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Reference.

Important Cows Have Been Civilization

Ancient Times

A few years ago I was in Egypt. Some of the forthcoming posts are reposts of my very first website ever, made with the venerable Claris Home Page. Look at the lovely ComicSans. Not enough credit given to primitive photoshoppery: these are tweaked in a major way.

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Here are some photos I took in Egypt. I actually hadn't planned to take any photos, which was pretty dumb, and once I was convinced to do so, I just bought some disposable cameras...also dumb. I'm not the kind of guy who should waste a lot of money on a camera - I don't think I have any particular talent or patience for that kind of thing - but once I was there I regretted not having worthwhile equipment. The results speak for themselves: virtually all outdoor shots because that's where the light was, not enough shots of people due to misanthropy...and so on. So there's a lot less of a really terrific trip than I would have liked, but that's that. Sorry the pics are so huge, but I'm too lazy to change it all now.

These are columns in, I think, the fairly spectacular temple in Edfu.

Because Egyptian edifices are generally oriented to catch the sun, it's usually difficult for a guy like me to catch a shot of reliefs: they're in shadow or direct sunlight. Here, though, you can see the kind of thing that nearly every square inch of temple surface was either covered with or was supposed to be covered with. The guy on the right is one of the pharaohs holding multiple enemies by the hair with an arm raised to whack them, much as we do today. Crowds of people tended to be represented as one person with echoing lines around them; directly underneath the pharaoh's hand is the central figure kneeling to the right and cowering, much as we do today.

Great gosh a mighty, it's another temple somewhere.

Here's where I got very worried and offended: a bunch of not very subtle looking guys appeared to be painting colours onto the reliefs. Silly me, they were cleaning the damned things with some kind of solution.

Woo Woo!

Quoth a crazy loon you've never heard of:

The lefties have nothing to lose if swarms of the ‘poor’ are ‘starving’ while having babies in the streets and need food and housing and they can work the levers of ‘compassion’ while ignoring the rusty Rule of Law. Soon, we can enjoy the splendor of countries like France and Germany as our new friends torch a few hundred cars every night to get attention. We desperately need Sharia Law to restore what is left of our religious culture, particularly Methodism.

Also note the stylistic improvements on the common nut:



Those colours aren't links, they're just colourtastic.

Megan McArdle Remains Employed

"I'm not voting because I forgot to register."

Embarrassment

Death of a Graphics Card?

I'm getting irritating artifacts on my screen:


Anyone seen this before? I've got a dual G5 Mac with an ATI X800 XT card and I figger that's dying.

Sentence of the Day

Standard boring "education should be run like a business" article includes:

Too many cooks spoil the broth and the result is that grade inflation has exploded like a space rocket.

No.

Obama Will Lose

Obama’s association with Bill Ayers is not the only story in this election, lieberals. In fact Obama has also been seen laughing at sadistic terrorist bombings, cackling as delusional maniacs use explosive devices on innocents for seemingly no purpose.

In advance of API’s full presser on this matter, I have obtained a picture of the crazed bomber in question, added below. Obama is finished.

Robot Banker Requires Software Update

This is remarkable.

Checkers Not Exciting Enough

Boy, 8, shot to death in Mass. gun show accident

WESTFIELD, Mass. (AP) — An 8-year-old boy died after accidentally shooting himself in the head while firing an Uzi submachine gun under adult supervision at a gun fair.

The boy lost control of the weapon while firing it Sunday at the Machine Gun Shoot and Firearms Expo at the Westfield Sportsman's Club, Police Lt. Lawrence Valliere said.

Deaths like this are about as infuriating as when religious nuts won't take their kids to a doctor. Reasonless.

Why Republicans are Losing

Via Thers:



Dear crazy nuts: keep being crazy and nutty.

Stupid Names Via JanusNode

Here's what I did:

100 Subject(SillyNames) honorifics 10 < CapitalizeNext() 100 > { TextDemonCapitalizeFakeWord 100 | words 100 | honorifics 10 | FirstNames 100 } < CapitalizeNext() 100 > { TextDemonCapitalizeFakeWord 100 | FirstNames 100 | words 100 } return 100

100 Subject(SillyNames) < CapitalizeNext() 100 > { TextDemonCapitalizeFakeWord 100 | words 100 | honorifics 10 | FirstNames 100 } < CapitalizeNext() 100 > { TextDemonCapitalizeFakeWord 100 | FirstNames 100 | words 100 } return 100

100 Subject(SillyNames) < CapitalizeNext() 100 > { TextDemonCapitalizeFakeWord 100 | FirstNames 100 < backspace() 100 > "-" 100 < backspace() 100 > < CapitalizeNext() 100 > FirstNames 100 | words 100 | syllables 100 < backspace() 100 > words 100 | words 100 < backspace() 100 > syllables 100 | honorifics 10 | FirstNames 100 | FirstNames 100 < backspace() 100 > syllables 100 | syllables 100 < backspace() 100 > FirstNames 100 } < CapitalizeNext() 100 > { TextDemonCapitalizeFakeWord 100 | FirstNames 100 | words 100 | words 100 < backspace() 100 > "-" 100 < backspace() 100 > < CapitalizeNext() 100 > words 100 } return 100

I had to make a text file for honorifics, one of first names and another for random words (found a dictionary file on the web and used that). Turns out there's a TextDemon in JanusNode that makes fake words constructed from random syllables...I altered that to make it spit out longer fake words.

