--- Log opened Mon Jul 19 00:00:38 2010 00:01 lanec42: len(u'foobar') works on my 2.5 install o_O 00:01 ωνω Signoff genewitch: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 00:01 I love wikipedia. Found this while searching for "Abraham Lincoln" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln's_sexuality 00:01 I think Python counts.. those things that UTF-8 uses to refer to characters outside the BMP as two characters 00:02 Or no, it depends on the implementation 00:02 CPython gives the right answer, at least. 00:02 ωνω Starscream [Freudian@63DEC709.8F840F3D.1C0D3CC7.IP] has joined #xkcd 00:03 What OS? 00:03 I think different CPythons on different OSes screw it up 00:03 I've got access to a windows box with 2.5 00:03 hm 00:04 That's what I wast testing on 00:04 Maybe I'm mistaken 00:04 ωνω Starscream is now known as Freudian 00:04 Woah. Beavis and Butthead are back. Gotta check that out. 00:04 guys what is better, incredible journey or homeward bound 00:05 this is important and we need to debate it 00:05 snark: are these games or something? 00:05 or just abstract concepts? 00:05 ωνω TelErusva [LinuxTel@hide-285FA3FA.mu.eth.dyn.inspire.net.nz] has joined #xkcd 00:05 movies, youngster 00:05 with dogs 00:05 and a cat 00:05 tea 00:05 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107131/ 00:05 hey, I'm not /that/ young 00:06 ωνω Signoff vawrtuhcks: #xkcd (Quit: This computer has gone to sleep) 00:06 I just don't do anything apart from books 00:06 seth, i heard of that, they did an episode of american dad on it 00:06 snark: Homeward bound 00:06 @abe lincoln't sexuality 00:07 s/'t/'s 00:07 snark, which one is which again? 00:07 The one without talking was better 00:07 GUYS homeward bound was first, then incredible journey 00:07 The old one 00:07 old one is okay everyone 00:07 bucket agrees! 00:07 HELL YEAH! 00:07 ωνω Signoff Rinsmaster: #xkcd (Client exited) 00:08 ωνω LordOfWhales [robert@hide-5A07DA78.lightspeed.snantx.sbcglobal.net] has joined #xkcd 00:08 Man, everyone keeps talking about the new futurama. Fuck the new futurama. If I'm going to watch the revival of a series, I'm going to watch the new Beavis and Butthead. 00:10 the new futurama is really odd 00:10 ωνω Signoff Felstaff: #xkcd (Quit: Leaving.) 00:11 ωνω Signoff LordOfWhales: #xkcd (Quit: leaving) 00:13 potassium2water 00:14 ΒΏ? 00:14 ωνω puddle [FEASTING@hide-AD2A81A9.sip.asm.bellsouth.net] has joined #xkcd 00:15 quine: yeah, that's how i've felt... it's all odd 00:15 hello 00:15 * Stereo goes back to classic series 2 epsiodes 00:15 Bucket, what was that? 00:15 DarkLoad: That was 'how2explode' (#43249): potassium2water 00:15 :/ 00:16 haha 00:17 ωνω letusgothen [letusgothe@hide-90D1FFF8.dsl.teksavvy.com] has joined #xkcd 00:18 ωνω Signoff koalaknife: #xkcd (Quit: oust of here) 00:18 Back from bath with sexy friend 00:19 I gave her a handjob and we made out 00:19 and she told me she loves me :3 00:19 congratulations. 00:19 YOU'RE WINNER! 00:19 good for you 00:19 I know! 00:19 ωνω bassgoon [bassgoon@hide-C4F82B41.client.mchsi.com] has joined #xkcd 00:20 ωνω Ann [~chatzilla@hide-91678945.range86-177.btcentralplus.com] has joined #xkcd 00:20 He was standing on a block of ice which then melted, releasing both the deer and the bullet. 00:21 Lestat? Or Theseus 00:21 GitS was very different from how I remembered it. But then again, I first watched it as a 13 year old. 00:21 Bucket, fedora in a transgendered sex commune. 00:21 Okay, puddle. 00:21 puddle: basically 00:21 basically you're completely wrong 00:21 ωνω AlexanderJames is now known as AJames 00:21 hm 00:22 puddle: there's one cisgirl here and she keeps trying to have sex with us 00:22 GitS? Get in the Sedan? 00:22 perhaps 00:22 Perhaps you're orcspies. 00:22 puddle: but we're all like "No too busy fucking each other" 00:22 letusgothen: Ghost in the Shell 00:22 basically awesome 00:22 Bucket, remember fedora each 00:22 Okay, puddle, remembering "but we're all like "No too busy fucking each other"". 00:22 ωνω Coffee [Coffee@2F4E1217.13236327.88E0FEA2.IP] has joined #xkcd 00:22 ωνω Signoff bassgoon: #xkcd (Quit: Leaving) 00:22 http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/24280477/detail.html how does this even work 00:22 beer 00:23 lots and lots of beer and alcohol 00:23 snark: A wizard did it 00:23 the deer was drinking AND shooting at people? 00:23 ωνω Signoff daryl5: #xkcd (Broken pipe) 00:23 I am guessing he collided with the deer and the deer fell over on the bike after the bike fell down, then a drunk hunter shot through the deer, and into the biker 00:24 snark: The answer is obvious. Deer know of vengeance. 00:24 * puddle nods sagely 00:24 * Bucket nods in thyme with puddle. 00:24 but we mustn't form theories before evidence! To the scene, Watson! 00:24 puddle: how does that explain the pistol and matching rounds? 00:24 puddle: hunters use rifles 00:25 puddle: a cooler theory is that a shell was lodged in the deer that had not exploded yet 00:25 perhaps he shot himself out of the guilt of having killed a living creature 00:25 fedora: still doesn't explain the pisotl 00:25 pistol 00:25 puddle: and the biker's collision triggered it, propelling the slug into his head 00:25 It was a hunter that was carrying something for self-defense and didn't want to miss an opportunity 00:25 wow 00:25 * puddle gets out a huge magnifying glass and plants her face to the ground while walking 00:25 We shall get to the bottom of this 00:25 * AJames trips puddle 00:25 or the pain from the other injuries from the crash made him put himself out of his misery? 00:25 * puddle faceplants 00:25 the bottom inDEED 00:25 D: 00:25 * fedora bottomchairs 00:26 fedora: People use explosive rounds while hunting deer?! 00:26 letusgothen: No! That's the awesome part. 00:26 letusgothen: They don't use pistols either. 00:26 I use incendiaries. 00:26 cooks the deer after you kill it 00:26 ωνω Signoff Burstaholic: #xkcd (Quit: Leaving.) 00:26 NAPALM 00:26 Most youngsters forget to add the benzene. Kids these days.. 00:26 ωνω Signoff kidko: #xkcd (Quit: CODMW2) 00:26 "HAVE THEY QUESTIONED THE DEER AND DOES THE DEER HAVE A RECORD? TO MANY QUESTIONS NOT ANSWERED." 00:27 ωνω mode/#xkcd [+b *!cf97f61d@*.mibbit.com] by billygoat 00:27 DEEEEER 00:27 the manly way to hunt is with nothing more than a combat knife and a pair of shorts 00:27 SHORTS OPTIONAL 00:27 fedora: So did someone feed this deer bullets, or are bullets flying out of guns without their propellant being ignited? :P 00:27 are you planning to disgust the deer to death 00:28 they are notorious prudish animals 00:28 Ann: oh right, deer don't eat meat 00:28 BADUM-PISH 00:28 you know, if I ever kill someone with a firearm, I'll describe it as "lead poisoning". Not very creative, I know, but I find it funny. 00:28 AJames: you don't need the knife either. a human can run an antelope to death 00:29 tea: well yeah, but there's a timeline to consider 00:29 ωνω Signoff Rigi: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 00:29 only takes several hours 00:29 tea: how is a man to come home for beer and steaks if he's still out running that antelope down 00:29 and less stealthy stalking is necessary 00:30 ferret: play tf2 or find something else to do 00:30 play tf2 00:30 InitHello: give him his daily dose of vitamin lead 00:30 ok 00:30 ωνω AJames is now known as stalagmatite 00:31 snark: I'm trying to think of some way to work malnutrition into it 00:31 ωνω bassgoon [bassgoon@hide-C4F82B41.client.mchsi.com] has joined #xkcd 00:31 like "he had a serious aramid deficiency in his thoracic region" 00:31 so classic 00:31 ωνω Signoff EnRohbi: #xkcd (Quit: When two people dream the same dream, it ceases to be an illusion. KVIrc 3.4.2 Shiny http://www.kvirc.net) 00:31 "Goodbye, cruel world. Goodbye, cruel lamp." 00:32 ωνω mode/#xkcd [-b *!cf97f61d@*.mibbit.com] by billygoat 00:32 Goodbye cruel knife weilding tramp 00:33 stalagmatite, you rang? 00:33 Freudian: I was saying GOODBYE, jeez 00:33 stalagmatite, WHATEVER 00:33 ωνω Signoff Magus: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 00:34 oh my god I think I may have to seriously consider that I don't enjoy playing tf2 00:34 at least not anymore 00:34 * InitHello GASPS! 00:34 tf2? 00:34 I was just thinking about how I'd rather do dishes 00:34 0_o 00:34 stalagmatite: Don't do it! 00:34 * Bucket crosses the streams. 00:34 TelErusva: I played for 1076 hours! 00:35 TelErusva: I think I have a right to be tired of the game 00:35 Yes, but ANYTHING but dishes! 00:35 hahaha 00:35 Freudian fell down! 00:35 lol 00:35 silly Freudian 00:35 ouch 00:35 ωνω Signoff Docd: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 00:35 stalagmatite: I played eve for about 2600 hours, and at the end I hated the game with a passion 00:36 InitHello: I think it's about time for me to stop playing games like I used to 00:36 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyD6bGW0vCk What. 00:36 stalagmatite: that time came for me around 2-3 years ago 00:36 because frankly I don't really enjoy 4 hour sessions of ANY game 00:36 InitHello: I'm just turning 20 00:36 Video games. 00:36 Video games are an acceptable form of existence. 00:36 Yes. 00:36 Whoohoo. 00:36 * InitHello plays for maybe an hour now, then gets bored 00:36 stalagmatite: I was 25 when I hit that point 00:36 Ok... 00:36 InitHello: I'm just not a hardcore gamer anymore I guess 00:37 welcome to the club 00:37 Bottle full o' bubb. I got what you need if you need to feel a buzz. 00:37 welp, off to get bejeweled and secondlife 00:37 haha 00:37 and I'm off to sleep 00:37 I was 18 when I played for 6 hours and gave the game a 9.5/10. 00:37 good night #xkcd 00:37 Good night, moon. 00:37 good night stars 00:37 'night InitHello 00:37 Quavmo: which game? 00:37 The Game! You lost. 00:37 Aww, I missed it 00:37 I'm 6' now, under 200 lbs and my vision is 20/20. 00:37 good night sluts in front of bars 00:37 good night people, and good night cars 00:37 oh, I like that version 00:37 snark: The 8th I've ever owned. 00:37 ωνω Docd [asd@7F897992.23E688DC.FB81C35B.IP] has joined #xkcd 00:38 ωνω Signoff letusgothen: #xkcd (Quit: Colloquy for iPhone - http://colloquy.mobi) 00:38 * stalagmatite corrupts your childhood just a little bit more 00:38 stalagmatite, my childhood was already butchered tonight 00:38 I saw the Transformer episode of "Will It Blend?" 00:38 Yes, yes it will 00:38 Freudian: D: 00:38 Bumblebee T_T 00:39 speaking 00:39 I warned my sister before I saw it, "I may cry" 00:39 * Freudian blends bumblebee 00:39 ωνω Signoff alSeen: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 00:39 ωνω Quavmo [dysaniak@hide-EEEE2374.dsl.pltn13.pacbell.net] has left #xkcd (Leaving.) 00:39 "yes, it blends!" 00:39 ωνω Magus [~none@hide-EA43288A.dyn.centurytel.net] has joined #xkcd 00:39 into a car 00:39 ωνω strebor [~david@hide-AEA7CF45.lns20.bne4.internode.on.net] has joined #xkcd 00:40 ωνω TerseKyushu [jrs@hide-37B81911.net] has joined #xkcd 00:40 Freudian: relevant to both our horrors today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAXEGlm8a7g 00:41 ωνω TerseKyushu is now known as TerseAway 00:41 stalagmatite, EPIC 00:41 ferret, giraffe 00:41 Height: http://xkcd.com/482 ("... (13 m) / Giraffe (8 m) / [[A man and ...") - Qwertial Aphasia: http://xkcd.com/604 ("... over, holding a giraffe.]] Woman: Check out ...") 00:41 hm 00:42 ferret, marmalade 00:42 ferret: penis 00:42 The Sierpinski Penis Game: http://xkcd.com/95 ("...The Sierpinski Penis Game: [[The ...") - Freemanic Paracusia: http://xkcd.com/462 ("... could enlarge your penis for cheap. My, ...") - Converting to Metric: http://xkcd.com/526 ("...CD Diameter/14cm - Penis/15cm - BIC pen/80cm ...") - Anatomy Text: http://xkcd.com/631 ("...! Plate 18: Erect Penis [[The picture ...") - Numbers: http://xkcd.com/715 ("... Have a/an -Inch Penis [[The lin 00:42 com/753 ("... a towering penis-shaped obelisk on ...") 00:42 wowzers 00:42 ferret, marmalade 00:42 xkcd has a lot of penis 00:43 :( 00:43 xkcd has a distinct lack of marmalade, though 00:43 which is a shame because that's an awesome mix 00:44 ωνω Signoff Bruenor: #xkcd (Quit: ChatZilla 0.9.86 [Firefox 3.6.6/20100625231939]) 00:44 ωνω Signoff Mortchek: #xkcd (Operation timed out) 00:44 ωνω alSeen [no@hide-B22DA86C.midco.net] has joined #xkcd 00:45 I would suck a marmalade drizzled penis 00:45 or better yet, a penis that ejaculates marmalade 00:45 I'D NEVER STOP 00:45 SPUNK THAT MARMA-okay I'll stop 00:45 I wasn't going to say anything, but.... 00:45 Bucket, remember stalagmatite marmalade 00:45 Okay, puddle, remembering "or better yet, a penis that ejaculates marmalade". 00:45 thanks 00:45 Any time! Except Saturday. 00:45 * Panko unzips his trousers 00:46 o_o; 00:46 ωνω Signoff crodgers_: #xkcd (Broken pipe) 00:46 ωνω Signoff Magus|Screen: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 00:46 ωνω crodgers_ [crodgers@hide-1B214B0F.dsndata.com] has joined #xkcd 00:46 ωνω Signoff Rena: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 00:46 next time my dad gets groceries 00:46 I will have the materials for pulled pork, a creamy pasta sauce, a non-ceasar salad, and roasted almonds for snacks 00:47 home roasted 00:47 I will be the one roasting them 00:47 and all that 00:47 ωνω Rena [Rena@BF3090C6.15804DF4.DF9D55DC.IP] has joined #xkcd 00:47 http://twitter.com/Golgo_13 XD 00:48 ωνω Mortchek [~danny@hide-9A086B.washdc.fios.verizon.net] has joined #xkcd 00:48 Beelzebub: this is the best use of twitter I have ever seen. 00:48 ωνω Signoff crodgers_: #xkcd (Broken pipe) 00:48 i know right? 00:48 ωνω crodgers_ [crodgers@hide-1B214B0F.dsndata.com] has joined #xkcd 00:49 stalagmatite, don't leave me hanging 00:49 * stalagmatite picks panko up 00:49 * stalagmatite hi fives Panko's penis 00:49 * Beelzebub cuts Panko down 00:49 why must you 00:49 ωνω Magus|Screen [none@1E26C4D8.D44291B6.C4732465.IP] has joined #xkcd 00:50 I have to remember never to trust stalagmatite with my penis again. Even if it's covered in marmalade. 00:50 * stalagmatite wipes marmalade off self 00:51 sorry about that 00:51 No you aren't. 00:51 true. 00:51 hee 00:52 * stalagmatite wonders how he's going to fill the gap video games had occupied until right about now. 00:53 ωνω Signoff Rena: #xkcd (Quit: this internet ) 00:53 stalagmatite: books 00:53 oh hey 00:53 bungee jumping 00:53 bungee jumping is awesome. 00:53 explorer.exe fails once again 00:53 i suppose you could try reading while you bungee jump 00:54 I don't think I could do that with a traditional book 00:54 too many flappy bits 00:54 I'd have to use an e-reader 00:54 up and down and out in paris and london 00:54 ωνω Chainsol [Chainsol@hide-B7F38179.res-cmts.senw.ptd.net] has joined #xkcd 00:54 watership up and down 00:54 by grand central station i sat up and down and wept 00:54 also there's the fact that at a certain point I'd just sort of be bungee hanging while reading 00:55 So. I have an idea. The built in webcam on my laptop. How is it connected to the motheboard? I think it's a form of usb. 00:55 Sorry to interject, by the way. 00:55 no worries, were were just talking about nothing really significant 00:55 EXCEPT BUNGEE READING FUCK YEAH 00:55 but do go on 00:56 Ann++ 00:56 Do you guys think there's any way to build in, say, an HD webcam? 00:56 Bucket: remember ann london 00:56 Okay, tea, remembering "up and down and out in paris and london". 00:56 Chainsol: It's also possibly it is on the PCI-E bus 00:56 Hm. 00:56 Chainsol: it possible also could be wizards 00:56 It might be... 00:56 but I am known to fail with technology so disregard me 00:57 But does it sound plausible, if the built in webcamera is USB, could I somehow replace it with another USB webcamera? 00:57 The form of USB thing wouldn't suprise me though 00:57 ωνω Burstaholic [travis@D6467D85.219121DF.1197577E.IP] has joined #xkcd 00:57 It'd look ugly as hell, of course, but hey, I'd have an HD webcam built in. 00:57 ωνω Ale [evelyn@hide-CF453467.client.mchsi.com] has joined #xkcd 00:57 Yeah, I was right, it seems, it's USB... 00:58 ferret: dishes time or get dishes music first 00:58 get dishes music first 00:58 Bleh. 00:58 k 00:58 Hey. 00:58 ωνω stalagmatite is now known as aJames 00:58 Ale: BEER 00:59 Spork: It's a nickname! And I love sporks... 00:59 Apparently you can wire a desktop PCI-E graphics card into a laptop on the PCI-E x1 lane and have it work 00:59 is that music to wash dishes to? 00:59 Uh? Really? 00:59 ωνω TheDoctor [TheDoctor@E6BFFD0B.5412E25.9A2A1AC6.IP] has joined #xkcd 00:59 Yeah, it's been done 00:59 my recommendation: screamadelica by primal scream 00:59 Misocainea: By who? 00:59 Ann: not my bag 00:59 srsly the best washing up record there is 00:59 Ale: Everybody loves sporks 01:00 aJames: why not? 01:00 Why can't you drink milk with your eye? It's science. 01:00 ωνω TheDoctor is now known as Poe 01:00 Ann: anything you can dance to, I will wash to 01:00 stuff with a beat 01:00 screamadelica is 'stuff with a beat' 01:00 I'm not much into screamy things, though 01:00 Oops. Forgot to chat with NickServ. Brb. 01:00 it's not screamy 01:00 ωνω Poe [TheDoctor@E6BFFD0B.5412E25.9A2A1AC6.IP] has left #xkcd () 01:00 it's acid house 01:00 Spork: Not people who like steak 01:00 Chainsol: trying to find the article 01:00 ωνω Signoff HeyLuke: #xkcd (Quit: HydraIRC -> http://www.hydrairc.com <- IRC has never been so good) 01:00 Ale: You don't like steak? 01:00 ωνω TheDoctor [TheDoctor@E6BFFD0B.5412E25.9A2A1AC6.IP] has joined #xkcd 01:01 There we go. 01:01 yay, fixed! 01:01 Misocainea: That'd be awesome, it sounds really cool. 01:01 Ann: I'll stick with the rather massive amount I have already, but thanks 01:01 Spork: I'm a regretful vegitarian 01:01 Ale: But what do you eat when you drink your beer? 01:01 Ale: Give it up. Become a meatatarian. 01:01 I'm a humanitarian 01:01 aJames: i will increase the international profile of Bobby Gillespie if it kills me 01:01 but only on tuesdays 01:01 Spork: Naw it's short for Alejandro 01:01 ωνω Signoff jeanlucw: #xkcd (Quit: Leaving.) 01:01 I'm an omnitarian. See, that's the best, because you can eat both. 01:02 TheDoctor: NEVERRR 01:02 Ale: Wait. Do you drink beer? 01:02 Ale: we almost have the same first name :D 01:02 Really, I don't understand why people just don't see that. 01:02 Spork: I'm 14... 01:02 vegitarian, meatatarian... Just eat both 01:02 Ale: NO EXCUSES 01:02 aJames: ha what's your name 01:02 BEER FOR ALL 01:02 Ale: Alexander 01:02 ωνω Signoff Hjalte: #xkcd (Client exited) 01:02 Seth: But the cows. They taste so good. 01:02 ωνω Signoff Coffee: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 01:02 Nice 01:02 bah I can't find it 01:02 Misocainea:There're articles about an adapter sort of thing - takes the laptop's pci-e to use an actual desktop graphics card. 01:03 Yeah, this guy physically soldered it in 01:03 ωνω GHST [~n0thing@hide-749DF48F.nap.wideopenwest.com] has joined #xkcd 01:03 Really? Huh. 01:03 My searches are giving a million moronic questions about upgrading laptop graphics cards though 01:03 Same here. 01:03 I'll find it eventually. 01:03 I think it was hardOCP I read it on 01:04 ugh this is so tedious 01:04 I'm setting up a VMWare workstation with WinXP Pro 01:04 and my only XP disk has no service packs on it 01:04 Uh. 01:04 Have fun with that. 01:04 lol 01:04 Misocainea: Endless hours of windows update. 01:04 lmao 01:04 pretty much 01:04 I have SP3 in finallyh 01:05 All this so I can play Diablo 2 01:05 Misocainea: Lmao. 01:05 I gotta say, whoever makes the music for mspaintadventures is great 01:05 It seems to hate Windows 7 a lot 01:05 I got it running 01:05 though nothing really has a beat, it's all great for what it does 01:05 But when playing online I get huge random lag spikes 01:05 What are you running in? 01:05 like, I can't think of any better music for the scenes they're in 01:05 Windows 7 hates most older games. 01:06 ωνω mwc [~mwc@2CF97C9B.F1B9B35C.C6AB6A44.IP] has joined #xkcd 01:06 D2 is the first issue I had 01:06 Chainsol: windows 7 hates vans 01:06 Windows 7 hates everyone. 01:06 Chainsol: Do they still have compatability mode? 01:06 Yes they do 01:06 I thought that was great, in Windows XP. 01:06 I like Win7 01:06 It works great for me 01:06 Yeah, I like it too. 01:06 But I don't like the compatibility. 01:06 I should probably get Win7 eventually 01:06 XP is beginning to wear on my patience 01:06 Command and Conquer Red Alert 2 + XP pretending to be Windows 98SE = win. 01:07 stick with xp, it's got a good 20 years left 01:07 Glench: I've been using it for six 01:07 Glench: OSX. <3 01:07 It's easy to...Erherm...Get 01:07 Windows 7, that is. 01:07 um ok 01:07 Glench: MAC. 01:07 :P 01:07 Glench: or about 01:07 TheDoctor: why are you telling me this? 01:07 TheDoctor: Two things: First: That won't work in 7. Two: Doctor Who? 01:07 TheDoctor: You mean Mac. 01:07 TheDoctor: fuck off I'm not getting a mac 01:07 re: meatatarians http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3171/3642661392_5801c3b218.jpg 01:07 TheDoctor: you can be a mac boy without telling everyone for no fucking reason 01:07 I hate people who hate new OSes just cause they are new 01:07 Glench: It's better than XP. 01:07 TheDoctor: so? 01:08 aJames: Oh come on, they're lovely. 01:08 The people hanging on to XP now are the ones who said XP sucked and wouldn't leave 98 01:08 Chainsol: That sucks. two: But of course. 01:08 * Strike_Reyhi shoots aJames with a Magnetic Accelerator Cannon 01:08 why are you /telling/ me this? 01:08 TheDoctor: Best. 01:08 julian: no. 01:08 julian: this is stalagmatite 01:08 no means no 01:08 RECURSION ERROR 01:08 Glench: Boredom, and just randomly picking a name off the list. 01:08 well, it's better than vista. 01:08 http://forums.xkcd.com/download/file.php?id=10346 01:08 no means no means no means no means no means... 01:08 TheDoctor: protip: if you wouldn't do it in real life, don't do it here 01:08 * snark hugs bucket 01:08 DON'T FUCKING TOUCH ME 01:08 aJames: I can't remember what your objection was, but aaanywya. 01:09 :( 01:09 and heck, maybe you would do it in real life 01:09 Glench: You'd be surprised what I'd do in real life. 01:09 * puddle hugs Bucket 01:09 This is a sign of affection. 01:09 I'd not care in the least about what you do in real life, is more like it 01:09 ^_^ 01:09 TheDoctor: my left nipple was bit off by your mom last night 01:09 lol. 01:09 Selig: That's hot. 01:09 WATCHING two women making it? I'd rather BE two women making it! 01:09 Bucket: Agreed. 01:09 julian: mainly because I'd have to get entirely new hardware, be unable to play most of my steam games until they finally updated them, and because frankly it's a whole new fucking OS and I'd take forever to acclimatize 01:09 a'groped 01:09 * puddle tosses a hateful glare toward snark then goes back to hugging Bucket 01:09 julian: that enough explanation for you? 01:09 TheDoctor: notice how that was irrelevent to the conversation? Yeah, that's your random interjections of "lolz windows sucks!" 01:09 dobidobido 01:10 ωνω SteamPoweredCat [Adium@hide-47E41781.hsd1.tx.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 01:10 :( :( 01:10 aJames: Aside from being able to boot into Windows for Steam games, and it really not being hard to get used to, sure. 01:10 Selig: Notice how I don't care? That's your random interjections. "Quit being a Mactard" 01:10 * julian goes back to Buffy 01:10 Eww. Xchat gave me emoticons. 01:10 Chainsol: IceChat7 does it too. It's disturbing. 01:11 julian: Aside from me having my only legal OS ever and not really wanting to go back to piracy because I can't afford to buy OSX, fine. 01:11 It sure is. 01:11 Chainsol: what does this look like? :(){:|:&};: 01:11 Nothing. 01:11 Nothing - Symbol: Ng - Atomic Number: 0 - Atomic Weight: 0 01:11 There's a frown smiley, and a :| smiley in there. 01:11 OSX is like $30 01:11 It was a frowny face, then lots of stuff. 01:11 Selig: fork bomb? 01:11 :(){ :|:& };: 01:11 Selig: forkbomb 01:11 forkbomb is %0|%0 01:11 aJames: Obviously all Macs come with it, but annyway. 01:11 ){:|:&};: 01:11 TheDoctor: shut the fuck up you're being a pretentious dick. 01:11 That's what ended up happening. 01:12 aJames: It happens. 01:12 See, if I made graphical smilies, I would make the forkbomb something amusing 01:12 julian: well obviously if I can't afford OSX, I can't afford a new computer entirely 01:12 especially not a mac 01:12 like a computer with X_x on it 01:12 ωνω Signoff Chainsol: #xkcd (Quit: Bored) 01:13 I already have a computer with XXX on it 01:13 :D 01:13 ωνω Potassium [~The-Rabid@CB525C83.CD5A919.4DFCE4FA.IP] has joined #xkcd 01:13 aJames: Well it was Apple who invented porn mode ;) 01:13 <3 http://i.imgur.com/TSRaR.jpg 01:13 "so you can shop for birthday presents on a shared computer" my ass 01:14 julian: haha. 01:14 ωνω SirDinosaur [SirDinosau@hide-776FB47D.lsanca.fios.verizon.net] has joined #xkcd 01:14 Ugh. I guess I'll kill 4 hours by watching the extended Return of the King. 01:15 who wants to play mafia? 01:15 BOOORED 01:15 http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2010/06/07/giftsforthewife-com-still-waiting-for-microsoft-private-browsing-boost/ 01:15 ωνω Signoff Burstaholic: #xkcd (Broken pipe) 01:15 Ale: last time I was involved with a mafia, I shot *everyone* 01:15 Ale: What are you, 14? 01:15 Yes. 01:15 I am. 01:15 (why would you play mafia when you can play assassins?) 01:15 :D 01:15 ωνω Signoff Mortchek: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 01:15 haha 01:16 but #mafia is fun 01:16 ωνω letusgothen [~letusgoth@hide-90D1FFF8.dsl.teksavvy.com] has joined #xkcd 01:16 nah. mafia is only a face to face game 01:16 expression is everything 01:16 ωνω Burstaholic [travis@D6467D85.219121DF.1197577E.IP] has joined #xkcd 01:16 skype mafia ahah 01:16 ωνω mklauber [cogita@hide-FDFD7833.washdc.fios.verizon.net] has joined #xkcd 01:17 2 player mafia would be interesting 01:17 ωνω Peter_ [~Peter@hide-9ED836AA.cc.shawcable.net] has joined #xkcd 01:17 and by that I mean it would divide by zero 01:17 ωνω Peter_ is now known as freyyr 01:17 ωνω spooky [spooky@C066544D.FD22CA11.4CB69C2F.IP] has joined #xkcd 01:17 anyone know where i can get the OpenAL SDK for Linux? I can't seem to find it on the official download page o_O 01:18 ωνω Signoff Mud: #xkcd (Quit: Leaving) 01:18 spooky: http://connect.creativelabs.com/openal/Downloads/openal-soft-1.11.753.bz2 01:18 thank you muchly 01:18 spooky: sure, here at http://linux-viruses.org/openAL.bin 01:18 I wonder if that exists 01:18 Nope 01:18 ωνω Mortchek [~danny@hide-9A086B.washdc.fios.verizon.net] has joined #xkcd 01:19 Not yet? 01:19 ωνω spligitMoose [spligitMoo@hide-FE7F6742.lns20.adl2.internode.on.net] has joined #xkcd 01:19 it should 01:19 I should buy it and put up screenies of wine 01:19 ωνω Signoff letusgothen: #xkcd (Quit: Colloquy for iPhone - http://colloquy.mobi) 01:19 ωνω letusgothen [letusgothe@hide-90D1FFF8.dsl.teksavvy.com] has joined #xkcd 01:19 spooky: Actually, that's probably the wrong link 01:19 Picture of the grub bvootloader with "windows" as a option 01:20 yeah, I'm not toally sure what OpenAL "Soft" is 01:20 make it redirect to damn vulnerable linux 01:20 I feel like putting linux on my lappy now 01:20 spooky: http://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal.html is "OpenAL Soft" 01:21 ah. 01:21 I guess this will have to do? 01:21 I dunno if it has the developer stuff though. 01:21 someone should totally be my roommate! 01:21 oh 01:22 Glench: Bucket should be your roommate. 01:23 so where the heck is the regular SDK. hmm 01:23 glench, the conventional student 01:23 and bucket, the wacky guy 01:23 who ate all those movie quotes and song lyrics I left around! 01:23 must bunk together in... The Xkcd Couple 01:23 wasn't meeeeeeee 01:23 *laugh track* 01:23 GIVE LOVE 01:23 * Bucket gives love to Apocrypha. 01:23 XD 01:25 ah 01:25 Woo! #xkcd on my laptop, Return of the King fullscreen on the TV. :D <3 HDMI cables 01:25 ωνω Nerf [nerf@hide-C88BAA4B.dyn.optonline.net] has joined #xkcd 01:25 hdmi is one of the better ports on my computer 01:26 no but really I need a roommate 01:27 quick guys what is the best rem album 01:27 Ann: Anything by Micheal Jackson. 01:28 goddamnit I thought there was more butter in Rice Krispies treats 01:28 I'd have to eat have the pan to get high :\ 01:28 Ann: Document has that one awesome song. Supernatural Superserious is okay. 01:29 TheMiNd: Uhm... getting high... off of Rice Krispies? o.0 01:29 You could smoke them... 01:30 Seth: What flavor rolling papers would you suggest? 01:30 spooky: OpenAL Soft is just the API itself. It looks like the SDK is proprietary. 01:30 i see 01:30 ωνω Signoff Ale: #xkcd (Quit: Ale) 01:30 Guess I'll just use FMOD ._. 01:31 ωνω Signoff TelErusva: #xkcd (Quit: Leaving) 01:31 ωνω Signoff letusgothen: #xkcd (Quit: Colloquy for iPhone - http://colloquy.mobi) 01:31 ωνω letusgothen [letusgothe@hide-90D1FFF8.dsl.teksavvy.com] has joined #xkcd 01:31 Ebby wants to know why he is apparently banned. lmao 01:31 s/he/she/ 01:31 TheDoctor: I think it happened yesterday. 01:31 I'm trying to remember who did it... 01:32 I could check my logs, but I don't really want to. 01:32 ωνω Signoff var: #xkcd (Quit: var) 01:32 the correct protocol is 'ask an op' 01:32 ωνω var [~var@hide-40C7D4E2.ph.ph.cox.net] has joined #xkcd 01:32 According to Channel info, it was snark. 01:33 ωνω Dongorath [foo@hide-9879184C.fbx.proxad.net] has joined #xkcd 01:33 then tell her to ask snark 01:33 Did. lmao. 01:34 ωνω Signoff watchboy: #xkcd (Quit: Lost terminal) 01:35 she just pm'd me, I'll look into it 01:35 I want there to be a small earthquake with no damage or deaths. 01:35 They're fun. 01:35 Spork: I felt one of those within 24hours of being in SF 01:35 ωνω Signoff Kokuma: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 01:35 I consider this entirely too stereotypical 01:35 ωνω mode/#xkcd [-b *!*@hide-6C77D8AA.mibbit.com] by snark 01:36 tea: Eh, it happens. 01:36 ωνω Ebby [ae34370d@hide-6C77D8AA.mibbit.com] has joined #xkcd 01:36 Spork: I'll get to jump up and down! 01:37 O WAIT you said 'no damage or deaths' LOL I SO FUNNY 01:37 "your mom" 01:37 Ann: 40+ arab male? 01:37 * Ebby jumps up and down 01:37 it's like the reverse lightbulb joke from dinosaur comics 01:37 I think Samoans are stereotypically considered fat 01:37 Hey guys watch this. It made me go from OH GOD WANT TO CRAWL OUT OF SKIN to :D :D :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Sw7mxYlkks sfw 01:38 It's Whose Line Is It Anyways 01:38 <3 01:38 ωνω Signoff letusgothen: #xkcd (Quit: Colloquy for iPhone - http://colloquy.mobi) 01:38 I love it too 01:39 I got to see Colin and Brad do their own show in 2006. They came nback in 2010, but I missed them 01:40 So i've separated out my rss, browsing and chat and am much happier. Chrome internets, adium for irc/chats, newsfires for rssy things 01:40 ferret, chinese, japanese, or other? 01:40 chinese, japanese, 01:40 er 01:40 Oops. 01:41 ferret, chinese or japanese or other 01:41 chinese 01:41 Ferret, chinese or japanese or Porn 01:41 Porn 01:41 \o/ 01:41 chinese on japanese porn 01:41 Chinese food? 01:41 Chinese food is egg shell filled with dirt 01:41 what the hell, Bucket 01:41 What, you don't like this restaurant? You said you wanted to dine here tonight. 01:42 i just dined in your arms tooniiiight 01:42 lmao. 01:42 ωνω Signoff AlcariTheMad: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 01:42 Ebby: objectively, this is nowhere near as funny as I think it is, but this is great 01:43 Glench: wait what are you saying 01:44 Ebby: this is hilarious but shouldn't be 01:44 It's Whose Line, it ALWAYS should be. :D 01:44 I know, but there's a distinct disconnect between what's happening and how funny it seems to be 01:45 it's excellent 01:45 I think that's pretty much the whole show. :P 01:45 I find Scenes from a Hat more consistently funny. 01:45 Usually, yeah 01:45 I still remember the first time I saw the duck sound effects episode where they're storming into a criminal hideout 01:46 Haha 01:46 that was literally the funniest thing I had ever seen 01:46 I just watched that one, Glench 01:47 I'm teaching Bucket bad stereotypes about Chinese Food. 01:47 Does anyone object to this? 01:47 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSs7NCWp6kA 01:47 There you go, Glench 01:47 yeah, I know 01:47 thanks 01:47 thanks isn't good enough. I want my money. 01:48 I have a weird hatred for Kathy Greenwood, the blonde lady 01:48 ωνω moshev [moshev@hide-5016950B.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de] has joined #xkcd 01:49 the show is originally British 01:50 Ebby: I understand that. She was kind of overwrought and shrill. 01:50 Glench: And she wasn't even that great to look at. 01:50 The other women were pretty good 01:50 I wish Josie Lawerence had been on the American version more 01:51 Yes! 01:51 ωνω Jungian [Freudian@DDAEC1A1.7A569746.1C0D3CC7.IP] has joined #xkcd 01:51 ωνω Signoff Maerz: #xkcd (Client exited) 01:53 ωνω Signoff V00D00: #xkcd (Quit: Quitte) 01:53 ωνω Signoff Freudian: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 01:53 ωνω Signoff Maximinus: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 01:53 She and Tony Slattery were my favorites of the British version 01:53 ωνω Maximinus [max@hide-EDDCD6D2.com] has joined #xkcd 01:54 ωνω Signoff j-b-r: #xkcd (Connection reset by peer) 01:55 On maps, what does the little badge symbol mean? 01:55 depends on the map, should be in the key 01:55 Google 01:55 Google is just apple for geeks. 01:56 Viz had a comic strip called "Tony Slattery and his Phoney Cattery" 01:56 ωνω j-b-r [~j-b-r@hide-7F717BA8.hsd1.de.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 01:56 ωνω Signoff jlamothe: #xkcd (Broken pipe) 01:56 How art. 01:56 class 01:56 apt, I mean 01:57 U.S. Highway 01:57 Question part two: Are you allowed to ride a bicycle on a U.S. Highway? 01:57 * julian doubts this 01:57 highway, or freeway 01:58 Lets make it simple and say Interstate 01:58 in which case, no 01:58 I don't know. 01:58 THIRD BASE! 01:58 ωνω Signoff spooky: #xkcd (Broken pipe) 01:59 ωνω jlamothe [~jlamothe@E17B7478.8847E55F.B5721EC7.IP] has joined #xkcd 02:00 ωνω Jungian is now known as Freudian 02:00 FreuFreu! 02:00 fifth base! 02:00 ωνω Signoff jlamothe: #xkcd (Killed (NickServ (Nick kill enforced))) 02:00 ωνω Signoff j-b-r: #xkcd (Connection reset by peer) 02:01 dBase! 02:01 Okay. This road: http://bit.ly/aDELDY It's a U.S. Highway, but I want to ride my bike on it. 02:01 ωνω j-b-r [~j-b-r@hide-7F717BA8.hsd1.de.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 02:01 Spork, looks like Yes 02:02 it's clearly not a limited-access road 02:02 Shit, it looks like it turns into one later. 02:02 Spork: you can be like this guy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2Y3c33so1k 02:03 Bucket, pickup line 02:03 which line? and where's the phone anyway? 02:03 Bucket, pickup lines 02:03 Are you from Mississippi? 'cuz Miss, I sip pee. 02:03 yeh, that's it 02:03 ωνω Signoff Ebby: #xkcd (Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client) 02:03 Bucket, pickup lines Wanna see a list of things that aren't *quite* animal abuse? 02:03 Okay, DarkLoad. 02:03 snark: I rode my bike on the freeway once. 02:04 http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FW86_jO7k_A/TBDsZbcixtI/AAAAAAABwyc/a6oMpqo434w/s1600/Work-Of-Art-Season-1-Episode-101-Rate-The-Art-Judith-Braun.jpg <<< the challenge? "Make a portrait of one of your competitors" 02:05 spork, I think it's not explicitly illegal 02:05 PSOAddict, I don't follow you 02:05 but it's just been made illegal on most of the highways out there 02:05 sheepbat: Really? Because it sure felt illegal. 02:06 sheepbat: Freeway. It's legal to ride on highways. 02:06 It would be pretty illegal 02:06 Panko: work of art:next great artist 02:06 * SteamPoweredCat wishes having nudes on the internets wasn't such a career black mark 02:06 ωνω SteamPoweredCat was kicked from #xkcd by billygoat (There can be only one.) 02:06 β™ͺ Another one bites the dust! β™ͺ 02:06 If it's legal, it's still dumb 02:06 It is illegal to not be in a vehicle or a bike with a footbreak 02:06 that was judith brown's portrait of jaclyn santos 02:06 s/bike/motorcycle 02:06 ωνω SteamPoweredCat [Adium@hide-47E41781.hsd1.tx.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 02:06 PSOAddict: it looks cool 02:06 ωνω Signoff j-b-r: #xkcd (Connection reset by peer) 02:07 and that is a new one on me. I can't refer to the interwebs as nets 02:07 ωνω Signoff julian: #xkcd (Quit: julian) 02:07 Seth: Right. But there's a bit of safety in numbers. 200 bicyclists on a freeway is safer than 1. 02:07 ωνω j-b-r [~j-b-r@hide-7F717BA8.hsd1.de.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 02:07 not plural, no 02:07 you can refer to them as butts and ninnernets 02:07 and tubes 02:07 it probably just annoyed an op, SteamPoweredCat 02:07 interbutts! 02:07 helloooo 02:07 done dishes 02:07 aJames: MARRY ME! 02:07 * Bucket weds SteamPoweredCat then divorces a week later for the money. 02:08 lol 02:08 I need a spouse who does dishes :/ 02:08 I can do dishes. 02:08 sheepbats are effective sponges 02:08 Doesn't mean I actually *DO* them. 02:08 I mean we can fuck too, but dishes! 02:08 hahaha 02:08 sheepbat fell down! 02:08 ow 02:08 aww 02:08 ωνω julian [~julian@hide-59880388.cable.virginmedia.com] has joined #xkcd 02:08 * aJames is stalagmatite, for reference 02:08 ooh 02:09 testing out new, reallife related nick 02:09 ωνω SmilyOrg is now known as Smily 02:09 I don't care. I'm tired of g/f not picking up/doing dishes. 02:09 I mean i'm supposed to be the sloppy bitch 02:09 awwww 02:09 SteamPoweredCat: lmao. 02:09 SteamPoweredCat: aren't we all 02:09 Also lazy! 02:10 SteamPoweredCat: honestly I'd jump at an opportunity to be a house husband. I am entirely masculine, but would prefer to cook and clean to do a real job 02:10 because I like cooking 02:10 and cleaning is easy if you keep up with it 02:11 but alas, I'm too young to have girls looking at me for husbandprospects 02:11 aJames: Two caveats! One i'm a lawyer! 02:11 Wait wait wait…. too young? 02:11 * puddle squeaks sheepbat 02:11 20, not many girls looking for marriage at that age 02:11 Dude, there's an entire subset of women who look for younger men! 02:11 02:11 SteamPoweredCat: well... yeah I guess 02:11 aah cougar? where? 02:11 02:11 aJames, you'd be surprised 02:11 no one said cougar 02:11 Panko: no, not really. You meet all types when you work in food service 02:11 cougar! 02:11 Huntin' season! 02:11 02:12 Rabbit Season! 02:12 Rabbit seasoning! 02:12 delicious 02:12 delicious is http://www.hulu.com/watch/1447/saturday-night-live-taco-town 02:12 * puddle traps sheepbat 02:12 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_UdpSNccfI 02:12 ..baa? 02:12 Bucket, Rabbit Season is Duck Season! 02:12 SteamPoweredCat: I already had it that way 02:12 * puddle casually throws a stuffed cougar into the cage 02:12 * puddle observes 02:12 a cruel cruel puddle you are 02:12 Senji: I love this 02:12 >:D 02:12 Senji: I remember this and love this 02:12 :) 02:13 oh god ice 02:13 yeah i remembered this a few minutes ago 02:13 I just swallowed an entire unmelted ice cube goddamn 02:13 ..baa... 02:13 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aINtKztXag 02:13 Damn want gordon freeman toy 02:13 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aINtKztXag 02:13 aJames: I'm not sure I understand how food service gives one a perspective that women in their early 20's don't want to get married, but from what I see where I live, not many /people/ seem to want to get married 02:13 damn you irssi! 02:13 Panko: no, I mean that cougars really do exist, yeah 02:14 ωνω Signoff Myke: #xkcd (Quit: Leaving) 02:14 Yes, I know. 02:15 Panko: and when I was 16(pedo) a 30+ year old woman responded to my "can I help you" with a "well, how good are you in bed?" 02:15 wow 02:15 epic 02:15 I sort of stood there in stunned silence until she apologised and gave me her order 02:15 ωνω Deltantor changed the topic of #xkcd to: Now with more electrolytes. | They have what #xkcd needs. | Nougatti's Waffle-video! http://localhostr.com/files/d89a2e/Video0071.avi | It's okay i'm a squib. | Word of the day is "smoot". | Is it OK if I'm sort of half-negative and half-positive? Like a qubit? | Be not-negative, OR ELSE | http://twitter.c 02:15 I had no clue how to respond to this, I was 16 02:15 well i gotta go home now. brbs 02:15 bye SPC 02:15 oh god your acronym looks like an STD 02:16 lol 02:16 I found a font on word today called hobo std 02:16 ha and ew? 02:16 that's amazing 02:16 ωνω Signoff SteamPoweredCat: #xkcd (Quit: Leaving.) 02:16 I've learned its not all that great having a free suicide girls account 02:17 whoever donated the 3 months to me was awesome 02:17 but why i would want to look at half naked tattoed women i dont know 02:17 Deltantor: I always preferred the completely naked variety. lmao 02:17 Having a subscription to SG means you have x amount of days to save all the sets you like before you have to gtfo 02:18 Also, what? 02:18 Also, what are you studying? 02:18 Why wouldn't you want to look at half naked tattooed women? 02:18 if they're ugly? 02:18 * Palomides shrugs 02:18 * Bucket 's mass spectrometer explodes due to metal fatigue. 02:19 there are some hot girls on that site 02:19 ωνω Velociraptors [~Velocirap@hide-67EC9EBA.lns20.syd6.internode.on.net] has joined #xkcd 02:19 Hi, Velociraptors 02:19 most of them look like bitches though 02:19 haihai puddle :D 02:20 raptors! 02:20 raptors is terrifying 02:20 * aJames runs 02:20 Bucket: The Raptors do suck at Basketball. 02:20 Error at 0x08: Reference not found 02:20 * aJames is stalagmatite, to reiterate. 02:20 I think changing my nick is most difficult because of all the explaining I have to do. 02:20 not because of any other reason 02:21 ωνω Xeio [~zeiothexe@hide-8711CDDD.central.biz.rr.com] has joined #xkcd 02:21 Hoorray for people with unsecured wireless. Though I am curious as to why the WEP password I got didn't work... 02:22 lol 02:22 Damn my internet not being active till next week :P 02:23 Bucket: lightning bolt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_ekugPKqFw 02:23 Okay, snark. 02:23 lol, wep password 02:23 practisevoodoo_: Shhhh, don't start telling people that's an oxymoron or they might use WPA :P 02:24 ωνω Signoff Whie: #xkcd (Quit: ChatZilla 0.9.86 [Firefox 3.6.6/20100625231939]) 02:24 if they havnt got the message yet then they arn't going to 02:24 ωνω Signoff TheDoctor: #xkcd (Quit: error in TimeVortex.php on line 1.) 02:24 I guess :D 02:25 hey i'm glad that stalagmatite's not here 02:25 he smells funny 02:25 also i heard that he is allergic to ears 02:26 ωνω hoepen_ [hoepen@hide-56DCDBE6.dip.t-dialin.net] has joined #xkcd 02:27 ωνω Signoff moshez: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 02:27 step one, cut a hole in a goat 02:27 step two, put your junk in the goat 02:27 Why is relsqui gone? D: 02:27 Ann: shush, you 02:27 Is anybody here an avid bicyclist? 02:27 snark: :D 02:28 Ann: he'll hEAR 02:28 Spork: I'm an avide billygoatist 02:28 Spork: creature and zigdon both cycle a lot. 02:28 aJames: a badum-tisch to you 02:28 * puddle looks for sheepbat 02:28 ωνω nameless was kicked from #xkcd by billygoat (You know it baby.) 02:28 That old goat still hasn't kicked the Bucket. 02:28 ωνω Signoff Freudian: #xkcd (Connection reset by peer) 02:28 Spork: and billygoat too 02:28 Hi billygoat 02:28 ωνω Freudian [Freudian@FF4CEE15.114A720.1C0D3CC7.IP] has joined #xkcd 02:28 creature, zigdon: Hey, do either of you know of a good website with bike routes and stuff? 02:28 How did your Alcoholics Anonymous meeting go 02:29 it's okay one step at a time 02:29 ωνω Signoff hoepen: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 02:29 ωνω puddle was kicked from #xkcd by billygoat (I'm not talking about that.) 02:29 That was predictable 02:29 ωνω puddle [FEASTING@hide-AD2A81A9.sip.asm.bellsouth.net] has joined #xkcd 02:29 Spork: google maps works in some countries for bike routes 02:29 ωνω nameless [cmh@localhost] has joined #xkcd 02:29 Spork: not here, though 02:29 aJames: Yeah, but I want reccomendations from other bicyclists on how good the route is. Stuff like that. 02:30 * nameless sacrafices a a Bucket to the billygoat 02:30 it's okay billygoat you can talk about it when you're ready 02:30 we're here for you 02:30 ωνω Rena [Rena@BF3090C6.15804DF4.DF9D55DC.IP] has joined #xkcd 02:30 * puddle fills Bucket with beer. 02:31 * Ravana fills bucket with whine 02:31 * puddle tips Bucket 02:31 * Bucket grumbles something about tipping 1 cent isn't exactly a tip 02:31 * nameless puts billygoat in Bucket 02:31 Spork: find your local biking association, they should have plenty of avid bicyclists eagre to complain and go on and on and on about routes 02:31 * Bucket is now carrying billygoat. 02:31 somebody need a sheepbat? 02:31 mememe 02:31 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KANI2dpXLw 02:31 * nameless puts a sheepbat in Bucket 02:31 * Bucket now contains a sheepbat. 02:31 02:31 ow 02:31 ow 02:32 ωνω Signoff Plastefuchs-: #xkcd (Connection reset by peer) 02:32 * Seth turns sheepbat inside-out 02:32 It's a batsheep 02:32 it's a monster! 02:32 Look at its vocal chords! 02:32 They're exposed! 02:32 I feel sick 02:32 please don't look at me like that. 02:32 * Seth laughes madly 02:33 * aJames turns sheepbat rightside in, gives him a treat and holds him crying 02:33 http://forums.xkcd.com/download/file.php?id=23318 MRGGGHBLBLBLBL 02:33 baa 02:33 wait there are xkcd forums? 02:34 why wasn't I told 02:34 no 02:34 ωνω Signoff Darkovski: #xkcd (Quit: ) 02:34 the forums are a lie 02:34 puddle: cutest little elder god 02:34 http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=60010&start=80 02:34 there are no forums behind the curtain 02:34 ωνω Coffee [Coffee@A4F264CC.D4F3F3B8.9CC2A0E5.IP] has joined #xkcd 02:34 that link will 404 02:34 Do not click it! 02:34 omg I 404'd the universe 02:35 ωνω Steampoweredcat [Steampower@hide-2C5CA6DF.tmodns.net] has joined #xkcd 02:36 http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/lolcats.jpg vmmmmm 02:36 vvvvvm 02:36 ωνω Signoff LogicalDash: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 02:36 ωνω Signoff Steampoweredcat: #xkcd (Broken pipe) 02:36 puddle: now think about it another way 02:36 puddle: dinner is served 02:37 hehehe 02:37 Inception was intellectually satisfying. 02:37 Finally a movie with some effing DEPTH to it. 02:37 02:37 s/satisfying/masturbating/ 02:37 perhaps I should get off my ass and go see it 02:37 no, I haven't even seen it, I'm going to 02:37 Sh0rtWave: Yes it was 02:37 I knew it! :D 02:37 Plus that girl was sexy 02:38 nameless: I was listening to all the people in the theater get confused, it was great. 