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  1. buzzword on July 22nd, 2008 9:20 pm

    hey, i just got a smithsonian exhibit for 2010!

    aLx replied on July 23rd, 2008 11:21 am:

    cool, what’s it about?

    just emailed you a link to some of the pics …

    buzzword replied on July 23rd, 2008 8:16 pm:

    cool pics, just sent you an email.

    buzzword replied on July 23rd, 2008 8:27 pm:

    marina, if your interested i’ll send you a link or something, maybe i’ll text message you my grant/programming proposal and the smithsonian’s response. ha. the medical term for vision problems from reading digital devices is “iStrain” i imagine that your inbox is more of a garbage can. won’t send you anything you don’t request.

  2. buzzword on July 22nd, 2008 8:10 pm
  3. buzzword on July 21st, 2008 8:50 pm

    woohoo, i’m back on! um… yeah. now i’ve got to go and study. lets see, medical terms for the the digestive system. As much fun as a abdominoperineal resection. ugh.

    aLx replied on July 22nd, 2008 10:19 am:

    swell.

    buzzword replied on July 22nd, 2008 9:11 pm:

    the instructor seems to have suffered from every possible digestive disease and loves to share details. I am really sick of hearing about this women’s bowels. get your pics up.

  4. aLx on July 18th, 2008 6:45 am

    marina,

    due to a recent comment: when people start talking crap about your appearance, your looks (”you’re ugly” blah blah) — does that bother you? do you think about it, even just for a second? i assume it’s not a problem now, but how about when you started to do videos?

    Marina replied on July 18th, 2008 7:10 am:

    Doesn’t bother me at all… in fact I actually laugh out loud at some of the comments as they are such an obvious attempt to get to me somehow.

    The VERY first time I got a bad comment it hurt me, then the second one hurt me.. then after the 3rd or 4th, I started the analyze the situation… and I asked myself…

    “When have I have taken the time to go to a video that someone has made and then written a comment on their video telling that person how ugly I think they are?”

    And of course the answer is never. If I don’t like someone I literally move on to something else.

    Which made me realize that there is something else going on here with the negative comments.

    If someone takes the time out of their day to go to a video that someone has obviously put time into making and then writes a comment that is meant to hurt that other person… then I think what is going on is one of two things:

    1 - I am really threatening that person’s livelihood somehow, as it is causing them to take time out of their day to try to convince other people that are watching my videos that I am an idiot, a fraud, etc… Perhaps this person has always told others that pretty blonds are dumb… so this girl must be a fraud.

    or

    2 - the comment is made by a 14 year old boy who thinks it’s funny to say that I look 50. As he is trying to stir the pot.

    I laugh at all of the #2s and feel sorry for the #1s - but I understand where they are coming from. That’s why I feel extra happy when I get emails from girls thanking me for what I am doing, in helping break down the stereotype that affects them at school as well.

    Evil comments are the first thing that other YouTubers ask me about.. other girls doing great shows… asking me how I handle them.. and I tell them, that the comments are not directed at them… they are just young kids having fun (almost like graffiti of sorts if you think about it) or people with issues of their own that they need to work out. Once they get over that, then they start to have fun.

    BillyB replied on July 18th, 2008 10:12 am:

    One 24yr old kid thought he was being funny, said something about violent rape… I don’t normally react to the negative xomments on Y/T, mostly just go over to see who is there. That comment scared me, an adult, 24 is that, expressing publicly, a desire to rape someone (you) & worse, some others commented they thought it was funny. I couldn’t ignore it, laugh it off or analyze it, I had to say something… even tried to be nice about it, well kinda. In the end told him to apologize. I expected a reaction or response to what I said…nothin.
    Anyhow M. you say it hurt the first few times, it hurts worse when your friends hurt you (scar tissue builds up). Keep your heart tender as you build up a thick skin.
    Sorry to butt in on the converstion, Hi aLx, Florida’s good eh. No wonder so many Canadians ljve there all winter.

