User talk:Pink/Archive II

Neat!
Ahhh. 13:32, 7 June 2008 (EDT)

Power
You fear it? 00:43, 10 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Tis powerful stuff. 00:44, 10 June 2008 (EDT)

Darn it Igor—I need more power!

 * But we need the electricity!  17:26, 10 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Do you... know what we're talking about? 17:50, 10 June 2008 (EDT)

I just left you a very important comment message on your very important blog
I just left you a very important comment message on your very important blog. -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 18:04, 10 June 2008 (EDT)

Squirrels
Those squirrels can indeed be more disruptive than one would think. Were they the relatively benevolent, if obnoxious red variety or the utterly evil, hateful grey ones? -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 18:38, 10 June 2008 (EDT)
 * It was a purple squirrel, actually, hence my distraction -- to be honest, I'm still distracted. 18:43, 10 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Do you have a RationalBlog? 18:44, 10 June 2008 (EDT)
 * I have a Wordpress blog, but it's, er, still in preparatory mode. And I used to have the Conservapedia Column, of course, which however is on extended hiatus at the moment. -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 18:50, 10 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Oh yes, it was the CP Column I was thinking of. You made a very good point there about something that I can't remember -- it was definitely good, though. I look forward to reading your new one! 19:19, 10 June 2008 (EDT)
 * At least skwirls are vertebrates eh?  ħ uman  01:57, 12 June 2008 (EDT)

In which Susan makes me go "Eek"

 * Eek! 04:21, 11 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Pfoster's really started this "In which .... " thing hasn't he? 04:24, 11 June 2008 (EDT) ( I like it)
 * I've been using the phrase for years, actually :P 04:26, 11 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Me too, and many old novels (Dickens etc) but PF started it on here, methinx 04:29, 11 June 2008 (EDT)
 * I consider it a refreshing break from the overused theme "I have just sent you a very important email".  04:32, 11 June 2008 (EDT)

I have just sent you a disagreement-themed email, RA.

 * I have just sent you a disagreement-themed email, RA. 04:35, 11 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Linkspam (but pretty. 05:03, 11 June 2008 (EDT)
 * That's not spam, Susan, that's art!  05:06, 11 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Yes, it's very nice. I'm ambivalent about whether photography can be called art, though. 05:10, 11 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Art fascist.  05:25, 11 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Deal with it :P 05:28, 11 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Oldy-but-goody-Spam 05:31, 11 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Didn't CP have some esoteric arrangement from the Game of Life as their Masterpiece of the Week a while back? I remember all the homeschoolers whining "notfairthatisn'tartbecauseitisn'tapainting". Grrrr. 05:33, 11 June 2008 (EDT)
 * By the way, I never got your email, 85.  05:44, 11 June 2008 (EDT)
 * It was ever-so-slightly fictional. 05:46, 11 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Just like your alleged jellyfish-like form?  05:53, 11 June 2008 (EDT)
 * You'll be singing a different tune once I've stung you. 05:56, 11 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Invertebrates are icky, unless they are hard at work in my compost.  ħ uman  01:57, 12 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Blatant prejudice. 01:58, 12 June 2008 (EDT)
 * A time for everything, and a thing for all times. A place for spineless goo-critters, and spineless goo-critters to their place.  I need some worms to get some biology going in my field...  ħ uman  02:29, 12 June 2008 (EDT)

In memoriam
Of our recent conversation on Pokémon. A memento, courtesy of Adsense on Human's talk page. 01:38, 12 June 2008 (EDT)
 * I know! Isn't it great?? I already said "yay" on the talk for that image, though... 01:39, 12 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Wow, we are such wonderful, special children. I wonder if the grown-ups know how much silliness we get out of their attempts to sell us shit?  ħ uman  01:49, 12 June 2008 (EDT)

Dazed and confused
It has come to my notice that you hate goats? What sort of a deranged person are you? -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 04:00, 12 June 2008 (EDT)
 * I don't hate goats, I just don't find our goat veneration policy very funny. It's not a patch on that Danish meme! :) 04:33, 12 June 2008 (EDT)
 * I do not see any relevant difference there. If you are not with the goats, you're against them. -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 04:39, 12 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Denmark. 04:41, 12 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Don't try to change the subject. Now, how long have you suffered from this irrational hatred of poor, defenceless goats? -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 06:13, 12 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Twas brillig. 06:27, 12 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Methought yesterday that a Jabberwock had been espied. It eventually turned out to be a fallen tree with moss athwart it. 06:37, 12 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Riverrun, past something-or-other, and something something something. 06:41, 12 June 2008 (EDT)
 * What in God's name are you people quoting?  22:17, 13 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Danish memes, Jabberwock poems, and Finnegans Wake, I believe. 00:27, 14 June 2008 (EDT)
 * All for the intoxicating result of stoned poetry.  00:29, 14 June 2008 (EDT)

Email
"I have enabled my email (after a baffling wait), but none of you have sent me anything. Not even to explain about "Ides"."

