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Hitcher

14th October 2008, 07:58

Breaking news!

YouTube has seen the light and procured BDOTGNZA filtering software.

"Some users and advertisers have shied away from YouTube because of the vitriol, bullying and incoherence that dominates much of the user comments.

YouTube is so reputed for its unintelligent discussions that a software developer has created a Firefox extension, dubbed YouTube Comment Snob, which simply filters out undesirable comments on the site by searching for poor selling, bad language, excessive punctuation and capitalisation and comments with all capital letters."

A frisson of joy momentarily engulfed me.

Phurrball

14th October 2008, 08:11

(snip)

A frisson of joy momentarily engulfed me.

^^^ You foresaw an idealistic vision of a KB where BDOTGNZA can be retired into dotage and revered in the past tense for its pivotal role in bringing linguistic purity to the masses?

vifferman

14th October 2008, 08:18

A frisson of joy momentarily engulfed me.
Don't you mean, "nearly engulfed you?"
Isn't frisson a type of french pudding (probably made from whipped escargot)? :confused:

In any case, I am pleased that you are so pleased, Dr H. :niceone:

Oh, by the way - you spelt "Noob Toob" worngA.

avgas

14th October 2008, 08:21

i dislike poor selling also

MSTRS

14th October 2008, 08:23

Isn't frisson a type of french pudding (probably made from whipped escargot)? :confused:

I heard that it was a kind of dog...:Offtopic:

vifferman

14th October 2008, 08:24

I heard that it was a kind of dog...:Offtopic:
Oh yeah - so it is. It hangs around with gay bikers, right?

MSTRS

14th October 2008, 08:28

Oh yeah - so it is. It hangs around with gay bikers, right?

Really? Do you know some?
:laugh:

vifferman

14th October 2008, 08:31

Really? Do you know some?
:laugh:
No, actually I do not.
It was more of a kweschun, hence the curly ? thang at the end.
But I think I might've seen one on TV once, on the Discovery channel or like that there.

Phurrball

14th October 2008, 08:35

How did poor Dr H's thread expounding a vision of utopia become transmogrified into a discourse on leg-humping gay French puddings?

The power of language never ceases to amaze me...

vifferman

14th October 2008, 08:36

MSTRS

14th October 2008, 08:37

No, actually I do not.
It was more of a kweschun, hence the curly ? thang at the end.
But I think I might've seen one on TV once, on the Discovery channel or like that there.

Ah so sorry. I thought it was one of them reto...reetoar...rhett...questions that don't need an answer.
(Advice to the cautious: - when unsure of spelling, use another word - the BDOTGNZA have a long reach)

Phurrball

14th October 2008, 08:44

Sorry. :o
It's prolly my fault, and the lack of power of a tired, diseased brain...

'Tis OK. I enjoyed it - and I almost laughed inappropriately in the library.

I believe my brain must be similarly diseased, since I am procrastinating on KB instead of researching the so-called 'right to silence'.

How ironic.

vifferman

14th October 2008, 09:05

'I almost laughed inappropriately in the library.
Tell us more, perhaps about the types of ways one might laugh appropriately, in amongst the piles of books, and studious students therein.
Perhaps a nice polite, dusty cough-laugh?
A tentative titter?
A snot-snuffling snort or two?
Do tell...

Blossom

14th October 2008, 09:17

'Tis OK. I enjoyed it - and I almost laughed inappropriately in the library.

I believe my brain must be similarly diseased, since I am procrastinating on KB instead of researching the so-called 'right to silence'.

How ironic.

So the standard answer of "yes you have the right to silence but what you lack is the capability" is not going to work for you huh?

yeah yeah i know:Offtopic: I am similarly bored, diseased brained and I too laughed inappropriately during this thread.

Big Dave

14th October 2008, 09:42

I hate poor selling.

Hitcher

14th October 2008, 10:11

Isn't frisson a type of french pudding (probably made from whipped escargot)?

Mrs Bond will be along shortly to concur. Or not.

Phurrball

14th October 2008, 12:15

Tell us more, perhaps about the types of ways one might laugh appropriately, in amongst the piles of books, and studious students therein.
Perhaps a nice polite, dusty cough-laugh?
A tentative titter?
A snot-snuffling snort or two?
Do tell...

I think you imply correctly - there is no appropriate way to laugh in the lib...

Usually desperate attempts to contain the guffaws result in a good impression of choking.

