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2008-04-12 16:24 < Harland> and
2008-04-12 16:24 < Wuju> got banned
2008-04-12 16:24 < Wuju> Are there any articles in wikipedia that needs editing?
2008-04-12 16:24 < Kreme> Wuju, anything :)
2008-04-12 16:24 < Kreme> try vandal fighting :)
2008-04-12 16:24 < NotASpy> 2.3 million, Wuju
2008-04-12 16:25 < Wuju> okay, ill put on darth vader in pope wikipedia
2008-04-12 16:25 < Wuju> ;p
2008-04-12 16:28 < bumm13> hiya MessedRocker
2008-04-12 16:30 < blahblahblah> Cream: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Penguin-biscuit.jpg :D
2008-04-12 16:31 < blahblahblah> oh..
2008-04-12 16:32 < blahblahblah> Kreme: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Penguin-biscuit.jpg :)
2008-04-12 16:32 < Kreme> peeking
2008-04-12 16:32 < Kreme> perfect :O
2008-04-12 16:32 < blahblahblah> exciting times
2008-04-12 16:33 < Kreme> one of the fair uses admin won't hit you :P
2008-04-12 16:33 < blahblahblah> great..
2008-04-12 16:33 < Kreme> :D
2008-04-12 16:35 < Wuju> what does .kde share do
2008-04-12 16:36 < Wuju> wrong chat
2008-04-12 16:46 < Wuju> You know what sucks, When I created something in the gaming world, it ends up being so controversial and leads to confusion everywhere. That if the term comes into the gaming world, i have no control over what I created.
2008-04-12 16:55 < Aqwis> huH?
2008-04-12 16:56 < bumm13> meowf?
2008-04-12 16:57 * CuriosCat perks up
2008-04-12 16:57 * bumm13 kicks all the "cats"/furries out of the channel
2008-04-12 16:57 < bumm13> >:D
2008-04-12 16:58 < Cyrius> I am Cyrius Cat, this is cyrius channel
2008-04-12 16:58 * The359 puts catnip on bumm13
2008-04-12 16:59 < bumm13> Cyrius: it's "hot" here today :x
2008-04-12 16:59 < bumm13> (for western Wash. April, that is)
2008-04-12 16:59 < Cyrius> it's oddly pleasant here
2008-04-12 16:59 < bumm13> 79 F right now
2008-04-12 16:59 < bumm13> shattered our old record of 64 F
2008-04-12 16:59 < The359> 71 here in PA
2008-04-12 16:59 < bumm13> (from 2003)
2008-04-12 16:59 < Cyrius> 74F down here on the gulf coast
2008-04-12 16:59 < bumm13> that is nice
2008-04-12 17:00 < bumm13> one Portland suburb recorded 82 F in 1988
2008-04-12 17:00 < bumm13> the airport reported that temp for like 1943 or so :x
2008-04-12 17:05 < Mike_H> 86 right now
2008-04-12 17:06 < bumm13> nice
2008-04-12 17:06 < bumm13> humid?
2008-04-12 17:06 < Mike_H> yeah
2008-04-12 17:06 < Mike_H> the dewpoint's at like
2008-04-12 17:06 < Mike_H> 64
2008-04-12 17:10 < zocky> bah, not only you people have weird units, you also measure the strangest things :)
2008-04-12 17:10 < Mike_H> the dewpoint measures the humidity in the air!
2008-04-12 17:11 < zocky> distance per fuel quantity instead of fuel quantity per distance, dewpoint instead of relative humidity
2008-04-12 17:11 < Mike_H> The dew point is associated with relative humidity. A high relative humidity indicates that the dew point is closer to the current air temperature. If the relative humidity is 100%, the dew point is equal to the current temperature.
2008-04-12 17:11 < Mike_H> so...
2008-04-12 17:11 * Mike_H diva snaps
2008-04-12 17:12 < zocky> ok, maybe you measure the same things but report wrong results :P
2008-04-12 17:13 < Mike_H> the humidity right now is at 51%
2008-04-12 17:13 < Mike_H> which, on the humidity scale
2008-04-12 17:13 < Mike_H> says
2008-04-12 17:13 < Mike_H> 18 - 21��C 65 - 69��F Somewhat uncomfortable for most people at upper limit 44% - 52%
2008-04-12 17:13 < Mike_H> The highest recorded dew point was 35��C (95��F), reported in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia at 3 p.m. July 9, 2003. The temperature was 42.2��C (108��F) resulting in an apparent temperature or Heat Index of 77.7��C (172��F).[2]
2008-04-12 17:15 < zocky> <10°C <49°F Feels like the western US a bit dry to some 30%
2008-04-12 17:21 < Mww113> SwirlBoy39 has been pwnd. Go and rejoice this victory! Tell all on IRC: #thetestwiki!
2008-04-12 17:21 < Mww113> See IP block list to marvel at your triumph! LOL!
2008-04-12 17:21 < Mww113> oops
2008-04-12 17:22 < Nihiltres> […] has a length of 19 characters and resulted in the following TinyURL which has a length of 20 characters: […]
2008-04-12 17:23 < Nihiltres> ooh found a better one:
2008-04-12 17:23 < Nihiltres> […] has a length of 17 characters and resulted in the following TinyURL which has a length of 23 characters: […]
2008-04-12 17:28 < nemo> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwe#Economy <- why does the SVG file on the right look so sucky rendered as a PNG?
2008-04-12 17:48 < OverlordQ> rofl, nice \. story on suicide
2008-04-12 17:52 < The359> OverlordQ, your linking skills are incredible
2008-04-12 17:55 < bumm13> Pilotguy: you poked me!
2008-04-12 18:00 < nsh_> http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc13/steklo/chloroform9tu4pk.jpg
2008-04-12 18:00 < nsh_> winwinwinwinwin
2008-04-12 18:00 < wahrheit> lol
2008-04-12 18:00 < OverlordQ> The359: i'll just post the relavent quote
2008-04-12 18:00 < OverlordQ> "Wikipedia was one of the most prevalent sources of information, particularly on suicide methods, although the Wikimedia Foundation itself does not encourage suicide. "
2008-04-12 18:00 < OverlordQ> I thought they wants us to off ourselves so they could run away with the money
2008-04-12 18:00 < nsh_> nice that they clarified that
2008-04-12 18:07 < melikbilge> woo
2008-04-12 18:12 < melikbilge> it
2008-04-12 18:15 < The_sunder_king> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kansas_Turnpike&action=history why is that happening every day?
