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00:52:14 <tav> Mike_L: you're welcome — good luck with it!
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01:53:49 <Mike_L> tav: :)
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03:11:22 <[bjoern]> So I've written a script that attempts to guess the coordinates for a wikipedia article based on the coordinates associated with the pages it is linking to (it approximates the median center of the linked articles)
03:12:11 <[bjoern]> Script running again now after fixing some bugs that should improve the accuracy, but seems like 80% of the articles with coordinates can be approximated within a 100km radius this way
03:12:44 <[bjoern]> (and that's not weeding out possibly bad articles, like, if they only link to one other article, etc)
03:13:19 <[bjoern]> 66% within a 30km radius
03:13:35 <[bjoern]> half of them within a 10km radius
03:13:55 <[bjoern]> 33% within 5km
03:17:36 <aspect> how are you doing median near the 180th perpendicular?
03:17:52 <[bjoern]> new numbers: 90% within 225km, 80% within 70km, 66% within 27km, 50% within 10km, 33% within 5km.
03:18:08 <[bjoern]> You know, I don't even understand the question.
03:18:16 <aspect> I'm guessing you're taking the median of lat and long independently and combining them .. stop me if you have a cleverer way
03:18:32 <[bjoern]> I am stopping you
03:18:50 <aspect> oh, good. Ignore my wittily-phrased question and proceed then, please
03:22:19 <aspect> did you just short-circuit my attempt to solicit information without directly asking for it?
03:22:27 <[bjoern]> I am using an iterative algorithm that picks a point, calculates the distances to all the points in the set, sums 1/distance * x/y and 1/distance, and then uses sumx/y divided by the sum of the 1/distances and starts over until the approximation is good enough or it reached the max number of iterations.
03:22:55 <[bjoern]> That's what "Elementary Statistics for Geographers" told me to do anyway.
03:23:11 <aspect> ooh, clever
03:23:44 <aspect> so clever I don't quite understand it. I'll be quiet now
03:25:07 <[bjoern]> the book is in preview on google books, search for euclidean median, if you care.
03:25:43 <aspect> I'm curious, but I'm also trying not to be too distracted while at "work"
03:27:15 <[bjoern]> Some sources for errors are, transcluded links like with navigation bars, some articles also include multiple coordinates but the table where I am getting the data from does not identify which is the "main" coordinate for the article, so I pick one at random there more or less
03:28:08 <[bjoern]> biggest error is with
03:28:10 <[bjoern]> .wik One Tree Hill, New Zealand
03:28:10 <phenny> "One Tree Hill (or Maungakiekie in Māori) is a 182 metre volcanic peak located in Auckland, New Zealand." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Tree_Hill,_New_Zealand
03:28:22 <[bjoern]> (although I am using the german version)
03:28:24 <[bjoern]> not sure why yet
03:28:52 <[bjoern]> (error is about 20 000 km)
03:36:38 <[bjoern]> yeah useless assortment of coordinates there
03:38:06 <[bjoern]> median distance from the point i am guessing and the linked articles is 10 000km
03:42:21 <[bjoern]> if you throw out articles where the median distance between the guessed point and the linked articles is over 100km, 99% are guessed with an error < 100km
04:03:41 <[bjoern]> Ah rivers are a bit of a problem aswell, for the Elbe river for example my script guesses http://maps.google.com/maps?q=52.1661333186796,11.9086908560572 which does not seem far off if you want to pick a point in the "center" and not identify it through its endpoints
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11:13:03 <sbp> yo
11:13:43 <sbp> http://uploads.neatorama.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/vuvuzela-hero-550x4121.jpg
11:14:15 <[bjoern]> Seen better of those.
11:14:34 <sbp> http://fantomatik75.blogspot.com/2010/06/thomas-allen-pulps.html?zx=58a21396c2a7bd03
11:15:38 <sbp> baseball explained: http://www.walkoffwalk.com/players.named.chad.jpg
11:16:21 <[bjoern]> Simplifies cheering.
11:16:43 <sbp> http://www.explosm.net/db/files/Comics/Dave/comichighlighting1.png
11:16:53 <sbp> http://flowingdata.com/2010/06/17/glasses-the-ultimate-image-changer/
11:16:59 <sbp> http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2010/06/17/skeletal-anatomy-of-cartoon-characters/
11:17:15 <sbp> http://www.streetviewfun.com/2010/airplane-on-satellite-image-2/
11:17:35 <sbp> http://pruned.blogspot.com/2010/06/alluvial.html
11:18:05 <sbp> http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FW86_jO7k_A/TBpe1iwzLII/AAAAAAAByAI/63hHWV2HWyg/s1600/Guests1.jpg
11:18:12 <archels> loggy: pointer
11:18:12 <loggy> http://swhack.com/logs/2010-06-18#T11-18-12
11:18:43 <sbp> http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/146/l_d04361d097344b57b47d49c64c6c7297.jpg
11:18:45 <[bjoern]> It's not a plane, it's a rainbow rocket.
