Re: My robot is more popular than I am
On 30 Jan 2009, at 12:53, Charlie Bell wrote:
>
> On 30/01/2009, at 8:08 AM, Dave Land wrote:
>
>> On Jan 29, 2009, at 10:01 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
>>
>>> Tweetsnet now has more Twitter followers than I do.
>>> Competition between people writing robots and people detecting
>>> robots is
>>> leading to smarter software, I hope.
>>
>> As long as it's not more interesting than you are.
>
> I have a rock that's more interesting than Nick is.
I have some {X=lint} in my {Y=sock drawer} that's more interesting
than {Z=Charlie};
Effervescence Maru
"The word god is for me nothing more than the expression and product
of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still
primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish." - Albert
Einstein
--
William T Goodall
Mail : w...@wtgab.demon.co.uk
Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk
Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/
___
http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: My robot is more popular than I am
On Jan 30, 2009, at 8:17 AM, Charlie Bell wrote: >>> I have a rock that's more interesting than Nick is. >>> >>> Charlie. >>> It Does Happen To Be A Fossil Ammonite, If That Counts For Anything >>> Maru >> >> To be fair, ammonites are rather interesting. I was going to say >> "that must be some rock, then", but an ammonite would qualify .. >> depending on the size, of course. :) > > It's all in the timing... :-) > > It's about 4" across, came from Dorset. Had it for years, and it's > very pretty. > > Charlie. > Not Really More Interesting Than Nick At All Maru That's about the size of the one I saw at the British Museum of Natural History once .. it seems not many of them grew to that size as far as fossils are concerned. (Interesting that the larger ones seem to have ended up in England .. :) "I'm over the moon. This is my over-the-moon face." -- Toby Ziegler ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: My robot is more popular than I am
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Dave Land wrote: > > > I can attest that Nick, while often quite interesting, is a little too > heavy > for my ears sometimes :-). Not quite LOL, but I snorted. Maybe even snickered. Nick ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: My robot is more popular than I am
On Jan 30, 2009, at 8:49 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: > On Fri, 30 Jan 2009, Charlie Bell wrote: > >> >> On 30/01/2009, at 8:08 AM, Dave Land wrote: >> >>> On Jan 29, 2009, at 10:01 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: >>> Tweetsnet now has more Twitter followers than I do. Competition between people writing robots and people detecting robots is leading to smarter software, I hope. >>> >>> As long as it's not more interesting than you are. >> >> I have a rock that's more interesting than Nick is. >> >> Charlie. >> It Does Happen To Be A Fossil Ammonite, If That Counts For Anything >> Maru > > I think Nick is more interesting than *my* fossil ammonites. Then > again, > mine are wrapped with a bit of wire and stuck on loops to be earrings. > (They're too heavy for my ears to be happy about them, though, so I > don't > wear them.) I can attest that Nick, while often quite interesting, is a little too heavy for my ears sometimes :-). Dave ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: My robot is more popular than I am
On Fri, 30 Jan 2009, Charlie Bell wrote: > > On 30/01/2009, at 8:08 AM, Dave Land wrote: > >> On Jan 29, 2009, at 10:01 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: >> >>> Tweetsnet now has more Twitter followers than I do. >>> Competition between people writing robots and people detecting >>> robots is >>> leading to smarter software, I hope. >> >> As long as it's not more interesting than you are. > > I have a rock that's more interesting than Nick is. > > Charlie. > It Does Happen To Be A Fossil Ammonite, If That Counts For Anything Maru I think Nick is more interesting than *my* fossil ammonites. Then again, mine are wrapped with a bit of wire and stuck on loops to be earrings. (They're too heavy for my ears to be happy about them, though, so I don't wear them.) Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: My robot is more popular than I am
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 4:53 AM, Charlie Bell wrote: > > > I have a rock that's more interesting than Nick is. Uh... Dang, wish I could come up with an interesting response Nick ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: My robot is more popular than I am
>> >> I have a rock that's more interesting than Nick is. >> >> Charlie. >> It Does Happen To Be A Fossil Ammonite, If That Counts For Anything >> Maru > > To be fair, ammonites are rather interesting. I was going to say > "that must be some rock, then", but an ammonite would qualify .. > depending on the size, of course. :) It's all in the timing... :-) It's about 4" across, came from Dorset. Had it for years, and it's very pretty. Charlie. Not Really More Interesting Than Nick At All Maru ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: My robot is more popular than I am
On Jan 30, 2009, at 6:53 AM, Charlie Bell wrote: > On 30/01/2009, at 8:08 AM, Dave Land wrote: >> On Jan 29, 2009, at 10:01 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: >> >>> Tweetsnet now has more Twitter followers than I do. >>> Competition between people writing robots and people detecting >>> robots is >>> leading to smarter software, I hope. >> >> As long as it's not more interesting than you are. > > I have a rock that's more interesting than Nick is. > > Charlie. > It Does Happen To Be A Fossil Ammonite, If That Counts For Anything > Maru To be fair, ammonites are rather interesting. I was going to say "that must be some rock, then", but an ammonite would qualify .. depending on the size, of course. :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: My robot is more popular than I am
On 30/01/2009, at 8:08 AM, Dave Land wrote: > On Jan 29, 2009, at 10:01 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: > >> Tweetsnet now has more Twitter followers than I do. >> Competition between people writing robots and people detecting >> robots is >> leading to smarter software, I hope. > > As long as it's not more interesting than you are. I have a rock that's more interesting than Nick is. Charlie. It Does Happen To Be A Fossil Ammonite, If That Counts For Anything Maru ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: My robot is more popular than I am
On Jan 29, 2009, at 10:01 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: > Tweetsnet now has more Twitter followers than I do. > Competition between people writing robots and people detecting > robots is > leading to smarter software, I hope. As long as it's not more interesting than you are. Dave ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: My robot is more popular than I am
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Lance A. Brown wrote: > Looks like you've blown out your account, Nick. :-) > Yeah, I was just doing a fire drill to figure out what MySQL optimizations I could come up with... not much. I'm going to have to archive the database aggressively to keep the CPU consumption down. It's back up now. Nick ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: My robot is more popular than I am
Looks like you've blown out your account, Nick. :-) -- GPG Fingerprint: 409B A409 A38D 92BF 15D9 6EEE 9A82 F2AC 69AC 07B9 CACert.org Assurer ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
My robot is more popular than I am
Tweetsnet now has more Twitter followers than I do. Competition between people writing robots and people detecting robots is leading to smarter software, I hope. http://www.nickarnett.net/2009/01/29/my-robot-is-more-popular-than-i-am/ Nick ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