2008-04-12 18:16 < [21655]> because it is
2008-04-12 18:16 < The_sunder_king> is that all one person?
2008-04-12 18:16 < [21655]> perhaps
2008-04-12 18:17 < [21655]> but 'tis doubtful
2008-04-12 18:17 < [21655]> IP ranges are all different...of course, they could be open proxies.
2008-04-12 18:17 < [21655]> KILL THE OPEN PROXIES
2008-04-12 18:18 < The_sunder_king> the speed it happens, it's pretty severe
2008-04-12 18:19 < [21655]> it's semiprotected now
2008-04-12 18:19 < The_sunder_king> ok good
2008-04-12 18:19 < The_sunder_king> are you a sysop 21655?
2008-04-12 18:20 < [21655]> I wish
2008-04-12 18:20 < The_sunder_king> !admin
2008-04-12 18:20 < Aqwis> sir?
2008-04-12 18:20 < OverlordQ> yea I"d have to guess OP
2008-04-12 18:20 < snowolf> How many times I told you to ping with the reason why you need one? :P
2008-04-12 18:20 < The_sunder_king> hello, I think we should take some things into preparation with tommorows FA
2008-04-12 18:20 < The_sunder_king> *tommorow's
2008-04-12 18:20 * [21655] sighs irritably and retreats to lurking status
2008-04-12 18:22 * [21655] comes back out
2008-04-12 18:22 < The_sunder_king> hello again
2008-04-12 18:22 < [21655]> in short, mr. so-called "king" wants tomorrow's FA semiprotected
2008-04-12 18:22 < Aqwis> yes, The_sunder_king
2008-04-12 18:22 < Aqwis> please explain
2008-04-12 18:23 < Aqwis> your reason has to be extremely good
2008-04-12 18:23 < The_sunder_king> Grawp is launching an attack on every FA
2008-04-12 18:23 < Aqwis> sorry but we can't protect "every FA"
2008-04-12 18:23 < The_sunder_king> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kansas_Turnpike&action=history this is happening everyday to the featured article
2008-04-12 18:23 < Aqwis> why should this FA be protected?
2008-04-12 18:23 < [21655]> it already is
2008-04-12 18:23 < The_sunder_king> tommorow's
2008-04-12 18:23 < Aqwis> tomorrow's, i mean
2008-04-12 18:23 < [21655]> ah
2008-04-12 18:24 < Aqwis> if you want the TFA to always be semi-protected propose it on VP or somewhere
2008-04-12 18:24 < J_Milburn> How's Grawp doing this, by the way? One of the #chans? Do we know?
2008-04-12 18:24 < The_sunder_king> not always
2008-04-12 18:24 < The_sunder_king> Aqwis
2008-04-12 18:24 < [21655]> [[WP:RFPP]] Requests for protection
2008-04-12 18:24 < The_sunder_king> Just until these mass Grawp attacks die down
2008-04-12 18:25 < Aqwis> we can't let vandals scare us from letting people edit
2008-04-12 18:25 < [21655]> oh, wait
2008-04-12 18:25 < Aqwis> let me look at the page history
2008-04-12 18:25 < The_sunder_king> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kansas_Turnpike&action=history
2008-04-12 18:25 < [21655]> The_notreally_king: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Main_Page_featured_article_protection
2008-04-12 18:26 < Aqwis> i wouldn't recommend semi-protecting it before it's actually vandalized
2008-04-12 18:26 < The_sunder_king> ok then it is best to wait
2008-04-12 18:26 < Aqwis> do we know that they will attack tomorrow?
2008-04-12 18:26 < Aqwis> if not, we should keep an eye on it instead
2008-04-12 18:26 < The_sunder_king> ok
2008-04-12 18:27 < The_sunder_king> none of the Ips that joined in that attack were blocked, why?
2008-04-12 18:27 < [21655]> because
2008-04-12 18:27 < The_sunder_king> I want a reason from an admin, not you
2008-04-12 18:27 < [21655]> gotta vandalize at least five times before being taken to AIV
2008-04-12 18:28 < [21655]> four warnings and a report
2008-04-12 18:28 < Aqwis> not necessarily
2008-04-12 18:28 < Aqwis> several of them are university IPs
2008-04-12 18:28 < Aqwis> school IPs
2008-04-12 18:28 < [21655]> so don't indef them!
2008-04-12 18:28 < Aqwis> yes but it doesn't even make sense blocking them for 24h
2008-04-12 18:29 < Aqwis> the vandal is probably never going to use that IP again
2008-04-12 18:29 < geniice> 31h perhaps
2008-04-12 18:29 < Aqwis> it depends on whether the vandalism is done by someone at the school/university or
2008-04-12 18:30 < Aqwis> whether it is done by someone with external access to the university network
2008-04-12 18:30 < [21655]> how do you find out?
2008-04-12 18:31 < Aqwis> can't
2008-04-12 18:32 < Aqwis> if my assumptions are right we'll see totally different IPs vandalize tomorrow's TFA, if it is vandalised at all
2008-04-12 18:32 < OverlordQ> most likely
2008-04-12 18:37 < geniice> what is tomorrow's TFA anywayt?
2008-04-12 18:38 < denelson83> [[Yo' Mama]]
2008-04-12 18:38 < denelson83> Or is that [[Yo Yo Ma]]?
2008-04-12 18:38 < [21655]> back again, much to thy dismay...
2008-04-12 18:38 * [21655] goes back to lurking
2008-04-12 18:38 * denelson83 is listening to "Trooper - We're Here For A Good Time" (3:31 - 160kbps - 44kHz - Stereo)
2008-04-12 18:39 < [21655]> denelson83: was that an external app or did you type all that?
2008-04-12 18:39 < denelson83> I typed /mp3
2008-04-12 18:39 < Aqwis> tomorrow's is "Lisa del Giocondo"
2008-04-12 18:40 < Messedrocker> hello gentlemen
2008-04-12 18:40 < denelson83> HELLO MESSEDROCKER
2008-04-12 18:40 < [21655]> [ERROR] No command named “mp3”.