02:39 nameless: Ellen Page 02:40 and Sh0rtWave, really? I found it to be pretty straight forward 02:40 climate change 02:40 climate change is http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/dec/18/copenhagen-five-climate-scenarios 02:40 I did too. 02:40 * julian perks up 02:40 There wasn't much to be confused about, really 02:40 * Stereo glances around the channel for any... there we go 02:40 that girl was entirely too young formy taste. 02:40 for my taste, etc. 02:40 julian: just testing your highlights 02:40 It was easy enough to follow, but it was a little confusing at the begining 02:40 snark: And what I taught Bucket 02:40 She's just around my age, so I like her 02:41 ditto Boyle 02:41 She was purtty! 02:41 julian: oh I did not realise that was your factoid 02:42 ωνω andrew12|xp [andrew@hide-FCA5CC1F.washdc.east.verizon.net] has joined #xkcd 02:43 ωνω Ebby [ae34370d@hide-6C77D8AA.mibbit.com] has joined #xkcd 02:44 Bucket: highlight 02:44 Highlight yourself, julian! 02:44 I'm not going to sleep until I finish this artwork 02:44 Ugh, my DNS has apparently died. 02:44 artwork? 02:44 what kinda artwork? 02:45 grafitti 02:45 I'm in the final stages of creating my last set of stencils 02:45 Oh, is it like that thing earlier? 02:45 yes 02:45 Huh 02:45 I changed her face a lot 02:46 Doesn't look like Janet Jackson anymore? 02:46 it looks more like this http://s907.photobucket.com/albums/ac274/p4nk0/?action=view¤t=spraypaint3.jpg&newest=1 02:47 Is Google down for anyone else? 02:47 julian: works for me 02:47 Aww, I kinda missed the Janet Jackson face 02:47 julian: that'll be an interesting day. 02:47 fine 02:47 it's been down before 02:48 Can someone give me an IP link to OpenDNS's service status? 02:48 Or just tell if if anything isn't up 02:48 tell me 02:49 looking now 02:49 http://system.opendns.com/ 02:49 is that it? 02:49 everything is up 02:49 london had a hiccup... on the 14th 02:49 ωνω Signoff Surreal: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 02:50 ωνω Signoff Rena: #xkcd (Connection timed out) 02:51 ωνω Rena [Rena@BF3090C6.15804DF4.DF9D55DC.IP] has joined #xkcd 02:51 http://www.helium.com/items/1882339-doomsday-how-bp-gulf-disaster-may-have-triggered-a-world-killing-event I don't know how accurate this is, but I like the idea that they drilled too deep and released something that will doom us all 02:51 methane balrog rawr 02:51 I think they disproved that one already, snark 02:52 awww man 02:52 it did sound a bit extreme. But still. Methane balrog. 02:52 ωνω Rena [Rena@BF3090C6.15804DF4.DF9D55DC.IP] has left #xkcd (So long and thanks for all the fish!) 02:53 All that they released was a fuckton of smelly black goo 02:53 grey goo* 02:53 I also like that you could view it as basically the earth letting loose the deadliest fart in all of history 02:53 sheepbat: Virgin media service status, cable? 02:54 looking 02:54 hmm.. can't check this stuff with an iPhone or something? 02:54 sheepbat: I keep forgetting I have 3G, sorry 02:54 and everything is up 02:54 ωνω Signoff j-b-r: #xkcd (Connection reset by peer) 02:55 this is why it's handy to have two separate internet connections... 02:55 or three, preferably. 02:56 hmm 02:56 yes.. 02:56 when my sister is here, there are 3 02:56 all by different providers 02:56 ωνω j-b-r_ [~j-b-r@hide-7F717BA8.hsd1.de.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 02:56 ωνω j-b-r_ is now known as j-b-r 02:56 or four, optimally 02:57 or five, ridiculously 02:57 or six, redundantly 02:57 I could go on 02:57 or seven, fuckitwe'redonehere 02:57 ly 02:57 ...ly 02:57 snark: ^5 02:57 i need people to play MMOs with 02:58 now we're getting into shaving blade territorry 02:58 shifuimam: depends on the MMO 02:58 o/ 02:58 \o 02:58 Holy packet loss Batman! 02:58 aJames: RoM, WoW, GW, EE 02:58 ωνω geekygator2 [~yaaic@hide-A3B7D078.sub-70-208-165.myvzw.com] has joined #xkcd 02:58 shifuimam: I disapprove of those. 02:58 Acronyms I mean 02:58 lol 02:59 EEEEEEEEEEE 02:59 evening gentlemen 02:59 ωνω Signoff Protected: #xkcd (Client exited) 02:59 ωνω RandomTime [~Randomtim@hide-BF8E085B.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com] has joined #xkcd 02:59 shifuimam: no really, w hat are those called without all the acromumbojumbo 02:59 ωνω Protected [Join@hide-A4CBDA27.net] has joined #xkcd 02:59 I recognize WoW 02:59 of co urse 03:00 aJames: Runes of Magic, World of Warcraft, Guild Wars, and Earth Eternal 03:00 ωνω geekygator2 is now known as geekygator 03:00 shifuimam: I've tried the middle two, didn't like either 03:00 the others I've never heard of 03:00 shifuimam: what is "runes of magic" 03:00 i like all four 03:00 ... 03:00 [Everyone solemnly gets naked.] 03:00 YAY NAKIE TIME 03:00 drazak: free to play MMORPG 03:00 RoM is a F2P MMO that's gotten pretty damn big given the fact that it's F2P/P4P 03:00 (Free to play/Pay for perks) 03:00 ωνω mode/#xkcd [+b *!*j-b-r@*.hsd1.de.comcast.net] by mewyn 03:00 ωνω j-b-r was kicked from #xkcd by mewyn (You're connection is flaking out lately, please fix it and notify an op once done.) 03:00 Zing! 03:01 its actually pretty good 03:01 surely not as big as maplestory 03:01 Earth Eternal is another F2P mmo that's pretty small still, but you play cute little anthropomorphic animals 03:01 daww 03:01 aJames: i don't know enough about maplestory to know how big the player base is. RoM has gotten quite large in europe and north america 03:02 shitcocks my addon settings are totally fucked up 03:02 shifuimam: do you know what causes monsters to fight like they're 10 levels higher,... randomly? 03:02 shifuimam: pretty big 03:02 ωνω Signoff Xeio: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 03:02 im on my droid x doing a sftp transfer to my phone from my laptop while chatting on xkcd and listening to fm radio and texting, all with a ssh sessiom active. Your move, Steve. 03:02 Vulcanis: i heard about that. i'm not sure what's up with that, and i haven't encountered it myself at all 03:02 also, if you want to check in once in awhile, i run ##runesofmagic on freenode 03:03 it's VERY small but oh well :P 03:03 lolololololol Vulcanis pleayse RoM 03:03 drazak: lolololololol...ol 03:03 okay, I don't like clannad 03:03 that's one down in the list 03:03 time to find another anime 03:03 claymore 03:03 Vulcanis: which one is that again? 03:04 ajames: uh, things take over people, and a group of ladies with big swords need to fight them? 03:04 and theres a kid one of them takes under their wing 03:04 ωνω Signoff moshev: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 03:04 its been so long that I really don't actually know what it was about, otjher than it was good 03:04 yeah alright, I'll give it a shot 03:04 ωνω Whie [chatzilla@hide-B0FE8807.hsd1.pa.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 03:04 also, serial experiments lain 03:04 * shifuimam is highly enjoying the thunder outside 03:05 very gory? 03:05 Claymore? Yeah, kinda. 03:05 ωνω Xeio [~zeiothexe@hide-8711CDDD.central.biz.rr.com] has joined #xkcd 03:05 about as gorey as GITS 03:05 I did not like elfen lied for the extreme amount of gore it employed 03:05 oh well not that gory then 03:05 ωνω Crispy` [~Anony@hide-30D72F1A.hsd1.fl.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 03:05 bleh, crappy unsecured wireless network, how dare you drop me, you're totally-not-owner! 03:06 your* 03:06 ωνω Lu-Tzao [~eatingpie@hide-BC9BAD77.bitstream.orcon.net.nz] has joined #xkcd 03:06 Xeio: I once got on a secured network; they didn't have a password. Only a prompt for one. 03:06 INGRAHAM: Children will learn that sexual relationships could happen between two men or two women. Why stop there? Why are they stopping at two? I mean that’s very exclusionary, don’t you think? No plant life invoked. 03:06 Crappy signal, though 03:06 Ebby: tentaclevines 03:06 Points for being original, but PLANTS? 03:06 Eh, all the signals are max 2/5 bars, so it's not great either way 03:06 what the holy fuck 03:06 ωνω Revan343 [Revan343@hide-D075828C.ed.shawcable.net] has joined #xkcd 03:07 pringles can ftw 03:07 So, guys. Childhood memories! 03:07 I actually have the password for one of the WEP ones (assuming the cracks worked anyway) but it's such a low strength the computer is having a hard time connecting 03:07 I need... a cantenna 03:07 Steak + Alcohol + #xkcd = :D 03:07 Xeio: Try aluminum foil 03:08 No joke 03:08 * shifuimam is running out of hard drive space 03:08 how can 03:08 I'm still wtfing 03:08 Seth: Eh, if my wireless card wasn't embedded in my laptop, I might :P 03:08 http://community.livejournal.com/ontd_political/6642027.html 03:08 Ebby: tentaclevines 03:08 though, I have no aluminum foil (just moved into my apartment, I have pretty much nothing) 03:08 Ebby: if you get more non-sequitur you would have Pat Robertson going on CNN facetiously saying "I whole-heartedly support the right of a canine to copulate with a stump!" 03:09 i think it still works, just aim the can at the card 03:09 bucket: remember Ebby CNN 03:09 Sorry, aJames, I don't remember what Ebby said about 'CNN'. 03:09 er 03:09 oh that wouldn't be facetiously 03:09 bucket: remember puddle CNN 03:09 Okay, aJames, remembering "if you get more non-sequitur you would have Pat Robertson going on CNN facetiously saying "I whole-heartedly support the right of a canine to copulate with a stump!"". 03:10 yay, another point for puddle 03:10 dog amputee porn 03:10 I want to collect more than khmer and snark and Bucket combined. 03:10 plus fantasyprone and LolCam. 03:10 puddle: Porn? 03:10 then I'll type ASS on the high score list of quotees 03:10 no 03:11 ωνω hurristat [180b1e02@hide-6C77D8AA.mibbit.com] has joined #xkcd 03:11 join #mafia 03:11 does gparted do a good job of cloning physical volumes? 03:11 oops forgot the hash mark 03:11 i'd like to move my OS drive to a different hard drive so i have more internal disk space 03:11 sorry 03:12 I don't want to join the mafia 03:12 Seth: then don't 03:12 Okay! 03:12 So, I managed to roll my van without hurting the 300 gig disk drive I had in there 03:12 ωνω Signoff sheepbat: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 03:12 would i be better off using Norton Ghost or something? 03:13 shifuimam: I think vice-versa can do it on a 30 day trial 03:13 is it bootable? 03:13 shifuimam: it makes a copy of the drive, I'm not sure past that. 03:13 hm 03:14 otherwise, aquire acronis or whatever 03:14 are seagate drives still the best? 03:14 ωνω FastLizard4 [FastLizard@hide-24B3751.lsanca.dsl-w.verizon.net] has joined #xkcd 03:14 ωνω Signoff Whie: #xkcd (Quit: ChatZilla 0.9.86 [Firefox 3.6.6/20100625231939]) 03:14 yeah okay I like this 03:14 my WDs have been rpetty good. All of my seagates died prematurely, but I put that up to a bad batch 03:14 thanks Vulcanis 03:14 shifuimam: I just had to send back a seagate, so they're dipping on my personal charts. 03:15 I'm liking samsung now. 03:15 no problem, aJames 03:15 what about WD? 03:15 Dear holy bovine deities, I forgot I'd joined #perl on freenode. 03:15 ωνω Hyren [~zeiothexe@hide-13EA9F67.pitbpa.east.verizon.net] has joined #xkcd 03:15 I looked at it and was like "WTF is this foreign language?" 03:16 yay perl! 03:16 hrmmm, wonder if this connection is any better 03:16 ωνω Boom_Farmer [CLIRC@hide-9A67F4C4.dc.dc.cox.net] has joined #xkcd 03:16 is it bad that I can't wait to eat my breakfast tomorrow, because I know it'll be really good? 03:16 Nope. 03:16 Once upon a time, I wrote perl code, and felt superior about it. Nowadays I realize it's an abomination of a language, and was so maddening that I didn't even realize the depths of its evil. 03:16 I'll pay you tomorrow, for a hamburger today! 03:16 Just waitt until tomorrow! 03:16 ωνω Signoff Xeio: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 03:16 Dear Medieval II: Total War - Kingdoms expansion, that is the original disc. Go fuck yourself. 03:17 ωνω Hyren is now known as Xeio 03:17 ωνω vertigo [vertigo@hide-5CEC2275.bois.qwest.net] has joined #xkcd 03:17 Lu-Tzao: aha 03:17 Lu-Tzao: is it complaining that it's not? 03:17 drazak, yeah. It does it every now and then 03:17 Lu-Tzao: maybe make an iso and use daemon tools with all of the copyright protection emulation enabled 03:17 6% packet loss, 112ms ping with 165ms of jitter. 03:17 Suuuuuuuuper 03:17 question: why is david ickes shapeshifting reptilian overlords ruling the massing through telepathy any more crazy than anything else? 03:18 masses* 03:18 ooo, tricky, I can get on the network, and see the router status... but there's a password stopping me from changing the wirelss channel (apparently half the networks around here use channel 6) 03:18 drazak, Huh. It sorted itself. O.o 03:18 *sadface* 03:18 ωνω Signoff Ebby: #xkcd (Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client) 03:18 what about 5400rpm? 03:18 shifuimam: what is this for, a laptop? 03:18 or is that a mistake? i can get a caviar green with 64MB cache and 5400RPM...1 TB for $50 03:19 well, i want to swap out the 75GB 10k RPM drive in my desktop 03:19 ωνω vertigo_ [vertigo@hide-5CEC2275.bois.qwest.net] has joined #xkcd 03:19 and put in a bigger drive, clone the 75GB and use the remainder for Windows Backup 03:19 A cute girl is on my lap 03:19 ωνω vertigo_ [vertigo@hide-5CEC2275.bois.qwest.net] has left #xkcd () 03:19 she is high 03:19 right now my second drive is a 320GB. i could get a bigger drive for data and use the 320GB for OS/automated backup 03:19 :| 03:19 im waist deep in a cute girl fedora :D 03:19 vertigo: lol 03:19 julian: jitter is usually seen only with music applications, so I'm rather confused 03:19 julian: jitter as in clock-desync? 03:19 drazak: On pingtest.net 03:20 is 5400rpm going to kill me? 03:20 vertigo: ewwwwwwwwww 03:20 if you use it for data, no. If you use it for gaming, probably not. Using it for OS might make some access times slower 03:20 fedora: :D 03:20 shifuimam: I would try to go for 7200 rpm if at all possible. 03:20 if you're really really really highend gaming, 5400 is bad 03:20 Ravana: it'd be my data drive, user profile and all my games would be on it 03:20 shifuimam: kinda slow for a root disk, probably not a huge deal 03:20 ωνω spooky [spooky@C066544D.FD22CA11.4CB69C2F.IP] has joined #xkcd 03:20 damn, why are .ly's $75/yr :( 03:20 waistdeep in thought 03:20 O 03:20 I'd go for uh 03:21 yeah, 7200+ 03:21 its warm 03:21 ok 03:21 how is body heat generated btw 03:21 i can get 500GB for $55 on newegg.... 03:21 newegg had samsung 1TB F3s for $60 recently, those were sweet. 03:21 ωνω mode/#xkcd [-b *!random@*.lightspeed.iplsin.sbcglobal.net] by mewyn 03:21 ωνω Signoff andrew12|xp: #xkcd (Quit: ) 03:21 like in electric currents when two types of conductors meet? 03:21 ωνω dinosplosion [dinosplosi@hide-999D035E.lns20.mel6.internode.on.net] has joined #xkcd 03:22 ωνω vertigo__ [vertigo@hide-5CEC2275.bois.qwest.net] has joined #xkcd 03:22 ωνω vertigo__ [vertigo@hide-5CEC2275.bois.qwest.net] has left #xkcd () 03:22 -_- 03:22 vertigo: body heat is caused by the chemical reactions performed by the metabolization of your food and the burning or stored energy. 03:22 I just played someone who ran 16 fetchlands 03:23 thank you magic the gathering 03:23 for ruining my life 03:23 PSOAddict: I play MTG 03:23 haha 03:23 ωνω tuxedobob [Snak@hide-DEAB73F6.hsd1.ma.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 03:23 and lolololol 03:24 ωνω Signoff tuxedobob: #xkcd (Quit: ) 03:24 hurristat: 16 fetchlands 03:24 oh I guess I didn't even mention the funny part 03:24 ωνω Slix [slix@hide-AECC1720.hsd1.il.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 03:24 spooky: Because they're short? 03:24 ....monocolored 03:24 ωνω Signoff Slix: #xkcd (Broken pipe) 03:24 ωνω Velociraptor [Velocirapt@hide-67EC9EBA.lns20.syd6.internode.on.net] has joined #xkcd 03:24 probably 03:24 (unless my calculations are correct) 03:24 a monocolored deck with 16 fetchlands 03:24 PSOAddict: I love fetchlands, I tend to run green 03:24 Primeval Titan was made for me 03:24 hurristat: they're fucking tech with lotus cobra, of course 03:25 ωνω LogicalDash [~sanotehu@hide-2BCF9A.dyn.optonline.net] has joined #xkcd 03:25 PSOAddict: that they are 03:25 I've had a few fun plays with t2 cobra, t3 fetchland, harrow 03:25 and throw in an Omnath for fun 03:25 i think eastern philosophy is driving me insane 03:25 nothing is real anymore 03:25 Hey guys. 03:25 I have a large insect problem. 03:25 don't WD Black HDDs have a five year warranty? 03:25 ωνω Signoff geekygator: #xkcd (Quit: Yaaic - Yet another Android IRC client - http://www.yaaic.org) 03:26 I just went down to the Baskin Robbins and had a vaguely unsatisfying conversation with a stranger. 03:26 Surely, this is the first step in an incredibly epic journey to socialization. 03:26 ferret: sleep or more claymore because it's awesome 03:26 more claymore because it's awesome 03:26 yayy 03:26 only I'm going to have to disobey that 03:26 go to sleep 03:26 * Bucket chants for CM Punk 03:26 because I have responsibilities D: 03:26 its not like it runs away frfom you while it is gone 03:26 er 03:26 while you are gone 03:27 who knowssss 03:27 but seriously. 16 fetchlands for a monocolored deck = overkill 03:27 you do not need to filter for card quality that badly -_- 03:27 ωνω Signoff aJames: #xkcd (Quit: a man of many nicks) 03:27 do you guys ever read two books at the same time 03:27 no 03:27 not actually the same time. 03:27 it's more like timesharing 03:28 age of reason and teachings of zen is pretty interesting when mixed 03:28 Yes. 03:28 hot shit WD Black 500GB $50 on newegg...expires today :O 03:28 if it ain't counted in terabytes it ain't big enough 03:28 flyingferret: More booze? 03:28 "take away the tradition that moses was the hallmark of the mind of buddha 03:28 Maybe. 03:28 " 03:28 flyingferret: More booze? 03:28 Indubitably. 03:28 :D 03:29 LogicalDash: it's big enough for me :P 03:29 although my server IS running out of disk space rather quickly 03:29 ωνω Signoff Palomides: #xkcd (Quit: In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only PALOMIDES) 03:29 shit all i have right now is 80gig and a 40gig 03:29 my 320gig external got stoleded 03:30 32gb hdd maiin drive and 320gb external backup. 03:30 32GB isn't nearly enough these days 03:30 my server is like 1.3TB but it's only got 500-odd GB free not 03:30 now* 03:31 shifuimam: I run Ubuntu without a lot of crap. I have ~8gb left. 03:31 Boom_Farmer: win7 4 lyfe 03:31 now i've got two 10k RPM drives i don't know what to do with... 03:31 blah 03:31 ωνω hux [day@BD93499F:B86D477B:45A93291:IP] has joined #xkcd 03:32 ωνω Signoff Sh0rtWave: #xkcd (Quit: This computer has gone to sleep) 03:32 twitter source code leak, twitter.c 03:32 ωνω Signoff Ann: #xkcd (Client exited) 03:32 ωνω Signoff julian: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 03:33 i guess i'm watching waffleporn 03:33 sure is gratuitous 03:33 why is there a video of a man making a waffle 03:33 ωνω Signoff tntc: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 03:33 (two waffles) 03:33 he is using windows 7 03:33 (in a messy apartment) 03:34 and not on youtube 03:35 ωνω Ann [~chatzilla@hide-91678945.range86-177.btcentralplus.com] has joined #xkcd 03:36 What is 2girls1cup? 03:36 2girls1cup is NSFH 03:36 Humans? 03:36 Humans are just apes that fall out of trees a lot. 03:36 so apparently seagate has a branded version of Acronis TrueImage for free 03:36 ωνω Feureau [dokidokitt@E5FBADA7.8097EDB5.954BA397.IP] has joined #xkcd 03:38 not safe FISH 03:39 ωνω Signoff Protected: #xkcd (Killed (NickServ (GHOST command used by Prott))) 03:39 ωνω Prott [Join@hide-A4CBDA27.net] has joined #xkcd 03:39 Last night I went to bed with a shirt on. What is the signifiicance that I woke up with no shirt on and 'The Devil Went Down to Georgia" stuck in my head? 03:40 Boom_Farmer: weasels 03:40 weasels are effectively neutralised by stomach acid 03:40 I suspect penis 03:40 Boom_Farmer: You had an amazing night. 03:40 LOTS of penis 03:40 or moth flashmob 03:40 Or all of the above 03:42 ωνω Signoff postmodern: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 03:42 ωνω Signoff RandomTime: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 03:42 Hrm. 03:43 ωνω tanuki [tanuki@hide-1CF1E1BC.tampfl.fios.verizon.net] has joined #xkcd 03:43 ELECTROLYTES? 03:43 ELECTROLYTES are what plants crave. 03:43 nothing works as well at cheering me up as a chocolate chip cookie 03:43 I feel terrific 03:44 ωνω DarkLoad is now known as StopAutoCompletingToeDarkLoad 03:44 ωνω StopAutoCompletingToeDarkLoad is now known as StopAutoCompletingToDarkLoad 03:44 puddle: ...nothing? :( 03:44 it's delicious 03:44 puddle, bacon might. 03:45 ωνω RandomTime [Randomtime@hide-587D61DB.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com] has joined #xkcd 03:45 The pun... it burnssss: http://cheezcomixed.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/f2284c45-d652-4b84-bcde-eabb8e2be005.jpg 03:45 Selig: It's really not that good as puns go 03:45 :D 03:45 elicited a smirk at best 03:45 bacon does not have the sweet sugary warmth caressing the inside of all my mouth that a chocolate chip cookie does 03:45 but it could. 03:46 puddle: Bacon-flavored ice cream. 03:46 puddle: Chocolate-covered bacon has all of that and more 03:46 Bacon chip pancakes. 03:46 mmmm 03:46 I have made bacon pancakes, and, lo! they are good. 03:47 I like chocolate chip pancakes 03:47 I'm out of chocolate :| 03:47 :O 03:47 NEVER! 03:48 bacon pancakes hmm 03:48 i know bacon chocolate is amazing 03:48 Is it op silly hour? 03:48 rather silly op hour 03:48 no, Selig, it's always like this 03:48 ωνω SpicyLemon [SpicyLemon@hide-B8C859D0.hln-mt.client.bresnan.net] has joined #xkcd 03:48 we don't confine our silliness to petty HOURS 03:48 ωνω TL|DR [Mrono@839260E0.15209BAA.FA0EEDB3.IP] has joined #xkcd 03:49 we let it run free and rampant all over the planes of space-time 03:49 ωνω TelErusva [LinuxTel@hide-285FA3FA.mu.eth.dyn.inspire.net.nz] has joined #xkcd 03:49 and the trains, too 03:49 Selig: NOOOOOO 03:49 DO NOT WANT! 03:49 puddle: ... I'm... I'm not new here, and the ops are generaly not this silly. Rather, snark useualy does the silly for all the ops 03:49 I have differential equations all over my arm and hand. Guess what lecture I just had :P 03:49 Or maybe it's my brain saying "sleep foo!" 03:49 ze zilly quotaz muszt be met! 03:49 What lecture have you just had 03:49 I'm going to disobey my brain though 03:49 mewyn: For a second, I thought you said "I'm like chocolate chip pancakes", and I was waiting for the second half of the humorous comparison 03:49 i pity the fool that doesn't get a proper amount of rest 03:49 Be arby 03:49 puddle: Calculus 03:49 Calculi. 03:50 oh 03:50 calculum. 03:50 calculite 03:50 spaculum 03:50 Calculo, the Italian robot with an integral sign for a mustache 03:50 DaMullet: Well, I am like chocolate chip pancakes. I give you diabeetus. 03:50 ωνω SteamPoweredCat [Adium@hide-AB8D5748.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net] has joined #xkcd 03:51 so, I just heard of an interesting tic-tac-toe-ish game. 03:51 ωνω Boom_Farmer [CLIRC@hide-9A67F4C4.dc.dc.cox.net] has left #xkcd () 03:51 Woo! Just stood up. I'm tipsy. :D 03:51 SpicyLemon: Go on... 03:52 Spork: don't stop, make it pop. 03:52 Take a deck of cards and place them face up. Each player takes turns picking a card. After each player has drawn 7 cards, the best 5 card hand wins. 03:52 Heh 03:52 SpicyLemon: I think that's called... poker. 03:52 hilo aces wild 03:52 * SteamPoweredCat has 7 deaths. 03:52 If only we could play poker with the cards face up... 03:52 DaMullet: except you get to actually pick your cards, and possibly block others 03:52 ωνω Signoff snark: #xkcd (Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client) 03:53 watching poker replays, like starcraft replays, would be nice 03:53 hux: WSOP on ESPN suggests otherwise. 03:53 SpicyLemon: Oh, I thought you meant the cards were still in deck form, just upside down 03:53 SpicyLemon: I follow you now. Never midn 03:53 asarkar: at my pace, television doesn't work to well for a lot of things 03:53 GO BACK TO CANADA 03:53 I'm watching reruns of Home Improvement 03:53 That should be a factoid, but I don't know what it would be. 03:53 hux: Well, how would a "poker replay" be different from that format? 03:54 Spork: GO BACK TO QUEBEC! 03:54 hmm, google's ads are becoming increasingly content sensitive to my search history :o 03:54 then clear it 03:54 I realize just now, that the show is actually quite good 03:54 Spork: How about "I'm from Canada"? 03:54 and I don't mean its comedic value... 03:54 asarkar: fast forward/backward, able to zoom in.. uhh i'm not that into poker so i don't know actually 03:54 Ravana: I didn't say that I had a problem with it. 03:54 soda: 'dead hooker removal' 03:55 hux: on it 03:55 how to get blood out of carpet. what to do about nosy neighbors. transatlantic current map 03:56 Well, the solution to the first is either Roto Rooter or Stanley Steamer 03:56 Although, you'd probably have to pay extra to keep them quiet. 03:56 Okay, now I'm getting a little drunk. 03:57 stanley steamer makes carpets, CLEANER 03:57 Is that their slogan? 03:57 dns for phone numbers 03:57 ωνω silverpower_ [Michi@hide-C5FA2647.cha.bellsouth.net] has joined #xkcd 03:58 IPv6 = personal ID = social security number 03:58 linked up to a google voice account that forwards the call to the phone nearest them 03:58 and all is well in this world, in the year 1984 03:58 well a 'new' SSN how about, one that can't be used off the bat to steal an identity 03:59 polemon: IPv6 really can't be, one has many devices they may use. 03:59 polemon: you better have nothing to hide citizen, or else 03:59 hmm you're right 03:59 hux: we just managed to avert that in germany... 03:59 but you can have a designated "personal" one. like 0.0.1 or w/e 03:59 how... 03:59 ...ORWELLIAN 03:59 ωνω Signoff Burstaholic: #xkcd (Broken pipe) 03:59 ωνω Burstaholic [travis@D6467D85.219121DF.1197577E.IP] has joined #xkcd 04:00 ωνω Signoff silverpower: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 04:00 ωνω Agent_Irons [AgentIrons@hide-4AD403E4.hsd1.il.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 04:00 ωνω mklauber [cogita@hide-FDFD7833.washdc.fios.verizon.net] has left #xkcd () 04:00 ωνω Signoff freyyr: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 04:00 ωνω freyyr [Peter@hide-9ED836AA.cc.shawcable.net] has joined #xkcd 04:02 monthx is a furry manhack. :D 04:03 ωνω Signoff Seth: #xkcd (Quit: Back to the ol' grind...) 04:03 ωνω hexium [~anachr0n0@AAD3D6B5.7D66EE88.2B23846C.IP] has joined #xkcd 04:04 I have a dream 04:04 Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous States have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Gestapo and all the odious apparatus of Nazi rule, we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in..... Oh wait. Wrong speech. 04:04 DaMullet quotes 04:04 FreeFull, and it's the truth that everyone will know when they say "freefull quotes" 04:05 hexium quotes 04:05 organomy = oregano + nom + y: The eating of oregano 04:05 Inception is really good 04:05 did everyone in your theater go "AHHHHH" at the end? 04:06 hi DaMullet 04:06 hexium: you eat oregeno? 04:06 lilmisschaos quotes 04:06 Orally 04:06 ωνω Signoff LogicalDash: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 04:06 >.< 04:06 DaMullet quotes 04:06 I love fucking whoever wrote that. 04:07 xD 04:07 That's a lot of <>'s 04:07 Beelzebub quotes 04:07 CAPS IS DALEKVOICE 04:07 ωνω Signoff Xeio: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 04:07 :D 04:07 How do I check all my quotes again I always forgwt. 04:07 ωνω LordOfWhales [robert@hide-5A07DA78.lightspeed.snantx.sbcglobal.net] has joined #xkcd 04:08 ωνω julian [~julian@hide-59880388.cable.virginmedia.com] has joined #xkcd 04:08 http://www.technohugs.com/2010/04/23/unusual-solutions-for-your-usual-problems/ is hilarious 04:08 Bucket, literal[*] lilmisschaos quotes 04:08 DaMullet: Here's the full list (18): http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/bucket/literal_lilmisschaos%20quotes.txt 04:08 julian quotes 04:08 It does at least work nicely in my right hand, which is the hand I hold it with for one-handed action 04:08 ... 04:08 [Somewhere in the distance, you hear the rustle of plastic bags in the trees.] 04:09 lilmisschaos: So what's up? 04:09 ωνω Signoff LordOfWhales: #xkcd (Quit: leaving) 04:09 ωνω StopAutoCompletingToDarkLoad is now known as DarkLoad 04:09 DaMullet: Not too much. 04:09 LICKING KNIVES ISN'T DANGEROUS IF YOUR SMART! 04:09 ^that my favorite quote. 04:09 If you're smart, you're probably not licking knives in the first place 04:09 Ugh, I think my internets are still a bit screwy 04:10 ... Well that's not good 04:10 yeah, you just have to concentrate on the flat part 04:10 My thumb drive with syslinux isn't working. :( 04:10 DaMullet: How are you? 04:10 done right it makes you look off-your-rocker-threatening insane 04:10 especially if you are licking blood off 04:10 It's official. I'm drunk. 04:10 Tele tengekhe e. 04:10 lilmisschaos: still alive, last I checked 04:10 ωνω googol [matthew@35A6E323.91A1C47E.91D57831.IP] has joined #xkcd 04:10 Go me. 04:11 spork quotes 04:11 It's really not BP's fault. 04:11 Ohhh that reminds me 04:11 ωνω llrcombs [11rcombs@hide-14AEC776.hsd1.il.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 04:11 * Selig goes to get a copy of the picture she took while at the beach yesterday 04:12 Selig: I wanna see! 04:12 DaMullet: That's good. 04:12 mmhmm, I know, giirrrl! 04:13 ωνω Moosey [moosey.hac@hide-D791BCF7.hsd1.mi.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 04:13 What Spork said 04:13 http://selig.darkdna.net/images/lolBP.jpg <-- puddle, Spork 04:14 Bucket, what Spork said but with less spoon, and more fork in it 04:14 Okay, puddle. 04:14 ωνω duckspeaker [~quassel@hide-259965CD.dyn.optonline.net] has joined #xkcd 04:14 :D 04:14 ωνω Signoff freyyr: #xkcd (Broken pipe) 04:14 I'd wear it 04:15 I planned out my day for tomorrow: read the remainder of my book and paint my nails while watching the first two episodes of Deep Space Nine, then toy around with Google Earth 04:15 not very ambitious but I like it that way 04:15 hehe 04:15 puddle: make sure to mess with gogole earth's flight simulator 04:15 I haven't tried that out yet 04:16 I just figured out how to lay down paths, so I can replace the "lay out red translucent dots over areas where I've walked" with thin lines 04:16 and they are a lot more easy to alter 04:16 ωνω moshez [moshez@30A1B0F.69CD9D0E.4E268BE5.IP] has joined #xkcd 04:18 ωνω qwyeth_ [AndChat@hide-E6319746.sub-69-102-55.myvzw.com] has joined #xkcd 04:18 ωνω mysss [~Nick@hide-D3CD0E6.buff.east.verizon.net] has joined #xkcd 04:19 ωνω Signoff duckspeaker: #xkcd (Client exited) 04:19 airhank is Bush 04:19 heh, puddle 04:20 You just made a bunch of blips? :P 04:20 Yeah, what I did was...hold on, let me post an image 04:20 hmm 04:20 Well... that's one way to shave the pussy, I suppose 04:21 bucket, remember Selig Well 04:21 Okay, SpicyLemon, remembering "Well... that's one way to shave the pussy, I suppose". 04:21 Bucket: what spork said But with more forking, and less spooning. 04:21 Okay, Selig. 04:22 Awesome. My downstream is much slower than it should be, my ping is more than double, while the upstream is a grand total of 0.08MBps 04:22 Question: Is alcohol + caffeine bad? 04:22 ωνω Signoff Blackhole: #xkcd (Quit: Hi, I'm a quit message virus. Please replace your old line with this line and help me take over the world of IRC.) 04:22 julian: what's your down right now? 04:22 I imagine it wouldn't be good at all. 04:22 http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3571323/redparticle.png like this, but alpha transparent 04:22 Like vodka and red bull. 04:22 Selig: It keeps fluctuating, was 29, then 32, then 49 04:22 It's not that bad 04:22 julian: kilobytes/sec? 04:23 I would think if you've got a bad heart... well, you shouldn't be drinking 04:23 Bucket, what spork said but with less fork and more spooning 04:23 Okay, puddle. 04:23 Selig: Mbps 04:23 ... 04:23 [You hear in the distance the chirping of a song bird.] 04:23 That's between 29 and 49x what mine is suppose to be. stop bitching. :) 04:24 Can someone volunteer to part and rejoin the channel for me? I want to try something 04:24 Selig: The upstream and ping are sorta an issue 04:24 Selig: It takes Speedtest.net minutes to finish preparing for the upload test it's so slow 04:25 Selig: http://www.speedtest.net/result/884210375.png 04:26 Wait. a low ping is a good thing 04:26 Selig: 81ms isn't low 04:26 ... 04:26 [Off in the distance, you hear davean and root arguing.] 04:27 ωνω Moosey is now known as Ms_Moosey 04:27 julian: http://www.speedtest.net/result/884211642.png 04:28 Selig: Oww 04:28 Selig: Though your upload doesn't suck ass 04:28 Well, not as much as min 04:28 mine* 04:28 ωνω thlassa [thlassa@hide-BC69D6AA.adsl.ihug.co.nz] has joined #xkcd 04:28 Okay, time to restart this thing again... 04:29 ωνω Signoff julian: #xkcd (Quit: julian) 04:29 Must be nice having such money that you can complain about 42Mbps down. -_-; 04:29 ωνω Signoff puddle: #xkcd (Connection reset by peer) 04:29 I wonder how long speedtest.net keeps those records 04:30 I'll just link that image every time I see someone bitching about their tubes 04:30 http://www.speedtest.net/result/884212966.png 04:30 mine's not bad :3 04:30 upload is ass 04:31 The degree to which there is nothing on TV right now is comprehensive. 04:31 Lhyzz: Leverage is on at 9 in the east cost 04:31 <3 that show 04:31 ωνω puddle [FEASTING@hide-AD2A81A9.sip.asm.bellsouth.net] has joined #xkcd 04:31 http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3571323/11%20DeadManBlues26.mp3 Oh, wow, I love everything about this song, especially the way it started out as a funeral march and transitions into being lively 04:31 lhyzz: maybe you should try turning it on 04:31 Selig: ...it's 11:30 on the east coast 04:31 ωνω Signoff Velociraptor: #xkcd (Quit: Leaving) 04:31 it is? *looks outside, it is dark*. Wow, it is. 04:31 Lhyzz: they'll show again prolly... 04:32 When did it become nitetime 04:32 Lhyzz: I was working under the assumption you were in the west cost as most other ops seem to be 04:32 So it should be on for them soonish 04:32 ωνω Signoff fiyarburst: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 04:32 or not, god knows with these networks 04:34 I'm seriously considering buying a pair of sennheiser HD650's for $299, with a balanced cable 04:34 Selig: No I'm in NYC 04:34 Lhyzz: Interesting... 04:34 Dr Sherlock, grab your ass over and come and sit on the fire, the Mormons will be home any second now. 04:34 * Selig writes in her notebook 04:34 * Selig puts her notebook in Bucket 04:34 * Bucket is now carrying Selig's notebook. 04:34 good Bucket 04:34 Good, yes. Bucket, debatable. 04:36 That made me snicker. 04:37 It was kind of a giggle. 04:38 Spork: did your snicker have peanuts? 04:38 No. It had vodka. 04:39 bunfight at the ok tearooms = best goodies episode ever? 04:39 French subtitles. :/ 04:40 Ohhh goodie! 04:40 * Selig dances around happily 04:43 * Bucket hands Spork a bobblehead doll of Steven Hawking. 04:44 ωνω Ebby [ae34370d@hide-6C77D8AA.mibbit.com] has joined #xkcd 04:44 I HAVE HAD SO MUCH FUCKING CAFFEINE! 04:44 Hi Ebby 04:45 Allo! 04:45 i have had coffee, 5 Hour Energy, and Full Throttle 04:45 i am ready to go 04:45 o_O 04:45 why would you do that 04:45 http://darlamack.blogs.com/darlamack/images/pinkvroom_2.JPG 04:45 Ebby: because i was at work 04:45 Ebby: counting things 04:46 i found the coffee, bought the five hour, and my boss got me the full throttle 04:46 omg, that's a hello kitty ferrari 04:47 ωνω Signoff hurristat: #xkcd (Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client) 04:48 #xkcd, that was your cue to entertain me 04:49 we were all too in awe of the hello kitty ferrari 04:49 time to snap out of it 04:49 ωνω Signoff Agent_Irons: #xkcd (Quit: Agent_Irons) 04:49 Good night, #xkcd 04:49 ωνω Signoff puddle: #xkcd (Quit: ChatZilla 0.9.86 [Firefox 3.6.7/20100713130626]) 04:49 Sleep well, punzada 04:49 bye, puddle 04:49 ωνω Signoff hexium: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 04:49 dammit 04:49 Rod jam it! 04:50 sorry punzada 04:50 today, in the year of my birth, 111 people died in a plane crash 04:50 flyingferret: skifree 04:50 SkiFree: http://xkcd.com/667 ("...SkiFree: [[We see a ...") 04:51 aqualis: you're only two years older than I am! 04:51 >.> 04:51 <.< 04:51 also, iowa must have been a terrible place to die 04:51 \o/ 04:51 ωνω Signoff Chton: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 04:52 this looks rather like a man in a dress -- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8f/Isabella_II_of_Spain_in_exile.jpg 04:52 My friend got the word "HOPE" tattooed. On her lower back. She has a hope tramp stamp. 04:52 Bucket: literal xkcd 04:52 xkcd is an L.A. face with an oakland asymptote|is 101 dalmatians|is considering charging admission if these things get any bigger|is adorably cheeky| XKCD IS GOD|is responsible for much of this nonsense|is Xavier Klaus Chesterton the 500th|is the end of the world|is afraid of raptors|is not real, he is a fairy tale|is a former NASA dude with robots and shit, even though he is a fairy tale|90 more 04:53 Spork: you know what she's hoping for 04:53 Spork: o_O 04:53 ωνω Signoff Phas: #xkcd (Quit: Homes, smell ya later!) 04:53 ωνω Whie [chatzilla@hide-B0FE8807.hsd1.pa.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 04:53 aqualis: ? 04:53 Spork: you need to knock her out and tatoo "you have a condom" under it 04:53 ... 04:53 [A tumbleweed rolls past on a Segway.] 04:53 fuck. 04:53 ωνω Phas [Phas@hide-51537E5E.st.hmc.edu] has joined #xkcd 04:53 ...shit 04:53 * mysss pwns himself 04:53 s/condom/condom on/ 04:53 *everyone looks at mysss* 04:54 aqualis: yeaahhhhhhhh 04:54 ωνω Choiseul [guitarmast@hide-54FEC334.hsd1.il.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 04:54 Guys. Hope tramp stamp: http://i.imgur.com/0j785.jpg 04:54 * mysss is kinda sheltered. and apparently not paying attention right now 04:54 ωνω maxh [~maxh@hide-5E8509AC.hsd1.fl.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 04:54 ωνω Chton [Chton@hide-B27785D1.dsl.scarlet.be] has joined #xkcd 04:55 Programmers, what's your preferred database type to use with vb.net? 04:55 ωνω julian [~julian@hide-59880388.cable.virginmedia.com] has joined #xkcd 04:55 ωνω hexium [anachr0n0x@AAD3D6B5.7D66EE88.2B23846C.IP] has joined #xkcd 04:55 Spork, that's a pretty terrible tattoo 04:55 DarkLoad: I really really agree. 04:55 Spork: whose initials are those? 04:55 aqualis: No idea. 04:55 SLoH? 04:55 DarkLoad: agreed 04:55 A-grue'd. 04:55 Pffft, it's an awesome tattoo. Hilarious = awesome. :D 04:55 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 04:56 DarkLoad: i think it's just SLH 04:56 DarkLoad: That's what it looks like. 04:56 Choiseul: not. Now, for python, I use PgSQL 04:56 ωνω Sgeo_ [~Sgeo@hide-7C50E324.dyn.optonline.net] has joined #xkcd 04:56 I see. 04:56 ωνω Signoff Sgeo_: #xkcd (Connection reset by peer) 04:56 If I knew enough about python, I'd use that lol 04:56 Or Slott 04:56 It's a funky L 04:57 Spork: it does sort of draw your eye in that direction 04:57 ωνω Agent_Irons [AgentIrons@hide-4AD403E4.hsd1.il.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 04:57 Randall: how prompt 04:58 Spork, did you ask what she's hoping for? 04:58 ωνω Signoff Sgeo: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 04:58 ωνω Signoff Choiseul: #xkcd (Quit: ) 04:58 I wonder how many people have trap-stamp stop signs 04:58 ωνω Signoff Kizaru: #xkcd (Connection reset by peer) 04:58 a_flayer: the o in hope lookse kind of like a ribbon, so i assumed it was a cancer thing 04:58 Selig: More than should. 04:58 Randall: they're down to $89 now, I think. 04:59 (If you know where to look.) 04:59 Selig: i heard about someone who wanted chinese symbols tattooed there, "ones with deep meaning", so the artist wrote "exit only" in chinese 04:59 aqualis, just like all those chinese people with their chinese tattoos? :) 05:00 ωνω Signoff alSeen: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 05:00 ωνω Signoff spooky: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 05:01 ωνω Signoff Velociraptors: #xkcd (Quit: Leaving) 05:01 aqualis: We had an Italian exchange student who got Chinese letters in a tattoo. Italian. In America. With a Chinese Tattoo. 05:01 It was like "Really?" 05:01 ωνω Signoff aeroevan: #xkcd (Quit: brb...) 05:01 I don't fan of tattoos 05:02 Maybe sleep now... 05:02 ωνω Rena [Rena@BF3090C6.15804DF4.DF9D55DC.IP] has joined #xkcd 05:02 flyingferret: sleep? 05:02 Indeed. 05:02 I like tattoos but I'm wary of things I can't understand 05:02 Spork: he was getting a memento of your culture 05:02 aqualis: She 05:02 Selig: woah! flyingferret wants to sleep with you! 05:02 I want a tattoo. 05:02 bytbox: how cute 05:03 i'd like to get one, but i can't decide on anything i want permanently emblazoned on my body 05:03 * Selig cuddles up to flyingferret for sleep 05:03 flyingferret: do you want to sleep with selig? 05:03 Indeed. 05:03 see! 05:03 Night night 05:03 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 05:04 How is an Italian getting Chinese pictograph tattoos any more ridiculous than an American getting one? 05:04 aqualis: That's exactly my opiion on it. 05:04 Lhyzz: It's not really. I just found it kind of funny. 05:04 I've thought maybe I'd get a toggle switch on the back of my neck 05:04 tattoo of one I mean 05:05 http://shop.razor.com/images/P/MX350_on_switch_lg.jpg 05:05 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 05:05 Today's comic shows why you should use HP calculators instead of TI. 05:06 DarkLoad: That's an awful toggle switch. 05:06 go on and show me a better one 05:06 I'll wait 05:06 DarkLoad: if you're looking to get something that resembles a three-dimensional object, you better be careful in what tatto artist you choose. Or it might just end up looking like a rectangle. 05:06 mm 05:06 label it 'magic' and 'more magic' 05:07 get that chick from the discovery channel to do it! 05:07 ωνω TheBix [chatzilla@hide-53CF4376.ryqe1.cht.bigpond.net.au] has joined #xkcd 05:07 http://catb.org/jargon/html/magic-story.html 05:07 Brothers and sisters, let us pry. 05:08 hee hee 05:08 loved that 05:08 <3 Futurama 05:08 My God, Robot Saint James is a ZOMBIE! 05:08 DarkLoad: http://www.wiringproducts.com/contents/media/brass_toggle_switch.jpg is the kind of toggle switch that's awesome. 05:08 TI has a monopoly on the graphing calculator market 05:08 ωνω aeroevan [aeroevan@hide-D09C2D45.lugatgt.org] has joined #xkcd 05:08 since so many schools require specifically TI-83, nothing else allowed 05:08 I have a sweet HP-48GX. I wouldn't have it if I hadn't won it though. 05:08 Spork: I've considered that 05:08 Rena: we use a TI89 titanium, at my college 05:08 Rena: most schools don't restrict it to just the TI-83 05:08 Rena: well, yeah, pretty much 05:09 Rena: but yeah, still TI products 05:09 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 05:09 although mine doesn't specifically prohibit others 05:09 Although, I loved having basic on my TI calculators. 05:09 SpicyLemon: I... might have to put that into something I'm building 05:09 so easy to run games. 05:09 *didn't 05:09 they're even on some of the textbook covers 05:09 god damnit 05:09 In Soviet Russia, this joke is exactly the same! 05:09 hell, I've seen TI posters 05:09 * mysss still looks at casio/ect. calculators with horror though 05:09 Spork: I... might have to put that in something I'm building 05:09 give me a slide rule any day 05:10 <3 slide rule 05:10 I wonder if you could get away with getting a cheap broken TI-83 and hacking a more modern device into the case 05:10 unless I have to graph/do stats 05:10 obviously... 05:10 throbviously 05:10 I had a T1 calc but I think it got stolen 05:10 * mysss high-fives soda 05:10 TI* 05:10 similar-size screen, keep the buttons, so it doesn't really look any different 05:10 drazak: Best switches ever. 05:10 Rena: you could get away with a lot of things 05:10 They have such a satisfying "click" 05:10 Spork: I think I'm going with a rotary though 05:10 I guess it's more a question of would it be at all feasible 05:10 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 05:10 Spork: I know a guy that does laser etching, so I can get it etched /perfectly/ on the faceplate 05:10 Rena: ahh. it would probs work 05:10 I need to find an RPN calculator like the HP-48GX, but on my computer. 05:11 lot of soldering 05:11 but I wouldn't really know 05:11 drazak: How many options do you need? More than on/off? 05:11 SpicyLemon: rpn? 05:11 maybe you could just get a PCB made to work with the buttons 05:11 RPN = Reverse Polish Notation 05:11 Spork: I could do multiple toggles, or a ~6 throw rotary 05:11 http://www.canucklehead.ca/look/rock-rollin.html 05:11 mysss: instead of typing "2 + 2 = " you'd hit "2 enter 2 enter +" 05:11 the encryption on TI-83s and TI-84s is broken, so if you just wanted some interesting software features, you could theoretically write your own OS 05:11 it's basically math on a stack. 05:12 drazak: Well, yeah. Go rotary. Make sure it has a good click on it. 05:12 it would be a big pain though 05:12 Spork: I was probably going to go with a pretty nice rotary, yeah 05:12 drazak: For a binary switch, nothing beats an awesome toggle. 05:12 takes a bit to get used to, but once you do, it's pretty sweet. 05:12 SpicyLemon: http://hp.giesselink.com/emu48.htm 05:12 ωνω letusgothen [cef8a442@hide-6C77D8AA.mibbit.com] has joined #xkcd 05:12 SpicyLemon: what's easy in RPN that would be difficult otherwise? 05:12 i have an HP calc from way back when but never learned to use it ;/ 05:13 Spork: I'm considering doing two rotaries, actually, one for Off On noXfeed loXfeed HiXfeed and another with an input selector and a third with an output selector 05:13 but I may not need an output selector 05:13 ωνω Signoff Ebby: #xkcd (Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client) 05:13 Maxh oooo! that looks promising! 05:13 drazak: That's three? 05:14 drazak: Also, what are you making? 05:14 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 05:14 ωνω Signoff Burstaholic: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 05:14 hux, you no longer need parentheses, and you can see each group during the calculations. 05:14 ωνω TheDoctor [TheDoctor@E6BFFD0B.5412E25.9A2A1AC6.IP] has joined #xkcd 05:14 * maxh gives TheDoctor fish custard 05:14 ωνω tntc [mark@hide-FEC9D439.hsd1.ct.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 05:14 Balls. 05:14 FISH CUSTARD!!! 05:14 :D 05:14 o_O 05:14 Spork: yeah, i realized halfway through that it's 3 not 2, heh, and it's headphone amp, but I might be making it balanced and I need to do more research on that 05:14 huh 05:15 It's hard for me to describe I guess. I just remember it being really handy once I got used to it. 05:15 drazak: Do you have plans? 