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  • Faust
    kitsch killer
    • Sep 2006
    • 37852

    Snapped this today. File under "only in America"?

    Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

    StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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    • Faust
      kitsch killer
      • Sep 2006
      • 37852

      And also, props to WikiLeaks. Seriously. I hope this turns the war around.

      You should watch this
      Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

      StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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      • endersgame
        Senior Member
        • Aug 2009
        • 1623

        anyone read the transcript from Outpost Keating?

        absolutely horrifying..



        this is all on mirc

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        • mononon
          Senior Member
          • Sep 2009
          • 1041

          rewatching 24 from the beginning. on season 4, forgot what an EPIC television series it is
          calvinc - "Found this place and omg the people here are so cool and they dress super ultra mega well!"

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          • HWith
            Senior Member
            • May 2007
            • 665

            Interesting that they communicate via IRC, but I'm not very surpriserd. A lot of shit goes on on closed networks. But what's with the timestamps? They seem to be out of order...

            Originally posted by endersgame View Post
            anyone read the transcript from Outpost Keating?

            absolutely horrifying..



            this is all on mirc

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            • endersgame
              Senior Member
              • Aug 2009
              • 1623

              i don't know but who's the military genius that decided to build a remote outpost on the bottom of a mountain, surrounded by insurgents, 40 min away from air support..

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              • theetruscan
                Senior Member
                • Jan 2008
                • 2270

                Originally posted by HWith View Post
                But what's with the timestamps? They seem to be out of order...
                Couple of possibilities off the top of my head.

                First one is transcription error (most likely imo).

                Second one is data corruption (unlikely imo).

                Third is local clocks disagreeing slightly. I saw a few messages back a minute, no more. Since it's not feasible to have all clocks agree exactly, and transmission times can vary slightly, it's likely that each message is timestamped by the sending machine. With a slight variance in clocks on the different machines, out of order timestamps are likely to happen occasionally.

                There are plenty of other options, but these are what I think of first.
                Hobo: We all dress up. We all put on our armour before we walk out the door, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that we’re trying to be someone else.

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                • theetruscan
                  Senior Member
                  • Jan 2008
                  • 2270

                  My local chocolatier just passed away. I saw him Monday. He was 24 years old. WTF.
                  Hobo: We all dress up. We all put on our armour before we walk out the door, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that we’re trying to be someone else.

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                  • Fade to Black
                    Senior Member
                    • Sep 2008
                    • 5340

                    Rest in Peace. It's always messed up to hear of an untimely passing.
                    www.matthewhk.net

                    let me show you a few thangs

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                    • HWith
                      Senior Member
                      • May 2007
                      • 665

                      I don't know how familiar you are with IRC, but the time stamps are client based. That means that the machine logging the conversation will set the time stamps locally. Therefore the time stamps should be chronological. Data corruption is hardly the case. So my bet is that something is edited, but they've done a pretty shitty job. I wonder what they edited, though (insert X-files music here...).

                      Originally posted by theetruscan View Post
                      Couple of possibilities off the top of my head.

                      First one is transcription error (most likely imo).

                      Second one is data corruption (unlikely imo).

                      Third is local clocks disagreeing slightly. I saw a few messages back a minute, no more. Since it's not feasible to have all clocks agree exactly, and transmission times can vary slightly, it's likely that each message is timestamped by the sending machine. With a slight variance in clocks on the different machines, out of order timestamps are likely to happen occasionally.

                      There are plenty of other options, but these are what I think of first.

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                      • Fade to Black
                        Senior Member
                        • Sep 2008
                        • 5340

                        Movie star, conceptual artist, fiction writer, grad student, cipher—he’s turned a Hollywood career into an elaborate piece of performance art. But does it mean anything? A critical investigation, with bathroom break.


                        How does he do it...perhaps more importantly, what is he doing?
                        www.matthewhk.net

                        let me show you a few thangs

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                        • Farkhanyassin
                          Senior Member
                          • Jan 2010
                          • 693

                          /\ Very entertaining piece, but, does he really like work that much. Wonder how he juggles between studying and working. Didn't think he was that much of an intellectual. He seems to land good roles in movies though. Happy to be doing whatever the hell he wants now.

                          Anyways, having a bad day. Bed ridden. Heavy headed and feeling like shit.

                          Non-alcohol induced hangover.
                          Last edited by Farkhanyassin; 07-29-2010, 05:30 AM.
                          MOSLEM PRIEST

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                          • Fade to Black
                            Senior Member
                            • Sep 2008
                            • 5340

                            4 post-grad programs, enrolling in a PhD at Yale and another Rhode Island School of Design degree for kicks while he's at it, a gazillion bit parts in films (the location jump has got to take a toll even if the roles don't), an ongoing part in General Hospital that requires frequent shuttling to LA...if that ain't mania I dunno what is. Francomania, the new Fragrance by Gucci.
                            www.matthewhk.net

                            let me show you a few thangs

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                            • Farkhanyassin
                              Senior Member
                              • Jan 2010
                              • 693

                              Francrance.

                              Hellz yea.
                              MOSLEM PRIEST

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                              • Fade to Black
                                Senior Member
                                • Sep 2008
                                • 5340

                                To be honest that article, after reading it and the initial stupendous laughter at the subject, was a real kick in the ass. That piece lets me know I need to be doing a fuck of a lot more with my life.
                                www.matthewhk.net

                                let me show you a few thangs

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