IF there was something wrong with making anonymous posts, the feature would not have been implemented. So it's patently not worthy of a metatalk thread. If you don't like it that's your lookout ... make your own website.
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 3:47 PM on February 1, 2005

I hereby revoke my copyright for any posts or comments whose use would thereby make me rich or famous.
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 7:04 PM on January 31, 2005

"not "revoke", Walrus. Jeez."

Aha. This is why not to post while drubk. I hereby revoke my revocation. I think.
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 1:43 AM on February 1, 2005

Did you misspell "right wing"?
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 3:56 PM on January 31, 2005

And you.
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 5:10 PM on January 31, 2005

My silence is quite pleasant ...
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 5:33 PM on January 31, 2005

It was just a link wasn't it?
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 6:53 PM on January 31, 2005

Silence can also mean you agree with or appreciate something but don't have anything to add.
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 1:39 PM on January 31, 2005

"Maybe by gauging hits on a post vs. comments [...] Silence, too, can be measured. I think."

Wouldn't this involve specialised links though (i.e. collecting the stats on mefi itself)? It would seem difficult to measure hits on links otherwise, as if you're not going to comment, you're probably less likely to look at the comments.
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 3:22 PM on January 31, 2005

Shouldn't be too hard. Take the Eliza code, change the responses a bit ...
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 3:54 PM on January 31, 2005

"let's not whine for the sake of whining"

Is there ever any other reason?
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 3:45 PM on January 30, 2005

At best, it's a harmless art form using the medium of the hyperlink.

At worse it's an intellectually redundant exercise, but still harmless.

It certainly doesn't break the posting guidelines.

So ... let's have a good old-fashioned lynching.
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 9:52 AM on January 28, 2005

"my reputation could be sullied by an imposter"

Doubt it.
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 7:10 PM on November 20, 2004

MetaTalk: I think we have here is a failure to communicate.
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 2:47 AM on November 10, 2003

Don't know. I skipped your mentioning of skipping the post.
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 9:21 AM on October 23, 2003

Oh crap millions of people have left comments in here whilst I wasn't looking. I meant to reply to this, but that was hours ago.
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 9:23 AM on October 23, 2003

"white men can't jump"
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 8:33 AM on October 24, 2003

Ok, if that utility would scrape the pages of the bookmarks for changes every time it displayed them, it would be shit-kicking. Meanwhile, something also useful in the same sort of static way is "b", which you can install on your own server so it won't go away.
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 7:32 AM on October 24, 2003

This website will self-destruct in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... 2 ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 2 ...

Hope you can find a way to keep it going Matt, but if not thanks for the memories. My psychiatrist will be contacting your lawyers. Seriously though, it's been a tour de force and I think many people are more grateful than they may appear to be. Hope your other interests all blossom. Maybe one day you'll just forget this place exists, have a really guilty moment about five years later, but... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 10:18 AM on October 22, 2003

like having your brain smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped around a large gold brick
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 10:01 AM on October 21, 2003

Who?
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 3:35 AM on October 21, 2003

I get it sometimes, but not as regularly as I might like.
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 4:27 AM on October 20, 2003

This is just another example of MeFi's small yet vocal thought cops using rhetoric to try and browbeat the rest of us.

And what's that an example of?
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 2:09 AM on October 16, 2003

Interesting choice of words. What amuses you about cripples?
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 9:43 AM on October 16, 2003

How about a lifetime?
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 7:05 AM on October 16, 2003

Get a room for fucks sake.
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 2:29 AM on October 14, 2003

And cake.
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 5:03 AM on October 13, 2003

Happy birthday from London. At least one ceremonial pint of warm beer shall be drunk on your behalf this evening.
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 7:01 AM on October 10, 2003

Technically the internet may not even exist. Chances are, it's all part of a deception by incredibly clever artificial intelligences who like to play with their food.
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 6:27 AM on October 10, 2003

Such a great life, evidently, that you can spare the time to slum it down here and tell us plebs about it. I salute you and your shiny sparkly life! When I am miserable I shall think of you drenched in champagne and feel better.
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 5:09 AM on October 8, 2003

Obviously the spell checker doesn't know that the word "English" doesn't start with a 'C'.
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 8:15 AM on October 5, 2003

languagehat: to make it more relevant, and wielding my flame-resistant tin-foil umbrella, I will take the risk of pointing out that the spell checker happily doesn't appear to know that word either.
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 12:27 PM on October 5, 2003

What is this post about again?
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 6:45 AM on October 3, 2003

Go team!
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 9:02 AM on October 3, 2003

davidmsc: you're not alone. All the people who sell marijuana are against legalisation too. Isn't it nice to know that someone is on your side?
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 6:48 AM on October 3, 2003

Funkalicious. I think we should have a rave in rushmc's honour.

*hands out glowsticks*
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 7:17 AM on October 3, 2003

Like PV said. In fact, when I don't have time to read everything (most days), I often find the best posts by looking for the ones which only get five to ten comments in three days.
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 8:50 AM on October 2, 2003

I think there's also perhaps an element of people not wanting to crap on the decent posts. A lot of teh sub-optimal posts these days become rapidly filled with funny (and not so funny) drivel, but the decent ones don't tend to silt up. Sadly there are also a number of complete dogs which don't collect comments, so having few comments isn't a precise indicator of quality either.
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 10:10 AM on October 2, 2003

God I hate the register.
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 2:10 AM on October 1, 2003

load of cynicism and negativity dressed up as edgy reporting [...] very, very shoddily researched and mostly very poorly written.

Well said.
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 2:14 AM on October 2, 2003

Let's just ban all links and get it over with.
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 6:43 AM on September 30, 2003

Frank Black and Kim Deal don't get on. Would be good though ...
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 5:41 AM on September 30, 2003

Thanks Miguel, but I'm naught but a poeticule. Now sadly lacking inspiration.
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 2:38 AM on September 29, 2003

IF I can make it, (and that's very questionable), I can capture the gig on video and host it for streaming some time after the event.
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 3:51 AM on September 22, 2003

dg: I believe that the widget which the mefi zip code locator is built upon also accepts GPS input instead, so there is no extra work whatsoever, apart from adding the extra field in the user config. Also, I believe that particular pony is mine, although I can't be arsed to dredge up the original thread. I might let you ride it sometimes if you promise to help with mucking out though ...
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 3:47 AM on September 22, 2003

Is it "great minds think alike" or "fools seldom differ"?

Both. Sometimes at the same time.
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 3:18 AM on September 12, 2003

...a gay Marxist!

Yeah, just wait until signups get re-enabled ...
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 3:07 AM on September 12, 2003

Ok it's Tuesday now. I demand my ice cream.
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 6:44 AM on September 9, 2003

In that case davehat, I'm from Hereford, Great Malvern and bed.
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 2:58 AM on September 4, 2003

(currently in London)
posted to MetaTalk by walrus at 2:59 AM on September 4, 2003