05:15 Once you get used to RPN, switching back is ridiculously hard. 05:15 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 05:16 "Okay, remember, this is an infix calculator... 2 = 2 +... DAMMIT!" 05:16 Spork: apparently I'm probably not making it 4 channel aka balanced 05:16 drazak: I might be able to get you AWESOME plans. 05:16 Spork: well I was going to build http://tangentsoft.net/audio/ppa/amp2/ 05:16 ωνω notyerpirate [chatzilla@hide-628642F5.dsl.scrm01.sbcglobal.net] has joined #xkcd 05:16 FOOOOOOo 05:16 i bored 05:16 Spork: but I got it confused with one of the other amps the guy offers, as far as making it 4 channels is concerned 05:16 internet entertain? 05:16 hrm. gentoo is pretty awesome. 05:16 slow to install crap, but pretty awesome. 05:17 ωνω Signoff Freudian: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 05:17 ωνω Signoff TheDoctor: #xkcd (Quit: error in TimeVortex.php on line 1.) 05:17 drazak: Let me find a picture. 05:17 Spork: if it's fully discrete I probably do not want :S 05:18 ωνω Signoff notyerpirate: #xkcd (Quit: ChatZilla 0.9.86 [Firefox 3.5.10/20100504085753]) 05:18 ωνω Signoff pipeep: #xkcd (Quit: Leaving) 05:18 its morning 05:18 bleuugh 05:19 a_flayer: I am looking forward to tomorrow morning 05:19 ωνω Signoff Kedama: #xkcd (Quit: sleepytimes) 05:19 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 05:19 drazak: See the thing in the bottom right? Behind the water bottle? The greatest headphone amp ever created. http://i.imgur.com/qdzA5.jpg 05:19 drazak: It's fucking AMAZING 05:19 Thanks to denial, I'm immortal! :D 05:20 drazak, i bet you worked hard for that 05:20 Spork: looks like a millet hybrid 05:20 These new Futurama episodes are wonderful. So much better than the movies, like the series never ended! 05:20 I hope they go on for years. 05:20 a_flayer: looking forward to tomorrow morning? It's Mike Sandwich time :D 05:20 * julian hasn't seen them yet :( 05:20 Darn being in Britainness 05:20 julian: well get to it, old bean! 05:20 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 05:20 drazak: I have no idea. 05:20 Neither does DarkLoad for that matter. 05:20 the internet has them julian 05:20 Spork: do you own it? 05:20 ! 05:21 who rang? 05:21 julian: do you have an internet? 05:21 oh 05:21 Bucket. 05:21 I am nothing compared to the likes of Sir Ford Reddington IV 05:21 Lhyzz: I have the internets? 05:21 INDEED YOU ARE NOT 05:21 ωνω bobobob [TheOneBob@hide-7294A2AD.cfl.res.rr.com] has joined #xkcd 05:21 ωνω Signoff SmilinBob: #xkcd (Connection reset by peer) 05:21 drazak: It's my friend's. But I want one. Maybe. 05:21 ωνω bobobob is now known as SmilinBob 05:21 julian: then you should use some of them to watch Futurama 05:22 I CAN SEE MYSELF IN YOUR SHINY BUTTON! 05:22 Spork: well 05:22 Lhyzz: ... 05:22 [You hear Neiman and Marcus arguing!] 05:22 Spork: there are certainly better amps out there 05:22 Spork: and you certainly need good headphones to take advantage of them 05:22 ωνω Signoff Logokas: #xkcd (Quit: Leaving) 05:22 Spork: although, usually, good headphones require an amp 05:22 ωνω Signoff SmilinBob: #xkcd (Killed (NickServ (Nick kill enforced))) 05:23 drazak: See those headphones on the bottom shelf? AWESOME headphones. So good. SO GOOD. 05:23 ωνω bobobob [TheOneBob@hide-7294A2AD.cfl.res.rr.com] has joined #xkcd 05:23 ωνω seisatsu [~seisatsu@hide-AAD76786.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net] has joined #xkcd 05:24 Spork: look like some sort of sony's 05:24 drazak: How dare you. 05:24 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 05:24 HOW DARE YOU 05:24 Any suggestions for a USB drive which won't stop going to sleep within 30 seconds? Other than running something constantly on it? 05:24 Spork: sony makes some great high end cans 05:24 Sennheiser. Asshole. 05:24 the ford prefect from the miniseries adaptation of the radio play of hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy is pretty cute. 05:24 ωνω bobobob is now known as SmilinBob 05:24 ωνω Signoff aeroevan: #xkcd (Quit: 8th time's the charm) 05:24 Spork: you realize that it's insanely hard to tell 05:24 ωνω aeroevan [aeroevan@hide-D09C2D45.lugatgt.org] has joined #xkcd 05:25 drazak: I know. I like giving people shit. :D 05:25 ωνω Myke [Myke@hide-5AFA8F19.hsd1.ca.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 05:25 Spork: those look like HD280's 05:25 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 05:25 Spork: if they're Senn's 05:25 drazak: WELL DONE, SIR 05:26 Spork: they don't have the look of super high end senn's 05:26 ωνω Signoff dinosplosion: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 05:26 Spork: I'm probably picking up a pair of HD650's 05:26 Well, you can go fuck yourself, good sir. 05:26 Just kidding. 05:26 Oh, hahaha. 05:26 Bucket, remember spork fuck 05:26 Sorry, julian, you can't use remember for spork quotes. 05:26 :( 05:26 * julian cries into Bucket 05:26 ωνω Signoff letusgothen: #xkcd (Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client) 05:26 Spork: don't be defensive now :P 05:26 drazak: :D 05:27 Spork: you can pick a pair of those up for 85$ 05:27 Spork: the HD280's 05:27 drazak: You won't be disappointed, Sennheiser makes awesome cans. 05:27 Spork: I know a pair of HD515's 05:27 er, own 05:27 which is about 1-1.5 steps up from the 280's 05:28 I got the 280s because they're closed back. 05:28 Which I really wanted. 05:28 * julian curses the evil non in-ear headphone people 05:28 yeah, it's a nice feature, for sure 05:28 ωνω Signoff TerseAway: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 05:28 ωνω Signoff a_flayer: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 05:28 I'm usually in either low enough noise places to use open, or I can block out all the other noise 05:29 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 05:29 ωνω Signoff chrisbrl88: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 05:29 ωνω Signoff H-land: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 05:29 I'm probably going to use my 515's still for all the time use, and when I'm home the 650's 05:29 there's a great pair on audiogon that I'm really considering 05:30 ωνω Signoff cogit0: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 05:30 ωνω thatAndrogynous [~_@hide-10C8D551.san.res.rr.com] has joined #xkcd 05:30 drazak: I fly a lot. 05:30 Dorm room studying, etc. 05:30 ωνω Signoff zigdon: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 05:30 ωνω Signoff cableray: #xkcd (Quit: cableray) 05:30 Closed back was important. 05:30 dorm room noises usually don't bother me 05:30 might be about bothering other people 05:30 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 05:30 ωνω TerseAway [~jrs@hide-37B81911.net] has joined #xkcd 05:30 hux: psh 05:31 hux: I'm socially inept anyway 05:31 ωνω SleepySigh [~chatzilla@hide-C209F7D.dyn.centurytel.net] has joined #xkcd 05:31 haha 05:31 people can hear the music i have on my HD 595s when playing at a normal volume in a quiet room 05:31 yeah, I know 05:31 same with my 515's 05:32 I loved it at my highschool when I'd be at a normal listening volume and people would ask me to turn it down for the safety of my ears 05:32 and I'd be like "lol" 05:32 ωνω cogit0 [cogit0@24771FD5.33A02390.A1526F6E.IP] has joined #xkcd 05:32 The 280s, I can crank them up, as soon as they're on, nobody can hear what I'm listening to. 05:32 yeah 05:32 when you can hear stuff from ipod earphones, they really are up crazy loud 05:33 when I move into a dorm room in a couple years (I'm going to comunity college from home now), I'm going to bring some big 'ole speakers and a big 'ole sub and blow away the black kids in the next room 05:33 I mean, the other kids 05:33 ωνω Signoff thlassa: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 05:33 ... 05:33 [You hear the distant howl of a coyote losing at Counterstrike.] 05:34 drazak: one of the projects i want to do is to build a big-ass subwoofer for just that reason 05:34 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 05:34 hux: well; imo iphone ibuds only have moderately good isolation, when you can hear stuff from outside IEM's I get worried 05:35 aqualis: see? you understand, and it's almost never the white kids, I've been in enough dorm rooms to know :S 05:35 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 05:36 aqualis: I have a fairly big powered sub I can bring 05:36 i only have a little 8 inch sub 05:36 at the moment 05:36 man, those black kids 05:36 this is I think 11" 05:36 they sure are awful with their rap music 05:36 though i might be getting a 12 in my truck soon 05:36 shoofle: hey now, don't be hatin' on the rap, it's not all bad 05:37 and their low-hanging pants 05:37 and their ghetto lifestyle 05:37 I sure do hate the darkies 05:37 shoofle: well it's not really about black, it's just that for some reason there's a high-proportion of people from the ghetto who are black 05:37 just the majority of it 05:37 how did this become about black people? 05:38 aqualis: because I made the mistake of saying "black kids" and then feeling bad about it :S 05:38 ah 05:38 ωνω Signoff mrLang: #xkcd (Connection reset by peer) 05:38 drazak: I'm just joshing you :) everyone's racist, so long as you're conscious of it and try to correct it it's cool! 05:38 ωνω mrLang [mrlang@BBB94ED7.92BE540D.4EF7F9BD.IP] has joined #xkcd 05:39 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 05:39 shoofle: I didn't really mean it as "black kids" but generally at colleges the majority of loud music with over emphasized bass comes from non-white people 05:40 drazak, i am a nerdy white guy who has a huge sub in his car and enjoys dubstep 05:40 ωνω dinosplosion [dinosplosi@hide-A0789E29.lns20.mel6.internode.on.net] has joined #xkcd 05:40 Deltantor: and you're in the minority 05:40 i was thinking about that. if i'm going to be all old and all the kids are going to be totally oblivious to race and i'm going to have all these memories of impoverished nonwhites making me unintentionally racist 05:40 drazak: speak for your own experience only; the loudest music players in my first-year dorm were white fratty kids 05:40 ωνω zigdon [zigdon@hide-5D10B81C.peeron.com] has joined #xkcd 05:40 ωνω mode/#xkcd [+o zigdon] by ChanServ 05:40 drazak, oooh 05:40 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 05:40 * Deltantor complains about being repressed by the majority 05:40 drazak: you're complaining about the bassheads in the next room, not the black kids in the next room :P 05:40 shoofle: lol, not here 05:41 shoofle: probably 05:41 oribabky 05:41 I seriously don't think that it's really this big of a deal, guys 05:41 SleepySigh, its late at night on the internet 05:41 SleepySigh: it isn't, and we know it isn't 05:41 SleepySigh: we have nothing better to discuss 05:41 I'm taking this 4.2135% seriously 05:41 ωνω Signoff TerseAway: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 05:41 i know what i want for my birthday now 05:41 sub(s) for my truck 05:42 proof that I'm spoiled; in the fall my mom is going to start putting $40 in my bank account each week from my "college fund" for spending money 05:42 aqualis, I have a DualTHT, although i'm not sure where you would put it other than outside the cab 05:43 Deltantor: i have an extended cab, so there's room in the back, but if i didn't, there are subs designed to fit behind seats in a regular cab 05:43 aqualis, if you wanted to build one, an autotuba would probably fit really well 05:43 Deltantor: oh, i remember you talking about that 05:43 shoofle: I do like bass though, it's just... I like good bass, not shitty loud dis-proportionate bass 05:44 ωνω Signoff bassgoon: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 05:44 Deltantor: if i build one it will be for inside 05:44 ωνω Surreal [chatzilla@hide-CD292A9D.san.res.rr.com] has joined #xkcd 05:44 ωνω thlassa [thlassa@hide-BC69D6AA.adsl.ihug.co.nz] has joined #xkcd 05:45 as an aside: what the fuck is with girls going to the beach, taking a bunch of pictures, never going into the water, and posting them on facebook 05:45 drazak, I dunno 05:45 aqualis, http://www.billfitzmaurice.com/THT.html is great for a home theater sub 05:45 easy to build too 05:45 Stupidity, that's what. 05:45 probably the same reason they all make the duck face 05:45 http://www.billfitzmaurice.com/autotuba.html is great for in cars 05:45 drazak: tanning + making other women jealous 05:45 I just said that. 05:46 * drazak just doesn't know 05:46 ωνω Signoff mrLang: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 05:46 I'm looking at pictures on facebook, and it's like "you never went int he water?!" 05:46 drazak: yes you do, i just told you 05:47 ωνω Lingrush [Raclette@hide-EC57B74F.lightspeed.sndgca.sbcglobal.net] has joined #xkcd 05:47 haha my scrabble hand: TARDIS T 05:47 Hahaha. 05:47 * Bucket checks his fly. 05:47 you have disaster with an open e 05:47 TARDIS is considered a valid English word now. 05:47 oh wait np 05:48 *no 05:48 TIME AND RELATIVE DIMENSIONS IN SPACE| 05:48 Yes. 05:48 you know "tardis" has "tard" in it 05:48 it'd be stardust with a U instead of an I and an open S 05:48 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 05:48 'tardists, like nudists 05:48 Yaaay michael buble 05:48 Bed time. 05:48 bebiens 05:49 Ugh. 05:49 good night 05:49 Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow. 05:49 I have to wake up so damn early. 05:49 ωνω Signoff Spork: #xkcd (Quit: Going Spelunking) 05:49 gl 05:49 me too D; 05:49 I have to get up early but it isnt for something as awesome as spelunking 05:49 Its so I can wait for the fedex guy who has my replacement phone 05:49 I have to go to work with my mom tomorrow Dx 05:49 ωνω Signoff Lingrush: #xkcd (Quit: Lingrush) 05:50 I have to wake up at the ridiculously early hour of two. :( 05:50 eh your mom's work isn't THAT bad 05:50 2 is not time for waking up 05:50 SleepySigh, i miss when i went to work with my father. Always was interesting to me when I was young watching all of the military guys doing stuff 05:50 2 is time for going to bed 05:50 no, but I'm not gonna get to sleep until 5 05:50 Although what was awesome was the apache simulators 05:50 and I have to get up at 6... 05:50 SleepySigh: what ends at 5? 05:50 holy shit I can crash an apache like nobody else 05:50 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 05:50 Hopefully not a real one. 05:50 hux, my inability to sleep? 05:51 SleepySigh: ambien! 05:51 Don't have any pills 05:51 and a shot of your favorite 05:51 oh 05:51 I'm 15, dude 05:51 a shot of what? 05:51 Coke? 05:51 coke won't help you sleep 05:51 yeah 05:51 you'd think you have bugs in your skin 05:51 You're fifteen. I'm pretty sure you know what he's talking about. 05:52 i'd say jack 05:52 but at 15 you should be on tequila 05:52 SleepySigh: for reference then, sleeping pills + alcohol = roofie 05:52 also, alcohol sleep isnt' as good as normal sleep 05:52 I know but I was trying to make the point that I a too young for such things 05:52 aqualis: only if you do it right. best to practice for a bit before relying on the memory-loss stuff 05:52 Hah! 05:52 Also, there's no booze to be had 05:52 kids in europe are downing whole bottles of wine at like 11 05:52 Do you not attend government school? 05:52 I've finally finished the picture I've been working on. 05:52 at least in greece, greece is crazy 05:52 well that's europe 05:52 Panko: pix 05:53 yeah europe is f'ed up 05:53 maxh: i was homeschooled, i didn't start drinking until i worked at a summer camp 05:53 at 17 05:53 ωνω Signoff hexium: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 05:53 It didn't come out how I wanted to but I'm figuring out my own techniques to this style. 05:53 I don't plan on drinking until I'm 21 05:53 http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac274/p4nk0/MOREDOGLESSROCK.jpg?t=1279515394 05:53 Well, let us know how that goes. 05:53 SleepySigh: i did that then slipped up 2 years short. gl 05:53 The eyes especially didn't come out well 05:53 Panko: dog? 05:54 panko, I like it! 05:54 However I'm pleased overall with the final product despite its flaws 05:54 SleepySigh: i didn't either, but that changed, my friend, however, just turned 21 a few months ago, and still doesn't drink 05:54 hux: yes 05:54 maxh, ok, I will ^^, 05:54 SleepySigh, thanks! 05:54 who/what is dog 05:54 Panko: that is cool 05:54 do i need to meet them should i wear a tie 05:54 hux: it's an Engrish phrase and I don't want to get into the meaning of this particular one. 05:55 Panko: that is really cool 05:55 I use a lot of Engrish and I don't always like to give away their meanings. 05:55 aqualis thank you 05:55 is that like asian people putting cats and dogs in their food? 05:55 i've never eaten rock 05:55 :] 05:55 ahh it's too deep for me 05:55 after deciphering an encrypted messaged in adam sandlers happy hanukkah i've discovered that jews actually do rule the world 05:56 You didn't get that from Jon Stewart's theme song? 05:56 Dude, it's in the chord progression 05:56 he has a theme song? 05:56 Kudos to anyone who gets the joke behind the font I used. 05:56 dog on the run by TMBG 05:56 iirc 05:56 ωνω SpicyLemon [SpicyLemon@hide-B8C859D0.hln-mt.client.bresnan.net] has left #xkcd () 05:56 Yanno, the opening bit before he starts making jokes? 05:56 "The show's theme music, "Dog on Fire" by Bob Mould, was re-recorded by TMBG" 05:56 i was close 05:56 ωνω Signoff WindPower: #xkcd (Quit: ~) 05:57 SleepySigh: what's int he chordprogression? 05:57 I can't say I've heard that song before hux. 05:57 shoofle, I was kidding 05:57 oh 05:57 Saying it was a secret message that Jews rule the world. 05:57 THAT'S SO PLAUSIBLE, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! 05:57 Wait what 05:57 Say what again! 05:57 ahahaha 05:57 Wow, is it really that small? 05:58 oh hey http://xkcd.com/768/ 05:58 yea its not really a secret SleepySigh 05:58 "Oh Hey Httpxkcdcom768" would be a nice name for a band. 05:58 SleepySigh: I heard Mel Gibson's wife was paid off by Jews to discredit him. 05:58 everyone knows jews rule the world with they're lizard telepathy mind control 05:58 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 05:58 THATS RACIST! 05:58 ωνω WindPower [~WindPower@hide-190A5774.mc.videotron.ca] has joined #xkcd 05:58 ωνω TheDoctor [TheDoctor@E6BFFD0B.5412E25.9A2A1AC6.IP] has joined #xkcd 05:58 ωνω hexium [anachr0n0x@AAD3D6B5.7D66EE88.2B23846C.IP] has joined #xkcd 05:59 "fond memories oi" 05:59 ...naw, it's just crazy 05:59 vertigo: I wish that were true. lizard telepathy mind control sounds fun. 05:59 it is true Lhyzz david icke told me so 05:59 and he wouldnt lie 05:59 although its not the just jews 05:59 vertigo: if it were true, that would mean I had lizard telepathy mind control. 06:00 you're not jewish enough Lhyzz 06:00 basically 06:00 basically you're completely wrong 06:00 Your mother's not jewish enough. 06:00 How do you know how Jewish I am 06:00 zionist nepotism doesn't mean all jews are in on it 06:00 TAKE THAT BACK SIR! 06:00 because you're not in on it 06:00 ωνω Signoff TheDoctor: #xkcd (Quit: error in TimeVortex.php on line 1.) 06:00 NO! 06:00 only the zionyist are of course 06:00 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 06:00 because only those from the lost tribe of isreal have lizard telepathy mind control 06:00 thats just obvious 06:01 ωνω Signoff Whie: #xkcd (Quit: ChatZilla 0.9.86 [Firefox 3.6.6/20100625231939]) 06:01 nibiru's chosen 06:01 How do you know if I'm from the lost tribe of Israel or not? 06:01 i think if you cut your skinsuit you should see lizard skin 06:01 that might've changed in the last few years though 06:01 wow i get really anti semetic when i drink 06:02 who knew 06:02 * Bucket knew. 06:02 anti semitism is a ruse by the antisemites! 06:02 You're a ruse by the Huxtables! 06:02 everyone thinks im jewish because of my curly hair and big nose 06:02 NO 06:02 ωνω Signoff Misocainea: #xkcd (Connection reset by peer) 06:02 GAH 06:02 because you dont have mind control Lhyzz duh 06:02 hux, I WANT SOME PUDDING. 06:02 vertigo: play it up and get a bank :D 06:02 I hate this 06:02 if you were from the lost tribe you would have it 06:02 I'm hungry but my bread is moldy and I have nothing to eat 06:02 i should huh hux 06:03 would be pretty cool 06:03 ωνω Signoff Docd: #xkcd (Quit: Going!) 06:03 so in the bible is "sons of ham" a reference to black people? 06:04 no 06:04 i was reading this thing the other day that said it was 06:04 its a cult revolving around bacon 06:04 I think it's a reference to bacon. 06:04 mmm bacon 06:04 ^5 06:04 ravana, I win 06:04 [01:07:11] its a cult revolving around bacon 06:04 [01:07:12] I think it's a reference to bacon. 06:04 nuuh 06:04 Bacon is delicious. 06:04 But mine is there first... 06:04 i had bacon today 06:05 SleepySigh: That's because your client prints it when you send it to the server, not when the server sends it to everyone else. 06:05 nsfw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9JcOZlMlLY 06:05 From here, Ravana said it first. 06:05 dammit 06:05 Rod jam it! 06:05 whats that one philosophy called that your thoughts create your reality 06:05 i think opera did a special on it 06:05 vertigo: the like.. people who sinned because of cain or one of them got 'marked' 06:05 secret book 06:05 ωνω Ann [~chatzilla@hide-91678945.range86-177.btcentralplus.com] has left #xkcd () 06:05 vertigo: solopsism? 06:05 vertigo: solipsism? 06:05 solipsism is awesome 06:05 vertigo: The browser? 06:05 damn soda 06:05 ωνω Signoff seisatsu: #xkcd (Quit: Ex-Chat) 06:05 crap i misspelled it 06:05 all about the self is the only thing known to exist 06:06 ωνω H-land [Honalulula@32D7A8EA.7FC0E328.5F834283.IP] has joined #xkcd 06:06 ωνω scowdich [scowdich@A8A9E1EE.891AFFD6.6D4EE138.IP] has joined #xkcd 06:06 I <3 solipsism 06:06 i have spellcheck :D 06:06 idk if thats it 06:06 vertigo: so black people supposedly are the marked ones 06:06 the book was like the secret or something 06:06 for sinning 06:07 oh i had this idea when i woke up and was half awake this morning, that the most scientific and grounded in truth stuff is known as "pseudo science". it's so real that people can't handle it, so they try to play it off as fake 06:07 ωνω Maximinus is now known as internets 06:07 and clearly The Secret is as grounded as it gets 06:07 huh? 06:07 ωνω internets is now known as Maximinus 06:07 wait what? 06:07 He asked her if he could wear her underpants after she pooped in them for him. 06:07 am i drunk or was that sarcasm? 06:08 ωνω Signoff DarkLoad: #xkcd (Quit: ChatZilla 0.9.86 [Firefox 3.6.6/20100625231939]) 06:08 ωνω Signoff hexium: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 06:08 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 06:08 vertigo: i want to trick as many 'friends' as i can into thinking "pseudo" means really good or true 06:08 oh 06:08 ωνω mrLang [~mrlang@hide-FB177577.neo.res.rr.com] has joined #xkcd 06:08 ωνω hexium [anachr0n0x@AAD3D6B5.7D66EE88.2B23846C.IP] has joined #xkcd 06:08 ωνω Kayla_ [Kayla@hide-9CAD80A2.kraprock.co.uk] has joined #xkcd 06:08 ok i thought i was seeing things 06:08 ωνω Signoff Kayla_: #xkcd (Quit: Kayla_) 06:09 ωνω Signoff scowdich: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 06:09 why spread more confusion hux theres already enough of that 06:09 yeah i thought of that 06:09 s'why i'm keeping it to friends 06:09 so then i let them in on it after a few weeks 06:09 ωνω Signoff Lu-Tzao: #xkcd (Quit: Toodly pip!) 06:09 holy shit tilt is 12% alcohol 06:10 ωνω Lu-Tzao [~eatingpie@hide-BC9BAD77.bitstream.orcon.net.nz] has joined #xkcd 06:10 ωνω Signoff Lu-Tzao: #xkcd (Quit: Toodly pip!) 06:10 high gravity is only 8.1% 06:10 nice 06:10 i gotta eat some browny before too long 06:10 ωνω Misocainea [~spears.ev@hide-1C86B3D5.eastlink.ca] has joined #xkcd 06:10 and tilt tastes better...in a way 06:10 its sweeter i guess 06:10 write the review 06:10 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 06:10 post the review 06:11 tastes like someone mixed cherry with old english 06:11 the cans nice though 06:11 merchandise your likeness. don't sell the rights to your likeness or name. unless you want to abandon it someday. abandon yourself. is your soul yourself. 06:11 you might be selling your soul then 06:11 what is YOUR soul worth? 06:12 nothing 06:12 nothing is legal in MA 06:12 you dont have a soul 06:12 ωνω Signoff hexium: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 06:12 or you do 06:12 but its not what you're thinking 06:12 this cat jumped off a seventh story balcony http://i.imgur.com/BkBln.jpg 06:13 i am a number not a man 06:13 i gotta stop reading eastern philosophy 06:13 we will rebuild him 06:13 aqualis: that made me think of sylvester stallone in assassins 06:14 aqualis: poor puss! pretty brave, though. sometimes my cat is too chicken to jump onto my bed 06:14 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 06:14 i wonder what the world would be like if we treated chickens like cats and cats like chickens 06:14 ωνω chrisbrl88 [Chrisbrl88@hide-7EECC4AF.neo.res.rr.com] has joined #xkcd 06:14 mmm country fried kitty 06:15 chickens make lousy pets 06:15 Hello everyone and very good morning! 06:15 they make great alarm clocks 06:15 chickens shit all over the place, it wouldn't last long 06:15 we could train them 06:15 Bucket: remember vertigo treated 06:15 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 06:15 Okay, Walther, remembering "i wonder what the world would be like if we treated chickens like cats and cats like chickens". 06:15 certainly worth Bucketing ;) 06:16 ωνω a_flayer [d49ff012@hide-6C77D8AA.mibbit.com] has joined #xkcd 06:16 Walther: good morning 06:16 Would you like some eggs? I cooked them myself. Also, fertilized them. 06:16 ωνω SleepySigh [~chatzilla@hide-C209F7D.dyn.centurytel.net] has left #xkcd () 06:17 aw, Bucket would have had eggs for me... Sadly, i've already eaten my breakfast... 06:17 Chickens are retarded and tasty. 06:17 Cats are intelligent and claw the hell out of you. 06:17 Would not last long. 06:17 My leg is asleep 06:17 ωνω Lu-Tzao [eatingpiea@hide-BC9BAD77.bitstream.orcon.net.nz] has joined #xkcd 06:17 ωνω hexium [~anachr0n0@AAD3D6B5.7D66EE88.2B23846C.IP] has joined #xkcd 06:17 cats are also adorable 06:17 I could easily make it with eating chicken as the only meat product 06:17 Rena: Indeed, they are. 06:18 Walther: chicken and seafood 06:18 john goodman is the greatest actor that ever lived 06:18 he doesnt get much recognition 06:18 aqualis: well yΓ«ah, srimps <3 06:18 vertigo: probably because people don't agree with you 06:18 those people are communists 06:18 wth euml 06:18 john goodman is a great actor 06:19 chickens are stupid and uninteresting. 06:19 they aren't even a little cuddly 06:19 oh so its all about what the pet can do for you huh Lhyzz ? 06:19 not even baby chicks? 06:19 and they smell awful 06:19 speciest 06:19 Damn, how am I in this good mood this morning 06:19 they think so little that you can remove most of their brain and it has no effect on their behaviour 06:19 ducks are cute 06:19 and cuddly 06:19 i had a pet duck once 06:19 vertigo: actually, if you think about it, yes 06:20 vertigo: have you ever SMELLED a duck? 06:20 yes 06:20 i had one 06:20 it would shower with me 06:20 did you keep it indoors? 06:20 Stereo: bug or feature? 06:20 of course it was a baby 06:20 i wonder if i should get a bunny/wabbit :3 06:20 Walther: get a bunny-wabbit 06:20 ωνω Signoff var: #xkcd (Quit: var) 06:20 man why is this so laggy 06:20 it would live in my top hat :3 06:20 ωνω var [var@hide-40C7D4E2.ph.ph.cox.net] has joined #xkcd 06:20 i miss duck 06:20 mysss: feature, i guess... redundancy 06:20 he was so cute 06:20 Walther: a_flayer has a good point--compromise is good :) 06:20 ωνω Signoff hexium: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 06:20 Lhyzz: ...solar flares? 06:20 i let him sleep on my shoulder and he would nuzzle my ears 06:20 *tear 06:20 3 seconds? wtf 06:21 ducks do kinda smell though 06:21 Stereo: duckshit especially, it is incredibly smelly 06:21 i want a pet grenade 06:21 your mom kind of smells but i dont mind 06:21 BOOM 06:22 ωνω Signoff Myke: #xkcd (Quit: Leaving) 06:22 maan, i wish i had some headphones just right now 06:22 ωνω Signoff julian: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 06:23 Poll: Best 70's - 80's rock song? 06:23 adam and the ants - beat my guest 06:23 billy idol - dancing with myself 06:23 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 06:23 faith no more - the edge of nowhere 06:23 uriah heep - easy livin' 06:24 anything by tom petty or the velvet underground 06:24 it's about pedophilia thus making it the clear winner 06:24 twisted sisters - we're not gonna take it 06:24 the ramones - pet cemetery 06:24 vertigo: just about to say that 06:25 the ramones - Blitzkrieg bop 06:25 ωνω spookyghost [Nofi@55D575E0.35A7441A.4FD27E6D.IP] has joined #xkcd 06:25 without forgetting Sex Pistols - God save the queen 06:25 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 06:25 ωνω Signoff spookyghost: #xkcd (Quit: used jmIrc) 06:26 i need to redownload all my sex pistols 06:27 i need more punk 06:27 afi actually sounds kind of punk 06:27 i thought they were emo 06:27 ωνω ouchjars_ [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 06:27 ωνω Signoff thlassa: #xkcd (Quit: Lost terminal) 06:28 you are just feeling a bit emotional after all the talk about your duck 06:29 ωνω seisatsu [~seisatsu@hide-1DDD01EE.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net] has joined #xkcd 06:29 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 06:29 ωνω ouchjars_ is now known as ouchjars 06:29 what happened to it, anyway 06:29 yea probably 06:29 my sister killed it 06:29 i think she threw it at the wall 06:29 o.O 06:29 woo 06:29 did you at least put her toothbrush in the toilet or something 06:29 from 43 C source files now down to 3 06:29 vertigo, wtf 06:30 i think i hit her in the head with a broom a_flayer 06:30 it was like 9 years ago 06:30 ωνω freyyr [Peter@hide-9ED836AA.cc.shawcable.net] has joined #xkcd 06:30 that.. 06:30 ωνω hexium [~anachr0n0@AAD3D6B5.7D66EE88.2B23846C.IP] has joined #xkcd 06:30 you're not supposed to do that to ducks >.> 06:31 she's psychotic, lock her up 06:31 poor ducky D: 06:31 ωνω koalaknife [chris@hide-99BB2B5A.hsd1.ca.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 06:31 most little girls go through a kill every animal they touch phase 06:31 Rena, I read that as s/lock/knock/ 06:31 my cousin sarah use to throw cats at walls until they were dead all the time 06:31 wat 06:31 ...wut 06:31 seriously 06:31 Everyone pay attention! What vertigo just said was very important. 06:31 wot 06:31 she killed like 14 cats 06:31 you may want to examine your water supply 06:31 when she was 10ish 06:31 lol 06:32 I think you just come from a psychotic family 06:32 srsly 06:32 she lived in england 06:32 she use to visit for summers 06:32 I really need to question who kept letting her near cats 06:32 her parents didnt seem to mind 06:32 we grew up on a farm 06:32 I seriously think your family has issues 06:32 wow, your family is horrible 06:32 killing things was like swatting flies 06:32 ωνω ouchjars_ [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 06:33 Dude, SHE THREW CATS AGAINST WALLS. 06:33 dude its not just my family 06:33 also if I had a pet duck I would totally name it Duck McDuckington. 06:33 everyone i know did fucked up shit to animals as a kid 06:33 I mean, the shit. 06:33 my friend ryan use to microwave cats 06:33 ... 06:33 [billygoat starts to glow.] 06:33 Vertigo, okay, maybe it's your -region- 06:33 he's now in the army 06:33 You live in a fucked up region. 06:33 06:33 Seriously. 06:33 ωνω Signoff hexium: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 06:33 Wait, seriously?! 06:33 What the fuck. 06:33 I don't know which of those two statements disturb me more. 06:33 And they had golf shoes for hands. 06:33 the northwest? 06:34 * Potassium is pretty sure only one person he knows every did anything that messed up 06:34 dude you grow up on a farm and thats what you do to kill time 06:34 are you sure this shit really happened? you weren't just tripping balls or having vivid nightmares? 06:34 pun intended 06:34 In a survey once, scientists found a golden ratio of puns that make people laugh: one pun in ten did. 06:34 And he's now sitting in a -jail house- 06:34 no Rena i was there for a lot of things 06:34 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 06:34 i shot my cousins in the face with a bb gun because they were torturing a cat 06:35 got beat 06:35 ωνω ouchjars_ is now known as ouchjars 06:35 Vertigo, dude, I went to a school where half of the people were farmers kids. 06:35 this is abnormal to you? 06:35 well this may be the most horrifying conversation I've had all year. 06:35 vertigo, and I can tell you now, they would've beaten the fucking shit out of you. 06:35 there is NOTHING normal about ANYTHING you've said. 06:35 for what Potassium ? 06:35 TORTURING ANIMALS. 06:36 i didnt 06:36 i shot my cousins in the face because they were 06:36 Note to self: sentences in multiple languages are usually a bad idea. 06:36 maxh, more fun, changing languages mid-word 06:36 Sure, if they had wild cats attacking livestock or something, they would have shot it with a shotgun or something, killing it instantly. 06:36 Hell, I know my parents did that. 06:36 the closest thing to torturing an animal i've done is castrating pigs and cows 06:36 Torturing animals on the other hands, what the fuck? 06:37 Rena: I'm not talking about intentionally. 06:37 me either. 06:37 ωνω Signoff Wiggles: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 06:37 thats why i shot them Potassium 06:37 vertigo, I still think the area you live in is fucked up. 06:37 they had this cat tied up and were shooting it over and over and it was screaming bloody murder 06:37 How on earth do you accidentally switch languages mid-word? 06:37 maybe his family is psychotic and so they tended to befriend other psychotic people 06:37 vertigo, how the fuck are these kids not in youth prison? 06:38 also, I have no idea. 06:38 dude seriously EVERYONE i know did shit like this 06:38 the cousin i shot is now in the airforce 06:38 Vertigo, then everyone you know is -fucked up- 06:38 ωνω Signoff Coffee: #xkcd (Quit: μ•ˆλ…•!) 06:38 i thought it was just a childhood thing 06:38 ωνω F00D [IceChat7@hide-56333A2E.lightspeed.frokca.sbcglobal.net] has joined #xkcd 06:39 No, it's really not. 06:39 the cousin thats in the airforce use to do fucked up shit 06:39 yes it is 06:39 No it isn't! 06:39 Or if it is in your area, it needs to not be. 06:39 Because what the fuck. 06:39 well to be fair they thought of cats as pests because they would kill medowlarks 06:39 which is the state bird 06:39 and his dad was a state trooper 06:39 again, check the water 06:39 ωνω Signoff Goosey: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 06:39 where do you live vertigo 06:40 oregon 06:40 Wait what 06:40 Say what again! 06:40 Where the Wild Things Are 06:40 Yes, we think cats are pests here too, because they basically kill all of our native bird species. 06:40 vertigo, that isn't normal. 06:40 So we fucking shoot them with shotguns. 06:40 Once. 06:40 you're pretty much describing the setting of a horror movie here 06:40 I never killed anything larger than a spider. 06:40 And they die instantly. 06:40 ωνω hexium [anachr0n0x@AAD3D6B5.7D66EE88.2B23846C.IP] has joined #xkcd 06:40 whats normal Lhyzz 06:40 the cat has decided she wants to sit inside the box 06:40 We don't beat them with sticks or tie them up and shoot them with bbs 06:40 ghengis khan or ghandi? 06:40 next they move up to people and you have to fend them off with pitchforks until you can find a cure 06:41 ωνω Signoff Ms_Moosey: #xkcd (Quit: ) 06:41 vertigo: killing small animals 06:41 i think they stopped at deer and elk Rena 06:41 it's one of those things they say to look for in budding serial killers 06:41 Indeed. 06:41 I refuse to make a joke for your entertainment. 06:41 idk though i dont think its plausible that everyone i know is a serial killer 06:41 i know i am... not 06:41 or some brand of sociopath... 06:41 the macdonald triangle isnt a sure indicator though 06:41 that's horrifying 06:42 There's plenty of evidence to show that people who torture and assault animals are a hell of a lot more likely to torture and assault people. 06:42 this is true 06:42 this is false 06:42 vertigo, that aside though, you dudes need to have a serious look at your moral values. 06:42 this is love 06:42 most serial killers start with animals and work their way up to people 06:42 us dudes? 06:42 i didnt torture any animals 06:42 yes, but "everyone you know" did 06:43 they're rednecks 06:43 ωνω Eule [eule@hide-6EFE706.hsd1.mo.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 06:43 what do you expect 06:43 Buenos nachos! 06:43 I EXPECT THEM TO ACT LIKE HUMANS. 06:43 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 06:43 which humans exactly Potassium 06:43 I still think a xkcd bbs would be awesome. 06:43 I lived in redneck country for five years. They did not consider torturing and killing small animals to be cool. 06:43 Even hunters. 06:43 most tend to be pretty psychotic 06:43 ωνω Signoff hexium: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 06:43 ωνω Signoff Feureau: #xkcd (Quit: Feureau) 06:43 I've lived with rednecks; they tended to be quite fond of animals 06:44 I'm just going to leave this conversation right now. I'm just too angry 06:44 Deltantor: you mean like a G-comm ANSI dealie? 06:44 almost all had a faithful pet dog, most had a couple cats 06:44 evil cats 06:44 so did these people Rena 06:44 except ryan because he hated cats 06:45 Rena: i live in redneck country it's fun 06:45 my friend matt used mice as clay pidgeons 06:45 is this abnormal natjo ? 06:45 and your friend in britain cause she kept killing them, vertigo 06:45 vertigo, there must be something in the water where you live 06:45 that was my cousin sarah a_flayer 06:45 she lives here now and she loves animals and doesnt kill them anymore 06:45 Lhyzz, indeed. Especially with a ton of door games (LORD!) and maybe an irc door 06:45 vertigo: ;-; 06:45 Deltantor: kind of a pain in the ass though 06:45 vertigo: i came in late i just started reading the convo 06:45 Deltantor: some people have Courier HST, some people don't 06:45 vertigo, I am amazed at the anger you have actually managed to bring out in me. 06:46 Deltantor: gotta buy lots of modems if you want everyone to be able to dial in at high speed 06:46 Deltantor: that would he fun! I used to use a dial-up bbs when I was a little kid 06:46 basically everyone i know killed/tortured animals as a child except me natjo 06:46 that was my first internet experience 06:46 Your calm acceptance of these acts just makes me want to beat some sense into you. 06:46 i thought it was typical behavior but apparently i live in the hills have eyes territory 06:46 And beat the shit out of the people you know who do this. 06:46 Potassium: i rather love you right now 06:46 nobody around me has ever done a thing 06:46 ωνω Signoff moshez: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 06:47 Lhyzz, yay! 06:47 um it was when i was 8-15 Potassium not much sense getting pissed about it now 06:47 Eule: HST? 06:47 vertigo: I'm just rather shocked that you still think it was normal. 06:48 maxh: from US Robotics! Only works with other USR modems, though. Best way to get 9600, at least until the 14.4s come out 06:48 * Potassium needs to calm himself 06:48 I'll be back soonish. 06:48 um everyone i grew up around behaved this way Lhyzz 06:48 Oh. 06:48 why wouldnt i think it was normal? 06:48 vertigo: maybe when you were a kid you would think it was normal 06:48 ...because it's horrible? 06:48 vertigo: but now that you're grown you should be looking back in horror 06:49 But, uh, what does HST actually stand for? 06:49 meh i watched a documentary on african genocide earlier 06:49 people dont suprise me 06:49 why does a 7 year old need a cell phone? 06:49 maxh: it stands for FAST! 06:49 maxh: /me looks it up 06:49 maxh: High Speed Transfer 06:49 Eule, could always be a telnet bbs. would be a lot easier to set up and would get far more users, although modem access would be amazing as well 06:49 F00D: It's so cheap these days that you might as well. 06:49 Deltantor: would we be able to connect via wireless, rather than having to use dial-up? 06:50 ωνω hexium [anachr0n0x@AAD3D6B5.7D66EE88.2B23846C.IP] has joined #xkcd 06:50 If I had a kid, I might only think of giving her a cell phone if it was one of those that can only call mommy and daddy 06:50 * Rena wonders if/when VoIP systems will be good enough quality to carry data transmissions for such BBSes 06:50 how long after not talking to a girl does it take her to get the hint? 06:51 it depends 06:51 Deltantor: Tweak the software to toss in an error every few hundred bits, for that real dialup experience 06:51 Lhyzz: That only works if you kid doesn't hack it out of spite. 06:51 Rena: ... oh wow 06:51 ωνω Goosey [thisisanid@hide-1F154992.lightspeed.elpstx.sbcglobal.net] has joined #xkcd 06:51 Rena: that's like me running a TI-99/4A emulator on Windows 2000 inside a VirtualBox on Linux 06:51 vertigo: I would try being up front if you aren't nterested in someone instead of passive aggressively ignoring them 06:52 i did Lhyzz 06:52 I've always wanted to do dial-up over VoIP. 06:52 and i dont want to get more explicit and hurt her feelings 06:52 man if I give a 7-year-old a locked-down cell phone and they hack their way around it, I think they know well enough to use it properly 06:52 vertigo: what did you say? 06:52 i said i thought we were to different and then she said we could just be friends and i said i dont have friends 06:53 Rena: yeah lol, part of me wants to say that if a 7 year old can hack one of those disney phones, they deserve a real one 06:53 Eule: Oh, Transfer. I'd guessed Telegraphy. 06:53 http://www.wickedlasers.com/lasers/S3_Spyder_Arctic-96-37.html <- oh my god, want 06:53 Which made no sense. 06:53 ωνω Signoff mwc: #xkcd (Client exited) 06:53 vertigo: that made me lol. 06:53 vertigo: you're a strange one 06:53 and i stopped talking to her and she started stalking me online and texting me everyday 06:53 why Lhyzz ? 06:53 * Rena maybe could have, if there had been such a thing back then 06:53 ωνω mwc [mwc@2CF97C9B.F1B9B35C.C6AB6A44.IP] has joined #xkcd 06:53 vertigo: do you really not have friends? 06:53 damnit why do i never get women stalking me 06:53 I didn't even have access to a computer of any sort until like 12 06:53 ωνω mwc [mwc@2CF97C9B.F1B9B35C.C6AB6A44.IP] has left #xkcd () 06:53 maxh: that used to be fun back when "AT&T" was still officially an acronym and not just "att" 06:53 a_flayer, I know, right? 06:53 Lhyzz: no one really does 06:54 a 486, Win3.1, 16M RAM, 88M hard disk, 66mhz 06:54 yeeeeehaw. 06:54 i have people i hang out with 06:54 maxh: AT&T long distance salesman calls, tries to sell LD, tell him "no thanks but I really need a telegraph line" 06:54 no one i would call a true friend though 06:54 Rena, bummer, I had access since I was about 4 1/2 06:54 apo: http://www.wickedlasers.com/* <- want. 06:54 vertigo: ok now that's a very strange statement 06:54 still years later before we got any type of Internet service but I would always use it at the library 06:54 lanec42: Well, yeah 06:54 where do you guys live? 06:54 Brooklyn 06:54 here 06:54 No! Sleep! 'Til Brooklyn! 06:54 Dunedin, New Zealand 06:54 * Lhyzz highfives Bucket 06:54 * Bucket throws the horns 06:54 lanec42: At least I'm being a responsible adult here. I know that I should *never* get my hands on a 1W laser. 06:55 spend a year in jail Lhyzz see how many "real" friends you have 06:55 ωνω Signoff googol: #xkcd (Quit: leaving) 06:55 apo, are you kidding me? I'd -love- to get my hands on a laser like that. 06:55 apo: dream those dreams, scheme those schemes 06:55 all my friends are just people who rob me as they bore me 06:55 vertigo: uh, no thanks? 06:55 we're more friends because of a lack of options 06:55 Potassium: Me too. But I know that I shouldn't =P 06:56 vertigo: i'm really really sad now 06:56 can i be your friend vertigo 06:56 apo, we have a mountain range a few kilometres distant. 06:56 apo: that's true, 1W packs quite a punch when it's cruising through a 3 mm diameter beam of death. 06:56 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/7895242/Mystery-trader-buys-all-Europes-cocoa.html O.o 06:56 just proved a gnostic atheist wrong and he disconnected, truth is, I'm not sure if it was a good thing 06:56 do you have a vagina a_flayer ? 06:56 someone is plotting to take over the world 06:56 i was just previously really sad but i had to add another really 06:56 Hm, $197 for a laser? I might be able to do that. 06:56 apo, maybe 60 or so away, I'm wondering if I could put the laser onto that, and see if it could be seen :P 06:56 vertigo: no 06:56 no thanks a_flayer 06:56 ωνω Lingrush [~Raclette@19D8B074:A6E0A9CF:A030F35B:IP] has joined #xkcd 06:56 ωνω hex2 [anachr0n0x@AAD3D6B5.7D66EE88.2B23846C.IP] has joined #xkcd 06:56 i did need anymore people borrowing money from me 06:56 i could pretend 06:56 alright 06:56 That is I think it's not too bad 06:57 vertigo: I don't have one but I can rent one if it would help 06:57 ωνω mode/#xkcd [+b *!*vertigo@*.bois.qwest.net] by Glench 06:57 ωνω vertigo was kicked from #xkcd by Glench (what is wrong with you) 06:57 You did NOT just irritate the thighs. 06:57 bucket is so nonsensical 06:57 ωνω tian2992 [tian@A8823895.AA7291A3.7DF7FCF0.IP] has left #xkcd (Leaving) 06:57 THANK YOU 06:57 You're welcome. 06:57 Glench, yeah, I'm wondering that myself :\ 06:57 Potassium: Well, my 30mW green one can easily be seen 2km away... I don't know about the maximum range, though. But 1W should get sqrt(33) times as far, if it's the same colour 06:57 I was on the verge of that myself 06:57 Potassium: Blue is less visible than green, though. 06:57 apo, I see. 06:57 ωνω Signoff hexium: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 06:57 I get asocial people... but anti-social is too much 06:58 apo, yeah, I have a 2mW one, which can be seen perhaps, 500m? 06:58 apo, it's a red laser 06:58 Potassium: So you'd probably get at least 15-20km out of the laser 06:58 apo, awesome :P 06:58 Potassium, let's go find some planes to shine it on 06:58 ωνω Corynne [~Corynne@8389CD9.69FC3E72.583B1CCE.IP] has joined #xkcd 06:58 Aloha! 06:58 apo, screw shining it into the eyes of airline pilots, hit the ISS with it XD 06:58 XD 06:59 Actually, the ISS is 100km or so I think. 