2008-04-12 18:40 < [21655]> WTF?
2008-04-12 18:40 < Messedrocker> I am waiting for dinner
2008-04-12 18:40 < denelson83> hehe
2008-04-12 18:40 < Aqwis> the subject of Mona Lisa
2008-04-12 18:40 < [21655]> what IRC client are you on, denelson83 ?
2008-04-12 18:40 < denelson83> mIRC
2008-04-12 18:40 < [21655]> ah...explains much
2008-04-12 18:40 < Aqwis> another topic Britannica probably doesn't have an article on
2008-04-12 18:40 < Aqwis> the great strength of Wikipedia
2008-04-12 18:41 < denelson83> I see you're running ChatZilla, [21655]
2008-04-12 18:41 < [21655]> bully for me
2008-04-12 18:41 < Messedrocker> I bet britannica has no article on the mudkip
2008-04-12 18:41 < [21655]> weird, a whois of myself doesn't turn up my client
2008-04-12 18:41 < denelson83> I didn't whois you
2008-04-12 18:41 < Messedrocker> nor should it
2008-04-12 18:41 < [21655]> then...
2008-04-12 18:41 < Messedrocker> ctcp version
2008-04-12 18:42 < denelson83> there you go
2008-04-12 18:42 < Aqwis> wikipedia doesn't have an article on the Mudkip either :)
2008-04-12 18:42 < Messedrocker> not who's
2008-04-12 18:42 < Messedrocker> whois
2008-04-12 18:42 < denelson83> Mudkip is pikdum spelled backwards
2008-04-12 18:42 < [21655]> pikduM
2008-04-12 18:42 < denelson83> case whatever
2008-04-12 18:42 < [21655]> case is everything
2008-04-12 18:43 < [21655]> without case, there's no such thing as AAA!
2008-04-12 18:43 < [21655]> it would be aaa!
2008-04-12 18:43 < Messedrocker> uTaH mOrOn
2008-04-12 18:43 < denelson83> Why don't you step in some aa?
2008-04-12 18:43 < [21655]> step into an anti-aircraft gun?
2008-04-12 18:43 < denelson83> Not that kind of aa
2008-04-12 18:43 < [21655]> Maybe if I join the Navy
2008-04-12 18:43 < geniice> actualy we need more pics of AA guns
2008-04-12 18:43 < denelson83> no, I meant the opposite of pahoehoe
2008-04-12 18:44 < [21655]> it's called Sense of Humour, denelson83. Your copy must have expired...
2008-04-12 18:44 < [21655]> ...may I recommend version 2.0 w/ added sarcasm?
2008-04-12 18:44 < denelson83> I have my own sense of humour, [24601]
2008-04-12 18:44 < [21655]> it's malfunctioning
2008-04-12 18:44 < Messedrocker> zoom zoom
2008-04-12 18:45 < denelson83> don't insult me boy
2008-04-12 18:45 * denelson83 is listening to "Who Do You Think You Are?" by Spice Girls (3:56 - 128kbps - 44kHz - Stereo)
2008-04-12 18:46 < Messedrocker> dont call me boy!
2008-04-12 18:46 < [21655]> I thought he was addressing me
2008-04-12 18:46 < denelson83> "anyone reading this, call 250-555-0109"
2008-04-12 18:47 < [21655]> somebody m:bash my penultimate two lines, as I have no clue how to do it myself
2008-04-12 18:47 < denelson83> nah
2008-04-12 18:47 < Messedrocker> denelson I am on my iPhone I could call that right now
2008-04-12 18:47 < denelson83> go ahead
2008-04-12 18:48 < Lycurgus> m:bash ?
2008-04-12 18:48 < Messedrocker> why should I
2008-04-12 18:48 < denelson83> uh, 'cuz it's safe?
2008-04-12 18:48 < Messedrocker> would it be worth my while
2008-04-12 18:51 * denelson83 is listening to "This Corrosion" by The Sisters of Mercy (10:54 - 192kbps - 44kHz - Stereo)
2008-04-12 18:51 < Messedrocker> Roland riemers
2008-04-12 18:53 < [21655]> "Perfect Insanity" Disturbed (3:57)
2008-04-12 18:53 < [21655]> pwns all
2008-04-12 18:55 * Ceiling_Cat huggles [21655]
2008-04-12 18:55 < [21655]> that was random
2008-04-12 18:56 * Ceiling_Cat likes to huggle
2008-04-12 18:56 < [21655]> well, hands off, whatsyerface
2008-04-12 18:58 < Messedrocker> ceiling cat
2008-04-12 18:58 < [21655]> bully for him
2008-04-12 18:58 < Messedrocker> do you like taco flavored kisses
2008-04-12 18:58 < Ceiling_Cat> Messedrocker - who doesn't?
2008-04-12 19:00 * denelson83 gives Messedrocker a habanero-flavoured wedgie
2008-04-12 19:01 < Ceiling_Cat> that's a spicy meatball
2008-04-12 19:01 * [21655] gives denelson83 a burrito-flavored kick in the shin
2008-04-12 19:01 < Mike2> In 2007 a 4.5 foot long fossilized penis bone from an extinct species of walrus, believed by the seller to be the largest in existence, sold for $8000.[3]
2008-04-12 19:01 < Lubaf> Ceiling_Cat: What's that? Kill them all?
2008-04-12 19:02 < Ceiling_Cat> lubaf:
2008-04-12 19:02 < Ceiling_Cat> [18:58] <Messedrocker> ceiling cat
2008-04-12 19:02 < Ceiling_Cat> [18:58] <Messedrocker> do you like taco flavored kisses
2008-04-12 19:02 < Ceiling_Cat> [18:58] <Ceiling_Cat> Messedrocker - who doesn't?
2008-04-12 19:02 < Ceiling_Cat> [19:00] * denelson83 gives Messedrocker a habanero-flavoured wedgie
2008-04-12 19:02 < Ceiling_Cat> [19:01] * Lubaf has joined #wikipedia
2008-04-12 19:02 < [21655]> lubaf joined? when?
2008-04-12 19:03 < [21655]> oh...fricken' conference mode...
2008-04-12 19:03 < geniice> Mike2 did we get a pic?
