Earl @ 185: Oh ghu yes. I remember that now.
Also, a popular troll this week:
"X dies on page Y."
By the way, Teresa, are you planning to train a neural net with this?
"You accuse my group of intolerance towards group X in the United States. But what about intolerance of my group by China/Iran/Saudi Arabia?"
Will she be leading a session on Moderation-Foo?
Earl @ 91: How soon after that was "Godwin's Law" coined? I remember it being discussed one evening at Schultz's Beer Garden, and it certainly came up on SMOF-BBS.
Mr. desJardins, the CNN article that Jim cited links to another CNN article:
"National Weather Service forecasters said they expect 13 to 17 tropical storms, with seven to 10 of them becoming hurricanes."
Sounds like there's a methodology, and more than one scientist providing forecasts.
Rad Geek had a good three part series on what men can do. Part II sounds pertinent.
In this hour of darkness for the Rangers, I think of Messier 11.
j h woodyatt @ 2: it's easy enough to pull a machine readable list of posts that mention the shooting off of Technoratti or similar services, and set a bot to posting there.
As mentioned before, deceit has become an industrial process.
I just put up a post with the title "V1rg1n1a T3ch" (non-l33t) as a honey pot. If the afformentioned comment shows up, it's going into Akismet's spam database.
Phil @79: Point of information -- the insurance coverage on my 2007 Accord, identical to the policy on my previous car, a 2000 Civic, is less expensive even though the vehicle is more expensive, and a greater theft risk.
ethan @12: "Side effects may include bathos, a false sense of superiority, and painful urination. If you have an already functioning democracy, you should not take Ameraca. Ask your doctor if Ameraca is right for you."
The Washington Defense of Marriage Alliance (http://www.wa-doma.org/) decided to implement absurdity as a strategy. They proposed an initiative that would annul any marriage that has not produced a child after three years.
WA-DOMA says it would be fun "to see the social conservatives who have long screamed that marriage exists for the sole purpose of procreation be forced to choke on their own rhetoric."
But that assumes that all social conservatives are hypocrites who secretly carry on while presenting a public face of piety.
From one of the comments at Global Guerillas:
>"The surge" looks like its going to be very exciting to watch. Preferably from a distance.
TomB @ 99: if only there were Yarn Miles, many people on this thread (skein?) would have already knitted themselves halfway to Narita for the Worldcon.
It won't feel so outrageous when Tampa or LA wins the Stanley Cup.
Another possibility on the Albertan IP address is that it may be a compromised machine used as a proxy for vandalism.
Back in 2000, WND was blaming a Play Station 2 shortage on a nefarious plan by Saddam to make a supercomputer out of the anguish of good little boys and girls (bwahahahah!)
WND, it's like Weekly World News, except the editors appear to believe the stories.
My previous boss gave me her extra Republicans for Voldemort decal that's on the back of my Civic.
Not a bumper sticker, but the excellent Tom Bihn backpacks come with a disclaimer in French on the care label: NOUS SOMMES DESOLES QUE NOTRE PRESIDENT SOIT UN IDIOT. NOUS N'AVONS PAS VOTE POUR LUI.
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