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naftee
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response 275 of 299:
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Apr 24 05:00 UTC 2005 |
THANKS< TOD
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aruba
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response 276 of 299:
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Apr 24 20:04 UTC 2005 |
I think funniness will inevitably decay to 0 as repetitions approach
infinity. Perhaps, as Marc pointed out, not monotonically. After many
years of the current twits, any entertainment value they provided is long
gone.
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mcnally
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response 277 of 299:
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Apr 24 20:43 UTC 2005 |
I believe your bounding assumptions to be incorrect. I am quite convinced
that with enough repetition something can have negative funniness, actually
sucking the enjoyment out of surrounding comments.
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happyboy
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response 278 of 299:
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Apr 25 07:48 UTC 2005 |
MD! WHERE YOU BEEN?
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aruba
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response 279 of 299:
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Apr 25 18:40 UTC 2005 |
Re #277: Quite so.
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md
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response 280 of 299:
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Apr 26 00:56 UTC 2005 |
Workin, Barry. When I try to log on to Grex lately, in ain't there.
But you know you have reached bottom when you have to fucking TELNET
in.
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naftee
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response 281 of 299:
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Apr 26 01:50 UTC 2005 |
another surrender to the backtalk craze :(
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happyboy
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response 282 of 299:
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Apr 26 08:28 UTC 2005 |
re280:
:) good to see you anyhow, eh?
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nharmon
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response 283 of 299:
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Jun 8 17:30 UTC 2005 |
Who owns newuser? Is it open source software, or did Grex license it from
someone?
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naftee
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response 284 of 299:
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Jun 8 22:13 UTC 2005 |
i 0wn you, nharmon
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nharmon
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response 285 of 299:
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Jun 9 01:46 UTC 2005 |
Bring it, tough guy.
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naftee
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response 286 of 299:
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Jun 9 05:36 UTC 2005 |
no thanks; i try to stay away from gay people
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cross
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response 287 of 299:
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Jun 9 12:07 UTC 2005 |
Marcus Watts wrote it. I don't know what license it's under.
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remmers
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response 288 of 299:
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Jun 26 18:25 UTC 2005 |
I'm not sure about the license either, but evidently we can modify the
software. Jan made some changes to get newuser to run under OpenBSD.
(Jan also wrote the web version of newuser.)
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cross
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response 289 of 299:
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Jun 27 01:52 UTC 2005 |
I'm not sure there's much of a point in modifying newuser. Why wouldn't
we just take xnew, which seems like a much newer piece of code, and use
that?
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remmers
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response 290 of 299:
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Jun 27 11:08 UTC 2005 |
"Newer" doesn't necessarily mean "better", but still, it's a good idea
to consider alternatives to the software you're currently using.
I'm not familiar with xnew, but when I went to the xnew home page at
http://www.xenos.net/software/xnew/, here's the first thing I saw:
NOTE: Xnew is NO LONGER being maintained or supported. It works
fine, but the code is not being developed and the author does not
use it anymore. This page is being kept available for historical
purposes and in case the code may be useful to others.
So if we decided to use it, looks like we'd be the ones who'd have to
maintain it. In the interest of lightening staff workload, a product
that somebody else maintains might be better.
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cross
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response 291 of 299:
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Jun 27 12:48 UTC 2005 |
There doesn't appear to be one. However, I downloaded xnew and looked
at it. First, it appears to be better written. Second, it's about a
third of the code size of Marcus's newuser. Third, it's somewhat
scriptable. Fourth, since we already have to maintain newuser, and no
one but Marcus knows really how it works and Marcus doesn't appear to
be involved with Grex anymore, it probably makes sense to switch to
something less byzantine.
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tod
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response 292 of 299:
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Jun 27 15:54 UTC 2005 |
re #291
I would say that "newer" is "better" in this case. I've never been one to
appreciate 3 times the amount of code with poor documentation. Why re-invent
the wheel when xnew is out there.
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cross
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response 293 of 299:
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Jun 27 19:01 UTC 2005 |
Exactly.
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sabre
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response 294 of 299:
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Sep 22 20:23 UTC 2005 |
mary shows her true colors as usual.
While pretending to enjoy an open forum she harbors the desire to shut
down newuser therby sentencing grex to stagnation.
She would love it if the only voices heard belonged to those she
agreed with.
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mcnally
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response 295 of 299:
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Sep 22 20:49 UTC 2005 |
You know if Mary and the rest of the Grex founders were as pro-censorship
as you are assuming them to be there never would have been a Grex with an
open newuser policy.
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tod
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response 296 of 299:
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Sep 22 20:51 UTC 2005 |
Yea, and there never would be such a flurry of staff open recruitment...
Oh wait...
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cross
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response 297 of 299:
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Sep 24 16:45 UTC 2005 |
Actually, though I disagree with Mary on lots of things, I have to say
that to her credit, she was one of the people who seriously questioned
the deleting of the jep/valerie items and supported their restoration.
I'd hardly call her a censor.
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tod
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response 298 of 299:
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Sep 24 21:44 UTC 2005 |
If it weren't for Mary, there could have been a shooting rampage at New
Center.
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jesuit
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response 299 of 299:
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May 17 02:15 UTC 2006 |
TROGG IS DAVID BLAINE
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