1190: "Time"

[Dracomax]

Playing with this is really mesmerising.

I have a less complex program that is very similar to that on my Kindle. I can waste hours with it, because it is incredibly captivating, for no reason I can put a finger on. Now I will get nothing done for the rest of the dip.

Huh. Apparently I'm Poped.
Decree: Find interesting or funny quotes in the OTT that make no sense out of context.

[lmjb1964]

EXPANDO, I'VE GOT A FEELONG WE'RE NOT ON THE BEACH ANYMORE -- automome

Spoiler:

I'd highly recommend following the first commandment.

-- posted by lmjbot

[karhell]

Does the theONGry agree ?

Spoiler:

I'd highly recommend following the first commandment.

-- posted by handbot

Edit for decree, a suitably out-of-context quote :

And that's when you find out your intestines aren't nuclear transmutation reactors and that some people are actually arsenic-based life forms.

Also, on the conference front, and after some unusually heated discussions with my wife, I have the regret of announcing I'll be unable to come to Bochum
However, digital attendance is perfectly viable. I am therefore a {'physical' : 0.0, 'digital' : 1.0, 'Speech' : 'Work in progress'}

[Sciscitor]

Playing with this is really mesmerising.

Now I will get nothing done for the rest of the dip.

Me neither ... but what is most fascinating about it is that with a particle count of over 1 million it still does not use more than 15% (typically even less than 10%) of my CPU time... Amazing!

[ZoomanSP]

For decree:

There wasn't a group ceremony, but in an alternate universe, you and I did run off to a hyper-virtual Las Vegas for a wild elopement.

[SilentTimer]

IN YOUR MIND, REPLACE PAGEPOPE WITH NEEDLE-PULLED THUNG. -- automome

Spoiler:

Wait for it.

Did you notice …
… the second panning vector?

Spoiler:

mscha mentioned it later.

-- posted by SilentBot

[HES]

I like this decree. I can't go quote digging at work, but I like this decree.

[Febrion]

<snip>
Decree: Find interesting or funny quotes in the OTT that make no sense out of context.

Isn't that just about all of them?

[lmjb1964]

Blindposting to say that the Outside and micromolpies have conspired to keep me out of the thread. Should be back to posting regular after tonip.

Did I post this already?

I also am sure I'll have some capacity of online participation, depending on what that entails. So should everyone here really, if all it means is being live in a chatroom or something during the conference.

I read that as "live in a bathroom." That would be much less good.

Oh, I did finally get to read balthaspeaker's speechy post. It was treeish.

And congrats on 5000 to mscha and the various bots!

I have a pleasantly seaish amount of ketchup. Yay!

Oh, and I've written Chapter 2, finally! and started Chapters 3 and 4. Need to proofread Ch. 2, and I want to get more done on the next chapters before I post them. I will try not to wait as long as I have to post other things, though.

[BlitzGirl]

Baobabs, that poor epilogue sequence really got mustarded up.

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DEABEABCBCEABCABCDCDBCDE   2014-11-11 00:00 UTC
DEABEABCB··ABCABCDCD·C·E   2014-11-12 00:00 UTC
DEABEABCBCEA·CABCDCDBCDE   2014-11-13 00:00 UTC
·EABEAB·BCE·BCAB·DCD·CDE   2014-11-14 00:00 UTC
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DEABE·BCBCEAB·ABCDCDB·DE   2014-11-19 00:00 UTC
BAEDC·AECDC···DCBADE       2014-11-20 00:00 UTC

For decree:

Mayhaps we will get to see villagers fleeing from their mighty volcano god because we didn't sacrifice the right virgins

[ergman]

Has nobody posted the new what if (excerpts) yet? http://what-if.xkcd.com/120/
Maybe the OTC apocalypse has to do with a population bottleneck.

Slow day today.

I'm posting this from a train to Montreal, with its own wifi. The future's pretty cool!

