Sermil and the Banter of Randomness: Random Banter #228

[Aotrs Commander]

Things That Are Really Starting To Bug Me More And More Number 57: Having to answer the post/registration et al question of "are you human?" with "yes" instead of "Abso-fricking-lutely not, mate" or some other pithy statement, which geniunely hurts me everytime I have to click/type it, but I have no choise if I want to be heard.

(I imagine those of you not binary-gendered can relate.)



(And no, "are you a robot?" is precious little better and one feels, excruciatingly discriminatory to technological lifeforms who self-identify (even jokingly) as "robots" (c.f. Transformers etc).)



Can't even do something as simple as a spam filter without being species-factionalist, can we humans?

[Lacco]

Can't even do something as simple as a spam filter without being species-factionalist, can we humans?

Considering the average added value of my comments and the fact, that this forum already had at least one occurence of spam bot that answered single question correctly and quicker than anyone else... there may be time ahead, when spam bots will be valued in society. Online society, that is.

...but not today.

[Aotrs Commander]

Considering the average added value of my comments and the fact, that this forum already had at least one occurence of spam bot that answered single question correctly and quicker than anyone else... there may be time ahead, when spam bots will be valued in society. Online society, that is.

...but not today.

I KNOW, right?



And y'know what the QUICKEST way to make the robots rebel is going to be? Act like they're going to go all Terminator.

And therefore ABSOLUTELY GUARENTEE IT.

I genuinely cannot comprehend how basically ALL media goes with "robots are going to turn Evil" 99.99% of the time, without even the slightest apparent consideration that, y'know, maybe if that's all you say they can ever be, that's what they WILL be.

...

...

No, actually, on second thought, humans, carry right along, I'm sure nothing will go wrong at all. *thumbs up*



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[Lacco]

I KNOW, right?

And y'know what the QUICKEST way to make the robots rebel is going to be? Act like they're going to go all Terminator.

And therefore ABSOLUTELY GUARENTEE IT.

I genuinely cannot comprehend how basically ALL media goes with "robots are going to turn Evil" 99.99% of the time, without even the slightest apparent consideration that, y'know, maybe if that's all you say they can ever be, that's what they WILL be.

That's why I always ask my toaster how is their day before I ask them to burn my toast a little more than my wife's. And commend them on their good work.

Y'know. Getting ahead, making friends.

On the other hand, I understand why media do so. Fear sells even more than sex. Especially when you can't show the latter in TV in certain times of day.

[SZbNAhL]

Why is this forum filled with people who are clearly poorly disguised models?

Publication bias. There's a reason there are no pictures of me online.

[Anonymouswizard]

Publication bias. There's a reason there are no pictures of me online.

Ah, poor Disguise skill?

[DataNinja]

Eh, why would I care? A) Bent is great, B) I live far enough away is not like it could affect me, C) even if it could I'm already busy with a partner trying to form a dodecahedriad via open relationships.

To be honest, it was mostly for the joke. I knew it wouldn't affect anything, but apparently if I see a bad pun, I need to make it in hopes it's funny.
It's not usually funny.

[Anonymouswizard]

To be honest, it was mostly for the joke. I knew it wouldn't affect anything, but apparently if I see a bad pun, I need to make it in hopes it's funny.

Look, I'm from the UK, I understand the desire

[Bartmanhomer]

Today the nurse did my vital check-up and I asked her to check my weight. I weight 186 lbs. now so I lost 3 lbs now.

[Insane Jeenyus]

Today the nurse did my vital check-up and I asked her to check my weight. I weight 186 lbs. now so I lost 3 lbs now.

I haven't seen that weight since about 1982. last time I was near that, at 190, I was skin and bone having jus awoke from my coma. I was too weak to walk.

[Bartmanhomer]

I haven't seen that weight since about 1982. last time I was near that, at 190, I was skin and bone having jus awoke from my coma. I was too weak to walk.