2008-04-12 19:03 * Ceiling_Cat goes back to cuddling with [21655]
2008-04-12 19:03 < rw1> hiho all to,you
2008-04-12 19:03 * [21655] pushes Ceiling_Cat off
2008-04-12 19:03 < [21655]> dammit, back off
2008-04-12 19:04 < [21655]> hiya rw1
2008-04-12 19:04 * Ceiling_Cat ambles back to the hole in the ceiling
2008-04-12 19:04 < rw1> hiho [21655]
2008-04-12 19:04 * denelson83 is listening to "Shock the Monkey" by Peter Gabriel (5:27 - 128kbps - 44kHz - Stereo)
2008-04-12 19:04 < [21655]> "Burn it Down" Avenged Sevenfold
2008-04-12 19:04 < [21655]> WTF is shock the monkey?
2008-04-12 19:04 < Messedrocker> spank the monkey?
2008-04-12 19:04 < Warpath> :O
2008-04-12 19:05 < rw1> gotta love name diversity :)
2008-04-12 19:05 < Mike2> geniice: unfortunately not
2008-04-12 19:05 < Lubaf> Ceiling_Cat: http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/04/07/funny-pictures-kill-dem-all/
2008-04-12 19:05 * Ceiling_Cat snickers
2008-04-12 19:06 < fale> Cobi: ping
2008-04-12 19:07 * Lubaf wonders where Lucifer_Cat is...
2008-04-12 19:07 < Wuju> where i want to see suicide story...
2008-04-12 19:07 < Lubaf> He'd like this: http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/02/29/funny-pictures-has-been-cast-from-ceiling/
2008-04-12 19:08 < denelson83> heh
2008-04-12 19:09 < Wuju> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Issei_Sagawa&oldid=82878905
2008-04-12 19:09 < Wuju> Read the own accounting of the murder
2008-04-12 19:09 < Wuju> section
2008-04-12 19:10 < Wuju> "I cut her body and lift the meat to my mouth again and again. Then I take a photograph of her white corpse" This is on the old version of issei sagawa article
2008-04-12 19:10 < Wuju> lolz.
2008-04-12 19:11 * denelson83 is listening to "Shadowplay" by The Killers (CKLR-FM 97.3)
2008-04-12 19:11 < [21655]> ugh. the killers...
2008-04-12 19:12 < [21655]> wait a minute. An FM frequency?
2008-04-12 19:12 < [21655]> WTF? How does a computer receive FM radio?
2008-04-12 19:12 < denelson83> That's right, I've plugged my radio scanner into my computer
2008-04-12 19:13 < [21655]> ah
2008-04-12 19:13 < denelson83> Since I'm receiving this over-the-air, you can tell where I am
2008-04-12 19:13 * [21655] has been trying for a long time to get his Naruto headband to receive XM radio
2008-04-12 19:14 < Lubaf> Heh: http://graphjam.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/funny-graphs-full-metal-jacket-texas.gif
2008-04-12 19:14 < rw1> denelson83, is this an irc function ? :)
2008-04-12 19:14 < [21655]> yes
2008-04-12 19:14 < denelson83> yes
2008-04-12 19:14 < [21655]> /mp3, but only with mirc
2008-04-12 19:15 * denelson83 is listening to "Der Kommissar" by After the Fire (CKLR-FM 97.3)
2008-04-12 19:16 * denelson83 is listening to "I Remember You" by Skid Row (CFCP-FM 98.9)
2008-04-12 19:16 * [21655] "Breathe" Disturbed
2008-04-12 19:17 < Lubaf> http://graphjam.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/funny-graphs-r-kelly-believes.gif <- R.Kelly drew up this chart for you.
2008-04-12 19:17 * denelson83 updated his nautical charts last night
2008-04-12 19:20 < denelson83> Oh god... It's 4:20 pm right now
2008-04-12 19:21 < Lubaf> http://graphjam.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/funny-graphs-abduction-of-royal-family.gif <- Probability of being abducted if you are a member of a royal family.
2008-04-12 19:21 * denelson83 is listening to "Love Changes Everything" by Honeymoon Suite (CFCP-FM 98.9)
2008-04-12 19:26 * [21655] is hell-bent on one-upping denelson83 with his music
2008-04-12 19:26 < Ceiling_Cat> MAOR VOLUME!
2008-04-12 19:26 * Ceiling_Cat kicks it up to 11
2008-04-12 19:26 * [21655] "Land of Confusion" Disturbed
2008-04-12 19:27 < nsh> MAORI VOLUMES!1
2008-04-12 19:28 * [21655] turns it to 12
2008-04-12 19:28 < [21655]> ...out of 100
2008-04-12 19:32 < cimon> Ceiling_Cat, I even have CNN at full blast.
2008-04-12 19:32 < Fou-Lu> FUCK YEAH CNN
2008-04-12 19:33 < cimon> sadly, apparently SWATJesters appearance will not be shown here, at least today or tomorrow. I do get Larry King though, and the Daily Show, so I didn't twiddle my TV for nothing...
2008-04-12 19:34 < rw1> Fou-Lu, behave ;)
2008-04-12 19:34 < cimon> btw, on my tv, the volume goes up all te way to 15, no joke...
2008-04-12 19:37 < cimon> but such wimpy amps on it, not going to bother the neighbours none... upstairs I wouldn't worry about anyway, since their voice antics are a PITA anyway. and the old Lady next door is half deaf. I asked her once if my having the television right next to her wall was a problem, and she said she was worry the opposite way, her being deaf, her television might bother me. But I've never heard a peep from that side.
2008-04-12 19:38 < rw1> fascinating ;)
2008-04-12 19:38 < cimon> *half-deaf
2008-04-12 19:38 < rw1> have you ever considered head phones ?
2008-04-12 19:39 < cimon> I have several head phones, but they chafe, if you keep them on long...
2008-04-12 19:39 < rw1> hm i think there are some quite good quality headphones available who shouldn't become a problem
2008-04-12 19:40 < rw1> but well they cost a little bit more of course i think
2008-04-12 19:40 < cimon> And range of motion is a problem too, if you make coffee or so. have to keep plugging and unplugging
2008-04-12 19:40 < rw1> yep
2008-04-12 19:40 < rw1> but still , there are very good wireless headphones :)
2008-04-12 19:40 < cimon> of course then there are the wireless ones...
