Saturday, December 08, 2001

I'll be somewhere on the american east coast during february...
posted by Mikkel , 6:31 PM Þ 

how about greenland ?
posted by a hymn in g to nann , 2:06 PM Þ 

a quarter for an old alter boy father.....?
posted by john , 12:15 PM Þ 
posted by Mess Noone , 12:13 PM Þ 

yo no installo language packs......yo. detroit , la , pittsburg,
queens, brooklyn........it's automatik. i'm wasted on friday
night. yeah for me. fucking sh*t man i'm sick. the flu. i deserve
a break today!!! i'm going to go and put on energy flash.

oki!!!, may i dare suggest a blogdial get together. a face to
face interact as apposed to our tried but true post method.
we all get together some night some wherever. we can afford
it if we want it enough; you know what i mean right??? is anyone
game. fu*k i'll fly international for the conference of web geeks
such as ouselves.

please don't blame me for such an up front suggestion but i've
had a bit much of the e.t. sauce and i'm ready for the haps.
whatever they might be blogdialians. you name the country
and the date and let's all do our best to get there.

signed
wasted and deserving it!!!-john
posted by john , 11:21 AM Þ 
posted by Irdial , 1:15 AM Þ 

ok now this you'll love!!!

E.T. has that drunk 'vibe' about him. wouldn't
you say? mac....was he more like bender? all of these
cute harmless drunk aliens. alf, mac, et...the list goes on.
troublemakes...orshould i say....oh yes, dare i say....
....moneymakers. hey kids, it's cute to be drunk out of context
to your home world. is this telling our kids to go to alien planets
and get shit faced?? what would jerry falwell say to this
blasphemy? i emplore you jerry. denounce e.t. too before we have
all of our white children flying their spaceships to get drunk on venus.
venus, the female planet!!!! oh, no!!!!
posted by john , 12:30 AM Þ 
Friday, December 07, 2001

E.T. is a poor man's Mac and Me.
posted by Mess Noone , 9:13 PM Þ 

et was a drunk alien that had lost his way. i'll bet he
even stole from that family he lived with. who were they?
the barrymore's right?

d. For maximum satisfaction, E.T. should

(1) buy less candy, more beer

(2) buy more candy, less beer

(3) remain in his present position, since that position
is the best attainable one(very zen choice)

(4) phone home

e. In equilibrium, how many packages of Reese's Pieces (including
fractions, if necessary) would E.T. be willing to trade for one bottle
of Coors?

bring back any memories???
posted by john , 9:03 PM Þ 

i haven't...
posted by THESE , 8:50 PM Þ 

Is there anyone here who has NOT seen E.T?
posted by Irdial , 7:23 PM Þ 

did you catch the omnibus edition that hockney hosted a month or so back, talking about the same thing ? it was quite stunning ........ he had hundreds of images pasted onto a wall, copies of paintings that had been created over the last several hundred years, in approximate date order ..... at about the time that mirrors started to become available, the sense of focus within these images shifted dramatically into the sharply defined quality that we associate with the ' old masters ' ...... once the modern camera had been invented and artists realised that the machine's ability to capture detail had surpassed their own, you notice a dramatic shift back to the ' naive ' quality associated with drawings / paintings created using direct observation ( van gough etc ) ...... these revelations take nothing away from the fact that the people who created the optically-aided masterpieces were consumate craftsmen, but it does take a substantial weight from the minds of those of us who dabble in arts of these sorts ...... it releases you from the notion that by tracing an image you are ' cheating ' ................ it's funny ; i'll bet that the majority of art historians who vociferously denounce hockney's theories can't paint for toffee, and so would never be able to create an image of a tenth the quality of any half-decent artist, with or without the help of aids - that was certainly the case at the art school that i attended ..... their frustration at their own incompetence can only be exacerbated by the fact that these artists were using very human methods - once the tag of god-like genius has been removed, and the pure skill is revealed ( anyone who's used tracing paper will know that it confers no magical quality to the users' basic level of draughtsmanship ), their last excuse for low-ranking ineptitude is stripped away
posted by a hymn in g to nann , 2:19 PM Þ 

That image says that Windows conquers! That is teh wrong! If windows were to win at all, it would find a way to screw apple over with the legal system, and then bring super evil vicious lawyers from HELL.
But properly, apple would just get out a chainsaw and get to business.

