last updated at 2001-03-28 23:30
the infamous enemy of all fiber: a backhoe
edd: Part of this week's issue of XML.com
edd: And I carry on finding perverse pleasure in this.
morfran: I find the vacuum cleaner provides all the perverse pleasure I require...
morfran: I find the vacuum cleaner provides all the perverse pleasure I require...
mattb: So let's brighten things up with a picture of a man with nostrils but no nose:
mattb:
mattb:
giles: Den Haag
morfran: Bakerloo
giles: West Kensington (note reverse-huffing)
morfran: Huffing! What rules are we playing?
edd: reverse-huffing, take note!
giles: Well clearly the strike-tomorrow ruleset
morfran: Fair enough, Old Kent Road
giles: Waterloo East (using sideways double-loo manouvre)
morfran: Mornington Crescent! (it doesn't pay to try using too many odd rules)
giles: Darn
morfran: Bakerloo
giles: West Kensington (note reverse-huffing)
morfran: Huffing! What rules are we playing?
edd: reverse-huffing, take note!
giles: Well clearly the strike-tomorrow ruleset
morfran: Fair enough, Old Kent Road
giles: Waterloo East (using sideways double-loo manouvre)
morfran: Mornington Crescent! (it doesn't pay to try using too many odd rules)
giles: Darn
edd: Annette Island Alaska. Dear to our hearts for its META code.
morfran: Complete with freaky webcam picture
edd: ie. >50%
morfran: They use it to take their mind off the entire country being pants
edd: An unusually correct usage of the word "majority" for the media.
edd: Which reminds me, did you know that the Inland Revenue use XML and XML Schemas behind their online tax return system?
edd: It may worry you however that it runs on Windows NT.
morfran: Terrifying.
morfran: Truly.
morfran: They use it to take their mind off the entire country being pants
edd: An unusually correct usage of the word "majority" for the media.
edd: Which reminds me, did you know that the Inland Revenue use XML and XML Schemas behind their online tax return system?
edd: It may worry you however that it runs on Windows NT.
morfran: Terrifying.
morfran: Truly.
edd: "There comes a time in most relationships that one of the two parties wants to end it - and about that time all hell breaks loose. This is a great example of that hell breaking loose."
edd: Found posted to FoRK, though accompanied by the caveat "It seems clear, though, if you listen to them all that the guy is an active participant in leading her on."
edd: Someone else commented "that site is terribly mean-spirited."
edd: So, if you decide to spend time visiting, be prepared for meanness.
edd: And no fewer than 53 MP3 encoded voicemails left by disgruntled ex.
edd: Found posted to FoRK, though accompanied by the caveat "It seems clear, though, if you listen to them all that the guy is an active participant in leading her on."
edd: Someone else commented "that site is terribly mean-spirited."
edd: So, if you decide to spend time visiting, be prepared for meanness.
edd: And no fewer than 53 MP3 encoded voicemails left by disgruntled ex.
edd: Something to tuck away for future dabbling
edd: It seems to require a server, too, tho. I presume the server is commercial?
edd: It seems to require a server, too, tho. I presume the server is commercial?
edd: Reading XML-DEV I'm struck by the desire to switch off all the moaners.
edd: So I want to rate folk. Come up with some kind of metric. Anyone who ever posts an ANNOUNCE automatically gets 5 points for contribution.
edd: Anyone who posts up to 25% as frequently as the most frequent poster gets points for regular contribution
edd: Anyone who posts more than that loses posts for being a blabbermouth.
edd: Posts over 20 lines long also lose points for failing to come to the point quickly enough, or quoting too much of a previous message.
edd: Anyone with two or more URLs in their post gets points for either announcing something or referencing useful work.
edd: Plus there's bonus points simply for being certain people, e.g. Tim Bray, David Megginson, or anyone @w3.org etc.
morfran: Can anyone spell Grouplens?