11:19:01 <sbp> http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyimages/1396.gif
11:19:12 <sbp> 1396.gif via @nslater
11:19:16 <sbp> RT
11:19:41 <[bjoern]> @ah #ack #eom
11:20:40 <sbp> QUESTION: Which German Leader? "Books and memorabilia on the German leader's life have found a steady market in some sections of Indian society where he is idolised and admired, mostly by the young." - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8660064.stm
11:21:55 <sbp> —
11:21:56 <sbp> A murderer's plot to escape from jail by helicopter has been foiled by prison guards and the police.
11:21:56 <sbp> Brian Lawrence, 67, from Berkshire, planned to escape from Parkhurst last week using helicopter flights at the Isle of Wight Festival as cover.
11:21:56 <sbp> He communicated with his accomplices using lemon juice as invisible ink and codes hidden in sudoku puzzles, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has revealed.
11:21:57 <sbp> —
11:22:01 <sbp> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/10348632.stm
11:22:52 <sbp> '[Conservative Home Secretary] Theresa May said that visiting the UK was "a privilege, not a right".' - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/10349564.stm
11:23:01 <[bjoern]> How about Þunaraz?
11:23:20 <sbp> that's an ascender, not a leader
11:23:30 <[bjoern]> Ôstarâ then perhaps?
11:23:49 <sbp> Ôstarâ is closer
11:29:51 <sbp> "Once again, the thing perceived disappears up its own description."
11:29:52 <sbp> - http://www.lrb.co.uk/v32/n12/terry-eagleton/count-the-commas
11:30:10 *** sbp changed the topic to: ""The female anus, suitably aestheticised, crops up rather a lot""
11:32:10 <sbp> that is an awesome, awesome review
11:33:25 <sbp> <tommorris> When people commit crimes, they go to jail. When corporations like BP commit crimes, they are put in charge of cleanup of the crime scene.
11:34:47 <[bjoern]> So, by how much are we going to crush the measly serbians?
11:36:05 <sbp> my guess, two goals
11:36:29 <sbp> so, how much trouble and agony are we going to incur from the measly Algerians?
11:36:31 <[bjoern]> Yeah, that's the usual setup, I think. But what about the score?
11:36:43 <sbp> Germany 3-1 Serbia
11:37:02 <[bjoern]> Depends on whether you want us to play the U.S. or play us yourselves.
11:37:03 <sbp> Serbia will get a goal because the ball. it moves through the air, and stuff
11:37:20 <sbp> I... yeah, you can play them
11:37:32 <sbp> maybe you'll even do a better job!
11:37:42 <sbp> quelle surprise. (your goalie can catch balls right?)
11:37:54 <sbp> looks like Green won't be playing, according to a BBC rumour
11:38:00 <sbp> .title http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8747673.stm
11:38:02 <phenny> sbp: BBC Sport - Football - World Cup 2010: David James set to play against Algeria
11:38:12 <[bjoern]> Maybe if you hide your goal you won't need to depend on your keeper.
11:38:44 <sbp> maybe that's what Mexico did against France
11:38:48 <sbp> "Hecho en Mexico"
11:39:07 <[bjoern]> Well they certainly didn't seem to be able to find it
11:39:23 <sbp> .wik Danny Baker
11:39:24 <phenny> "Danny Baker (born 22 June 1957, Deptford, South London) is an English comedy writer, journalist, radio DJ and screenwriter." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Baker
11:39:33 <sbp> this man believes that France will get through to the quarter finals still
11:39:44 <sbp> he points out that France can easily(?) beat South Africa by many goals
11:40:03 <sbp> and that Mexico will come second in the group unless they pound Uruguay, which they look capable of doing
11:48:12 <sbp> when he said this, Alan Shearer asked if he was drunk
12:53:34 <[bjoern]> They are doing it wrong.
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13:21:04 <sbp> ...lols
13:21:10 <sbp> Germany 0-1 Serbia
13:21:15 <sbp> well I got the 1 part right at least
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14:15:00 <sbp> "A Royal Navy wren has been jailed for smuggling cocaine into the UK on board a warship which had been on counter-narcotics training." - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/10351732.stm
14:15:09 <sbp> $2m worth of cocaine
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14:27:22 <sbp> I like how the Americans are playing in Charlie Brown shirts
14:27:32 <sbp> "good grief"
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16:13:52 <yano> usa:2 vs slovenia:2
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17:17:39 <sbp> which is good for England
17:17:49 <sbp> draw was pretty much the best outcome of that for us
17:18:09 <sbp> just hope Germany don't tank
17:18:10 <yano> why wouldn't a win be better?