2008-04-12 19:40 < cimon> aye
2008-04-12 19:40 < rw1> *g*
2008-04-12 19:41 < rw1> and you theoret. can shwitch frequences just with a slider on them
2008-04-12 19:41 < rw1> so multiple sources souldn't be a problem either
2008-04-12 19:42 < Ceiling_Cat> Not enough KATZ!
2008-04-12 19:42 < Ceiling_Cat> IT'S CATURDAY!
2008-04-12 19:42 < Ceiling_Cat> NEED MAOR KATZ!
2008-04-12 19:42 < rw1> when did this whole cat thing start anyways ? ;)
2008-04-12 19:42 < geniice> 4chan
2008-04-12 19:43 < nokmar> probably raul brought it here
2008-04-12 19:43 < cimon> rwl: now with wireless, prob for me is disposable income...
2008-04-12 19:43 < rw1> cimon, i see
2008-04-12 19:43 < Sceptre> o hai Ceiling_Cat
2008-04-12 19:45 < Ceiling_Cat> hai Sceptre
2008-04-12 19:45 * Ceiling_Cat is procrastinating
2008-04-12 19:47 < cimon> rw1, I think there is one thing I could do...
2008-04-12 19:47 < rw1> cimon, which is? =)
2008-04-12 19:48 < rw1> procrastination isn't in a cat's nature, is it? ;)
2008-04-12 19:48 < cimon> rw1, There are quite a few broken headphones I have lying around, with their cords... solder them all together, or just put a jack-socket on one end, and make the extension cord of extension cords... might take some out of the sound quality, but for news, that wouldn't be too bad...
2008-04-12 19:49 < rw1> *gg*
2008-04-12 19:49 < cimon> could even make a reel for it, so it don't tangle up.
2008-04-12 19:50 < rw1> hihi
2008-04-12 19:50 < rw1> i can allready see the cable mess
2008-04-12 19:51 < cimon> there is a finnish saying that being poor isn't a shame, but not being resourceful (in terms of being adapt the means to the task) is.
2008-04-12 19:52 < rw1> well a friend of mine manages to get arround in his room quite well using a 3 m cable headphone
2008-04-12 19:52 < rw1> not expensive at all - 10 - 30 $ i think
2008-04-12 19:52 < rw1> and still acceptable quality
2008-04-12 19:53 < rw1> but i think 3 m still wouldn't really be enough, hmm
2008-04-12 19:53 < cimon> Well, I have carefully placed my TV strategically at the geometric midpoint of my apartment, so that helps a bit
2008-04-12 19:53 < rw1> ;D
2008-04-12 19:54 < rw1> can you turn it into every direction?
2008-04-12 19:54 < rw1> must be quite strange to have it in the MIDDLE of the room ;)
2008-04-12 19:55 < cimon> I think 7-8 meters would do in a pinch. some places I wouldn't get to, but nothing too important in those corners...
2008-04-12 19:55 < rw1> well, there is still another way. a construct , fixed to the ceiling guiding the cable
2008-04-12 19:56 < cimon> rwl: it isn't in the middle of the room, it is beside a library shelf on the other side of which is my lobby hatrack etcetera.
2008-04-12 19:56 < rw1> ok, i see
2008-04-12 20:01 < cimon> rwl apartment here is 5 rooms and a bathroom and balcony, if you count the lobby as it's own room...
2008-04-12 20:02 < cimon> disposable income is not that hot, but I do live fairly spaciously for a batchelor of my general means.
2008-04-12 20:03 < cimon> but then I have a lot of [[kipple]]
2008-04-12 20:04 < cimon> including the broken headphones, of course...
2008-04-12 20:04 < geniice> anyone get pics of turkish protest
2008-04-12 20:04 < cimon> where was it?
2008-04-12 20:07 < geniice> acora?
2008-04-12 20:08 < Lycurgus> or ankara?
2008-04-12 20:11 < Lycurgus> i stepped on a wooden toothpick which almost went thru my foot
2008-04-12 20:11 < Lycurgus> I couldn't get it out so I went to the closest ER
2008-04-12 20:11 < Mm40> just now?
2008-04-12 20:11 < Lycurgus> yeah
2008-04-12 20:12 < cimon> Lycurgus, was it a clean toothpick?
2008-04-12 20:12 < Lycurgus> no
2008-04-12 20:12 < cimon> ouch
2008-04-12 20:12 < Lycurgus> let me tell the story
2008-04-12 20:12 < Lycurgus> so at the first ER I waited about an hour and finally a doctor cam
2008-04-12 20:12 < Lycurgus> I think she was an intern.
2008-04-12 20:13 < Lycurgus> I tried to explain the position of the object in my foot and that x-rays weren' needed
2008-04-12 20:13 < Lycurgus> she got all confrontational and insisted on the x-ray.
2008-04-12 20:14 < cimon> grr
2008-04-12 20:14 < Lycurgus> I sat there for a few more minutes and then went to walgreen and got an pair of 2 buck tweezers and some antibiotic cream
2008-04-12 20:14 < Mm40> =)
2008-04-12 20:14 < Lycurgus> I still couldn't get it out though so I headed back but then remembered that there was nother hospital
2008-04-12 20:15 < cimon> Lycurgus, you have your tetanus up to date, right?
2008-04-12 20:15 < Lycurgus> so I called them and went there. There a male RN listened
2008-04-12 20:16 < Lycurgus> and when I showed him what I tried to show the MD at the firs hospital, he got it and performed the extraction
2008-04-12 20:16 < cimon> big thing, doctors who don't listen do patients, deserve a special place...
2008-04-12 20:16 < cimon> *to
2008-04-12 20:16 < Lycurgus> and yes I got a tetanus shot as part of the procedure
2008-04-12 20:16 < Lycurgus> I was at the second hospital less than 30 minutes
2008-04-12 20:17 < Lycurgus> and at the first nearly two hours before I walked out
2008-04-12 20:17 < Lycurgus> that's the whole story.
2008-04-12 20:18 < Ceiling_Cat> MAOR KATZ!
2008-04-12 20:19 < cimon> hey, they are doing a condensed version of the wikipedia thing...
2008-04-12 20:19 < cimon> just listening to it...
2008-04-12 20:20 < cimon> SWATJester is on now...