I separated the varieties of silly names into three lines; I don't know what the deal is but JanusNode doesn't seem to want to honour the frequency of the honorifics I specified so I just added lines without them.

The last line's the most complicated, with nonsense syllables getting added to real names or words and hyphenation. I think what I like most is that the ridiculous exists right next to "Dorine Simonson". "First Lieutenant Telephoning Madhouse" cracks me up.

Output:

First Lieutenant Private Caysurroym
Cloodelbert Brew-Rainstorm
Prince Status Beseeches
Rear Admiral Violette
Gia-Anjanette Sadie-Troubling
Dorine Simonson
Charlette
Gentlemen Overlays
Ethelcee Fishnolvohclel
Great-Aunt Deduct Lapnooke
Thibikl Mi
First Lieutenant Telephoning Madhouse
Captain Jotxagpeeb Krysta
Shalasheeke Hoisted-Systems
Civet Numbered
Commander Brenton Restart
Cluverline Wilder
Saint Relevances
danille Gregorio
Formulates Philosophers
Private Wade Merna

Good gravy:

Unanticipated Cuc

This last one had both me and the six-year-old giggling for ten minutes. Truly, I did not anticipate Cuc.

Still More

Aunt Boundless Corporate
Mayor Ira Fragmentary
Guru Impenetrably Chong
Airman First Class Unchangeable Xayyconesof
Dr. Meplu Sovlithcrith
Father Janina Wage
General Warner Presidency
Minister Bronchial Charita
Pastor Hefty Jarrett
Warrant Officer Naplipiberug Rose
Seaman Golfing
Colonel Dot Peaches
Private First Class Alarms Charlena
Elenor Ian
Kanesha Yikout
Princess Minister Schwartz
Secondarily Nofethojklodsaz
Pope Jessica
Staff Sergeant Grandma Barbecue
Mr. Deirdre Strategic
Gloria Elias
Dominica Autumn
General of the Army Sik Fielder
Cardinal Ching
Major Kickoff Shoodpofejoulex
Staff Sergeant Frederick Camel
Doubloon Rejoiced
Great Grandpa Romper Bolstering
Brigadier General Greed Page
Wub Maniac
Seaman Normanization Cijogfoprpe
Minister Eliminated Mabel
Vice President Antoinette Herb
Captain Exquisite Yoym

More Stupid Names

Needs more out-of-place actual words, but getting there.

Duke Vepsikvuplvav Lissa
Lord Doctor Dane
Countess Com Culeda
Queen Klalquouplakaje
Yoshiko Shanika
Ms. Coojusegou
May Su
Fouproxik Putkluf
Lord Mister Tuhvoofejvooqu
Queen John
Mister Shara Ilana
Mahalia Phylicia
Mr. Princess Chante
Mr. Gum Claretta
Virgen Sicrith
Countess Ted Quaprfec
Duke Lady Miklmouquoufeklucl
Mrs. Angeline
King Countess Eun
Lap Miki
Dr. Poolpenlef
Ms. Tuhclu
Goyweklalhoonowee Nicholas
King Porsche Jamison
Mister Bonnie Gizobeenoquoc
Duke Rizoplusach
Countess Ginny Sharan
Noysimene Maximina
Princess Ethelene Silvana
Countess Zevaych Rayfshit
Doctor Delilah Kononofewer
Mister Duke Matilda
King Gilda Shanae
Queen Koowprem
Count Yooshoolmopotej Rosanne

I Wish for Debilitating Ass Cancer for Mr. Lodge

Trolls, Wonderful Trolls

1. Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,

   March 19, 2008 at 0:43

   I honestly never thought Sadly No would ever write something that echoes my own sentiments, but it’s a funny world.

   The Maverick
   Dr BLT
   words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008
   http://www.drblt.net/music/MaverickDemo2.mp3

2. Righteous Bubba said,

   March 19, 2008 at 0:50

   Around the last sixth of this piece it sounds like you’re cleaning some cellophane.

3. Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,

   March 19, 2008 at 1:33

   I was probably blowing my nose. I had a bad cold the day I recorded this.

Just Give Up and Eat Your Soup

Stupid Name Generator

I occasionally think I should change my name because the one I have is stupid. So I'm slowly working on a JanusNode module to do it. Thus far it has yielded

Mr. Moopr
Mr. Klecrou
Dr. Gutsuz
Dr. Fayzeeyoosbod
Mr. Heeb
Ms. Waygay
Dr. Samzebeeno
Dr. Yipashib
Mr. Wowgumcra
Dr. Jegdoh
Ms. Nub
Mr. Chan
Dr. Wool
Dr. Git
Ms. Divyime
Ms. Doh
Mrs. Ticpofeshifho
Ms. Soozkip
Mr. Fey
Dr. Clone
Mr. Seep
Ms. Fouproshefonofepig
Mr. Beenokono
Dr. Bi
Mrs. Ploy
Mr. Jic