17:18:15 <sbp> or we might end up meeting them next round
17:18:26 <sbp> because both Slovenia and the US are threats at the moment
17:18:32 <[bjoern]> So fixed another bug, I'm now at 98% within 1000km, 84% within 100km, and still about 50% within 10km.
17:18:35 <sbp> so we don't want one of them getting three points and getting ahead
17:18:39 <yano> ah, ok i got confused when you said 'us'
17:18:52 <[bjoern]> Next bug would probably be filtering out coordinates on the wrong planetary body...
17:18:54 <sbp> yeah I'm English
17:19:33 <yano> yep, but I am not
17:20:07 <sbp> yeah :-)
17:20:11 <[bjoern]> Some things can't really be helped, for example, Kiribati spans a considerable area
17:20:28 <sbp> you can help that
17:20:50 <[bjoern]> The U.S. are working on that
17:20:57 <[bjoern]> "honk if you want it to sink"
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18:16:53 <[bjoern]> phenny, ask cre8radix I wonder, would this be a good handle for a dj? Büschof Plattenmixa?
18:16:53 <phenny> [bjoern]: I'll pass that on when cre8radix is around.
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18:40:35 * [bjoern] grmbls at `cut` ignoring the order of fields in the -f option
18:40:45 <[bjoern]> Any other gnu magic to change column order?
18:41:17 <sbp> England playing Algeria
18:51:51 <[bjoern]> Doing it for incoming rather than outgoing links now, kinda curious about the result
19:05:35 <[bjoern]> that works quite a bit better
19:05:39 <Tene> [bjoern]: I've used awk for that before
19:05:51 <Tene> not really ideal, but doable.
19:06:18 <[bjoern]> 50% within 7km, 75% within 25km, 90% within 135km
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19:06:47 <[bjoern]> (50% within 10km, 75% within 45km, 90% within 203km for the outgoing links)
19:37:45 <[bjoern]> sbp: It's great and all that your keeper didn't screw up yet, but might you consider shooting the ball into the opposition's fac^W goal more often?
19:38:31 <sbp> yeah...
19:38:49 <sbp> could cure a nation of insomnia
19:39:03 <[bjoern]> Remind your players they were part of france not 50 years ago
19:39:21 <sbp> they seem to know; they're playing like France were
19:39:48 <sbp> I don't think it's too bad, they're not making abysmal mistakes
19:39:51 <[bjoern]> I am not sure which of the teams you insulted there, but I feel offended
19:39:53 <sbp> but they actually need to *win the game*
19:41:45 <[bjoern]> you need at least draw 2:2 to have people check in the rulebook whether you or the US are second place.
19:42:25 <sbp> hehe
19:42:53 <yano> heh
19:44:00 <sbp> ah good
19:44:05 <sbp> Carragher is out of the next match
19:44:10 <sbp> shouldn't have played him anyway
19:44:19 <[bjoern]> phenny, "Oh weh, England. Jetzt wird es schmerzhaft. Die Algerier schenken dem Gegner eine dicke Möglichkeit. Aber die Engländer machen nichts draus. Mit Überzahl stürmen sie aufs Tor zu, ehe sich Gerrad sich einen üblen Fehlpass leistet."?
19:44:20 <phenny> [bjoern]: "Oh dear, England. Now it is painful. The Algerians give the enemy a big way. But the English do not care. With the majority of them on goal rush, before taking a nasty loose pass to Gerrard does." (de to en, translate.google.com)
19:45:28 <[bjoern]> Wait, what, only one card so far? We had, like, a dozen
19:45:34 <sbp> our playing is balls right now
19:45:41 <sbp> yeah, only one. and on just the right person!
19:46:31 <[bjoern]> Don't think people'll worry too much about not http://www.google.com/images?q=Jamie%20Carragher seeing him again
19:46:37 <clsn> huh... Gerrad mapped to Gerrard? wow.
20:19:48 <sbp> England 0-0 Algeria
20:20:10 <[bjoern]> That leaves you behind the U.S.
20:20:38 <sbp> ...
20:21:16 <sbp> oh well, at least it's not quite as bad as the Spanish
20:21:24 <[bjoern]> Or the french
20:21:37 <yano> so how many more games until the groups are over? and the top 2 of each group is put in the bracket?
20:22:00 <[bjoern]> 8 to 10, my guess
20:22:40 <[bjoern]> groups winners are paired with the runners up of the adjacent group
20:23:08 <sbp> we could play Germany, yay!