06:59 what was wrong with vertigo 06:59 So much. 06:59 So much is lost in the process now 06:59 Potassium: That's something else, for this the 1/r^2 doesn't fuck with you. =P 06:59 oh, I should tell my "heavy-duty laser pointer" story 06:59 So very very much. 06:59 Ahahahahaha. "Disclaimer: Wicked Lasers are not lightsabers or related to a lightsaber in any way. The Star Wars lightsaber is the intellectual property of Lucasfilm. Our lasers are not designed to resemble or function in any way like a lightsaber." 06:59 He didn't seem like an asshole or an annoying person. 06:59 * Slix` waits for a message. 06:59 ... 06:59 [The expansion of the universe accelerates slightly.] 07:00 a_flayer, he thinks torturing small animals is normal, when asked to be his friend, he asked if you had a vagina, and then declined when you said no. 07:00 when I was working at the university, there was one EE student who was completely brilliant but was (in the terms of my childhood) a spaz, or (in the modern term) severly ADD 07:00 I'm pretty sure you could hit the ISS with that laser, considering 5 W on an even slightly directional antenna is enough. 07:00 maxh: They're being sued over that, actually. 07:00 a_flayer, I'd say that's pretty fucked up :\ 07:00 ωνω MissingNo [k52-arch@49B46C61.E4066EB5.53B25726.IP] has joined #xkcd 07:00 he would just get these ideas and act on them impulsively, and then change to something new a few minutes later 07:00 the way I followed the conversation it was that his friends thought torturing animals was normal 07:01 Eule: this kid didn't happen to invent a rail gun that the government is interested in, did he? 07:01 they were the ones doing it 07:01 he didn't think it was odd 07:01 and he shot his friends with a bb-gun 07:01 so one day I was at work, and another student walked into my office, and said, "Pull up KRMG's web page" (local radio station) 07:01 nevermind 07:01 * Bucket throws a baby and a dollar bill in a swimming pool 07:01 I do this and there is a mug shot of the first student I mentioned 07:01 haha nice 07:01 a_flayer, apparently everyone he knows used to do it, and he -doesn't care- 07:01 he did care 07:02 ωνω Signoff SirDinosaur: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 07:02 he shot them with a bb gun for doing it 07:02 Anyway, he's gone now, and I cbf talking about him. 07:02 there is a brief story about "interfering with an aircraft" but not much detail 07:02 ωνω mode/#xkcd [-b *!*vertigo@*.bois.qwest.net] by Glench 07:02 and tbh if you grow up with stuff happening around you all the time you are going to think that the stuff is normal 07:02 nothing you can do about that 07:02 cbf? 07:02 But he -still- thinks it's normal. 07:02 Now let's see if he can pretend to be normal. 07:02 after the fact though 07:02 Panko, can't be fucked. 07:02 the student standing there tells me "yeah, he got a high-powered green laser pointer, and was pointing it at things out in his backyard... decided to try pointing it at airplanes, lit up the Tulsa Police helicopter, feds came about half an hour later and got him" 07:02 thanks Potassium 07:02 Fail. 07:03 Eule, herp derp derp 07:03 ωνω vertigo [vertigo@hide-5CEC2275.bois.qwest.net] has joined #xkcd 07:03 Eule: Smart. 07:03 I have not been banned for much worse offenses (thats not how you're supposed to say that but maybe you still understand) 07:03 as i understand it, the only thing that kept him out of Gitmo / Leavenworth was the fact that it was the TPD (city owned) chopper 07:03 did i miss something Glench or was that a joke? 07:03 they are crazy vertigo 07:03 and the feds didn't have all the jurisdiction they would like 07:03 ωνω mysss [~Nick@hide-D3CD0E6.buff.east.verizon.net] has left #xkcd () 07:04 he ended up having to pay a hueg fine, but that was it 07:04 who a_flayer ? 07:04 that must make for a hell of a story 07:04 vertigo: it wasn't a joke 07:04 why did i get banned? 07:04 vertigo: Potassium Glench Lhyzz maybe some others 07:04 "I once accidentally nearly crashed a police helicopter using a laser pointer from my backyard" 07:04 did i miss something? 07:05 Rena, lol. 07:05 We have a ban on high powered lasers now. 07:05 vertigo: they think you are asocial, an asshole, something like that 07:05 why? 07:05 you were behaving in an anti-social manner. If you'd like to send a message to Glench, go right ahead. 07:05 how? 07:05 a_flayer: would you please leave this as business between vertigo and the ops? thanks 07:05 Because some smart kids were sitting at the end of the wellington airport runway on a hill, shining lasers into the eyes of pilots trying to land planes. 07:06 So yeah, high powered lasers are banned. 07:06 ωνω Corynne [~Corynne@8389CD9.69FC3E72.583B1CCE.IP] has left #xkcd () 07:06 um Lhyzz did i miss something? i said i was the only one who didnt harm animals 07:06 Lhyzz: he asks questions, I answer them 07:06 if that bothers you, ban me 07:06 * lanec42 is rofling at Nougatti's video. 07:07 how was i acting like an anti social asshole? 07:07 s/rofling/waffling 07:07 You have the power!~ 07:07 "i'm just asking questions" brilliant defense 07:07 I'm pretty sure there were other incidents, but I'm pretty sure that was the one that sparked the ban. 07:07 koalaknife: pfft. hehe. 07:07 pioneered by richard nixon 07:07 did i miss something Glench ? 07:07 im just trying to understand what i did 07:07 a_flayer: he isn't asking you questions, please stay out of it. last warning. 07:07 vertigo: you were being a fucjing creep 07:07 HOW? 07:07 You guys are really looking for things that are not there. 07:07 ωνω a_flayer [d49ff012@hide-6C77D8AA.mibbit.com] has left #xkcd () 07:08 ok, this is not happening in this channel right now 07:08 www.jax184.com/pictures/T1i_6705s.JPG 07:08 bucket, literal clever girl 07:08 clever girl kills and eats $who| http://www.snorgtees.com/images/CleverGirl_F_Fullpic_3.jpg 07:09 Jax184: ah, the beauty of the natural world 07:09 Jax184: that tv run on batteries or something? 07:09 ωνω KatrieD [katran182@hide-AB881971.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com] has joined #xkcd 07:09 ωνω Signoff Katrie: #xkcd (Killed (NickServ (GHOST command used by KatrieD))) 07:09 Jax184: rad. Is there a power cable running somewhere through there? 07:09 ωνω KatrieD is now known as Katrie 07:09 =^_^= 07:09 I hauled my UPS along 07:09 it kept that stuff running for about an hour 07:09 www.jax184.com/pictures/T1i_6723s.JPG 07:09 ωνω Signoff Electric_Jesus: #xkcd (Quit: ChatZilla 0.9.86 [Firefox 3.6.6/20100625231939]) 07:10 Jax184: nice 07:10 Hm, IRT the high-powered laser, it looks like a ham radio license exempts you from that (if you can claim your high-power laser is in fact a transmitting antenna). 07:10 Jax184: is that that Sony studio monitor that is in the pictures of your LD setup? 07:10 ωνω Signoff Slix`: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 07:10 ωνω Signoff fridge: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 07:10 hi Katrie 07:10 ωνω Signoff thatAndrogynous: #xkcd (Quit: Leaving.) 07:11 Eule: Yeah 07:11 I wonder what would've happened if the Russians had beaten the Americans to the moon...? 07:12 The the Americans have tried to 1-up them by being the first to establish a colony or something? 07:12 Nuke launch base on the moon. 07:12 ωνω Electric_Jesus [Spaztik@hide-6B4F02CE.dsl.hstntx.sbcglobal.net] has joined #xkcd 07:12 Or yeah, that. 07:12 they did Potassium 07:12 ωνω sheepbat [lev3k@hide-394EA3D7.hsd1.ca.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 07:12 the moon landing was faked in china 07:12 the cia stole the video 07:12 vertigo.... 07:12 Vertigo lives in a cave in prison for a year. 07:12 >.> 07:12 jk 07:12 lol 07:12 Anyway, back to reality. 07:12 it was a soundstage on mars 07:13 dinosplosion: knows whats up 07:13 * vertigo gives the secret handshake 07:13 Because I can't really see the Americans bowing down to Russia. 07:13 www.jax184.com/pictures/T1i_6696s.JPG 07:13 Potassium: /me imagines Nixon phoning... Kruschev? and calling him Mario 07:13 * dinosplosion stores the secret handshake in a jar for later use 07:13 we would have nuked them midflight and said they were attacking us 07:13 So perhaps Russia landing on the moon would've been beneficial :P 07:14 how? 07:14 we'd be buying russian cars right now 07:14 * vertigo shivers 07:14 * Bucket gives vertigo a blanket 07:14 Jax184: did you have to stand off the UPS from the CRT so as to not make blobs? (or did you not even try it that close) 07:14 in soviet russia moon comes to you 07:14 rather then the americans landing on the moon then saying "oh look, we won, we can stop now" 07:15 wait, that's what actually happened. counter-counterfactual 07:15 prepare to have your ears orgasm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bL1gdVU8lo 07:15 dinosplosion, somehow, your nick is «à proposΒ» 07:15 Eule: I set it out of shot, never tried taking it close 07:15 we need a new space race 07:15 With china :3 07:15 so america will pump more money into science and education 07:15 and creationist can cry on their cock shaped pillows 07:15 vertigo: oooo, atmosphere. I like. 07:16 vertigo: talk to Burt Rutan 07:16 ^5 07:16 apropos to what? exploding dinosaurs all over the moon? 07:16 But yeah, we need more interest in space flight tbh. 07:16 the piano is making my brain tingle koalaknife 07:16 dinosplosion, "counter-counterfactual" => *splode* 07:16 Because we should've had a fully established moon colony around 20 years ago >.> 07:16 looking for his email Eule 07:16 hahahah 07:17 * koalaknife searches for another atmosphere album (suggstions?) 07:17 cleanup on channel #xkcd, exploded snow leopard 07:17 feat slug koalaknife 07:17 you cant imagine how much fun we're having 07:17 vertigo: Scaled Composites I think is the company name 07:17 when life gives you lemons paint that shit gold 07:17 vertigo: we need an american political renaissance where the national goal is to become the #1 country in the world again. Taxes would be raised to pay our debts and support a new generation of science education, basic research and funds to encourage writers/entertainers to create scifi/space shows to inspire a new generation of scientists. 07:17 vertigo: he's the dude that built SpaceShipOne, with backing from Richard Branson/Virgin 07:17 lol SteamPoweredCat that would never happen 07:17 you're silly 07:17 At least I'm not a rapscallion. 07:17 yea im reading his wiki Eule 07:17 he's got the mutton chops we need 07:17 SteamPoweredCat: why are we not the #1 country in the world now? 07:18 Eule, I thought he did it because he was Burt fucking Rutan, and Branson came along after? 07:18 SteamPoweredCat: we can blow up anybody we want, a couple of times over! 07:18 Eule: that's why. 07:18 so can a lot of countries 07:18 IceKarma: well, he was designing all kinds of nifty composite aircraft and stuff and making money on his own 07:18 ωνω Signoff Zannick: #xkcd (Broken pipe) 07:18 ωνω Zannick [mick@hide-49C40DDC.res.cmu.edu] has joined #xkcd 07:18 no one wins in thermonuclear holocaust 07:18 1 all 07:18 IceKarma: but I don't know that he had the heaping piles of cash to make a rocket ship, until Branson gave him a money 07:18 vertigo: coupled with immigration reform, where we'll take students from all over the world and tempt them to stay if they do well and offer them citizenship + visas for their extended families. 07:19 I love that American kids are saying "wanker" now. It always does my heart good when cultures come together to share their most treasured insults and swearwords. 07:19 i'll vote for you SteamPoweredCat 07:19 vertigo: so we'd get the best and brightest to come to school here, then lure them to stay 07:19 of course you'll just join the dark side once you get in office 07:19 any illegals in college here would get the exact same offer 07:19 Lhyzz: Don't forget "bloody tosser". 07:19 maxh: never heard an American kid say that 07:19 Well I have. 07:19 would it be wrong to ship creationists to australia? 07:19 SteamPoweredCat, of course though, you'd also need a cultural overhaul too. 07:20 tell them the world is ending build and ark or something 07:20 vertigo, yes, then they'd be closer to us =[ 07:20 with a temporary amnesty for children and their families in school/college 07:20 vertigo: Yes. It's a violation to ship toxic waste to another country. 07:20 as much as i like discriminating against people for their thoughts 07:20 vertigo, ... then tow it out to sea and sink it? 07:20 lol maxh 07:20 Good Citizens(tm) have nothing to fear 07:20 that would be in poor taste IceKarma 07:20 Jax184: did you go a park in town, or out in the sticks somewhere? (idea: international retrogaming peace park. do just that, but on the US/Canada border) 07:20 although id totally do it 07:20 Of course, you could always just let the bajillion poisonous animals deal with them 07:20 so long as any of the kid remained in school (unless someone commits a crime, then that person gets booted on the spot) 07:20 apparently i had the upbringing that would make me suitable for such a task 07:21 lol Potassium 07:21 Actually that's kinda what i want to run on when i do run for congress :3 07:21 you got my vote 07:21 and eventually the presidency. Too bad i'll lose badly no matter what i say 07:21 SteamPoweredCat, I will become an American citizen, just so I can vote for you. 07:21 ωνω Ebby [ae34370d@hide-6C77D8AA.mibbit.com] has joined #xkcd 07:21 fedora around? 07:21 SteamPoweredCat, I imagine you'd probably get more support than you'd think ;D 07:21 i want to start an underground assassins guild that keeps the goverment in check 07:22 Arab, Atheist, Queer and Texan. 07:22 wait what 07:22 He asked her if he could wear her underpants after she pooped in them for him. 07:22 anytime anyone even thinks about proposing to ban cigarettes or censor something we show up with katanas and shurikens 07:22 Bucket, ewww 07:22 * Bucket gets the mop. 07:22 Well, I'm Atheist, Female, Queer, and - uh. 07:22 vertigo: the libertarian mafia strikes again! 07:22 Utahn? I don't want to be a utahn! 07:22 oh and female. 07:23 * SteamPoweredCat high 5s ebby! 07:23 ^5 07:23 I'm white. :( 07:23 You're so white, you're #GGGGGG 07:23 Utah sounds like a foreign name, they must be communist, am I right? 07:23 worse 07:23 mormons 07:23 * Bucket tars and feathers vertigo. 07:23 Potassium: They have multiple wives and no booze 07:23 Sounds pretty communist to me. 07:23 white people! 07:23 vertigo++ 07:23 White people invented cocaine to keep the black man down. 07:23 It comes from the indian tribe name 'Ute' 07:24 Damn dirty commies 07:24 * Potassium shakes his fist in the air 07:24 mormons wanted to name the place 'Deseret' 07:24 FEDORA 07:24 problem-attic is in need of meetings with more slutty gay/bi boys 07:24 ship the mormons to australia too 07:24 Ebby: the beehive signs for the highways are kinda cool 07:24 MEh. 07:24 ωνω Slix` [slix@hide-AECC1720.hsd1.il.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 07:24 vertigo: they ship themselves all over the world! 07:24 ωνω Signoff Goosey: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 07:24 True that! 07:24 when i spit out my mouthwash, the drain in the sink sizzles 07:24 Eule: I just went out near the beach 07:24 we need to keep them contained Ebby 07:25 My brother went to Alaska, mother went to Argentina, and my father to Germany 07:25 i love the age of reason 07:25 i wish i had a copy and not just a library card 07:25 I have two. 07:25 vertigo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Age_of_Reason ? 07:25 i spent 200$ on used books one day 07:26 im trying to expand my library 07:26 I prefer the hard way. 07:26 yes Eule 07:26 vertigo, I've done that a couple of times. 07:26 SteamPoweredCat, so are you actually somewhere in the political area? 07:26 ωνω Signoff IAmRoot: #xkcd (Broken pipe) 07:26 i went to barnes and noble the other day 07:26 i wish i could live there 07:26 ωνω Plastefuchs [w00t@hide-F5BE548E.dip.t-dialin.net] has joined #xkcd 07:26 My dad's a libertarian. But he's an asshole. 07:26 live on coffee and biscuits 07:27 vertigo: look at the bottom of that article, there are links to PDF and online versions. Project Gutenberg will also have it in several versions 07:27 i have a pdf Eule 07:27 i want a hardcopy though 07:27 i have like 50,000 pdfs 07:27 Don't you have a printer? 07:27 ωνω Signoff F00D: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 07:27 More importantly, doesn't your office have a printer? 07:27 inks expensive 07:27 That it is. 07:28 So use the office printer. 07:28 i printed cummings and bukowski books 07:28 Potassium: actually i'm just out of law school and am trying to work my way into the democrat party 07:28 200 pages for bukowski alone 07:28 and it wasnt even 1/3 of his poems 07:28 I has teh Laserjet 4M+. <3 HP when they still had the cluefire. 07:28 dont do it SteamPoweredCat its a trap 07:28 (IOW, before Carly?) 07:28 I like Dickinson and Cummings. They both have horrible names 07:28 maxh: More or less 07:28 if you know what I mean 07:28 I'll know what you mean if you catch my drift. 07:29 I mean I like them for their poetry. 07:29 i like anne sexton better than dickinson 07:29 SteamPoweredCat \o/ 07:29 SteamPoweredCat: have you passed the bar? or do you always stop in? 07:30 i'm taking the bar in a week 07:30 what does the bar consist of 07:30 multiple choice? 07:30 I should be in bed. 07:30 multiple choice is http://www.savagechickens.com/images/chickenmultiple.jpg 07:30 Has anyone any idea where to buy used IB books? 07:30 SteamPoweredCat, I can imagine you'd get a lot of support from other countries :P 07:30 tons of law :3 muiple choice, essay, short answer 07:30 FUCK ESSAYS 07:30 oh Bucket that picture was too perfect 07:30 I like writing 07:30 but I fucking HATE essays 07:31 * Potassium should buy a proper mouse pad 07:31 I currently have a sheet of cardboard :P 07:31 * Walther doesn't have a mouse 07:31 do any of you find as soon as you have to write something for a test you get writers block? 07:31 I'd rather do an hour of multiple choice than one page essay 07:31 fuck essays. 07:31 same Ebby 07:32 unless its about something i care about 07:32 Ebby, I think anyone would >.> 07:32 <3 Multiple choice 07:32 actually its 6 hours mutlple choice, 6 hours short anser and 3 hours for the essay 07:32 Ebby: i'd rather write two essays than do a single sheet of multiple choice 07:32 AP History, why so many essays? I nearly failed you because of that shittyness 07:32 SteamPoweredCat: how many days is that split up over? 07:32 i wish i had that kind of brain Walther 07:32 3 07:33 I purposely failed a class, actually 07:33 i should have been a lawyer 07:33 well, it was one quarter of the class 07:33 :S 07:33 at least in our school, almost every multiple choice question has answers too similar 07:33 And I made it up over the summer 07:33 i could fuck with the system from inside 07:33 instead of sending mail bombs to judges 07:33 it is impossible to distinguish if it is a trick question /answer 07:33 SteamPoweredCat: how long does it take to get the test results? when do you take out the two-page Yellow Pages ad and get a 1-800 number? 8> 07:33 with the summer packet, was the only book I've really ever liked that they assigned in high school 07:34 that hand those out once you pass along with cake Eule 07:34 2-3 months 07:34 * Rena waves to the FBI. 07:34 I vote that #xkcd takes over the world tbh. 07:34 * vertigo deletes fucking everything 07:34 it would never fucking work 07:34 i presume tbh is to be honest 07:35 Rena: kennedy bush clinton obama cocaine guns iraq iran north korea! 07:35 spend 5 hours debating 07:35 Did any of you really enjoy any of the books you were assigned in high school? 07:35 ωνω Signoff whatu: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 07:35 ALSO FUCK STEINBECK 07:35 I haaaaaaate steinbeck 07:35 hate. 07:35 FUCK STEINBECK 07:35 HATE 07:35 ωνω whatu [x@hide-5FCDAFC3.red-80-26-68.staticip.rima-tde.net] has joined #xkcd 07:35 FUK STENFCK 07:35 ωνω Signoff Potassium: #xkcd (Connection reset by peer) 07:35 DAMN THAT GUY 07:35 wait 07:35 ωνω Potassium [The-Rabid-@CB525C83.CD5A919.4DFCE4FA.IP] has joined #xkcd 07:35 i think i liked some of his stuff 07:35 FSCK STEINFSCK 07:35 STUCK FEINBECK 07:35 Eule, nukes plutonium bomb the whitehouse president assassinate 9/11 07:35 who the hells steinbeck 07:35 I reckon we'd do quite well at running the world. 07:35 but it might've just been because my gf at the time was hinto gim 07:35 And we could talk in here daily about stuff, and figure out what to do. 07:35 See, now that's what the world leaders need, they need an IRC chatroom. 07:35 Grapes of wrath, of mice and men, dinosplosion 07:35 "nuke korea?" 07:35 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steinbeck 07:35 oh 07:36 and my teachers fucking loved him 07:36 yeah mice and men i think i liked 07:36 ohhh 07:36 eh 07:36 teachers got all that stuff goin on 07:36 mice and men gave me cancer 07:36 so... anyone knows any good IB book stores? 07:36 the move of mice and men was alright 07:36 Rena: somewhere a little purple LED is blinking 07:36 I hated honors English 'THIS IS WHAT THIS MEANS HURR DURR' 07:36 Walther: I don't know what an "IB" book is 07:36 mostly because of john whatsisface 07:36 Man's inhumanity against man! OVER AND OVER AGAIN 07:36 And each of them would have their countries as their nick name, and they would talk about w/e 07:36 That goddamn theme 07:36 ωνω fridge [fridge@hide-B3092CB4.lnse3.cha.bigpond.net.au] has joined #xkcd 07:36 * Ebby seethes 07:36 * Bucket boils. 07:36 what i hated in english was poetry essays "whats the meaning of the poem" 07:36 * Potassium ruptures 07:37 I DONT FUCKING KNOW 07:37 ITS A FUCKING POEM 07:37 it could be about a butterfly or it could be about china 07:37 Potassium: legislation in SVN, or any code versioning system really, first 07:37 who fucking knows 07:37 exactly Ebby 07:37 EXACTLY 07:37 within a skosh! 07:37 it has no meaning 07:37 That's why I like poetry 07:37 Ebby: man is pretty inhumane to other man 07:37 Everyone takes a different meaning! 07:37 leglislation should run on trac 07:37 thats why i like it now 07:37 being tested on in pissed me off 07:37 it* 07:37 what I didn't like about some of the "find the meaning of the text" in english classes was that a few teachers thought there was a right answer 07:37 What I hate about English essays is when they give you an assignment about what the meaning of this poem is, and you write about what it means to you, and they tell you that you're wrong :| 07:37 lolololol it might look like this guy's writing about something but ACTUALLY he's just talking about 07:37 hux: I know, but that was the supposed 'meaning' of everything we read 07:37 Ebby: but you're lucky enough to have the right meaning right infront of you, the one your teacher holds woo 07:38 whereas for most stuff there are at least a couple of plausible things that you could argue 07:38 Potassium: exactly 07:38 Within one standard deviation. 07:38 yea Eule if they had phrased it "what do you think the poem means" it would have been better 07:38 HONORS ENGLISH, FUCK OFF 07:38 Potassium: "I WAS THINKING ABOUT RACISM" 07:38 who are these honors and why do they have so much hate in them 07:38 hux, I remeber having a go at my year 10? (Maybe year 9) English teacher about that. 07:38 AP History was okay, except for the fucking essays. 07:38 AP History was okay, except for fucking the essays. 07:39 Also I never studied and got okay scores 07:39 haha classmates. HAGHA 07:39 Ebby: so did the rest of the #xkcd :3 07:39 same here Potassium after having to do an essay on a robert frost poem 07:39 also that sort of essays shouldn't really be called essays 07:39 hux, because I looked at this short story, and I read it and came up with something entirely different, but could justify it entirely. 07:39 But I was apparently -still- wrong. 07:39 THAT'S NOT THE LESSON 07:39 LEARN THE LESSON! 07:39 I liked being TA because it made me feel extremely smart and superior 07:39 * Deltantor facepalms 07:39 http://tinyurl.com/apm55h 07:39 "Clones are people two." 07:40 So I took my complaint to the dean, and they got an independant person to mark it. 07:40 I got nearly full marks :3 07:40 the point is exactly that you DON'T start with and try to argue it with big words 07:40 And I was smarter than that damn class 07:40 Deltantor: clone, clone of my own, with the Y chromosome changed to X 07:40 7/15 on a worksheet a 12 year old could do when you are a junior? GTFO, you idiot 07:40 no one with a high school diploma ever conquered asia 07:41 I never had a senior year 07:41 i loved moving from private school to public school 07:41 that was fun 07:41 real essay::philosophy == "essay"::sophistry 07:41 basically my idea for getting the country on track it run on national pride, we need it back yesterday + fiscal conservative but with all BRING THE SCIENCE! 07:41 my private school was worse 07:41 but the private school was a mormon private school 07:41 flyingferret: Should I get out of bed? 07:41 No way. 07:41 SteamPoweredCat, awesome :P 07:41 flyingferret: <3 07:41 Blogofractal: http://xkcd.com/124 ("...1 Sassy/RSS!/A-list/<3/Trackable URL?/I ...") - 2008 Christmas Special: http://xkcd.com/521 ("...Christmas from XKCD <3 [[The last panel is ...") - Sierpinski Valentine: http://xkcd.com/543 ("...You're the best. <3 ...") - Westley's a Dick: http://xkcd.com/549 (".../Buttercup 4eva <3 ...") 07:41 ferret: should I go to bed? 07:41 Certainly not. 07:42 Ebby: "who invented electricity?!" "god did!" 07:42 god damnnit 07:42 i love those QAs 07:42 hux I got a better one 07:42 SteamPoweredCat, make sure you don't encourage crazy patriotism though. 07:42 we were doing long division in 3rd grade and now i cant even do division in my head after public school 07:42 marijuana probably had something to do with that though 07:42 Totally serious, from public school history class.: Which COUNTRY attacked pearl harbor? PEARL HARBOR 07:43 lol what 07:43 Madagascar! 07:43 Someone coughed in brazil? SHUT. DOWN. EVERYTHING!! 07:43 We did long division in primary school, about year 5, and then never used it until year 13, in calculus >.> 07:43 Bucket: <3 07:43 god. damn. madagascar. 07:43 * Bucket teabags Fagerlund 07:43 vertigo: if you are in university, there may be an explanation for that 07:43 Or I never did anyway. 07:43 And that class pissed me off chatting about prom while the video was talking about how in the Holocaust prisioner's skin was made into lampshades. but who cares about old people or jews or anything that happened over 10 years ago? 07:43 bomb za haba 07:43 WE HAVE PROM OMG YAY 07:43 ωνω natjo [natjo@4494CE0D.3B5BA635.C4732465.IP] has left #xkcd () 07:43 ωνω Signoff koalaknife: #xkcd (Quit: have a g night) 07:43 * Ebby is still grudgey and pissed off 07:43 well Eule i stopped using math in...9th grade because of calculators and just lost it 07:44 HOW DO I LOOK, DEAR GOD HOW DO I LOOK 07:44 oh the humanity 07:44 Hey, I'm here too, ya know. 07:44 i'll forget my mothers name if i dont see her often 07:44 which has happend 07:44 If I remembered who was in that class I would punch each one of those motherfuckers in the face 07:44 vertigo: that's OK, I see her a lot, I'll remind you 07:44 thanks Eule 07:44 vertigo: stick with "mom" 07:44 ωνω Signoff Umm_: #xkcd (Quit: Leaving) 07:44 you're a pal :D 07:44 vertigo: 8> 07:44 Fuckers. 07:44 * Ebby is still angry, obviously 07:45 those are your countrymen. who will save them from themselves? 07:45 I caused the rest of the class to laugh in 8th grade social studies / civics 07:45 mom doesnt work on a form hux 07:45 who will save us from them when they vote even. 07:45 Teacher asked who was the Secretary of the Treasury, I knew it was a guy named Byrd, so I said "Byrd" 07:45 vertigo: that form is harming your indigo child aura! sue the bastards! 07:45 oh my 07:45 i had no idea 07:45 Potassium: Well the most I'm going to do is: I grew up believing that America was #1, we were the best in the world. Then I grew up hearing we're falling behind, and when I graduated, we were behind China, Japan, and the EU. Where has my country gone? The last generation of politicians has pursued selfishly ideological goals rather than run our country responsibility, they squandered you tax dollars, put us in debt and neglected the 07:45 that's because you are of below average intellegence 07:45 Ebby: are you the teacher or in the class? 07:45 Teacher asked for his first name and after pondering a while the only thing I could come up with was "Larry" 07:45 in the class 07:45 I'm only 19, Lhyzz. 07:46 Ebby: i can't keep track of all you people 07:46 ;) 07:46 i couldnt name anyone in the current goverment Eule 07:46 If I was the teacher, I'd definitely punch them all in the face 07:46 besides obama 07:46 a prom at 19? 07:46 SteamPoweredCat: beliefs vs reality! also, determining what reality is! 07:46 No, this was two years ago 07:46 vertigo, hilary clinton :P 07:46 I was never asked to any school dance. Never went 07:46 oh 07:46 whos that Potassium ? 07:46 para sailin 07:46 Lesbian, ahoy 07:46 ;P 07:46 * Eule didn't go to prom 07:46 SteamPoweredCat, 'neglected the...." 07:46 anyone here studied International Baccalaureate? 07:46 balls? 07:47 i went to one school dance 07:47 f that noise 07:47 ωνω Velociraptors [Velocirapt@hide-67EC9EBA.lns20.syd6.internode.on.net] has joined #xkcd 07:47 i went to my 6th grade one and i think no others 07:47 oh 7th grade since they had ddr on softpads in a backroom 07:47 I have never been asked out. 07:47 that was sick 07:47 hux: i can't do anything about what's already in people's heads :3 07:47 * Eule went to the ones in junior high, and maybe one or two in high school 07:47 i was out robbing liquor stores while everyone else was at the prom 07:47 I'm more of a loner than most people on #xkcd 07:48 Ebby: I always get asked out by creepy guys 07:48 theres a pretty big bell curve Eule 07:48 I have a long distance girlfriend - but that doesn't really count as asking out. 07:48 SteamPoweredCat: shouldn't we do what we can because we must? 07:48 (intentional misquote) 07:48 Not even by a creepy guy, Lhyzz 07:48 * Potassium has only been asked out once. 07:48 hux: if you're talking bad science, i'm pretty much going to say: If it cannot be used in a lab, it cannot be taught in a classroom. Knocking out creationist science off the bat 07:48 That was like, 6 years ago XD 07:48 Apparently I'm an ugly fat chick or something 07:49 Potassium: but we do what we must because we can 07:49 * vertigo had sex with three girls this week 07:49 Ebby: i'll flirt with you and ask you out now! 07:49 the guys I like never ask me out 07:49 sad my genes wil prevail 07:49 will* 07:49 SteamPoweredCat: lolz I did said I have a girlfriend. 07:49 vertigo: you should castrate yourself now 07:49 :P 07:49 vertigo: you could... not 07:49 SteamPoweredCat: yeah... i'm not talking/thinking about your stance. i'm thinking how now you need to convince creationists to not fight for things like that 07:49 or find a way to 07:49 im planning too Lhyzz 07:49 but there was never an 'asking out' 07:49 Ebby: so do i! 07:49 well I don't! 07:49 i was looking up how much a vasectomy costs earlier 07:49 Lhyzz, ask them out then! 07:49 Ebby: DAMMIT at least be bi c'mon 07:49 hux: deceptive silence :3 07:49 vertigo: kitchen knives work too 07:50 hux: NO 07:50 SteamPoweredCat: i hear that either works or it doesn't.. forget which one 07:50 Potassium: that's ALWAYS awkward 07:50 Ebby: FINE 07:50 id like to be able to still have sex after Lhyzz 07:50 Lhyzz, maybe they think the same thing? :) 07:50 ;'( 07:50 hux: well they're going to e against me either way as a democrat, queer, woman, arab or lawyer 07:50 Lhyzz, and maybe they'd ask you out, but they'd feel it was awkward? :P 07:50 SteamPoweredCat: you need to adopt some jewish culture too btw 07:50 Lhyzz, solution to problem, you make the first move. 07:50 vertigo: after me, you won't ever feel the need to again 07:51 ωνω Cue [cueball61@hide-2C596018.cable.virginmedia.com] has joined #xkcd 07:51 why Lhyzz ? 07:51 vertigo: did you say "three girls this week"? 07:51 Lhyzz is a preying mantis 07:51 yes Walther 07:51 vertigo: it's frigging monday 07:51 hux: i look jewish. 07:51 SteamPoweredCat: that works 07:51 Because it's science, bitches! 07:51 oh well i guess the week ended yesterday 07:51 I look...manly, I guess 07:51 vertigo: i'm that good. nvm... i was just making fun of the way you phrased that 07:51 vertigo: well, still, ew 07:51 oh Lhyzz lol 07:52 yea Walther im sure you would never do that 07:52 I don't wear makeup 07:52 hux: i has the arab/jew nose 07:52 Ebby: oooo you sound cute! 07:52 what 07:52 wait I'm German, SteamPoweredCat, that means I have to 'oppress' you 07:52 well, I'm Americanm 07:52 Ebby: it's a trap 07:52 ONOZ 07:52 Ebby: oppress me baby! 07:52 but 15/16 of my ancestry is German stock! 07:52 vertigo: nope, been with the same girl for like... 20 months now 07:53 Eule: i' m trap. I should know :3 07:53 I am Jewish but a lot of people think I'm Italian, or even latina. 07:53 I've been mistaken for Persian 07:53 same here SteamPoweredCat everyone asks me if im jewish 07:53 oh fine 07:53 * Bucket wins. 07:53 Lhyzz: I get italian, jew, greek and persian 07:53 I'll go take a cell pic of myself 07:53 it is weird! 07:53 Lhyzz: that might be either really nice thing or not-so-nie 07:53 SteamPoweredCat: oh yeah someone once asked me if I was Greek 07:54 * Jax184 gives Bucket a night to remember 07:54 * Bucket drops TL|DR's internet connection and takes a night to remember. 07:54 longest i've been in a relationship is two years Walther 07:54 Walther: well it was a Persian guy who thought I was Persian 07:54 * Jax184 gives Bucket a shot 07:54 * Bucket hands Jax184 billygoat in exchange for a shot 07:54 theres pros and cons to both 07:54 * Jax184 humps billygoat 07:54 TYPO IN THE COMIC. :3 07:54 Jax184: you're going to have kids! 07:54 Little old hispanic ladies always grab my arm and try to get me to translate for them 07:54 This is old news, isn't it? ._. 07:55 my god when the hell did my chin get so goddamn pointy 07:55 ωνω Wasgood [Wasgood@hide-F7C14C07.static.tpgi.com.au] has joined #xkcd 07:55 sharp knees and now chins what 07:55 Ebby: Can you stab someone with it? 07:55 Not yet 07:56 eat a tub of peanut butter a day Ebby 07:56 http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b47/marskitten/Photo124.jpg - me before my boobs decided to grow again after i lost weight 07:56 do 500 pushups and 400 squats 07:56 Cue: also, the price for the 100 MHz pentium is a little high 07:56 heh 07:56 SteamPoweredCat: you only have one eye! 07:56 Yarr! 07:56 SteamPoweredCat: are you fedora? 07:57 ccvertigo: even if you're fit enough to do that many, it'd take like 45 minutes :x 07:57 vertigo: No she's someone else entirely with no boobs. 07:57 living next to the hospital sucks when life flight comes 07:57 SteamPoweredCat: is that taken at a Dave & Buster's or something? 07:57 Cue: I bought one in April 1995 (because the 120 MHz wasn't out yet). IIRC it was 100 MHz, 16 MB, 1 GB, 2 or 4 MB video, two serial, one parallel, 17" Trinitron CRT, was $3000ish 07:57 okay here have a creepy backlit full of teeth Ebby: http://i26.tinypic.com/10rvh36.jpg 07:57 Lhyzz: nah a theater while i was tooling about in the cafe there 07:57 Nice 07:57 * Velociraptors roll in & unfurl. Happy evening, folks! 07:58 Velociraptors: haihaihai! 07:58 * Jax184 pokes Velociraptors 07:58 haiho :) 07:58 That is what I look like, of two minutes ago 07:58 fedora: besides she's right here. 07:58 my godfather has installed the first burning cd tray in the city 07:58 Jax184: 'ellos :) 07:58 and now paying attention 07:58 Velociraptors: http://www.jax184.com/pictures/T1i_6705s.JPG 07:58 pls tell me he's the one of the left :3 07:59 but the right one is fine too. 07:59 okay fine 07:59 * Ebby stops attention whoring with photos 07:59 cant stop listening to this song 07:59 Walther: you mean he did this recently? 08:00 Ebby: not bad! 08:00 Way cool. 08:00 Jax184: Ace! Videogames in nature \o/ 08:00 woot mario kart 64 in grass 08:00 ohshi 08:00 I just noticed the creepy red thing behind me in the photo 08:00 Fagerlund: "Go outside and play" 08:00 make it stop 08:00 also, "Green power" 08:00 Jax184: Where do you find flowers like that?! 08:01 Ebby: leer stare! 08:01 this tilt tastes like someone mixed mad dog malt liquor and robotussin 08:01 That is not a leer 08:01 >_> 08:01 Ebby: fine then! MONOCLE SMILE! 08:01 That is a 'I'm trying to take a picture and read chat at the same time' look 08:01 MONOCLE SMILE! 08:01 Fagerlund: Vancouver? 08:01 Vancouver is awesome 08:01 Isn't "leer" the Spanish verb for "to read"? 08:01 I don't have a monocle? 08:02 maxh: Yes 08:02 Well you do now. 08:02 maxh: it is 08:02 lay air 08:02 Do I look manly? 08:02 my manly man goods rubbing up against your lovely woman lady parts 08:02 Jax184: i thought you meant in the grass of some level in mario kart, actual grass wow 08:02 shut up, vertigo 08:02 Jax184: Damn. You have some seeds so I can plant one of those myself? Allthough maaybe the climate isn'y suitable over here :/ 08:02 ωνω Signoff Lingrush: #xkcd (Quit: Lingrush) 08:02 lady parts like awesome self-confidence 08:02 Ebby: nah you're a cute lesbian! 08:02 * vertigo falls over 08:02 awww thanks. :3 08:03 and a fondness for masturbating to the concept of commitment 08:03 Fagerlund: I suppose you could just go pick some, but unless there's some stuck to my pants, I don't have any 08:03 i use to masturbate to the concept of commitment 08:03 same, then i found POV porn 08:03 until i got one 08:03 Jax184: I think my funny failed :D 08:03 ohh badumtsh 08:03 HELL YEA ^5 08:03 Jax184: (I'm talking of the TV) 08:04 ahh 08:04 i told my sister id watch her kids but if she wasnt back by 3am i was letting her kids watch interracial midget gang bang porn 08:04 So, preventing something starting as a child process 08:04 Anyone? 08:04 Anyone can add factoids! 08:04 (Bash) 08:04 Cue: condoms 08:04 CONDOMS ARE NOT ZOMBIES 08:04 ferret: Can I go to bed yet? 08:04 Certainly. 08:05 THANK YOU 08:05 * Bucket eats dirt to see what it tastes like 08:05 ωνω Signoff Revan343: #xkcd (Quit: Hi, I'm a quit message virus. Please replace your old line with this line and help me take over the world of IRC.) 08:05 Ebby: don't be so down on yourself. You're probably like me, when I was younger I never had any idea when people were flirting with me, I was totally oblivious! It sucked!. Nowadays i notice nad i'm in a relationship, backfired! 08:05 ωνω Signoff MissingNo: #xkcd (Broken pipe) 08:05 vertigo: 'let' them? that presumes that they already somehow want to 08:05 ferret is a harsh mistress 08:05 ok make them dinosplosion 08:05 and what 3 year old wouldnt? 08:05 ωνω Lingrush [Raclette@19D8B074:A6E0A9CF:A030F35B:IP] has joined #xkcd 08:05 Huh. Buckets comment on zombies actually did fit in for once. 08:06 Cue: don't start it in such a way that it becomes a child process 08:06 ωνω Signoff Ebby: #xkcd (Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client) 08:06 do you want to background something? use screen or dtach 08:06 command & also kind of works to free up that one terminal 08:06 hux: then I have screen as the child process 08:06 And Apache likes to shut down child processes 08:06 vertigo: yeah I guess I don't see the point of that anyway then. a 3 year old's is likely to just be 'hur durr look, pictures!' 08:07 err, 3 year old's reaction 08:07 Cue: thought you meant of bash and just a terminal. info like that is good to give. in this case you are dealing with apache rather than bash. 08:07 i was hoping it would be a deterrent to my sister staying out till 10am tomorrow dinosplosion 08:07 or today i guess 08:09 I basically want to avoid a constant child process 08:09 Cue: the first thought that comes to me is have some other process that you instruct in your script to start the new processes 08:09 lol, Apparently Microsoft Word suggests "Egghead" as a spelling correction for "Geoghegan", our student president is called Hariet Geoghegan, so she is now apparently also an egghead :P 08:09 of course that seems bad for security 08:10 that sounds like a setup for a joke that ends with you getting fired Potassium 08:10 * Cue looks at his current code 08:10 err, in case that was unclear, a daemon process under which other things would run 08:11 ωνω MissingNo [k52-arch@49B46C61.E4066EB5.53B25726.IP] has joined #xkcd 08:11 This is the code right now: nohup catchsegv ./' . $vbulletin->options['ms_file'] . ' ' . @intval($vbulletin->options['ms_port']) . ' > nohup.out 08:11 ms_file and ms_port are just variables for the path and port of the server. 08:12 was capote any good? 08:12 Is there really no simple way to emancipate a process? :| 08:13 whats a good name for a graffiti crew? 08:13 "bash -c '$COMMAND &' &" or something might do it 08:13 le sigh 08:14 something like the double-fork magic they use generally in unix to daemonize processes 08:14 my graffiti handle is jabberwocky 08:14 actually, what's the command to see the parent of a process? 08:15 pstree ? 08:15 pstree -a 08:15 And why is that covered in random French chars? ._. 08:16 ωνω Protected [Join@hide-A4CBDA27.net] has joined #xkcd 08:16 ωνω Signoff MissingNo: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 08:17 ωνω Signoff eternaleye: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 08:17 Hmm... 08:17 See now, I was told this was acting as a child process of apache or something 08:17 It's not displaying as a child... 08:18 ωνω Signoff Prott: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 08:18 when I was a child process, I spoke as a child process... 08:18 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 08:18 Cue: oh, pstree uses unicode chars to prettify the output it seems 08:18 ωνω Signoff Slix`: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 08:18 ebby : Why so down on yaself? 08:19 anyway "bash -c '$COMAND &' &" seems to successfully emancipate the process according to pstree 08:21 try killing apache after emancipation 08:21 kill the parents, raise the child 08:21 name it after you 08:21 hux: emancipates the children, THE HARD WAY. 08:21 teach it to hate what its parents believed in 08:22 cheers, dinosplosion 08:23 hi Glench! 08:23 Everyone say hi to Glench 08:24 SteamPoweredCat: whats a 3L mean? 08:24 Hej Glench. 08:24 ωνω moshev [~moshev@hide-5016950B.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de] has joined #xkcd 08:24 vertigo: 3L means a third year law student 08:24 k 08:24 How many years are there? 08:24 usually 3, some schools do 4 08:24 ωνω Signoff scgtrp: #xkcd (Broken pipe) 08:25 no probs Cue 08:25 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6014022229458915912# 08:25 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 08:25 why the law school qs? 08:25 dinosplosion: Still dies when I restart httpd. :( 08:26 vertigo: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8167533318153586646&hl=en&emb=1 08:26 my damn copy and paste wont work in urxvt for some reason 08:26 tell the police everything you know always, "stop snitching" is destroying communities. 08:27 never 08:27 hux: unless you're a suspect or even in a pool of possible suspects. 08:27 Cue: :( 08:27 SteamPoweredCat: if you have a pulse, you're in the pool of possible suspects 08:28 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 08:28 Eule: well reasonable pool 08:28 Cue: can you maybe attach to the process with gdb and see how it's being killed? 08:28 SteamPoweredCat: i'm more countering the "never talk to police" with "there might be some case in which not talking on a large scale has been shown to be really bad" 08:28 george carlin everyones a rat says it all 08:28 and i cite the stop snitching stuff 08:28 CHild of apache fork, when apache fork dies the process dies too 08:28 08:28 vertigo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzsjB9UqWnQ ? 08:29 qualities really shitty hux 08:29 but yea thats the skit 08:29 yeah 08:29 everyones a fucking rat 08:29 ωνω Signoff Agent_Irons: #xkcd (Quit: Agent_Irons) 08:30 I'm no rat, I'm a wolf! 08:30 you have nothing to hide citizen. wear your "how's my driving" number with pride. 08:30 ωνω Signoff Surreal: #xkcd (Quit: ChatZilla 0.9.86 [Firefox 3.6.6/20100625231939]) 08:30 I am going to buy socks tomorrow. and I am going to have them embroidered with my initials. because every goddamn time I buy socks, either my dad or my brother fucking steal them. 08:30 sign up now to be an early tester for "how's my walking" 08:30 Cue: i was thinking find out what signal is actually getting received 08:30 chrisbrl88: you can cut off embroidery, permanent dye might be better 08:30 vertigo: well i'd say this, don't talk to the police unless you're willing to risk being convicted of a crime 08:31 hux: I did that last time. three weeks ago. and got bitched at when I stole "their" socks. 08:31 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 08:31 whether apache actually directly kills it, or some random socket is dissappearing, idk 08:31 ωνω scgtrp [scgtrp@hide-71E2A797.hsd1.fl.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 08:31 SteamPoweredCat: how do you balance that against communities being torn from the inside out due to no one talking to police from the "stop snitching" stuff? 08:32 chrisbrl88: dang, gl 08:32 ωνω Slix` [~slix@hide-AECC1720.hsd1.il.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 08:32 ωνω thlassa [thlassa@hide-BC69D6AA.adsl.ihug.co.nz] has joined #xkcd 08:32 hux: even though I bought socks that said "joe boxer" on them. that were ankle cut. and neither of them wear ankle cut socks. or joe boxer socks. 08:32 dinosplosion: According to the server owner, who has been looking over it, it's apache killing it 08:32 hux: there's snitching which is reporting a crime and talking to the police whom are in the middle of an investigation looking for suspects. 08:32 theres two types of people, people who think theres two types of people and those who dont 08:32 hux: I interpreted that as 'you, vertigo, probably shouldn't talk to the police personally' :p 08:33 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 08:33 SteamPoweredCat: so talking to the police around the scene of a crime that happened not too long ago is which of those? 08:33 dinosplosion: well.. vertigo is getting locked up so fast the first time he talked to police 08:33 So, R.U.S.E on Steam 08:34 hux: only if you're willing to put the spotlight on yourself, and risk those statements being used against you later 08:34 hux: only against you, never for you. The police will never testify in your favor. 