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punkman: is PrimeDice
the biggest dice now?
Namworld: Or as a competitor, should I leave
that
to others? hmm...
moiety: right off
to argue withthem again,
thanks all, back in a wee bit - again
moiety: the guys head is going
to melt when i give him
that sentence, i can feel it
punkman: just ask for
the manager or something, clerks got nothing
to do but argue
moiety: cus you can't remove
them
moiety: but i am right in
telling
them
the actual batteries are attached
to
the device, right?
moiety: im not worried about it breaking, its in
the original packaging it was sent
to me in
punkman: things being lost has been quite rare for me, broken in
transit
though...
moiety: oh god don't say
that pankkake
pankkake: this is why I hate
to receive/send stuff internionally
BingoBoingo: Make it a single
thing and ship it as an art piece
moiety: because you have
to declare it and its not my battery
to get confiscated punkman
moiety: BingoBoingo: cus of packaging, i cant attach it
to anything. but
the batteries are contained inside
the
thing, just like it would be if it were in a laptop already
punkman: why'd you
tell
them it's a battery?
moiety: punkman, only got one here. i
think i'll just go shout at
them a bit
BingoBoingo: moiety: Wire it
to a Blinkenlight and have it
turned off.
punkman: just go
to another post office and
tell
them it's an external disk
moiety: post office is arguing with me.
to send batteries internationally,
they need
to be attached
to
the device. an external mac battery is fine isn't it... because it IS
the device, right?
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The Boston Globe
assbot: Wikipedia’s bureaucracy problem and how
to fix it.
BingoBoingo: There is nothing wrong with a vagina
that can create a large space.
moiety: brb off
to post office, will avoid any large vaginas
punkman: from comments: "Should be sentenced
to serve six months hard labia."
BingoBoingo: Whatever happened
to
that aspiring reincarnation of Carl Sagan
assbot: Student Gets
Trapped In Vagina Sculpture (PHOTOS)
BingoBoingo: punkman: I really dunno. Occasionally it seems
the random mix of writers hollywood gathers occasionally develops a concept well.
punkman: is it
that good writers don't wanna go
to hollywood, or is it
that
the guild beats
them up and deports
them when
they do?
BingoBoingo imagines a version of Jason Statham movie crank aligned
to resent clinical knowledge. Statham poisoned with MPTP and must combat parkinsons with Selegeline, Amphetamines, and action Movie situations
BingoBoingo: punkman: Are you sure
they are giving her Botox and not MTPT?
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The Economist
punkman: why don't
they buy her a car
assbot: Josie Cunningham Gets 6,000 Of
Taxpayer Funded
Taxi Rides A Year
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Apocalyptic: indeed, everyone expecting
the hoppers' selloff most likely
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xmj: yeah, improbable -
they usually fly A319 or 320 -without WiFi
fluffypony: xmj: I had on
the flight here, but from FRA
to
TLN I don't
think so
xmj: fluffypony: do you have wifi on
the plane?
BingoBoingo: Next ATC statement already more interesting
than last, how interesting can it get?
moiety: they are giving us all
these different little bins for different recycling here.. in scotland..
they will just blow about ... into
things... causing damage... unsure i can
take
the stress
fluffypony: the conference only starts on
Thursday
fluffypony: BingoBoingo: at Frankfurt, only flying
to Estonia in an hour
BingoBoingo: Now flooding,
that never happpens without making a mess.
moiety: i have been searching for
the least windy place
to live
BingoBoingo: sub 100mph doesn't really make
the news unless it spins
moiety: i
thought
that was uk mircea_popescu? or can't we even excel at
that now?!
BingoBoingo: moiety: I
though
this was just standard for not living on an Island
moiety: BingoBoingo: you get
the weirdest weather i have ever heard of
BingoBoingo: Ah, hail's
the
thing
that happens here at least annually and depresses motor vehicle prices
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo not
that familiar, no. besides, it shoul;dn't really be seaside weather.
moiety: i didn't even know
there was such a
thing, was just reading about it. how has it improved?
BingoBoingo: So... GNU Gnash seems
to have improved quite a bit
these past couple weeks.
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moiety: BingoBoingo: i can see your friend sitting looking at
this giant wondering if it will ever stop lol
assbot: Meet
the Father of Digital Life - Issue 14: Mutation - Nautilus
BingoBoingo: Despite Barricelli’s pioneering experiments, barely anyone remembers him. “I have not heard of him
to
tell you
the
truth,” says Mark Bedau, professor of humanities and philosophy at Reed College and editor of
the journal Artificial Life. “I probably know more about
the history
than most in
the field and I’m not aware of him.”
http://nautil.us/issue/14/mutation/meet-the-father-of-digital-life moiety: cats don't seem
to grow like dogs either. as in reaching a certain size at a certain age and stopping. mine have kept growing (albeit slowly) until mid-age
BingoBoingo: He worries
that it is getting "fat" but... It grows in every direction.
moiety: just at any point before
they need both arms
to pick it up BB
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moiety: true
they are so fragile D;
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: give it another
two decades, and you'll find
them among
the other ferals
BingoBoingo: It probably should have been if
they paniced like
that
BingoBoingo: Not all savannah cats are huge, but in
the later generations
they get Big
moiety: i shall ride
the shops on it
moiety: i do believe it is main coons for
the record.
they /are/ gigantic
BingoBoingo: moiety: Not always smaller...
The main coon is no longer
the largest "domestic" cat
moiety: when
they do hybrid,
they do seem
to
turn out just smaller versions of
the bigger species
moiety: BingoBoingo: ah yes
thats
the mid-sex-change dramatis lilyius. a
testing pillar of "my ghetto"
moiety: i
think with felis and panthera we come into a size issue?
moiety: asciilifeform: your opinion on word sound.... for my site (eventually) felidae or felinae sound better
to you?
moiety: ah..
then yeah, not
that i know of either
BingoBoingo: Except maybe
the cheetah with it's canid features. Might not hybridize well.
moiety: asciilifeform: yes, i believe so. like
the bobcat we were discussing. or manuls.
they are fundementally different from others.. eg manuls have round pupils