What, it's 6 AM! I haven't slept and I've exerted myself far to... far. Yeah.
Grblah!
posted by Barrie , 1:54 PM Þ 

posted by john , 12:28 PM Þ 

Aibo custom code pulled from website

Imagine this. You're selling a product which is one of the first of its kind. It's very expensive. Your main audience at the moment is going to be early adopters until you can get the price down some. Fans of the product tend to be enthusiastic folks who form communities based on your product.

One day you discover that someone has managed to take your product and modify it so it does more than it could do originally. This person puts up a Web site and gives away the modifications for free.

What do you do? Do you A) welcome the innovations the early adopter is creating for your product, with an eye to leveraging them into product enhancements for the future? Or do you B) Send a lawyer after them and claim copyright infringement?

In my ideal world, I'd choose A. Sony, recently, chose B. When an intrepid Aibo owner figured out how to make his dog do new tricks, Sony's lawyers asked him to stop.

(You can get more information on this controversy at http://www.aibopet.com/ as well as links to other sites and movies of Aibos doing tricks no longer available.)

I'm really surprised about this. I don't know what Sony hoped to accomplish but I don't think it worked; I'm going to think about this every time I need to buy an electronics item.
posted by Irdial , 11:46 AM Þ 

nice. and thanks..

"jangling observation", is that a possitive?
posted by john , 10:28 AM Þ 

Oh Yeah.

http://www.conran.com/img/eat/restaurants/zinc_bar_pic.jpg
posted by Irdial , 10:22 AM Þ 

Paintings Too Perfect?
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/04/arts/design/04OPTI.html

Paragone
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/05/technology/05VIRU.html
You need to put a user name and password to get into NYT. If it asks you to log in, use "cypherpunks/cypherpunks"
posted by Irdial , 9:46 AM Þ 

I've been to paradise,
but I've never been to me.
posted by captain davros , 9:36 AM Þ 

a-ha ! the mysterious 39 ..........
posted by a hymn in g to nann , 9:20 AM Þ 

Augh, the picture of me in bed smiling suggetively at the (male) photographer!
Run, run in horror! Lament! Fear! Print out the picture and BURN IT!
posted by Barrie , 2:43 AM Þ 
Thursday, December 06, 2001

belated happy returns a ; ]
posted by a hymn in g to nann , 10:58 PM Þ 

Thanks to you Anthony for that post. To whom it may concern, this is part of why Anthony is "one of the great ones". A looser would have deleted the post the next day in embarrasement. But in this case, there is nothing to be embarrased about, its a great post, a pure post, a pleasing post. And a pissed post. BRAVO Anthony, we love you, respect you and are glad to know you.
posted by Irdial , 7:10 PM Þ 

thanks mikkel, i feel a whole lot better, 'pork scratchings' after effects aside
posted by a hymn in g to nann , 6:48 PM Þ 

Words that are thier own opposite:
)>>aught = all, nothing
)>>bill = invoice, money
)>>comprise = contain, compose
)>>custom = usual, special
)>>dust = to remove, add fine particles
)>>literally = actually, figuratively
)>>model = archetype, copy
)>>moot = debatable, academic
)>>note = promise to pay, money
)>>peer = noble, person of equal rank
)>>put = lay, throw
)>>puzzle = pose problem, solve problem
)>>quantum = very small, very large (quantum leap)
)>>ravel = entangle, disentangle
)>>resign = to quit, to sign up again
)>>sanguine = murderous, optimistic
)>>scan = to examine closely, to glance at quickly
)>>set = fix, flow
)>>skin = to cover with, remove outer covering
)>>strike = miss (baseball), hit
)>>table = propose [British], set aside
)>>temper = calmness, passion
)>>trim = cut things off, put things on
posted by Irdial , 6:38 PM Þ 
posted by Mess Noone , 4:27 PM Þ 
posted by Irdial , 3:18 PM Þ 

