May 2009 - Posts
Sunday, May 31, 2009
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2009.05.31 15:18:
@klaatu
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fractalnavel
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klaatuMeth lab found thanks to thrift store gift
http://bit.ly/zNMyD oh thats only 10 mi from the cave house. Reads like a Breaking Bad script
speaking of cave house, that looks like a great starter spot for aspiring bond (007) villains
Cave house owner looks 2 be involved in developing nearby old PPG sandmine. 5 miles of underground road w/lake. A Dr No base?
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2009.06.01 01:20:
on a coding jag - all chores, eating, sleeping, showering have been nearly non-existent for the last week
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2009.06.01 01:24:
still a few days to go... really back to basics the last few weeks. how many different ways can i code the same thing ?
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2009.06.01 01:26:
strange mash of languages & technology cramming my head.
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2009.06.01 01:28:
google app engine is pretty cool, but there ae some strange gymnastics required in dealing with quota- and pay-per-use- based cloud stuff
Saturday, May 30, 2009
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2009.05.30 18:52:
hmm- javascript, asp, perl, php, c- tell ya what, i think i'll go with google app engine & python- "but moom, all the kids are doing it!"
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2009.05.30 22:21:
most languages: array.join( separator ); python: separator.join( array ) wtf ?!? language written by script kiddies on drugs ?
Friday, May 29, 2009
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2009.05.30 03:13:
@klaatu
Meth lab found thanks to thrift store gift
http://bit.ly/zNMyD oh thats only 10 mi from the cave house. Reads like a Breaking Bad script
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
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2009.05.26 14:50:
@klaatu
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fractalnavelthe flip-side is that people distrust doubt - which is an ironic application of skepticism.
"Deification of Strangers and Demonization of Intimates" would be the full label for it.
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2009.05.26 14:54:
@klaatu
RT @
fractalnavel: look up http status 418. go ahead. Hey at least it wasn't 411 (look that 1 up too). Some woman's T-shirt will have it nxt
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2009.05.26 14:58:
@craigg75
smashed my thumb this weekend, still bruised, tried to bleed out the blood under the thumbnail.. no go, I clot to easily
normal (folk) procedure is to drill through the nail into the hematoma. clotting: then your either ok, or it's too deep.
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2009.05.26 15:01:
@shuckins and follow the links: RT @klaatu RT @popurls: The Most Scientific Tattoo You'll See Today (PIC) http://pop.ly/1lup
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2009.05.26 16:38:
today's tech: messin' with perl - yeah, me too: say what ?!
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2009.05.26 17:01:
@craigg75
somebody once told me writing perl is like having sex and hanging yourself at the same time
you just like the "... is like having sex and hanging yourself at the same time" pattern ;-) pretty flexible
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2009.05.26 20:43:
"OH" on game forum: "Man, I know how you feel. I once spent an hour playing WordPad before realising that it was a text editor."
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2009.05.26 20:49:
@jdhunt
Interesting how gas prices have changed lately. Diesel is now cheaper than reg unleaded, but not that long ago it was fair amt more $.
diesel: professional market, vs. flaky consumers. can you say "baaa-aa-aaaa"
logged fail
Monday, May 25, 2009
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2009.05.25 18:01:
*absolutely* inertia-bound today; can't seem to get off my ass and do anything
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2009.05.25 18:02:
meta-twitter: looking at the trending topics, it seems to me that there is less & less purposefulness here; it's becoming forced & made-up
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2009.05.25 18:04:
coincides with the growing general public involvement with this tool. yep - they're here becasue all the other media screams "TWITTER!!"...
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2009.05.25 18:05:
... but once they arrive, all they bring to the table is the same mindlessness that follows them everywhere ...
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2009.05.25 18:06:
... i swear we have been witnessing an ongoing speciation event, a la morlock v. eloi (but which is which?) ...
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2009.05.25 18:08:
... something in me wants the process to accelerate & be done with, yet i also realize that counter-speciation forces exist on all sides ...