edd: This could be the next PANTS project. Cleaned up XML-DEV ;-)
mattb: The second example in man procmailsc does a lot of what you describe
edd: But it doesn't do the most vital stuff -- which is historic.
edd: i.e. if Len Bullard's on a big argument spree I know I likely won't want to read it all. But I can only tell that by the fact that 60% of all new messages that week come from him.
edd: So he attracts a rating which varies over time.
edd: And I don't want to ditch the mail, just de-emphasize it
mattb: You can always file it in a different place, or use formail to add special priority headers. No need to ditch it.
edd: actually, i'd prefer to get an RDF file which annotates the mailbox
morfran: GroupLens
edd: <rdf:Description about="mid:Pine.LNX.4.21.0103281042010.1128-100000@orinoco.dsl.local"> ... </rdf:Description>
edd: or whatever
edd: GroupLens doesn't seem to have anything freely available. Or am I wrong?
mattb: Freely available collaborative filtering tools have always been a bit thin on the ground
mattb: I chumped a bunch of CF links a couple of weeks ago
edd: So I want to rate folk. Come up with some kind of metric. Anyone who ever posts an ANNOUNCE automatically gets 5 points for contribution.
edd: Anyone who posts up to 25% as frequently as the most frequent poster gets points for regular contribution
edd: Anyone who posts more than that loses posts for being a blabbermouth.
edd: Posts over 20 lines long also lose points for failing to come to the point quickly enough, or quoting too much of a previous message.
edd: Anyone with two or more URLs in their post gets points for either announcing something or referencing useful work.
edd: Plus there's bonus points simply for being certain people, e.g. Tim Bray, David Megginson, or anyone @w3.org etc.
morfran: Can anyone spell Grouplens?
edd: This could be the next PANTS project. Cleaned up XML-DEV ;-)
mattb: The second example in man procmailsc does a lot of what you describe
edd: But it doesn't do the most vital stuff -- which is historic.
edd: i.e. if Len Bullard's on a big argument spree I know I likely won't want to read it all. But I can only tell that by the fact that 60% of all new messages that week come from him.
edd: So he attracts a rating which varies over time.
edd: And I don't want to ditch the mail, just de-emphasize it
mattb: You can always file it in a different place, or use formail to add special priority headers. No need to ditch it.
edd: actually, i'd prefer to get an RDF file which annotates the mailbox
morfran: GroupLens
edd: <rdf:Description about="mid:Pine.LNX.4.21.0103281042010.1128-100000@orinoco.dsl.local"> ... </rdf:Description>
edd: or whatever
edd: GroupLens doesn't seem to have anything freely available. Or am I wrong?
mattb: Freely available collaborative filtering tools have always been a bit thin on the ground
mattb: I chumped a bunch of CF links a couple of weeks ago
mattb: Enhanced version of Phlegm Hack
mattb: Handy palm task switcher
edd: I think it might be interesting to try McRazor
mattb: Handy palm task switcher
edd: I think it might be interesting to try McRazor
morfran: All of my holiday snaps
edd: make sure you read the comments, the advice gets more refined as it goes on
edd: More version control discussion. Includes two interesting nuggets: Subversion is way too embryonic yet, and a link to aegis, a GPL configuration management tool.
edd: More version control discussion. Includes two interesting nuggets: Subversion is way too embryonic yet, and a link to aegis, a GPL configuration management tool.
edd: Been looking at Advogato again recently. Seems the quality of contribution has improved.
giles: We came third and won a huge bottle of cheap Hock
giles: Normally there's only a prize for the winners
giles: But Mike the DJ brought some extra prizes because there were teams visiting from his other regular gigs in Essex and Hammersmith
giles: The Hammersmith bunch were gutted that we beat them - mwuhahahaha etc
giles: Normally there's only a prize for the winners
giles: But Mike the DJ brought some extra prizes because there were teams visiting from his other regular gigs in Essex and Hammersmith
giles: The Hammersmith bunch were gutted that we beat them - mwuhahahaha etc