigh
2008-04-11 20:12 < Leslie_S> im never going to get a job thatll actually pay me enough to do things i need
2008-04-11 20:12 < Leslie_S> ;/
2008-04-11 20:13 < White_Cat> Leslie_S enter politics
2008-04-11 20:14 < White_Cat> dont worry even an idiot can do it
2008-04-11 20:14 < Leslie_S> ..
2008-04-11 20:14 < Leslie_S> do you have to be 22 to do it?
2008-04-11 20:14 < snowolf> White_Cat: if you're not idiot, at least here in Italy, they can't candidate you
2008-04-11 20:14 < ShakespeareFan00> Leslie_S: Start hollering 'minority ' at anyone that will listen
2008-04-11 20:14 < ShakespeareFan00> Or do Springer :(
2008-04-11 20:16 < White_Cat> Leslie_S sure
2008-04-11 20:16 < White_Cat> even 18 is fine to join politics
2008-04-11 20:16 < White_Cat> you could work as an intern for example
2008-04-11 20:16 < TheWeasel> In Soviet Russia, you elect the people.
2008-04-11 20:17 < TheWeasel> (Brecht)
2008-04-11 20:18 < Cream> Leslie_S, how much do you need?
2008-04-11 20:19 < quanticle> TheWeasel: In Soviet Russia the government controls the business
2008-04-11 20:19 < Cream> In Soviet Russia, Governement controls you
2008-04-11 20:20 < quanticle> To be fair, politics doesn't actually pay that well...
2008-04-11 20:20 < TheWeasel> Heh.
2008-04-11 20:20 < quanticle> I mean, you get influence, but not cash...
2008-04-11 20:20 < White_Cat> TheWeasel do you think it is possible to grant my bot temporary admin status on en.wikipedia
2008-04-11 20:20 < TheWeasel> Well government control is a two-way street in any system.
2008-04-11 20:20 < White_Cat> I need to edit a few protected userpages
2008-04-11 20:20 < Cream> I know that joke sucked
2008-04-11 20:20 < Cream> lol
2008-04-11 20:20 < White_Cat> ok
2008-04-11 20:20 < White_Cat> a lot
2008-04-11 20:20 < TheWeasel> I don't know jackshit about en.wikipedia's bot policy.
2008-04-11 20:20 < TheWeasel> sorry
2008-04-11 20:20 < TheWeasel> :-)
2008-04-11 20:20 < quanticle> White_Cat: What do you need to edit protected userpages for?
2008-04-11 20:21 < Cream> TheWeasel, are you a 'crat or a admin?
2008-04-11 20:21 < White_Cat> quanticle I have renamed barnstars
2008-04-11 20:21 < TheWeasel> Neither, not even close.
2008-04-11 20:21 < Cream> higher?
2008-04-11 20:21 < nokmar> you haven't memorized all the crats?!?!?!?!
2008-04-11 20:21 < Cream> oooh, can i has a barnstar?
2008-04-11 20:21 < nokmar> 1111!!11
2008-04-11 20:21 < TheWeasel> Forget it.
2008-04-11 20:21 < Cream> lol :)
2008-04-11 20:21 < quanticle> Heh.
2008-04-11 20:22 < TheWeasel> I've been on since January 2004, and I've never sought "political office"
2008-04-11 20:22 * quanticle just died on Level 8 of Nethack, setting a new record...