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2009.05.25 18:14:
... if we interfere with our own evolution by attempting to prevent it, or shackling it to only common denominators - we fail. period. ...
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2009.05.25 18:15:
... similarly, if we unenlightenedly attempt to force it, we risk fatally short-circuiting the process ...
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2009.05.25 18:18:
... "enlightened" - is key. problem: everyone thinks they're "enlightened". in what way and to what extent is consciousness desirable ?
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2009.05.25 18:21:
emergence: neither the soil nor the plant can be treated separately.
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2009.05.25 18:23:
and so: i want a twitter filter that excludes the mindless masses. and why limit that to twitter ? ...
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2009.05.25 18:23:
the worst, however, are those mindless types that think they are otherwise.
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2009.05.25 18:24:
you know what's worse than someone who believes their own bullshit ? people who only trust those type of people.
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2009.05.25 18:25:
corresponds pretty directly to relgion, but also to many other social-psychological phenomena
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2009.05.25 18:27:
people have faith in conviction - and there's the vicious circle spins off course
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2009.05.25 18:28:
the flip-side is that people distrust doubt - which is an ironic application of skepticism.
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2009.05.25 18:31:
the mantra shoud be: fear conviction. (skepticism will take care of itself.)
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2009.05.25 18:46:
ah, finally - rain
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2009.05.25 20:27:
@SowaJF
canticle done - interesting interogative insight
next master & commander - so far too much description not enough story
maybe gita bhagavad
i'm sorry - what's an 'interogative insight' ? anyway, it was the "scifi story with engineering aspect" that was of note
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2009.05.25 20:28:
@SowaJF
bike shopping: craigslist or new?
kona, specialized, fisher, giant, trek - hard/full, disk/rim, wheelzzzzzz
craigslist only if you're very good with scams / spam
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2009.05.26 00:37:
@klaatu
RT @
tonyrobbins: "Today is the tomorrow that you worried about yesterday, and all is well." anonymous
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2009.05.26 00:39:
huh - you can't pull off a redirect in an page refrenced in an iframe src - who'd've thunk ...
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2009.05.26 00:42:
nevermind - it was me :-o
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2009.05.26 04:06:
look up http status 418. go ahead.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
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2009.05.24 17:38:
"syfy" channel ? seriously ?
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2009.05.24 22:51:
annoyance: <script src="..."></script> is both parsed and run in every host except ASP/ASP.Net; can't reuse code using certain patterns
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2009.05.24 22:56:
so var object = (function() { ... return {m1: function(...){...}, m2: function(...){...}} })() approaches to ASP libraries are unusable
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2009.05.24 22:58:
*sigh* guess i need to do things the old way. was hoping to share code across browsers / wscript / asp(.net)
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2009.05.24 23:49:
terrible case of flash abuse: http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/ - and this what some people admire
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2009.05.25 03:30:
@snugbugno, that was for additional capacity on a dynamic dns service
Saturday, May 23, 2009
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2009.05.23 18:57:
@klaatuown a section of cliff in an assisted-suicide jurisdiction? sell tickets to (a) jump; (b) push.
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2009.05.23 19:54:
@klaatu
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fractalnavel
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klaatuown a section of cliff in an assisted-suicide jurisdiction? sell tickets to (a) jump; (b) push.
suicide hill: I was thinking more of a Jap gameshow for SpikeTV, get that Chinese guy to host, push winner over Wash st cliff.
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2009.05.23 19:56:
another sign of aging: i can't hear the $*&%ing high pitched whine of mosquitoes anymore *slap!* [...999...]
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2009.05.24 00:39:
@klaatuwhat ?! no family warfare ?! ... *oh - _wel_fare. nevermind. [...1000...]
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2009.05.24 00:41:
@klaatu
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fractalnavelanother sign of aging: i can't hear the $*&%ing high pitched whine of mosquitoes anymore *slap!* [...999...]
i laugh at all the iPod kids with their concert goings, live it up for tomorrow the mosquitoes will be stealthy.