08:35 SteamPoweredCat: you seem to have an issue with the police 08:35 individualist extremism might be at the cost of one's community 08:35 chrisbrl88: SteamPoweredCat just got done with law school 08:35 Eule: ah. it all makes sense then. 08:36 for the record i am totally for not talking to police basically ever, but i'm playing devil's advocate since i have a moral quandary over who i might be hurting by doing it 08:36 or not doing it 08:36 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 08:36 SteamPoweredCat: sure they will. (assuming they actually want to find the actual perpetrator, possibly and unreliable assumption) 08:37 hux: if you've done nothing wrong, then you have nothing to be worried about 08:37 absolute power isn't what corrupts, limited power is 08:37 SteamPoweredCat: testifying against someone else is pretty much the same as testifying 'for' you 08:37 chrisbrl88: have you watched these? http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8167533318153586646&hl=en&emb=1 08:37 and http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6014022229458915912# 08:37 the police have limited power, and they look for every opportunity they can to use that power 08:37 pretty sure any amount of power over a certain threshold corrupts 08:37 hux: I don't have to. within one second of clicking on it, I see a misinterpretation of the fifth amendment 08:38 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 08:38 i've never heard of someone being more controlled because they had too much power 08:38 no, that's what I'm trying to express, that there is no lower threshold 08:38 dinosplosion: if i were a lawyer (a few weeks) giving advice to someone who got a call from the police and wanted to talk to them I would warn them of all the things against testifying and say my offical advice is don't talk to them. 08:38 chrisbrl88: your word vs a policeman's? 08:38 but fortunately, the police aren't the ones who convict 08:38 oh yeah legally and to stay out of jail it's totally one-sided, doing your duty to your community/country/etc not so much 08:39 hux: if I am being honest, and there are others who know I am telling the truth, then I have nothing to worryabout. 08:40 hux: the police arrest and enforce. judges and prosecutors are the ones who convict. 08:41 trial by a jury of your peers is twisted 08:41 hux: would you rather an officer arrest the mexican/black guy/shady-lookin-person walking up the side of your house at 1AM or give them the benefit of the doubt and think "oh, they must be admiring the landscaping!" 08:41 do you really feel secure knowing joe schmoe from chevron has your freedom in his hands? 08:41 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 08:41 chrisbrl88: Go read about the innocence project (i worked there!) and DNA exonerating people. The police's job is to find whom is likely to have committed the crime, someone who fits the evidence, conduct an investigation and hand their results to the prosecutor. The evidence that is found isn't a perfect picture and multiple people can find a suspect's profile. 08:42 fit a profile? 08:42 SteamPoweredCat: granted, a certain number of innocent people DO end up in prison. but it is less than .05% of all those incarcerated. 08:42 that seems a little low 08:42 chrisbrl88: that needs a citation 08:43 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 08:43 vertigo: i'd be feel a bit happier if it were 'trial by a jury of people with a deep education in probability theory and use of evidence' 08:43 * Flibberdy profiles sheepbat. 08:43 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CyuBuT_7I4 08:43 Flibberdy: http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/ronhuff.htm 08:43 yea but what about in towns where cows out number people 200/1 08:44 ωνω Signoff moshev: #xkcd (Quit: Lost terminal) 08:44 "Based on these results, Huff estimated conservatively that 0.5 percent of the 1,993,880 convictions for index" 08:44 chrisbrl88: incarceration and lost at trial are too different things. Most suspects confess when caught or later plead guilty. I'd be more interested in seeing the wrongfully convicted rate of those who actually went to trial without a guilty plea 08:44 or educated people in general, but defining 'education in general' is a bit more tricky 08:45 chrisbrl88: just for fun, if you've got an hour or two free, just watching a bit of those videos might be good 08:45 vertigo: I wouldn't wanna be up against 12 people who were too stupid to get out of jury duty. but regardless, whether or not you face that jury is up to a prosecutor - not a police officer doing his job 08:45 just so you know the arguments on their side 08:45 hooray for public pretenders 08:45 i mean defenders 08:45 chrisbrl88: I hate to break it to you, but that page doesn't say what you think it does 08:46 hux: my future mother-in-law is a prosecutor, my dad is a cop, and I've been arrested. I've seen all sides of it. 08:46 ωνω Signoff iWaldo: #xkcd (Quit: iWaldo) 08:46 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 08:47 Flibberdy: it says what I think it says. there is a margin of error. 08:48 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 08:48 chrisbrl88: The article is about how different people guess the number and points out that most people get it wrong 08:48 he's estimating off what people feel the wrongful conviction rate is 08:49 why didn't he just look at actual numbers? 08:49 cause you can't really test for that kind of thing accurately 08:49 Also, that only categorises "index crimes" 08:49 you can say how many people were absolved of crimes... 08:49 Stereo: but you can test for "people that got out on appeal" at least 08:50 and people who've had convictions overturned 08:50 better than "let's phone up some people and ask them what they think" 08:50 chrisbrl88: I've sat through cases read them from to back from the first police report to their final appeals. I trust cases based on physical evidence far more than I do witness testimony. Any conviction based solely on witness testimony to me would never get beyond a shadow of a doubt. But circumstantial evidence can and does convict people. 08:50 espeecially as they apparently asked almost no public defenders 08:51 SteamPoweredCat: it is well-established that eyewitness testimony is very unreliable. 08:51 yeah, there are similar things you can measure for 08:51 fuck the law 08:51 SteamPoweredCat: in class, did they talk about having to explain to juries that not everything is like CSI? 08:51 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 08:51 eule: what? there's no TV camera filming my every move? damn 08:51 Eule: my criminal trial class actually spent a day on how to prep a jury to hear expert witnesses and kill the CSI effect 08:52 possesion of a short lobster is against the law? 08:52 SteamPoweredCat: whaaaat?! you can't zoom to the DNA-level with a satellite?! nooooo wayyyyy 08:52 ωνω tuxedobob [Snak@hide-DEAB73F6.hsd1.ma.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 08:52 SteamPoweredCat: although, people are stupid. im sure there is someone out there who believes it 08:53 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 08:53 SteamPoweredCat: cool. i know somebody in IT who was asked to retrieve an email deleted months ago (no longer on backup tapes); the user's justification was "they can do this on CSI so you should be able to" 08:53 chrisbrl88: dude, people believe that shit. I had to explain it to my mom that you cannot just zoom into a picture to get details. And she's a science phd. 08:53 vertigo: I wouldn't possess any lobster for very long before it and a stick of butter mysteriously disappeared 08:53 heh, futurama went over that 08:53 SteamPoweredCat: that makes me profoundly sad 08:53 SteamPoweredCat: the police find 5000$ worth of stolen computer equipment at your house, how do you get out of this? 08:54 vertigo: photoshop the police chief into all the porn 08:54 vertigo: First I'd challenge the search warrant and get it tossed for lack of cause. 08:54 SteamPoweredCat: again, that is why I don't want to end up against 12 people too stupid to get out of jury duty 08:54 ωνω Signoff TheBix: #xkcd (Client exited) 08:55 chrisbrl88: can always request a bench trial. Judges have seen it before. 08:55 saves you a few bucks in jury trial fees 08:56 SteamPoweredCat: I know several judges. I do computer work for a lot of the officials in northeast ohio. many of the judges are idiots too. which is why I avoid being arrested. 08:56 no search warrant SteamPoweredCat let in by roomate 08:56 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 08:56 vertigo: my g/f knows better than that. 08:56 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-10677562 ffs. Selfridges in London to start it's christmas season on the 2nd of August... 08:56 my friends are fucking stupid SteamPoweredCat 08:56 they've never dealt with cops 08:57 vertigo: is the roommate on the lease? a search of the nature can be thrown out if the person who opens the door isn't "officially" a resident 08:57 yes chrisbrl88 08:57 that* 08:57 vertigo: that's funny, I thought it was less stupid to /not/ deal with the cops 08:57 vertigo: well. you're fucked then. 08:57 vertigo: cops can get access to an apt from anyone who aparently has the right to let them in 08:57 As in don't get caught doing illegal things 08:57 well Panko he was worried that if he said no they would get a warrant and he would get in trouble 08:57 in any US states is it legal for cops to open an unlocked door and enter? 08:57 he's retarded 08:58 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 08:58 I see. 08:58 hux: depends on the situation. 08:58 vertigo: why do you have that much stolen property? 08:58 im just that good? 08:58 SteamPoweredCat: say they got a complaint for loud noise and if the knocked no one would hear 08:58 They got a complaint for loud noise and if the knocked no one would hear! 08:58 idk 08:59 vertigo: probably shouldn't have all that stolen stuff in a place where others can get into 08:59 hux: if the complaint was for a loud music and there was none when they arrived they'd have no cause to enter 09:00 yea well i was moving it and the ride got pinched so i couldnt 09:00 so they can enter if the music is still loud? 09:00 or noise 09:01 hux: if the noise in violation and you're not answering they can probably have hte LL open it up 09:01 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 09:01 SteamPoweredCat: if police are invited in for any complaint, they have the right to search when there is any kind of reasonable suspicion 09:01 hux: at this point i'm a little fuzzy cause i'm not all up on city noise violation code 09:02 chrisbrl88: key word is reasonable. They cannot say toss my bedroom if my tv is too loud in the living room. 09:02 well if it's just some house. i'm sorta curious how they'd get people to turn off loud noise or music if they can't get people's attention and also can't enter 09:02 If something is plain view that can be cause enough 09:02 ωνω TheBix [chatzilla@hide-53CF4376.ryqe1.cht.bigpond.net.au] has joined #xkcd 09:03 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 09:03 ωνω Signoff sheepbat: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 09:03 This new show 'The Glades' is pretty good so far 09:04 chrisbrl88: but if they come in on a noise complaint (authorized by law) they can come in, see if i'm home, turn off the goddamn tv, but not say check my cupboards for drugs, or inspect the contents of my backpack on the floor. 09:04 ferret: sleep or fark 09:04 fark 09:04 SteamPoweredCat: but if they see something they suspect is stolen (for example, a pile of expensive electronics in an apartment where they don't seem to belong), "reasonable suspicion" becomes "probable cause" once they radio in to see if there have been any electronics thefts in the region matching what is in plain sight 09:05 ωνω Signoff tuxedobob: #xkcd (Quit: ) 09:05 chrisbrl88: i'd be very curious to how they knew my radio of all the radios in the city was the stolen one 09:05 SteamPoweredCat: are you gonna be a defense or prosecuting attorney? 09:06 SteamPoweredCat: when you studied past cases, did they ever explain exactly what the charges were against paul simon and julio? 09:06 Neither, I'm doing constitutional law work. I applied for the DA's office but budget cuts mean they didn't have any spots while i was in 09:07 Eule: the cases I read from front to end were while I was on the texas crime lab review panel. The ones in law school never mentioned paul simon or julio that i remembered. 09:07 ωνω Signoff chrisbrl88: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 09:07 SteamPoweredCat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H997IZkkO4Y 09:07 8> 09:08 ωνω chrisbrl88 [Chrisbrl88@hide-7EECC4AF.neo.res.rr.com] has joined #xkcd 09:08 damn. booted. 09:08 wb! 09:08 SteamPoweredCat: thanks. great to be here. 09:10 you can get sent to prison for using steroids? 09:10 without perscription? 09:10 What should i eat for lunch? 09:10 oh dang i never knew paul simon was the simon in simon and garfunkel 09:10 vertigo: yes. anabolic steroids are a schedule I drug in the US. same as cocaine. 09:10 dont they sell them online? 09:10 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 09:10 vertigo: sorry, schedule II. same as vicodin. 09:11 chrisbrl88: certainly know your schedulesm or are reallly fast with googles :3 09:11 can you imagine if google didnt have spell check 09:11 SteamPoweredCat: I do know my scheduled drugs :-P 09:11 chrisbrl88: the police would think we have a bunch of stolen stuff 09:11 ωνω Signoff STEvil: #xkcd (Quit: There is no sin in solace with another lonely soul.) 09:11 chrisbrl88: we have all sorts of expensive electronics in casual piles all over the place 09:12 chrisbrl88: actually we've got a stolen(?) stereo on the floor. If there were piles of the stuff i'd say the game is up as soon as he called in a serial # 09:12 drazak: well if they inventoried everything and no serial numbers matched anything, they couldn't do jack shit about it. 09:12 ωνω Signoff Theorevery: #xkcd (Quit: Leaving...) 09:12 SteamPoweredCat: you should probably get rid of the stereo. or file off the SN haha 09:13 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 09:13 chrisbrl88: nah once the police are involved it is too late. 09:13 SteamPoweredCat: try to get marijuana legalized 09:13 filing it off if they know they're there would probably land you more actual time than stealing them 09:13 why has no one taken that to the supreme court? 09:14 SteamPoweredCat: only if they can prove conclusively that its stolen. a good defense attorney could get the case dismissed if the original owner didn't record the serial number or there was no paper trail leading back to it 09:14 vertigo: because it is within congress' power to regulate this under commerce 09:14 clause 09:15 http://imgur.com/77bUu 09:15 link SteamPoweredCat ? 09:15 moooooorning 09:15 vertigo: it's been illegal for so long for such stupid reasons that no one with any power wants to "side with the pot heads" 09:15 chrisbrl88: except, maybe, the state of California 09:15 chrisbrl88: there is a legalization measure on the november ballot, I think 09:16 ωνω daryl5 [snafucator@hide-1C5C6653.pools.arcor-ip.net] has joined #xkcd 09:16 oregon lost the vote by like four votes recently 09:16 Eule: the problem here is federal preemption of the law. The federal law trumps state law 09:16 Eule: even if it passes, its meaningless. states have no right to regulate drugs of any kind. that falls on the federal government. 09:16 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 09:16 SteamPoweredCat: yeah, I know... still it's kind of interesting to me that it's even to a state vote level 09:17 Eule: well as a minority i'm rather in favor of federal preemption over state's rights 09:17 vertigo: i'll wait http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commerce_Clause 09:17 SteamPoweredCat: on the other hand, many states have passed laws that go against the constitution (commerce clause, I think) and nobody is bugging them to change it 09:17 true apathy isn't caring 09:18 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 09:18 even the notion of medical marijuana seems ridiculous to me. no other therapeutic drug is smoked. any therapeutic affect pot grants could be achieved with marinol. 09:18 Eule: wait how? 09:18 wait how is he niichan 09:18 thanks SteamPoweredCat 09:18 SteamPoweredCat: because if any of those queers that got married in massachusetts happen to go to rhode island and still want to be married, the WORLD WILL END 09:18 don't get me wrong, I think it should be legal (I don't use or like it myself, but it doesn't bother me if others smoke it around me) 09:18 Eule: lol full faith and credit there :3 09:18 chrisbrl88: same. 09:18 its less dangerous than alcohol 09:19 chrisbrl88: I'm not in favor of drugs but i'm certainly against wasting tax dollars regulating it beyond the fda. 09:19 SteamPoweredCat: it should be sold right along side the jack daniels to people who are 21 or older, I think 09:20 ωνω Ms_Moosey [~moosey.ha@hide-D791BCF7.hsd1.mi.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 09:20 chrisbrl88: problem is, that if it would be legalized, the amount of alcohol consumed wouldn't go down 09:20 SteamPoweredCat: the government could turn a financial sinkhole (regulating it) into a financial windfall by legalizing and taxing it 09:20 ωνω ^AnAs_{{D}}_ZeR_AlNsA^ [AnOoOoOs@FA050BC4.67779858.FC7A8090.IP] has joined #xkcd 09:21 chrisbrl88: that's debatable. The market would probably crash on pot if legalized, its easy to grow, grows everywhere naturally and grows in most climates in the US 09:21 if the california legalization vote goes ahead, I wonder how soon Phillip Morris and RJR will be able to get boxes of Ganja 100s and Ganja 100 Lights onto the shelves 09:21 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 09:21 Walther: that wasn't my point. I meant I think it should be done the same way state liquor stores do alcohol... regulated, and sold only to people of a certain age. 09:21 under the well-known "nothing is illegal if 100 businessmen decide to do it" theory 09:22 Eule: remember at hte time it was criminalized first it was the realm of immigrants and the poor. not exactly the strongest lobby 09:22 SteamPoweredCat: tobacco is as easy to grow as tomatoes. that shit will grow anywhere. but no one actually grows it because its more convenient to go buy a pack of smokes at the gas station. 09:22 AWAKE!!! 09:22 SteamPoweredCat: yeah, I know 09:22 Eule: then came the crackdown of the 60s against youth culture 09:22 ωνω Nugatti is now known as Nougatti 09:22 ωνω Signoff Azazel: #xkcd (Quit: ERROR:::UNCAUGHT EXCEPTION AT 0X002329:::DESTROYING CLIENT:::ABORTING ALL PROCESSES) 09:22 SteamPoweredCat: that's one of the biggest arguments against it. that everyone would grow it. but the fact is, people are lazy. anyone can easily grow tobacco, but no one does. it's a matter of convenience. 09:22 SteamPoweredCat: actually I think it was older than that, some of the early crackdowns against weed were in the 30s 09:23 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 09:23 chrisbrl88: except we've got a generation of youth whom know how to grow the stuff and you can grow personal quantities in a window box 09:23 * Langly- gives bucket a Cylon bride who can only cook toast 09:23 * Bucket drops nazgjunk's AFTER SUN SPRAY and takes a Cylon bride who can only cook toast. 09:23 SteamPoweredCat: depression, no jobs, "immigrants are taking our jobs", how do we get rid of the immigrants? aha! they smoke weed, let's outlaw that 09:23 eule: pretty much goes all the way back to hemp being bad for the cotton business 09:23 mostly cause it costs less and lasts longer 09:24 lots of plastic industry stuff too 09:25 SteamPoweredCat: same goes for tobacco. I keep a garden. and im only 22. I have delicious veggies that save me a shit ton of money. I could also have delicious tobacco, but I don't feel like fucking around with growing and drying it out to smoke it when I can easily buy it. the same would go for weed. 09:25 Lols, our psychology book has been written by some Hannibal 09:25 SteamPoweredCat: why grow it and then dry it to smoke it when you can get 20 joints for 7 bucks at the store? 09:26 chrisbrl88: except the store stuff will still be competing (for a while) with the home grown stuff and will depress the prices. 09:26 what if tobacco got banned and marijuana instead? 09:26 ωνω Signoff Lingrush: #xkcd (Quit: Lingrush) 09:26 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 09:26 tobacco lobby? 09:26 SteamPoweredCat: i wonder if it will turn out a bit like beer is 09:26 Eule: i'd bet on it. 09:27 SteamPoweredCat: cheap national brands made by big companies, regional specialty brands by smaller companies, some people making their own 09:27 SteamPoweredCat: but that would pass once it becomes an accepted part of life. people used to brew their own alcohol and grow their own tobacco before it became easier to buy it at the store. nowadays, the people who do that stuff can call it "premium" and charge a mint for it 09:27 instead of a war on poverty the police got a war on drugs so the police can bother me 09:27 word 09:27 Eule: exactly! 09:27 Elementary, my dear spiderpig! 09:28 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 09:28 "Cristiano is said to have told pals he will tell his son about his mother when he turns 18." - I fail to understand how he thinks he's going to keep that a secret when the entire world knows about it >.> http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/3930968/Waitress-mother-of-Ronaldos-son 09:28 That was a fucked up sentence. 09:29 excuse the profanities. 09:29 ωνω Theorevery [Theorevery@hide-1DC581B.catv02.itscom.jp] has joined #xkcd 09:29 we came, we saw, we kicked its ASS! 09:29 I always wonder if I should get some sort of receipt when I buy stuff off craigslist 09:29 Life-saving drugs such as adrenaline are not simply injected into the arms of patients, but straight into people's bones using a bone drill. - This sounds incredibly painful. 09:29 ωνω Kolko [Kolko@hide-4319F1A.access.telenet.be] has joined #xkcd 09:29 Ugh, I think I need to start going for runs. I'm suffering a serious case of apathy 09:30 Who cares 09:30 vertigo sure doesn't. 09:30 Lu-Tzao: Try climbing trees :) 09:30 like, what if it's stolen and I get called on it? that'd be such bullshit 09:30 * Eule roosts 09:30 Goodnight! 09:30 For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come. 09:30 Bucket: monolith 09:31 My God, it's full of stars... 09:31 ωνω Signoff Slix`: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 09:31 Nougatti, that would require a little more upper body strength (or a little less body weight) and some climbable trees around here 09:31 Lu-Tzao: Okay. For me, climbing trees is even more fun now, than when I was a kid. 09:31 Potassium: they do it routinely for infants. its called an inta-osteal line, I believe 09:31 ωνω EvilBelgian [EvilBelgia@hide-C2D5721A.dynamic.isadsl.co.za] has joined #xkcd 09:31 ωνω Signoff Eule: #xkcd (Quit: Hoot!) 09:32 * vertigo is chasing the rock 09:32 Nougatti, yeah. There used to be an awesome tree near the hall I lived it, I routinely napped about 15ft off the ground 09:32 chrisbrl88, it still sounds incredibly painful XD 09:32 But I no longer live there :( 09:32 Potassium: I imagine its about as painful as a bone marrow extraction. and they put you under for that. 09:33 Indeed 09:33 And now he's here to fuck us! 09:33 Potassium: hell, I donate (NOT sell) platelets on a regular basis (3 hours with a solid needle in your arm) and it can get painful. I couldn't imagine a pone being punctured. 09:34 chrisbrl88, I don't get the whole selling blood thing o.O 09:34 Here it's purely donation based. 09:34 There's shortages and not enough donors. 09:34 It is the next logical step 09:34 Potassium: neither do I. that's why I only donate. 09:34 Have you guys always had the monetary compensation, or is it recent? 09:34 Potassium: I mean I understand it, but it just doesn't seem right to me. 09:35 ωνω Signoff ^AnAs_{{D}}_ZeR_AlNsA^: #xkcd (Quit: AnOoOoOs_sCrIpT bY: ^ANAS_ALDAMRAWE_2011^ΓΓ‡ΓšΓ“ Ú Γ‡ΓŸΓˆΓ‘ ÑÇÓ ãÔ ÑÇÀÀí ÏΓ₯È æÇÑãÇÓ ÑÇÀí ÖãÑÇæí Γ¦ΓˆΓ‘ΓΓš ÇÑÑÇÓ) 09:35 ωνω Signoff Telnet: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 09:35 I do it for the benefit of others, not for me. 09:35 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 09:35 Indeed 09:35 * Bucket nods sagely 09:35 I should probably donate again or something. 09:36 Get my iron levels checked >.> 09:36 Make sure they're not too high... 09:37 Iron Man! 09:37 IiIIiIiI aAaAaAaM IIIIiRRoooooOOnn MMAAAaAAaaaaN 09:37 ωνω Signoff TheBix: #xkcd (Client exited) 09:37 Terran, I totally am. 09:37 terran, when I first went in, they checked my iron levels and were like "Wait, what?" 09:37 And they checked them again. 09:37 Apparently I have too much iron in my blood >.> 09:38 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 09:38 Bucket: Potassium Has he, lost his mind, can he see or is he blind? 09:38 Okay, InitHello. 09:38 * InitHello waits for people not to get it 09:38 Potassium: is it a bad thing? 09:38 I don't get it. 09:38 Nobody really does. 09:38 terran, yeah, it's not really all that flash. 09:38 Potassium: the opening line of iron man, by black sabbath 09:38 ωνω Azazel [fuzzylomba@hide-FCCAF711.vs.shawcable.net] has joined #xkcd 09:38 terran, they're not at danger levels, but they're not exactly good either. 09:38 I need to download 2001: a space odyssey 09:39 I've never seen it all the way through... only bits and pieces 09:39 open the ipod bay doors please hal 09:39 I'm outside and above the acceptable range. 09:39 Langly-: I'm sorry mr. jobs - im afraid I can't do that 09:39 chrisbrl88: dude you just spent like 30 minutes arguing a protect the community/anticrime stance and you're going to download 2001? 09:39 I suspect it's just to do with the fact I'm not actually human though. 09:39 Haemochromatosis 09:40 SteamPoweredCat: yes. software piracy hurts no one. 09:40 SteamPoweredCat, lol. 09:40 * thlassa is donating blood on Wednesday 09:40 OR DOES IT!? 09:40 Yeah, pretty much. 09:40 they called me up the other day 09:40 paramount can suck my balls 09:40 ωνω a_flayer [d49ff012@hide-6C77D8AA.mibbit.com] has joined #xkcd 09:41 Also, I've gotten like, three different answers as to what my blood type is. 09:41 So I kind of want to get that straightened out >.> 09:41 are the forums down for anyone else? 09:41 Potassium: maybe you aren't human 09:41 I should make food. 09:41 Someone check and respond http://forums.xkcd.com 09:41 What to make though... 09:41 joe arpio makes me want to jack knife off a building 09:41 chrisbrl88, I know I'm not. 09:42 in the event potassium is some kind of superhuman warlord, I vote we make him our king - so that he does not devour our skulls 09:42 Potassium: there's other explainations or like bad testing, or chimerism if not that. 09:42 I'll just devour your feet. 09:42 * Potassium is a chimera 09:42 \o/ 09:42 I have magically changing blood types. 09:42 wheeeee 09:42 http://www.istoletheinternets.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/37275-11-baby-panda.jpg 09:42 Potassium: oooh does that mean I can get heel springs so I don't get injured by falls?! 09:42 chrisbrl88, sure. 09:43 Potassium: sweet! I offer my feet for the gastric gratification of our new robot overlord! 09:43 Potassium: check and respond http://forums.xkcd.com 09:43 Potassium: is it up 09:43 Potassium: do you rust if you aren't oiled correctly? 09:43 a_flayer: working for me 09:45 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CyuBuT_7I4 09:45 really good documentary 09:45 ωνω TheBix [chatzilla@hide-53CF4376.ryqe1.cht.bigpond.net.au] has joined #xkcd 09:45 What do I have for dinner...? 09:45 I have to be oiled and rubbed down daily 09:45 ωνω Signoff TheBix: #xkcd (Quit: ChatZilla 0.9.86 [Firefox 3.6.6/20100625231939]) 09:45 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 09:45 ωνω TheBix [chatzilla@hide-53CF4376.ryqe1.cht.bigpond.net.au] has joined #xkcd 09:46 SteamPoweredCat: if you weren't a genderless IRC handle, id say that's sexy 09:46 goddamnit 09:46 Sod Gambit! 09:46 I could always kill this kumara I have sitting here, and make french toast, bacon, fried eggs and kumara chips. 09:46 I hate this place 09:46 But it's so pretty, and I don't know if I want to! D: 09:47 Potassium: when in doubt, eat a pizza bagel - the official snack of planet earth! 09:47 I have none :P 09:47 Potassium: (I have just decided that the pizza bagel is now the official snack of the planet earth) 09:47 Potassium: well do you have bagels, ragu, cheese, and a toaster? 09:48 chrisbrl88: nsfw http://oglaf.com/cumsprite/6/ 09:48 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 09:48 ωνω BrandonW [calcmaster@hide-2B32C3C0.static.kgpt.tn.charter.com] has joined #xkcd 09:48 actually start a http://oglaf.com/cumsprite/6/5/ nsfw 09:48 call me dr worm, good morning how're you i'm dr worm 09:48 i'm interested in things 09:48 SteamPoweredCat: I am confused, yet aroused 09:48 I'm not a real doctor, but I am a real worm I am an actual worm! 09:49 SteamPoweredCat: the second one 404ed me 09:49 it is the previous page 09:49 about oiling down the hotbitches. 09:49 omg if joe arpaio ends up in prison i will jerk off for 9 hours straight 09:50 ωνω fzhi555 [frank@44C8F0A9.D9A87508.593BA198.IP] has joined #xkcd 09:51 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 09:51 SteamPoweredCat: this comic disturbs me 09:51 profoundly 09:52 then, stop, reading. 09:53 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 09:53 ωνω Signoff EvilBelgian: #xkcd (Quit: Leaving) 09:54 SteamPoweredCat: I can't. im... compelled... 09:54 ωνω Signoff Ms_Moosey: #xkcd (Quit: ) 09:56 I just get a 404 from that link 09:57 that, or you linked to comic #404 09:57 http://oglaf.com/cumsprite/5/ i'm bad with links, also nsfw 09:58 ωνω dwar [dwar@hide-AABC59CC.bredband.comhem.se] has joined #xkcd 09:58 ωνω Signoff Theorevery: #xkcd (Quit: Leaving...) 09:59 I woke up this morning with cuts on my right knuckles like I punched a wall or something 09:59 I must have been sleep punching 10:00 terran: or possibly sleep fighting, or sleep fucking… violently. 10:00 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 10:00 Bucket: monolith 10:00 My God, it's full of stars... 10:00 ... 10:00 Why is that when other people break the rules for their own advantage are just "bending the rules", but when I break the rules I'm just doing it wrong? 10:00 [In a remote corner of hell, an icicle forms.] 10:01 http://oglaf.com/balcony/ - also nsfw :# 10:01 just spent a couple hours browsing around a couple of the old BBSs i used to love 10:01 a_flayer: because you're poor and not in a position of power? 10:01 always fun to know that roughneck is still up =x 10:01 a_flayer: because. jesus hates you. 10:01 a_flayer: he told me so himself. 10:01 jesus needs to stfu 10:02 a_flayer: we went to the movies last week. then we hit the bar and got water the whole time. we were wasted. 10:02 whaaaaa??? "I've hidden your penis somewhere in this palace" 10:03 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 10:03 I don't use the xkcd forums because some rat took the nick terran 10:03 At least I'm being enough of an asshole to get people to stop bothering me 10:04 So this blind guy walks into a bar, and says "Ouch". 10:05 either that or I registered while drunk 10:05 hmmm 10:05 nah not me 10:05 some rat! 10:06 I am the only terran xkcd should concern itself with 10:06 I know a terran. 10:07 I've never met another 10:07 In 10 years of using this nick 10:07 I know they exist 10:08 There is one other Flibberdy on the internet. A woman from London. Who's an utter idiot :/ 10:08 ωνω postmodern [chatzilla@hide-CF0AAA3.lsanca.dsl-w.verizon.net] has joined #xkcd 10:08 ωνω mode/#xkcd [+o postmodern] by ChanServ 10:08 Theres another steampoweredcat 10:09 ωνω Signoff Protected: #xkcd (Killed (NickServ (GHOST command used by Prott))) 10:09 There is no other Deltantor 10:09 ωνω Prott [Join@hide-A4CBDA27.net] has joined #xkcd 10:09 except that bastard who used my nick for a while 10:09 On gaia :3 10:09 I hate him to this very day, mr redheaded whoever you are 10:09 i think his name is bill 10:09 bill is a name i can hate 10:09 NSFW http://girlcameramirror.tumblr.com/archive/ 10:09 And on deviant art. He's male! 10:10 yeah, someone other than me (possibly drunk me) uses Deltantor on DA as well 10:10 let all the immigrants in 10:10 bring all the criminals 10:10 holy shit that's a lot of girls, cameras, and mirrors 10:10 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 10:10 standard_toaster, i have been quite happy since I found that tumblr 10:11 it is proof that girl + mirror + camera = naughty pics 10:11 all you need to do is put them in a room together 10:12 Deltantor: sadly this is why i'll never post nudes anywhere :< 10:12 christopher hitchens 10:12 Like Christopher Hitchens? Read this account of his daring bravery! http://www.michaeltotten.com/archives/2009/02/christopher-hit.php 10:12 fuck yea 10:13 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 10:13 SteamPoweredCat, i'm pretty sure i've seen at least two people from here naked on reddits gonewild before 10:13 SteamPoweredCat: because you don't have a mirror and camera? 10:13 but it isnt something that can be asked. "HEY I THINK I SAW YOU NAKED ON THE INTERNETS!" 10:13 SteamPoweredCat: no reflection? 10:13 See, you say that to someone and you are bound to get murdered :( 10:14 ωνω Vagrant [clb@hide-7FB0E7E2.zone2.bethere.co.uk] has joined #xkcd 10:14 goddammit why does my web browser crash while looking at naked pics 10:14 Damn it chrome, why do you insist on changing Internet Explorer's Proxy Settings when I use you with a proxy. What an annoying design decision 10:15 ωνω Theorevery [Theorevery@hide-1DC581B.catv02.itscom.jp] has joined #xkcd 10:15 bring all the illegals here 10:15 they deserve it more than you 10:15 send you back to mexico 10:16 terran: did someone make a siege tank OP complaint yet 10:16 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 10:17 D: 10:17 gotta love them siege tanks 10:17 goliath online! 10:18 doesn't beat 'Thor is here!' 10:18 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 10:18 LIVE FOR THE SWARM!!!! 10:18 * Nougatti is watching Top Gear :D 10:19 you must construct additional pylons 10:19 bnet 0.2 is so depressing 10:19 is? 10:20 i have returned 10:20 make use of me 10:20 i long for combat 10:20 zerg rush kekekekekekekekekeke 10:20 * SteamPoweredCat bends vertigo over and smiles. "This may hurt a little at first." 10:20 hmm 10:20 I am very bad at StarCraft 10:20 dont tease me SteamPoweredCat 10:21 after comparatalyzingating a couple of pictures, i've realized that i have seen at least one xkcd denizen naked D: 10:21 i mean...you require more vespian gas 10:21 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 10:23 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 10:23 ωνω Signoff Potassium: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 10:23 * freyyr successfully produced his first batch of moonshine 10:23 battlecruiser operational 10:23 affirmative sir 10:23 ωνω Potassium [The-Rabid-@CB525C83.CD5A919.4DFCE4FA.IP] has joined #xkcd 10:23 HONOR GUIDE ME 10:24 battlecruisers aren't powerful enough 10:24 ... 10:24 [Everyone solemnly gets naked.] 10:24 As if people quoting WH40k wasnt bad enough 10:24 or fast terran 10:24 somebody call for an exterminator? 10:24 im gone 10:25 could be worse. they could be quoting red alert 10:25 I don't mind the speed but they're supposed to be interplanetary warships and yet a pile of men on the ground can shoot one down 10:25 they should be Homeworld 2-esque Battlecruisers 10:25 Do not fail your Brothers. Though their bodies die, their spirit must return to the Chapter. That is your charge. 10:25 yea terran that pisses me off 10:25 where 1 is enough to take out an entire player 10:26 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 10:26 Hyperspace co-ordinates locked in 10:26 As our bodies are armoured with Adamantium, our souls are protected with our loyalty. As our bolters are charged with death for the Emperor's enemies, our thoughts are charged with his wisdom. As our ranks advance, so does our devotion, for are we not Marines? Are we not the chosen of the Emperor, his loyal servants unto death? 10:27 <3 Homeworld 10:27 WH40k had some awesome quotes 10:27 Hit and run attacks with destroyers and flak frigates 10:27 i miss starcraft and aoe 10:28 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 10:28 I'd get back into it but I dont know of anywhere to find people to play with here in tulsa 10:28 sending in tons of smaller ships to take out the hyperspace inhibitors 10:28 that and i'd have to rebuild my space marine army 10:28 then jumping in capital ships 10:28 which means hours of painting and ignoring my girlfriend 10:28 and money. lots of money 10:28 I left my army in Ireland when I moved to the UK 10:29 but now I'm surrounded by Games Workshop stores 10:29 I could buy a new one 10:29 ωνω Signoff Electric_Jesus: #xkcd (Client exited) 10:30 I am making bizarre food for dinner. 10:30 Potassium, i would enjoy some food right now 10:30 Kumara and carrot chips, french toast and bacon. 10:31 ωνω Signoff Lu-Tzao: #xkcd (Quit: Toodly pip!) 10:31 that sounds great 10:31 i think 10:31 I think, therefore I yam. 10:31 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 10:31 anything + bacon = greatness 10:31 ωνω henkpoley [~henk@hide-96F984E.xs4all.nl] has joined #xkcd 10:31 adamantium mentioned 10:31 hiiiiii 10:31 I suspect the carrot chips are going to be horrible 10:31 I wonder what will be on the menu today 10:31 adamantium + bacon 10:31 terran: Find the kitty? 10:31 hih lilmisschaos 10:32 lilmisschaos: yeah she appeared then left again 10:32 ωνω Signoff a_flayer: #xkcd (Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client) 10:32 Potassium: carrot chips are tasty! 10:32 carrot chips? 10:32 ωνω Signoff Prott: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 10:32 love spirals are awesome 10:32 terran: Daaw 10:33 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 10:34 ωνω Protected [Join@hide-A4CBDA27.net] has joined #xkcd 10:34 dinosplosion, I fried them :P 10:34 mmmmmmm 10:34 ωνω Signoff roverbat: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 10:35 I'll find out shortly anyway 10:36 joe arpaio is why we cant have nice things 10:36 its like the concept that the law might be wrong has never entered his mind 10:36 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 10:37 high gravity tastes like banana cream pie 10:37 ωνω roverbat [~user@hide-82DA4925.tmodns.net] has joined #xkcd 10:38 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 10:38 banana pie? must be horrible 10:38 vertigo: wh.. I don't follow 10:38 you dont have to 10:39 but I want to 10:39 being unconfused is fun 10:40 being not unconfused is even more not unfun than it is not fun 10:40 * SteamPoweredCat plays some relaxing jazz, sips some wine, puts on a fancy evening dress and ventures onto a 4chan chat. 10:40 btw, any IB diploma students here? 10:41 yes 10:41 well, ex 10:41 Walther: I did that back in the day. 10:41 irritable b.. 10:41 * vertigo tips his monocle to SteamPoweredCat and sips his top hat 10:41 SteamPoweredCat: cut that 4chan out 10:41 mjr, Kliment: where is it he easiest 'n' cheapest to get books? 10:42 s/he/the 10:42 ωνω Hermiene [~havard.sk@hide-F17F4623.customer.lyse.net] has joined #xkcd 10:42 ωνω mode/#xkcd [+o Hermiene] by ChanServ 10:42 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Rwioe1SGkQ 10:42 SteamPoweredCat: stickam : chatroulette :: gas-powered car : electric car 10:42 Walther: Amazon, mostly. 10:42 vertigo: well, yes. but being unconfused is also fun 10:42 OM NOM NOM BACON. 10:42 my information on that is probably very much outdated, plus we did group orders anyway... 10:42 i just noticed i've never killed a baby 10:42 Kliment: amazon seems good, but you can't be sure in what condition the used ones are :/ 10:42 like i've never killed anyone (any person), as far as i know of course, but still 10:42 Walther: It doesn't really matter. 10:42 no babies 10:42 hux: were you surprised? 10:43 life isnt all fun and games dinosplosion 10:43 yes it is 10:43 No it isn't! 10:43 what are you talking about 10:43 Sex, of course. 10:43 hux tinychat, i'm bored 10:43 joe arpaio is hiding a deep dark secret 10:43 no one is that far right without having skulls under their house 10:43 dinosplosion: well kind of. sorta like one of those 'visit france' kinda things 10:44 ωνω Ms_Moosey [moosey.hac@hide-D791BCF7.hsd1.mi.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 10:44 i guess i never will, but i'd think about it 10:44 fun and games is the whole point of my life 10:44 which is why you cry yourself to sleep 10:44 Kliment: well, it kinda does matter - it isn't fun to use a book teared in half for two years of deep studying 10:44 maybe i can rig a borderline abortion 10:44 ωνω Ykstort [jonneth@AC9726C9.2FA5277F.B91F639B.IP] has joined #xkcd 10:44 Kliment: and pardon my terrible English 10:44 ωνω Signoff aqualis: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 10:44 Walther: In practice you never get stuff torn in half. 10:44 and if 'fun' consists of spending my whole life attempting to cirumvent the light speed limit, well, that's what i'll do 10:45 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UwOD4igTDs 10:45 ωνω Signoff freyyr: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 10:45 do some kind of several-month class to get in as an abortionist's assistant and talk the dr into letting me press the button or w/e 10:45 Walther: And the condition of the book is the smallest concern you'll have.. 10:45 vertigo: that's beside the point :( 10:45 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 10:45 no its not 10:45 creature: You around? 10:45 No, I'm asquare. 10:45 its directly related 10:45 Kliment: what about the comic with the cat in the box... 10:46 dinosplosion: first people to break the sound barrier were told they would never get close to the speed of sound 10:46 Walther: It's fiction. 10:46 might be an old wives tale but i remember reading that 10:46 Kliment: and that was intended to be halfly joke, halfly true 10:46 the futility of constantly trying to have fun leaves you empty which causes you to cry at night 10:47 vertigo: 'trying'? Do or do not, there is no try. losing can be fun as well 10:47 vertigo: don't be afraid of life ending too soon, be afraid of not beginning it 10:48 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 10:48 what? 10:48 why are you telling me Walther 10:48 im not the one who thinks life is all fun and games 10:48 just came to my mind 10:49 from you saying 12:49 < vertigo> the futility of constantly trying to have fun leaves you empty which causes you to cry at night 10:49 .. futility of trying to have fun? 10:49 to the exclusion of everything else nazgjunk 10:49 having fun is fun 10:50 dont pay too much attention 10:50 i've had 3 tall boys 10:50 Was that a haiku? 10:50 vertigo: what else is there to exclude? 10:50 vertigo: solving world hunger can be fun 10:50 I ONLY have fun while solving world hunger 10:50 dude im fucking drunk stop analyzing it 10:50 working at a kick-ass job can be fun 10:51 working at a kick ass-job can be fun 10:51 :disclaimer 10:51 hahaaha 10:51 Bucket: remember vertigo drunk 10:51 Okay, Walther, remembering "dude im fucking drunk stop analyzing it". 10:51 vertigo: gotcha :) 10:51 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 10:51 titties gotta squeeze themselves 10:51 whaat? :D 10:51 He's slipping 10:51 vertigo - the best laughs on IRC. Ever. 10:52 ahh fuck it, he's drunk 10:52 vertigo: self squeeze is overrate 10:52 drunk after 3 drinks seemingly 10:52 your mommas gotta clean up themselves when the whores see jesus 10:52 terran: have you ever had 3 high gravity tall boys? 10:52 drunkquotes <3 10:52 oh and 1 tilt 8oz thats 12% alc 10:53 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 10:53 ferret: another brownie or i dunno whatever 10:53 another brownie 10:53 hells yeah 10:53 hux: why do you ask :P 10:53 ferret: laugh at vertigo or cry for him 10:53 cry for him 10:53 :( 10:53 Aw 10:53 nazgjunk: to shift blame :D 10:53 ferret's being emotional 10:53 * dinosplosion laughs at vertigo 10:53 ωνω ubuntuella [ubuntuella@hide-83C10EDA.demon.co.uk] has joined #xkcd 10:54 12% nigga thats almost as much as a bottle of wine 10:54 freal 10:54 im gonna go shoot the neighbors lights out 10:54 I've often had Carlsberg special brew, that's 9% 10:55 vertigo: make first sure that you can continue irccing from the jail :P 10:55 straight vodka tastes like ethanol 10:55 no one actually buys special brew terran 10:55 dinosplosion: Do you find that surprising? 10:56 drey: I did! Though I usually drunk Stella 4% over here. 10:56 Tastes delicious 10:56 ωνω Signoff daryl5: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 10:56 I was more surprised by it than I should have been.. 10:56 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 10:56 paint thinner 10:56 i would do varnishing and clean paint brushes and totally had flashbacks before every shot 10:57 i don't like doing shots anymore.. or drinking.. 10:57 I haven't had a shot in nearly 2 years 10:57 ωνω Deltantor_ [Deltantor@hide-5F1077A7.ok.ok.cox.net] has joined #xkcd 10:58 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 10:58 ωνω Akranis [mattias@hide-D018EB9E.ias.bredband.telia.com] has joined #xkcd 10:58 ωνω bassgoon [bassgoon@hide-C4F82B41.client.mchsi.com] has joined #xkcd 10:58 * Langly- gives bucket summer glau on a train 10:58 * Bucket hands Langly- a night to remember in exchange for summer glau on a train 10:59 bucket, invent us out of this 10:59 * Bucket builds a joking bike by duct-taping two nukes in Seth's pants to Ebby. 10:59 ωνω Signoff Deltantor: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 11:00 :D 11:00 what. 11:00 exactly 11:00 ...give or take a bunch. 11:00 Kliment: I am now. 11:01 * Langly- is watching that episode of the big bang theory 11:01 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 11:01 ωνω Signoff thlassa: #xkcd (Quit: Lost terminal) 11:01 ωνω Signoff TelErusva: #xkcd (Quit: Leaving) 11:01 bucket, exactly ...give or take a couple sticks of dynamite. 11:01 Okay, Akranis. 11:03 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 11:03 warrg 11:03 whag 11:04 Wario? 11:04 ωνω Signoff fzhi555: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 11:04 ferret sleep or fuck around 11:04 ferret, sleep or fuck around 11:04 fuck around 11:04 flyingferret: Eat or play Dwarf Fortress? 