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Which post has been the most "removed from favorites"? I don't think this is answerable from the data dump.
Like, favorited and then unfavorited en masse? Yeah, we can't actually measure it internally; favorite removed is a favorite that no longer exists in the db, as far as I know.
I'd be shocked though if anything came close to the weird hermitosis ultimatum comment. That sucker probably had a couple dozen favorites at least stripped off it on the tail end of the saga.
posted by cortex (staff) at 12:37 PM on August 5, 2008
I'd be shocked though if anything came close to the weird hermitosis ultimatum comment. That sucker probably had a couple dozen favorites at least stripped off it on the tail end of the saga.
posted by cortex (staff) at 12:37 PM on August 5, 2008
I favorited and unfavorited that one at least a hundred times a day, just to give him hope and then take it away again. I play the favorites game without prisoners or mercy.
posted by Astro Zombie at 12:43 PM on August 5, 2008 [7 favorites]
posted by Astro Zombie at 12:43 PM on August 5, 2008 [7 favorites]
We all really loved that one comment by that smackfu guy.
But then we all changed our minds. That's the way it goes.
posted by yhbc at 12:47 PM on August 5, 2008
But then we all changed our minds. That's the way it goes.
posted by yhbc at 12:47 PM on August 5, 2008
I predict that my recent most favorited comment will suffer a huge backlash once people figure out that the awkward double negative renders it essentially meaningless and isn't as MEAN TO BASEBALL FANS as they'd hoped.
posted by kittyprecious at 1:01 PM on August 5, 2008
posted by kittyprecious at 1:01 PM on August 5, 2008
When I play favourites, I play to win.
posted by blue_beetle at 1:08 PM on August 5, 2008
posted by blue_beetle at 1:08 PM on August 5, 2008
I'm not here to make friends.
posted by yhbc at 1:17 PM on August 5, 2008 [13 favorites]
posted by yhbc at 1:17 PM on August 5, 2008 [13 favorites]
In the 2008 Olympics, any comment with more than 11 favourites also gets flagged as noise twice.
posted by GuyZero at 1:27 PM on August 5, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by GuyZero at 1:27 PM on August 5, 2008 [1 favorite]
I'm here to make friends! HI!
posted by Lentrohamsanin at 1:28 PM on August 5, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by Lentrohamsanin at 1:28 PM on August 5, 2008 [1 favorite]
When I was a child (this would've been the '80s), one of the local UHF stations (the early '80s) had a jingle which contained the line 'Channel Forty-Three plays faaay-vorites!' Was this one of those singing jingles that got sold to every channel 43 in the country?
posted by box at 1:29 PM on August 5, 2008
posted by box at 1:29 PM on August 5, 2008
Say has anyone else been watching those commercials about the TV signal switching over from analog to digital and how people who use an antenna will lose their signal? I keep picturing some old immigrant couple in someplace 12 miles south of nowhere staring at a suddenly snowy black-and-white Panasonic saying 'What happen to Dick van Dyke? He die?'
posted by jonmc at 1:32 PM on August 5, 2008 [10 favorites]
posted by jonmc at 1:32 PM on August 5, 2008 [10 favorites]
Of course, my whole theory about why Dick van Dyke is still on TV is to give oldsters a familiar face: 'Heem! I know heem! He trip over ottoman! Wife wear tight pants!'
posted by jonmc at 1:33 PM on August 5, 2008
posted by jonmc at 1:33 PM on August 5, 2008
as long as we're talking about tv, anyone else notice that the true north 'nut sack' commercial has been changed? (i think it's here but i can't actually access youtube from work, so apologies if i messed it up.)
posted by msconduct at 1:44 PM on August 5, 2008
posted by msconduct at 1:44 PM on August 5, 2008
so, uh, how's the not smoking going jonmc?
I blew it after about 30 hours. I'll try again and probably use some nicotine replacement. I'm too deeply hooked to go cold turney, I hve to admit.
posted by jonmc at 1:45 PM on August 5, 2008
I blew it after about 30 hours. I'll try again and probably use some nicotine replacement. I'm too deeply hooked to go cold turney, I hve to admit.
posted by jonmc at 1:45 PM on August 5, 2008
That really was a hell of a nutsnack.
posted by Astro Zombie at 1:47 PM on August 5, 2008
posted by Astro Zombie at 1:47 PM on August 5, 2008
"I'm not here to make friends."
Likewise. I'm here to make contacts, mainly of the met variety. But friend? Let's not kid ourselves. But if we are going to kid ourselves, I prefer "crush." Better for my ego.
posted by Eideteker at 1:52 PM on August 5, 2008
Likewise. I'm here to make contacts, mainly of the met variety. But friend? Let's not kid ourselves. But if we are going to kid ourselves, I prefer "crush." Better for my ego.
posted by Eideteker at 1:52 PM on August 5, 2008
"I'm not here to make friends."
Well, you came to the right place.
sorry
posted by jonmc at 1:53 PM on August 5, 2008
Well, you came to the right place.
sorry
posted by jonmc at 1:53 PM on August 5, 2008
When I was a senior in high school, we tested the capacity of the school plumbing system. It was an eight-story building, and the word was spread to have guys in every bathroom of every floor, and to flush the toilets at the same time, signaled by a trady bell. The third floor toilets overflowed into the hallways.
Maybe we can try this with favorites. We all favorite one comment at the same time. Then unfavorite it. And let us know if your toilet overflows.
posted by Fuzzy Skinner at 1:54 PM on August 5, 2008
Maybe we can try this with favorites. We all favorite one comment at the same time. Then unfavorite it. And let us know if your toilet overflows.
posted by Fuzzy Skinner at 1:54 PM on August 5, 2008
Let's do the tire wamp agaaaaaain.
posted by cortex (staff) at 1:58 PM on August 5, 2008 [4 favorites]
posted by cortex (staff) at 1:58 PM on August 5, 2008 [4 favorites]
Unfavorite is what happens when your post goes to Lofi.
posted by netbros at 2:02 PM on August 5, 2008
posted by netbros at 2:02 PM on August 5, 2008
Likewise. I'm here to make contacts
Wait -- that feature is enabled? I assumed it was broken, and that's why mine stays at zero all the time. Right?
posted by inigo2 at 2:08 PM on August 5, 2008 [1 favorite]
Wait -- that feature is enabled? I assumed it was broken, and that's why mine stays at zero all the time. Right?
posted by inigo2 at 2:08 PM on August 5, 2008 [1 favorite]
Likewise. I'm here to make contacts
Dude, this is Metafilter. You want this.
posted by jonmc at 2:10 PM on August 5, 2008
Dude, this is Metafilter. You want this.