2008-04-12 20:20 < SWATJester> word
2008-04-12 20:20 < cimon> They are doing it in sound bite chunks.
2008-04-12 20:20 < Lycurgus> in fairness, the first physician did try to extract first, she just didnt' have the experience in dealing with such cases the RN at the other hospital had. That and she couldn't listen because "I am the doctor".
2008-04-12 20:20 < SWATJester> yeah the guy said it was going to be playing all weekend on various things
2008-04-12 20:21 < Lycurgus> wikipedia thing?
2008-04-12 20:21 < cimon> indeed
2008-04-12 20:21 < cimon> Tom Foreman has a pretty good broadcaster voice...
2008-04-12 20:22 < Lycurgus> is english the only lang with a simple version?
2008-04-12 20:22 < SWATJester> He's been a broadcaster for 30 years
2008-04-12 20:23 < SWATJester> won 2 emmies
2008-04-12 20:23 < SWATJester> he's an old-school journalist; I have a lot of respect for him
2008-04-12 20:23 < gwern> 'Van der Berg notes that lab tests using more than 160 separate wavelengths per fiber already allow for speeds up to 25Tbps.
2008-04-12 20:23 < gwern> Ready to pull some fiber, little weasel?
2008-04-12 20:23 < gwern> Clearly, your Future Self wants this in the home. But laying a new infrastructure that stretches all the way to each individual doorbell is hugely expensive. The good news is that fiber bundles are light, weighing around 16 times less per kilometer than bundles of twisted pair wiring. They cost about the same to manufacture, too, and fiber is not susceptible to shorts from groundwater or electromagnetic interference. Added bonus: "rats and ferrets ...
2008-04-12 20:23 < gwern> ... have been taught to pull fibre in situations where normal technologies do not work." (Seriously. Check page 22.)
2008-04-12 20:24 < gwern> http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/fiber-broadband-future.ars/2
2008-04-12 20:24 < tawker> gwern: you're kidding?
2008-04-12 20:24 < SWATJester> he was telling me a story of how when he was in Iraq for "this week at war", he was embedded with a squad of marines, and he showed me their picture on the wall of them sitting in a truck, and pointed out where an RPG hit and killed 4 of them
2008-04-12 20:24 < tawker> hmm, the thing is, running fiber in house
2008-04-12 20:24 < tawker> is the termination equipment is still expensive
2008-04-12 20:24 < Lycurgus> no, not about the rats and ferrets.
2008-04-12 20:24 < Lycurgus> has the ring of truth to it.
2008-04-12 20:25 < Six0r> Gah, posting from Nintendo DS is frustrating...
2008-04-12 20:25 < gwern> tawker: yes. it's april fools, you know.
2008-04-12 20:25 < gwern> you must expect that sort of quasi-plausible story
2008-04-12 20:26 < Rinn> Quausible
2008-04-12 20:26 < tawker> gwern: it's not April.1 anymore?
2008-04-12 20:26 < gwern> Rinn: 'quasible' would be a better portmanteau
2008-04-12 20:26 < gwern> tawker: who told you that?
2008-04-12 20:26 < tawker> gwern: time.nist.gov
2008-04-12 20:27 < gwern> tawker: you've been had, my friend
2008-04-12 20:27 < gwern> April Fools!
2008-04-12 20:27 * tawker notes the joke's on gwern
2008-04-12 20:28 < Six0r> Woohoo...
2008-04-12 20:29 * tawker is resorting to making Battlestar jokes on other channels
2008-04-12 20:29 < tawker> someone give me a good joke
2008-04-12 20:30 < Lycurgus> like a pun on adama/obama?
2008-04-12 20:31 < tawker> Lycurgus: Obama is the best choice for America
2008-04-12 20:31 < tawker> Lycurgus: he's not to be joked about
2008-04-12 20:31 < melikbilge> lol
2008-04-12 20:31 < Six0r> Global warming. lol i is teh funny
2008-04-12 20:31 < denelson83> obama-lama-ding-dong
2008-04-12 20:32 < Lycurgus> is he?
2008-04-12 20:32 < nneonneo> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oresti_dourvas
2008-04-12 20:32 < denelson83> or is that obama-llama-ding-dong?
2008-04-12 20:32 < Lycurgus> the best of the worst, I suppose.
2008-04-12 20:32 < Six0r> Obama`s great. Anything`s better than Bush.
2008-04-12 20:32 < Lycurgus> that was wrong.
2008-04-12 20:33 < Lycurgus> the best of the "lesser of evils" school of mediocrity
2008-04-12 20:33 < nneonneo> so, someone reposts an article
2008-04-12 20:33 < Lycurgus> that's a lot closer
2008-04-12 20:33 < nneonneo> and...with a repost tag
2008-04-12 20:33 < nneonneo> -_-
2008-04-12 20:34 < pr0nGuy> The current topic of this room is the reason why I'm here.
2008-04-12 20:35 < pr0nGuy> Turn the red links blue.
2008-04-12 20:35 < denelson83> That's turn the red links *black and blue*
2008-04-12 20:35 < Mm40> What was the 2000th FA
2008-04-12 20:35 < Mm40> ?
2008-04-12 20:35 < denelson83> [[Yo' Mama]]
2008-04-12 20:35 < pr0nGuy> It's more simple since there is already is an article.
2008-04-12 20:36 < pr0nGuy> can someone tell me how I can link it to the full article?
2008-04-12 20:36 < Six0r> there`s been 2000 FA`s? Wow.
2008-04-12 20:36 < Mm40> denelson83, I think u mean your mother
2008-04-12 20:36 < Mm40> look it up
2008-04-12 20:37 < denelson83> smart@$$
2008-04-12 20:37 < Mm40> :P
2008-04-12 20:37 < pr0nGuy> Mm40: Where do I go to look it up (i.e. what keywords do I use?)
2008-04-12 20:37 < Mm40> IDK
2008-04-12 20:40 < Mm40> pr0nGuy, WP:FA
2008-04-12 20:42 < pr0nGuy> Mm40: I don't understand that jargon. sorry.
2008-04-12 20:42 < pr0nGuy> Mm40: wikipedia featured artcle?
2008-04-12 20:42 < Mm40> Yes
2008-04-12 20:43 < denelson83> How about type WP:FA into the Wikipedia search box?