It doesn't work when I click on "email this user". And I was on the verge of explaining "Ides" to you!  ħ uman  20:27, 13 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Really? That is very annoying. I guess I'll have to enable it again, but in the meantime, try emailing me through my blog -- I think that should work. 00:28, 14 June 2008 (EDT)
 * I have nothing to say here...  00:32, 14 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Then don't give me the joyous orange boxes. You're abusing my joy! Stoppit! 00:35, 14 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Fine, be that way. I'm never speaking to you again.   00:38, 14 June 2008 (EDT)
 * That is too much work. Just get your email enabled and suck it up.  ħ uman  00:37, 14 June 2008 (EDT)


 * @Human: Sigh... fine.
 * @RA: Did I miss something? 00:42, 14 June 2008 (EDT)

Has anyone else realized how pavolvian that damn orange box really is? It is amazing. 00:52, 14 June 2008 (EDT)
 * I know! 00:53, 14 June 2008 (EDT)

STAGE DIRECTIONS: Rational Afikomen switches some comments around.
 * JELLYFISH!: (confusedly) That only makes slightly more sense. 00:53, 14 June 2008 (EDT)
 * ...  00:56, 14 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Indeed it is. Speaking of which, I haven't got any in a while...  *ahem*   00:54, 14 June 2008 (EDT)
 * @Thomas, yeah, just like the bright red "you've got mail" box on the "old" matchmaker.com....  ħ uman  00:55, 14 June 2008 (EDT)

Adsense awesomeness
This ad appeared at the bottom of my talk page, during our Pokemon discussion. Heh, for reasons unknown it made me think of you. Cheers! 02:15, 14 June 2008 (EDT)
 * "Jellyfish fantasy"? That's a bit... concerning... 02:20, 14 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Oh, pshah, it's a watercolor; it can't be anything dirty.  02:23, 14 June 2008 (EDT)
 * I'm more concerned about "Goochy the Jellyfish".  02:24, 14 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Be careful; I have a semi-colon :) Anyway, no jellyfish fantasies for you, RA. It's far too late. 02:26, 14 June 2008 (EDT)

Your edit comment: actually, I don't know what Goochy is slang for. Discuss. 02:30, 14 June 2008 (EDT)
 * It's slang for... uh... you're too young. I'll tell you when you're older.   02:40, 14 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Sulk. 02:42, 14 June 2008 (EDT)
 * I acquiesce.  02:43, 14 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Shouldn't have sulked, really. 02:44, 14 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Indeed.  02:46, 14 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Of course. 02:48, 14 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Quite.  02:53, 14 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Indubitably. 02:57, 14 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Bah. EVDebs 02:55, 14 June 2008 (EDT)
 * What are you doing here, Eevee Debs? 02:57, 14 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Such effrontery. Howdee doo, neighbor.  ħ uman  02:58, 14 June 2008 (EDT)
 * You're doing that thing where I can't understand what you're saying. 02:59, 14 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Just think of me as that annoying kid that nobody likes who attaches himself to the popular crowd in the vain hope of fooling someone. EVDebs 03:24, 14 June 2008 (EDT)
 * I like you.
 * As long as I can call you Eevee. 03:29, 14 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Bah. Pikachu all the way!   03:39, 14 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Even Raichu is cuter than Pikachu. 03:40, 14 June 2008 (EDT)
 * But not Pichu!  04:41, 14 June 2008 (EDT)
 * I hate Pichu. 07:04, 14 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Then we're in agreement!  20:37, 15 June 2008 (EDT)