Just don't attract THE librarian's attentions. She has the power to fine...

What a KB thread that'd be - "I was fined for laffing in the lib by the revenue-gathering librarian. I demamded proof, and now I'm taking it international"

So the standard answer of "yes you have the right to silence but what you lack is the capability" is not going to work for you huh?

yeah yeah i know:Offtopic: I am similarly bored, diseased brained and I too laughed inappropriately during this thread.

Yep - have been out on SCOPE with the Police. Detained persons seem to lack the ability to remain silent, preferring to dig the hole deeper, and deeper...

Including loud cellphone conversations bemoaning the lack of fairness of it all.

I wish this blardy research trail was that simple. At least it's the very last piece of written work of my degree.

*Sigh* (only a small and library-appropriate one though!)

skidMark

14th October 2008, 12:49

jrandom

14th October 2008, 15:44

The xkcd strip, published a few weeks ago, that started it all:

<img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/listen_to_yourself.png"/>

Swoop

14th October 2008, 18:52

Will it censor words like these (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7659954.stm)?

Winston001

14th October 2008, 19:05

Will it censor words like these (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7659954.stm)?

Ooer nice link, very cool. :Punk:

MidnightMike

14th October 2008, 19:07

Am I the only one around here who doesnt know what that all stands for?

Swoop

14th October 2008, 19:11

Am I the only one around here who doesnt know what that all stands for?

BDOTGNZA?

Big Dave Offers The Greatest NZ Accessories (bike related, of course).

Simple really.:D

skidMark

14th October 2008, 19:35

BDOTGNZA?

Big Dave Offers The Greatest NZ Accessories (bike related, of course).

Simple really.:D

you cant tell me after all this bullshit that is what that means.

Madness

14th October 2008, 19:49

A frisson of joy momentarily engulfed me.

I hope you had a tissue.

Winston001

14th October 2008, 19:53

Am I the only one around here who doesnt know what that all stands for?

Nooooo......but you are probably the only one innocent enough to say so....:girlfight:

Incidentally, "doesn't" has an apostrophe in it. :lol:

Winston001

14th October 2008, 20:00

How did poor Dr H's thread expounding a vision of utopia become transmogrified into a discourse on leg-humping gay French puddings?

The power of language never ceases to amaze me...

Ach liebling, English is a living language, aswirl with the motiffs and discombobulations of the lexiphane warrior, don't you know Dicky old chum and having lots of toads in the hole and Welsh rarebit.......:eek:

Phurrball

15th October 2008, 13:44

Ach liebling, English is a living language, aswirl with the motiffs and discombobulations of the lexiphane warrior, don't you know Dicky old chum and having lots of toads in the hole and Welsh rarebit.......:eek:

^^^Ah yes, I love our lively discombobulated bastard of a language, begat by sundry cheeky neighbours clambering into her mother's bed.

Like all the best mistresses, a real bitch to live with on occasion, yet we're inextricably intertwined into her fate – most of us through geographical accident of birth…

(However, some extant mutations are best surgically excised for the greater benefit of the whole - all praise to the BDOTGNZA creed of lexiphane warrior - cutting a broad swathe of linguistic purity through cyberspace!)

Winston001

15th October 2008, 19:58

And now a short intermission to allow patrons to refresh their dictionaries and grammars.......:buggerd:

Highly recommended reading is "The Mother Tongue" by Bill Bryson which details the history and epistemology of our wonderfully obtuse and lyrical language.

Phurrball

16th October 2008, 11:15

^^^ The university has 12 of his books I see.

Better borrow and read during the last month or so I am a bludging student :shit:

PirateJafa

16th October 2008, 11:25

Highly recommended reading is "The Mother Tongue" by Bill Bryson which details the history and epistemology of our wonderfully obtuse and lyrical language.

I've avoided his books ever since I read in A Short History of Nearly Everything that apparently New Zealand is on a par with the likes of the USA, Russia and France in dumping nuclear waste into the oceans.

Winston001

16th October 2008, 20:13

I've avoided his books ever since I read in A Short History of Nearly Everything that apparently New Zealand is on a par with the likes of the USA, Russia and France in dumping nuclear waste into the oceans.

Fair enough but I read a fair bit of science so approached the Short History with a cynical grin only to find it fade very quickly. He grasped and explained very complex issues in plain English and apart from the odd small detail, this is an extremely good book.