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[AndrewisFTTW]

In other news, I ordered these socks from foot locker:

http://images.footlocker.com/pi/03693004/zoom/nike-elite-basketball-crew-socks-mens

and they sent me these:

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0161/0302/products/eliteblackblue.png?v=1386037712

and here's what they say about it:

"We have inspected these socks at our warehouse and found that our online image is correct. The photos online are our best effort to represent the color accurately but variations of shades can result depending on the monitor used to view our images."

Fuck that.

[eHalcyon]

I'm watching a Season 6 Simpsons episode that I haven't seen before! And I thought I'd seen them all!

Which one?

It's called Homer Badman, when the town accuses Homer of sexually harassing the babysitter. It's not a very good episode but it does have a couple laugh out loud moments.

The one with the gummy Venus de Milo?

I watched Simpsons all the time when I was younger but I stopped ~6 years ago.  No particular reason; I just didn't keep up.




In entirely separate news, I'm just going to leave this here:

http://phoboslab.org/ztype/

(there's something really satisfying about the sound effects)

[Awaclus]

http://phoboslab.org/ztype/

It would be nice if the words were readable and if I had to type them in the order they fall, since now it's taking me like five seconds to realize that I'm not misspelling the word I'm thinking I'm supposed to spell but that I'm supposed to spell another word instead, and search for the correct one. I'm getting about 60 words per minute here, compared to the 100-115 that I usually get from typing tests.

[qmech]

http://phoboslab.org/ztype/

It would be nice if the words were readable and if I had to type them in the order they fall, since now it's taking me like five seconds to realize that I'm not misspelling the word I'm thinking I'm supposed to spell but that I'm supposed to spell another word instead, and search for the correct one. I'm getting about 60 words per minute here, compared to the 100-115 that I usually get from typing tests.

I assumed that was happening when I'd accidentally hit the first letter of a word other than the one I was going for.  I got the word I wanted a lot more often than I would expect if the order was prescribed.

[Watno]

You all entered the football score World Cup predictor yet?

Also, is anybody NOT excited by the imminent World Cup?

There's a World Cup happening? I have been led to believe the only sporting event happening right now is some French bike race... but I guess that's to be expected when I live in the famous French province of Yorkshire...

I don't see the contradiction with what you have been told.

[eHalcyon]

http://phoboslab.org/ztype/

It would be nice if the words were readable and if I had to type them in the order they fall, since now it's taking me like five seconds to realize that I'm not misspelling the word I'm thinking I'm supposed to spell but that I'm supposed to spell another word instead, and search for the correct one. I'm getting about 60 words per minute here, compared to the 100-115 that I usually get from typing tests.

I assumed that was happening when I'd accidentally hit the first letter of a word other than the one I was going for.  I got the word I wanted a lot more often than I would expect if the order was prescribed.

Awaclus was saying it would be better if there were a specific order, so that he doesn't accidentally start typing something in a corner he wasn't looking at and then have to hunt for it on the screen.  I just wish the selected were was highlighted better, especially in the later levels of Expert Mode when there can be a huge cluster of things.

Leaving something else here...

[Ozle]

If you have seen season 1-9 then you have probably seen series 16 onwards as well.

They really seemed to run out of ideas, every time I saw a new episode it felt like a rehashed version of a previous one.

Oh look, sideshow bobs escaped again......

[AndrewisFTTW]

If you have seen season 1-9 then you have probably seen series 16 onwards as well.

They really seemed to run out of ideas, every time I saw a new episode it felt like a rehashed version of a previous one.

Oh look, sideshow bobs escaped again......

Maybe I've seen a couple of the newer episodes but really I try to avoid them as much as possible.

[AndrewisFTTW]

In entirely separate news, I'm just going to leave this here:

http://phoboslab.org/ztype/

(there's something really satisfying about the sound effects)

In expert mode:

Final score: 001811

Accuracy: 91.2%

WPM: 62.8

Is that any good?

[ashersky]

Congrats to the Blues for ending the Maroons streak!  Go Blues!!!

[KingZog3]

In entirely separate news, I'm just going to leave this here:

http://phoboslab.org/ztype/

(there's something really satisfying about the sound effects)

In expert mode:

Final score: 001811

Accuracy: 91.2%

WPM: 62.8

Is that any good?

Better than I did. Only got about 1400 and have that in WPM.

[2.71828.....]

In entirely separate news, I'm just going to leave this here:

http://phoboslab.org/ztype/

(there's something really satisfying about the sound effects)

In expert mode:

Final score: 001811

Accuracy: 91.2%

WPM: 62.8

Is that any good?

Better than I did. Only got about 1400 and have that in WPM.

How many levels do you have to go through?  I got bored and stopped after 20

[Jimmmmm]

Congrats to the Blues for ending the Maroons streak!  Go Blues!!!

That's rugby right? State of Origin?

[AndrewisFTTW]

Can't remember what level I got to, maybe 20 something.

[pingpongsam]

Gopher holing on a conference call.

[eHalcyon]

I think my score was over 3000.

[Witherweaver]

For Futurama fans:

http://imgur.com/gallery/ti5Wx

[Witherweaver]

For Futurama fans:

http://imgur.com/gallery/ti5Wx

"Ayn Rand McNally Atlas Shrugged' was my favorite.

[ashersky]

Congrats to the Blues for ending the Maroons streak!  Go Blues!!!

That's rugby right? State of Origin?

Correct.  NSW vs. Queensland.  It was a huge night in Sydney.

[AndrewisFTTW]

Dude!

[Ozle]

Any Aussie rules fans want to fill me in on the latest Essendon drugs scandal news?

[qmech]

Dude!

That was great, but his stage name's going to sound really dated in 10 years time.

[Kuildeous]

I hate seeing the doctor for nothing.

I figured the pain in my side was nothing. Felt like a stitch you get after running, but it was weird that it's persisted for over 24 hours. But what if it was something worse? So I was right that it's nothing to worry about, but I wish I didn't take off from work and pay a copay to be told that. I suppose it's better than ignoring some ruptured organ or something.

[Jimmmmm]

Any Aussie rules fans want to fill me in on the latest Essendon drugs scandal news?

Well the latest is that 34 players have been issued with show cause notices. The whole thing between Essendon, the AFL and the Anti-Doping Agency is a bit of a debacle.

[eHalcyon]

In entirely separate news, I'm just going to leave this here:

http://phoboslab.org/ztype/

(there's something really satisfying about the sound effects)

In expert mode:

Final score: 001811

Accuracy: 91.2%

WPM: 62.8

Is that any good?

Better than I did. Only got about 1400 and have that in WPM.

How many levels do you have to go through?  I got bored and stopped after 20

final score: 005432
accuracy: 97.3%
words per minute: 59.5

It was around level 17 (expert mode) I think.  My WPM is low because I'm trying to keep accuracy as high as possible to maintain the score multiplier.  The worst thing is how the little ones swarm and overlap in the later levels, especially when they are almost on you, making it difficult to figure out what to type.  In the level I died, I also ended up targeting something I didn't want because there were ships with duplicate starting letters.  Whenever that happened, it not only broke my multiplier but also forced me to pause and figure out what the target was so I could continue typing.