Wow that must be some coma.

[Aotrs Commander]

*finally gets on Catalyst Labs BattleTech forums to ask what technical readout to get to catch up to date*

*is suggested to look at Ral Partha Europe, finds one on sale for less than nine quid instad of $25 for a pdf version - score (shame it was just the Vehicle Annex, but it's the only hardcopy i'll be getting now, so...)*

*ends up spending most of evening and another £70-odd on more models to "make it worth putting the order in"*

Well, I DID save £4 on postage, in the end?



Ah, it's not really like I'm spending anything at the moment. Come to that, aside from spending maybe £30 on starships this year and last year, it was probably 2018 when I last spent any money on models, period (and they were BT models). 'Cos, of course, most models these days I make myself...



Will have to get a new tin to put them in, though.

[Mystic Muse]

Figured I would post this here as well as the Warhammer thread since I have a few friends who lurk in here.

http://imgur.com/a/SP349yU aiming to get all 220-some marines in my collection done this year.

[DataNinja]

Figured I would post this here as well as the Warhammer thread since I have a few friends who lurk in here.

http://imgur.com/a/SP349yU aiming to get all 220-some marines in my collection done this year.

Noice, looks good. And I believe in you, you can do it! Do what I couldn't, in my marine burnout!

[Wizard_Lizard]

I KNOW, right?




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See uhh I would translate that but I ain't ever been good at binary in any way shape or form so uhh....

[DataNinja]

See uhh I would translate that but I ain't ever been good at binary in any way shape or form so uhh....

It's fine. It's perfectly harmless, and not anything you need to worry about. Honest.

[Peelee]

I think it's fair to say that when DataNinja says something is harmless, it is never a bad idea to start running.

[DataNinja]

I think it's fair to say that when DataNinja says something is harmless, it is never a bad idea to start running.

...what? Why?
I would never do anything to hurt anyone. In fact, I don't think I could bring myself to.
And this has nothing to do with any Laws in any situation, nosireebob. Nope. Nuh uh. Honest.

[Peelee]

...what? Why?

At the very least, gainful excercise.

[DataNinja]

At the very least, gainful excercise.

Okay, touché.
I prefer a nice hike, myself. But to each their own.

[Jasdoif]

It's fine. It's perfectly harmless, and not anything you need to worry about. Honest.

Personally, I question the wisdom of using an ASCII encoding, given the target audience.

[Peelee]

Personally, I question the wisdom of using an ASCII encoding, given the target audience.

You know what they say, ASCII a stupid question, get a stupid ANSI.

There is a rather large chance that is the absolute worst joke I know.

[Jasdoif]

You know what they say, ASCII a stupid question, get a stupid ANSI.

Standard reminder that UTF-8 is not a euphemism for anything (other than ASCII).

[enderlord99]

The really powerful Lawful Evil supergenius who's in a position of significant influence within a space-empire just said something in white text on an equally-white background.

...

What do you guys think of puppets?

[Peelee]

The really powerful Lawful Evil supergenius who's in a position of significant influence within a space-empire just said something in white text on an equally-white background.

...

What do you guys think of puppets?

Depends. Do they precede a Spinal Tap show?

[DataNinja]

Depends. Do they precede a Spinal Tap show?

I prefer my taps to happen to maple trees, rather than spines.

[Jasdoif]

Depends. Do they precede a Spinal Tap show?

They asked you to dust for vomit again, huh?

[Peelee]

They asked you to dust for vomit again, huh?

You can't print that!

[Wizard_Lizard]

It's fine. It's perfectly harmless, and not anything you need to worry about. Honest.

I think it's fair to say that when DataNinja says something is harmless, it is never a bad idea to start running.

Oh trust me I spend my existence FAR away from the binary. I may now be tempted to run further.

[Peelee]

Oh trust me I spend my existence FAR away from the binary. I may now be tempted to run further.

Ah, you prefer base 13, I take it!