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June 20, 2006
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*** Ace continues his ongoing critique of Atrios's dadaist blogging:

Check out his prolific output from 2:27 AM to 2:30 AM. Like, ten open threads during those three minutes alone. He's like the Steven King of empty blogging.

It's the blogging equivalent of a perfect game. No hits, no walks, no errors. No content.

I find that this is more a reflection on his readers, who:

A. Keep reading him.

B. Actually continue to hiss and natter about whatever strikes their fancy in one of a succession of open threads, filling each with hundreds of comments.

It's like he's throwing thorazine-laced meat snacks to desperate, rabid strays. Almost as if ... if he doesn't give them the open threads as a distraction ...

... they'll kill him.


*** The Kevin Federline high school love letters! My favorite line:

"You aren't a bitch."

I now know what's been missing from my game.

The letters "n," "t" and an apostrophe.


*** Florida Cracker documents more examples of how to talk to women.


*** Singularity update:

Researchers at I.B.M. and the Georgia Institute of Technology are set to announce today that they have broken the speed record for silicon-based chips with a semiconductor that operates 250 times faster than chips commonly used today.

The achievement is a major step in the evolution of computer semiconductor technology that could eventually lead to faster networks and more powerful electronics at lower prices, said Bernard Meyerson, vice president and chief technologist in I.B.M.'s systems and technology group. He said developments like this one typically found their way into commercial products in 12 to 24 months.

"Commercial products" like, say, completely sequencing your DNA at the CVS blood pressure station? Soon. Maybe sooner than we thought.

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The achievement is a major step in the evolution of computer semiconductor technology that could eventually lead to faster networks and more powerful electronics at lower prices

More importantly, how does this affect porn download speed?

Posted by: Robb Allen at June 20, 2006 12:02 PM

A more appropriate question is, "how does it affect porn download speed ... directly into your cerebral cortex."

Posted by: Bill from INDC at June 20, 2006 12:04 PM

Bill, I admit it. I fear the singularity. I do not wish it to happen.

Because some damn machine will download and watch all my porn for me. I just don't see much need for my existence at that point.

Posted by: Robb Allen at June 20, 2006 12:26 PM

That Federline letter has to be a forgery. The real Federline would have written: "You ain't a bitch."

Posted by: dorkafork at June 20, 2006 01:02 PM

"At room temperature, the chips operate at 350 gigahertz"

Hell yeah! Since this will be archived, I'd just like to point out that, unlike Robb, I eagerly awaited the arrival of our robot overlords.

Posted by: SeanH at June 20, 2006 01:59 PM

Faster processors do not a singularity make.

Posted by: Jason at June 20, 2006 01:59 PM

Here's my theory: open threads are like the MMORPGs of politics.

Posted by: slickdpdx at June 20, 2006 03:22 PM

That's an apt comparison.

"The Iowa caucus destroys John Edwards with a 2d7 Ballot of Mediocrity, thus enabling Warlock Kos and Knight Warner to advance two leaugues with the Sacred War Chest into the Netroots' Secret Fortress of Righteous Anger."

Posted by: Foster at June 20, 2006 05:14 PM

"Here's my theory: open threads are like the MMORPGs of politics."

In atrios case, more specifically: Barrens General Chat. (see how many true dorks inhabit these parts)

Posted by: B Moe at June 20, 2006 05:50 PM

Faster processors do not a singularity make.

No, but it's an essential component of artificial intelligence with the processing speed/complexity of the human brain, which is a projected essential component of the Singularity.

Posted by: Bill from INDC at June 20, 2006 06:06 PM

B Moe, I don't play that game, but I've got a pretty good idea what you mean. (And I think I know why the Barrens is a very appropriate choice.)

Posted by: dorkafork at June 20, 2006 10:05 PM

KFed couldn't even fold his notes in the sooper seekrit high school way. Heh.

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