  5. smokey36bear on July 16th, 2008 8:36 pm

    I don’t think it did either. But i thought SPAM (the spiced-ham product) got its name when the company had a contest to name their new product and some kid won by putting the words together. I got this information on the History channel when they did a show called “America Eats History on a Bun”

    Marina replied on July 16th, 2008 11:19 pm:

    smokey36bear, I’m starting to realize that the History Channel gets a lot of their information wrong! They’ve manged to get quite a few etymologies wrong, which have caused quite a few arguments in some of my lessons.. as we are conditioned to believe that what we see on TV must be correct.. especially a channel like the History Channel!!

    Makes you wonder what other information might be incorrect as well.

    smokey36bear replied on July 17th, 2008 12:26 am:

    I am the first to agree that you can’t believe everything on TV. I tell my son all the time that just because something happens on TV doesn’t mean he could do the same.
    Although you would think the History channel would do a better job on their reaserch. Even the Discover channel’s show Mythbusters get alot wrong, stuff I have witnessed being true they say can’t happen.

    hanks for your reply :smile:

    tedt replied on July 17th, 2008 9:41 am:

    Hum, I think that the History Channel is correct, but sometimes you can´t follow the whole story of something and to include it all into a video would make a 5 hour story about it. If you watch the videos and then follow single parts of it you will truly reach the real etymology.

    Mabe some stories are results of it……you won´t find the reality in a movie, just some overall info. if you watch another movie about the same story you prolly hear something the other movie did not mention.

    tedt replied on July 17th, 2008 10:06 am:

    Movies are like Hamburgers——–> Fastfood, ready made for all.
    On the other side I always think about the Histoians and Scientist who go out and make those movies, I don´t think they can pay their studies by talking 1 hour about the word Artichoke….you took that part, you do a real good job here and I love it to find those etymologies :wink: . But if I would ask you to talk about the old Romans you will make a video that explains all, from A-Z ? :wink: Guess I will wait one year for your movie, mabe two :mrgreen:

    Please go and tell them to say the truth, and please make a video out of it, I want to see what they tell you :mrgreen:

    Please don´t hate me, but you know the world “it´s all about the money”, the truth isn´t important to the publishers, just to the scientists.

  6. aLx on July 14th, 2008 4:51 pm

    Don’t bring the sand to the beach!!

    true. too bad i don’t speak spanish.

    hey, that tune in your videos, by the polish guys? i heard that on tv over there. can’t remember if it was in a commercial or something else, though. we mostly watched the fucking weather channel when we got up, and spike or whatever when we were back in our room in the evening.

    Marina replied on July 16th, 2008 1:14 pm:

    That’s cool that you heard it.. I wonder if it was related to me.. or if I promoted it enough that other people contacted them to use it…

    aLx replied on July 16th, 2008 2:02 pm:

    naw, wasn’t related to you, so, yeah, i guess you promoted it enough.

    Marina replied on July 16th, 2008 11:21 pm:

    I added a new comment rating thing… so if I see someone getting a lot of negatives… I can have a word with them! Perhaps keep them after class. But then again.. they may want to stay after class! Hmm…

    I was thinking about adding a detention center to the site… but maybe as a warning if you get listed there… I don’t know…

    aLx replied on July 17th, 2008 7:17 am:

    i don’t know, man. i mean, look at the artichoke lesson. stokesjrj1 is rated -1 and i don’t see the reason for that, maybe whitebyrd did that.
    if you write a comment and someone else doesn’t like it, or they don’t like your response, they can give you the thumbs down although your comment wasn’t insulting or anything. it’s like on youtube, you know. but then again, most people on here are different from people on youtube, so it might work. hm.

    aLx replied on July 17th, 2008 7:24 am:

    lol, i just tried to rate myself and it works. now that’s kinda … uh … you know … weird …

    Marina replied on July 17th, 2008 7:48 am:

    I can’t rate myself. hmmm.. maybe if you are not logged in you can rate yourself… but it’s still a 1 time deal if you can.. and that may be enough to prevent abuse. We’ll try it out and see how well it works.
  7. aLx on July 13th, 2008 3:56 pm

    ru6tujhj

  8. tedt on July 12th, 2008 3:27 pm

    Hello, had to do the name in, so we see a new fae on this one :lol:

    Kind of spammers down there :mrgreen:

  9. buzzword on July 2nd, 2008 8:19 pm

    god, it’s like snow white and the seven dwarfs if they don’t get to party with marina someday they’ll just all move in together. drop me word when you get back aLx.

    aLx replied on July 13th, 2008 4:07 pm:

    hey,

    back from boob country. well, what can i say. if i could, i’d take the next flight back to miami beach. dude! friend of mine asked me what it’s like over there. told him: if you ever go there, leave your girlfriend at home. hehe.
    loved that art deco shit, the weather, beach, ocean. you know. oh yeah, and cheeseburger baby.

    so how have you been doing? anything new around here?

    Marina replied on July 13th, 2008 4:14 pm:

    Don’t bring the sand to the beach!! (I know… cliché :-) )

    buzzword replied on July 17th, 2008 6:30 am:

    fuckity fuck! i’m not dead, good to know your not either aLx. forced to use public pooters my modem is down. course work is heavy too, lots of fucking papers to write. personal rule, can’t get anything below a 90%, so when i really fuck things up, my grades are good enough to compensate. i’m catching up with my projects, hope to be conversing from the comfort of home soon. damn internet service provider. email me about your trip, details dude, details.

    Marina replied on July 16th, 2008 1:17 pm:

    People are asking for their accounts to be closed out (I think) due to the roadrunnerch kid.. have you guys been having any issues with him?

    aLx replied on July 16th, 2008 1:55 pm:

    uh, well, i think he’s a dumbass. and he thinks i am a dumbass. something like that. there were some comments on the not-so-nice side but who gives a damn. i guess we’re ignoring each other now.

  10. buzzword on June 30th, 2008 8:04 pm

    marina, what kind of limits are there on your search function? trying to locate some comments by locating a word and searches come up empty.

    Marina replied on July 13th, 2008 4:15 pm:

    I removed the comment search… should I bring it back?

    Bob replied on July 19th, 2008 5:22 am:

    So this is where the “in” crowd hang out!
    Yes, please bring back the search function; I was going to ask if it had lost all its data with the server switch.
    Since this page is about Spam, can I point out that some idiot is posting spam on every page for a porno site

    CaptainJack replied on July 20th, 2008 9:58 pm:

    Hey Bob, I just discovered that also. I was wondering where everyone when too. Sneaky sneaky….

  11. buzzword on June 28th, 2008 11:02 am

    hey marina, you ought to number the word games like this, 001, so that they will remain in numerical order on the lessons page. you may want to add more zeros, depending on how long you plan on keeping this up.

    buzzword replied on July 22nd, 2008 9:13 pm:

    marina… that numbering for the word games should have worked, wonder why it didn’t?

  12. aLx on June 20th, 2008 8:06 am

    hehe. they miss you.

    buzzword replied on June 20th, 2008 5:00 pm:

    actually, i’m beginning to miss me. i’ve been doing hospital rounds as a part of my classwork. fucking hard work. i’ve been doing cardio, neuro, palliative, ortho and whatever patients. if i see one more naked ass i’m going to need hospitalized. no that would just mean more naked asses.