CDona
Sock of yours? 20:33, 15 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Not that I know of. Are they doing anything entertaining? 20:34, 15 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Hey! That's just random vandalism! They didn't even say something suspicious like "I am a harmless sea creature". Why should that be me??? 20:36, 15 June 2008 (EDT)
 * [ec] Well, I was just reverting his/her odd vandalism and wanted to say "hi." 20:37, 15 June 2008 (EDT)
 * : ) OK, hi Lyra. I was awesome ChadGreen earlier. It was awesome. 20:39, 15 June 2008 (EDT)

It just struck me...
...that while you often like to present yourself as representative of all jellyfish ("We jellyfish don't do such and such"), we don't actually have any independent confirmation that this is the case. How do we know that you are not actually an outcast and a refugee from your fellow jellyfish, trying to instill wrong ideas about your species in us? :suspicious: -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 08:19, 18 June 2008 (EDT)
 * How could I be an outcast from the kingdom of jellyfish? My name is "Jellyfish". Does that sound like the kind of name you'd give to a Jellyville outcast?? Does it??? In general, if someone's name is the same as their species, they're probably quite typical of the species in question, and doesn't afraid of anything.
 * And don't mention Human. He is the exception that proves the rule. 08:23, 18 June 2008 (EDT)
 * But how do we know that your name is really "Jellyfish"? That could easily be a name that you have simply assumed in order to allay our suspicions - if that is indeed what one does to suspicions. I can't remember. Anyway. These are important questions that need to be addressed. -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 08:28, 18 June 2008 (EDT)
 * You had better contain the Jellyville Citizens' Advice Bureau. Post haste! 08:34, 18 June 2008 (EDT)
 * I have to agree with AK; You're probably a Seaslug or similar crawling denizen of the deep masquerading as a free floating jellysquirm for your own inscrutable ends. 08:40, 18 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Seaslug? Bah! Tis still better than being a Clownfish. I bet you aren't even called Susan! 08:45, 18 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Of course he's not, what a strange notion, I thought that it had been established that his name was Anders. 08:49, 18 June 2008 (EDT)
 * It's AMARANTH, I tell you! 08:51, 18 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Anyhoo, we all know that you're a mechanoid with a NUMBER not a name and are thus not to be treated as worthy of protection by right thinking people. 08:56, 18 June 2008 (EDT)
 * OK, that's it... 09:10, 18 June 2008 (EDT)

Apoca(o)lypse
I realized it about 30 seconds after I misspelled it. I knew there was a Y. -- *Gen. S.T. Shrink*  Get to the bunker  16:35, 23 June 2008 (EDT)
 * "Ragnarok" is even more confusing. 16:36, 23 June 2008 (EDT)
 * I have trouble with Rocabarraigh, the Scottish Gaelic island which signals the end. -- *Gen. S.T. Shrink*  Get to the bunker  16:58, 23 June 2008 (EDT)
 * I can't really beat that.
 * Chaos! 17:02, 23 June 2008 (EDT)

Georgia
The font of champions. ;) --Helena Bonham Carter 19:01, 23 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Indeed! I have yet to find a match for the mighty Georgia! 19:02, 23 June 2008 (EDT)

BUT IT WAS FUNNY!!!!
You know what I'm talking about... --Eira omtg! The Goat be praised. 20:20, 23 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Never! 20:36, 23 June 2008 (EDT)
 * He's not a very bright ex-jellyfish : )   20:54, 23 June 2008 (EDT)
 * The most amusing part about my transformation is: you can't default to calling me "85" anymore. Ha ha ha! 20:57, 23 June 2008 (EDT)
 * I'll always think of you as 6713 55 anyway...  ħ uman  21:34, 23 June 2008 (EDT)

Flash!
Something tells me you wouldn't mind being able to use "blink" on your signature? 19:50, 24 June 2008 (EDT)
 * I certainly wouldn't.
 * I don't know why you mention it, though. Is it not installed? Is it complicated to use? 19:51, 24 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Well "blink" is an html code that flashes text, however it is not part of the "allowed" html code inside of mediawiki. However, a skilled programmer could set it up so it could be used..... 19:53, 24 June 2008 (EDT)
 * TRENT: Don't encourage the lunacy! 19:56, 24 June 2008 (EDT)
 * We need no encouragement!
 * Trent: I could have sworn I saw RA use blinking text a little while ago. Don't remember where, though... 19:57, 24 June 2008 (EDT)
 * I think Firefox rejects "blink", FYI. --λινυσ (☮) 20:06, 24 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Wait, no it doesn't. --λινυσ (☮) 20:08, 24 June 2008 (EDT)
 * It can be disabled pretty easily through about:config, though. -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 20:11, 24 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Though one could program a parser hook for media wiki that could do the same thing... 20:13, 24 June 2008 (EDT)
 * I can't find the RA quote. I am a sad jellyfish. 20:19, 24 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Yes, I'd swear it was around during some of the mass pwnage days last summer. Though maybe it was just me, blinking... Hmmm, as I look at the preview above, it be workin'.