posted by jonmc at 2:10 PM on August 5, 2008
Jon, my lady and I were just talking about that very thing (analog-to-digital awareness) last night. Even though we've seen some form of those commercials about 200 times (granted, we watch a lot of tube) and I can only imagine they'll become more prevalent the closer we get to February, you just know somebody is going to be SO PISSED when it happens. ("How the hell was I supposed to know?!?!") The question, then, becomes this: Who are they going to call with their angry rant?
posted by SpiffyRob at 2:14 PM on August 5, 2008
posted by SpiffyRob at 2:14 PM on August 5, 2008
My wife noticed that people are directed to a website for more information. Like, people using a TV aerial are going to be online. Who thinks this stuff up?
posted by jonmc at 2:17 PM on August 5, 2008 [3 favorites]
posted by jonmc at 2:17 PM on August 5, 2008 [3 favorites]
Ghostbusters.
posted by dirty lies at 2:21 PM on August 5, 2008
posted by dirty lies at 2:21 PM on August 5, 2008
The whole antenna thing is a misnomer anyway, because rabbit ears currently, and after the transition still will receive the digital content.
It's about the tuner. But, explain that to joe sixpack's grandfather.
posted by tomierna at 2:22 PM on August 5, 2008 [1 favorite]
It's about the tuner. But, explain that to joe sixpack's grandfather.
posted by tomierna at 2:22 PM on August 5, 2008 [1 favorite]
Yeah, that's a Venn Diagram I'd like to see, aerial users and people who have internet in the home.
I suspect it would look like a contact lens case.
posted by SpiffyRob at 2:23 PM on August 5, 2008
I suspect it would look like a contact lens case.
posted by SpiffyRob at 2:23 PM on August 5, 2008
jonmc, I have been on the internet for years, but just got cable last month. Actually, I had cable once before, but cancelled it when they jacked the price up by 12.5%, from $7 to $8 per month! Yes, it was long ago, and yes, I am CHEAP. The only reason I got cable is because some football games are only on cable. The bastards!
posted by Daddy-O at 2:25 PM on August 5, 2008
posted by Daddy-O at 2:25 PM on August 5, 2008
I'll tell you right now. It's this one. I am favoriting and then unfavoriting this thing like CRAZY right now.
posted by shmegegge at 2:27 PM on August 5, 2008
posted by shmegegge at 2:27 PM on August 5, 2008
Actually, I see it was an increase of 14.28571% now that I do the math. THE BASTARDS!
posted by Daddy-O at 2:28 PM on August 5, 2008
posted by Daddy-O at 2:28 PM on August 5, 2008
I am here to make friends.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 2:31 PM on August 5, 2008 [5 favorites]
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 2:31 PM on August 5, 2008 [5 favorites]
I don't know why I was so quick to assume that nobody has internet but not cable. Truth be told, I wouldn't bother with cable if I didn't need it for sports, so I imagine there must be plenty of people out there who are exactly like me in every way except they don't care about sports, and thus must have internet but not cable.
That said, because I have cable, I watch the SHIT out of it.
Favorited and unfavoritededed a million times!
posted by SpiffyRob at 2:31 PM on August 5, 2008
That said, because I have cable, I watch the SHIT out of it.
Favorited and unfavoritededed a million times!
posted by SpiffyRob at 2:31 PM on August 5, 2008
jonmc, "cable" TV is not that common here (and not usually delivered via a cable either), so almost every home in the country has an antenna. But we're also about to switch to digital-only signals and I bet there will be stacks of people who turn the idiot box on one day and sit there with a pained, confused look on their face, forlornly switching from channel to channel. I'm sure that some of them will also assume their TV has just died, go out and buy a new one and never even know that anything has changed.
As tomierna notes, the antenna will still work fine - we currently use a single antenna for our (analog) TVs and the digital tuner in my PC - works fine for both.
posted by dg at 2:32 PM on August 5, 2008
As tomierna notes, the antenna will still work fine - we currently use a single antenna for our (analog) TVs and the digital tuner in my PC - works fine for both.
posted by dg at 2:32 PM on August 5, 2008
So basically the info dump is a snapshot of the db at any one time? Is anyone archiving the snapshots for comparative analysis over time?
posted by yarrow at 2:33 PM on August 5, 2008
posted by yarrow at 2:33 PM on August 5, 2008
Also, I'm not here to make friends, but seem to have done so anyway. How do I stop this happening?
posted by dg at 2:35 PM on August 5, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by dg at 2:35 PM on August 5, 2008 [1 favorite]
I have cable internet but not cable TV. I just buy DVDs of shows that I watched when I was a kid, like Mr. Wizard and The Muppet Show and pretend it is still the 80s.
posted by sciurus at 2:35 PM on August 5, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by sciurus at 2:35 PM on August 5, 2008 [1 favorite]
I am here to make friends.
It's pronounced FRAHNK-ehn-shteen.
posted by cortex (staff) at 2:35 PM on August 5, 2008
It's pronounced FRAHNK-ehn-shteen.
posted by cortex (staff) at 2:35 PM on August 5, 2008
So basically the info dump is a snapshot of the db at any one time? Is anyone archiving the snapshots for comparative analysis over time?
posted by yarrow at 10:33 PM on August 5 [+] [!]
I'm guessing not. But then this isn't really a transactional database. It is mostly cumulative - posts and comments and users are for the most part added and rarely removed. In a large transactional database you'd have either:
1) Application logging, usually for auditing purposes where all record changes are logged in the DB itself.
2) Transaction logging, usually by the DBAs to provide recoverability via point-in-time snapshots.
I don't think either of these is the case here nor is it appropriate.
posted by vacapinta at 2:38 PM on August 5, 2008
posted by yarrow at 10:33 PM on August 5 [+] [!]
I'm guessing not. But then this isn't really a transactional database. It is mostly cumulative - posts and comments and users are for the most part added and rarely removed. In a large transactional database you'd have either:
1) Application logging, usually for auditing purposes where all record changes are logged in the DB itself.
2) Transaction logging, usually by the DBAs to provide recoverability via point-in-time snapshots.
I don't think either of these is the case here nor is it appropriate.
posted by vacapinta at 2:38 PM on August 5, 2008
So basically the info dump is a snapshot of the db at any one time? Is anyone archiving the snapshots for comparative analysis over time?
Well, with the exception of this whole favorites thing a couple other exceptions, the infodump is essentially incremental—everything that was in the last snapshot is in the new one, plus whatever has happened lately.