  13. aLx on June 14th, 2008 9:44 am

    by the way, who / what is (a) brodie? if that roadfucker calls me that I wanna know what I am. supposedly.

    buzzword replied on June 15th, 2008 7:25 pm:

    brodie

    capman911 replied on June 20th, 2008 12:25 pm:

    He is saying you’r a he whore :lol: :lol:

  14. aLx on June 13th, 2008 6:13 pm

    oh, hey, I remember you were supposed to do this website. how’s that coming along?

    buzzword replied on June 13th, 2008 7:22 pm:

    ha, that is now on a wait till they have more money list. in the mean time i’m trying to get some skill. also, just putting up a blog, youtube, myspace, etc. type of presence on the internet for them. the html thing is still a foreign language to me.

    aLx replied on June 14th, 2008 8:16 am:

    actually, html is pretty easy once you know a little about how it works. museum, huh? I guess you’ll want to read up on frames and tables. I love tables, they’re very useful. by using tables (in combination with a little css [maybe only for defining the appearance of links and simple text, and positioning elements within the table]), you have total control over positioning elements. I’m talking about blind tables, i.e. tables where you can’t see the borders.
    how about some html editor? they have like assistants, you know, like a table assistant, you tell this thing how many rows and columns you want and it will insert the basic table structure. I use those things only because they display certain things in a certain color. that makes it easier to find stuff, is all.

    buzzword replied on June 15th, 2008 7:58 pm:

    hey yo thanks for the advice. it’ll come in handy. i check your blog once in a while. i threw one up to practice on, since i apparently had an account. pretty tame and straight forward. strange switching roles sometimes, i function in too many disassociated social groups. one of the aims of the museum is to increase family participation. so i’d thought i’d try and experiment on that oprha demographic. here’s a link… commonunity

    aLx replied on June 16th, 2008 4:02 pm:

    just checked your blog, it’s a great read. very cool and interesting stuff.
    family participation in a museum? how’s that supposed to work? through the exhibitions? like, the themes or subjects of them? which is a good question: what do they exhibit anyway?

    buzzword replied on June 16th, 2008 7:11 pm:

    well… when i got on at the museum the board wanted to just put shit in glass cases and be done with it. which is in my opinion a funeral for history. nothing would change and after a while everyone would stop coming. i’ve been to small town museums, i’ve seen a gun up on a wall and under it is a little brass plate that reads, “gun.” my attitude was that the museum had to present history as being vital and relevant. so have a few permanent exhibits that are central to the community; education, industry, faith, etc… then create exhibits that you bring out annually, for special events. then host traveling exhibits which i did last year, from the smithsonian. by hosting these exhibits i reevaluate the permanent exhibits so that they add to the context of the traveling exhibit. the last smithsonian exhibit had to do with food and american culture. now… families. the only people who are members of the historical society are old people who don’t even bother showing up and as they die off so does membership. gotta get fresh blood. get kids interested in history, by working with the local school, programs for kids, they drag mom and dad in, mom and dad support the museum. i also design the exhibits to appeal to those institutions that are significant to the area. so oil industry, church, education, they recognize the work i am doing and thus are more likely to contribute resources, hopefully cash money! i could go on but thats about it. second nature actually, applied anthropology, bit manipulative actually, moo ha ha! i’ve caught myself thinking about ways to help you and your artist friends actually, how’s that going?

    aLx replied on June 19th, 2008 9:45 am:

    hm, it’s not that we don’t have ideas, that we wouldn’t be creative, you know. anna is trying to expand her site — asking me thousands of questions. I did the photosite, she’s trying to do the site for her book, and author stuff by herself with a little help from me.

  15. aLx on June 12th, 2008 4:46 pm

    damn. I had to google for “c-blocking”. he does mean cockblocking, right? hehe.

    buzzword replied on June 12th, 2008 8:07 pm:

    yea, he means cockblocking or c-blocking. and he adds, “metaphorically” to keep it clean and appropriate as not to offend the fair maiden marina. does that mean it would be completely appropriate for me to comment, “hey d-head, you can metaphorically take your f-ing unabridged oxford english dictionary and shove it up your ass.” wow, using dashes and the word, “metaphorically” makes my foul language completely appropriate, this is fucking, i mean f-ing great!