Booyah!


 * And Trent, per Susan, why did you have to tell them not to put beans up their noses?  ħ uman  20:43, 24 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Because I was told not to.....besides Blink 4 JellyFish is going to put on the map as a major distribution point for MediaWiki extensions. 20:49, 24 June 2008 (EDT)

Okay I did the easy way to make it work I might try something more fun later. 20:42, 24 June 2008 (EDT)

My poor signature!
In this new browser, my signature comes out as text rather than symbols, and it looks hideous. Please tell me no one else sees it like that. Please. 20:57, 24 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Erm… --λινυσ (☮) 21:12, 24 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Erm ...symbols? 21:15, 24 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Uh, all I've seen is text lately. What, did you use another dumb font no one esle has installed? <font color="#DD00DD" face="comic sans ms"> ħ uman  21:17, 24 June 2008 (EDT)
 * (ec)It's supposed to be symbols. Do you see it like that? I think I need a poll on this... 21:19, 24 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Chaosfish, if you tell me what the symbols where, I'll try to find Unicode replacements. --<font color="#00FFFF">λινυσ (☮) 21:30, 24 June 2008 (EDT)
 * I'll upload a screenshot in a couple of minutes. A couple of them are too odd to describe, really. 21:35, 24 June 2008 (EDT)

Sign here if you see my sig as lovely symbols

 * 21:19, 24 June 2008 (EDT)

Sign here if you see my sig as a horrible, shrunken word

 * Evil Linus
 * Schuman
 * Human - Wingdings 3 ain't on my computer. I tried plain ole wingdings on your sig and those didn't work, either.  Why not just choose from teh groovy symbols below? <font color="#DD00DD" face="comic sans ms"> ħ uman  21:24, 24 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Heh!. 21:29, 24 June 2008 (EDT)
 * @Human: Curses. Let's see... ₪↑≥‡Δ←
 * That's a fairly close approximation. Do you all see that right? 21:35, 24 June 2008 (EDT)
 * That's Silly! 21:38, 24 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Thank you for your input, Judas :P 21:40, 24 June 2008 (EDT)
 * I see it. --<font color="#00FFFF">λινυσ (☮) 21:41, 24 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Yeah, that works, but it's not "font play", they are just funny symbols from below. Which is fine.  Be warned that some people will see some of the symbols as little boxes. <font color="#DD00DD" face="comic sans ms"> ħ uman  22:00, 24 June 2008 (EDT)

You may want to try this string: Χάος --<font color="#00FFFF">λινυσ (☮) 21:43, 24 June 2008 (EDT)
 * The proper version is uploaded. It's probably in recent changes. 21:44, 24 June 2008 (EDT)
 * IS THIS GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU, YOU MEANIE?
 * ↳↑⇨↕▽← --<font color="#00FFFF">λινυσ (☮) 21:53, 24 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Yes, that's great! Thank you, Linus! 21:56, 24 June 2008 (EDT)
 * You're quite welcome! :) --<font color="#00FFFF">λινυσ (☮) 22:17, 24 June 2008 (EDT)
 * By the way, what was that other string you gave me? 22:20, 24 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Greek letters... Chi alpha omicron syphilis. <font color="#DD00DD" face="comic sans ms"> ħ uman  22:34, 24 June 2008 (EDT)
 * "Chaos" is a Greek word, so I gave you the original spelling. --<font color="#00FFFF">λινυσ (☮) 22:40, 24 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Yay! It looks right again! 22:01, 24 June 2008 (EDT)

You never
specified that it had to be something useful. You can't make up the rules afterwards, you dirty sandalist. ThunderkatzHo! 23:22, 25 June 2008 (EDT)
 * I think you can just say "sandal" to refer to someone who commits Sandalism. And I think you'll find the rules were perfectly self-evident :P 23:25, 25 June 2008 (EDT)
 * You forget, the rules were written in your dirty sandal language, so normal people like me couldn't understand them. ThunderkatzHo! 23:28, 25 June 2008 (EDT)