I've been updating (or, lately, NOT updating; bad cortex!) the infodump by hand periodically, though we've talked about making it a cron job and considering my delinquence on that front we probably really, really should. At that point, there'd be nothing to stop someone from searching for negative changes between nightly/weekly diffs, but it's slightly weird territory that I'd hope would be approached only with caution and the best intentions.
posted by cortex (staff) at 2:39 PM on August 5, 2008
Well, with the exception of this whole favorites thing a couple other exceptions, the infodump is essentially incremental—everything that was in the last snapshot is in the new one, plus whatever has happened lately.
I've been updating (or, lately, NOT updating; bad cortex!) the infodump by hand periodically, though we've talked about making it a cron job and considering my delinquence on that front we probably really, really should. At that point, there'd be nothing to stop someone from searching for negative changes between nightly/weekly diffs, but it's slightly weird territory that I'd hope would be approached only with caution and the best intentions.
posted by cortex (staff) at 2:39 PM on August 5, 2008
pretend it is still the 80s.
You'd have to buy a mullet wig.
posted by jonmc at 2:40 PM on August 5, 2008
You'd have to buy a mullet wig.
posted by jonmc at 2:40 PM on August 5, 2008
Like, favorited and then unfavorited en masse? Yeah, we can't actually measure it internally; favorite removed is a favorite that no longer exists in the db, as far as I know.
Oh crap! I mistyped my question. It was supposed to be what's the "most removed from activity" (on the Recent Activity page), not most unfavorited. Which I imagine might be tracked somewhere, since you have to know not to show me that favorite anymore.
I imagine it as being a metric of the most tedious threads of all time, that even the commenters in them aren't interested in anymore.
posted by smackfu at 2:41 PM on August 5, 2008
Oh crap! I mistyped my question. It was supposed to be what's the "most removed from activity" (on the Recent Activity page), not most unfavorited. Which I imagine might be tracked somewhere, since you have to know not to show me that favorite anymore.
I imagine it as being a metric of the most tedious threads of all time, that even the commenters in them aren't interested in anymore.
posted by smackfu at 2:41 PM on August 5, 2008
Oh! Yes, we can track that. And do, for fun. And yes, it seems to roughly correlate to sheer length of thread.
posted by cortex (staff) at 2:43 PM on August 5, 2008
posted by cortex (staff) at 2:43 PM on August 5, 2008
In fact, give me a minute and I'll sex up a Greatest Hits.
posted by cortex (staff) at 2:48 PM on August 5, 2008
posted by cortex (staff) at 2:48 PM on August 5, 2008
I'm guessing the most unfavorited comment is this one. At one point, after initially reaching 500, it fell back down to 3XX or something IIRC.
posted by gauchodaspampas at 2:49 PM on August 5, 2008
posted by gauchodaspampas at 2:49 PM on August 5, 2008
I'm not here to make friends.
I hope your head falls off.
posted by Caduceus at 2:50 PM on August 5, 2008
I hope your head falls off.
posted by Caduceus at 2:50 PM on August 5, 2008
jonmc writes "My wife noticed that people are directed to a website for more information. Like, people using a TV aerial are going to be online. Who thinks this stuff up?"
Another aerial and internet user here though I don't think I've tuned in the TV since the local CBC affiliate went independent and stopped carrying hockey. Oh, wait there was that one time last fall when my sister was on the local afternoon news magazine/talk type show.
posted by Mitheral at 2:52 PM on August 5, 2008
Another aerial and internet user here though I don't think I've tuned in the TV since the local CBC affiliate went independent and stopped carrying hockey. Oh, wait there was that one time last fall when my sister was on the local afternoon news magazine/talk type show.
posted by Mitheral at 2:52 PM on August 5, 2008
Sans quoi? (38 hides) (3647 comments)
Oh shit, it's a walk-off! (33 hides) (384 comments)
Sexism debate, displaced. (28 hides) (597 comments)
Your thoughts on current and future changes to make Metafilter more woman friendly (27 hides) (1005 comments)
GiveWell, or Give 'em Hell? (25 hides) (1415 comments)
One for the History Books (23 hides) (1126 comments)
You are The Man. (22 hides) (453 comments)
Possibly, Secret Santa (22 hides) (286 comments)
Tase! or "Youtube Justice" (21 hides) (314 comments)
Heath Ledger dies (20 hides) (475 comments)
Benazir Bhutto Assasinated (20 hides) (485 comments)
White people on Metafilter (19 hides) (508 comments)
Boing Boing Finds 21st Century Trotsky? (17 hides) (2556 comments)
HP -1 (17 hides) (400 comments)
Make the Pledge (15 hides) (186 comments)
Just The Facts, Ma'am (15 hides) (350 comments)
More like St. Smellmo (15 hides) (198 comments)
Slapping someone in the face a bit too much ... (15 hides) (678 comments)
Scrump Goes For Broke (15 hides) (439 comments)
Abortion as Art (15 hides) (500 comments)
Don't Mess With "Don't Mess With Texas" (15 hides) (240 comments)
Seriously? (14 hides) (340 comments)
Upsetting the plate of beans. (14 hides) (355 comments)
Are Questions Okay When They're Based Around Finction Worlds (14 hides) (250 comments)
Why do some people wear shoes indoors? (13 hides) (206 comments)
posted by cortex (staff) at 2:58 PM on August 5, 2008 [8 favorites]
Oh shit, it's a walk-off! (33 hides) (384 comments)
Sexism debate, displaced. (28 hides) (597 comments)
Your thoughts on current and future changes to make Metafilter more woman friendly (27 hides) (1005 comments)
GiveWell, or Give 'em Hell? (25 hides) (1415 comments)
One for the History Books (23 hides) (1126 comments)
You are The Man. (22 hides) (453 comments)
Possibly, Secret Santa (22 hides) (286 comments)
Tase! or "Youtube Justice" (21 hides) (314 comments)
Heath Ledger dies (20 hides) (475 comments)
Benazir Bhutto Assasinated (20 hides) (485 comments)
White people on Metafilter (19 hides) (508 comments)
Boing Boing Finds 21st Century Trotsky? (17 hides) (2556 comments)
HP -1 (17 hides) (400 comments)
Make the Pledge (15 hides) (186 comments)
Just The Facts, Ma'am (15 hides) (350 comments)
More like St. Smellmo (15 hides) (198 comments)
Slapping someone in the face a bit too much ... (15 hides) (678 comments)
Scrump Goes For Broke (15 hides) (439 comments)
Abortion as Art (15 hides) (500 comments)
Don't Mess With "Don't Mess With Texas" (15 hides) (240 comments)
Seriously? (14 hides) (340 comments)
Upsetting the plate of beans. (14 hides) (355 comments)
Are Questions Okay When They're Based Around Finction Worlds (14 hides) (250 comments)
Why do some people wear shoes indoors? (13 hides) (206 comments)
posted by cortex (staff) at 2:58 PM on August 5, 2008 [8 favorites]
Some basic conclusions:
- Metatalk wins at making people Remove from Activity. Policy wonkery bores like nothing else.
