IRC log of swhack on 2001-10-13

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00:03:51 [sbp]
wf
00:04:21 [Morbus]
whooo hoo!
00:06:20 [sbp]
stop being so gibliferous!
00:06:25 [sbp]
terrible behaviour
00:06:44 [Morbus]
stop spelling words with u in them.
00:06:47 [Morbus]
terrible canuck
00:07:32 [sbp]
fine, I won't use^H^H^Htype that letter again
00:07:51 [Morbus]
good, good.
00:07:53 [sbp]
for a little while, anyway
00:08:11 [Morbus]
why for only a little while?
00:08:29 [sbp]
'till I forget
00:08:53 [Morbus]
till sean forgets? that's innane
00:09:05 [sbp]
or somehow slip-down
00:09:25 [Morbus]
why not slip forward? probably admirable as well
00:10:02 [sbp]
perhaps it'd be better to prise that specific key from my keyboard?
00:10:26 [sbp]
or easier, at least
00:10:34 [Morbus]
it tickles my giggly bone that we can have loads of geekish joy over the implentation (or lack there of) of a single character
00:10:39 [sbp]
slip-forward is good too
00:11:04 [sbp]
yes, it engiggles me too
00:11:57 [Morbus]
still trying to find an organizing / to do application. or at least something like omni-inliner with no registration
00:12:04 [sbp]
for this is a very werid thing that we are doing, I hope that kind sir is aware of that fact
00:12:46 [sbp]
well, I'll bet sir is looking for something on the Mac? I can't really help ya there
00:13:06 [Morbus]
oh, i chortle with belly aching anxiety over the predicament we have entwined each other in
00:13:14 [Morbus]
indeed, i am.
00:14:29 [sbp]
I am also engaging to certain degree in the intoxicating giggling that sir has mentioned
00:15:07 [Morbus]
heheh. this conversation sincerely needs framing in a snobbish gallery
00:15:17 [sbp]
I wonder if master Aaron will catch on to the foolish thing that we are doing?
00:16:05 [sbp]
yes, I think it does. It's easier talking snobbishly when ya can't say that character however, so perhaps snobs don't know of that char?
00:16:07 [Morbus]
and perchance entertain his fancy at this sortee of mental restraint
00:16:55 [sbp]
* sbp places a piece of tacky material on the key that is the object of the chat, in order that he not inadvertantly type it
00:17:09 [Morbus]
perhaps indeed, since the shape of the dastardly bit is an anchor which their nose can be held yonder with
00:17:19 [sbp]
yes, that'd indeed be a fine mental excercise to engage him in
00:17:35 [sbp]
what the feckle is thee talking of now?
00:18:09 [Morbus]
* Morbus carries on a conversation with someone else, with the damned letter ewe, in an attempt to stress his dendrites to their max.
00:18:19 [deltab]
remove the mapping of the key
00:18:30 [Morbus]
ah! a new player!
00:18:53 [sbp]
how does one do that, deltab?
00:19:06 [deltab]
what OS?
00:19:08 [patti]
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00:19:09 [sbp]
yes, a new player! I'll bet that he doesn't stay for all that long...
00:19:15 [sbp]
OS: WinMe
00:19:16 [Morbus]
welcome, patti.
00:19:18 [sbp]
Hi Patti
00:19:26 [Morbus]
an entrancer i have invited to our delectable entertainment.
00:19:35 [Morbus]
ack!
00:19:46 [deltab]
heh
00:19:50 [patti]
* patti giggles.
00:19:52 [sbp]
yea, we are veritably filling with people on which to project this foolish game
00:20:15 [Morbus]
damn that patti! she has absconded my win and allowed my opponents victory!
00:20:40 [Morbus]
i shall now try harder. choose another letter, participants!
00:20:56 [Morbus]
i shall attempt two letters, in a name that song sort of onedownmanship
00:20:59 [sbp]
forsooth, mine self cannot percieve how this is so. can sir elaborate 'pon sir's exclamation?