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2009.05.24 00:57:
@klaatuwhy do our elected officials seem hell-bent on detroying domestic heavy industry? hell, why do all americans ? [...1002]
klaatu:
Aliens ate my Tin Foil Hat
hey! that’s _mine_ ! and he’s still wearing his tinfoil hat after all these years.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
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2009.05.21 14:52:
@klaatu
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fractalnavel
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klaatudang. thoughts: (1) i'm moving (2) hell of an investment opportunity (3) place to dump my junk, cheaper than long-term storage
In Detroit, you could own your own dead end street. If only telecommute jobs were more prevalent. Could take up Urban Ranching
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2009.05.21 15:11:
@klaatu
Whoa VLC can stream your desktop, try this cmdline: "VLC.exe screen:// :screen-fps=30" for fun. Already new it could do TV cards...
so, like, i can set up "fractalnavel - live!", then ... personal reality series ;-)
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2009.05.21 15:50:
@jdhunt
It just seems that I have run into a few dev newbies who aren't quite up to snuff with their debugging skills.
son, you're just seeing the signs that you're in an older generation now. welcome to the geezer geeks ;-)
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2009.05.21 15:51:
@jdhunt
Do the CS programs of today teach debugging skills as part of their curriculum? Mine didn't, but I graduated 11 years ago.
cs programs: on average, i find cs to be a negative indicator of competency in this field. and there are solid reasons for this
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2009.05.21 15:58:
[rubs lamp] i wish that for one day everything on the internet were true-nothing is a scam, the women are real, and conspiracies are exposed
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2009.05.21 15:58:
... or maybe switch those last two items
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2009.05.21 16:08:
@craigg75
species, series, deer, fish -- all words where singular = plural
in a sense, the singular form is an abbreviated version of "one of a group of ..."; the prime concept is aggregate, not individual
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2009.05.21 16:09:
@jdhunt
I am really itching for a road trip. But, it will have to wait with my wife being almost 40 weeks pregnant and all...
"proper prior planning prevents ..."
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2009.05.21 18:47:
@jdhunt
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fractalnavel
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jdhuntIt just seems that I have run into a few dev newbies who aren't quite up to snuff with their debugging skills.
son, you're just seeing the signs that you're in an older generation now. welcome to the geezer geeks ;-)
You mean I'm no longer a whippersnapper?
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2009.05.21 18:51:
@jdhunt
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fractalnavel
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jdhuntI am really itching for a road trip. But, it will have to wait with my wife being almost 40 weeks pregnant and all...
"proper prior planning prevents ..."
And to think we were going to name the kid after you.
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2009.05.21 19:34:
note to self / blog: updated "Amazon Web Services / Product Advertising API Query Signer (JavaScript )" http://u.nu/3ut6
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2009.05.21 19:35:
RT @swadeshine Thinking this whole Spring-cleaning thing requires beer.
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2009.05.21 20:02:
used this comment in code recently: /* ------ expose publics here ------ */ - because everyone knows you don't expose your privates
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2009.05.21 20:09:
@jdhunt
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fractalnavelused this comment in code recently: /* ------ expose publics here ------ */ - because everyone knows you don't expose your privates
you mean "shouldn't" expose your privates
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2009.05.21 20:18:
stupid spam-mail brings this thought to mind: if your oral sex is blowing somebody's mind, you're doing it wrong.
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2009.05.21 20:24:
@jdhunt
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fractalnavelstupid spam-mail brings this thought to mind: if your oral sex is blowing somebody's mind, you're doing it wrong.
LOL - not getting what you paid for?
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2009.05.21 20:32:
geez, what else can i waste time doing ?