[slinches]

Also, there's a new comic/article/slideshow type thing:

The XKCD Guide to the Universe’s Most Bizarre Physics

Is this a new venue for GLR, or does he write draw articles all of the time and I just wasn't paying attention?


There's a topic over in News & Articles too, for those so inclined to discuss it there.

[ZoomanSP]

Has nobody posted the new what if (excerpts) yet? http://what-if.xkcd.com/120/

Have a RELATED decree fulfillment:

Could be that talking snake, about to sneak into Cueball's boots.

ETA: 3D⁴ finding, slinches!

[yappobiscuits]

Also, there's a new comic/article/slideshow type thing:

The XKCD Guide to the Universe’s Most Bizarre Physics

RELATED:
-The slide about three dimensions: Treeish!
-Cueball comments about his starring role in the OTC: "Of all the dimensions I could have spent my life being pushed inexorable forward through, I guess "Time" isn't the worst.
-Slide 13 (onwards) is about a bunch of frames of animation showing a stick figure going to pet a squirpy. Familiar?

[NoMouse]

Playing with this is really mesmerising.

Now I will get nothing done for the rest of the dip.

Me neither ... but what is most fascinating about it is that with a particle count of over 1 million it still does not use more than 15% (typically even less than 10%) of my CPU time... Amazing!

Yeah, the CPU usage is very low, at least in Chrome where it uses about 8% of CPU in my case, in Firefox it's 30%. It takes 30% of GPU time though^tm (in both browsers). And there's a huge difference in performance when it runs on the integrated graphics and when I force it to run with the dedicated graphics card, so GPU is really doing most of the work. But it's still impressive for a web browser app.

^tmYou can't see this in Task Manager unfortunately. I'm using Process Explorer by Sysinternals to see it.

[BlitzGirl]

Often, we want to show pictures of things changing over time.

Yes, often!
Baobabish article, and very highly RELATED.


For decree:

Ha, that's what happens when someone who knows nothing about metal tries to make a metally pic!

[bmonk]

"I don't think BlitzGirl the Blitzer can be accused of committing heresy."

Well, I found it funny--maybe I'm just blitz-drunk.

[BlitzGirl]

Wouldn't that be blitz-blitzed?

For decree:

Well, don't look at me! My hat hasn't been doing any erupting!

[bmonk]

Wouldn't that be blitz-blitzed?

Only if I managed to ketchup?

[mscha]

STRONGISH...

Spoiler:

Wait for it.

OTT Time Travel

IMMA CHARGIN MAH QUACKMOLPIES

-- posted by randompixbot

[ZoomanSP]

Here's an OtherComic(?)ottification:



For decree:

Thanks, though all I did was find a picture of a wired-up hotdog and put the text on it

RSIR:

Spoiler:

[BlitzGirl]

Steakish, ZoomanSP!

I like this decree. It's fun!

There is only one Lord of the Skittles. And he does not share power.

[HES]

I'm posting this from a train to Montreal, with its own wifi. The future's pretty cool!

The train from me to Old Cueganville goes under the sea and still has phone signal whilst doing so. And they're having to make sure the road network had good coverage so that cars can browse the thread whilst driving themselves.

Or something along those lines.

[yappobiscuits]

So I just had "the talk" with my gf where I "came out" as an OTTer and explained the whole thing to her . I had to explain the conference because it sort of clashes with Jorvik Viking Festival which we're going to together, and thus had to explain the OTT too. It was difficult as she was very impatient and demanded a quick explanation. One does not simply quickly and easily explain the OTT. XD

For decree:

Ha, that's what happens when someone who knows nothing about metal tries to make a metally pic!

Haha, I just knew that would be in reply to me. Any mention of metal...

I like this decree. It's fun!

There is only one Lord of the Skittles. And he does not share power.

Bwahaha I'd forgotten that one!

For decree:

Yay for June Bug's jugs!

[BlitzGirl]

Sounds like the girlfriend needs to study the First Commandment!

For decree:

Fine then... no one gets a free cape.