- Epic threads lead to removals. Not shocking.
- Polls—in metatalk (see #2) and in askme—lead to regret, probably from folks who just wanted to say their vote and have done with it.
- A couple hundred comments is enough to scare off at least a dozen people.
Note that the feature is fairly new, so we can't really know how historical threads would have been treated.
Note also that this is representative only of people who use Recent Activity, which is a subset (I don't know how small, and now I'm curious and might have to talk to pb about measuring it) of the folks who read the site and of the folks who would have wanted to walk away from any given thread. But those who don't use RA could, in fact, just walk away without clicking anything.
posted by cortex (staff) at 3:02 PM on August 5, 2008
- Metatalk wins at making people Remove from Activity. Policy wonkery bores like nothing else.
- Epic threads lead to removals. Not shocking.
- Polls—in metatalk (see #2) and in askme—lead to regret, probably from folks who just wanted to say their vote and have done with it.
- A couple hundred comments is enough to scare off at least a dozen people.
Note that the feature is fairly new, so we can't really know how historical threads would have been treated.
Note also that this is representative only of people who use Recent Activity, which is a subset (I don't know how small, and now I'm curious and might have to talk to pb about measuring it) of the folks who read the site and of the folks who would have wanted to walk away from any given thread. But those who don't use RA could, in fact, just walk away without clicking anything.
posted by cortex (staff) at 3:02 PM on August 5, 2008
Daddy-O, if you click on "Recent Activity" up in the header, it takes you to this ridiculously useful page which tracks threads you've commented in by most-recent comment.
For each thread, there's a little link under the description on the left side that says (remove from activity); if you click on that, it makes that thread no longer show up in Recent Activity for you. That's what the db counts as a "hide".
posted by cortex (staff) at 3:05 PM on August 5, 2008
For each thread, there's a little link under the description on the left side that says (remove from activity); if you click on that, it makes that thread no longer show up in Recent Activity for you. That's what the db counts as a "hide".
posted by cortex (staff) at 3:05 PM on August 5, 2008
Oh thank G-d someone noticed that True North ad. I had been sitting studying with the TV on and the commercial was playing in the background, and I was struck dumb by the "America's best nutsnack" line.
Two weeks later, I heard it again with the edit and thought I was the only one who had noticed. It's good to know I'm not just a lone wacko who hears testicular references in snack food advertisements.
posted by ltracey at 3:07 PM on August 5, 2008
Two weeks later, I heard it again with the edit and thought I was the only one who had noticed. It's good to know I'm not just a lone wacko who hears testicular references in snack food advertisements.
posted by ltracey at 3:07 PM on August 5, 2008
And now I'm all excited about the idea of doing an analysis of regrets. Comment count is one vector, but so is thread longevity—does a thread that is very, very busy for a few hours lead to more or less removals than a thread that is perhaps less busy at its peak business but stays somewhat active for a week instead of two days? And what can be qualitatively said about the kinds of threads that get more vs. fewer removals?
Hmm. Hmm.
posted by cortex (staff) at 3:08 PM on August 5, 2008
Hmm. Hmm.
posted by cortex (staff) at 3:08 PM on August 5, 2008
This is the thread where I annoy people by asking if not owning a TV counts.
I might get one if it was left by the Dumpster, but I still wouldn't get cable OR an aerial.
posted by TheOnlyCoolTim at 3:09 PM on August 5, 2008
I might get one if it was left by the Dumpster, but I still wouldn't get cable OR an aerial.
posted by TheOnlyCoolTim at 3:09 PM on August 5, 2008
Plus, raw comments may be deceptive, as a 200 comment thread could have 180 distinct commenters vs. 50 distinct commenters—I'd guess that raw number of commenters would correlate more directly to hides than would raw comments, which would back up the relatively low comment counts of some of the poll type things up in that list.
posted by cortex (staff) at 3:10 PM on August 5, 2008
posted by cortex (staff) at 3:10 PM on August 5, 2008
WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU PEOPLE AND WHY AREN'T YOU FAVORITING MY SHIT?
posted by loquacious at 3:11 PM on August 5, 2008 [5 favorites]
posted by loquacious at 3:11 PM on August 5, 2008 [5 favorites]
The true way to win at Metafilter is to not care if anyone is favoriting your shit. Also perhaps in life.
posted by TheOnlyCoolTim at 3:12 PM on August 5, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by TheOnlyCoolTim at 3:12 PM on August 5, 2008 [1 favorite]
*favorites theonlycooltim's shit*
Damn, what you been eating, dude?
posted by jonmc at 3:16 PM on August 5, 2008
Damn, what you been eating, dude?
posted by jonmc at 3:16 PM on August 5, 2008
I'm only posting here so that I can immediately remove the thread from Recent Activity. If enough of us do this, we can really fuck with cortex's head.
posted by never used baby shoes at 3:22 PM on August 5, 2008
posted by never used baby shoes at 3:22 PM on August 5, 2008
cort4ex, do you look at WHO's removing threads from activity?
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 3:23 PM on August 5, 2008
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 3:23 PM on August 5, 2008
erps
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 3:23 PM on August 5, 2008
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 3:23 PM on August 5, 2008
We don't look at who removed what, no. It's in the db by implication, but as dull a sort of gossip as it'd be it falls into "not my business" territory at the end of the day.
posted by cortex (staff) at 3:27 PM on August 5, 2008
posted by cortex (staff) at 3:27 PM on August 5, 2008
If you don't want your favorites, I'll take 'em. Give 'em to me.
I'll put 'em in someone else's shirt pocket, pat him or her gently on the cheek, and say, "Now go buy yourself something nice."
Yeah, that's what I'll do. Yeah.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 3:28 PM on August 5, 2008
I'll put 'em in someone else's shirt pocket, pat him or her gently on the cheek, and say, "Now go buy yourself something nice."
Yeah, that's what I'll do. Yeah.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 3:28 PM on August 5, 2008
Yeah, that's a Venn Diagram I'd like to see, aerial users and people who have internet in the home.
Does it count if I'm just poaching wifi?
posted by norm at 3:28 PM on August 5, 2008
Does it count if I'm just poaching wifi?
posted by norm at 3:28 PM on August 5, 2008
We don't look at who removed what, no.
Good! I only do that when I'm vewy vewy cwabby.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 3:30 PM on August 5, 2008
Good! I only do that when I'm vewy vewy cwabby.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 3:30 PM on August 5, 2008
Aerial user with internet right here, buddy. Although I am not so old-skool as to get my interwebs analog.
posted by GuyZero at 3:31 PM on August 5, 2008
posted by GuyZero at 3:31 PM on August 5, 2008
I don't know why I was so quick to assume that nobody has internet but not cable.