00:21:29 [sbp]
* sbp wonders if the apostrophe's are cheating... I think that it's O.K. if they're well known abbreviations
00:21:36 [sbp]
s/'//
00:21:53 [sbp]
another letter... Hmm...
00:22:03 [Morbus]
ah, but apostraphe's would be innane if 'sed in s'ch obsc're constr'cts
00:22:10 [sbp]
a consonant this time, perhaps?
00:22:14 [Morbus]
as my meaning becomes clear.
00:22:31 [Morbus]
nay, i am not a stargazer! heathen! ;)
00:22:56 [Morbus]
a consonant shall prove a worthy challenge
00:23:29 [sbp]
yes; however, one can easily verify if abbreviages are valid by researching the abbreviation in a dictionary, perhaps? or a book of poetry
00:23:45 [sbp]
what consonant doth sir wish to choose? or do I have that choice?
00:23:50 [patti]
a book of poetry! all words become abbreviated there!
00:24:14 [Morbus]
the mightiest sbp has said choice.
00:24:30 [Morbus]
indeed, poetry instills iambic joy within my being
00:24:39 [sbp]
yeah, that's a good point. However, a well-known book of poetry with less abbreviations may be of benefit to the game?
00:25:01 [sbp]
don't talk to me of iambic joy... damn iambic deeleys
00:25:13 [patti]
what common reference can be discovered?
00:25:19 [Morbus]
i had a crossword mindgame book that solved the grids of empty boxes for the pencil holder
00:25:44 [sbp]
ah, I can still say "deeleys". And Homer? Yes! Homer J. Simpson. Ah great, the letter that we are avioding is no terrible drawback to me
00:26:15 [sbp]
common reference: I have no idea whatsoever. We may start to wish that we had planned this game ahead a little better
00:26:25 [Morbus]
sean, patti needs to know, is a simpson fan of masterful caliber
00:26:44 [Morbus]
ah, planning for a game destroys the spontaniety
00:26:49 [sbp]
pardon me?
00:27:13 [sbp]
planning: yes, I totally agree. We'll ban apostrophes and be done with it
00:27:16 [Morbus]
doth stink, patti! how dare!
00:27:31 [patti]
and apostrophes in normal dictionary-like abbreviations?
00:27:48 [sbp]
they too shall be forbidden by consensed law
00:27:52 [Morbus]
ban non alphabetic bits in general and intention becomes weird.
00:28:10 [Morbus]
this reminds me of a game entitled nomic
00:28:14 [Morbus]
anyone heard of it
00:28:21 [deltab]
yes
00:28:24 [patti]
i object to lack of apostrophes
00:28:24 [sbp]
nope. pointer?
00:28:32 [Morbus]
deltab, that does not shock me
00:28:38 [Morbus]
have you played
00:28:52 [Morbus]
the creator of the game is an amphetadesk enjoyer :)
00:28:52 [sbp]
* sbp goes searching for some songs
00:29:06 [sbp]
and plays at the same time... I'm like that, y'see
00:29:11 [sbp]
ooh, an apostrophe!
00:29:18 [Morbus]
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/nomic.htm
00:29:49 [Morbus]
and comma and exclamation
00:29:49 [sbp]
aaaaaaah! thee has employed the forbidden character in thine evil Web address
00:30:02 [deltab]
morby: oi, no: http://159.28.1.1/~peters/nomic.htm
00:30:24 [Morbus]
but one can't enforce the metrics of a game on a nonpresent player
00:30:27 [sbp]
yes, deltab gets into the spirit of it, and morby receives a -1
00:30:33 [Morbus]
hehe
00:31:02 [sbp]
ah, however, sir is the player, and sir may choose the Web address
00:31:37 [Morbus]
indeed, how did deltab find the ip? perhaps with a lookup command? or a tracing of the hops?
00:31:42 [patti]
might have mirrored the page on own site
00:31:59 [Morbus]
sigh. i am horrific at this
00:32:15 [Morbus]
i think patti is bad mojo.