Congratulations!
It is my pleasure to award you the Award for Most Obscure Cultural Reference, Like, Ever! for the link in this edit. Congratulations again! -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 06:54, 26 June 2008 (EDT)
 * You only like that because it's historical :)
 * Gosh! I've been aiming for this award so long it's come as a bit of a shock to actually get it! Firstly, I'd like to thank my copilot, Nietzsche, for always pushing me to aim higher. I couldn't have done it without you, Neechy! Secondly, I'd like to thank Everard's Patent Jam, for giving me lots of money whenever I mention them. It's very useful.
 * Actually, the thought of a copilot who "always pushes you to aim higher" suddenly sounds very dangerous to me... 07:05, 26 June 2008 (EDT)
 * I agree. Given the choice, I'd much prefer a co-pilot who pushes me to aim true. Or maybe one who aims for me. -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 07:12, 26 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Sounds more like an autopilot to me. 07:14, 26 June 2008 (EDT)
 * You're clueless, 85 25 151 22 Jellyfish  Chaos ↳↑⇨↕▽←. In largely defensive weapons of interceptor aircraft with two pilots, it is quite usual to have one pilot fly and the other pilot aim the largely defensive weapons of AA missile, machine cannon, and/or bomb. Please keep an open mind and educate yourself further on this subject. -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 07:33, 26 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Nice try, AKjeldsen, but we don't repeat liberal misinformation on Pilotpedia! Go to Wikipedia if you want that -- we're not fooled here. If you continue to avoid the basic premise of this debate (that I am always right, and dashed charming to boot) then your attempts at talk pollution will be reverted.
 * All of your recent edits appear to be in talk, so I have given you a five year block to cool off and rethink your attitude towards the project -- future blocks will increase in length. 07:48, 26 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Not fair! You want that to be the premise of every discussion. :-(
 * Besides, if you had properly reviewed my edits, you'd have found that I made an, if may say so myself, exemplary and very valuable edit to Richard_Dawkins just yesterday. Not that you could block me anyway, mind. -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 07:57, 26 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Your edit to that article merely rehashed the old liberal talking point that Richard Dawkins is not a Nazi war criminal. You'd think all these devotees of Dawkins would love to have some factual information in his article, wouldn't you??? It seems the fallacy of Big Dave (don't ask) is especially beloved of atheists! 08:05, 26 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Who's Big Dave? -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 08:12, 26 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Do the words "don't ask" mean anything to you, Amaranth?? 08:14, 26 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Sure they do. They mean "ask about this, because it's sure to be something interesting".
 * So, who's Big Dave? -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 08:26, 26 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Not very interesting, really. He's Small Dave's brother. 08:30, 26 June 2008 (EDT)
 * I see. Well, that certainly made things much clearer. And which particular fallacy is Big Dave known for, then? -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 08:45, 26 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Big Dave I hate that name. Why did you have to ask about this?? thinks that fishing is a branch of logic. Frequently when we debate, he will present me with a mackeral and then declare victory.
 * It is very tiresome. 08:55, 26 June 2008 (EDT)
 * So I can imagine. I don't what that guy is thinking, either. Beer is the only true branch of logic; everyone knows that. -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 09:05, 26 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Now you've gone all silly, you crazed alcoholic. 09:09, 26 June 2008 (EDT)
 * "Now"? You haven't been paying much attention lately, have you? -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 09:37, 26 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Never do, Mr Eldsen. Never do :P
 * I was worried we wouldn't have the old magic! 09:43, 26 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Indeed, Mr Lyfish. All that new-fangled "New Magic" isn't even worth the mana. -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 10:30, 26 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Because your first name is AndreasKj, naturally. Incidentally, shouldn't it be "manna"? 10:34, 26 June 2008 (EDT)
 * No, manna is that stuff that drops out of the sky whenever an entire people decides to run around in a desert for 40 years. Magical energy is called mana. I believe it's Polynesian or something. -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 10:38, 26 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Wandering around waiting for manna? They should have stocked a couple of Black Lotus s . That's elementary. 10:44, 26 June 2008 (EDT)

CLICK!

