After hours of work, this is what I came up with. YMMV
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I just finished a site for the dramatic kitty video. So cute hehe.
As if it’s not enough to crap up every article with hundreds of pointless [citation needed] tags on every clause of every sentence they happen to disagree with, there’s this type of mess:
An unused highway may reference a highway or highway ramp that was partially or fully constructed but was unused[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] or later closed.[10][11][12] An unused ramp can be referred to as a ghost ramp, stub ramp,[13] stub street,[14][2][15] stub-out,[2] or simply stub.[16][17]
17 sources and 19 citations for what amounts to a dictionary definition. Way to make a readable encyclopedia.
Even worse, take a look at the source code:
An '''unused highway''' may reference a [[highway]] or highway ramp that was partially or fully constructed but was unused”US&R and NY-TF1 Practice for the Real Thing.” City of New York 20 June 2005. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.nyc.gov/html/oem/html/news/05_06_20_usar_mobex.shtml].”Kentucky Model Access Management Ordinance.” Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Oct. 2004. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://transportation.ky.gov/planning/traffic/access_files/KY%20Model%20Local%20AM%20Ordinance.pdf].”Barrie (City) v. 1606533 Ontario Inc.”, 2005 CanLII 24746 (ON S.C.). 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.canlii.ca/on/cas/onsc/2005/2005onsc14170.html].Iowa House. 1998. House File 686., 77th, H.R. 0686. [http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/77GA/BillHistory/HF/00600/HF00686.html] [http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/77GA/Legislation/HF/00600/HF00686/Current.html].”PETITIONED PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT.” New York City. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/hac/pha/brookfield/bal_p1.html].House. 1993. LAND TITLE AMENDMENT ACT, 1993. 35th Parliament, 2nd sess., H.R. 78. [http://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard/35th2nd/h0721pm.htm].Munroe, Tapan. “TRENDS ANALYSIS for PARKS & RECREATION: 2000 AND BEYOND.” California Park & Recreation Society Jan. 1999. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.cprs.org/pdf/trends2000.pdf]“Chapter 5: Detailed Comparison of Alternatives – Seattle.” SR 520 Bridge Replacement and HOV Project, Washington Department of Transportation, 2 May. 2005. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.sr520deiscomments.com/Pages/SR520_DEIS_Section7.pdf] [http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/FEE76803-E971-4DEE-BA3D-06D6A2F64D6B/0/SR520DEIS_AppendixEPart1.pdf].Anderson, Steve. “CT 11 Expressway.” New York City Roads. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.nycroads.com/roads/CT-11/]. or later closed.”Leasing of Closed Highways Regulation”, Alta. Reg. 36/1986. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.canlii.ca/ab/laws/regu/1986r.36/20061113/whole.html].”R. v. Sanders”, 2004 NBPC 12 (CanLII). 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.canlii.ca/nb/cas/nbpc/2004/2004nbpc12.html].”HIGHWAY CLOSINGS”, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 599. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.canlii.ca/on/laws/regu/1990r.599/20061120/whole.html]. An unused ramp can be referred to as a ”’ghost ramp”’, ”’stub ramp”’,{{PDFlink|[http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/transit/ptr_newsletter/2006_october.pdf Washington State Department of Transportation Public Transportation and Rail Division Monthly News, October 2006, page 4]|286 [[Kibibyte|KiB]]}}, accessed [[December 28]], [[2006]] ”’stub street”’,Sommer, Dick. “Ten Ways to Manage Roadway Access in Your Community.” Ohio Department of Transportation, 2005. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/roadwayengineering/documents/access_management/10ways2005.pdf].Bauserman, Christian E. “DELAWARE COUNTY ENGINEER’S DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION & SURVEYING STANDARDS.” 18 May, 1998. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/prod/ROW/CtyCvy/delaware.pdf]. ”’stub-out”’, or simply ”’stub”’.Geiger, Gene. “Ohio DOT Constructs I-670 over a Water Treatment Sludge Lagoon in Columbus.” Ohio LTAP Quarterly. Ohio Department of Transportation. 15:3 (1999) [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/ltap/Newsletters/1999/Q4/Fall%201999.pdf].”CITY OF UNION, KENTUCKY.” City of Union, Kentucky 23 June 2006. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.cityofunionky.org/files/19078672.htm].