00:32:25 [Morbus]
she stared my descent
00:32:28 [Morbus]
started rather
00:32:28 [sbp]
lol, yeah, probably
00:32:30 [patti]
* patti is _good_ mojo.
00:32:43 [patti]
well, i stared at something...
00:32:49 [sbp]
Mr. Mojo Risin'
00:33:10 [Morbus]
patti is trying to convince herself of worthiness
00:33:10 [Morbus]
and what did patti stare at?
00:33:26 [Morbus]
Morbus is now known as Morby
00:33:33 [Morby]
i have been cheating this entire time!
00:33:42 [Morby]
Morby is now known as Morbii
00:33:49 [patti]
morby loses since the character is in his nick.
00:33:51 [sbp]
I'm starting to wonder what y'all talking... yes! Oh man, I mised that abomination
00:34:17 [Morbii]
then we are all to blame as the playing field was not valid
00:34:19 [sbp]
dear oh dear... talk of smegging the game from the very beginning!
00:34:24 [Morbii]
points reset to 0. :)
00:34:34 [sbp]
are there two of ya now, then?
00:34:39 [Morbii]
indeed.
00:34:57 [Morbii]
that which thinks with the brain, and that which moves with the hips
00:35:15 [patti]
:1
00:35:18 [deltab]
why? he didn't say the letter
00:35:29 [patti]
wrong window, oops
00:35:34 [Morbii]
she's offended wi... ha!
00:35:52 [Morbii]
patti must get someone else in here within five microns, or else she loses.
00:36:14 [sbp]
yes, I'd back Morbii's assertion
00:36:24 [Morbii]
the metrics become more twisted
00:36:25 [sbp]
I'm listening to Black Waterside, BTW...
00:36:31 [patti]
argh!
00:36:37 [sbp]
what extra character are we going to remove?
00:36:41 [Morbii]
i'm listening to boss hog.
00:36:50 [Morbii]
randomization of my delights
00:37:23 [Morbii]
perhaps the letter g?
00:37:53 [Morbii]
perhaps pattis' new entrant will be at a mistrained disadvantaged however
00:38:29 [sbp]
hooray: the IANA have fixed an important file that I advised them was broken
00:38:39 [sbp]
get away from here!
00:38:51 [deltab]
which file?
00:39:21 [sbp]
well, I'm not even knowledgable as to whom patti is, or is meant to be brining to this circle of delights yet, so I can't really comment on that, can I?
00:39:38 [Morbii]
patti's microts are slowly dissipating
00:39:40 [sbp]
the file contains a forbidden character, and hence shall not be displayed here
00:39:49 [Morbii]
she better slam the pedal to the metal.
00:39:57 [sbp]
ah, however, I may be able to hack it... hang on a sec
00:40:01 [Morbii]
it may be encoded?
00:40:11 [Morbii]
ascii bit?
00:40:17 [sbp]
that is what I am thinking
00:40:21 [patti]
* patti is hopeless.
00:40:49 [Morbii]
patti is on the verge of being eliminated. or severely tickled.
00:40:58 [patti]
* patti giggles in anticipation.
00:41:04 [sbp]
me is now wondering where on earth to get the damn character encoding from
00:41:24 [Morbii]
patti shall not giggle in the face of the greatest game made in 300 seconds!
00:41:30 [Morbii]
i shall search.
00:41:31 [patti]
perhaps s/%/<bad char>/
00:41:45 [patti]
need to shower soon anyhow. bye!
00:41:55 [sbp]
that is acceptable. c'ya
00:42:01 [Morbii]
\x55
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00:42:13 [Morbii]
sho\x55ld work :)
00:42:31 [deltab]
or 75, even better :-)
00:42:45 [Morbii]
75? not 85?
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00:43:09 [Morbii]
my chart shows 75 as K.
00:43:26 [sbp]
I think that it is indeed 75
00:43:36 [Morbii]
my chart lies!
00:43:41 [Morbii]
damn this bbedit application!
