Wednesday, April 29, 2009
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2009.04.29 17:50:
people often write "rants", then apologize; on the contrary, i often find these very illuminating: http://u.nu/2y93
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2009.04.29 17:51:
@craigg75... but it's still ok to sell bottled / canned soft drinks, eh ?
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2009.04.29 17:53:
@craigg75
why would anyone want to clone a human being? sexual reproduction is way better at creating viable offspring
all facetious comments & scifi aside, that's a good point. genetic conceit, perhaps ?
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2009.04.29 17:55:
oh fer-windows wants to apply an update, it's an obscure dbcs bug fix for live messenger-so of course, it needs to reboot. "hi, i'm a pc..."
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2009.04.29 20:34:
@jdhunt
ugh... it can be frustrating to answer more complicated JavaScript questions when the questioner has no foundation in it.
i didn't think there was anything in js that complicated => issue is with questioner and/or answerer
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2009.04.29 20:36:
[why is there a 'w' in "answer" ?]
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2009.04.29 20:40:
@jdhunt
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fractalnavel
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jdhuntugh... it can be frustrating to answer more complicated JavaScript questions when the questioner has no foundation in it.
i didn't think there was anything in js that complicated => issue is with questioner and/or answerer
It may be complicated if you don't "grasp" the concept of client-side script vs. compiled server-side code
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2009.04.29 20:41:
@jdhunt i see that they're paying you for remedial mentoring now
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2009.04.29 20:43:
@craigg75
w's usually come from u's in old english -- ansuer. perhaps it was pronounced an-sure in Chaucer's day?
hmm, i have an old copy here, let me check... - cvrap, which pile was that again...
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2009.04.29 20:45:
i have "fond" memories of getting somewhat drunk and reading chaucer loudly with attempts at correct pronunciation
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2009.04.29 20:46:
i was like, "hey! i can talk british!"
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2009.04.29 20:46:
stupid alcohol
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2009.04.29 20:46:
yeah, i know - user error
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2009.04.29 20:48:
@jdhunt
Tweetdeck's Replies column seems a bit behind the All Friends column.
two different apis
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2009.04.29 20:49:
ok, here we go, answere / answeren - nope, no u's
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2009.04.29 20:49:
depends on the translation (?), i guess
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2009.04.29 20:52:
probably have to go farther back - to google, then
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2009.04.29 20:54:
well, with tv absence shortly, maybe i'll dig into chaucer again. it's a beer thing.
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2009.04.29 21:01:
@jdhunt
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fractalnavelwell, with tv absence shortly, maybe i'll dig into chaucer again. it's a beer thing.
wouldn't they call it "ale" back in Chaucer's day?
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2009.04.29 21:04:
@klaatu
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craigg75I read that MS is going to add IE8 as a critical update... ha! Damn you consumers we will take market share by force! mahahahaha!
i got that IE 8 update, unchecked it and moved on. I never loaded Windows Media Player 10 either.
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2009.04.29 21:05:
@craigg75
I heard somebody recite the first 500 words to Cantebury Tales on a podcast the other day... sounded very German
german ?! man, i -was_ drunk ...
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2009.04.29 21:06:
could be different pronunciation schemes, competing schools of thought - angles v. saxons ?
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2009.04.29 21:11:
removing ie: ttp://kb.mozillazine.org/MozillaSuite_:_FAQs_:_RemoveIE - as in - don't
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2009.04.29 21:11:
@craigg75
Actually I'd rather have IE8 running myself since I think it allows you run in an IE7 compatible mode
yep, pretty cool to play with, actually
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2009.04.29 21:13:
kinda makes me wonder: without ie, what is windows ?
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2009.04.29 21:13:
@jdhunt
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fractalnavel
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jdhunt
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fractalnavelwell, with tv absence shortly, maybe i'll dig into chaucer again. it's a beer thing.
wouldn't they call it "ale" back in Chaucer's day?
sounds right; lager ? no modern -> late-middle engish dictionary here - eh, google , i know
lager, ale, porter... doesn't matter. I'll take one!
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2009.04.29 21:16:
oh - and mead, of course
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2009.04.29 21:17:
@craigg75
thats basically behind the netbooks, just a simple laptop to use the web 2.0 goodies.. you're kind of a netbook user with your XO
my brother showed me something over the weekend, machine 'boots' from rom, enough to be net appliance - no windows
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2009.04.29 21:20:
@craigg75remniscent of those old attempts to host a desktop with dhtml - maybe worth a try again with ne wtech
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2009.04.29 21:22:
xo as netbook? : no, browser / hardware falls short; perhaps using lots of non-gui stuff
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2009.04.29 21:23:
@craigg75
the browser to watch is really google chrome since it was designed for flash and javascripted sites
just chrome, or anything based on webkit ?
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2009.04.29 21:28:
"the pub in literature" http://tinyurl.com/cqklzq
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2009.04.29 21:29:
ale v. beer in chaucer: http://tinyurl.com/ch3hzo
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2009.04.29 21:31:
"... Breakfast, of a chine of beef and a loaf of bread,
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2009.04.29 21:31:
would have been accompanied by gallon of ale."http://is.gd/vs0X
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2009.04.29 21:31:
cvrap - embedded linefeed in cut/paste
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2009.04.29 21:38:
beer as gatorade substitute - good old medieval beer, that is
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2009.04.29 21:39:
so why fermentation ? unavoidable ? preservative ? flavor ? how much of the goal was alcohol ?
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2009.04.29 21:41:
beer is just gruel gone good
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2009.04.29 21:57:
@jdhunt
So the swine flu isn't aerial bacon? Too bad, I could use some bacon.
pigs on the wing, eh ?
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2009.04.29 22:01:
@jdhunt
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fractalnavelso why fermentation ? unavoidable ? preservative ? flavor ? how much of the goal was alcohol ?
Are we diving into a history and theory of beer discussion?
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2009.04.29 22:04:
ok, one last bad beer pun: "gruels gone wild"
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2009.04.29 22:04:
@jdhunt
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fractalnavel
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jdhuntSo the swine flu isn't aerial bacon? Too bad, I could use some bacon.
pigs on the wing, eh ?
did PInk Floyd like bacon?
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2009.04.29 22:06:
@klaatu
Trek: Oh, Chris "New Kirk" Pine's dad is Robert Pine, the sergeant on CHiPs Bob & Shat do a priceline ad
http://bit.ly/4m5pT
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2009.04.29 22:32:
@jdhunt
All this beer and bacon talk is making me hungry and thirsty.
http://www.google.com/search?q="bacon+beer"
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2009.04.29 22:33:
also, @baconandbeer; see the google image search ... mmm, baconbeer