2008-04-12 20:43 < pr0nGuy> I see Lisa del Giocondo
2008-04-12 20:43 < denelson83> Yes, the Mona Lisa
2008-04-12 20:43 < pr0nGuy> so what do I care? I'm just trying to improve this edit I did.
2008-04-12 20:44 < Mm40> Mona Lisa isn't a FA
2008-04-12 20:44 < pr0nGuy> it is Mm40
2008-04-12 20:45 < pr0nGuy> or so it seems
2008-04-12 20:45 < Mm40> doesn't say so
2008-04-12 20:45 < pr0nGuy> but I am concerned on how to make this red link a blue link and there is already an article for it.
2008-04-12 20:46 < miranda> pr0nGuy: which article
2008-04-12 20:46 < pr0nGuy> I just added "Defcon 4" to "List_of_dystopian_films"
2008-04-12 20:47 < pr0nGuy> and it's red, even though there is a full article on "Defdon 4"
2008-04-12 20:47 < Mm40> Oh
2008-04-12 20:47 < Mm40> Mona Lisa isn't FA, Lisa del Giocondom is
2008-04-12 20:48 < denelson83> HAHA
2008-04-12 20:48 < denelson83> Gio-condom, heh
2008-04-12 20:48 < denelson83> defcon: How a guy who can't hear steals your money
2008-04-12 20:48 < pr0nGuy> Mm40: I understand that.
2008-04-12 20:49 < Mm40> It was confusing
2008-04-12 20:51 < Mm40> Hey guys, sign my guestbook
2008-04-12 20:51 < denelson83> !ops
2008-04-12 20:51 < MZMcBride> Yes?
2008-04-12 20:51 < denelson83> Was that a spam?
2008-04-12 20:51 < Mm40> Mm40 is my user name
2008-04-12 20:51 < denelson83> [17:51:07] <Mm40> Hey guys, sign my guestbook
2008-04-12 20:51 < NotASpy> who cares ?
2008-04-12 20:51 * MZMcBride doesn't care.
2008-04-12 20:51 < Gracenotes> do we all understand what spam is?
2008-04-12 20:51 * Krimpet cares more about being pinged <_<
2008-04-12 20:51 < Gracenotes> yes? okay, moving on.
2008-04-12 20:52 < Sceptre> krimpet ate a krumpet on a brumpet
2008-04-12 20:52 < denelson83> What's a brumpet?
2008-04-12 20:52 < Sceptre> I don't know wtf a brunpet is
2008-04-12 20:52 * snowolf wonder why people can't use UTC timestamp when speaking to an international channel
2008-04-12 20:52 < NotASpy> Sceptre: a dog from Birmingham.
2008-04-12 20:52 < Sceptre> NotASpy: win
2008-04-12 20:52 < denelson83> Oh, sorry... [01:51:07 UTC]
2008-04-12 20:52 < NotASpy> lol
2008-04-12 20:52 < Sceptre> snowolf: I use whatever timezone the UKs in
2008-04-12 20:52 < snowolf> denelson83: lol, that's GMT :P
2008-04-12 20:53 < NotASpy> fail
2008-04-12 20:53 < denelson83> UTC
2008-04-12 20:53 < NotASpy> GTM+1
2008-04-12 20:53 < denelson83> The UK is in UTC+1
2008-04-12 20:53 < NotASpy> GMT+1
2008-04-12 20:53 < snowolf> denelson83: utc is no 00:53 :)
2008-04-12 20:53 < snowolf> *is now
2008-04-12 20:53 < snowolf> anyway, 'night everybody
2008-04-12 20:53 < MZMcBride> Good night.
2008-04-12 20:53 < denelson83> GMT stands for "go mess them"
2008-04-12 21:18 < Messedrocker> it would suck if i were finished growing
2008-04-12 21:20 < zocky> news.bbc.co.uk is broken
2008-04-12 21:20 < zocky> you don't see that often
2008-04-12 21:21 < Mike_H> Oh, wow
2008-04-12 21:21 < Mike_H> I didn't know they were doing a gay love story on a German soap opera too
2008-04-12 21:22 < Mike_H> now that's another one I have to get addicted to
2008-04-12 21:22 < zocky> are there any soaperas these days without gay love stories?
2008-04-12 21:23 < Mike_H> zocky: The one that's going on in the US kind of sucks.
2008-04-12 21:23 < Mike_H> An Iraqi girl wearing a hijab is the homewrecker in our gay love story.
2008-04-12 21:25 < zocky> heh
2008-04-12 21:25 < kanzure> Hi all.
2008-04-12 21:25 < kanzure> I am trying to figure out if an article is under the control of trolls or not.
2008-04-12 21:26 < Miranda|away> kanzure: which article
2008-04-12 21:26 < kanzure> Miranda|away: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhumanism
2008-04-12 21:26 < Miranda|away> and def. of troll depends if they are POV pushers
2008-04-12 21:26 < kanzure> well, they are POV pushers with sources, but then block additional edits that skew that (sourced) POV
2008-04-12 21:27 < kanzure> So that's why I am wondering if they are trolls. They do have sources. But they can revert more than I can. ;)
2008-04-12 21:33 < kanzure> Hm. My browser just crashed. I was about to cite some examples from the edit history to show a trend.
2008-04-12 21:35 < Lycurgus> hmmm, I thought [[Androcles]] was from Aesop.
2008-04-12 21:47 < Isohedron> Is anyone here?
2008-04-12 21:48 < arcimboldo_> only you
2008-04-12 21:48 < Isohedron> Are aspects of Wikipedia being vigorously debated and discussed?
2008-04-12 21:49 < Werdna> yes.
2008-04-12 21:49 < Werdna> but not here
2008-04-12 21:50 < Nihiltres> Wikipedia is a constant swarm of debate
2008-04-12 21:50 < Nihiltres> but this channel is often off-topic
2008-04-12 21:50 < Nihiltres> and the people here are content to let the debate
2008-04-12 21:50 < Nihiltres> fly away softly
2008-04-12 21:50 < Isohedron> Would anyone willing to review some excellent Star Trek fanfiction and give feedback and constructive criticism on my awesome work join #trekfiction please?
2008-04-12 21:52 < Isohedron> You don't have to
2008-04-12 21:52 < sopoforic> Isohedron, if it's already that awesome, you should just have it published. You could make millions.