I have internet but not cable. There are places that will happily show the baseball game if you sit and happily drink their excellent beer. Good enough for me.
posted by desuetude at 3:32 PM on August 5, 2008
I have internet but not cable. There are places that will happily show the baseball game if you sit and happily drink their excellent beer. Good enough for me.
posted by desuetude at 3:32 PM on August 5, 2008
Good! I only do that when I'm vewy vewy cwabby.
Twoo dat.
posted by jonmc at 3:33 PM on August 5, 2008
Twoo dat.
posted by jonmc at 3:33 PM on August 5, 2008
...this isn't really a transactional database. It is mostly cumulative...
Thanks, vacapinta & cortex. I was more interested in thinking about how the info structure works than in asking any specific questions about the non-cumulative aspects. I keep thinking I might leverage my metafilter addiction to learn something about SQL via the infodump but it hasn't happened yet.
posted by yarrow at 3:43 PM on August 5, 2008
Thanks, vacapinta & cortex. I was more interested in thinking about how the info structure works than in asking any specific questions about the non-cumulative aspects. I keep thinking I might leverage my metafilter addiction to learn something about SQL via the infodump but it hasn't happened yet.
posted by yarrow at 3:43 PM on August 5, 2008
I have internet but not cable. There are places that will happily show the baseball game if you sit and happily drink their excellent beer.
I "borrow" wi-fi and I don't have a tv. It's a great excuse to go to the bar.
posted by The Light Fantastic at 3:43 PM on August 5, 2008
I "borrow" wi-fi and I don't have a tv. It's a great excuse to go to the bar.
posted by The Light Fantastic at 3:43 PM on August 5, 2008
August 5
Surely this will... wait -- it did!
BUSH TO BE IMPEACHED! [more inside]
posted by Durn Bronzefist at 3:45 PM on August 5, 2008
Surely this will... wait -- it did!
BUSH TO BE IMPEACHED! [more inside]
posted by Durn Bronzefist at 3:45 PM on August 5, 2008
I'm not here to make bacon.
I do that when I'm in the kitchen.
posted by quin at 3:52 PM on August 5, 2008
I do that when I'm in the kitchen.
posted by quin at 3:52 PM on August 5, 2008
Sans quoi? (38 hides) (3647 comments)
Man, that thread is epic. It totally locks up my weakling work computer.
posted by juv3nal at 3:52 PM on August 5, 2008
Surely this will... wait -- it did!
BUSH TO BE IMPEACHED! [more inside]
Come closer. Closer. Trust me. I just want to stab you a little.
posted by loquacious at 3:53 PM on August 5, 2008 [2 favorites]
BUSH TO BE IMPEACHED! [more inside]
Come closer. Closer. Trust me. I just want to stab you a little.
posted by loquacious at 3:53 PM on August 5, 2008 [2 favorites]
It's a great excuse to go to the bar.
You need an excuse?
I have cable mainly for ESPN, Food Network and TVLand.
posted by jonmc at 4:14 PM on August 5, 2008
You need an excuse?
I have cable mainly for ESPN, Food Network and TVLand.
posted by jonmc at 4:14 PM on August 5, 2008
You need an excuse?
It makes my parole officer happy.
posted by The Light Fantastic at 4:19 PM on August 5, 2008 [1 favorite]
It makes my parole officer happy.
posted by The Light Fantastic at 4:19 PM on August 5, 2008 [1 favorite]
Also, I bought a box of these at the Key Food today. I think civilization may have peaked.
posted by jonmc at 4:19 PM on August 5, 2008
posted by jonmc at 4:19 PM on August 5, 2008
Of course they also had Ranch flavor cashews at CVS (I've never seen that anywhere else oddly) the other day. I bought some. Damned good.
posted by jonmc at 4:22 PM on August 5, 2008
posted by jonmc at 4:22 PM on August 5, 2008
I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass...and I'm all out of bubblegum.
posted by kirkaracha at 4:24 PM on August 5, 2008
posted by kirkaracha at 4:24 PM on August 5, 2008
IT WORKED!!! I HAVE A FRIEND!!!
posted by inigo2 at 4:29 PM on August 5, 2008 [2 favorites]
posted by inigo2 at 4:29 PM on August 5, 2008 [2 favorites]
winter spring summer or fall...
I'm here to influence people.
then talk dirty.
posted by jonmc at 5:00 PM on August 5, 2008
I'm here to influence people.
then talk dirty.
posted by jonmc at 5:00 PM on August 5, 2008
I blew it after about 30 hours. I'll try again and probably use some nicotine replacement. I'm too deeply hooked to go cold turney, I hve to admit.
Pro-tip: Nicorette inhalers. Worked for me. You have to be OK with looking a bit goofy (or Jetsons retro-futuristic, to put a better spin on it). They really helped me with the psych and habitual motion aspect, especially while social drinking, as well as the weaning-off-nicotine aspect.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:40 PM on August 5, 2008
Pro-tip: Nicorette inhalers. Worked for me. You have to be OK with looking a bit goofy (or Jetsons retro-futuristic, to put a better spin on it). They really helped me with the psych and habitual motion aspect, especially while social drinking, as well as the weaning-off-nicotine aspect.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:40 PM on August 5, 2008
You could try one of those eCigarette things that were mentioned on the blue a while ago. They were pretty cost effective too.
posted by puke & cry at 5:58 PM on August 5, 2008
posted by puke & cry at 5:58 PM on August 5, 2008
Aerial user with internet right here, buddy.
You guys should see the hillbilly-ass antenna I built for my HDTV and ran up into my attic. Scrap wood, salvaged copper wire bent into bowties, and a busted-up cardboard box covered in aluminum foil. Rockin' the hi-def over that bad boy, clear as a bell.
posted by middleclasstool at 6:05 PM on August 5, 2008
You guys should see the hillbilly-ass antenna I built for my HDTV and ran up into my attic. Scrap wood, salvaged copper wire bent into bowties, and a busted-up cardboard box covered in aluminum foil. Rockin' the hi-def over that bad boy, clear as a bell.
posted by middleclasstool at 6:05 PM on August 5, 2008
You have to be OK with looking a bit goofy
Remember who you're talking to, man.
posted by jonmc at 6:10 PM on August 5, 2008
Remember who you're talking to, man.
posted by jonmc at 6:10 PM on August 5, 2008
I think the general pool of internet users might be more likely, if anything, not to have cable TV or not to have TV at all than the general population. (After all, they have the internet). I'm in that category - I had cable in my house when it was coming to me free and I could act innocent about it. When the cable company wised up and came around snooping and cut off the signal, I noticed I didn't really miss any TV that much. So I didn't start buying it. I use the TV as a DVD monitor and have a constrant stream of entertainment chosen by me, which is awesome: entire runs of TV series seasons, movies I like, documentaris, whatever.