11:04 Eat 11:06 ωνω kire [killgore@hide-6CB4BAE8.access.telenet.be] has joined #xkcd 11:06 flyingferret: a or b 11:06 a 11:06 flyingferret: is this statement false? 11:06 Absolutely not. 11:06 flyingferret: work or buy books or sleep or design own websites or design mom's companys websites or get coffee and do all of those 11:06 sleep 11:07 flyingferret: a or b or c or all of above? 11:07 b 11:07 wait, that was a question 11:07 ferret, kick akranis or kick steampoweredcat 11:07 kick steampoweredcat 11:07 crap! 11:07 flyingferret is biased 11:07 flyingferret: is the answer to this question no? 11:07 Impossible. 11:07 flyingferret: are you biased? 11:07 Certainly not. 11:07 flyingferret: is biased towards delicious 11:07 If you want to talk a lot to the bots, please use #bots (or #bucket). 11:07 s/:/,/ 11:08 haha. 11:08 * dinosplosion has sex a lot with the bots 11:08 ferret is so wise 11:08 All hail Ferret! 11:09 Woe to those who anger the ferret! 11:09 Lhyzz: because true wisdom is a random generator 11:09 ferret, sleep or sleep? 11:09 sleep 11:09 Let us make the offerings of Ferrtone. 11:09 see? he always knows 11:09 ωνω Bruenor [Bruenor@hide-71ABCADB.range86-150.btcentralplus.com] has joined #xkcd 11:09 ωνω Sh0rtWave [~bobbypark@hide-7DE9457B.dc.dc.cox.net] has joined #xkcd 11:09 akranis: you only think it's a random generator. actually, it's a highly sophisticated decision-making AI 11:09 Well shit 11:09 Well shoot the horse and slap me silly! 11:09 ferret, shoot the horse or slap Bucket silly? 11:09 Kevin Bishop Show 11:09 slap Bucket silly 11:10 SEE? 11:10 SMART 11:10 Karen Gillan in bikini. :o 11:10 Lhyzz: written in.. PHP 11:10 * nazgjunk shivers 11:10 * Bucket gives nazgjunk a blanket 11:10 * Akranis slaps Bucket 11:10 This is a sign of rejection 11:10 Bucket in bikini 11:10 * Lhyzz slaps Bucket silly 11:10 gnight everybody! 11:10 So yesterday I cycled to Oxford. It was a nice cycle for most of it. 63 miles in total. 11:10 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 11:10 Goodnight! 11:10 Gluten yacht! 11:10 goodnugget 11:11 Godnight 11:11 creature: O_o 11:11 Gee, it's noon here. Crazy people! 11:11 The longest I've biked is 40 km. 11:11 Fagerlund: here too, 13:14, leet-time coming 11:11 ωνω Erik [chatzilla@hide-FCD96C6A.hsd1.wa.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 11:11 0xF0rD? 11:11 ωνω Erik is now known as ErikBunny 11:11 ωνω daryl5 [snafucator@hide-C224FDDA.pools.arcor-ip.net] has joined #xkcd 11:11 dinosplosion: there's no r in hex 11:11 dinosplosion: that'd be amusing if not for the r 11:11 dinosplosion: wth is that r doing there 11:12 :D 11:12 lol 11:12 There are too many nerds here 11:12 well i couldn't make it perfect 11:12 Bucket: remember Akranis nerds 11:12 Okay, Walther, remembering "There are too many nerds here". 11:12 I was trying to pretend it wasn't there :p 11:12 Akranis: I've been doing a lot of these rides lately. Last weekend I attempted London to Canterbury (had to abandon due to mechanical failure). I did London to Brighton the weekend before that, and London to Cambridge the weekend before that. 11:12 0xF0D? 11:13 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 11:13 This coming weekend I am attempting this: http://southwarkcyclists.org.uk/content/dunwich-dynamo 11:13 Oxford should henceforth be named Oxfod to make that joke work 11:13 or Oxfood I guess 11:13 and Uranus shal be renamed to Urectum, to end that stupid joke once and for all. 11:13 There are people having sex about 1 1/2 metres away from me, noisily and in the shower >.> 11:13 Yay for flatmates. 11:13 Akranis: :D 11:14 define shower 11:14 Bucket: remember akranis urectum 11:14 Okay, Walther, remembering "and Uranus shal be renamed to Urectum, to end that stupid joke once and for all.". 11:14 Potassium: burst in and shout "the building is on fire!" 11:14 Ugh, I heard my flat mates having sex in the shower once. I have to use that damn shower. Keep it to your room k thx. 11:14 dinosplosion, they probably have their door locked 11:14 Bruenor, we have en suites :P 11:15 Bruenor: It's pretty easy to clean a shower, though. 11:15 ωνω Signoff ErikBunny: #xkcd (Quit: SCIENCE ENERGY SCIENCE ENERGY SCIENCE ENERGY) 11:15 Potassium: Ahh, win. I had that in first year of Uni in halls too. But then I moved into private rental. 11:15 creature: Oh believe me, I did. 11:15 http://english.pravda.ru/world/europe/114266-0/ 11:15 bucket, literal[*] akranis quotes 11:15 Akranis: Here's the full list (13): http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/bucket/literal_akranis%20quotes.txt 11:15 Not in halls, in a studio :P 11:15 ferret: dev own websites or dev mom's company's websites 11:15 dev mom's company's websites 11:16 :< 11:16 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 11:16 Potassium: Even better 11:16 Having sex in the shower would be a great water-saving measure if not for the fact that after 'finishing' you need to clean yourself again 11:16 Water makes a terrible lubricant. 11:16 bucket, remember Bruenor water 11:16 Okay, Akranis, remembering "Water makes a terrible lubricant.". 11:16 ouchjars reminds me of Whiskey in the Jar 11:17 Shampoo, on the other hand... 11:17 Whisky also makes a terrible lubricant. Been there, done that. 11:17 ..rofl 11:17 creature: no masturbating in the shower 11:17 Because everyone needs a little sexual innuendo in their quotes list. 11:17 it's not masturbation if the shower makes the first move 11:17 dinosplosion: Well... you can always shower a bit after as well no? 11:18 A little? Every second quote is a joke about cocks! 11:18 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 11:18 buqremember Stereo shower 11:18 Akranis: I don't think "innuendo" means what you think it does. 11:18 Bucket: remember Stereo shower 11:18 Okay, Walther, remembering "it's not masturbation if the shower makes the first move". 11:18 ωνω Signoff hux: #xkcd (Quit: hux) 11:18 In your end-o. 11:18 creature: it does now. 11:18 i killed a squirrel 11:18 vertigo: why? 11:18 good work, peter wiggin 11:19 Missed the lights? 11:19 Shotgun? 11:19 Shotgun is shotfun! 11:19 you're well on the way to ruler of the world 11:19 Wow, I just read in the student magazine that there were four people arrested up at Aquinas College, for theft, I used to live up there o.O 11:19 it disguised itself as a light trying to infiltrate the house 11:19 ωνω aqualis [aqualis@185827C7.474BF76C.105DE2F.IP] has joined #xkcd 11:19 Damn squirrels. Sneaky bastards. 11:19 owww fuck fuck fuck 11:20 I cut that little bit of skin just above my fingernails :( 11:20 ωνω Signoff aqualis: #xkcd (Killed (NickServ (Nick kill enforced))) 11:20 i cant get a rifle silence to work as well as my handgun 11:20 silencer* 11:21 vertigo: perhaps that's a good thing when drunk 11:21 they're the same caliber 11:21 dinosplosion: I'm having trouble picturing where that skin is 11:21 above ones fingernails 11:21 vertigo: Aren't rifles more powerful? I'd imagine that would have something to do with it. 11:21 dinosplosion: You mean right in the tip of your finger, or the little bit that grows over the base of the nail? 11:22 even if its the same caliber creature ? 11:22 vertigo: Weren't you incarcerated in your past for making silencers? 11:22 i would think the barrel would give it more time for the gas to expand + the silencer which would make it quieter 11:22 Bruenor: surely that'd be the bottom of the fingernail 11:22 I don't know, I'm not the guy comparing rifle and pistol silencers. 11:22 maybe Flibberdy are you wearing a wire? 11:22 vertigo: though not by much really. youtube shotgunsilencer 11:23 vertigo: And yet you are continuing. Prison: It just works. 11:23 the little bit where the fingernail grows out of 11:23 are they the same bullets? 11:23 aaarrgh 11:23 yes SteamPoweredCat 11:23 NEED MOAR PIXELS 11:23 dinosplosion: what way up do you look at you hands O.o 11:23 vertigo: Isn't caliber merely a relation to the width of the bullet or something? 11:23 yes Flibberdy but the construction of the can and the baffles relates to the caliber 11:23 Rifles = greater range than hanguns. I'm going to assume this means rifle bullets have more gunpowder.. more gunpowder = louder bang 11:24 they're the same bullets 11:24 drey: vertically.. 'above' as in not underneath 11:24 and the handgun was at least 4" smaller 11:24 silencer* 11:24 ah, now it makes sense 11:24 ωνω fzhi555 [frank@44C8F0A9.D9A87508.593BA198.IP] has joined #xkcd 11:24 ωνω Signoff lilmisschaos: #xkcd (Client exited) 11:25 and Flibberdy if you were busted for hacking would you just stop? 11:25 ωνω vawrtuhcks [vawrtuhcks@hide-F61D6EC1.hsd1.il.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 11:25 question there is, 'Should you have been doing it in the first place if you're going to get arrested for it' 11:25 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 11:25 right lets all just sell our souls and do what we're told because its more convenient 11:26 I think you might just stop 11:26 vertigo: If i went to jail for hacking I wouldn't later talk in a public forum about how i've continued 11:26 the freedom to do what you're told isnt freedom 11:26 it's not a question of doing what we're told 11:26 it's just "not doing what we're told not to do" 11:26 drey: don't mind vertigo, he's drunk 11:26 yea thats probably my bad Flibberdy but im using proxies and a public access wifi 11:26 what's the point of silencers anyway 11:26 Stereo: shooting people in the library 11:27 they're fun Stereo 11:27 (Or a theatre) 11:27 it's not like bullets travel slower than the speed of sound 11:27 I mean, it might be the smart thing to do, given that having been 'busted' for X, people might have their eyes on you in further cases of X 11:27 actually you can get some that do Stereo 11:27 .45 acp is good for that 11:27 vertigo: anyway, silencers work by decrease the velocity of the slug and by muffling the sound of the gunpwder detonation. The barrel of a rifle is longer which means the silencer doesn't muffle as much sound. Hence: Noisier 11:27 ωνω davidpk [david@hide-DFDE5AE6.bb.sky.com] has left #xkcd () 11:28 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 11:28 Stereo: it's so you don't show up on the enemy teams radar when you fire 11:28 If i remember my physics lessons properly 11:28 you covered gun silencers in physics O.o 11:28 Flibberdy: but if the barrel is longer and the silencer is longer wouldnt that mean logically it would give more time for the gas to expand and the slug to slow down meaning it would be quieter? 11:28 I wonder if a magical noise cancelling silencer with destructive interference would work 11:29 the rifle silencer is at least 1' 11:29 terran: could you not just set up a bunch of decoy guns that are remote controlled, and fire at the same time as you do, in random directions (with blanks) 11:29 my handgun one was 5 1/2 11:29 dinosplosion: sounds interesting but massively impractical 11:29 vertigo: the main component of gunfire noise is the explosion, not the velocity of the slug 11:29 dinosplosion: it'd have to be hella fast too 11:29 i know Flibberdy but the silencer is twice as long 11:30 dinosplosion: i'm not sure exactly but I believe noise cancelling only works at specific points where the waves cross, so you move 6 inches either way and it'd stop working 11:30 mhm 11:30 impractically long actually 11:30 i made it twice as long thinking it would help 11:30 but its louder 11:30 when you've got them directly on your head it's not an issue 11:30 my 5 1/2" wasnt any louder than a typewriter 11:30 vertigo: sounds like it's amplifying instead of canceling it out :P 11:31 vertigo: it#s probably acting as some kind of echo chamber. But meh, I think guns are the most useless penis extension there is. Go figured 11:31 ωνω Signoff seisatsu: #xkcd (Quit: Ex-Chat) 11:31 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 11:31 s/figured/figure./ 11:31 usless penis extension? 11:31 i dont understand 11:31 Was that a haiku? 11:31 flibberdy: cardboard tubes are the most useless penis extensions 11:31 yeah, you can't even fuck anyone with them or impress girls like with a car. 11:31 this breakfast both giveth and taketh away 11:31 hmm.. magical point microphone at the point of the detonation, or spherical shell of microphones around it. connected with appropriate delay to a larger spherical shell of speakers around the same point 11:31 it giveth energy and love, but taketh away my money 11:32 are you sure Flibberdy ? 11:32 I'll keep my guns in my video games thank you 11:32 i know lots of girls that like guns 11:32 I like archery though 11:32 im going shooting this week with one 11:32 ωνω a_flayer [tom@hide-55451893.cable.ziggo.nl] has joined #xkcd 11:32 dinosplosion: probably have to go with the sphere, I don't think guns emit sound at a single point 11:32 vertigo: yes. I think guns are crap. And I am extremely glad they're banned in the UK 11:32 it's more the general region around the muzzle 11:32 in a perfect world where the speed of sound through every object were the same this would work 11:32 but there's a lot of magic involved... 11:33 damn magic! 11:33 While I was cycling yesterday, a cute girl in an oncoming car flashed her lights and mouthed something at me. Sadly, I'm pretty sure it was "Arsehole." 11:33 http://www.futurepowerpc.com/scripts/product.asp?PRDCODE=1115-X8QB6-F-B&REFID=FR 11:33 might as well just use the magic to make a bullet with zero drag 11:33 have you ever shot a gun Flibberdy ? 11:33 She seemed very cheerful about it, though. 11:33 lol creature 11:33 that doesn't disrupt the air at all 11:33 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 11:33 or possibly some sort of ... laser weapon 11:33 creature: people in cars don't like people on bicycles. 11:33 pyoo pyoo 11:33 vertigo: yes. A variety of rifles, shotguns and handguns. 11:33 LOOK OUT A RAY GUN 11:33 you shot all of those and think they're crap/ 11:33 Stereo: that's a harder sort of magic :( 11:33 why? 11:33 Flibberdy: BUT DIDNT IT MAKE YOU FEEL SO MANYLU AND COOL!!! 11:34 Akranis: Yeah, but I can't imagine offending an oncoming motorist. 11:34 dinosplosion: you just have to make the bullet start with 0 volume and expand as it nears the target 11:34 thats like saying dynamite xbox and bacon are crap 11:34 ωνω Signoff Potassium: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 11:34 oimo the best way to mic something like that is two sets of two cardiod mics at 180 degree angles to eachother, placed at 30 and 150 degrees relative to the gun, infront of, pointed at 15 degree angles towards the inside 11:34 vertigo: yes. I was all "wow, the can/matchbox/target fell down. Wooooohoo" 11:34 I'd have to draw a picture, but it should give realistic stereo sound of the bullet passing the point 11:34 * SteamPoweredCat power bombs drazak. 11:34 Flibberdy, you should try aiming it at people, much more interesting things happen 11:34 lol 11:35 thats terrible a_flayer 11:35 you're a terrible person 11:35 SteamPoweredCat: why? 11:35 I'm am totally with Flibberdy on this. Ireland and England have the right idea about guns. i.e. there should be none 11:35 a_flayer: Probably, but I prefer my arsehole unstretched 11:35 vertigo: I haven't played more than 2 hours of xbox in the past year, I don't really like bacon and... dynamite 11:35 you should be flogged 11:35 unarmed police forces ftw 11:35 vertigo, that's what people tell me 11:35 also, it seems someone has invented the shockrifle from Unreal Tournament 2004: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolaser 11:35 drey: i've played about 15 minutes of xbox 11:35 drazak: I don't think stereo would be good enough for total noise cancellation 11:35 i love bacon and i use to blow things up daily 11:35 real men fight crime with batons 11:35 drazak: you're too smart, i need you to be my sidekick and fight crime with me 11:35 vertigo: great life you have there 11:36 dinosplosion: oh, we're noise canceling? that's 100x easier 11:36 it is pretty great 11:36 and its going no where 11:36 but hey neither are yours 11:36 OMG WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE 11:36 lolololol existential angst 11:37 lol 11:37 * dinosplosion angsts 11:37 vertigo: NO! with drazak as my new side kick, we'll stop the uranusian people from stealing our cornmeal! 11:37 dinosplosion: remember, not "across the street" but "down the street" 11:37 not if i have anything to say about it SteamPoweredCat 11:37 dinosplosion: take gun, place in an automated firing rig of some sort (see mythbusters) rig up two cardiod mics 4in apart with 5 degrees off 0, fire the gun 11:37 dinosplosion: that's how you simulate a head :P 11:37 something i've been coming to terms with dinosplosion 11:38 vertigo: what do you have to say about that? The time for debate was 3 days ago at the united nations, no one showed up. 11:38 terran: batons.. (NSFW) http://mirror.servut.us/flash/miekkataistelu.swf 11:38 standard_toaster: again, you're having some finnish in your links 11:38 lol, finnish name for that flash 11:39 literally "sword fight" 11:39 drazak: I'm trying to cancel the noise for everyone at the source of the sound 11:39 standard_toaster: I am at work so I shall not be viewing that 11:39 crap, how many finns are here apart from me? 11:39 standard_toaster: that is creepy as fuck, nd only cuase they look 12 :< 11:39 i was busy SteamPoweredCat i had to attend a garage door opening 11:39 do you guys realize that nothing you do matters? 11:39 vertigo: existential angst is usually a sign of more mundane problems 11:39 Walther: quite a few right now 11:39 you are literally free to do anything 11:39 vertigo: of course 11:39 OFF COURSE! 11:39 vertigo: no we're not 11:39 dinosplosion: then put 4 omni condensors around it and call it a day 11:40 vertigo: there are other people and constraints of humanity 11:40 ωνω Potassium [The-Rabid-@CB525C83.CD5A919.4DFCE4FA.IP] has joined #xkcd 11:40 vertigo: but in essence, we're literally free to try to do anything 11:40 ωνω Signoff Protected: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 11:40 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 11:40 we can do try everything... one 11:40 vertigo: that's why I aim for maximum comfort in my life 11:40 once* 11:40 im the opposite Tattoo 11:40 -do* 11:41 i want to go to africa and live in the jungle 11:41 vertigo: sucks to be you, then :D 11:41 i mean comfort is great an all 11:41 I can't imagine why 11:41 but i want something deeper 11:41 ωνω Protected [Join@hide-A4CBDA27.net] has joined #xkcd 11:41 Tattoo: he's drunk 11:41 Walther: so? 11:41 am not Walther 11:41 * vertigo makes out with cardboard cutout 11:41 vertigo: it's fallacy to assume deepness is somewhere else 11:41 vertigo: oh, you magically sobered up? 11:42 deepness? i just want something closer to nature Tattoo 11:42 Go hard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIPBc24Lm30&feature=channel 11:42 nature is a cold-hearted bitch 11:42 vertigo: yes, assuming that you need to go to africa to do that, is a fallacy 11:42 I like people 11:42 * Walther thinks of having his business card printed on his Visa 11:42 i mean if all of this disappeared who would survive? 11:42 if we got lost in the jungle how many would survive? 11:42 does that bother anybody? 11:42 I hardly think silencers make you closer to nature. 11:42 how many of us can start a fire with no matches 11:42 vertigo: no, since I'm not planning to get lost in jungle 11:43 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 11:43 you never plan to get lost in the jungle Tattoo 11:43 plan crashes happen every day 11:43 vertigo: no they don't 11:43 thats just a hobby creature 11:43 vertigo: and then again, rarely they fly over the jungle 11:43 disclaimer: i speak in general terms for the sake of brevity 11:43 usually it's sea or desert 11:44 you guys know what's sad? 11:44 I've had 3 weeks to do this homework 11:44 irc isnt the best place to argue semantics 11:44 it's due at 10:05 11:44 I would not survive in the jungle. 11:44 er, 11:05 rather 11:44 I'm resigned to that 11:44 and basically, you can't really count for that, because there is no saying what's the situation is when you do have survived a plane crash 11:44 i wouldnt either diogenes 11:44 dinosplosion* 11:44 dinosplosion has a factoid 11:45 and I'm just now doing it, at 6:45 am 11:45 do you have some necessities? are you injured? are there others? 11:45 Augh, I still smell of salt, even after two showers. 11:45 sexy creature 11:45 so speculating about that is fun but pointless 11:45 NO SHIT 11:45 None yet, at least. Keep digging! 11:45 Fortunately, nobody's going to sniff me today. 11:45 you know whats pointless 11:45 I love that OO tries to recover my documents 11:45 arguing about it on irc 11:46 BUT CANT IT DO IT IN THE FUCKING BACKROUND? 11:46 why can't you start a freaking session without freaking trying to recover freaking everything 11:46 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 11:46 Okay, why are people yelling pancake-stuff, when they see my waffle-video? Does the US have some sort of thing that pancakes = waffles? 11:46 vertigo: no, irc doesen't provide anything to the pointlessness of discussing it at all 11:46 Nougatti: US is stupid :) 11:46 Nougatti: don't think so, people are just clueless 11:47 Bucket: waffles superior to pancakes. 11:47 Okay, Nougatti. 11:47 I guess. 11:47 I degauss 11:47 pancake-stuff? 11:47 ωνω davidpk [david@hide-DFDE5AE6.bb.sky.com] has joined #xkcd 11:47 various pancake-affiliated comments 11:47 It happened yesterday, when I published it, and just now, on YouTube. 11:48 waffles to me are https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Potato_waffle 11:48 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 11:48 Colloquy is like multiplay BBEdit. 11:48 give me an example of pancake affiliated comments 11:48 mmm pancakes 11:48 davidpk: which is funny because you're on from bb.sky.com 11:48 I don't even know what waffles are though 11:48 drazak: so i am. 11:48 terran waffles are that to all right-thinking people 11:49 terran: Those aren't waffles. They taste NOTHING. 11:49 drazak: but that bb is for 'broadband,' the bbedit bb is for 'Bare Bones' 11:49 I've tried those, thinking "mmmm waffles!", but they turned out to be tasteless 11:49 Wait, what? "Yet Otago is one of the few medical schools in the world to allow human disection." - Seriously? 11:49 Cheez: ^5 11:49 Nougatti: they are amazing 11:49 I love them 11:49 awesome Potassium 11:49 ωνω Signoff bassgoon: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 11:49 one of my favourite foods 11:50 Nougatti: this place where I am currently sitting makes pretty awesome coffee shop with awesome waffles, I just rarely get them, because the breakfast sandwich is so awesome 11:50 .,. 11:50 they are essentially a lard sponge 11:50 but they taste lovely 11:50 waffles, fish fingers and sausage rolls 11:50 uh, can't you dissect a dead body anywhere else then? 11:50 starchy goodness 11:50 make an amazing meal 11:50 How on Earth do you learn medicine -without- disecting a body? 11:50 Potassium holographics 11:50 what species of poppy is the one used for the production of heroin? 11:50 and AR 11:50 Potassium: could it be that the dissection is done at morgues everywhere else? 11:50 Bucket: mike is a sandwich made of croissant, foccacia bread, or a bagel with egg, provolone, cream cheese, and either sausage, bacon, or ham inside 11:50 Okay, drazak. 11:50 Potassium: well you could just be really careful and self mutilate a bit 11:51 Vertigo, Papaver somniferum 11:51 you said that awfully quick Potassium 11:51 are you riding the white poney? 11:51 are you on the H train son? 11:51 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 11:51 SteamPoweredCat >.> 11:51 Tattoo, I don't think that'd be allowed. 11:51 SteamPoweredCat wrote on me with a Sharpie while I was asleep. I don't want to party there ever again. 11:51 taking the tinsel train to toon town? 11:51 ωνω Signoff Velociraptors: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 11:51 Potassium: I mean, during autopsies 11:51 * Stereo pumps Potassium full of luciferin 11:51 the white poney is a pub near my house 11:51 vertigo, I did some private study to do with the papaver family :P 11:52 when they're dissected anyways 11:52 Bucket: I've been to a party like that <.< 11:52 Error at 0x08: Reference not found 11:52 "private study" riiiiight Potassium *wink wink nod nod say no more* 11:52 bucket, what was that 11:52 SteamPoweredCat: That was 'SteamPoweredCat' (#53032): wrote on me with a Sharpie while I was asleep. I don't want to party there ever again. 11:52 Tattoo, I still don't think that they would allow that, as they haven't actually offered their body up for that to be done. 11:52 Terran: Can you eat your type of waffles without anything else? 11:52 Nougatti of course 11:52 especially cold later on 11:52 'cause my waffles can be eaten by themselves and taste HEAVENLY. 11:52 Mmmmmm 11:52 Potassium: how hard would it be to grow them in oregon? 11:52 yuck 11:53 oregon, no idea, don't know what the climate is like. 11:53 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 11:53 Nougatti: I'm not a fan of them cold like Cheez is but yes 11:53 well on the side im on its a desert wasteland like idaho 11:53 oregon, but I know that here in the South Island, NZ, they spread like weeds. 11:53 Potassium: I can tell you that every medical school in Scotland offers dissection. 11:53 and on the other side its lush green and pretty like seattle 11:53 ωνω Tamschi [Tamschi@hide-35CCCA09.dip0.t-ipconnect.de] has joined #xkcd 11:53 Nougatti: I cook them in the toaster in 10 minutes and they're delicious 11:53 Potassium: And I'm not sure about EVERY in England, but certainly a large proportion of them. 11:53 Do you think it's true that everyone wants what they can't get 11:53 So I don't know where they are getting "one of the few". 11:53 vertigo, they normally need a cold period to grow properly, during the winter, and ample moisture. 11:53 terran: They taste like blue waffle 11:54 thats poyfect 11:54 Nougatti: heh, I'm never going to google that 11:54 vertigo, they're pretty easy to grow though, throw some seeds down and you should get some. 11:54 terran: appearently you allready have 11:54 apparently the medical/biological school of my university has freezers full of human legs 11:54 Nougatti: nope 11:54 and livers. and brains 11:54 ωνω Signoff TheBix: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 11:55 * Nougatti just googled Blue Waffle. 11:55 do the normal every day poppies produce any opium at all Potassium ? 11:55 dinosplosion: We have rooms full of dead bodies, whole and in parts. 11:55 and penises, too, probably 11:55 * Nougatti will never be the same again. 11:55 Nougatti: Noooooooooooooo! 11:55 laters 11:55 ωνω SteamPoweredCat [Adium@hide-AB8D5748.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net] has left #xkcd () 11:55 * Nougatti had seen blue waffle before. He was just kidding. He wasn't surprised. 11:56 * drey has not 11:56 * drey does not want to 11:56 vertigo: I don't think so. It's only the opium poppies. 11:56 Heh, you can't donate your body if you weigh more than 90kg. 11:56 why the fuck do I always pick the logest piece of work in the book to do my fucking reports on? 11:56 Or if you've undergone a post mortem 11:56 goooood 11:56 Potassium: 90kg, really? 11:56 The highly responsible 4th year medical students I know fight in the freezer rooms using human livers as lightsabers 11:56 why no post mortems? 11:57 Bruenor, here in NZ anyway. 11:57 Potassium: I've dissected a guy that I'm sure was heavier than that. 11:57 Potassium: Ahh, ok. 11:57 oh goddamn this guy makes me rage 11:57 every single thing just makes me want to tear his head off 11:57 the FDA said marijuana has no medical benefits? 11:57 dinosplosion: the gross anatomy smells just like that after 4 months 11:57 ωνω Signoff Protected: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 11:57 dinosplosion: If that was in my med school, they would be expelled in seconds. 11:57 vertigo: except the calming effect. you can hardly argue that 11:57 dinosplosion: Talk about having some fucking respect. 11:57 ωνω Velociraptors [~Velocirap@hide-978508B1.lns20.syd7.internode.on.net] has joined #xkcd 11:58 argue what Tattoo 11:58 Also, apparently Anderson Bay Cemetary is where they scatter the ashes of all the bodies. Delicious. 11:58 \lol 11:58 that it has no medicinal benefits? 11:58 Approx 40 bodies a year get scattered there. 11:58 14:00 < Tattoo> vertigo: except the calming effect. 11:58 ωνω lieuwe [kvirc@882BEC4E.DCA58C6A.6403F2A3.IP] has joined #xkcd 11:58 marmite! omnomnomnom 11:58 I picked excerpts from Song of Myself by walt whitman, it's the longest poem in the book 11:58 lieuwe: marmite! puke 11:58 ERROR stray backslash 11:58 fuck me 11:58 Ok drazak, let me get some lube 11:58 Bruenor: ZS 11:59 wait are you saying you cant argue that marijuana has no medicinal benefits Tattoo ? 11:59 ωνω Protected [Join@hide-A4CBDA27.net] has joined #xkcd 11:59 dinosplosion: it's good practice to excape your lols :| 11:59 lieuwe: ZS? 11:59 Also, our idea of thanksgiving is apparently different from yours :P "However, the Otago Medical School holds a Thanksgiving service each year for the families of donors." 11:59 arrrrgh 11:59 RAGE 11:59 Bruenor: 'ZS?'? 11:59 vertigo: you're really on the stage of drunkness that you can't read 11:59 ? 11:59 Bruenor: oh, i meant XD 11:59 I wonder, how the fuck do people actually do, I dunno, WORK with Word? 11:59 XDD 11:59 almost 11:59 I'm almost pregnant! 11:59 lieuwe: Haha, that makes much more sense. 11:59 Sh0rtWave: I just... I don't know 11:59 Was that a haiku? 11:59 what's a good english word for when you feel like you're unable to sit still; "Antsy" being another, but not the one I'm looking for. 12:00 Bruenor: exactly one key to the left :-P 12:00 "It also lets the medical students and staf personally meet and thank the families." - "DUDE, I TOTALLY DISECTED YOUR MUM. SHIT WAS SO CASH." 12:00 Sh0rtWave: 2007 and 2010 are freaking useless 12:00 vertigo: DF may say there's not medical benefits. I commented, that they can hardly argue with the calming effect 12:00 Sh0rtWave: I can't find a single fucking command 12:00 Sh0rtWave, in my experience? very inefficiently 12:00 Sh0rtWave: they need to fucking stick with what had been around for 10 fucking years 12:00 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 12:00 * drazak loads up wordperfect 7 12:00 ircubic: Fidgety? 12:00 Using Microsoft Word to create a document of any complexity is akin to trying to dig a hole by beating the ground with a honey-baked ham. 12:01 NOOOO! stumbleupon is down 12:01 Bruenor: could work. I was just told "restless" could work too :P 12:01 Even NeoOffice sucks ass. 12:01 * lieuwe runs of screaming like a girl 12:01 Sh0rtWave: perfect analogy, because gates is a ham 12:01 it's up again 12:01 Sh0rtWave: OO is usable, barely 12:01 pfew 12:01 ircubic: yup. jittery, nervy, twichty, uneasy, et c 12:01 WHAT THE FUCK 12:01 :D 12:01 WHAT THE FUCK is http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/416052 12:01 my fucking OO froze, speaking of crappy text editors 12:02 Gaaah, and some people wonder why office workers sometimes commit suicide. CHRIST this is painful. 12:02 Sh0rtWave: no, I completely understand it 12:02 Potassium: Are you in med school? 12:02 Sh0rtWave: my english teacher won't let me use my laptop, supposedly because she can't lock the screen of it, I believe different, I think it's because she wants me to suffer by using MS word 12:02 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 12:03 You've got notepad. 12:03 ωνω Signoff Potassium: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 12:03 Use TeX 12:03 ωνω LogicalDash [~sanotehu@hide-2BCF9A.dyn.optonline.net] has joined #xkcd 12:03 gedit 12:03 I swear, I'm on the edge of doing that. If I didn't have to use this effing track-changes feature (which I, if I ever meet the author of that lunacy, I will strangle him/her with my bare hands) 12:04 Sh0rtWave: just use google docs 12:04 Sh0rtWave: it has that feature and last time I checked it worked well 12:04 Can't 12:04 put it all in git 12:04 That would be violating my security mandates. 12:04 tea: git++ 12:04 Sh0rtWave: even on an internal git server? 12:05 ωνω Signoff Protected: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 12:05 is it bad that I'm considering working on my english homework all through math? 12:05 I appreciate your suggestions, but realize that I'm working on a government POR, and must to the best of my ability avoid leakage of this information, regardless of how much trust/faith I put in google, git, etc. 12:05 I'll violate your security mandates if ya know what I mean. 12:06 carl sagan smoked weed 12:06 nuff said 12:06 ωνω Protected [Join@hide-A4CBDA27.net] has joined #xkcd 12:06 Seriously tho, this shit makes me want to hurt someone, and bad. 12:06 Sh0rtWave: git... won't violate security, heh, espescially if it's all internal, but that's ok, I should find out what my buddy who does the newark datacenter uses for that kinda thing 12:06 Bucket: hot chick 12:06 I'll like to squish her in the DVD, if you know what I mean. 12:06 git seems to me several times less likely to leak your info than microsoft word 12:06 Sh0rtWave: he's kinda a windows cunt so, he probably uses word :S 12:06 dinosplosion: exactly 12:06 Shit! You just collapsed the waveform! 12:07 drazak: I know what git is, but you have to realize that there are more than just me working on this document. And they're not up on version control, typesetting systems, or indeed anything beyond the masochistic world that is world. 12:07 Sh0rtWave: that is world? :P brainfail 12:07 that is WORD 12:08 Christ, it's affecting my ability to speak. 12:08 It's like a cancer 12:08 Sh0rtWave: I realize, but you keep complaining so we're giving alternatives, there's not much else we can do 12:08 mmmm, doughnuts 12:08 oh 12:08 I'm not looking for a solution, I'm venting before I kill someone. 12:08 There is no solution to this. 12:08 ωνω Signoff byte: #xkcd (Client exited) 12:08 * LogicalDash installs a chimney in Sh0rtWave 12:08 ωνω byte [byte@hide-3C0E1AED.feralhosting.com] has joined #xkcd 12:08 well when you have to work with clueless people there's not much you can do apart from try to hit them with the cluestick 12:09 Fucking NSF, I swear. 12:09 Ways to make a channel full of nerds suggest a solution: tell them there's no solution. 12:09 creature: indeed 12:09 ωνω Potassium [~The-Rabid@CB525C83.CD5A919.4DFCE4FA.IP] has joined #xkcd 12:09 * Bucket gives a thymely nod. 12:09 creature: A tried and tested adage 12:10 I did try, early-on, to get them to use a shared, secure wiki. 12:10 That would have been perfect. 12:10 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 12:10 ωνω Signoff SicSemperTyrannosaur: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 12:10 Cool, apparently there's a documentary done here in Otago called "Donated To Science" which is about the body donation process, from start to finish o.O 12:11 But no TV channel wants to buy it, except TV3 in NZ. 12:11 They can't sell it anywhere else in the world >.> 12:11 Also, apparently about 1/5 of the population of our country watched it when it screened. 12:12 Perhaps that would convince other channels to buy it 12:12 Potassium: something of which I guess most the TV channels are unaware? 12:12 hmmm? 12:12 I'm not too sure. 12:12 Well. I don't think NZ has much influence on the global TV market 12:12 But they found it hard to get a channel to screen it in NZ. 12:13 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 12:13 And they're getting rejected by TV Channels world wide from what it seems. 12:13 ouchjars: you're flapping. 12:13 awesome stuff: http://i44.tinypic.com/ksvhl.jpg 12:13 Somehow. Despite the probability (1/5) that each channel exec actually watched it when it screened 12:14 ωνω SicSemperTyrannosaur [~SicSemper@5365CF3.10895AA4.105448C7.IP] has joined #xkcd 12:14 http://www.3news.co.nz/Donated-to-science-what-will-you-do-when-you-die/tabid/367/articleID/130053/cat/221/Default.aspx 12:14 This is a news article about it 12:15 It's truly stunning how much work goes into wibbling over a single word in this document. 12:16 I swear, I want to strangle NSF people. 12:16 "What does shared mean?" 12:16 It means EVERYONE CAN FUCKING USE IT 12:16 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 12:16 if I had a nickel for every time they've changed the name of the video distribution network, I'd be rich. 12:16 ωνω Signoff FastLizard4: #xkcd (Quit: In bed above we're deep asleep / While greater love lies further deep / This dream must end, this world must know / We all depend on the beast below) 12:17 ωνω viginti [viginti@hide-4B22E84E.fi] has joined #xkcd 12:18 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 12:19 So, how many of you people would donate your bodies to science? Just curiously? 12:19 ωνω Signoff byte: #xkcd (Client exited) 12:19 ωνω byte [byte@hide-3C0E1AED.feralhosting.com] has joined #xkcd 12:19 o/ 12:19 Potassium: i plan to 12:19 To me, it almost seems silly not to. 12:20 ωνω Signoff mike: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 12:20 I mean, I don't have any use for it any more :P 12:20 Potassium: the documentary sounds very interesting. i'll have to download it or something, and watch 12:20 Potassium: the girl crying over the cadaver she dissected also gave me a great idea 12:20 Dag Nabbit. I hate threading so hard sometimes. I wish it wasn't so neccessary 12:21 ωνω Signoff Potassium: #xkcd (Connection reset by peer) 12:21 before i die, i'm gonna have a message tattooed to my chest, or something like that, directed to the medstudents who'll dissect me 12:21 ωνω Potassium [The-Rabid-@CB525C83.CD5A919.4DFCE4FA.IP] has joined #xkcd 12:21 ωνω mike [~mike@hide-4FB908FD.ph.upcnet.ro] has joined #xkcd 12:21 Potassium: before i die, i'm gonna have a message tattooed to my chest, or something like that, directed to the medstudents who'll dissect me 12:21 Hahahahaha 12:21 perhaps have some sort of "easter egg" operated into my chest cavity 12:21 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 12:21 it wouldn't require more than a very small incision. like 1" or something 12:21 i'm sure i could convince a doctor family member to do it if i was dying 12:22 Lol. 12:22 like, an actual easter egg 12:22 filled with jelly beans 12:22 * vertigo gambles before the spirites 12:23 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 12:23 At the moment, my body is being used for organ transplants if possible. If not, then it's off to science. 12:23 no, an easter egg as in a hiddenn feature 12:23 I wonder what would happen if you were a student there, and you mother died or something, and donated her body. 12:23 i think making it one of those plastic easter eggs would be appropriate 12:23 And you walk in there, and open up the body bag, and it's like "O HAI THAR SON." 12:23 ωνω Signoff Ms_Moosey: #xkcd (Quit: ) 12:23 sjokkis: You should have one of those cans that have worms coiled up inside inserted. Maybe without the can.. so when they slice out pop the worms 12:23 it's not clean, but whatever, you're dying anyway 12:23 heh 12:24 Flibberdy: yes, i'm certainly gonna have worms inserted into my chest cavity 12:24 In the UK, the body list for med schools is cross checked as far as possible to avoid that. 12:24 ωνω Signoff Nougatti: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 12:24 Bruenor, I'd imagine it's the same here. 12:24 sjokkis: I don't mean real worms. Are you aware of the devices i'm tlaking about? 12:24 Flibberdy: no, sorry 12:24 Flibberdy: but i think i can imagine what you mean 12:25 http://www.amazon.com/Loftus-SNAKE-NUT-CAN/dp/B0006GK4AO that thing. I guess snake is more accurate 12:25 This is such a masterpiece of the obvious. 12:26 ωνω fzhi555 [frank@44C8F0A9.D9A87508.593BA198.IP] has left #xkcd (Parting...) 12:26 theres actually a guy name poindexter i thought that was a term like geek or nerd 12:26 ωνω Signoff Vagrant: #xkcd (Quit: BAHAHA!) 12:28 $thisitem = preg_replace("/\$\{(.*)\}/eU", "\$item['\\1']", $thisitem); 12:28 ωνω pipeep [~pipeep@hide-8DF7E01B.xlate.ufl.edu] has joined #xkcd 12:28 WHY ISN'T IT WORKINGGG 12:29 it doesn't even replace it wrongly 12:29 chicken and waffles sound good 12:29 it doesn't replace it at all in fact, i just have a load of ${detail} variables all over 12:30 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 12:31 ωνω Freudian [~Freudian@20A25742.3A86BE6.CCF210E2.IP] has joined #xkcd 12:32 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awChThLHAKQ 12:32 i saw god when i was 15 and i've never recovered 12:32 Flibberdy: love the description 12:32 "SURPRISE!! Snake pops out when someone opens the can of nuts. Yeah, no one's ever seen this before. 4 inch can." 12:33 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 12:33 I am listening to Blue Sky, Black Death with Jean Grae - New Jeanius. Verdict: Pretty good with some moments of brilliance. 12:33 ωνω Signoff Jocke: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 12:34 nazgjunk: Haha, I hadn't read that, it was just the first correct looking hit when I searched for it 12:36 ωνω Signoff shamem: #xkcd (Quit: Leaving.) 12:36 ωνω Signoff postmodern: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 12:36 ωνω Jocke [Zorlius@hide-F26BA78A.bredband.comhem.se] has joined #xkcd 12:37 bitches 12:38 Bucket: what was that? 12:38 Jax184: That was 'q.e.d' (#87527): bitches 12:40 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 12:41 did fantastic planet fuck anyone else up for life? 12:41 ωνω ecthros [ecthros@hide-31B8A424.hsd1.il.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 12:41 Call us bitches. 12:41 I'll show you Bucket 12:41 ωνω jlamothe [~jlamothe@29A4509.8847E55F.B5721EC7.IP] has joined #xkcd 12:42 * dinosplosion shows Bucket the exit 12:42 ωνω daedeloth [daedeloth@hide-3B0ED940.dsl.scarlet.be] has joined #xkcd 12:43 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 12:43 I think #xkcd is broken. 12:44 ok 12:44 watching fantastic planet and that final fantasy movie on lsd fucked me up for life 12:44 wsdfexgchjbk 12:44 What kind of a world do we live in where Microsoft thinks every update from every other source in the world might "harm your computer" 12:44 this one? 12:44 Bucket: I think #xkcd is broken. Syntax Eror 12:44 Okay, Wasgood. 12:45 Sh0rtWave, shouldn't it be the opposite? 12:45 Sh0rtWave: Are you referring to UAC? 12:46 Sh0rtWave, http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1723106 12:46 Every update from microsoft does tend to increase the proportion of your harddisk storing microsoft stuff. that's a sort of harm I guess 12:46 I guess "might harm your computer" is easier to understand than "trying to write to disk with permissions which could fuck up your entire pc" 12:46 pipeep: how is that helpful? 12:47 * Bruenor has been on hold for 15 minutes. Sigh. 12:47 pipeep: No really. 12:47 Maybe really! 12:47 ωνω Signoff Velociraptors: #xkcd (Quit: Leaving) 12:47 pipeep: Were you just being funny? 12:47 ωνω Velociraptors [Velocirapt@hide-978508B1.lns20.syd7.internode.on.net] has joined #xkcd 12:47 2.4 A cabinet or closet shall be provided on the exterior of the building, and associated cabling conveyed to the demarcation room, to provide access for press vehicles to the video distribution network within the building. 12:47 arrrrgh 12:47 * Sh0rtWave kicks OS X repeatedly. 12:47 Sh0rtWave, yes, there are threads about how Microsoft should base Windows 8 on DVL 12:47 I hate word. Even on OS X. 12:47 Especially on OS X. 12:48 pipeep: That doesn't *HELP*. 12:48 * LogicalDash launches a hypothetical attack 12:48 Sh0rtWave: you weren't asking for help. You were bitching. 12:48 Correct 12:48 You're wrong. 12:48 nice to see that someone noticed a difference there; 12:48 so don't complain when he doesnt' help. 12:48 You can't have it both ways 12:49 Why is it when I get anywhere NEAR Microsoft software, I start to suffer high blood pressure and become a homicidal maniac? 12:49 I'd like to know the same actually 12:49 ωνω Signoff ecthros: #xkcd (Quit: Living 14,000 years didn't make me a genius. I just had time.) 12:49 Sh0rtWave: Because they heard about the Apple Reality Distortion Field and then screwed up the implementation of their own so now it's a rage indicing field 12:49 * Walther needs a laptop 12:50 s/indicing/inducing/ 12:50 The only thing MS makes that's worth a damn is Excel. I'm actually kinda suspicious that the reason Word sucks so much ass is that it was designed as an advanced text editor for an Excel spreadsheet cell, and anything beyond that purpose is just pushing the envelope. I actually believe MS created Windows just to give Excel something to run on. 12:50 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 12:51 Excel is the only thing that MS did *right*. 12:51 ωνω Signoff dwar: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 12:51 beet seeds 12:51 Sh0rtWave, they put a flight simulator in it though 12:52 See above. 12:52 Nuh-uh! You're trying to make me tip over by looking up! 12:52 WTH? 12:52 Why is 1pm on a Monday afternoon "Out-of-hours" service. 12:52 PowerPoint isn't that bad either, or is it? 12:52 Lunch time :P 12:52 After being on hold for 20 minutes, I have to phone back tomorrow. 12:52 * Bruenor smacks his face on the wall. 12:52 hehe 12:52 I've heard amusing things about Excel's statistics capabilities 12:52 Kolko, better than OpenOffice 12:53 that is, apparently various functions have been implemented incorrectly 12:53 I personally use LaTeX for everything, even slide shows 12:53 ωνω Plastefuchs- [w00t@hide-9C48177C.dip.t-dialin.net] has joined #xkcd 12:53 Well, OpenOffice for spreadsheets... 12:54 ωνω Signoff Plastefuchs: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 12:54 I only use latex for sex 12:54 works great with version control 12:54 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 12:55 Yeah well most of you operate in fairly insular worlds where you don't have to collaborate with idiots. 12:55 xkcdb? 12:55 xkcdsw is worse, but not slightly 12:56 I try not to work with idiots, but sometimes they don't agree 12:56 * Sh0rtWave kicks TIA/EIA-569-B 12:56 i'm lucky, i'm the idiot everyone has to work with 12:56 not 568? 12:56 ωνω Signoff pipeep: #xkcd (Quit: leaving) 12:56 a_flayer: still got that job at the copy shop, then 12:57 Not 568. 12:57 * InitHello knows TIA/EIA-568-B 12:57 I bet you do. 12:57 can't help you with 569, though 12:57 You can't be a network geek and NOT know TIA/EIA-568-B 12:57 indeed 12:57 Indubitably. 12:57 I'm dealing with architecture however, so it's 569-B for me. 12:57 I don't even know what TIA/EIA means :| To the googles! 