2008-04-12 21:52 < Isohedron> I just thought...if you're bored and all
2008-04-12 21:53 < Scream> Looking for a german speaker.
2008-04-12 21:53 < arcimboldo_> Here is one
2008-04-12 21:54 < Isohedron> I could give you just a three paragraph sample
2008-04-12 21:55 < Werdna> http://lulzwiki.org/lulz/Special:Search?search=Kidneys&go=Go
2008-04-12 21:56 < miranda> Isohedron: didn't you spam that on #defocus?
2008-04-12 21:58 < denelson83> on my screen, red links are not turned blue
2008-04-12 21:59 < sopoforic> miranda, you scared him away. Now we'll never know how his story ends!
2008-04-12 21:59 < denelson83> hehe
2008-04-12 21:59 < miranda> oops
2008-04-12 21:59 < sopoforic> ...or starts.
2008-04-12 21:59 < denelson83> Isohedron logged out
2008-04-12 22:04 < cimon> hey, I am getting the full This Week in Politics now, despite what the program table said...
2008-04-12 22:05 < cimon> Thanks CNN...
2008-04-12 22:06 < miranda> sopoforic: you can ask on his channel
2008-04-12 22:07 < White_Cat> cimon CNN?
2008-04-12 22:07 < sopoforic> miranda, I was being grateful, not scolding you. :)
2008-04-12 22:07 < miranda> oh ok
2008-04-12 22:07 < cimon> White_Cat, SWATJester is going to be on talking about wikipedia and hte presidential stuff...
2008-04-12 22:08 < White_Cat> cimon oh?
2008-04-12 22:08 < cimon> Unless this is a retread from many days before...
2008-04-12 22:08 < White_Cat> cimon will they censor out his face?
2008-04-12 22:08 < cimon> White_Cat, yep, they did a segment on what effect wikipedia will have on US politics....
2008-04-12 22:08 < White_Cat> like how they do to anonymous witnesses?
2008-04-12 22:09 < White_Cat> cimon, meh :)
2008-04-12 22:09 < miranda> cimon: when today?
2008-04-12 22:09 < White_Cat> US politics is f***ed, wikipedia cant f*** it more
2008-04-12 22:10 < cimon> Here, right now, on CNN intenational they are playing it, (unless this is an old program rerun).
2008-04-12 22:10 < cimon> Don't know about other timezones.
2008-04-12 22:11 < cimon> Yes, they *are* going to do it now here.
2008-04-12 22:13 < cimon> well, I think it is just CNN waking up to the fact that we arn't just about the seigenthaler problems, but that people do in fact visit our website...
2008-04-12 22:16 < Messedrocker> i have a cat huggling my leg
2008-04-12 22:21 < cimon> goshdarnit, CNN just called Wikipedia "the mouse that roared"....
2008-04-12 22:22 < Arwen> wut?
2008-04-12 22:22 < Arwen> mice?
2008-04-12 22:22 < Arwen> my mouse clicks
2008-04-12 22:22 < cimon> in their preliminary setup to the segment...
2008-04-12 22:23 < cimon> not yet on... couple of segments still
2008-04-12 22:23 < cimon> "coming up, [something] cyberspace [something] the mouse that roared"
2008-04-12 22:26 < notagerbil> Okay now wikipedia
2008-04-12 22:32 < nneonneo> gerbil!
2008-04-12 22:35 < hardtodrink> hi everyone
2008-04-12 22:42 < Pilotguy> hardtodrink: Why are you experiencing difficulty drinking?
2008-04-12 22:43 < notagerbil> Pilotguy, I think he thinks he is some noxious liquid...
2008-04-12 22:43 < hardtodrink> lol
2008-04-12 22:51 < zocky> DYK ...that the Blank family, the maternal ancestors of Vladimir Lenin, were relatives to Nazi field marshal Walter Model, archeologist Ernst Curtius, and President of Germany Richard von Weizsäcker?
2008-04-12 22:51 < zocky> did you know that family connections are trivial and unremarkable?
2008-04-12 22:52 < notagerbil> zocky, in theory one can pick ones friends, but not ones relatives...
2008-04-12 22:53 < quanticle> zocky: Heh. Its amazing how closely related the leading families of Europe are.
2008-04-12 22:53 < zocky> quanticle, it's not that amazing
2008-04-12 22:53 < notagerbil> In practise, stalkers will prove otherwise, and one can take a look at ones bylaws, before the fact...
2008-04-12 22:53 < zocky> a sexually very active male can have hundreds of grand children
2008-04-12 22:54 < zocky> it's very likely that successful people from a couple of centuries ago are ancestors of thousands of people
2008-04-12 22:55 < notagerbil> thousands is a lowball figure...
2008-04-12 22:55 < notagerbil> A very lowball figure...
2008-04-12 22:56 < zocky> anyway, this blank family probably weren't maternal ancestors of lenin, and the whole story is a part of some polish anti-communist/anti-russian/anti-semitic thing
2008-04-12 22:56 < notagerbil> more like hundreds of thousands if not millions
2008-04-12 22:57 < notagerbil> One hundred years, figure five generations for arguments sake, and a low figure of 2 children per ancestor, 2 to the 5 power, is what?
2008-04-12 22:57 < zocky> 32
2008-04-12 22:57 < notagerbil> okay, 32 to the power of 5?
2008-04-12 22:58 < zocky> 32 * 1024 * 1024
2008-04-12 22:58 < notagerbil> we are talking tens of millions...
2008-04-12 22:58 < notagerbil> but that is just the order of the figure, because our premises are loose
2008-04-12 22:59 < zocky> succesful people had many more children than that
2008-04-12 22:59 < zocky> especially nobles
2008-04-12 22:59 < notagerbil> I think there is a more precise calculation in the opening chapters of Robert A. Heinleins book Time Enough for Love.
2008-04-12 22:59 < quanticle> zocky: True enough.
2008-04-12 22:59 < notagerbil> zocky, but you have to figure in terms of averages.
2008-04-12 22:59 < zocky> probably everybody in england, and half of americans and europeans are descendants of, say, george III
2008-04-12 23:00 < notagerbil> not every one got to breed
2008-04-12 23:00 < notagerbil> Wait , I 'll get the book...