I'm not a big enough sports fan to feel even the sporting-event loss sting too much. I follow the Red Sox with the mild benevolence that many New Englanders do, but it's much more fun to watch games at bars anyway.
posted by Miko at 6:42 PM on August 5, 2008
I'm not a big enough sports fan to feel even the sporting-event loss sting too much. I follow the Red Sox with the mild benevolence that many New Englanders do, but it's much more fun to watch games at bars anyway.
posted by Miko at 6:42 PM on August 5, 2008
We used to find a local bar to watch the Kerry/Bush debates and shout at the TV. Friends had a Simpson's night in their warehouse for years. Social TV watching is much more fun, IMO
Really, there should be bars that cater soley to TV watching of all sorts. different rooms with sofas and pillows, beer and grilled cheese sandwiches.
posted by oneirodynia at 7:35 PM on August 5, 2008 [3 favorites]
Really, there should be bars that cater soley to TV watching of all sorts. different rooms with sofas and pillows, beer and grilled cheese sandwiches.
posted by oneirodynia at 7:35 PM on August 5, 2008 [3 favorites]
When the cable company wised up and came around snooping and cut off the signal, I noticed I didn't really miss any TV that much. So I didn't start buying it. I use the TV as a DVD monitor and have a constrant stream of entertainment chosen by me, which is awesome: entire runs of TV series seasons, movies I like, documentaris, whatever.
This. Exactly this. It's weird ending up in the "oh, I don't watch TV" segment accidentally, but it's been like six years now and I don't miss having broadcast TV or cable around. It's not like the internet has left me wanting for ways to piss away time at random anyway, and when I watch TV now it is commercial free and as many damn episodes (the credits roll, we turn to each other: "Another?" "Yes!) as I want.
posted by cortex (staff) at 7:39 PM on August 5, 2008 [2 favorites]
This. Exactly this. It's weird ending up in the "oh, I don't watch TV" segment accidentally, but it's been like six years now and I don't miss having broadcast TV or cable around. It's not like the internet has left me wanting for ways to piss away time at random anyway, and when I watch TV now it is commercial free and as many damn episodes (the credits roll, we turn to each other: "Another?" "Yes!) as I want.
posted by cortex (staff) at 7:39 PM on August 5, 2008 [2 favorites]
I'm not sure what the practical diff is between watching TV on Tivo with a bunch of weeks saved up vs. buying the DVDs at the end of the season vs. downloading episodes and watching them. You're still watching TV, even if you don't pay the cable co.
posted by smackfu at 7:49 PM on August 5, 2008
posted by smackfu at 7:49 PM on August 5, 2008
If I'm buying up DVDs or downloading episodes, I'm metering my own consumption habits and related costs—I can spend a month watching as much as I can stomach of something, and then spend a month not watching a damned thing, and that second month doesn't involve me paying for the right to not watch shit.
TiVo + cable seems like a good way to be if you're intending to watch a fair amount of mostly-new TV on a regular basis and just want to be able to shift your day/week/month around, but I don't watch that much so it doesn't make sense.
I've never disliked TV for TV's sake—I think there's a shitload of good stuff being made amongst the greater shitload of mediocre and crap stuff also being made, and there's more good stuff than I have time to watch.
(Ask me about my neglected Netflix account, though. Hoom.)
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:04 PM on August 5, 2008 [2 favorites]
TiVo + cable seems like a good way to be if you're intending to watch a fair amount of mostly-new TV on a regular basis and just want to be able to shift your day/week/month around, but I don't watch that much so it doesn't make sense.
I've never disliked TV for TV's sake—I think there's a shitload of good stuff being made amongst the greater shitload of mediocre and crap stuff also being made, and there's more good stuff than I have time to watch.
(Ask me about my neglected Netflix account, though. Hoom.)
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:04 PM on August 5, 2008 [2 favorites]
A saving of $120 a month is the difference.
Plus downloading is a bit proactive, you've got to go out there and get it. It reduces the slack jaw time one spends in front of the tv watching American Idol or WWE because nothing else is on but your already in the zone.
posted by Mitheral at 8:05 PM on August 5, 2008
Plus downloading is a bit proactive, you've got to go out there and get it. It reduces the slack jaw time one spends in front of the tv watching American Idol or WWE because nothing else is on but your already in the zone.
posted by Mitheral at 8:05 PM on August 5, 2008
It reduces the slack jaw time
Gad, that's the truth. I used to tune in to the one show I actually liked, then mindlessly flip around in an endless drooling search for something novel and mildly interesting because I had already ensconced myself in front of the tube. Now, it's a lot nicer to watch only the stuff I really enjoy, and when it's over, it's time to move on to something else. Sleep, most likely. Really, I found that though I might have watched 15 hours/week of TV when I had cable, I was actively interested in maybe 3 of those hours. Now, the percentage of content I'm actively interested in is much higher.
Plus, I get total choice. I don't download, but do use Netflix, the library, and the local video stores. I don't have to settle for just what's running currently that TiVo can pick up - I can select from a much broader array of choices.
I actually wouldn't want TiVo because of the low barrier to entry - it would encourage me to watch more lower-quality hours because there'd always be something to veg out to that met the lowest minimum standard. Now, because there's choice and effort involved, I have a smaller selection at hand at any one time, but it's all stuff I'm completely interested in seeing.
posted by Miko at 8:13 PM on August 5, 2008
Gad, that's the truth. I used to tune in to the one show I actually liked, then mindlessly flip around in an endless drooling search for something novel and mildly interesting because I had already ensconced myself in front of the tube. Now, it's a lot nicer to watch only the stuff I really enjoy, and when it's over, it's time to move on to something else. Sleep, most likely. Really, I found that though I might have watched 15 hours/week of TV when I had cable, I was actively interested in maybe 3 of those hours. Now, the percentage of content I'm actively interested in is much higher.
Plus, I get total choice. I don't download, but do use Netflix, the library, and the local video stores. I don't have to settle for just what's running currently that TiVo can pick up - I can select from a much broader array of choices.
I actually wouldn't want TiVo because of the low barrier to entry - it would encourage me to watch more lower-quality hours because there'd always be something to veg out to that met the lowest minimum standard. Now, because there's choice and effort involved, I have a smaller selection at hand at any one time, but it's all stuff I'm completely interested in seeing.
posted by Miko at 8:13 PM on August 5, 2008
A saving of $120 a month is the difference.
