Steaming Platefuls of Smut, and Other Diversions

originally posted by Chris Coad:
originally posted by Brad L i l j e q u i s t:
Thanks, that was a delight to come home to.
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The wine stuff, you mean? Or the arcane web architecture subthread?

Either way, glad you enjoyed it.
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No man, your initial post. Lots o fun.
 
originally posted by Scott Kraft:
This isn't the place to discuss this.

But I still miss the prongs. Is there a private board where we can get the full write up?
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You came close to being accepted and allowed to participate on the private board. Only two blackball votes this last time. Continue to strive.
 
originally posted by Lou Kessler:
originally posted by Scott Kraft:
This isn't the place to discuss this.

But I still miss the prongs. Is there a private board where we can get the full write up?
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You came close to being accepted and allowed to participate on the private board. Only two blackball votes this last time. Continue to strive.
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It is my life's dream
 
originally posted by Don Rice:
No no not Cliffs! It's like Moby Dick. Abridged versions can't compare.
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Hey, now wait just a second! You haven't even given me a chance.
 
originally posted by Chris Coad:
Does 'wank' mean something it didn't used to mean?
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In UK colloquial parlance, it also means that something is useless crap.

As in AJAX is useless for trying to build and deploy a website that provides rich functionality on multiple browser platforms (e.g. - IE, FF, Chrome, Safari, etc).
 
Smut.

Stupid of Google, Yahoo!, Facebook, MSN, and so many more would adopt such a useless set of technologies. Poor, dumb bastards.
 
originally posted by JBrennan:
originally posted by Chris Coad:
Does 'wank' mean something it didn't used to mean?
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In UK colloquial parlance, it also means that something is useless crap.

As in AJAX is useless for trying to build and deploy a website that provides rich functionality on multiple browser platforms (e.g. - IE, FF, Chrome, Safari, etc).
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Ah, you see, I should make it a point to spend more time watching BBC America.

Actually, there was a show on the other day that seemed to be some kind of frothy soap opera about middle-schoolers' steamy sex, drugs, rock n'roll lifestyle. But the funny thing is, they would occasionally and rather arbitrarily launch into subtitles. I mean, they were speaking English! Do they subtitle American shows when they show them in the UK? Cause that's just weird.
 
Scott, it's like the quote about democracy being the worst form of government... except for all others... AJAX has been the best way to tackle those problems on the web so far, it's still wank if you consider how difficult it is to build, test, and maintain a rich user experience across multiple platforms.

PS - Chris, I lived on the other side of the Atlantic for a while. It was just called BBC over there... they only used subtitles for programs on S4C.
 
originally posted by Chris Coad:
a Coche-Dury Meursault 1996, which, it turns out, is wine to de-smut by, as its flaws will distract you from any lingering smut in your ears or on your socks. Really, this smells like popcorn and gunpowder dusted with lemoncream, it's lost the taut composure it had a few years back. "A movie theater in Beirut!" exclaims Ben. Crisp, taut, medium bodied and firm, but the firecracker/popcorn flavors swamp any potential fruitiness. Chardonnay gone bad; undrinkable. And if you know me, that's saying a lot.

I'm shocked at how icky this tastes, I remember it being significantly more not-icky when it was young. Perhaps some weird chemical flaw? "Joe, Joe, what's going on with this? What's happened to this wine?"

Joe shrugs. "It fell in the popper?"

Makes sense to me. Okay, time to sit down now, pass the chicken and let's get to work.
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Minor footnote. A restaurant recently opened around the corner from the Chateauneuf, and I was wondering whether to go, so I browsed their wine list online. Quite extensive, lots of Burgundy, and the above wine is available for only $500. Can you imagine the letdown?

I haven't had a chance to try the restaurant yet.
 
originally posted by SFJoe:
originally posted by Chris Coad:
a Coche-Dury Meursault 1996, which, it turns out, is wine to de-smut by, as its flaws will distract you from any lingering smut in your ears or on your socks. Really, this smells like popcorn and gunpowder dusted with lemoncream, it's lost the taut composure it had a few years back. "A movie theater in Beirut!" exclaims Ben. Crisp, taut, medium bodied and firm, but the firecracker/popcorn flavors swamp any potential fruitiness. Chardonnay gone bad; undrinkable. And if you know me, that's saying a lot.

I'm shocked at how icky this tastes, I remember it being significantly more not-icky when it was young. Perhaps some weird chemical flaw? "Joe, Joe, what's going on with this? What's happened to this wine?"

Joe shrugs. "It fell in the popper?"

Makes sense to me. Okay, time to sit down now, pass the chicken and let's get to work.
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Minor footnote. A restaurant recently opened around the corner from the Chateauneuf, and I was wondering whether to go, so I browsed their wine list online. Quite extensive, lots of Burgundy, and the above wine is available for only $500. Can you imagine the letdown?

I haven't had a chance to try the restaurant yet.
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I don't know, I think I'd just have to zone out and picture twenty-five twenty dollar bills leaving my pocket and flapping away into the sunset, then shrieking and bursting into all-consuming flame.

i guess I'd at least get a mental fireworks show for my five hundred bucks wasted on undrinkable chardonnay.

I don't think I'd be quick to patronize that restaurant. Do they have an EarlyBird Special?
 
originally posted by SFJoe:
originally posted by Chris Coad:
a Coche-Dury Meursault 1996, which, it turns out, is wine to de-smut by, as its flaws will distract you from any lingering smut in your ears or on your socks. Really, this smells like popcorn and gunpowder dusted with lemoncream, it's lost the taut composure it had a few years back. "A movie theater in Beirut!" exclaims Ben. Crisp, taut, medium bodied and firm, but the firecracker/popcorn flavors swamp any potential fruitiness. Chardonnay gone bad; undrinkable. And if you know me, that's saying a lot.

I'm shocked at how icky this tastes, I remember it being significantly more not-icky when it was young. Perhaps some weird chemical flaw? "Joe, Joe, what's going on with this? What's happened to this wine?"

Joe shrugs. "It fell in the popper?"

Makes sense to me. Okay, time to sit down now, pass the chicken and let's get to work.
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Minor footnote. A restaurant recently opened around the corner from the Chateauneuf, and I was wondering whether to go, so I browsed their wine list online. Quite extensive, lots of Burgundy, and the above wine is available for only $500. Can you imagine the letdown?

I haven't had a chance to try the restaurant yet.
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Good God. Being half-French, it would be a genetic imperative to go on strike at such obvious gouging. I don't mind subtle gouging. But that's obscene.

Great write-up Chris, but where are Kane's pics? Is he hoarding them to be sold on EBay when we all grow up and become famous?
 
originally posted by Michel Abood:

Great write-up Chris, but where are Kane's pics? Is he hoarding them to be sold on EBay when we all grow up and become famous?
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I posted them in my write-up, here.
 
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