Not so related, but I was talking with a friend about starting a site where all you would do is go and rate people you know, and possibly tell stories about them. It'd basicaally a twisted inversion of friendster -- the place you go to badmouth your enemies. Truly a sinister idea, and one that I haven't been able to get out of my mind since.
Incidentally, I once tried to burn down my school. It was a failure, but they did have to evacuate...
Interesting that people thought this was a shill. I'm certainly no fan of MSN Spaces -- I think it has some interesting technical capabilities but basically it's about building a sanitized consumerist blogosphere 2.0 that Microsoft can exploit. More comments here.
It may still go to Kerr tonight. Look at the breakdowns for Lucas and Cuyahoga counties, which still have outstanding precints. There are 200,000 votes right there.
languagehat, you would like Dar the best, most Russian speakers seem to (at least anecdotally/from my experience). I agree that most of Nabokov's later stuff gets awfully clever, but I've always felt that it works in Pale Fire in a way that it doesn't in some of his other works.
Yeah, I've never cared for him much. It is a little strange to see NPR ignoring theior listeners though... I'd expect them to be a lot more responsive to listener demands, seeing as how that's how they get their money.
I'm a native English speaker, fluent in Spanish and conversant in Russian, French, and Aymara (the language of the Bolivian altiplano). I'm going to have to learn Italian soon, since my sister is marrying one of them...
I was in Spain in 97 when ETA kidnapped this guy named Miguelangel and threatened to kill him if their demands weren't met. 40 million Spaniards took to the streets in protest. I wonder what the response will be this time.
Not so related, but I was talking with a friend about starting a site where all you would do is go and rate people you know, and possibly tell stories about them. It'd basicaally a twisted inversion of friendster -- the place you go to badmouth your enemies. Truly a sinister idea, and one that I haven't been able to get out of my mind since. Incidentally, I once tried to burn down my school. It was a failure, but they did have to evacuate...
posted by canterel 19 years ago
In "Internet charges may apply"
Interesting that people thought this was a shill. I'm certainly no fan of MSN Spaces -- I think it has some interesting technical capabilities but basically it's about building a sanitized consumerist blogosphere 2.0 that Microsoft can exploit. More comments here.
posted by canterel 19 years ago
In "SHIT"
It may still go to Kerr tonight. Look at the breakdowns for Lucas and Cuyahoga counties, which still have outstanding precints. There are 200,000 votes right there.
posted by canterel 20 years ago
In "Thomas Ades"
kamus - no need to have everything on the front, people will step inside if they're interested. thanks for the post, i'll definitely check this out.
posted by canterel 20 years ago
In "The only immortality you and I may share"
languagehat, you would like Dar the best, most Russian speakers seem to (at least anecdotally/from my experience). I agree that most of Nabokov's later stuff gets awfully clever, but I've always felt that it works in Pale Fire in a way that it doesn't in some of his other works.
posted by canterel 20 years ago
In "Inspired by this post:"
The national debt is $7 trillion or 700 trillion pennies. That's most of this block.
posted by canterel 20 years ago
In ""It is a vanity thing, I am ashamed to say...""
I love Andrei Codrescu too... have you seen his magazine, Exquisite Corpse?
posted by canterel 20 years ago
Yeah, I've never cared for him much. It is a little strange to see NPR ignoring theior listeners though... I'd expect them to be a lot more responsive to listener demands, seeing as how that's how they get their money.
posted by canterel 20 years ago
In "Curious George: Languages..."
I'm a native English speaker, fluent in Spanish and conversant in Russian, French, and Aymara (the language of the Bolivian altiplano). I'm going to have to learn Italian soon, since my sister is marrying one of them...
posted by canterel 20 years ago
In "Build your own model dinosaur skeleton out of chicken bones."
I assume this isn't actual size...
posted by canterel 20 years ago
In "More than 170 people killed in Madrid bomb attacks."
I was in Spain in 97 when ETA kidnapped this guy named Miguelangel and threatened to kill him if their demands weren't met. 40 million Spaniards took to the streets in protest. I wonder what the response will be this time.
posted by canterel 20 years ago
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