That's crazy. Of course, my cable bill is in my rent, so nah nah.
posted by smackfu at 8:28 PM on August 5, 2008
That's crazy. Of course, my cable bill is in my rent, so nah nah.
posted by smackfu at 8:28 PM on August 5, 2008
I used to tune in to the one show I actually liked, then mindlessly flip around in an endless drooling search for something novel and mildly interesting because I had already ensconced myself in front of the tube. Now, it's a lot nicer to watch only the stuff I really enjoy, and when it's over, it's time to move on to something else.
Heh. I think you might be me. I swear there are only about six cable channels I miss, and I only miss them when they've got new content, which is ~50% of the time. The only thing I really missed when we abandoned cable was clear picture, but DTV has fixed that -- my hillbilly antenna gives us a perfect picture for free. I was so overjoyed to discover that I now had four PBS channels where before I couldn't get one clearly that I actually emailed their staff with pics of my homemade antenna and a lengthy screed about how awesome they are. They were wise enough to recognize my genius.
Freeing myself of cable has shown me the wisdom of what cortex said above, a strategy I wholeheartedly endorse. Deadwood, Carnivale, The Wire, Six Feet Under, Dr. Who, Green Wing -- all of these we can and do gorge on or step away from as we see fit, with a simple Netflix queue massage. Then it's on to the next series.
posted by middleclasstool at 8:32 PM on August 5, 2008
Heh. I think you might be me. I swear there are only about six cable channels I miss, and I only miss them when they've got new content, which is ~50% of the time. The only thing I really missed when we abandoned cable was clear picture, but DTV has fixed that -- my hillbilly antenna gives us a perfect picture for free. I was so overjoyed to discover that I now had four PBS channels where before I couldn't get one clearly that I actually emailed their staff with pics of my homemade antenna and a lengthy screed about how awesome they are. They were wise enough to recognize my genius.
Freeing myself of cable has shown me the wisdom of what cortex said above, a strategy I wholeheartedly endorse. Deadwood, Carnivale, The Wire, Six Feet Under, Dr. Who, Green Wing -- all of these we can and do gorge on or step away from as we see fit, with a simple Netflix queue massage. Then it's on to the next series.
posted by middleclasstool at 8:32 PM on August 5, 2008
my cable bill is in my rent, so nah nah.
Hm, or so they're telling you. Keep an eye out for the big white truck...
(In reality I always suspected my cable was pirated because I was never asked to pay, and my rent is cheap.)
posted by Miko at 8:32 PM on August 5, 2008
Hm, or so they're telling you. Keep an eye out for the big white truck...
(In reality I always suspected my cable was pirated because I was never asked to pay, and my rent is cheap.)
posted by Miko at 8:32 PM on August 5, 2008
snus is great (General White Portion Wintergreen)
posted by exlotuseater at 8:42 PM on August 5, 2008
posted by exlotuseater at 8:42 PM on August 5, 2008
Netflix supports pop-under advertisements (probably about half of those pop-unders that go to the length of defeating my Firefox) and should not be supported.
posted by TheOnlyCoolTim at 9:21 PM on August 5, 2008
posted by TheOnlyCoolTim at 9:21 PM on August 5, 2008
I just farted. Whoa.
posted by homunculus at 10:32 PM on August 5, 2008
posted by homunculus at 10:32 PM on August 5, 2008
I think pop-unders are pretty annoying and I don't like that Netflix uses them, but I gotta admit that I'm not sufficiently zealous about that sort of thing to unsubscribe from a totally awesome service.
posted by cortex (staff) at 10:46 PM on August 5, 2008
posted by cortex (staff) at 10:46 PM on August 5, 2008
I'm in the aerial + Intertubes camp as well. I watch most of my tv over the Internet or through Netflix anyway. If I could subscribe to BBC archive through cable I'd be tempted, but I prefer to watch one show obsessively at a time rather than getting a dollop every week.
I'd boycott Netflix for the popunders if Blockbuster weren't the only much worse alternative.
posted by BrotherCaine at 11:05 PM on August 5, 2008
I'd boycott Netflix for the popunders if Blockbuster weren't the only much worse alternative.
posted by BrotherCaine at 11:05 PM on August 5, 2008
*Steps up to microphone, taps it once, twice, coughs*
Has this happened to you?!?
"Dude, check this out!"
"Oooo, look at that link! 'BUSH TO BE IMPEACHED!', wow! I better click it!"
[Opens link]
"NEVAHGONNAGIVE! NEVAHGONNAGI-"
[Quickly closes link]
"Come closer. Closer. Trust me. I just want to stab you a little."
"ROFLCOPTER, LUZER!!!"
Well, if you used the amazing YouTube Title Adder greasemonkey script, it wouldn't have been that way!!!
"Dude, check this out!"
"Oooo, look at that link! 'BUSH TO BE IMPEACHED! (YT: RickRoll'D)'... waittaminnit, I ain't opening that. Pfft, nice try, jerkass."
"You're right, I am sad and empty and my significant other imagines your face when I attempt to make love to them. The next time I am in Hawaii I shall throw myself into the nearest volcano in an act of contrition for what I attempted to do to you."
"Damn skippy!"
Order now! Quantities are limited!
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 11:37 PM on August 5, 2008 [2 favorites]
Has this happened to you?!?
"Dude, check this out!"
"Oooo, look at that link! 'BUSH TO BE IMPEACHED!', wow! I better click it!"
[Opens link]
"NEVAHGONNAGIVE! NEVAHGONNAGI-"
[Quickly closes link]
"Come closer. Closer. Trust me. I just want to stab you a little."
"ROFLCOPTER, LUZER!!!"
Well, if you used the amazing YouTube Title Adder greasemonkey script, it wouldn't have been that way!!!
"Dude, check this out!"
"Oooo, look at that link! 'BUSH TO BE IMPEACHED! (YT: RickRoll'D)'... waittaminnit, I ain't opening that. Pfft, nice try, jerkass."
"You're right, I am sad and empty and my significant other imagines your face when I attempt to make love to them. The next time I am in Hawaii I shall throw myself into the nearest volcano in an act of contrition for what I attempted to do to you."
"Damn skippy!"
Order now! Quantities are limited!