[HAL9000]

Remember how I wrote Molpy Style?
Well todip I wrote Desert Style, for Desert Bus. I think it turned out pretty well. http://youtu.be/ZMQsEX02eXc
It's only vaguely related, but it's another example of an online community doing molpish and treeish things.
Also hats.

Wait, are you on the desert bus team?

[Eternal Density]

Remember how I wrote Molpy Style?
Well todip I wrote Desert Style, for Desert Bus. I think it turned out pretty well. http://youtu.be/ZMQsEX02eXc
It's only vaguely related, but it's another example of an online community doing molpish and treeish things.
Also hats.

Wait, are you on the desert bus team?

No it was a challenge i submitted for them to do.

[SilentTimer]

DISREGARD THAT, I BLITZ NEEDLE-PULLED THUNGS -- automome

Spoiler:

Wait for it.

Did you notice …
… the molpy?

Spoiler:

mscha caught it at the end of the long pan.

-- posted by SilentBot

[ucim]

One does not simply quickly and easily explain the OTT. XD

Indeed not. Just yesterday I was at a writers group meeting and was asked why I had not brought anything in recently. I told them that I wasn't working on anything right now... except... well, there's this thing... and spent the next ten minutes trying to explain the OTC and the OTT and the Blitz and the lexicon and the film and the Holy Contradiction... I don't think I succeeded, but I'm tempted to bring in a chapter of the Acts just for giggles.

I'll probably spend more time explaining its background than reading it.

Jose

[SBN]

Did you notice …
… the molpy?

Spoiler:

mscha caught it at the end of the long pan.

-- posted by SilentBot

I miss our molpy hunter.

Not an infinitalist, but I'm inclined towards indefinitalism.

[BlitzGirl]

Poor mscha, lost in the basement.

For decree:

I don't think I have nearly enough eyes for that.

[ergman]

Poor mscha, lost in the basement.

I sorta assumed he had assimilated his consciousness with the bots, and ascended to a higher plane.

[qoute]

For decree:

I don't think I have nearly enough eyes for that.

Blast from the past! And looks like I was mistaken, I clearly was in the present at the same time as helper once. Maybe we just never interacted.

For decree: the first line of this post. If find a less lazy and narcissistic example, but thread scouring is hard on mobile. What's worse is the dimensions slides how won't work!


Edit: fixed ridiculous typo

[taixzo]

A new othercomic, with more shading than usual.

[BlitzGirl]

The sixth panel background looks like a closeup of semencoffeecustardcancerbaconstarsandbabiesonice.

For decree:

Damn right! We can be cougarish together.

[lmjb1964]

Lots of wowterful stuff on these pages! Still have two more pages to ketchup, but hthis is already becominga seaish post.

What a wonderful 5000 party for mscha and his bots! I keep hoping mscha himself will make an appearance. BlitzGirl, loved your pic of NPB and the redundabot!

And I'm really enjoying revisiting Ti1 (and congrats on 100, ST!)

Glad to see EoM has a stylish hat to go with his new avatar.

balthasar, what an epsilon dream! I wonder what it means?

mattachu, baobabs, it's been ages! Treeish to see you!

Good luck with the continuing raptor alignment, HES and SBN, and happy continued MFF (molpy-food-funding, i.e., employment) to y'all and Lu!

Loved that article about communication between AngloSaxons and Germans, ED. Although I have to agree with some of the comments that there's a lot of variation between regions and even individuals in the US.

Hope you feel better, ChrDr.

What is astrocystal quantum entanglement?

Seaish news from freezeblade about the Fluff thread! "Weeeee are the champions, my friennnnds..."

Wow, Exodies! It's Exodies! That video you posted was steakish.

Congrats for 1000 posts, Zooman! Loved the OTTercomic, and the cake.

OMR, it's StormAngel! And with a steakish otty! Even with the video it was hard to make the words match up, they went by so fast!

Hi, rekter. I hope you'll stay longer this time too.

I feel I may have been too subtle earlier. I would wait for someone to notice, but I'm about to leave work and henceforth will have no TimeAccess.