00:43:55 [sbp]
however, the page does not seem to be responding to my HTTP GET
00:44:21 [sbp]
the page has smegged on the weight of the encoded character. damnit
00:44:31 [Morbii]
its in the back of my perl book, it's so far away however
00:44:37 [Morbii]
lol
00:44:38 [sbp]
still: http://www.iana.org/assignments/%75ri-schemes
00:44:49 [deltab]
oops, wrong key
00:44:53 [deltab]
hex
00:45:09 [sbp]
pardon me?
00:45:15 [Morbii]
i am bringing a new player!
00:45:15 [sbp]
ah...
00:45:22 [sbp]
go for it, Morby!
00:45:26 [Morbii]
he is not knowing why however
00:45:41 [Morbii]
heh. he is perplexed
00:45:42 [sbp]
heh, heh: all the better! bring him in...
00:45:58 [Morbii]
skeptical.
00:46:00 [Morbii]
worried.
00:46:06 [Morbii]
he denies me!
00:46:14 [Morbii]
we shall move the game to him!
00:46:20 [sbp]
aw man, that's a shame! fine
00:59:46 [AaronSw]
A song popped into my head fully formed: Oh can't you see / the question's got a hold of me / and don't you know / the answer's the only thing that'll let me go! / [electic guitar solo] / repeat chorus / my thoughts are bursting / they want to explode / my mind is thirsting / my brain is gonna implode / chorus / etc.
00:59:54 [Morbii]
AARON!
01:00:05 [AaronSw]
* AaronSw disappears in a puff of smoke
01:00:05 [Morbii]
YOU HAVE SPOKEN THE FORBIDDEN CHARACTER!
01:00:39 [sbp]
Aaron! Oh, dear oh dear
01:00:43 [deltab]
the game has moved to #evolt, hasn't it?
01:00:52 [Morbii]
the game is everywhere, my friend.
01:01:03 [deltab]
pshaw
01:01:14 [sbp]
I am very disappointed with ya... that's really terrible to have emplyed the forbidden character so many times in one thread
01:01:28 [Morbii]
i think he's ignoring the banter
01:01:34 [Morbii]
probably on holiday
01:01:41 [sbp]
yes, the game is exiversal, and shall go on for as long as we see fit
01:01:46 [sbp]
holiday: not another one!
01:01:56 [Morbii]
heh. i don't know. i joke.
01:02:27 [sbp]
I know, 'twas excellent and installed a particilar gigglyness in my belly
01:02:43 [sbp]
particilar? heh, that was weird
01:02:49 [Morbii]
did it move like a homeric tidal wave?
01:03:02 [Morbii]
was that the intention? that mispelling?
01:03:09 [sbp]
it was not a veritable homeric tidal wave, close, however
01:03:29 [sbp]
that was not an intention, and yet it was great chance indeed that it happened!
01:03:40 [sbp]
for I may have had to lose a point
01:03:41 [Morbii]
nice. inreferences everywhere. homer of illiad, and homer of simpsons.
01:03:55 [Morbii]
and that would be a not so nice fallacy
01:03:58 [sbp]
yes, the Homer's of all time are indeed magnificent in their ways
01:04:06 [sbp]
in other words, they rock. I can say that
01:04:16 [Morbii]
i can say it too. shall i?
01:05:00 [sbp]
please do
01:05:17 [Morbii]
they rock.
01:09:15 [sbp]
<sbp> Ah, a forbidden character replacement: LJ
01:14:15 [sbp]
heh
01:18:29 [sbp]
<sbp> ah, the dodo. A delecatble frenzy of effervecent joy indeed! IT doth beshine itself into the memory of all who gaze on its wonder and glory, for it is an excellent bird indeed! What idiot killed it off?
01:18:53 [sbp]
ah, indeed, indeed...
01:19:51 [sbp]
Morbii doth chortle at the above phrase, and especially the "effervescent joy" aspect of it
01:22:44 [sbp]
<sbp> and for what veritable alms-basket of wonderment did I earn this cavalcade of point giving?