12:57 * InitHello had it memorized at one point 12:58 but I haven't mounted an RJ-45 in ... probably 4-5 years 12:58 I've tossed 568 out of this spec. 12:58 It's irrelevant to my specification. 12:58 ωνω LolCam [d8872e9a@hide-6C77D8AA.mibbit.com] has joined #xkcd 12:58 ωνω Signoff Jocke: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 12:58 morning, my darlings 12:58 looks like 569 is about the physical layout of the cabling, rather than the endpoint wiring? 12:59 LolCam: howdy, gawjus 12:59 InitHello: Mawnin', dahlin'. 12:59 ωνω Xeio [~zeiothexe@hide-13EA9F67.pitbpa.east.verizon.net] has joined #xkcd 12:59 ωνω Signoff a_flayer: #xkcd (Quit: Ex-Chat) 13:00 LolCam: how goes, oh blessed light of my eyes, radiant flower of the slightly southwesterly direction? 13:00 It seems there has been an avalanche on my desk. 13:00 ωνω Signoff vawrtuhcks: #xkcd (Quit: This computer has gone to sleep) 13:00 ah. Not too well, then 13:00 LolCam: was anyone injured? 13:00 InitHello: No, it's about the physical architecture that *supports* the cabling and equipment. 13:00 and yes, I can lay it on a *lot* thicker than that 13:00 Sh0rtWave: I don't envy you 13:00 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 13:01 InitHello: no, it's fine. I found it highly entertaining 13:01 * InitHello is glad he has only had to deal with uninspected networking 13:01 InitHello: also, your compliments make me blush. :3 13:01 LolCam: that was my goal. Huzzah. 13:01 ωνω Jocke [Zorlius@hide-F26BA78A.bredband.comhem.se] has joined #xkcd 13:01 dinosplosion: not that I know of, but I think they cleared the bodies out before I got to work 13:01 that's what they get for not letting me work 5 days a week when I have a bid due 13:02 InitHello: Why not? I'm making a LOT of money off of this project. Other than having to deal with Word, it's been a blast. 13:02 Sh0rtWave: you know, that's a good point. Are you hiring? 13:02 ωνω Rubix [Rubix@33F3DA23.8139BD1D.D8C4016.IP] has joined #xkcd 13:02 Oh crap, my first day of work starts in under an hour, oh noeeeeees 13:02 ... and I'm only half joking, I could see myself getting into a more hands-on techie line of work 13:03 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 13:03 I have a brief story for you all, if you don't object to storytime. 13:03 * InitHello has no objection 13:03 Bucket: objection? 13:03 * Bucket bangs the gavel three times and makes a serious face. 13:03 also, holy crap this got published http://shirt.woot.com/friends.aspx?k=14641 13:03 storytime! 13:03 oh, go ahead creature 13:03 ωνω Signoff hex2: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 13:03 that's cute 13:03 ωνω mode/#xkcd [+mN] by creature 13:03 STORYTIME. 13:04 Last weekend I was out on a long cycle when I encountered a mechanical problem. I carry a small toolkit with me, but I didn't have anything to fix it. (It was a bent derailleur hanger). My Dad suggested that if I'd had an adjustable spanner, I could have tried to bend it back at the side of the road. 13:04 After I got home, I asked around for tool brand recommendations then hopped on eBay to invest in an adjustable spanner. 13:05 Now, when I say "adjustable spanner", how big an item do you imagine? I was thinking something between 6 and 12 inches long; maybe the length of a large paperback book. I was a little worried it would be too big/heavy for me to carry everywhere. 13:05 However, what arrived in the post was this: http://ethicsgirls.com/stuff/phonecam-spanner.jpg 13:05 ωνω Signoff Velociraptors: #xkcd (Quit: Leaving) 13:06 The moral of the story is: read a listing very carefully and look at a ruler before bidding. 13:06 ωνω mode/#xkcd [-mN] by creature 13:06 creature got a book? 13:06 AND it's Hemingway 13:06 UGH 13:06 no, clearly he got a sharpie 13:06 creature: worst deal ever 13:06 LolCam: I got a spanner. The other items are for scale. 13:06 creature: well yeah. 13:06 creature: spanners are TINY 13:06 creature: does this device do what you would need it for? 13:06 but that looks like it would be big enough to do the bendy job you were talking about 13:06 I couldn't just show the spanner. That's what got me into this problem in the first place. 13:06 Or do you actually need one of the larger ones 13:07 InitHello: I'm not sure it would, as I tried to bend it back using a pipe wrench and a sizeable pair of pliers and got nowhere, but I think it'll do for now. 13:07 * InitHello nods 13:07 creature: also, nice last.fm button 13:07 Atari Teenage Riot is the most.. unforgiving music in the world. I may even go so far as to claim it's shit. 13:07 It's possible if it were bolted to the frame I could get the necessary leverage with the small spanner. 13:07 creature: oh i gotta take a picture of mine now 13:07 I don't know why I listened to this when I was 16 :/ 13:07 I even have a black sharpie 13:08 You're comparing spanners now. 13:08 I'm going to stick the old one in a vice in an attempt to bend it back. If it works I'll have a spare I can add to the toolbox too. 13:08 ωνω alSeen [no@hide-B22DA86C.midco.net] has joined #xkcd 13:08 Flibberdy: what is it? 13:08 Is it your mum? 13:08 wow, Bucket. it probably is! 13:09 "I don't know why I listened to this when I was 16" works fairly well with that ;) 13:09 ωνω Signoff Walther: #xkcd (Broken pipe) 13:09 At least when you're 17 13:09 ωνω Signoff Henkraks: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 13:09 It might be, but it's more likely to be Industrial techno.. breakbeaty.. anrachistic.. craziness done by a Guy and Girl who grew up in East Germany 13:10 Flibberdy: sounds dreadful 13:10 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 13:10 Notable Tracks include: Deutschland (Has gotta die), Destroy 2000 years of CUlture, Delete Yourself and Fuck All. 13:10 crappy monday #xkcd! 13:11 'fuck all' is an awesome expression 13:11 mornin, crodgers_ 13:11 hmmm... that's weird 13:11 ωνω Vagrant [clb@hide-7FB0E7E2.zone2.bethere.co.uk] has joined #xkcd 13:11 i shouldn't have an underscore here 13:11 Flibberdy: wow. I have absolutely nothing to say to that 13:11 brb 13:11 ωνω Signoff crodgers_: #xkcd (Quit: May your yields be fruitful!) 13:11 LolCam: I think when I was 16 I assumed they were being post modenr ironic or something 13:12 ωνω crodgers [crodgers@hide-1B214B0F.dsndata.com] has joined #xkcd 13:12 ahhh... much better 13:12 Flibberdy: now you see that they were just being terrible 13:12 In fact they have a track called "Atari Teenage Riot" which is quite catchy.. I think. Listening to it now before I delete this godforsaken noise 13:13 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 13:13 not who am i, what am i 13:13 http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=574#comic 13:13 heh 13:13 Bucket: I'm making a note here 13:13 HUGE SUCCESS 13:13 one good thing about mondays, the new questionable content is out :D 13:13 creature: the big awesome one is vise grips! http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/995/visegrips.jpg 13:14 i use them way more than the adjustable spanner 13:14 crodgers: meh. its guest week :-/ 13:14 oh D: 13:14 ωνω Kedama [~CoolStory@hide-8CE30690.hsd1.mi.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 13:14 Stereo: oh, yes. I love that thing. 13:14 * Flibberdy switches from Industrial Fail to 90's "Alternative" Power Ballads courtesy of the stupidly named "Live" 13:15 bahahahhaahahha, Hark a Vagrant: Bastille Day Version! 13:15 Hey, Live has some pretty fine stuff 13:15 ωνω Velociraptors [Velocirapt@hide-978508B1.lns20.syd7.internode.on.net] has joined #xkcd 13:15 hang on, i bet i can bend one of those coins 13:15 chrisbrl88: HEY NOW, without QC Guest Week, we'd never have rainbow Pap Smears for Everyone! tees 13:15 Stereo: that is a CRIMINAL ACT 13:15 but, since i'm cheap 13:15 * Stereo bends a penny instead 13:15 ωνω Signoff himselfe: #xkcd (Quit: ) 13:16 LolCam: still, id prefer the yelling bird and sweet-tits to guest week 13:16 lololol walt whitman 13:16 OH FUCK THE TAPIRS 13:16 Bucket: Stereo is a federal offender. 13:16 Okay, nazgjunk. 13:16 chrisbrl88: what about Johnny Wander Yelling Bird? That was funny 13:16 okay you convinced me 13:16 i'll bend a foreign penny 13:16 LolCam: don't remember that one 13:17 LolCam: we need to have a fashion discussion later, when I'm not doing english homework in my math class 13:17 does anyone use ncmpcpp? 13:17 vertigo: is that a packet sniffing thing? 13:17 ωνω Signoff practisevoodoo_: #xkcd (Connection reset by peer) 13:17 mpd client 13:17 I hate you, Porcupine Tree 13:17 oh, no idea 13:18 standard_toaster: little known fact - it's actually a Hedgehog Tree 13:18 chrisbrl88: http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1453 <-- this one 13:18 also, I love Johnny Wander. :3 It's so cute! 13:18 i dont know what the space bar does 13:18 LolCam: heh 13:18 i know what the guide says but its not very helpful 13:18 chrisbrl88: BEST GUEST STRIP EVER 13:19 LolCam: that is a good one. but as a general rule, im not big on guest week 13:19 LolCam: will hanners and marigold ever get it on?! 13:20 i wanna touch your hips i wanna rub your lips 13:20 if you guys didn't know, vertigo is still drink 13:20 er, drunk 13:20 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 13:20 nazgjunk: Oh I like a few of their albums, but they have a stupid name 13:20 chrisbrl88: Probably not. 13:20 She's too innocent! 13:20 http://zs1.smbc-comics.com/comics/20060901.gif - hahahaha most inappropriate comic ever 13:21 ωνω himselfe [yeah@85ABD22C.B7EDF750.D28E513.IP] has joined #xkcd 13:21 Flibberdy: um. Good to know. 13:21 oh wait I did talk to you 13:22 nazgjunk: You did, you thought I was slagging off Live a while ago 13:22 ωνω Rinsmaster [Thomas@hide-C59D634F.cable.ziggo.nl] has joined #xkcd 13:23 nazgjunk: your silly american coins don't work in canadian vending machines anyway so it's no big loss for me 13:23 http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/5668/sillyamericans.jpg 13:23 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 13:23 it bent so easily too, hardly any pressure 13:23 Stereo: um. I assumed you were in the US, and for future reference I am not :P 13:23 Actually I didn't assume, I thought to know 13:23 Stereo: do canadians have genitalia like real people do? 13:23 okk, americans' silly american coins 13:24 it really focused well on my thumb, I think 13:25 Stereo: loonies 13:25 Stereo: and toonies 13:26 damn, I read so many webcomics now that it's hard to keep track of them all in my head 13:26 AND NO RSS FEEDS BECAUSE I'M AT WORK 13:26 so don't even suggest 13:26 "fond memories oi TI-BASIC" 13:27 hey uh what's the name of the dude on this dime 13:27 i accidentally gave him a dimple when i was flattening the coin 13:27 LolCam: Why not use an online feed reader, like Google reader? 13:28 Bucket: do science 13:28 * Bucket slowly adds glycerin to a mixture of 1 part white fuming nitric acid and 1 part sulfuric acid, fills a balloon with the compound, and throws the balloon at Eviltwin. 13:28 creature: A what now? 13:28 Eviltwin: I just bought a ti89 titanium 13:28 Eviltwin: :D 13:28 bahahaha Oh Der-shing, your sketchies make me lawl 13:28 not because of the comic, but our math teacher requires it 13:28 drazak: I just bought a HAL9000 13:29 Longshot here, but does anyone here any any experience using the SharpZipLib library? 13:29 drazak: it's great for graphing, but it keeps trying to kill me 13:29 LolCam: You can read RSS feeds online. Check out reader.google.com. 13:29 chrisbrl88: OPEN THE POD BAY DOORS HAL 13:30 drazak: AND SOLVE FOR WHY! 13:30 creature: hmm, is it something I have to download? 13:30 damn autocorrect 13:30 I can't put Y in without it turning to WHY 13:30 ωνω Signoff Protected: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 13:30 chrisbrl88: :D 13:30 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 13:30 ωνω practisevoodoo [practisevo@hide-781D06C5.leic.cable.ntl.com] has joined #xkcd 13:31 LolCam: Nope! 13:31 chrisbrl88: don't why/n 13:31 nazgjunk: huh? 13:31 #xkcd: specifically, anyone who has fired a hi-point c-9: are they a good pistol for someone just getting back into shooting after 16 years of not doing it? 13:31 .. never mind 13:32 nazgjunk: NEWLINE 13:32 creature: hahahaha maybe when I get home 13:32 * nazgjunk feels a smidgin of pride for making puns nobody gets 13:32 drazak: why\n 13:32 The problem with this is that I keep adding comics that I like to my list. 13:32 ωνω ellipsis [ellipsis@hide-A1087ED9.dip.t-dialin.net] has joined #xkcd 13:32 and now it's a bit out of control 13:32 Kedama: would you like some cheese with that? 13:32 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 13:33 nazgjunk: ohhhh now I get it 13:33 ye- er WHY 13:33 :P 13:34 nazgjunk: I just saw it, because I'm off reading comics 13:34 Bucket: there can be only one~! 13:34 * Bucket chops off chrisbrl88's head 13:34 * drazak doesn't understand how people can take the derivative of something, and then not be able to applications 13:34 LolCam: http://kotaku.com/5587640/okamis-ds-sibling-goes-overboard-with-its-collectors-edition 13:35 ellipsis: ....I think I may be crying. 13:35 IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL 13:35 Bucket just decapitated me. not cool. 13:35 LolCam: japanese collectors edition. Would be great if that gets released in the US or Europe 13:35 those headphones are pretty bitchin' 13:36 ellipsis: I hope they do 13:36 guess that's one way to put it 13:36 why does amazon keep spamming me 13:37 ωνω Sgeo [Sgeo@hide-7C50E324.dyn.optonline.net] has joined #xkcd 13:37 drazak: because you haven't hit the "fuck off" button 13:37 Assuming you had an account to start with 13:38 WHYYYYYYYYYY http://www.capcom-unity.com/vabor/blog/2010/07/14/sdcc_update:_triple_function_design 13:38 I want it soo bad!! why why why?!?!?!?! 13:38 nazgjunk: I should hit that button 13:39 I think you all remember from our qdb that I have wanted an Okami tee for a while 13:39 LolCam: lol, 3 wolfs,awesome 13:39 i don't remember that 13:39 so i refuse to believe it 13:39 ellipsis: but it's limited, only 500 of them available 13:40 sjokkis: http://www.xkcdb.com/?6171 13:40 LolCam: please explain to me what the fashion is with the skirts that start way above the waist 13:40 LolCam: it looks weird 13:40 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 13:40 drazak: waist? or hips? 13:40 LolCam: can the combined powers of #xkcd manage to get you one of these? X3 13:40 way above the waist 13:41 I wish, ellipsis 13:41 somewhere in the torso on the highschool biddies that are around 13:41 drazak: are you talking about empire waistlines? 13:41 ellipsis: by your powers combined... 13:41 I AM BUCKET! 13:41 use the Bucket! 13:41 to get the shirt 13:41 LolCam: you'll have to give me a picture 13:41 drazak: Your waist is in the middle of your torso 13:42 it's the little dip before you get to the hips 13:42 if you go any higher, you'll be at your boobs 13:42 LolCam: exactly 13:42 Elementary, my dear spiderpig! 13:42 LolCam: it looks weird 13:42 drazak: O_o 13:42 LolCam: ateleast on women who apparently can't pull it off 13:42 I know nothing about this fashion 13:42 so according to this show on the science channel, almost everything in australia is poisonous and eager to kill you painfully 13:42 LolCam: neither do I 13:43 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 13:43 chrisbrl88: one of Australia's many redeeming features 13:44 nazgjunk: even in the middle of the dessert there's shit that wants to kill you... just to do some killin' 13:44 LolCam: as soon as there aren't other people staring my computer screen, I'll see if we're talking about the same thing 13:44 * nazgjunk scoops a snake out of his ice cream 13:44 ωνω ecthros [ecthros@hide-31B8A424.hsd1.il.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 13:45 nazgjunk: ...why is there a snake in your ice cream? ...do I want to know even? 13:45 nazgjunk: http://data.rockyou.com/images/stickers/438/438869/438869156/438869156_10ce740e1234026055.jpg 13:45 ωνω LolCam changed the topic of #xkcd to: If anyone is going to SDCC, LolCam wants this shirt and will pay you for it: http://tinyurl.com/threeokamitee | Now with more electrolytes. | They have what #xkcd needs. | Nougatti's Waffle-video! http://localhostr.com/files/d89a2e/Video0071.avi | It's okay i'm a squib. | Word of the day is "smoot". | Is 13:45 ωνω Signoff qwyeth_: #xkcd (Quit: Bye) 13:45 ωνω puddle [FEASTING@hide-AD2A81A9.sip.asm.bellsouth.net] has joined #xkcd 13:45 LolCam: what is SDCC? 13:45 ellipsis: chrisbrl88 tells me there's shit that wants to kill me in my dessert 13:45 what is this I don't even 13:45 LolCam: sandiego comiccon? 13:45 San Diego Comic Cobn 13:45 nazgjunk: ah, cool, carry on then :) 13:45 nazgjunk: desert* 13:45 drazak: san diego co- yeah 13:45 * Bucket won't let you man-doze this beautiful gyno-desert 13:45 * drazak totally didn't know it was held in san diego until then 13:45 Bucket: you sick fuck 13:45 Can't talk, zombies! 13:45 CARMEN San Diego Comic Con 13:46 I would fly there and get it myself, but I'm broke 13:46 Good morning 13:46 morning, yes; good, debatable 13:46 chrisbrl88: AUGH THE SPIDER 13:46 hehe, comic artists who go there can really call themselfs Con artists 13:46 LolCam: it's still a raffle anyway :P 13:46 great, now I'm flipping out 13:46 nazgjunk: but there's 500 of them! 13:46 DDD: 13:46 * puddle puts a giant spatula in Bucket 13:46 * Bucket now contains a giant spatula. 13:46 if someone wins it, I'll pay em money for it 13:47 I REALLY REALLY REALLY WANT IT 13:47 * drazak gives bucket a giant speculum 13:47 Okay, drazak. 13:47 wait what 13:47 No, i thought swap.avi was that damn scat film 13:47 Bucket knows quality 13:48 you know if you talk like the old spice guy girls seem to respond more 13:48 Thanks Ants. 13:48 Thants! 13:49 wouldn't Randall have a reason to be at the SDCC, being a comic artist and all that? 13:49 LolCam: ask the most interesting man in the world. he should be able to get one. I mean, he's allowed to touch the art at museums. 13:49 ωνω Signoff alSeen: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 13:50 chrisbrl88: the most interesting man at the world would not be waiting with bated breath to see if he got an okami tee 13:50 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 13:50 Bucket: inventory' 13:50 * Bucket contains: a shot; no tea 13:50 Bucket: inventory 13:50 * Bucket contains tumor, 50lbs of concrete, a fruitcake, a taco, the fifth amendment, Leiryn, TL|DR, #xkcd, a miniature horse, fedora's relationship problems, a rusty spoon, Selig, aJames, a sheepbat, Selig's notebook, a shot, a Cylon bride who can only cook toast, summer glau on a train, a giant spatula, and a giant speculum. 13:51 * chrisbrl88 puts Bucket in Bucket 13:51 I'm full of myself! 13:51 ha 13:51 ellipsis: wasn't he there a couple years ago and did some weird session with moot? 13:51 * chrisbrl88 gives Bucket Bucket 13:51 RECURSION ERROR. CANNOT COMPUTE 13:51 or was that the con in boston 13:51 ωνω Signoff Wasgood: #xkcd (Quit: Goooone) 13:52 Bucket: your new name is Buckette 13:52 Okay, chrisbrl88. 13:53 ωνω ouchjars [chatzilla@hide-385CEA72.ip.adam.com.au] has joined #xkcd 13:53 ouchjars: we were just talking about australia 13:54 ωνω Signoff Velociraptors: #xkcd (Quit: Leaving) 13:54 ωνω mwc [~mwc@hide-4E245B5B.static.internode.on.net] has joined #xkcd 13:54 I can still do math my my head! 13:54 the calculator has not yet corrupted me! 13:54 I did 25^3 in my head faster than people plugged it into their calculator 13:55 ωνω alSeen [no@hide-B22DA86C.midco.net] has joined #xkcd 13:55 25^3 = 476 13:55 in base(x) 13:55 solve for (x) 13:55 lol 13:55 HA! math loophole 13:55 because I know 25^2 is 625, so *5 is 3625 and *5 is 15625 13:56 chrisbrl88: uh, like, I dunno 13:56 Bucket: how many lights do you see? 13:56 I don't know 13:57 Bucket: how many lights THERE. ARE. FOUR. LIGHTS. 13:57 Okay, chrisbrl88. 13:57 chrisbrl88: picard 13:57 picard is sooo much fucking better 13:57 drazak: indeed 13:57 quite 13:57 chrisbrl88: I loved that episode 13:57 ωνω Signoff ouchjars: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 13:58 chrisbrl88: base 61.6? 13:58 dinosplosion: no idea 13:58 dinosplosion: he made it up on the spot 13:58 its a loophole! 13:58 ωνω letusgothen [84f618e9@hide-6C77D8AA.mibbit.com] has joined #xkcd 13:59 well the answer is base 61.619... 13:59 just to ruin your fun 13:59 dinosplosion: fuck you 13:59 I missed you too! 13:59 holy crap! time warp is on and they have the guy from the blend-tek "will it blend?" videos! 13:59 on the science channel 13:59 I mean a fractional base doesn't even make sense 13:59 ωνω shamem [Braedon@hide-B06E3EAF.bitstream.orcon.net.nz] has joined #xkcd 14:00 chrisbrl88: I remember that one 14:00 that was a cool episode 14:00 chrisbrl88: DUUUDE 14:00 lol blend-tec 14:00 http://tinyurl.com/duuuuuuuuuude 14:00 BAHAHAHA YESS 14:00 chrisbrl88: did you see the youtube video where they blended a camcorder and RETURNED THE CAMCORDER and got a replacement? 14:01 drazak: I did haha 14:01 199-something called and wanted its shitty image format back 14:01 successful factoid implementation is successful 14:01 chrisbrl88: fucking awesome 14:01 Wild west tech, on the motherfucking HISTORY CHANNEL. Bitches. 14:01 I declined to watch taht this morning at 4 am 14:01 drazak: I got bestbuy to give me a new stereo after I wrapped my truck around a pole 14:01 with no protection plan 14:01 what the hell, go kill yourself bmp image 14:01 and id had it for a year 14:02 chrisbrl88: nice, just gotta get on the managers nerves 14:02 they call it love and i get plenty of it 14:02 drazak: the trick is to go in on a Saturday afternoon and make a scene. they'll give you whatever you want to get you the hell out of there. 14:02 Clearly, Hawk hadn't seen Up yet at this point: http://www.applegeeks.com/lite/index.php?aglitecomic=2009-06-08 14:02 chrisbrl88: it's like indian tech support 14:03 chrisbrl88: if you yell at them enough when it's 3am their time, they'll eventually connect you to someone who knows what the fuck they're doing 14:03 chrisbrl88: and not reading out of a 3 ring franchise binder 14:03 chrisbrl88: or just some en they were given, if you will 14:03 ωνω Burstaholic [care1@hide-9B5C8579.stenocall.com] has joined #xkcd 14:03 chrisbrl88: so you don't mind being "that guy"? 14:03 I mean, me, not en 14:03 dur 14:04 chrisbrl88: after having to deal with that kind of customer in retail, I want to kick you in the nuts right about now 14:04 drazak: I once said "I have rebooted three times to humor you. the problem is with the HARDWARE! I need it REPLACED! if you suggest rebooting one more time, I will punch a cow in the face." 14:04 drazak: it got me connected to someone in texas who was more than happy to process the return request 14:04 chrisbrl88: sir have you tried turning it off and on again sir? 14:05 LolCam: I've only ever had to use the making a scene strategy one time. when dealing with the geek squad. 14:05 chrisbrl88: this is Best Buy we're talking about. They probably don't even really know what rebooting is 14:05 chrisbrl88: threatening people with a cow punch actually works? 14:05 chrisbrl88: UGH THE GEEK SQUAD 14:05 chrisbrl88: my fucking god, they took over my community college last week 14:05 incompetent fucks 14:05 chrisbrl88: with like 12 year old wannabe techno weenies and 30 year old pervert techno weenies 14:05 LolCam: so you understand why I did what I had to do so they'd give me a new goddamn laptop after 4 repairs 14:06 chrisbrl88: that's different though 14:06 ellipsis: when you are talking to india, apparently it does 14:06 Hey people 14:06 chrisbrl88: oh, lol, now it all makes sense :) 14:06 * ellipsis is not used to tech support from india 14:06 chrisbrl88: getting a replacement car stereo because you got it wrecked is a poopy reason 14:06 ωνω Signoff strebor: #xkcd (Quit: Leaving.) 14:06 9 in base pi = 22.202112002100000030020121222100030 ... 14:06 huh 14:07 puddle, IT'S A SIGN FROM THE VEGANS 14:07 puddle: that's pretty... 14:07 mornin, puddle 14:07 LolCam: actually they were more than happy to replace it for me... I just didn't mention that I had wrecked the vehicle. I said it just quit working. 14:07 puddle: how do you use fractional digits? 14:07 chrisbrl88: obviously, they were doing it wrong 14:07 nothing but 0's, 1's, and 2's with the occasional 3 14:07 ωνω Signoff Sh0rtWave: #xkcd (Quit: Leaving) 14:07 ellipsis: I put in a very very long approximation in Wolfram Alpha for the base 14:07 Pablo's Warning: Ayahuasca is not something to play with. It may even kill, not because it is toxic in itself, but because the body may not be able to stand the spiritual realm, the vibrations from the spirit world. Pablo said he had several frightening experiences with ayahuasca. Three times he thought he was going to die.* 14:07 lol its not deadly the spirit world is realy scary 14:07 chrisbrl88: the first thing I would ask is if you got in a wreck or done anything to prevent it from malfunctioning 14:07 puddle: cause base pi only has 0 1 2 and 3.. 14:08 puddle: I'm pretty sure it just truncates :| 14:08 ellipsis: 9 in base 3 would be... 100 14:08 Stereo: oh. right. 14:08 LolCam: and I would proceed to lie through my teeth to get a new stereo 14:08 http://tinyurl.com/2978ded 14:08 Stereo: you and your reasing thing O.o curse you 14:08 chrisbrl88: you, sir, are the reason I have little faith in the integrity of my generation 14:08 chrisbrl88: stereos you get at bestbuy are usually shit thought, so why would you want to get a new one to bgin with? 14:08 and the one before mine 14:08 Stereo: seriously though, how do you use fractional digits? 14:09 getting tech support from india is a pretty stupid move, practically speaking. it's not like you get anything out of listening to some indian person follow a flow chart that you wouldn't get out of the flow chart directly 14:09 drazak: actually I paid for a nice kenwood 14:09 ellipsis: "x.yyy * b^k"? Dunno how you'd write that though. 14:09 ellipsis: well a number to a base is a_1*x^i + a_2*x^(i-1) + ... + a_i*x^0 14:09 in fact you probably lose information 14:09 no reason for x to be an integer 14:09 Stereo: how do you display a fractional digit? 14:10 ellipsis: it just carries 14:10 Stereo: ok 14:10 eg. pi in base pi is 10 14:10 so 11 is pi+1 14:10 Stereo: err, I meant the other way round 14:10 ellipsis: he did it because he's a cheating bastid. 14:10 LolCam: after what they put me through to get my laptop replaced (before I took it in for repair each time, I took thorough pictures of everything and found that twice they had deliberately done something to it or accessed files they had no business accessing) I don't mind fucking bestbuy over a bit. 14:10 ωνω Boom_Farmer [CLIRC@hide-9A67F4C4.dc.dc.cox.net] has joined #xkcd 14:11 chrisbrl88: well, buy from amazon, then 14:11 ellipsis: i dunno really 14:11 I mean, Jesus 14:11 LolCam: it was a graduation present in 2006. I had no choice but to deal with them on it. 14:11 Stereo: what if you need a digit larger than 3 and smaller than pi, because it's exactly in there? Can't use 0, 1, 2 or 3, so how do you do it? 14:12 chrisbrl88: the stereo was a graduation present? 14:12 elik: fractions? 14:12 LolCam: no the laptop was 14:12 yeah that doesn't sound like it would work 14:12 ellipsis: I think the notion of "digit" flies out the window when you introduce non-integer radices 14:12 http://www.cracked.com/article_18589_7-classic-disney-movies-based-r-rated-stories.html 14:12 chrisbrl88: we're not talking about the laptop here 14:12 7/6 people are bad with fractions. 14:12 LolCam: and actually, I DID have the protection plan on the stereo 14:12 standard_toaster: old news 14:12 Have you been living under a rock? 14:12 ωνω Noble [stefan@hide-7902FA0.customer.lyse.net] has joined #xkcd 14:13 chrisbrl88: you said that you didn't have anything on it earlier 14:13 * Selig meows and looks around 14:13 * Bucket gives Selig a kitty treat. 14:13 ellipsis: you'd have to carry it the other way, i guess 14:13 LolCam: I forgot. I've been through 3 car stereos, and it was an earlier one I didn't have it on 14:13 LolCam: plus it was 2 years ago 14:13 ellipsis: consider something simple like base sqrt(3) 14:13 instead of 3 being 10, 3 is 100 14:13 ωνω Signoff salaque: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 14:14 LolCam: everything is 14:14 chrisbrl88: I hope to go you installed it yourself 14:14 chrisbrl88: because in my experience they always fuck up the isntallation, usually they don't put crossovers in, or install the door panels wrong 14:14 standard_toaster: I already knew about those though. 14:14 drazak: yes. absolutely. I had bestbuy do the first one and they actually cut the factory wiring harness and tried to charge me for service while telling me the stereo wasn't compatible. 14:15 and then you have the question of how do you represent 1.5 or whatever... and it's the same as decimals. you just get extra digits after the dot 14:15 chrisbrl88: lolwat 14:15 chrisbrl88: phail 14:15 i mean, 1.5 is between 1 and 2 in any base that has those digits 14:15 3.1 would be 3.something in base pi 14:15 ωνω Signoff Noble: #xkcd (Quit: WeeChat 0.3.2) 14:15 drazak: that was a pain in the ass to fix, too. I had to find a wrecked 1994 ford explorer in a junkyard and cut out a replacement factory harness and solder it in to repair the damage they did 14:16 3.00300301012122112202211... 14:16 chrisbrl88: :D 14:16 Stereo: 2.x, since 3.1 heh, yeah 14:16 3.0030030101212... 14:16 Okay, i admit, I didn't know the Hunchback of Notre Dame was THAT fucked up 14:16 but that's because I didn't read the book. I heard it was egh anyways 14:16 it's pretty fucked up 14:16 chrisbrl88: we left the factory harness to the speakers, iirc, and put in our own amp harness, for battery power, and a harnes that we spliced in just behind the head unit 14:17 drazak: I have no idea how anyone can fuck up a stereo installation THAT bad. they're almost idiot-proof. 14:17 I need to write two more poetry journals before 11am 14:17 hi Katrie 14:17 chrisbrl88: yeah, I know 14:17 Stereo: Apparently base-phi only uses {0, 1} as digits http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio_base 14:17 drazak: and this was just for a head unit. I wasn't even doing anything with amps. 14:17 sjokkis: I heard it was, so I steered clear of it 14:17 BUT OH GOD WHAAAT 14:17 chrisbrl88: I try not to let people who don't know what they're doing go into my car, because they install shit then the door panels creeeaaaaak 14:17 chrisbrl88: haha what 14:18 asarkar: well any base under 2 will (phi is about 1.61) 14:18 chrisbrl88: punch them in the cow 14:18 it just somehow... stores the information in different digits than base 2, i guess 14:18 like hrm 14:19 Stereo: It's like writing in octal: there is no 9. 14:19 drazak: shit like that is why I tend to be ruthless about finding deals, making them pricematch, etc at bestbuy... though I will say that its kinda nice that they will dispose of CRT TVs 14:19 what is that comic with the guy that writes stuff on chalkboards? 14:19 Or 8. 14:19 drazak: Surviving the World 14:19 asarkar: thanks 14:19 You're welcome, drazak! 14:19 Bucket: science 14:19 science:it works, bitches 14:19 Boom_Farmer: hexadecimal is quite nice too, there is no H, or G 14:19 3.1 in base pi is.. uh... ~3.00301 14:19 Bucket: do science 14:19 * Bucket compresses two subcritical masses of Pu-238 using high explosives and OH SHI- 14:19 10 base 2 is 1010, 10 base phi is 10100.010010101... 14:20 i guess that seems to work. 'digits' in (3, pi) carry over to the next digit 14:20 what is 24321 (expressed in base 5) converted to base 8? 14:21 * asarkar breaks out the Python interpreter 14:21 Bucket: divide by zero 14:21 * Bucket has quit IRC (Quit: connection reset by peer) 14:21 chrisbrl88: Go by way of base 10, if that makes it easier. 14:21 3454! 14:21 Boom_Farmer: im trying to make it harder haha 14:22 in the fewest steps possible 14:22 asarkar: too slow, I already had mine open :D 14:22 and show your work :-P 14:22 chrisbrl88: oct(int('24321', 5)) 14:23 Stereo: you mean the golden ratio, correct? calling it just phi is pretty vague 14:24 i thought 'phi' was a pretty well established name for it 14:24 i wouldn't say so 14:24 phi is used for lots of things 14:24 you don't call pi 'the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter' 14:24 ωνω Boom_Farmer [CLIRC@hide-9A67F4C4.dc.dc.cox.net] has left #xkcd () 14:24 * puddle licks Bucket 14:24 This is a sign of infection 14:25 oh god! puddle is infected with the t-virus! 14:25 dinosplosion: don't be silly. pi isn't really used for any other constants, and i've never seen it used as a variable 14:25 * puddle turns pale green. 14:25 ωνω Maerz [~anonym001@hide-7F64AC53.superkabel.de] has joined #xkcd 14:25 [A tentacle bursts from under the surface of the water.] 14:26 * puddle slithers off toward downtown 14:26 sjokkis: capital pi is used for products, and i have seen lowercase pi used elsewhere too 14:26 sjokkis: you're right, it's rarely used for other purposes. But I have seen it used in chemistry and as Stereo said, capital pi for products 14:26 ωνω Semper [archie@hide-45D08C97.static.tpgi.com.au] has joined #xkcd 14:26 ωνω Signoff Xeio: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 14:27 Stereo: it isn't common to use lowercase pi elsewhere as a variable or constant, but it is used for other things in mathematics, where it's very obvious that it doesn't refer to 3.14... 14:27 http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=631#comic 14:27 I hate the really cold feeling I get when I just get out of bed in the morning 14:27 Ahem, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pion 14:27 ωνω sirius [Mindspec@hide-7819ABB.dc.dc.cox.net] has joined #xkcd 14:28 url 1 14:28 ah fuck 14:28 The cab, Niko, the cab is FUCKED! 14:28 ωνω Signoff sirius: #xkcd (Quit: Leaving.) 14:28 dinosplosion: i guess phi isn't really used for any other constants than the golden ratio, but i see it used as a variable all the time 14:28 in base 4 I'm fine! 14:28 Bucket, juggle 14:28 * Bucket tries to juggle, but drops Leiryn on puddle's foot. 14:28 o_o 14:28 ωνω Chr1s [chris@hide-3BB82C96.dyn.iinet.net.au] has joined #xkcd 14:28 Bucket, juggle 14:28 * Bucket bounces a few ping pong balls off his handle and bounces them again when they land on it 14:29 we just had a fire drill 14:29 I've seen phi used in my electricity and magnetism class 14:29 if I thought this place couldn't get any more like a highschool, I was wrong 14:29 for flux 14:30 aye 14:31 LolCam: phi is used for electric potential 14:31 volts? 14:31 ωνω nicholas [~nicholas@64ED1B8B.53A731A5.A0119600.IP] has left #xkcd () 14:31 Anyone here have a TI calculator and ruler handy and can give me the screen dimensions/case width? I can't find them anywhere, and can't find my calculator. 14:31 ωνω Henkraks [henail@9E81D8E5.A3345CD6.67FFA813.IP] has joined #xkcd 14:31 sjokkis: that's what wikipedia says, but in my class, we used it to represent flux 14:32 Preferably TI-83, 84, or 86 ... 14:32 which technically is potential, I suppose 14:32 Randall: I have an 89 titanium 14:32 HOW THE HELL WOULD I KNOW? I'M A CIVIL ENGINEER 14:32 ωνω Walther [veetiha@9E81D8E5.A3345CD6.67FFA813.IP] has joined #xkcd 14:32 sjokkis: that's a bit weird 14:32 drazak: Those are about the size of an 83/86, right? That'd be fine. 14:33 Randall: 84, but yeah, and 3.1cm x 4.9cm 14:33 Hmm. What's the width of the whole case? 14:33 drazak: The TI-89 is Love 14:33 Randall: approximately 5.8cm 14:33 LolCam: wait, you mean magnetic flux 14:34 ωνω Xeio [~zeiothexe@hide-7859497A.pitbpa.east.verizon.net] has joined #xkcd 14:34 LolCam: that's upper-case phi 14:34 Randall: these are extremely rough approximations based on a ruler in a math book that I can't easily hold to the calculator 14:34 sjokkis: magnetic AND electric flux. Usually it comes with a subscript 14:34 sjokkis: yes 14:34 LolCam: golden ratio/electric potential is lower case phi 14:34 Bitch, Phi is PHI. 14:34 If you were here earlier you may recall my spanner story. I emailed a similar text to my Dad, as I thought he'd get a laugh out of it. He replied saying "You seem to have bought a very dinky little spanner. "Bijou," is the word which comes to mind." 14:34 aiming at the whites of their thighs 14:34 My father is mocking my spanner. 14:35 THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THE SHIFT KEY 14:35 LolCam: bitch, respect my authoritah 14:35 creature: "Haha, it's so tiny!" 14:35 Randall: why? 14:35 Randall: stop giving me 'me' I want a why damnit! 14:35 sjokkis: The only difference between the two depends on whether or not the Greeks left the Cockslap on 14:36 drazak: I'm trying to figure out how easily one could mod a TI-86 to contain, say, an iPhone in the screen. 14:36 But I guess it's too narrow for the standard iphone screen. 14:36 Randall: ......What? Why would you do that? 14:36 Bucket: roses are red 14:36 Roses are red, Violets are PURPLE 14:36 Randall: hold on, I have an iphone next to me, lemme see if I can borrow it for a second 14:37 Randall: It's nostalgically bad for a reason. Like the Power Rangers. 14:37 Randall: I'm in a calc 1 class 14:37 which is about 5cmx7.4cm, I think. 14:37 Randall: yeah, no way, you'd lose half your buttons 14:37 drazak: I was assuming it'd be on it's side 14:37 and all the bezel would be cut away 14:37 just leaving the screen area 14:37 Randall: still way too big 14:37 ωνω Signoff Chr1s: #xkcd (Broken pipe) 14:37 ωνω Signoff himselfe: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 14:38 drazak: ahaha, I can see it now. "Hey, can I borrow your iPhone for a sec? Randall Munroe of xkcd wants to hack into one and I need to measure the screen width." 14:38 plan B is to put an android phone in the TI case, optionally with the original screen. how badass would it be to have your cell phone be a TI-84+ capable of streaming video and doing GPS navigation? 14:38 LolCam: it didn't quite go like that :P 14:38 ωνω aJames [Speedy@hide-8997D436.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com] has joined #xkcd 14:39 instead of a touch screen you'd just have all those buttons 14:39 Randall: you can put linux on a ti89titanium, I can't see why you couldn't put the android os 14:39 Randall: but can it math? You need some kind of portable octave or somesuch 14:39 Randall: how would you implement a cursor though? 14:39 drazak: But I want something vastly more powerful :) 14:39 Is it a wise choice to take Modern Physics I and Theoretical Physics I at the same time? They're the two courses that come after the two basic calculus physics courses 14:39 and all the cell phone hardware 14:39 puddle: ehhhhh 14:39 its a very rare Randall sighting 14:39 LolCam: Might be best to replace the display. 14:39 Randall: I'm sure there's room in the case 14:40 anyway, I neeeeed to finish my english 14:40 Sure you don't want a 96x62 pixel screen? 14:40 drazak: Thanks for the help :) 14:41 I mean, 96 is almost a hundred 14:41 Eviltwin: I actually just corrected it -- turns out it's 64, not 62. 14:41 Randall: on the same principle, there's the typewriter keyboard for an iPad 14:41 Han, all this talk about hacking into a TI-84 is making me feel lazy. 14:41 Randall: sure man, now I have a story to tall around the computer lab with the sketchy boss 14:41 s/Han/Man 14:41 LolCam: we'll call you chewie! 14:41 drazak: 3: 14:41 Eviltwin: that's almost 6 kilopixels 14:41 one hundred is a large number right? 14:41 anyone ever realize how easy it is to trace someones steps from text history 14:42 vertigo: go get undrunk 14:42 NEVER! 14:42 FOR GREAT JUSTICE 14:42 Then do it because you are boring when drunk 14:42 how do you get undrunk? 14:43 vertigo: sleep 14:43 Kedama: It's *huge*! 14:43 and drink water 14:43 Selig: you've been her like 12 minutes 14:43 LolCam: Quite a nice misstype after all. In swedish "han" means "he" :) 14:43 Randall: instead of trying to soup up the TI, why not try to shrink it, so the size reflects its tech? A full fledged 0.5" calculator, completely usable with a hairpin and a magnifying glass sounds worthy of pursuit 14:43 ωνω sirius [Mindspec@hide-7819ABB.dc.dc.cox.net] has joined #xkcd 14:43 you cant imagine all the fun we've been having 14:43 it would blow your mind 14:43 ωνω sirius [Mindspec@hide-7819ABB.dc.dc.cox.net] has left #xkcd (Leaving.) 14:43 vertigo: try a half hour 14:43 vertigo: my mind got blown once. chunks of grey matter EVERYWHERE 14:43 Fagerlund: so if I typed "hanhanhan," I'd essentially be chuckling evilly? 14:43 i havent even said anything in the past 30 min 14:43 chrisbrl88: sounds like she was sloppy 14:44 sweet chrisbrl88 14:44 vertigo: just shut the fuck up and leave, we're getting tired of you 14:44 ellipsis: giggity 14:44 Giggity giggity goo - all right. 14:44 ellipsis: half the physical size every 1.5 years? 14:44 who's we drazak have you formed a committe 14:44 LolCam: Either that or you're in some old Bruce Lee movie 14:44 actually, i guess it's more like half the area 14:44 hahahhahaha 14:44 vertigo: I'm pretty sure some people agree with me 14:44 Stereo: dunno, was just thinking a nice 300dpi black&white display should not be too tricky. The computing power of a TI should nicely fit on a fully integrated chip. The keys are probably a challenge though 14:44 my TI-83+ has gold rims, spinners, and ground effects 14:45 I have to say I much prefer my 960x640 iPhone 4 screen to my 160x160 Palm m100 screen 14:45 and? 14:45 ellipsis: just give it a touch screen and a really pointy stylus 14:45 Also having more than just binary black pixels is nice 14:45 Bucket: drazak multiple personalitys, last count is around 64. 14:45 Okay, Selig. 14:45 vertigo: and you're annoying 14:45 Selig: hah 14:45 ωνω himselfe [yeah@85ABD22C.B7EDF750.D28E513.IP] has joined #xkcd 14:45 and you're boring but i dont complain 14:45 "peronalitys"? Is that intentional? 14:45 drazak: just set him to ignore 14:46 except there ^ 14:46 Selig: one for each column on the TI? 14:46 chrisbrl88: perhaps 14:46 Perhaps you're orcs' pies 14:46 seriously though, they shrank eniac, they should do that with the TIs, just because they can 14:47 ellipsis: but why would they? they're charging just as much as they were 20 years ago for the same product. they have a nice little scheme going haha 14:47 the teacher just accidentallly 3 extra steps of l'hopitals rule 14:47 chrisbrl88: no inflation! 14:47 drazak: :D 14:47 chrisbrl88: well, yeah, they'll do that for a while 14:47 and then he was like "whoops, coulda stopped all the way back there if we simplified" 14:47 chrisbrl88: can't really shrink a calculator anyway, unless you give it a full touch display. You kind of need these keys 14:47 drazak: ah but manufacturing costs have gone down with more efficient processes :-P 14:48 Bucket: drazak =~ s/litys/lities/ 14:48 Okay, tea, factoid updated. 14:48 chrisbrl88: of course 14:48 drazak: OF COURSE! 14:48 drazak: looks like your professor l'hopped right over them! 14:48 asarkar: it was not, I just suck at the 'y' rule 14:48 drazak: It's hard to stop once you start doing it.. 14:48 14:48 it may well be shrunken, on the inside 14:48 depending on whether or not doing so saves them money 14:48 ωνω Signoff Kolko: #xkcd (Client exited) 14:48 http://www.designporn.ca/wp2/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/toast-messenger.jpg 14:48 ωνω Signoff ubuntuella: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 14:49 :o 14:49 Most of those cases are just empty space to support the button set anyway 14:49 LolCam: :D 14:49 Awesome toaster 14:49 Burstaholic: reminds me of the letter sized novelty calculator I have somewhere around here. On the back of it is a 1"x1" cover in the middle, where the cheap IC sits 14:49 Tattoo: That's not a real toaster, is it? 14:49 ellipsis: they could probably shrink all of the guts down to one cmos chip and one flash memory chip. it would cut power consumption and all that would need to remain is the membrane for the keys 14:49 ellipsis: yeah I've seen those, heh 14:49 LolCam: yes it is... I've seen them before 14:50 chrisbrl88: well, yeah. That's what I meant, the human interface determines the size of these calculators (though you can do smaller if you got a touch display) 14:50 chrisbrl88: Have I ever told you my real name? It's Thomas... DOUBTING Thomas. 14:50 ellipsis: tough displays annoy me for some reason... I like the tactile feedback 14:51 Why do you want a smaller calculator? Isn't the whole point of having an advanced calculator that it's a fucking big one? 14:51 I had a thin plastic calculator. It could be rolled into a tube 14:51 * Burstaholic fondly remembers his Voyage 2000 14:51 chrisbrl88: I haven't used any, so I don't know X3 In general I'd agree with you, feedback is important. I do not consider touch screens perfect. They are however the currently best solution to maximize display while minimizing form factor 14:51 big calculators are like big dicks 14:51 LolCam: you could be a superhero! I can see it now... "The Skeptic." you'll stop crime with your 9mm glock of existential crises 14:51 it was like a calculating piece of paper :3 14:51 they totally don't turn me on 14:51 drazak: everyone wants to take a look at it and hold it intheir hand 14:51 Meh. Making at TI smaller is overrated - they're about the right size. But I really do like Randall's idea of upgrading the guts with an Android. 14:51 ωνω Signoff henkpoley: #xkcd (Quit: Leaving...) 14:52 LolCam: I think it is 14:52 Though they could be a lot thinner. That would be nice. 14:52 drazak: and all the ladies are both aroused and intimidated by it? 14:52 LolCam: haha, you took it way farther than I did, or meant to 14:52 "You think this universe has a hard and fast rule of cause of effect, but in all the excitement I misplaced my theory of absolutism, so I have a question to ask. do you feel lucky, punk?" 14:52 hahahaha 14:52 ellipsis: my girlfriend's phone (samsung alias 2) is kind of a combination. it has actual buttons on it, but there is an e-ink screen below the buttons, so they change functions depending on what you're doing. its neat. 14:53 drazak: This tingling sensation I'm getting... is it because you have a TI-89, or am I just happy to see you? 14:53 also: "Factoring, bitches, it's not just for people with a clue" 14:53 chrisbrl88: it's a pretty new challenge for the gadget makers, but a good one 14:53 some bitch just asked "so how did you get aht 1+1/x?" he factored X^2 from x^2+x! 14:53 welp. 14:53 the parenthetical marks make it pretty FUCKING OBVIOUS 14:54 I'm hopelessly in love. Oops. 14:54 drazak: =/ 14:54 Glench: Good luck 14:54 It's all up to Glench now! 14:54 ellipsis: huuuuge improvement in size and form factor over the alias 1, which my brother has. the alias 1 has a separate thing that you plug into the phone to add a full keyboard and has 2 keypads 14:54 ωνω Signoff jazzwhiz: #xkcd (Connection reset by peer) 14:54 drazak: Sounds like a great class 14:54 ωνω jazzwhiz [~jazzwhiz@hide-AB47811D.bna.bellsouth.net] has joined #xkcd 14:54 ellipsis: while the alias 2 has a single keypad that serves all functions 14:54 Fagerlund: I don't pay attention 14:54 Glench: The good kind of "Oops," I hope. 14:54 Fagerlund: at all 14:54 Glench: I'll bite. With what/who? 14:54 was it her eyes Glench or the way she curls her nose when she laughs? 