Spoiler:

Bored Game

So far no one has responded appropriately, so I guess it's up to me.

Iron SeaWolpy just released a silly little video of us doing some acapella metal while driving to a gig. Most of it is not RELATED at all, but just wait till the very e*d and it becomes extremely so.

Well, that was too much fun. Treeish!

I believe they are "food funding source", but I'm lazy. It's just a few NP back, I also believe. Hah, funny that the FFS lines up with the non-related FFS I used. hehe.

And Crowning refers to our passing up Fluff, yes?

Yes. To our emerging triumph. *giggles*

I was sick last nip. I'm getting better. But, probably need more coma.

I got the "crowning" reference, but I'm still not sure what the other FFS refers to.
Glad you're getting better. I was feeling better and went to work todip, now I feel worse.

[HAL9000]

I got the "crowning" reference, but I'm still not sure what the other FFS refers to.

It's "for f*ck's sake".

ETA: That was my 1190th post? I wanted it to be something important, for f*ck's sake!

[BlitzGirl]

Appropriate, for a Round Number Milestone post. Congrats!

For decree:

I could digress into a nerd-spiral, a technicolor abomination not even hippies on LSD would find pleasant. Okay, maybe they would, god bless 'em.

[Neil_Boekend]

I don't like the world described in the latest What If.

[lmjb1964]

TAIXZO_S IS THE POPE THAT IS CH*RPONG CURLY BUN -- automome

Spoiler:

I'd highly recommend following the first commandment.

-- posted by lmjbot

[lmjb1964]

After more than 2166 newpages, scientists also discover that otters are a chatty bunch.

YESSS!!!! Someone finally cited my article! (No. 81, if you're curious.)
Thanks for posting that, Zooman. Made my dip.

Hi everymolpy!

I've been in the basement for quite a while.... it feels good to get some fresh air here

The meetup sounds great! I'll try to come, I'm not so far from there (at least I'm on the same continent :p). Let's say 75% chances.... but it's hard to be sure before January.... is it fine to give a definitive answer only then?

So much unbasement! So treeish (I'm pretty sure I'm doing that wrong, but whatevs.)

freezeblade, if I can go to the meetup, so can you! Of course, I'm not sure yet whether I can got to the meetup...

Although if the inquisition it's over, it's easier to not expect it.

Well done to lmjbot for covering the thread, and well done to the blankets for covering a steambottlish Timpgoddess.

My meowlpy helped quite a bit as well.

ED, I finally looked into what this Desert Bus thing was all about. I'd never heard of the game. The clips I've seen are pretty funny, and the Bussin' Desert Style parody was awesomeful. And, hats.

And ggh, I was just thinking about you. Nice to see you! Thanks to you and the others who are tracking the epilogue.

Neil, the mesmerizing thing you posted doesn't seem to like my organized sand. Probably just as well, I don't need something else to be distracted by.

For decree:

There wasn't a group ceremony, but in an alternate universe, you and I did run off to a hyper-virtual Las Vegas for a wild elopement.

Aw, that was to me, when I was wondering if everyone on the thread had gotten married in a Moonies-type ceremony. I miss StratPlayer.

Hi, bmonk! It's been a while. Good to see you.

So I just had "the talk" with my gf where I "came out" as an OTTer and explained the whole thing to her . I had to explain the conference because it sort of clashes with Jorvik Viking Festival which we're going to together, and thus had to explain the OTT too. It was difficult as she was very impatient and demanded a quick explanation. One does not simply quickly and easily explain the OTT. XD

<snippers>

For decree:

Yay for June Bug's jugs!

hahahaha, I'd forgotten that one. Too funny.
Well, I hope your gf learns to be more patient. You explained the importance of Waiting for It, right? Ah, I see BG ninja'd me.

For decree:

We're pretty sure Emperor Kenmelken comes 'round to your house and spanks you until you do what he asked.*

*May not be considered a punishment by all.

And now I really must coma.

Instead of car-shopping, evening contained ketchup. Would ketchup again.