20:23:10 <[bjoern]> so D#1 will play C#2 etc
20:23:43 <yano> ok, yea someone explained that to me, but they failed to explain the system before the bracket (the groups)
20:23:48 <[bjoern]> Well, not from your third place, you couldn't...
20:23:57 <sbp> everybody plays everybody else
20:24:06 <sbp> points are awarded: 3 for win, 1 for draw, 0 for loss
20:24:10 <sbp> highest two go through
20:24:14 <[bjoern]> At least we lead our group, even if only through goal diff, and australia playing both of our competition still
20:24:19 <yano> or we could play germany
20:24:31 <sbp> you lead even after a loss?
20:24:45 <[bjoern]> 3 3 3 0 points in our group
20:24:46 <yano> we haven't lost, yet...
20:24:52 <[bjoern]> and we have the best goal diff
20:24:55 <sbp> ah
20:25:38 <sbp> question to the captain: "Steve, what was missing tonight?" "Goals"
20:25:59 <[bjoern]> He would not have said that about the first game...
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20:59:38 <[bjoern]> Archived initial findings here http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-archive/2010Jun/0034.html
20:59:40 <[bjoern]> .title
20:59:40 <phenny> [bjoern]: Guessing geographical locations for Wikipedia article subjects from Bjoern Hoehrmann on 2010-06-18 (www-archive@w3.org from June 2010)
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21:16:53 <[bjoern]> "Pakistani Lawyer Wants Mark Zuckerberg Executed"
21:18:35 <[bjoern]> http://www.titanic-magazin.de/uploads/pics/Sieg__01.jpg
21:18:57 <sbp> TROLOLOLOLO
21:19:20 <[bjoern]> http://www.titanic-magazin.de/uploads/pics/Freudentaumel_01.jpg might need explaining
21:20:23 <sbp> those are gay Berliners celebrating europe's number one gay music festival returning to Germany?
21:20:48 <[bjoern]> .wik Abitur
21:20:49 <phenny> "Abitur (from Latin abire = leave, go off) is a designation used in Germany and Finland for final exams that pupils take at the end of their secondary education, usually after 12 or 13 years of schooling (see also for Germany: Abitur after twelve years)." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abitur
21:21:10 <[bjoern]> Our Eurivison winner was working on that, the pix refers to that
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22:02:47 <[bjoern]> Candidate for best headline today http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/06/18/1853246/FEMA-and-DHS-Fund-Disaster-Hero-Game
22:03:21 <sbp> agreed
22:08:57 <jessica> [bjoern]: i may be asking for your help soon.
22:09:00 <jessica> okay, that's bullshit.
22:09:05 <jessica> I'm going to be asking for everyone's help soon.
22:09:19 <[bjoern]> Yes, but usually people ask me anyw ... oh i see
22:09:34 * jessica raises an eyebrow.
22:09:46 <jessica> Did you see on Facebook earlier, or did you hear some other way, or is it just now that you know?
22:09:48 * sbp raises some battlements
22:09:51 <jessica> both you and clsn are going to be the subject of much pleading.
22:10:09 <sbp> did [bjoern] see on facebook? that's a good one
22:10:22 * jessica shrugs.
22:10:33 <sbp> he is sort of allergic to it
22:10:33 <jessica> How am I to know who's paranoid about Zuckerburg knowing who they like to fuck?
22:10:35 <[bjoern]> I use facebook exclusively for stalking, and do it without an account
22:10:39 <jessica> Ah.
22:10:40 <sbp> it breaks his gentle teutonic spirit
22:10:45 <jessica> ...
22:10:51 <sbp> or something
22:10:52 <jessica> gentle Teutonic ... okay, we'll address that later.
22:11:03 <sbp> heh, heh
22:11:07 <jessica> Alicia was accepted to a full-immersion language program at the most prestigious language school in the States.
22:11:15 <jessica> For one month.
22:11:16 <[bjoern]> I am north frisian, but do feel comfort in ignoring that.
22:11:21 <jessica> Starting the Sunday after today.
22:11:34 <[bjoern]> That does not sound bad, yet.
22:11:38 <sbp> she's doing German and Klingon?
22:11:42 <jessica> In a language I don't speak.
22:11:50 <[bjoern]> Ah, english.
22:11:54 <sbp> haha
22:11:56 <jessica> Or rather, barely speak, only with the aid of a dictionary, and really badly at that.
22:11:59 * jessica rolls eyes.
22:12:06 <[bjoern]> You asked for it, really
22:12:16 * jessica sighs.
22:12:19 <jessica> I know.
22:12:22 <jessica> Anyway.
22:12:23 <jessica> Yeah.
22:12:32 <jessica> She's doing a one-month language immersion programme in German.