14:55 hahaha 14:55 You won't be laughing when I discuss your laundry! 14:55 chrisbrl88: I meant mostly that we're now at the point where the tech hardly determines the size of the gadget, the human does. Causes a lot of questions how to handle the situation. Currently they are just cramming more into the devices and blending input and output 14:55 drazak: I wouldn't either. That's when IRC comes in handy 14:55 the way her eyelids flip upside down when she's punching through concrete 14:55 Fagerlund: that and stupid english homework 14:55 i have a theory about the evolutionary function of nose curling for procreation purposes 14:55 Glench: she sounds like a winner 14:55 asarkar: yeah, I might be cruel, but really? really? how do you not fucking follow that 14:55 but im way to fucked up to go into that 14:56 asarkar: like, did they not take any math in highschool? like a third of highschool math is fucking factoring 14:56 ωνω Signoff lieuwe: #xkcd (Quit: KVIrc 4.0.0 Insomnia http://www.kvirc.net/) 14:56 drazak: Man, you can't do a english homework in math-class! That's just wrong. If you're gonna slack, then do ir properly! 14:56 Fagerlund: hah, I don't really care 14:56 do any non smokers ever have impulsive urges to smoke? 14:56 vertigo: Nope. 14:57 vertigo: yes, sadly\ 14:57 Fagerlund: he's probably doing his homework now so he can slack off when he gets home? 14:57 vertigo: I think that's how people start? :P 14:57 i quit smoking a couple months ago and i only rarely get the urge 14:57 ellipsis: right. but exploiting the e-ink technology would be a way to reduce the form factor of a graphing calculator while retaining the tactile feedback and all of the functionality 14:57 chrisbrl88: agreed 14:57 A-sloth. 14:57 LolCam: It's very possible. But that's not proper slacking. :/ 14:57 and i dont know what causes it 14:57 Fagerlund: it's more fun to slack off at home with video games 14:57 drazak: My take on it is that facility with symbolic manipulation comes from an amount of practice that most students at that level simply don't do. 14:57 its like a hormone imbalance and all the sudden i just want a cig 14:58 asarkar: I didn't do any 14:58 ωνω pipeep_ [pipeep@hide-5CB1CA1.xlate.ufl.edu] has joined #xkcd 14:58 ωνω Signoff noamsml_: #xkcd (Broken pipe) 14:58 asarkar: I did like 2 problems a class, and none of the homework 14:58 asarkar: :D 14:58 ωνω noamsml [noamsml@hide-1650A778.dsl.sfldmi.sbcglobal.net] has joined #xkcd 14:58 LolCam: Yeah, but he can do that anyway. I mean, homeworks... you don't really need to do those do you? O:) 14:58 ωνω pipeep_ is now known as pipeep 14:58 Fagerlund: not if you want to fail. :3 14:58 Glench: who are you in love with that punches through concrete btw? 14:59 vertigo: it's probably a factor that you used to smoke relatively recently 14:59 vertigo: a jackhammer 14:59 even when i didnt dinosplosion id still get this weird urge for one 14:59 Selig: mmmm, hammering action 14:59 good meowning 14:59 LolCam: Maybe it's different over there, but here it was pretty much only the tests that mattered ^^ 15:00 pounding action LolCam 15:00 LolCam: :P 15:00 hahahaha 15:00 ωνω Signoff Panko: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 15:00 New LolCam Action Figure. Now with Pounding Jackhammer Action 15:00 awareness got me down 15:00 ωνω Panko [Squid@hide-6EF1D487.hsd1.va.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 15:00 LolCam: I'm doing my homework now so I can hand it in in an hour 15:00 Flibberdy: YESSSSSSSSS 15:01 LolCam: lawl 15:01 i'll send a money order for that Flibberdy 15:01 Flibberdy: and Rejected Bridge Plans 15:01 vertigo: oh. that's odd. I guess it could be any reason then. ridiculously wild guess, nicotine exposure in the womb? 15:01 Fagerlund: see drazak's comment 15:01 LolCam: Rejected? Boooo 15:01 he's doing it right 15:01 nope dinosplosion mom never smoked 15:01 Flibberdy: I SUCK AT BRIDGE DESIGN 15:01 LolCam: Are you not just new at bridge design? 15:01 i always wonder about other peoples weird urges 15:02 I get weird urges to buy random electronics 15:02 like i sometimes get an urge to wreck my car if theres a really good song on and traffic isnt "flowing" with it 15:02 I really want to buy these sennheisers 15:02 :S 15:02 My current urge is a netbook, even though I am never away from power long enough to justify one 15:02 Flibberdy: I am terrible in all of my Structural Design classes 15:02 I compulsively drink caffeine. But that's because it helps my ADD 15:02 * drazak is way over caffeinated right now 15:02 Selig: I get weird urges to buy lots of tee shirts and video games 15:02 caffeine makes my adhd turn to schitzophrenia 15:03 Selig: a use case for netbooks is to be able to quickly boot them, do stuff, shut them down. Have it in your living room or something for the odd moment when the computer is not around 15:03 the only impulsive urges I ever get involve other people 15:03 LolCam: Do you have any classes for Civil Engineering Punnery? Because you'd ace them 15:03 ωνω Signoff pipeep: #xkcd (Input/output error) 15:03 caffeine makes my ADHD not give a shit because OH GOD COFFEE 15:03 whats the cheapest netbook out 15:03 the cheapest i've found is 300$ 15:03 vertigo: your mum 15:03 OLPC? 15:03 You'll know her when you see her. Revelation 17:1-5 15:03 and i can see why they would be instinctive, to a degree 15:03 Flibberdy: That's what my Introduction to Geology class was for. ;D 15:03 which seems kind of pricey for a screen and a wifi card 15:04 edubook is like $200 or so 15:04 LolCam: :D 15:04 my mum is a classy lady Flibberdy and you should be ashamed 15:04 I am intregued by the tablet OLPC thingy they are making 15:04 vertigo: That's what she said 15:04 About necrophilia. 15:04 vertigo: http://www.norhtec.com/products/gecko/index.html 15:04 Flibberdy: my Civil Engineering Puns will be re-membered forever 15:04 Okay, that one was pretty bad 15:04 lol 15:04 but I haven't had all of my coffee yet 15:05 and I may need more because I got 3 hours of sleep last night 15:05 I had way too much caffeine 15:05 * Selig meows and carrys over a cup of coffee to LolCam in her mouth, sets it down at her feet 15:05 does it come in black ellipsis 15:06 i hate white 15:06 Selig: http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/touchbook/ netbook and tablet 15:06 it uses AA? 15:06 "can you explain that part again" 15:06 ωνω Signoff pzich: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 15:06 he just did 3 fucking practice problems 15:06 shut the fuck up bastard 15:06 wow i didnt expect that but i guess it makes sense 15:06 Bananas! 15:07 vertigo: probably just white only 15:07 * LolCam scritches Selig behind the ears 15:07 \o/ 15:07 vertigo: it uses NiMh like everybody else BUT it CAN also use AA when in a pinch 15:07 Straight A, bitches. 15:07 i kind of want to sell my laptops for a netbook 15:07 vertigo: just colour it in with a sharpie 15:07 * apo does the Victory Dance 15:07 ωνω Signoff Eviltwin: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 15:07 good thinking Flibberdy 15:07 thats why i hired you 15:07 apo: congrats 15:07 All due to my valuable mentoring, no doubt. 15:07 apo: I have an A average in calc right now 15:07 ωνω Kokuma [~foo@hide-9879184C.fbx.proxad.net] has joined #xkcd 15:08 ellipsis: I saw one of those too 15:08 ωνω Jungian [~Freudian@81CBF8BA.4C6EB83F.CCF210E2.IP] has joined #xkcd 15:08 (Metrology, btw) 15:08 ωνω PacifistDalek [996a379e@hide-6C77D8AA.mibbit.com] has joined #xkcd 15:08 (Not meteorolgy) 15:08 vertigo: make sure you got your usecases down before you do that. Netbooks are not sufficient for a laptop replacement. If you can do without flash and screen space, a netbook is ok 15:08 does anyone else think those laptops they send to african kids are kind of cool? 15:08 hi all 15:08 ellipsis: If I was rich, I would totaly be poor again after a few months, I have impulse buys on electrionics. :P 15:08 ellipsis: why without flash? 15:08 yea ellipsis i wanted too mainly because of their size 15:08 ellipsis: the netbook I'm getting soon has an i5 and 4 gig of ram :P 15:08 then i started looking at their specs 15:08 Selig: Well, you'd be rich in electronics then? 15:09 the specs of an edubook or touchbook are totally unable to do any kind of flash 15:09 ωνω Signoff Freudian: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 15:09 drazak: ^ 15:09 ellipsis: oh, so just 3rd world country netbook 15:09 * apo noms Selig 15:09 * Selig meows at apo 15:09 * Selig also beladedly purrs at LolCam 15:09 drazak: ugh, right, I forgot about these annoying cheap laptops that are sold as netbooks x_X 15:10 LolCam: that makes me happy, that when apo reported his results you said 'congrats' rather than something less nice 15:10 ellipsis: 8 hours of battery life, 10'6" screen, i5, 4gig of ram 15:10 ωνω Signoff Dongorath: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 15:10 holy shit its 8am 15:10 ellipsis: I'd call that a netbook, but I may be wrong 15:10 seems like just 9 hours ago i was somewhere else 15:10 Really I don't have that many usecases that would apply to me for a netbook 15:10 Oh yeah, totally forgot up until now that Joss Whedon's directing the Avengers movie 15:10 LolCam: it restores my faith in humanity a little :3 15:10 drazak: yeah, screen's too large, price too high, disk too large 15:10 dinosplosion: I'm not mean 100% of the time. 15:10 ellipsis: probably 15:10 Inconceivable! 15:11 I mean my laptop is always on as long as I am concious (Bar moving it more than around the house) 15:11 heh 15:11 ωνω Signoff Tommy: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 15:11 drazak: well, actually just wrong kind of disk. Netbooks must have SSD, imho 15:11 ellipsis: heh, you looked it up? :P 15:12 ellipsis: it's a timelinex from acer 15:12 ωνω Signoff chakl: #xkcd (Connection reset by peer) 15:12 ωνω Signoff Kayla: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 15:12 ellipsis: Pretty happy with mine, and it has a hdd =P 15:12 drazak: I did not look it up, but you just don't find many SSD based "netbooks" nowadays. The class has been thoroughly killed by these annoying laptops 15:12 ellipsis: nah, there are some 15:13 drazak: they are rare, and people avoid them (correlation? causation? accusation?) 15:13 ωνω Tommy [tommy@hide-9CAD80A2.kraprock.co.uk] has joined #xkcd 15:13 ωνω Kayla [~Kayla@hide-9CAD80A2.kraprock.co.uk] has joined #xkcd 15:14 ωνω Signoff Senji: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 15:15 So, I've heard a lot of people (not here, but in general) complaining about a lack of motivation recently. 15:15 Am I the only person out there who has motivation, but no goals? 15:15 yay! my new apartment! http://lyseo.edu.ouka.fi/~veetiha/k%C3%A4mpp%C3%A4.jpg 15:15 I mean, I have short-term goals. 15:15 But no long term "This is what I want to work towards" 15:16 Walther: Looks like you have an awesome view 15:16 Walther: is that it? One room? 15:16 yes 15:16 you're unique 15:16 congratulations 15:16 Conglaturations! 15:16 PacifistDalek: Short term is the way forward imo. 15:16 Walther: size? 15:16 Flibberdy: That depends on how you define short term, methinks. 15:17 it's my room in a student apartment 15:17 we call it "cell living" 15:18 PacifistDalek: My goals are like: "get job paying x amount and offering x experience" "find house for family." "Find better paying job to get nicer house" etc etc 15:18 well, school IS prison, I suppose 15:18 "employee lockboxes" ;) 15:18 so there lives 2-8 students in their rooms in an apartment, everyone has their own rooms, and then there is one common kitchen etc 15:18 Walther: you can do a lot with that! 15:18 ellipsis: that room is 11 m^2 15:18 Walther: cozy 15:19 Walther: sounds exactly like (uncatered) student halls in the UK 15:19 and, only 198eur/mo, incl. water, electrizity, 5mb no-limit broadband 15:19 what are your short term goals PacifistDalek 15:19 ellipsis: thanks 15:19 http://thanksants.com/ellipsis 15:19 ωνω Senji [irongrip@hide-96E36998.btc-net.bg] has joined #xkcd 15:19 Vertigo: To visit some family in a few weeks 15:19 thats it? 15:19 Vertigo: to do some DJ mixing this week 15:19 also s/electrizity/electricity 15:19 can that really be classified as a goal? 15:20 ωνω chakl [chakl@hide-238B8125.dyn.optonline.net] has joined #xkcd 15:20 Vertigo: that's about it really 15:20 thats more like a chore 15:20 lol 15:20 my short term goal is to have 3 girls sucking my cock at once 15:20 chore =/= fun 15:20 vertigo: Well, the situation i'm in means that I need to hunt down a ride and convince my boss that I should be allowed to do so 15:20 vertigo: penis enlargement then it is 15:20 and I enjoy visiting my family 15:20 Bucket, remember vertigo cock 15:20 Okay, puddle, remembering "my short term goal is to have 3 girls sucking my cock at once ". 15:20 Walther: that's why they'd be sucking, to get it to come out of hiding 15:21 PacifistDalek: those sound more like plans than goals 15:21 vertigo: People say it's best to set realistic short-term goals. so you might want to rethink yours 15:21 or world peace 15:21 Flibberdy: I don't care that much about money, I'm not in a relationship, and I don't have a job that I want to hunt down 15:21 Flibberdy: true 15:21 Walther: you rang? 15:21 ellipsis: that would take way too much time, and wouldn't be worth the effort 15:21 Flibberdy: I suppose I don't really have any goals. 15:22 Flibberdy: which is an even more worrying situation 15:22 PacifistDalek: people pursuit jobs for other reasons than money 15:22 aJames: ...no i didn't? 15:22 PacifistDalek: Do you live with your parents? 15:22 LolCam: probably 15:22 probe-ably 15:22 ellipsis: I know. I just don't have any jobs I want to pursue 15:22 Flibberdy: Nope 15:22 ωνω sheepbat [lev3k@hide-394EA3D7.hsd1.ca.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 15:22 I just want to get my degree in Civil Engineering in a few years. 15:22 aJames: what on earth do you have on hilight? 15:22 i know LolCam world peace is a bit much 15:22 PacifistDalek: fun stuff 15:22 i'll focus on the 3 girls 15:22 Walther: penis enlargement, of course 15:22 vertigo: that's even more unrealistic 15:23 lol 15:23 blow for humanity 15:23 vertigo: you may be able to focus on them, but getting them to focus on you, THAT'S the real challenge 15:23 Walther: nazgjunk is right 15:23 Basically, the closest I have to a goal is to graduate from university in a year 15:23 ellipsis: here, have a fan 15:23 But after that...I have no plans or goals 15:23 ωνω DarthFarmer [~loop@hide-D56089D7.bb.sky.com] has joined #xkcd 15:23 ωνω salacious [salacious@hide-368D9F3C.dyn.grandenetworks.net] has joined #xkcd 15:23 Which is kind-of nice, as it's a clean slate 15:23 so 15:23 ωνω Signoff DarthFarmer: #xkcd (Quit: ChatZilla 0.9.86 [Firefox 3.6.3/20100423141150]) 15:23 but I want to start coming up with some sort of goal 15:23 My latest short-term goal is to get a part time job when I start up my next semester 15:23 And i'm having a hard time doing so 15:24 what do some evil people use to search torrents now that piratebay is not good (or is it?) 15:24 well i had two a couple weeks ago but i dont want to get complacent 15:24 aim for the stars 15:24 aJames: well, you could offer one to vertigo 15:24 isohunt.com already gave 0 results for me-- my friend 15:24 PacifistDalek: think of something "impossible". then do it 15:24 demonoid Tattoo 15:24 Tattoo: isohunt for me.. oh 15:24 PacifistDalek: get a hobby and work up to something big 15:24 Walther: nah, I mainly hilight on penis 15:24 for clarity 15:24 PacifistDalek: like robotics or something? 15:24 PacifistDalek: got absolutely nothing on your "want to do" list? Like a hobby, or a trip around the world or somesuch? 15:24 ωνω aJames is now known as stalagmatite 15:24 ωνω stalagmatite is now known as aJames 15:24 That. 15:24 aJames: why'd you switch? 15:24 nicks, that is 15:25 Tattoo: torrents.to 15:25 ugh, nick changes x_X 15:25 LolCam: I'm getting tired of stalagmatite, I'm trying to get something a little closer to my real name 15:25 ellipsis: INORITE? Jesus 15:25 http://www.demonoid.com/ 15:25 exit 15:25 err 15:25 ephphatha: no I don't wanna go 15:25 aJames: bah, your nick doesn't have to be your name, which makes it nice 15:25 this isn't the terminal 15:25 The things on my want-to-do list aren't that interesting 15:25 LolCam: seems like a lot happened lately, kind of annoying to keep up 15:25 ephphatha: not a terminal :) 15:25 ωνω Signoff ephphatha: #xkcd (Quit: Heh) 15:25 ephphathaPHAIL 15:25 aJames: but being an inanimate object is so much fun! 15:25 ellipsis: SRSLY 15:26 ωνω Signoff PacifistDalek: #xkcd (Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client) 15:26 dinosplosion: well yeah 15:26 I like my nick, and I'm keeping it just the way it is 15:26 vertigo: demonoid was good, thx 15:26 LolCam: I just haven't found any nicks I really like 15:26 ωνω PacifistKrogan [996a379e@hide-6C77D8AA.mibbit.com] has joined #xkcd 15:26 LolCam: looks good on you too ;) 15:26 PacifistKrogan: you can borrow my to-do list if you want 15:26 ωνω PacifistKrogan is now known as PacifistDalek 15:26 heh, our schools switch's UPS went down 15:26 PacifistKrogan: that makes perhaps even less sence than PacifistDalek 15:26 ecthros: Sure :) 15:27 aJames: i'm aware 15:27 I'm a werewolf! 15:27 * LolCam strikes a sexy LolCam pose 15:27 aJames: Well, considering that i'm neither a pacifist or a dalek or a krogan 15:27 http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs221.snc4/38406_1454505796632_1052920979_31342321_6092695_n.jpg YOU CAN'T USE A DOG FOR THAT 15:27 PacifistDalek: haha 15:27 khmer: ... 15:27 [Off in the distance, you hear davean and root arguing.] 15:27 khmer: handy 15:28 ωνω Signoff sheepbat: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 15:28 awwww that dog is so cute 15:28 i want 15:28 Want does not mean get. 15:28 khmer: In the next picture ahs the dog torn off her face? 15:28 Puppyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy 15:28 ωνω Signoff daryl5: #xkcd (Connection reset by peer) 15:28 The stuff on my want-to-do list is annoying at the moment, as it's largely computer-based, and my job involves sitting in front of a computer for 8 hours a day, so at the end of the day I have little interest in my computer-hobbies... 15:28 ωνω sheepbat [lev3k@hide-394EA3D7.hsd1.ca.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 15:28 ωνω Signoff LogicalDash: #xkcd (Quit: Ex-Chat) 15:28 oh my lord why does this make me dawww http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp2__WCStuw 15:28 PacifistDalek: what about, say, building stuff? 15:29 Ha, that's nice. I considered getting into RTS games, or at least trying it out a bit 15:29 PacifistDalek: get a better to-do list ;) 15:29 LolCam: like what? 15:29 ωνω Signoff vertigo: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 15:29 nazgjunk: just in time for SC2 15:29 ellipsis: Yeah, I do want a better one :) 15:29 okay let me find that 15:29 PacifistDalek: like building a shelf or something 15:29 Found a top ten list somewhere, work through it, and at the top spot I find Total Annihilation - which I've actually owned for twelve years now :P 15:29 then work your way up to maybe a chest of drawers or a dresser 15:29 ωνω Signoff Semper: #xkcd (Connection reset by peer) 15:29 * aJames headbutts sheepbat 15:30 * aJames attempted to tab complete headbutts sheepbat 15:30 ow 15:30 nazgjunk: All you need is StarCraft! 15:30 lolbat 15:30 * ellipsis thinks there should also be a tuxedoer 15:30 baacam 15:30 LolCam! 15:30 LolCam is a fiddler crab. 15:30 sheepbat! 15:30 sheepbat is the singular of sheepbits 15:30 DaMullet! 15:30 DaMullet knows the arcane secrets of clowning 15:30 baamullet 15:30 LolCam: I don't really need anything like that, and I don't want to build something only to have to try to carry it to a different country when I move next year 15:30 $nickname! 15:30 ωνω moshez [moshez@hide-69E4DC3A.hsd1.ca.comcast.net] has joined #xkcd 15:30 sheep.bat? 15:31 PacifistDalek: I see... hmm 15:31 sheep.bat can run :D 15:31 Hah 15:31 ωνω cuog [cuog@hide-70830.dhcp.mant.nc.charter.com] has joined #xkcd 15:31 PacifistDalek: maybe carving then? 15:31 LolCam: also, I'm uninterested in it :| 15:31 Run, sheep.bat, run! 15:31 PacifistDalek: ah 15:31 I'm just suggesting stuff 15:31 LolCam: don't let me stop you! 15:31 ωνω Signoff Senji: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 15:31 there are tons of hobbies out there, 15:31 ωνω Semper [archie@hide-45D08C97.static.tpgi.com.au] has joined #xkcd 15:31 PacifistDalek: what interests you? can be subjects, hobbies, words that you find fascinating, etc 15:32 LolCam: I do want to find something to do, I just have a hard time starting a hobby "by myself" 15:32 juggling? 15:32 PacifistDalek: could put vegetating on your list 15:32 juggling is the new jogging 15:32 ωνω spaghettifier [~george@4D9EA4AE.27DB6EEE.3CA260D3.IP] has joined #xkcd 15:32 for instance, my boyfriend took up shaving with a single edge razor 15:32 PacifistDalek: ^^ 15:32 LolCam....that's a hobby? 15:32 but he started out with a double edge razor to work himself up to it 15:32 PacifistDalek: solve P/NP? on the other hand, dom't, you'll probably go crazy 15:32 PacifistDalek: it takes time and practice 15:32 LolCam: is he removing the blood stains? 15:32 and money 15:32 dinosplosion: math is evil 15:32 ellipsis: no, he worked up to the single edge, he's doing quite well now. 15:32 Wait, let me clarify. Math is a necessary evil. 15:33 It's evil, but awesome. 15:33 and his shave can nearly cause traffic accidents. 15:33 Countdown to Sweeney Todd re-enactment begins now 15:33 LolCam: ok, in that case, take a balloon and a needle, wait until he's at a tricky part, then ... 15:33 ellipsis: OH GOD NO 15:33 Why not? 15:33 holy crap, I think I know the brother or cousin of this guy in a video about the Antikythera Mechanism 15:33 ellipsis: It's her boyfriend you know? It wouldn't really benefit her if he accidently cut his own head off... 15:34 * ellipsis is not surprised at IceKarma 15:34 ωνω Signoff spligitMoose: #xkcd (Connection reset by peer) 15:34 I suppose i'm largely uninterested in the various hobbies that I've come across, and it's starting to bother me that i'm not bothered by the fact that i'm uninterested in them. 15:34 they look very similar, they sound exactly the same, and he even started his university studies at UBC 15:34 Fagerlund: people have done worse to their SO 15:34 PacifistDalek: what about cooking? 15:35 did they ever work out what the Antikythera Mechanism was for? 15:35 dinosplosion, yeah 15:35 dinosplosion, let me get you the link to the first part =3 15:35 ellipsis: And since when did "people" ever do the right thing? 15:35 dinosplosion: It summoned the flying saucers 15:35 True, but LolCam is hardly going to go Lorraine Bobbit on her boyfried (we hope) 15:35 dinosplosion: it's a TI prototype, the design barely changed since then 15:35 LolCam: It's weird. When i'm cooking with a group or for another person, i'm motivated to do so. When I cook for myself, I don't care. I usually just make meat and cheese on bagels, or something like that 15:35 dinosplosion, http://www.scientificamerican.com/video.cfm?id=52209781001 15:35 Fagerlund: I didn't claim they do 15:35 dinosplosion, part two: http://www.scientificamerican.com/video.cfm?id=52217285001 15:35 ωνω Senji [~irongrip@hide-96E36998.btc-net.bg] has joined #xkcd 15:36 PacifistDalek: nothing weird about that 15:36 LolCam: I think I need a girlfriend so that I have someone to cook for or make stuff for :) 15:36 PacifistDalek: You're being a difficult poopie head 15:36 PacifistDalek: now you have a goal 15:36 LolCam: I'm aware of that, sorry. 15:36 just changed my music keybindings to nyxmms2 15:36 PacifistDalek: learn to cook so that you can get girls with your cooking skills 15:36 it's close to the beginning of part 2 they introduce the guy whose relatives I think I know, Alexander Jones 15:36 PacifistDalek: MOTIVATION THERE IT IS 15:36 ωνω ubuntuella [ubuntuella@hide-83C10EDA.demon.co.uk] has joined #xkcd 15:36 ωνω lieuwe [~kvirc@882BEC4E.DCA58C6A.6403F2A3.IP] has joined #xkcd 15:36 ellipsis: I don't really see "girlfriend" as a girl. 15:36 PacifistDalek: you didn't answer my question :P also, seriouseats.com is a cooking website that inspires me 15:36 LolCam: CAPSLOCK THERE IT IS! 15:37 ellipsis: oh, that would explain the crappy UI 15:37 ωνω ephphatha [ephphatha@hide-5D10B81C.peeron.com] has joined #xkcd 15:37 ωνω mode/#xkcd [+o ephphatha] by ChanServ 15:37 ecthros: What question? 15:37 ellipsis: COCKSLAP YOU'RE GETTING ONE RIGHT NOW 15:37 ellipsis: I just realized how much i messed that up 15:37 I recommend you listen to The Go! Team. 15:37 PacifistDalek: if you claim any goal to be a non-goal, you won't have any, yeah 15:37 PacifistDalek: "what interests you? can be subjects, hobbies, words that you find fascinating, etc" 15:37 PacifistDalek: I want a girlie to cook for too :( 15:38 PacifistDalek: I just assumed s/girl./goal./ 15:38 ellipsis: what i meant was, It bothers me when people see "getting a girlfriend/boyfriend" as a goal. Relationships happen organically. "Looking for chicks" is just objectifying people 15:38 still have no idea why I quit just then instead of detaching the screen session... 15:38 ellipsis: correct 15:38 βœ“ 15:38 purple, monkey, dishwasher. 15:38 * Burstaholic wants a goalie to cook for 15:38 creature: who? 15:38 PacifistDalek: I said nothing about looking for chicks 15:38 spaghettifier: I'm not sure how I could answer without just repeating myself. 15:39 PacifistDalek: You mean wallmart *doesn't* have a chicks aisle? 15:39 ephphatha: They do around easter 15:39 creature: what Go! team? as in Google Go! ? 15:39 ephphatha: that's outside, on the corner 15:39 what? 15:39 PacifistDalek: the pursuit of a girlfriend would be along the lines of getting yourself up in shape, getting into public, looking for your own purpose. The rest is a side effect. 15:39 ellipsis: What I mean is the idea of "finding a girlfriend" as a goal reminds me of the idea of "looking for chicks" 15:39 no the Go! team! 15:39 ephphatha: walmart doesn't, but Farm & Fleet/Fleet & Farm both do 15:39 spaghettifier: it was capitalized conveniently as The Go! Team 15:39 spaghettifier: They are a band called "The Go! Team". You should listen to them. 15:39 spaghettifier: Look up the Go! Team 15:39 PacifistDalek: what I mean is, you got the means to shape the odds in your favor and that IS a goal, and has nothing to do with looking for chicks 15:39 so "what Go! Team" is really a silly question :P 15:39 ok now it makes more sense 15:39 It might not be a "they". It could be an alias for one man. I'm not really an expert on this. 15:39 nazgjunk: essentially 15:40 ωνω pipeep [~pipeep@hide-5CB1CA1.xlate.ufl.edu] has joined #xkcd 15:40 PacifistDalek: I'd say, interesting that you boil down the whole girlfriend thing to looking for chicks or chance, as if there's no middle ground O.o 15:40 I think it is one dude 15:40 the go team is a side project by some guy 15:40 The one-man team 15:40 just likes cheerleaders and seventies car chases 15:40 some guy, i say 15:40 ellipsis: How would you define the middle ground? 15:40 PacifistDalek: I just did 15:40 Oh no you didn't! 15:41 Bucket: sure did 15:41 That is not the hired quisling. 15:41 PacifistDalek: take up reading as a hobby 15:41 THERE! 15:41 I WIN! 15:41 ellipsis: most of the people who I know who have gotten into relationships are basically either in the chance or chicks case. 15:41 PacifistDalek: -_- 15:41 READING: THE BEST HOBBY EVER IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE 15:41 PacifistDalek: Learn a musical instrument to impress females with. 15:41 LolCam: i do love reading 15:41 PacifistDalek: if you like reading, then read what I just wrote, instead of giving me that moped impression? 15:42 how would one call a C/C++ method from a higher level language like Python or Lua? or what should I search in google to get a good answer to that question (i.e. does it have a specific name like cross-language function calls or something) 15:42 PacifistDalek: pick a certain author/style/subject matter/event that you know nothing about and GO GO GO 15:42 spaghettifier, Each language has its own way, eg java has JNI 15:42 LolCam: that's a good idea, I haven't done that in a while 15:43 PacifistDalek: HOBBY PROBLEM SOLVED 15:43 ellipsis: My experiences with women have perhaps been different than yours have been 15:43 alright, now I gotta do tablet work, so I have to see if the tablet's open 15:43 LolCam is thoroughly done with this 15:43 pipeep: so do you know what the python one is called by any chance? 15:43 PacifistDalek: mine have been non-existant, next? 15:43 my hobby: inventing unlikely hobbies 15:43 khmer: do it 15:43 nazgjunk: maybe 15:43 spaghettifier: Starting with a google for "SWIG" will probably get you part of the way there. 15:43 spaghettifier, SWIG I think 15:44 ellipsis: I don't really want to become one of those "reinvent myself in order to attract women" people. 15:44 jinks 15:44 Jinx yourself. 15:44 PacifistDalek: I didn't say that -_- 15:44 ωνω mode/#xkcd [+b ~q:*!~pipeep@hide-5CB1CA1.xlate.ufl.edu] by creature 15:44 PacifistDalek: that'd be taking it too far 15:44 Now you can't talk until someone else says your name! 15:44 it's really poopin simple 15:44 hoh 15:44 what about yourself do you think is unattractive to whoever you are attracted to 15:45 having an eReader saved my ass in this corner of the desert. New house so no TV, shitty internet connection, and few people around 15:45 pipeep 15:45 creature: Taking Playground games to a digital era 15:45 ωνω mode/#xkcd [-b ~q:*!~pipeep@hide-5CB1CA1.xlate.ufl.edu] by creature 15:45 and don't anticipate what i'm about to say next 15:45 just answer the question 15:45 creature: dirty. And very clever 15:45 what about yourself do you think is unattractive to the people you want to attract? 15:45 yes spaghettifier? 15:45 khmer: thinking... 15:45 * Bucket . o O (thinking? man, i totally don't remember) 15:45 * creature sets ban on ~q:*!~pipeep@hide-5CB1CA1.xlate.ufl.edu 15:45 creature> Now you can't talk until someone else says your name! 15:45 that's why, pipeep 15:46 ωνω Signoff Senji: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 15:46 ah thanks 15:47 ωνω SmilyOrg [Smily@38D8F532.45E687ED.1D00B3D7.IP] has joined #xkcd 15:47 ωνω me1 [ausom@15887CE3.3E9A15E4.2E92167F.IP] has joined #xkcd 15:47 ωνω Signoff Xeio: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 15:47 ωνω Signoff Vagrant: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 15:47 * Bruenor needs to get groceries but it is raining hard. 15:48 would it be possible to script an automatic jinx? (I am not proposing it, it would kind of suck occasionally) 15:48 it would suck frequently 15:48 yes 15:48 Sure, why not 15:48 it would be absurdly easy for trolls to trigger 15:48 not if it has a 100ms time limit or something 15:49 what does ms stand for again? 15:49 could Bucket detect jinx and say something? 15:49 milisecond 15:49 millisecond 15:49 ωνω Burstaholic was kicked from #xkcd by khmer (khmer) 15:49 This is a bad idea and I do not wish it to be discussed further 15:49 Is happy traditional khmer kicking dance time! One, two, three, kick! One, two, three, kick, ban, oi! 15:49 ωνω spaghettifier was kicked from #xkcd by khmer (khmer) 15:49 Is happy traditional khmer kicking dance time! One, two, three, kick! One, two, three, kick, ban, oi! 15:49 * Bruenor doesn't fall into kmer's trap 15:49 khmer: that. was awesome 15:49 ωνω Burstaholic [care1@hide-9B5C8579.stenocall.com] has joined #xkcd 15:49 woo jinx 15:49 You guys are slow :p 15:49 ωνω spaghettifier [~george@4D9EA4AE.27DB6EEE.3CA260D3.IP] has joined #xkcd 15:49 ωνω Signoff Smily: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 15:49 so you see 15:49 you bastard 15:49 you killed lenny 15:49 khmer: microsoft :P 15:49 but neither of us said jinx 15:50 apo: you don't want to deal with 100 microsoft :| 15:50 you could just curse one another, I think that's preferable 15:50 100ms...? but.. that would.. i don't get it 15:50 it would probably be a command like !jinx 15:50 apo: though maybe with 100 microsofts, if they are good ones 15:50 ellipsis: 100 vistas? 15:50 spaghettifier: microsofts, not windowss 15:50 millisecond 15:51 ellipsis: good point 15:51 No, bad point! BAD POINT! 15:51 ωνω Senji [irongrip@hide-96E36998.btc-net.bg] has joined #xkcd 15:51 i'd prefer 100 microsofts to one 15:51 anyway, good trolling khmer 15:51 ohh 15:51 they're only bad because they're a monopoly 15:51 At least they'd be competing! 15:51 khmer: I should try to read Neuromancer again, failed last time :/ 15:52 ellipsis: heh, first time I did I just gave up and started over halfway through 15:52 ellipsis: it's tough to start, but if you get halfway through you'll finish 15:52 khmer: I made it up to the space station when I completely lost track of everything 15:53 also typical 15:53 ? 15:53 You know, I read Neuromancer, but I remember almost nothing about it. Seemed fairly forgettable 15:53 khmer: On the relationships thing. I want to say that i'm a bit overweight, but I'm having a hard time telling if that's me talking or just what pop culture's vain end has taught me women want. 15:53 http://dl.dropbox.com/u/716853/IRCMirror.tar.gz 15:54 A little bit hacked together, but... 15:54 PacifistDalek: How much is "a bit", and do you think it's out of your control? 15:54 ωνω Xeio [~zeiothexe@hide-156D3F23.pitbpa.east.verizon.net] has joined #xkcd 15:54 I'll let you people try to figure it out yourselves 15:54 where can I see a list of the default keybindings for Ubuntu? 15:54 creature: It's not out of control. 15:54 Not "out of control", out of *your* control. 15:54 spaghettifier: I will assume Gnome. So in that case, the gnome manual, also the Ubuntu wiki 15:54 creature: what do you mean by that? 15:55 I mean, if you decided that being slimmer/more fit would make you happier, could you work on it to achieve that goal? 15:55 PacifistDalek: could you, if you want to, change your weight in a direction you consider desirable for yourself, or is it due to things that you have no control over, like a disease? 15:55 ellipsis: I mean on the system 15:55 http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/6272/34083710.png Mummy? 15:55 creature: and i'm not sure how much is a "bit", as I haven't weighed myself in like half a year 15:55 spaghettifier: what system? 15:55 ellipsis: I could work on and achieve that goal 15:56 It doesn't even have to be a disease. A lack of willpower or even a plain no-I-don't-want-to is a perfectly valid answer. 15:56 ellipsis: I mean what file contains the keybindings on my system 15:56 spaghettifier: which keybindings? 15:56 PacifistDalek: i should back up here. are we addressing this because you want non-computer hobbies, or because you want a girlfriend 15:56 creature: well, there's the problem then. 15:56 spaghettifier: gnomes keybindings are in gconf 15:57 ellipsis: thanks 15:57 No problems. 15:57 khmer: It's because I want long term goals to work towards. One suggestion is taking a hobby and running with it. A girlfriend would be another good goal. 15:57 spaghettifier: I suggest you use gconf editor to find the places you want to mess with. Once you do, you can edit them with gconf-tool from the cli/scripts 15:57 a goal for me would probably getting a job 15:57 PacifistDalek: Sorry, I'm not sure which bit you're referring to as the problem. 15:57 * Burstaholic wishes he could run Linux at work 15:57 My goal is pass this year and graduate. 15:58 Bruenor: I failed that goal 15:58 and, er, the course 15:58 hah 15:58 creature: I would be interesting in trying to loose weight, but Willpower becomes a bigger problem. 15:58 lose! 15:58 creature: I do have some willpower 15:58 aJames: you're still alive, so I assume the graduation failed? 15:58 PacifistDalek: why do you want long-term goals? are you aesthetically displeased with the idea of being a drifter? 15:58 hahaha aJames 15:58 creature: but trying to get into some habit of exercise over the course of the coming year 15:59 creature: I exercise fine during the summer, but that all goes out the window when winter comes around 15:59 ellipsis: who knows~ 15:59 The Shadow knows! 15:59 PacifistDalek: during the winter I exercise MOST 15:59 PacifistDalek: I walk places, fucking deep snow, traffic, and heavy clothes 15:59 khmer: I'm graduating in a year, and I have plans up until that point, but then I have nothing. Being a drifter doesn't bother me that much, but It'd be nicer to have something to work towards, even if it's crazy-almost-impossible 15:59 things about MtG that piss me off 15:59 aJames: I fucking hate ice 16:00 PacifistDalek: but the summer is too hot for me to do anything 16:00 a cobra that hangs out around some lotuses is mythic rare. Spells that destroy the universe are normal rare. 16:00 fffffu it's 1am again 16:00 PacifistDalek: world peace? 16:00 world peace is self-negative! 16:00 aJames: really? i've been lifting weights all summer with no problem 16:00 aJames: black ice in particular, so when I walk during the summer, I go crazy slow. 16:00 PacifistDalek: you sound distinctly passionless about it 16:00 aJames: where do you live? 16:00 Sagittarius A*, munching on your galaxy piece by piece to fuel my factoid circuits. 16:00 ellipsis: maybe not quite that impossible 16:00 sjokkis: Ottawa, ON 16:00 PacifistDalek: you can't approach this like you're commander data 16:00 PacifistDalek: countrywide peace? 16:00 khmer: passionless about goals or about exercise? 16:00 sjokkis: we dealt with a heat wave for the past couple weeks 16:00 haha 16:00 bucket, awesome 16:00 Hm. Do you think it might be TOO awesome? 16:01 PacifistDalek: people who calmly construe that they should have a goal and then pick one almost at random, don't usually succeed! 16:01 PacifistDalek: they rarely even get started 16:01 PacifistDalek: you need to get in touch with the fact that you want something 16:01 aJames: "But a hot gym is where most of us have trained before. Learn to deal with it: more water, more minerals, bigger balls." 16:01 ωνω Signoff moshez: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 16:01 ωνω Signoff Xeio: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 16:01 the fact that you're asking the question is enough evidence for me; you're not satisfied 16:01 khmer: I'm aware of that. I suppose what i'm looking for is someone to say "here's a goal, go!" than I am trying to figure out how other people found goals in life 16:01 get in touch with that, own that 16:02 aJames: i don't mean to troll you, here. honestly though, it's not too warm to exercise in ottawa. ever. 16:02 sjokkis: fuck that, I don't exercise that way. If I wanted upper body strength, I'd get a job landscaping. 16:02 other people found goals by feeling an intense lack 16:02 ellipsis: that's really good to know, thanks 16:02 ωνω Lingrush [Raclette@hide-C6583760.lightspeed.sndgca.sbcglobal.net] has joined #xkcd 16:02 ellipsis++ 16:02 sjokkis: it was 35 degrees plus 90% humidity, it was definitely too fucking hot 16:02 PacifistDalek: The thing is, other people's goals are not likely to be interesting to you. 16:02 aJames: too hot to be comfortable, sure 16:03 creature: correct. I just realized that it's not the goal itself i'm looking for from other people as much as the decision making process that helped them find/choose their goals 16:03 sjokkis: I am fine in -20 or lower temperatures with nothing more than a sweater, but I hate the heat. 16:03 other people found goals by acknowledging a passion in them that wasn't entirely rational 16:03 For instance, I am currently working on completing this: http://southwarkcyclists.org.uk/content/dunwich-dynamo . But I do not expect most other people want to do this. 16:03 LolCam: what is SDCC 16:03 in short, it's not really a decision-making process 16:03 spaghettifier: san diego comic con 16:03 you get goals like people get cats 16:03 ωνω Signoff ubuntuella: #xkcd (Ping timeout) 16:03 you like them and they don't leave you alone 16:03 PacifistDalek: Maybe as a general process, you could try to push your limits. Look at an activity that you think you could never do. Then do it. 16:03 khmer: :) Good points, thanks. 16:03 PacifistDalek: afaik there's little decision making. They don't "decide" on a goal, they have it 16:04 spaghettifier: San Diego Comic Con 16:04 Nude photography? Playing a musical instrument? Running a marathon? Getting a martial arts black belt? Travelling to Russia? Building a working steam engine? Starting a charity? 16:04 ωνω Signoff Lingrush: #xkcd (Quit: Lingrush) 16:04 sjokkis: besides which, I have shown no evidence of ever being able to gain weight. 16:04 creature: I like how your first bit was nude photography 16:04 creature: I pictured most of that combined and chuckled, thanks 16:04 ωνω Lingrush [~Raclette@19D8B074:A6E0A9CF:A030F35B:IP] has joined #xkcd 16:04 aJames: you're a hardgainer? lift heavier, eat more. only thing that works 16:04 sjokkis: I don't WANT big muscles 16:05 sjokkis: I just want to be lean 16:05 aJames: oh, well in that case, never mind 16:05 PacifistDalek: It's important to remember with all of these things that you will suck, and that's OK. Everyone was a beginner at one point, and you're doing it for fun, not to be the best damn _____ that ever lived. 16:05 Initiate Hunger Imagery! 16:05 aJames: i don't even know what that's supposed to mean 16:05 aJames: you want to be thin? 16:05 sjokkis: I want tone, but not build 16:05 sjokkis: get what I mean? 16:05 creature: Yes 16:05 like, low weight high rep stuff would be best to get what I want 16:05 "tone" is a misnomer. it has no meaning in the sense you see it used by people in the fitness industry 16:06 fuck the fitness industry 16:06 you seem to buy into their bullshit... 16:06 ωνω mike_mib [bc1a2cd6@hide-6C77D8AA.mibbit.com] has joined #xkcd 16:06 No, I just use the words I've got 16:06 Thanks everyone for the advice and thoughts. 16:06 Lots of food for thought 16:06 PacifistDalek: sorry I'd love to help but I'm in the same boat really 16:06 ωνω Signoff Hermiene: #xkcd (Quit: ) 16:07 let me clarify, aJames. tone means the constant partial contraction of your muscles. you can't change that in any way 16:07 sjokkis: I just want to be fit without building too much muscle and looking RAR like my dad does 16:07 ωνω Signoff Lingrush: #xkcd (Quit: Lingrush) 16:07 aJames: if you think you're gonna wake up one day and be overly muscular, you're delusional 16:07 sjokkis: well obviously not 16:07 holy crap the daddy longlegs spider in my bathroom is one massive sonofabitch 16:08 she's got to be as big as the palm of my hand 16:08 sjokkis: it seems almost as if you're deliberately misinterpreting what I'm trying to say. 16:08 aJames: low weight high rep work will increase your endurance. as for working your physique, it's inefficient as hell 16:08 Bucket: remember dinosplosion hand 16:08 Okay, ellipsis, remembering "she's got to be as big as the palm of my hand". 16:08 aJames: no, i'm pointing out that you're using words in a nonsense manner 16:08 werrr 16:08 bleah, just got asked if I could last minute supply the wireless network for GUADEC, they could have come with that a few weeks ago, so I have actual time to read up on it... 16:08 Turns out mibbit gets rid of lines pretty quickly. Does anyone have a log of the conversation over the past hour or so that I could get a copy of? 16:08 dinosplosion: I'm almost proud of catching that one 16:08 aJames: "toned" the way it's used by personal trainers and their ilk basically means "muscular and lean" 16:08 sjokkis: and I'm pointing out you're being pedantic and unnecessarily complicating a simple comment about how I get more exercise in the goddamn winter 16:08 ωνω Xeio [~zeiothexe@hide-AA4F72BA.pitbpa.east.verizon.net] has joined #xkcd 16:08 well i guess that's an okay quote :P 16:08 aJames: those are two different goals, and if you want to achieve either of them in an efficient manner, you'll have to work on them separately 16:09 aJames: first you gain muscle, then you cut fat 16:09 sjokkis: just... just stop this has nothing to do with anything 16:09 ok this is a new construction: _TotalBytesToSend = _BytesToSend = _RawRequestData.Length; <-- in c# does that set _BytesToSend _TotalBytesToSend to _RawRequestData.Length? 16:09 aJames: trying to do both with "high rep, low resistance" exercise is a waste of time 16:10 sjokkis: this entire conversation is a waste of time I don't even go to the gym auuugh 16:10 aJames: do feel free to clarify your stance, if you think i'm misunderstanding you 16:10 Flibberdy: one would assume so, can you not test it? 16:11 ωνω G-nius [thomas@hide-5B293828.bb.sky.com] has joined #xkcd 16:11 let's talk about something fun 16:11 the only thing about me being unable to gain weight was that I eat and eat and nothing goes anywhere, it all burns away, the thing about me exercising in the winter was just me saying I was the opposite of PacifistDalek in this venture, and the thing about me wanting to not have muscle was just me saying that I DO NOT WANT to build on my body, just define what I've already got. 16:11 drey: I can but it's part of a big app that I'm in the middle of debugging. It does do what I expected, dunno why I asked tbh. Guess I'm jsut that frustrated 16:11 like postits 16:11 or hard drives 16:11 Flibberdy: test c file, a = 1; b = 3; a = b = 2; echo a; echo b; 16:11 sjokkis: you kept misunderstanding me as looking for advice 16:11 which I'm not 16:12 ωνω Signoff G-nius: #xkcd (Killed (NickServ (Nick kill enforced))) 16:12 ωνω thomas__ [thomas@hide-5B293828.bb.sky.com] has joined #xkcd 16:12 Thanks for the thought but no, I'm good. 16:12 * Kedama sticks a sticky note on terran with "sticky note" written on it 16:12 Flibberdy: just make a simple c file like that, takes a couple seconds, and helps to confirm "suspicions" like that. Sadly I don't know even remotely enough C to say definitely that the assignment affects all of them 16:12 PacifistDalek: yep, got a log, trying to figure out where I can put it.. 16:12 dinosplosion: thanks! 16:12 No problem!