01:22:59 [sbp]
this channel is missing a great extension of this game!
01:23:05 [Morbii]
lol
01:23:15 [Morbii]
logging beckons sbp, eh?
01:23:58 [sbp]
it does indeed. I am logging the channel, and will paste it into somewhere when no one's looking, or able to yell at me
01:24:28 [Morbii]
it is with sad disdain that i have to hang my player mitts.
01:24:40 [Morbii]
my time has depleted
01:26:05 [sbp]
ah, that is indeed a terrible shame, and I bow before the prime player, the person who created the tantalising whirlpool of merriment that was inspired by late night deleria
01:26:19 [sbp]
what are we calling this game?
01:26:51 [Morbii]
x75
01:26:55 [deltab]
dunno, but I know what to call the xmas version
01:26:56 [Morbii]
;)
01:27:03 [Morbii]
the xmas version?
01:27:06 [Morbii]
do tell.
01:27:20 [sbp]
yes, please do
01:29:36 [deltab]
simply avoid the twelfth letter
01:30:08 [sbp]
I am also befeggled, and fear that I may soon have to postpone involvment in this neat little envelope of whimsy
01:30:51 [sbp]
* sbp re-writes his dodo comment first
01:30:53 [Morbii]
welp, i shall see everyone soon, for more boredom-spawned ecstacy.
01:31:26 [sbp]
excellent! I shall label the seconds 'till thine arriveth back in this playing area
01:31:33 [Morbii]
:)
01:31:33 [sbp]
areana! that's the word I was looking for
01:31:52 [Morbii]
actually, now that i'm outta the game, do you ever remember those old aol games that used to be played?
01:32:03 [Morbii]
the chat room ones, hangman, trivia, that sort of thing?
01:32:28 [sbp]
nope
01:32:31 [Morbii]
i always enjoyed playing them, but never really seen them on irc.
01:32:34 [sbp]
"ah, the dodo. A delecatble frenzy of effervecent joy indeed! It doth beshine itself into the memory of all who gaze on its wonder and glory, for it is an excellent bird! What idiot killed it off?"
01:32:38 [Morbii]
i dunno. perhaps irc is too 'reet for them.
01:32:45 [sbp]
yeah, that's a possiblity
01:32:55 [Morbii]
well, poo, on irc ;)
01:32:56 [sbp]
Aaron and I played "Go" a few times
01:33:07 [Morbii]
go? the chinese game? through irc?
01:33:26 [sbp]
no, thro*gh the other thing... Java
01:33:31 [Morbii]
oh. ok.
01:33:55 [sbp]
yeah... IRC wo*ld have been easier! Java kept crashing...
01:34:01 [Morbii]
heh...
01:34:07 [Morbii]
anyways, see ya later.
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Gotta engage myself in a forwards motion, moving with swift steps
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sbp has changed the topic to: #swhack: the arena for that strange game: x75
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Gotta engage myself in a forwards motion, moving with swift steps
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* sbp wonders where Aaron is
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* sbp ah, Saturday...
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AG isn't connecting...
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23:56:03 [AaronSw]
hello
23:56:40 [sbp]
Hi Aaron
23:56:57 [sbp]
Have ya been able to review the craziness that went on last night?
23:57:52 [AaronSw]
just about to
23:58:13 [AaronSw]
Since there seems to be some confusion, i was away for Shabbat, as I always am on Saturday.
23:58:16 [sbp]
hey! get that character away from here...
23:58:31 [sbp]
aaaaaargh! at least escape them!
23:58:47 [sbp]
yes, I realized that after some thinking...
23:59:21 [AaronSw]
It's really hard to understand what went on
23:59:22 [sbp]
review the logs! Some cool things in there
23:59:26 [AaronSw]
It's like gibberish.
23:59:36 [sbp]
start from the top
23:59:53 [sbp]
http://blogspace.com/swhack/chatlogs/2001-10-13.txt