22:12:36 <sbp> if Dr. Zoidberg were here, his mouth tentacles would be quivering
22:12:39 <jessica> All letters from home need to be in German.
22:12:42 <[bjoern]> At least I am not talking about female anus, like sbp does.
22:12:52 <jessica> Chris can do a *killer* Zoidberg impression for some reason.
22:12:57 <sbp> hey, what goes on in the topic stays in the topic
22:13:02 * sbp won't ask with what
22:13:21 <[bjoern]> Watch me doing Zoidberg drunk and in a disco I very much dislike. Can't beat that.
22:13:42 <sbp> you drunk, or Zoidberg drunk?
22:13:44 <[bjoern]> Then again I have largely lost the ability to get to either place.
22:13:48 <jessica> Jesus, Germans still have discos? No wonder that country is filled with bitter, angry people.
22:13:53 <[bjoern]> Difference?
22:14:00 <sbp> you're thinking of eurovision again
22:14:30 <[bjoern]> Well, disco, in my book, is a barn with lights and bad music.
22:14:39 <jessica> Disco = Saturday Night Fever; dance hall = 1890s American frontier brothel; dance club = some asshole spinning Kraftwerk while everyone tries to look too cool to be there.
22:15:06 <sbp> I always wondered how people had sex in dance halls
22:15:16 <jessica> Where Americans of the upper classes get laid is at 1980s revival nights, where you show up dressed like an extra from a Madonna, Bjork or M.C. Hammer video, none of which is good.
22:15:26 <sbp> I mean, wouldn't you worry that somebody would burst in with a six shooter high off of spittoon fumes?
22:15:31 <jessica> sbp:
22:16:12 <[bjoern]> [silence says it all]
22:16:25 <jessica> 5 was the most murders any old-west town saw in any one year. Ever.
22:16:37 <jessica> please see http://www.cracked.com/article_18487_6-ridiculous-history-myths-you-probably-think-are-true.html if you need more ridiculing on that topic.
22:17:02 <[bjoern]> I will check if that's worth sbp's time
22:17:05 <jessica> Alternatively, you can watch the American HBO show Deadwood if you really want to learn a lot of interesting American curses.
22:17:20 <sbp> I didn't say that the person with a six shooter high on spittoon fumes would use it. I should think it would be quite irritating enough if you're banging a hooker in a saloon and a maniac with a six shooter comes bursting in
22:17:31 <jessica> (Which is just awesome. Booths thrown up on the side of the road that say things like, 'WHISKEY SHOTS 5£'
22:17:32 <sbp> I mean even if he politely apologised and said "I'm ever so sorry sir, wrong room"
22:17:48 <jessica> Who the hell do you think he is, Jeeves?
22:18:00 <jessica> (Not that Jeeves would ever be in the wrong room. That would be Bertie.)
22:18:04 <sbp> he's high on spittoon fumes, he doesn't know what he's saying!
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22:18:19 <[bjoern]> sbp: target audience is north american white male in the worse part of their life
22:18:35 * jessica has always wanted to know the composition of Jeeves' special concoction in the Wodehouse novels. It might be handy.
22:18:36 <sbp> then how do they have the money to pay for it?
22:19:04 <[bjoern]> Why would they need to know?
22:20:12 <sbp> know what? your wissenschaft confuses me
22:20:38 <[bjoern]> It's a rather meaningful word. Wissen schaffen.
22:20:52 <[bjoern]> Wissen schafft. If you like.
22:21:24 <sbp> it always reminds me of the Witanagemot
22:22:15 <[bjoern]> We all know your memory is screwed, but thanks for reminding us.
22:22:59 <jessica> Such things as "I may have fucked my life up flatter'n hammered shit, but I stand before you and God today beholden to no human cocksucker."
22:23:59 <[bjoern]> I find it suspicious to be unsure whether you have fucked up your life.
22:24:31 <sbp> why would you spend your time flattering hammered shit rather than girls?
22:24:41 <sbp> unless the girls are getting hammered
22:24:53 <sbp> I wouldn't call them shit though, that's not going to pull them
22:25:07 <[bjoern]> Well, that's not entirely true
22:25:57 * jessica rolls eyes at both of you. do you two practice a routine, or simply use me as a convenient cross-cultural straight man?
22:26:14 <[bjoern]> Most people define themself through what they are not, not through what they are, so giving them an opportunity to show what they are not can be very persuasive.
22:26:23 <jessica> Anyway, I don't believe I've fucked up my life, I was simply quoting deadwood.
22:26:25 <sbp> we can't do both?
22:26:37 * jessica thinks.
22:27:01 <jessica> Lazy and inquisitive and meddling. Kind of like a three-toed sloth that's gotten into some amphetamines.
