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Bluemonkey: mah computer is being slow
Bluemonkey:
Ozzyfrog:
Bluemonkey: thats better
Bluemonkey: now it is playing music
Ozzyfrog:
Bluemonkey: i swear it takes it at least 30 seconds to start playing
Ozzyfrog: lih
Bluemonkey: lih at lih
Ozzyfrog: lol at lih at lih
Bluemonkey: lol at lol at lih at lih
Ozzyfrog: lih at lol at lol at lih at lih
Bluemonkey: lol at lih at lol at lol at lih at lih
Ozzyfrog: ROFL at lol at lih at lol at lol at lih at lih
Bluemonkey: …
Bluemonkey: I doubt it.
Ozzyfrog: ok
Bluemonkey: are you actually rolling on the floor laughing?
Bluemonkey: and if u were, how are u typing?
Ozzyfrog: The computer was rolling too
Bluemonkey: I see.
Ozzyfrog: indeed
Ozzyfrog: (i think he believed it)
Bluemonkey: lol
Ozzyfrog: lih at lol
Bluemonkey: lol at lih at lol
Ozzyfrog: lih at lol at lih
Ozzyfrog: at lol
Bluemonkey: lih at lih at lol at lih
Bluemonkey: at lol
Bluemonkey: lol
Ozzyfrog: lol at lih at loh at lih at lol
Ozzyfrog: lol
Bluemonkey: lol

As Ozzyfrog succinctly put it, “our convos have reached at new level of sillyness”. At least it wasn’t in the ‘eternal’ group chat, which has been kept alive now for about 5 days. Oh, for the record, “lih” is an acronym for laugh-in-head, a more truthful display of amusement than the overused “lol”. In this case, “lol” actually meant “laugh-out-loud”. Yes, Ozzyfrog was rolling on the floor, with the computer as well. It’s quite skilful, in fact.

shrinking in the wash

well, not that many of you care, but I have changed the theme used for my blog. Admittedly, the theme is pretty boring, but it means that I can pass off huge long rants more easily as there are more words per line. I noticed with the previous layout that a couple of my posts ended up over a screen high! So, although the content hasn’t shrunk or anything, perhaps I can fool you into reading the whole post, because it doesn’t look quite as long. I can only hope.

An even better technique would, of course,involve learning how to write shorter posts, but that sounds too much like effort and not enough like fun. So, while you may groan about this, don’t expect the lengthy… lengthiness of the posts to die easily. They just look better (or something like that).

Well, I spent a while thinking up a witty name for this post (well, actually only about 2 seconds…) and it reminded me of another thing that I don’t quite understand: why do some clothes shrink in the wash? I don’t actually understand the physics involved here, but understand that there is some, so I guess I can’t just pass it off as evil gremlins inhabiting the laundry. Surely, after umpteen-thousand years of mankind wearing clothing, and even a few washing them, some crazy boffin could solve the problem? Oh well, it is one of those things that will just have to stay unsolved (what with global warming, recession, and the unprecedented price of screwdrivers, we have enough to worry about).

This post was fairly boring, and not even that short, so a suitably amusing witticism would probably cheer people up and drag them out of the near-suicidal boredom that often accompanies perusal of my blog. It would be funny if there was something to laugh about.

How to hang computer!

Heard of something called a googol? No, I don’t mean the massive search engine, Google, but the absolutely massive number 10^100: a googol. In layman’s terms, it is a one, followed by 100 zeroes. For those not impressed by this number, what about a googolplex? This takes the stupendously large number game and shatters it. A googolplex could be written as 10^10^100. In other words, it is 1 with a googol zeroes after it. This number is simply immensely huge! For those who want to have some fun, open up a word processing program and try to write it out (hint: ctrl-C, ctrl-V, select ‘0’s, ctrl-C, ctrl-V, …). I only managed to get 1,000,000 zeroes before my computer started seriously hanging and I gave up waiting. This is over 200 pages of zeroes, which I thought was a fair effort. A neat trick for counting the number of zeroes: open up the word count statistics and find where it displays the number of characters in the document. This number, subtract 1 (remember there is a 1 at the start!), is your zero-count. So go ahead, get cut-pasting! Post your high scores in the comments section of the blog.

 

Disclaimer: Bluemonkey will not be held responsible for any damages, loss of data or property resulting from these practices. Users proceed entirely at own risk.

On the Effectiveness of Aluminium Foil Helmets

Wtf moment:    http://people.csail.mit.edu/rahimi/helmet/

Abstract

“Among a fringe community of paranoids, aluminum helmets serve as the protective measure of choice against invasive radio signals. We investigate the efficacy of three aluminum helmet designs on a sample group of four individuals. Using a $250,000 network analyser, we find that although on average all helmets attenuate invasive radio frequencies in either directions (either emanating from an outside source, or emanating from the cranium of the subject), certain frequencies are in fact greatly amplified.

These amplified frequencies coincide with radio bands reserved for government use according to the Federal Communication Commission (FCC).

Statistical evidence suggests the use of helmets may in fact enhance the government’s invasive abilities. We speculate that the government may in fact have started the helmet craze for this reason.”

…?

Upgrade System For Australian Broadband.

It’s simple really, just upgrade all the phone cable into Ethernet.

Thanks to http://xkcd.com for this comic. Which, in a roundabout way, is another topic. XKCD is a really good web comic. If you are reading my posts, then you probably already know about XKCD, but for those who don’t, I’m sure you’ll appreciate it. It updates Monday, Wednesday, and Friday every week. Go, read it.

Teh Porter

Porter: Faith, sir, we were carousing till the second cock,
And drink, sir, is a great provoker of three things.
Macduff: What three things does drink especially provoke?
Porter: Marry, sir, nose-painting, sleep, and urine. Lechery, sir,
it provokes and unprovokes. It provokes the desire, but it
takes away the performance. Therefore much drink may be
said to be an equivocator with lechery. It makes him, and it
mars him; it sets him on, and it takes him off; it persuades
him and disheartens him; makes him stand to and not stand
to. In conclusion, equivocates him in a sleep, and giving
him the lie, leaves him.
Macduff: I believe, drink gave thee the lie last night.
Porter: That it did, sir, in the very throat on me, but I requited
him for his lie, and, I think, being too strong for him,
though he took up my legs sometime, yet I made a shift to
cast him.
Macduff: Is thy master stirring?
Well well well, very interesting, isn’t it? Boring old Shakespeare indeed!

rooflemay

EDIT: (cough) lechery = bangin’ (yep, that’s the kind i mean…)

Internet Radio

recently, i discovered taht my ISP provides unmetered access to a lot of really very good internet radio stations.

this makes me happy, because it means i have very much music ready 2 listen 2, any time.

for thos of u who dont kno what internet radio is, its basically a streaming service sending music 2 ur computer, playd by ur media player.

u can understand y im happy! free music that i dont need 2 download, better range of music, and exactly what i want.

teh heavy metal XO

(i also have over 20 techno channels ) (doof doof doof doof)