 * Those were less sophisticated times. -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 10:47, 26 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Before Vintage? We're talking about the dark ages, Mr Ldsen. 10:51, 26 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Indeed! I don't think they even had cards back then. Or if they did, they must have inscribed them on stone plates or something. -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 10:57, 26 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Stone plates/tablets -- handy if you want to write something down! If you happen to be a dab hand with a thunderbolt, at least. 10:59, 26 June 2008 (EDT)
 * A chisel would probably be sufficient. -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 11:10, 26 June 2008 (EDT)

Ender's Game
You said (somewhere) that you hadn't read the 'Enders' series - here is the first. Personally I think they're crap but these juvenile Yanks seem to like 'em. 07:46, 28 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Aghhhhh! It's by Orson Scott Card!!! Take it away! Take it away!--Bobbing up 10:53, 28 June 2008 (EDT)
 * For some reason the younger end of the American part of our membership like him! I've had several run-ins with them. 10:58, 28 June 2008 (EDT)
 * I guess somebody must. Are you into SF?--Bobbing up 11:02, 28 June 2008 (EDT)
 * My god yes! since I was knee high to a grasshopper. I read Alice in Wonderland when I was four & that really turned me on to fantasy (I know it's not generally considered to be of the genre, but it is.) I've had upward of 800 books at any one time - now down to a pitiful 100 or so. (Didn't you see the Elric/ Moorcock ref on your talk page? I had everything of his @ one time - loved Jerry Cornelius)  11:09, 28 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Actually Elric way my favorite. I've just finished Matter by Iain M. Banks. I'm always sorry when I finish one of his books.--Bobbing up 11:13, 28 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Got a pre-publish edition of Matter, I love him. I'm also a published authorwith my second on the way - that's why my computer's always on - I'm now on my third edit rewrite. (Nearly made publishing costs on my first - bloody Waterstones won't stock it Ottakers used to!)
 * Really? What do you write?--Bobbing up 11:21, 28 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Genteel cyberpunk[:-)] Very much influenced by William Gibson. (for some reason I've sold more in Austalia than anywhere else] 11:27, 28 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Gibson is good too!--Bobbing up 11:30, 28 June 2008 (EDT)
 * He's got a new one due out this month, I think. 11:37, 28 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Spook Country; Hardback's already out. 11:40, 28 June 2008 (EDT)

Despite a full complement of thieves, pushers and pirates, Spook Country is less a conventional thriller than a devastatingly precise reflection of the American zeitgeist, and it bears comparison to the best work of Don DeLillo. Although he is a very different sort of writer, Gibson, like DeLillo, writes fiction that is powerfully attuned to the currents of dread, dismay and baffled fury that permeate our culture. Spook Country-- which is a beautifully multi-leveled title -- takes an unflinching look at that culture. With a clear eye and a minimum of editorial comment, Gibson shows us a country that has drifted dangerously from its governing principles, evoking a kind of ironic nostalgia for a time when, as one character puts it, "grown-ups still ran things." In Spook Country, Gibson takes another large step forward and reaffirms his position as one of the most astute and entertaining commentators on our astonishing, chaotic present. 11:42, 28 June 2008 (EDT)
 * I'll have to try to get hold of it. Living out here in foreign parts you just don't see them in the bookstalls.--Bobbing up 11:47, 28 June 2008 (EDT)

In which I finally reply to the initial comment
Thanks a lot, Susan! I'll get started as soon as possible. 14:23, 28 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Hey, you weren't about so it was convenient place to stop and chat. (Sorry for messing up your talk page.)--Bobbing up 14:37, 28 June 2008 (EDT)
 * No apologies necessary! Feel free to use my page to chat whenever you like. It only means more joyous orange boxes for me :) 14:39, 28 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Those are quite nice to get, aren't they? -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 14:50, 28 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Why do I never get them? Nobody loves me. (Editor at) CP:no intelligence allowed 14:53, 28 June 2008 (EDT)

The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra IRC
If you're using Firefox, install ChatZilla. If you're not using Firefox, get Firefox, then install ChatZilla. Then, referring to the guidelines here, join the server irc.freenode.net ("/server irc.freenode.net"), join the RationalWiki channel ("/join #rationalwiki"), and finally enjoy the peace and quiet of a probably empty chatroom.