22:27:07 <[bjoern]> I was referring to you as in one, as in whoever.
22:27:25 <jessica> I was just taking the opportunity to describe what I am.
22:27:26 <sbp> I like how the quote specifically implies the existence of non-human cocksuckers
22:27:32 <jessica> As opposed to what I'm not.
22:27:38 <jessica> sbp: you'd enjoy the series.
22:27:47 <sbp> worrying context
22:28:02 <[bjoern]> well there was http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/14/balinese_incident/ just this week
22:28:05 <[bjoern]> .title
22:28:05 <phenny> [bjoern]: Balinese lad seduced by bovine temptress • The Register
22:28:22 <sbp> yeah, didn't I show YOU that?
22:28:27 <sbp> or is this another case?
22:28:30 <[bjoern]> I showed you.
22:28:45 <sbp> oh yeah
22:29:45 <[bjoern]> Also had back in May "I always find it a little strange that people are willing to enslave, murder, and eat a cow but if someone tries to have sex with it they get all bent out of shape."
22:30:18 <sbp> have to seriously double up on condoms if you don't want to get bent out of shape perhaps
22:30:34 <[bjoern]> "I'd rather be the victim of surprise interspecies sex than have my throat slit or be electricuted and then turned into kosher beef franks and filet mignons."
22:30:42 <[bjoern]> this all makes me rather hungry
22:30:58 <[bjoern]> Well at least I am not cold, so there is that
22:31:22 <[bjoern]> I am still wondering what help jessica was going to enlist us for.
22:31:33 <sbp> she wanted you to forge homework
22:31:42 <sbp> I'm not sure where clsn comes in, though he is handy for everything
22:32:01 <[bjoern]> Perhaps he will add yiddish errors into my german.
22:32:32 <[bjoern]> You are probably supposed to cover our tracks
22:33:10 <[bjoern]> You could correct the interpunctuation, that should make it pretty beliveable.
22:33:11 <sbp> RULES FOR PLAYING FIVE CARD YIDDISH:
22:33:20 <sbp> (1) all words beginning with s- become sch-
22:33:32 <sbp> (2) all words less than five letters to end with -menk
22:33:33 <[bjoern]> (3) ö
22:33:45 <sbp> ENJOY PLAYING FIVE CARD YIDDISH!
22:33:47 <[bjoern]> (always a good rule)
22:33:56 <sbp> (jaö)
22:34:21 <[bjoern]> jessica might also have been disturbed by us beyond median swhack levels of perturbances.
22:34:40 <sbp> wouldn't be the first time
22:34:58 <sbp> in fact, half of times would be beyond median swhack levels
22:35:01 <[bjoern]> In fact, we promise as much in our north american ads.
22:35:25 <jessica> oh.
22:35:27 <[bjoern]> See how I capitalized "In" there and you didn't.
22:35:34 <jessica> Sorry. No. I was fetching some stuff I needed.
22:35:37 <sbp> also the full stop was excellent garnish
22:35:56 <[bjoern]> That's also the excuse we recommend in the Swhack Guidebook, so everything is proceeding normally.
22:36:22 <[bjoern]> Yeah I wouldn't want to taunt you with the full stops
22:36:25 <jessica> bjoern: not actually forging homework, but I'll need German speakers to help me check my translations of letters because I can often laboriously compose something, but I'm crap at things like "requires dative" and all that.
22:36:44 <jessica> Or at word order.
22:36:52 <jessica> Not meaning to pun here, but it's very foreign to me.
22:36:59 <sbp> she is the shit at pronouns though
22:37:11 <[bjoern]> Mail me any time, don't be upset when a response takes between $long and +Inf, and I am sure to help on occasion.
22:37:12 <jessica> (Given that my mater lingua is a dialect of French so hilarious that people from Quebec mock me.)
22:37:26 <sbp> I do like how if you're shit at something, you are bad
22:37:34 <sbp> but if you are the shit at something, you are the best
22:37:42 <[bjoern]> (It makes sense to phenny me in the event of mail so I can recover them from the spam filter)
22:37:42 <jessica> sbp
22:37:47 <[bjoern]> jessica
22:37:54 <sbp> I am the shit, I know
22:38:17 <jessica> I actually could use your help sometime, because I equally suck at Plain Speech.
22:38:23 <jessica> bjoern: I don't have your e-mail address.
22:38:41 <[bjoern]> It's in NickServ info, Whois, on the web
22:38:58 <[bjoern]> SBP: Close attention pay:
22:39:13 <[bjoern]> I am now trying to recall what I was going to say before Lady Jessica interrupted
22:39:27 * jessica is a commoner, but appreciates the compliment.
