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<wob_jonas> learn Aristotle said that every illness can be cured by balancing the four vitreous humors, and everyone believed him for two thousand years, even though people still died of illnesses. It wasn\'t until the 20th century that Szent-Gy\xc3\xb6rgyi Albert realized that Aristotle didn\'t find fifth kind of vitreous humor, vitamin C, because the Greek alphabet
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496) <Taneb> Turned out he got recursion, he just didn't get the return statement
502) <Taneb> Cut to February  <Taneb> War were declared  <Taneb> A galaxy in turmoil  <Taneb> Anyway, Febuary '10
503) <Taneb> I can't afford one of those!  <Taneb> A grandchild, not a laser printer
510) <fizzie> There's that saying that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.  [...] <Taneb> You've just gave me a different result  [...] <fizzie> It's always insane to expect different results, even when it's likely to occur.
511) <fizzie> Taneb: See, it's Obama's fault the guy's apartment is now worth less than their mortgage and something something something that translates to not being able to look for a proper fix.  <Taneb> Someone with that sort of grasp of logic shouldn't be allowed anything more computationally powerful than a plastic spoon
512) <Taneb> That offers me some social standing, feudal system wise
515) <Taneb> Look, I often walk my dog through a field with cows in it. And I punched myself in the face once.
521) <Taneb> So... God has jizzed on everything?  <oklopol> have you even READ the bible?
523) <Taneb> This staircase is very good for correcting people's opininons about communism
527) <NihilistDandy> Non sequitur is my forte  <NihilistDandy> On-topic discussion is my piano  <Taneb> Bowls of sugary breakfast cereal is my mezzoforte  <Taneb> Full fat milk is my pianissimo  <Taneb> On which note, I'm hungry
542) <Taneb> Speaking of the CiSRA puzzles, anyone want to form a team  <oerjan> i avoid my duties by carefully never registering to anything new
543) <Taneb> aibohphobia  <Taneb> The fear of palindromes
550) <Taneb> So it's like... Rummy mixed with... breakout?
552) <Taneb> Well, I'm now experimenting with clients  <fizzie> It doesn't sound like good PR to say that out loud.
553) <Taneb> I combined the wholegrain breakfast and chocolatey breakfast for maximum breakfast efficiency
560) <Phantom_Hoover> OK, Taneb's been taken by a mood and he needs raw emeralds.  <Phantom_Hoover> It's been fun knowing him.
561) <Phantom_Hoover> Taneb's been hit by melancholy.  <Phantom_Hoover> He didn't have any friends, fortunatel.y
592) <Taneb> Maybe if you try diplomacy.  <Taneb> Pointy steel diplomacy
597) <Taneb> I think it's fizzie against everyone atm  <Taneb> AND EVERYONE IS WINNING  <Taneb> EXCEPT FIZZIE
654) <Taneb> Just goes to show, the Beatles are more interesting than green vegetables.
659) <Taneb> I think this has taught us one thing. We can't teach itidus20 lambda calculus by comittee
663) <Taneb> Mayor says we need to make aluminum items  <Phantom_Hoover> Taneb, PH says you need to make lava items.