That’s the source code for the first sentence. Yes, just like that with no linebreaks. If you feel motivated to fix this mess of an article, it’s here: Unused Highway
We look at the world through windows on which have been drawn grids (concepts). Different philosophies use different grids.
A culture is a group of people with rather similar grids. Through a window we view chaos, and relate it to the points on our grid, and thereby understand it. The ORDER is in the GRID. That is the Aneristic Principle.
I think I’ve officially found the stupidest person on the Internet:
I found out a few weeks ago that I am high allergic to something all bakeries are now putting in the bread, cake, donuts and any baked goods they make: Ascorbic acid, aka DOUGH ENHANCER. After eating one small cinnamon roll yesterday morning, I went to bed around 11:00 a.m. but found it was harder and harder to breathe.
For the uninitiated, Ascorbic Acid is Vitamin C. It’s necessary for life. Found on: http://www.breadmachinedigest.com/tips/dough-enhancers-and-how-to-use-them.php
A funny thing happened in the Virginia legislature. They attempted to draft a bill to ban flashing people from windows in your own home (HB491). It turns out they had to reject the bill this session. Why? Because it’s already illegal to be naked in front of anyone, even your own wife! Locker rooms are also banned.
§ 18.2-387 “Every person who intentionally … [exposes] his person, or the private parts thereof, … in any place where others are present, … shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.”
It seems that clever trolling is really a lost art. I’m of the opinion that trolling should be a pure expression of Socratic irony. Somewhere along the way, the whole “pissing people off” part has taken center stage, to the detriment of the higher purpose of actually making some sort of (useful) point.
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A coalition of telephone companies, including Verizon, AT&T, Qwest, and SBC announced today a new numbering scheme for phone numbers in the USA. The new phone numbers will be in the format XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXXXX. “We want to make sure we won’t run out,” said H.W. Jablome, CIO of Qwest Atlantic.
Some users, however, are not impressed with the move. Barbra Connors of WREK-FM, a participant in the pilot program, commented, “I don’t know how they expect our callers to remember our new proposed phone number. Hell, I don’t even remember it, I have to keep it on a sticky note on my monitor.” Connors hopes that the telephone companies will reconsider the length of the numbers before finalizing the standard.
But Jablome defends the decision. “We concluded that a 23 digit address space is a good length based on many technical factors. When every molecule in the solar system has a telephone number, you’ll be thankful we planned ahead! Besides, no one will actually have to remember these numbers, everyone can use our directory services, which will be at a new low rate of 35 cents per call.” Jablome reports that some early adopters are using 23-to-10 tunneling services, but it may be several years before core systems are upgraded to the new scheme.
He adds that the need to use the “nasty hack” of a “PBX”, (private branch exchange) will be obviated by the new system. PBX is a technology that allows a sort of “network address translation”, translating a handful of phone numbers into extensions. “PBX is hack that has cost us dearly in network trouble in exchange for rescuing us from phone number exhaustion. I personally have spent hundreds of hours troubleshooting network problems ultimately traced to PBX failures,” said Jablome.
Some users like the idea, however. Li Hung, a 35 year old game tester, had this to say, “I personally like having 2^32 phone numbers allocated to me. It’s comforting to know that if I need the room to expand, it’s right there. Between my mom’s phone and my dad’s phone, and my 14.4k modem line, we already have 3 lines in the house.” Hung runs a 23-to-10 gateway to allow him to test the service before mainstream implementation is complete.
The telephone company alliance predicts a full roll-out of 23-digit technology by late 2008.