Honestly, I will not buy another music CD until the RIAA pulls their head out of their ass! Which seems like it will be a long time...I think they should sue Microsoft. Without their operating system, 90% of these "infringers" would not be able to trade "infringing items". And why stop there? The computer makers are just as much at fault! And the phone companies - they provide the most of the lines that all of this "illegal" trading goes on over! And the doctors for delivering the babies who grew up to be "infringers". Etc...

http://www.perlguy.net/
posted by Irdial , 3:14 PM Þ 
posted by Irdial , 2:54 PM Þ 

re: Akin, why, I believe we do! ;)
re: Anthony, teh drunken online rambling is the best form. I have tons of chatlogs and what not from when I've staggered home from the pub and talked to anyone who'd listen. Tres fun, I must admit!
posted by Mikkel , 12:17 PM Þ 

Ummmmm do we know this person?

http://vectorx.org/~coa/coa_in_bed.jpg
posted by Irdial , 11:02 AM Þ 

posted by Mess Noone , 9:43 AM Þ 

a blogger breathaliser is needed ....... my apologies for witless blather ; ]
posted by a hymn in g to nann , 9:20 AM Þ 
Wednesday, December 05, 2001

Java applet that intercuts lines from instances of fixed verse poetic forms (e.g. sonnet, sestina, villanelle). Play with it here:

http://home.earthlink.net/~kidseatfree/perversifier.html
posted by THESE , 11:51 PM Þ 

10.30 ....... beyond the bw no beyond the bewir no beyond the witchinghour is that bewitching hour anyway .......... alcohol and how becoming out of practice can make you appear to g be a buffoon ..................... at the public arena this evening : 8;30 a group of worse-for-wear-gents arrive at drinking hole, only to be reprimanded for their tardy appearance ........ they had been been due toappear at least 30 minutes earlier for the start of what appeared to be a serious inter-village cribbage tournament ........... tables were laid, places were set, hands were dealt ........ even after several hands of overt spying iwas unable to discern the rules ............................ anyway ................. after several packets of what were advertised as pork scratchings, several more refills of glass with pungent brew, and .......................... oh fuck it ................................................................. what i intended ti to hih highlight was is a site i expect has been visited already by web officianados such as yourselves already .................. if not ................................. yes ....................... www.friendsreunited.co.uk ............. i spent the best part of this afternoon looking at indexes of old school & college mates, wallowing in shock, how did she get there, what's he doing in the position of chief constable etc etc etc ......................... enough
posted by a hymn in g to nann , 11:07 PM Þ 

Last time I had a virus, I was able to delete it manually and replace the file with a locked folder with the same name. I think it was a couple of years ago. Heh.

Also, I just made more perl madness. Remember HOT or NOT? Forget them! OMG or WTF is the new craze! Add more pics and vote on those already there. Do they make you go OMG or do they make you go WTF? Or in between? :D
posted by Mikkel , 7:09 PM Þ 

Pentagone

The worm arrives in a message with the subject "Hi" and the following text in the body of the e-mail:

How are you?
When I saw this screensaver, I immediately thought about you.
I am in a harry, I promise you will love it!

Attached to the message is what appears to be a screensaver file, Gone.scr, a compressed copy of the worm.

When the file is opened, Pentagone will infect the victim's PC, attempt to stop a variety of antivirus and security applications and then, if successful, delete all the files in the folders containing those applications. AtGuard's Personal Firewall, ConSeal's PC Firewall, Kaspersky Lab's AVP, Network Associates' McAfee VirusScan, Symantec's Norton Antivirus and Zone Labs' ZoneAlarm are among the programs that the worm attempts to deactivate.
posted by Irdial , 3:54 PM Þ 

And not only is it insane to pay for something that you cannot use the way you want and where you want, but if you fail to keep up your subscription, you loose access to the songs that you have already downloaded. We call this "taking the piss".
posted by Irdial , 10:53 AM Þ 

How on earth are they expecting people who've tried the illegal/free alternatives to be willing to pay 10 dollars for 100 songs a month? That's only 3 songs a day - even if I only listen to the radio for 30 minutes while hitching a ride with my dad, I've heard more than 3 different songs that day. And let's not forget the 4-5 hours of music I listen to on my Rio & on my computer at home during a normal day, which amounts to those 100 songs I'm supposed to have for a whole month.