22:39:32 <sbp> I will check for clues in my unredacted backscroll
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22:39:54 <[bjoern]> Ah, I was wishing to compliment you on your median joke. It was quite excellent, even if not immediately tickling the funzors.
22:39:56 <sbp> the two prevailing winds were from eurovision and FEMA
22:40:06 <[bjoern]> End of attention requiring perioud of discours.
22:40:25 <sbp> oh, not the initial interruption
22:40:29 <[bjoern]> My spelling is terrible.
22:40:30 <sbp> one of the many subsequent interruptions
22:40:33 <jessica> Ah. Well, I'll admit I'm quite slothful.
22:40:43 <jessica> I *always* interrupt, another flaw.
22:40:44 <sbp> more than three toes though
22:40:46 <[bjoern]> You make that sound slutty.
22:40:56 <jessica> Also, you think most American tourists speak too loudly, sbp?
22:40:58 <sbp> it is her skill
22:41:02 <sbp> yes!
22:41:06 <jessica> You should hear *me*.
22:41:18 <sbp> you're not American, you're from Boston
22:41:42 <[bjoern]> U! S! A! U! S! A! we've ordered a gazillion of Negertröten so we don't have to listen to it.
22:42:04 <jessica> (Bear in mind that my hearing was severely injured when I was 18, by a rifle shot near my ear. To get a comparable effect, have Wagner's Ring cycle played next to your ear at 125 dB or so.)
22:42:04 <sbp> tröööt!
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22:42:33 * jessica hopes that you saw John Oliver's traumatised reaction when he realised that the U.S. team slated to face England didn't suck enough.
22:42:41 <[bjoern]> Vüvüe ̈zlä.
22:42:43 <sbp> .g Negertröten
22:42:43 <phenny> sbp: http://www.myspace.com/scatophobia_is_popular
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22:43:17 <[bjoern]> I did see it. I did not think it quite worthy of sbp's attention. too long, too few funnies.
22:43:49 <sbp> how did you see it? I thought Daily Show was banned external to America
22:43:55 <jessica> I believe he uses proxies.
22:43:56 <sbp> perhaps because they class it as munitions now
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22:49:24 <[bjoern]> It's just the british who are Verboten.
22:50:01 <jessica> Seriously?
22:50:59 <jessica> Jon Stewart once pointed out that they actually do get aired in Britain, but John Oliver replied, "Yes, and no one sees it, since you're being aired opposite 'Britain's Drunkest Pets'."
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22:51:20 <jessica> ( http://www.indecisionforever.com/2008/09/19/the-daily-show-outtake-john-oliver-on-tony-blair/ )
22:53:21 <jessica> (The night that Jon Stewart interviewed Tony Blair, John Oliver offered to be his "British politics" wingman.)
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23:00:31 <jessica> although the daily show recently asked Mr. Oliver what the hell is with British bulldog imitations.
23:00:36 <jessica> "What, are they part rooster?"
23:14:02 <jessica> sbp, I did read something interesting about Britons explaining their reserve.
23:14:43 * jessica spent a couple of weeks with a Caledonian lover a couple of years ago who was horrified that she hailed passing strangers on the street with comments such as "Beautiful dog you've got there, what breed?" or "Good afternoon, ma'am. Nice weather, isn't it?"
23:14:44 <sbp> mainly held by the Bank of England in bullion
23:15:17 <jessica> It explained that apparently, Brits are afraid that if they, say, wave to someone that they see every day on their commute, they will be forever obligated to wave every day.
23:15:27 <jessica> which would progress into hailing them each day.
23:15:34 <jessica> and possibly brief conversation after three to five years.
23:15:39 <jessica> and the person might be quite dreadful.
23:15:44 <jessica> so they can't be having any of that.
23:15:57 <sbp> hmm, yes
23:16:09 <sbp> ask nslater about that especially
23:16:15 * jessica notes this doesn't seem to affect any other species of human, nor does it bother a Brit at a pub.
23:16:37 <jessica> wait, *you* are an Englishman, he's half-Finn. You also share the same disability as me.
23:17:11 <jessica> The only way you could become *more* anti-social between agoraphobia and the blood of the sceptre'd isle would be to wall yourself into a cave.
23:17:22 <sbp> wait, was this nsh?
23:17:39 <[bjoern]> He's given up on his cave weeks ago.
23:17:47 <sbp> I'm sure I could find other creative ways
23:17:51 <sbp> I'm quite resourceful with a spork
23:17:55 <[bjoern]> or caves, yes.
23:18:46 <jessica> Ah, yes, sorry, confused the two for a moment.
23:20:16 * jessica is always amused at British broadcasts where they express some emotion by stating it, rather than screaming at each other like American commentators would.