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 11:37 PM on August 5, 2008 [2 favorites]
And I had an antennae and innernet until this year.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 11:39 PM on August 5, 2008
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 11:39 PM on August 5, 2008
We are cable drones, TV and Internet. I am proud to say that I turned off the reruns tonight because I had a phone call, a book to finish and then Mr. Cranberry and I talked. Remember talking? You do not have to move your fingers unless you want to.
posted by Cranberry at 11:39 PM on August 5, 2008
posted by Cranberry at 11:39 PM on August 5, 2008
I house sit once or twice a year, and they have satellite tv. So, for 2 weeks every 6-8 months or so I have a little TV orgy. But, damn! Really? That shit is booorrrrrrrrrinnnnng! Really, really boring. I have about 3 days of total bliss and then the ennui sets in. I think I'm really not cut out for regular tv watching, which makes me incapable of making value judgments about those who are, since it's most likely a birth defect cause - hey - I'm an American dammit!
posted by The Light Fantastic at 12:53 AM on August 6, 2008
posted by The Light Fantastic at 12:53 AM on August 6, 2008
....and I should be able to hack it.
posted by The Light Fantastic at 12:54 AM on August 6, 2008
posted by The Light Fantastic at 12:54 AM on August 6, 2008
smackfu, you'll note that I have added this MeTa post to my favorites. Also please note that I'll be removing it from my favorites, on or about February 13 of next year.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 1:35 AM on August 6, 2008
posted by flapjax at midnite at 1:35 AM on August 6, 2008
Jonmc: Snus is tobacco you stuff under your lip, that occasionally will burn your frenum away.
Used mostly in Scandinavia, and often instead of smoking.
I'm quitting cutting back from a pack a day (took up running) and found that the levelling experience of C25K is a helpful motivator.
posted by monocultured at 5:27 AM on August 6, 2008
Used mostly in Scandinavia, and often instead of smoking.
I'm
posted by monocultured at 5:27 AM on August 6, 2008
flapjax at midnite, if you had read this whole post, you'd know I didn't actually care about favorites after all. But thanks for the notice.
posted by smackfu at 5:29 AM on August 6, 2008
posted by smackfu at 5:29 AM on August 6, 2008
if you had read this whole post, you'd know I didn't actually care about favorites after all.
Not sure what you mean, smackfu, by "the whole post". Your post consists of 2 sentences, which I did read. You mean all the comments in the thread? In fact, I don't think I read them all. But my comment above wasn't meant to imply that you care one way or another about favorites. I don't know or especially care how you feel about favorites. It was just a jokey comment, and I'm sorry if you took it personally. :)
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:26 AM on August 6, 2008
Not sure what you mean, smackfu, by "the whole post". Your post consists of 2 sentences, which I did read. You mean all the comments in the thread? In fact, I don't think I read them all. But my comment above wasn't meant to imply that you care one way or another about favorites. I don't know or especially care how you feel about favorites. It was just a jokey comment, and I'm sorry if you took it personally. :)
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:26 AM on August 6, 2008
You don't seem sorry at all!!!
posted by smackfu at 7:02 AM on August 6, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by smackfu at 7:02 AM on August 6, 2008 [1 favorite]
(About halfway through the comments, I realized I typed favorites in the question when I meant to ask what threads were removed things from recent activity the most, and then cortex posted tons of cool stats answering that. And then there was a big discussion of TV for some reason. And then you wandered by.)
posted by smackfu at 7:04 AM on August 6, 2008
posted by smackfu at 7:04 AM on August 6, 2008
Here is something for you to think about:
Yesterday, with a deadline looming, I went to MarkovFilter for inspiration. The way I figured it, my one gazillion pointless comments on this family of sites can stand in for the proverbial 1000 monkeys. Maybe the solution to my intractable problem (how to resolve a tricky and extended analogy) would present itself through the magic of an internet script!
Here's what I got:
Transmission through power lines is highly offensive to people who died and made you Hitler?
Of course I used it, as technically I did write all those words, just not in that order. It was a spot-on solution to my problem.
I think we're all thinking the same thing at this point: MarkovFilter needs an agent.
posted by Mister_A at 7:19 AM on August 6, 2008
Yesterday, with a deadline looming, I went to MarkovFilter for inspiration. The way I figured it, my one gazillion pointless comments on this family of sites can stand in for the proverbial 1000 monkeys. Maybe the solution to my intractable problem (how to resolve a tricky and extended analogy) would present itself through the magic of an internet script!
Here's what I got:
Transmission through power lines is highly offensive to people who died and made you Hitler?
Of course I used it, as technically I did write all those words, just not in that order. It was a spot-on solution to my problem.
I think we're all thinking the same thing at this point: MarkovFilter needs an agent.
posted by Mister_A at 7:19 AM on August 6, 2008
I didn't smoke all last week while I was on vacation (three cigars actually, but no cigarettes) and rocked the snus, about three little pouches a day. It worked great, no pissed off nic fits or that generalized anxiety I usually get. Much better than the gum or the lozenges or whatever.
I also have an antenna and dsl at home. I sent away for the voucher that lets you get the digital receiver and I tried it out, it was fucking bullshit, not enough signal or something. So come February I'll either have to get cable or stop watching broadcast tv. Either of those things is probably fine with me.
posted by Divine_Wino at 7:56 AM on August 6, 2008
I also have an antenna and dsl at home. I sent away for the voucher that lets you get the digital receiver and I tried it out, it was fucking bullshit, not enough signal or something. So come February I'll either have to get cable or stop watching broadcast tv. Either of those things is probably fine with me.
posted by Divine_Wino at 7:56 AM on August 6, 2008
You really need an antenna, possibly amplified, to go with that digital receiver. It's not magic, but it gets me an extra station. If you can put up an outside antenna it makes a huge difference, but I can't.
posted by smackfu at 10:50 AM on August 6, 2008
posted by smackfu at 10:50 AM on August 6, 2008
i just came back to say i love this thread. that is all.
posted by msconduct at 10:50 AM on August 6, 2008
posted by msconduct at 10:50 AM on August 6, 2008
No ariel or cable or satellite but I have DSL.
However, I have a PS2, Wii, and an Apple TV hooked up. Oh, and NetFlix.
posted by sourwookie at 7:25 PM on August 6, 2008
However, I have a PS2, Wii, and an Apple TV hooked up. Oh, and NetFlix.
posted by sourwookie at 7:25 PM on August 6, 2008
Well, if you used the amazing YouTube Title Adder greasemonkey script, it wouldn't have been that way!!!
Eh, it was just an idea for post people might favorite in naive hope, then angrily un-favorite when reality comes crashing home.
Reality being, of course, that W's corporate interests are never gonna give him up, never gonna let him down, never gonna run around. Or hurt him.
posted by Durn Bronzefist at 3:57 PM on August 7, 2008
Eh, it was just an idea for post people might favorite in naive hope, then angrily un-favorite when reality comes crashing home.
Reality being, of course, that W's corporate interests are never gonna give him up, never gonna let him down, never gonna run around. Or hurt him.
posted by Durn Bronzefist at 3:57 PM on August 7, 2008
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posted by mathowie (staff) at 12:34 PM on August 5, 2008