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2009.05.21 20:38:
http://www.data.gov/, http://www.wolframalpha.com/ - unfiltered data is no data at all. needs focus, motivation, context
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2009.05.21 20:40:
cvrap: w|a q&a - http://u.nu/65u6
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2009.05.21 20:41:
the thing's a smart-ass - pretty appropriate, if you ask me
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2009.05.21 20:44:
oh, this one is good: http://bit.ly/DanLc
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2009.05.21 20:46:
why is this funny ? http://bit.ly/cgP2J
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2009.05.21 20:53:
wtf ? w|a output is (frequently?) graphical ! why ? to defeat page-scrapers ?
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2009.05.21 20:54:
w|a text / table are images
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2009.05.21 21:06:
oh my: http://u.nu/58u6 - but http://u.nu/68u6 . ok, so the people at wolfram are python-ites
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2009.05.21 21:12:
ok, ok - i'll start looking into jquery now. seems to be the easy way to do ad-hoc ajax
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2009.05.21 21:14:
@craigg75yeah, kinda expected that. what other cultural oddities can we hammer w|a with ?
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2009.05.21 21:35:
@craigg75can't; that's one i never picked up on
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2009.05.21 21:50:
@craigg75 you keep bitching about ie6 issues; have you tried http://u.nu/6cu6 ? js library to "upgrade" earlier versions to to ie7/8
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2009.05.21 22:06:
this little piggie went to the indian buffet for lunch and is now experiencing a curry-coma
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2009.05.21 22:45:
we voted those morons out of office, they had their shot - now, SHUT THE FUCK UP
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2009.05.21 22:47:
basically, he just wants to keeo the issue alive until something - inevetiably - happens, and then assign blame
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2009.05.21 22:47:
yaeh, that's an error in logic that will pass muster with most americans, sadly
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2009.05.21 22:49:
i wouldn't put it past ol' dick to actually cause some shit, even in a non-conspiratorial manner
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2009.05.21 22:50:
y'know, we (citizens) have already decided in our democratic way that the practices of tehlast administration ...
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2009.05.21 22:50:
represented a threat in and of themselves to our principals & values - therefor ...
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2009.05.21 22:51:
put DICK in his beloved guantanamo
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2009.05.21 22:51:
i think they can find some perfect roomies for him
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2009.05.21 22:52:
oh what the hell, it'll just add to the building discredit of the republican party
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2009.05.21 22:56:
grumble - found some bugs in stuff with jslint - which is a good thing, just have to make some updates now
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2009.05.22 00:16:
normally i don't make comments on following/followers, but this one is amusing - my niece dropped me after my latest tirade ;-)
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2009.05.22 00:17:
now, i don't know if that's it, i mean, come on, i'm pretty run-of-the-mill. and for me, anyway, most of the amusing stuff is in replies...
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2009.05.22 00:18:
.. you know, those things twitter won't send us anymore unless we meet their special definition of maintaining a relationship.
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2009.05.22 00:18:
but mostly, i figure it's just that i generate too much random noise. fair enough.
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2009.05.22 00:27:
geez, hard to say some things without triggering the bots: $hutupmeg, no7erobo7, ha$hmy$ql (yeah, mangled those to discourage)
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2009.05.22 00:27:
i wonder how man botted phrases there are now
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2009.05.22 00:57:
@jdhunt
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fractalnavelnormally i don't make comments on following/followers, but this one is amusing - my niece dropped me after my latest tirade ;-)
Ha! I'm sure it wasn't personal, drunkle Chris.
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2009.05.22 01:00:
@jdhunt
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fractalnavelgeez, hard to say some things without triggering the bots: $hutupmeg, no7erobo7, ha$hmy$ql (yeah, mangled those to discourage)
I still fail to see what the bots gain by following people based on phrases. Seem futile.
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2009.05.22 01:01:
how long until the bot-verse spins off on its own in a large ball of spam ?
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2009.05.22 01:16:
2interesting - cheney is engaging in a form of dissent that his own administration would not have tolerated
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2009.05.22 01:17:
he's his own counter-example
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