Heh, and you can't even bring the music with you. As I read on some other site, if I wanted that, I'd get a jukebox.

I can't see that system appealing to me. :P

The Danish newspaper Politiken mused in an editorial that they might be making it this bad so that they can later claim it's not possible to profit from online music sharing and that we have to buy their shitty CDs at horrible prices. I know I'm not ever going to buy anything from a major label again. I stick to the small ones. It's not like there's any good music on the big labels anyway.
posted by Mikkel , 9:31 AM Þ 
posted by Irdial , 1:22 AM Þ 

Irony: heh...I had my dumbass hat on today. It fits tight. I wear T-Shirts over jumpers cause I dont like Irony. Not even with a steam Irony. I walked through Hyde Park at 11PM. Its lit by Victorian gas lamps; a very beautiful type of light. There seems to be a move afoot in London to replace the hideous orange sodium street lights with bulbs that generate white light. This is good for telescope people...no more sodium filters.....
posted by Irdial , 1:07 AM Þ 

>Would YOU want to be the man in that picture?

Well not me personally - it was irony after all. But then again I don't think I've ever wanted to be anyone I've ever seen in a picture, least of all pictures of myself.
posted by captain davros , 12:07 AM Þ 
Tuesday, December 04, 2001

"Semplicemente perché queste trasmissioni
sembrano non esistere. Quanto ho scoperto
per la prima volta l'esistenza delle number
station ho iniziato una ricerca disperata alla
caccia di ogni tipo di informazione..."
-yo no understando!!

congrats...
posted by john , 9:28 PM Þ 
posted by Irdial , 7:18 PM Þ  


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posted by Irdial , 6:27 PM Þ 
posted by Irdial , 6:15 PM Þ 

If you have ever been on a bicycle in Oxford Street you will know why the C5 was an impossibility for UK roads.
Look at that promo shot. A sad man sitting in the rain. What the marketing people were trying to tell us with this pathetic picture we can only guess. They should have been horsewhipped for letting this picture be taken, let alone released to promote a new vehicle. Would YOU want to be the man in that picture?
posted by Irdial , 6:02 PM Þ 
Monday, December 03, 2001

It looks interesting, but I can't see it making that big of a breakthrough as the hype would have you think it would. (the Segway).

The newbie slang.
posted by Mikkel , 10:24 PM Þ 

Vaporware of the year finally here
Segway: http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,186660-1,00.html
posted by Claus Eggers , 7:52 PM Þ 


Just why was this not as successful as it should have been? It could have blown The Segway away!
posted by captain davros , 5:32 PM Þ 

"I've just fucked myself up the ass."
-egad! did you get it on video?
posted by john , 10:20 AM Þ 

A black one. It can keep you warm when the sun is shining but it is cold out. Yeah.

I'm such an amateur. I have had 3 weeks to write an essay. This is a research essay, involving that I pull information out of textbooks. I kind of did that last week, but have done everything else tonight, and am still writing the paper. It's due tomorrow or course. Not to mention I'm quite ill at the moment, which isn't improving my writing or state of mind at all. I chose to write at the last minute because I absolutely hate this essay. It's something completely of no concern to me, but I must write it. I should have written it early and fast, to get it over with, but no. I've just fucked myself up the ass.
Oh well. No one ever said first-year students were supposed to be professional.
posted by Barrie , 6:09 AM Þ 
Sunday, December 02, 2001

Which is the more valuable of two otherwise identical shirts?
A white one, or a black one?
posted by Claus Eggers , 11:16 PM Þ 

bananagate
posted by john , 8:22 PM Þ 

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posted by a hymn in g to nann , 2:27 PM Þ 
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