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Commented on Online matchmaking site analyzes attractiveness vs. message traffic
Scott: This data may have been collected before the Attractiveness and Personality ratings were merged....
Commented on Record exec arrested for refusing to send a tweet asking Bieber-maddened crowd to disperse
Found some videos of the event here: http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_212269643.shtml Sounds like the police were already frustrated that they weren't involved with this event to begin with, and also probably lack a basic understanding of what Twitter is....
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Man, then why is my wired connection so slow by comparison? I can't even get 1 megabit upstream. *gromble gromble*...
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Threadless submission is here. Voting is closed, but showing some internet love got the the 3 Keyboard Cat Moon shirt printed in a hurry. Travis Pitts is my favorite threadless artiste. I'm still trying to finagle a print of his...
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Neon Tooth, constantly implying that everyone that disagrees with you is a secret racist is not the same as making a convincing argument. This is no more racist blackface as the Moon character is racist whiteface....
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Slightly cheaper at the official site (along with the fancier models): http://3point.com/warcraftsteins/ One of these'll be at the top of my x-mas list....
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Wait wait wait... This isn't a joke? iWatchLA is the official LAPD website? But they said smell. That's funny! I don't get modern art....
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I think it's gonna grow on me. The bubble font is rendering a little aliasy in smaller forms (like in the 'recently' section below comments. But man, oh, man, I like it. And Latente, don't be mean to BPReplay! You'll...
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I just use a 360 and PlayOn for most of my viewing needs. My friend fell in love with a device similar to the Neuros Link. It would've been over 300 bucks to get that thing and a hard drive....
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Do you need an assistant for the Rum review? I'm very talented....
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Whooshfest indeed. I like that term....
Commented on 911 police officer refuses to help girl who calls about her dying father because she said the F word before the call was answered
For hanging up on her, he should be suspended. For immediately lying to superiors when he realized he had fucked up, he should be fired. For trying to arrest the girl on an imaginary charge, he should be, I dunno,...
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You were the best guest yet! And that's a high hurdle to leap! Loved your posts, and I hate everything! Come back soon!...
Commented on Give yourself horse legs
How are these good for Centuar fetishists? HELLO! These are obviously most useful for Minotaurphilliacs....
Commented on Time-lapse video of mural painting by Phil Lumbang
Oh duh, time lapse starts at 2:12 in the above....
Commented on Time-lapse video of mural painting by Phil Lumbang
I love graffiti/mural time lapses. I cut a short documentary on a local graf artist in college. Fairly unspectacular, but the time lapse footage is awesome (Aside from the as of yet unexplained green flare that shows up as soon...
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I've got an earlier version of the Tuneflex (no remote!) that I've been using. It's fantastic. The iPhone 'error' message is there to indicate that the device isn't shielded (and its manufacturer hasn't paid for the chip that tells the...
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You are my favorite and most hated guest bloggers. Bravo!...
Commented on Man bites off tip of own penis
Sweet jesus. Who's dick do we have to bite to get a unicorn chaser around here?...
Commented on Oregon Passes Bill "Too Gross to Talk About"
Well, I don't know about where y'all are from, but throwing poop is gross, but I don't know anybody who gets gratification from poop slinging. At least anybody this high up the evolutionary latter, anyway. I guess Oreganoneans can sleep...
Commented on No One Wants to Play Sega with Harrison Ford
I feel a little to close to being recessioned to comfortably spend 70 bucks on a print (but how I pine for "The Death of Jennifer Sisko and the Destruction of the USS Saratoga at Wolf 359"). but I did...
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#10: Don't forget about Charlie and Steve! They helped!...
Commented on Nom Nom Nom: The Bunny Song.
More of Parry Gripp's Meme-related (mimetic?) music videos here: http://www.youtube.com/user/parrygripp Visit his websites and buy some CDs/Digital Music Tracks/8-tracks: http://www.parrygripp.com http://nerfherder.net Okay, I kind of have a thing for Parry Gripp's music. I am unapologetic....
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I used one of those when I lived on-campus in college. Never had asthma, but damn did my lungs hurt living in there. Taking a hit of delicious Advair powder kept me breathing as I tried fighting the bureaucracy to...
Commented on App Store rejects Tweetie upgrade because Twitter users like to say "fuck"
Okay. Borrowing an iPhone cable at the office because I'm jailbreaking my phone right now. Goodbye legitimacy of the App Store. Hello wonderful world of homebrew and piracy and doing whatever I want with my device....
Commented on Best Buy staff open and use camera, sell it as new, blame customer for damage
I even made a little tiered hat for the bin. Someone threw it out. :( Eff BBY....
Commented on Best Buy staff open and use camera, sell it as new, blame customer for damage
My guess (having some experience being a Geek Squad Agent) is that the woman on the bed bought the camera originally. The pictures turned out with the fuzziness/whathaveyou, and she took it back to the store. Customer Service has Geek...
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I wouldn't mind getting tanked with one of those....
Commented on 419 scammer impersonates the nation of Ethiopia, takes $27 million from Citibank
Ow, my face! Ow, my palm!...
Commented on Flash still not coming to the iPhone while Adobe announces partnerships with almost everyone else
That Palm Pre is looking better and better every day....

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Karl Jones commented on Online matchmaking site analyzes attractiveness vs. message traffic
"Men view women as visual treats above all ..." I know what you're saying, and I like looking at women as much as the next guy likes looking at women. But not as much as I like touching and tasting women. Visual stimulus is an appetizer. Touch and taste make up the main course....
Captdrastic commented on Online matchmaking site analyzes attractiveness vs. message traffic
As an OKCupid member, I tend to be a pretty big champion of them. But int his case, I don't think I can. The way that looks ratings work on that site is that you rate the other person a 4 or higher (on a scale of 5), AND the other person does the same to you, it notifies both of you. And I think it's that knowledge of notification that skews the data. I rate almost anyone I'd put my penis in as a 4. Which I guess makes me a bigger slut, and a bit more sad than...
anthropomorphictoast commented on Online matchmaking site analyzes attractiveness vs. message traffic
I also have a OKC profile, and what you said about the rating system in Quickmatch is true (well, in my case, at least. I cannot speak for OKC sistahs.) If I think the guy seems alright, I'll give him a score high enough that he'll have a good score, but also not high enough that he'll be notified of my existence. Unless the guy's profile is made of complete win and awesome, I usually do not give out 4 stars. In addition to this, I have a very sharpened sense for recognizing an Asshole. No matter how good looking...
Clif Marsiglio commented on Online matchmaking site analyzes attractiveness vs. message traffic
"The way that looks ratings work on that site is that you rate the other person a 4 or higher (on a scale of 5), AND the other person does the same to you, it notifies both of you." Yeah, I had been thinking the same thing...even worse, and they may have changed this, but it use to be when the site was more 'fun' (i.e., they recently changed 'stalkers' to 'visitors' because they are looking for a professional image), it use to be that if you and the other person rated each other as 1s, you'd get a BURN....
Captdrastic commented on Online matchmaking site analyzes attractiveness vs. message traffic
Thanks, anthropomorphictoast. =D @Clif: Did they stop the burning? That's too bad actually. I always thought it was funny when you got notified of a new enemy out there. To my knowledge, I've only been burned by physically attractive women. But I think that has more to do with my rating system than theirs. I only give mean ratings (1 or 2) if they "deserve" it for something other than looks. And if somebody (boy or girl) is classically attractive, but seems like a screaming D-bag, I tend to be merciless. If they're unattractive, I just don't rate them. No...

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