23:22:07 <sbp> "I want to have mad sex with you now, fellow commentator."
23:24:02 <[bjoern]> Well if U.S. political talk shows were like that, well I would not watch, but also worry less.
23:25:53 * jessica wonders what sbp thinks it's worth going all Richard II on.
23:32:33 * [bjoern] considers googling if that was Lionheart
23:32:54 <jessica> "This sceptre'd isle, this throne of kings, & c."
23:33:04 <jessica> That was also Richard III.
23:33:17 <clsn> (meh, they were all dicks.)
23:33:26 <clsn> (you know, Richard. Dick. Right?)
23:33:29 * jessica sometimes thinks the Crusades existed mostly to hang around Italy. Sort of like a gap year, but not in Ibiza.
23:34:28 <[bjoern]> Dick is the duck hunter with the face shoot, that much i know. I do wonder though if it is intentional that Cheney wanted to be associated with bugs bunny.
23:36:30 <jessica> I find it amazing that the guy he shot was discharged from the hospital (no gun pun there) and immediately held a press conference to apologise for causing Cheney inconvenience by being shot by him.
23:37:08 <[bjoern]> Well, that is american politics, from my perspective
23:37:35 <[bjoern]> Just like the guy this week apologizing to BP for people causing them trouble for the oil spill.
23:39:11 <jessica> Rush Limbaugh said that "Fuck it, why not? It'll clean itself up."
23:39:29 <[bjoern]> I recall hearing that
23:41:04 <[bjoern]> Rush and Glenn Beck, I can't really imagine how they'd have a carreer here past their first show, and I am kinda glad about that.
23:41:23 <jessica> Glenn Beck is awesomeness. Never has someone been willing to show their crazy so openly to the entire nation.
23:41:28 <[bjoern]> Being american, at least them personally we could expell without that much trouble
23:41:30 <jessica> We used to think that we saw all kinds of crazy.
23:41:50 <jessica> No, we get to see real crazy, the kind of filing-a-restraining-order-against-this-guy after one date kind of crazy.
23:41:51 <[bjoern]> I've seen plenty of american crazy prior to him
23:42:00 <jessica> He's bringing it to an entirely new level.
23:42:28 <[bjoern]> That may be, I don't have a good overview over less-than-mainstream crazy overseas.
23:42:49 * jessica thinks again of TDS: Glenn Beck interviews Sarah Palin and before meeting her, writes journal entries about her and reads them to her on the air.
23:42:54 <clsn> One of my wife's patients gave her a copy of Glenn Beck's book. I saw it in her office and asked about it; she hadn't read it. In fact, my wife (bless her) didn't know who Glenn Beck was.
23:43:16 <jessica> He explained the comparison to The Silence of the Lambs.
23:43:25 <jessica> http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-january-14-2010/crazy-like-a-contributor
23:43:33 <[bjoern]> I am not sure not knowing Beck is a blessing
23:45:07 <clsn> Maybe not. But you have to almost have to envy the innocence. Not that she doesn't have plenty of equally stupid crap that she _does_ know about.
23:45:07 <jessica> (Christopher, having grown up in the state that bribed Lincoln's birthplace into being moved there, immediately appropriated 'Emancipenis'.)
23:45:39 <[bjoern]> .gc Emancipenis
23:45:40 <phenny> Emancipenis: 0
23:45:58 <jessica> .gc "Emancipation Proclamation"
23:45:58 <phenny> "Emancipation Proclamation": 50,300
23:46:01 <jessica> :)
23:46:20 <[bjoern]> Actual google results suggest you are attempting to establish it!
23:46:38 <jessica> actually, it's in that clip I linked to.
23:46:40 <[bjoern]> Perhaps together with that Jon fellow
23:47:31 * [bjoern] wonders, http://friendfeed.com/jpallan/9b3c49a3/emancipenis which of the pix is not disturbing
23:48:13 * tav wonders whether one should really follow that link or not
23:48:55 <jessica> I don't know, Dick Cheney endorsing a chemical weed killer is pretty cool.
23:49:29 <jessica> Hey, Facebook, you're sharing content unauthorised ... like that's a surprise. what the hell.
23:49:39 <[bjoern]> I don't think there is anything unusual about Dick endorsing a chemical killer, or weed, for that matter.
23:49:55 <jessica> Also, that's really creepy in a way.
23:50:26 <jessica> I don't have a problem with FriendFeed, but I fully expect to scroll down and find out, "And, for 9 minutes, she masturbated to an S&M lesbian porn clip found at http:// ..."
23:52:40 <[bjoern]> Why did you cut that url :(
23:56:41 * jessica rolls eyes. you can find your own.