For further information, see IRC. -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 05:02, 29 June 2008 (EDT)

When were you made a sysop, anyway?
Must have missed that. Remind me to block you more frequently in the future. -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 15:49, 30 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Human. I'm planning to ask someone to desysop me quite soon. I shall retain "tickleuser", though, so beware, Daneman. 15:51, 30 June 2008 (EDT)

Too many ECs on Editor's page...
...so I'm posting this here:
 * I think you know full well what I'm talking about, Jell-o. You deceitfully created a header claiming that it had no text, while it plainly contained a period! Do you deny that a period is not a kind of text? Confess! -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 16:03, 30 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Virtually all of Lenski's defenders concede, tacitly or explicitly, that a full stop is not "text". 16:05, 30 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Please. This is not a popularity contest. We are interested only in verifiable facts. And it is a fact that practically any kind of alphabetic text would be unreadable without periods, thus periods are clearly parts of text, thus periods are text. No one would seriously deny this. -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 16:18, 30 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Adopting an aggressive tone will not get you very far here, Andrew. Talk like a civilised human being, if possible. Bugler 16:24, 30 June 1984 (EDT)
 * You are assuming that I am in fact a civilised human being. Those are at least two quite bold assumptions. -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 16:33, 30 June 2008 (EDT)
 * It's a well-known fact there are no uncivilised people (Daners and Nightwish fans, for instance) on the internet. 16:36, 30 June 2008 (EDT)
 * No uncivilised people on the Internet? Please excuse me for a moment while I go and die of laughter. -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 16:45, 30 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Careful, now. I am the owner of this sight. Fair warning. 16:48, 30 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Really? I thought jellyfish were blind. -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 17:00, 30 June 2008 (EDT)
 * They were, but then Lenski gave them eyes. (Editor at) CP:no intelligence allowed 17:03, 30 June 2008 (EDT)
 * More Danist propaganda. Don't make me use my Timtoulouse powers on you. 17:05, 30 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Hmm. In any case, your naive notions about the average civilizedness of Internet users clearly shows your blindness towards the more wretched interesting parts of the Net. -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 17:10, 30 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Yes, I cherish my ignorance on the subject. Incidentally, did you notice the timestamp on the post I signed as Bugler? Rather clever, I thought. 17:17, 30 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Actually, I didn't even notice you signed as Bugler. But yes, very clever, if perhaps a bit overused. Surely you could come up with something a bit more original? -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 17:26, 30 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Not much room for that kind of thing in a timestamp. Overused? Bah! 17:29, 30 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Well, it has been around for 60 years now. -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 17:38, 30 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Actually, it was published last year, but they reorganised the historical record to exagerate its age. Happens all the time. You know À la Recherche du Temps Perdu? An episodic blog drama from this February. The ink's not even dry. 17:43, 30 June 2008 (EDT)
 * I am truly not worthy. -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 17:49, 30 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Yes, I'm a big fan of revisionism. Big fan. 17:54, 30 June 2008 (EDT)
 * As I'm sure you can imagine, we historians have a slightly more colourful word for that practice. -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 17:56, 30 June 2008 (EDT)
 * I hear it's the same word we jellyfish use for dogfish literature. <font face="" color="grey">Hint: did you notice that I revised your comment? 17:59, 30 June 2008 (EDT)
 * Yes, thank you. That was duly noted and filed. -- AKjeldsen Potential fundamentalist! 18:06, 30 June 2008 (EDT)

Scientology protect
Actually, I'm not sure I would have done that. I suspect the child has just picked that article at random, and he'll only go somewhere else. --Bobbing up 13:37, 1 July 2008 (EDT)
 * I'm afraid that I rather I agree with Susan.--Bobbing up 14:02, 1 July 2008 (EDT)
 * I replied to this earlier -- before Susan unprotected it -- but my browser crashed when I hit send and it obviously didn't get through.
 * As ever, feel free to undo the protection if you think it best, but I thought it might be more efficient to make them sign on before they can zap that page. It seems to be the only one they're interested in. 14:06, 1 July 2008 (EDT)
 * It appears at intervals & just attac ksthat one section of that one page - not worth bothering with! 14:11, 1 July 2008 (EDT)
 * Is. 14:12, 1 July 2008 (EDT)
 * Isn't. 14:19, 1 July 2008 (EDT)
 * Is times infinity. 14:21, 1 July 2008 (EDT)
 * This is a wiki and we try to avoid protecting the articles. MYOB you troublemaker and don't argue with sysops. NightFlareStill doesn't have a (nonstub) RWW article. 14:43, 1 July 2008 (EDT)
 * Still is. 14:45, 1 July 2008 (EDT)