  16. aLx on June 11th, 2008 8:03 am

    I read this article, it’s about if and how plants sense things in their environment, like recognizing plants of their own kind.

    “No one proposes that we literally look for a walnut-shaped little brain in the root or shoot tip,” five authors wrote in defense of the new group. Instead, the researchers say, they are asking that scientists be open to the possibility that plants may have their own system, perhaps analogous to an animal’s nervous system, to transfer information.

    now, if they do find that plants have something like a nervous system — and sending electronic signals actually does sound like they have one — , will that have any impact on how, for instance, vegetarians (those who justify their vegetarianism by saying that plants have no nervous system so they don’t feel anything, unlike animals) see their food? you know, the more “moral” approach. mind you, I don’t have anything about someone being a vegetarian or something, why would I. but sometimes I feel like, those who refuse to eat meet see me as a cruel person or something.

    buzzword replied on June 12th, 2008 7:37 pm:

    yea, vegans. i expect they would have to contrive some kind of loophole, i mean what are they going to do stop eating? they do see you as cruel, doesn’t that just satisfy you in some way though? i’ve had this argument before. i always ask, “have you seen how a lion takes down a water buffalo? talk about cruel! now i’ve seen animals butchered. in nicaragua they sacrificed a pig during a celebration. they did this by holding on to his rear legs and slicing it’s throat. the pig was dead in like seconds. now as i see it humans can be the most compassionate predators on the planet. i really think there is a deeper compassion for those people/s that hunt, thank the gods that be, and communally consume their catch than any vegan can understand. those that practice such methods are more aware of their humanity and place in the environment than someone who vainly attempts to isolate themselves from the natural world around them are ignorant and arrogant. who in the hell can live a cruel free life?

  17. aLx on June 10th, 2008 11:15 am

    this dude is starting to really get on my nerves.

    buzzword replied on June 10th, 2008 8:59 pm:

    okay, there are lots of dudes, which one?

    aLx replied on June 10th, 2008 9:03 pm:

    the usual suspect. prosp just can’t let it go.

    buzzword replied on June 10th, 2008 9:32 pm:

    catching up on comments, yea he’s being annoying. the whole subject must represent something more to him otherwise he would let it rest. and i don’t like wasting my time being fucked with. i’d like to unload some bad grammar on his ass but i think he’d get some kind of kick out of it. so fuck it.

  18. aLx on June 7th, 2008 2:22 am

    is it “there is times when …” or “there are times …”? non-count item / group noun? you can’t count time.

    buzzword replied on June 8th, 2008 7:53 pm:

    hmmm, i’ve always said, “there are times” as in times equated with incidents, occurrences. as in, “do you remember that time when i was right, not those times when i was wrong?”

  19. aLx on June 6th, 2008 10:32 am

    yo, marina, why don’t you do a live chat?. hehe. ;P

    aLx replied on June 8th, 2008 12:16 am:

    in fact, why don’t you implant a little chat on here? this could be funny. people could insult and talk to each other in real time.

    Marina replied on June 9th, 2008 10:05 am:

    But chat gets lost forever.. I like the “permanent” nature of comments vs. chat. Do you agree with me?

    Marina replied on June 9th, 2008 10:07 am:

    aLx.. I don’t the live chats is for me… it seems to be more for people who like the attention.. I don’t know… my stuff takes a lot of research… I feel that people will just be trying to get me to take my top off :-)

    aLx replied on June 9th, 2008 10:42 am:

    I see your point, yeah. here are my reasons for suggesting the stuff above:

    live chat. this is not meant to be a regular thing. it’s just like half an hour or fifteen minutes, some sort of marina-subscribers-interaction which is currently present, too, as you respond to comments on here and over at youtube as well as taking word requests. this live chat thing was meant to be an exception, even a one-time thing. people can ask question about … I don’t know … russia or something. maybe it’s something like “some facts about me” thing, know what I mean? a lot of people do that on youtube, probably just to be more “personal” or whatever. about the t-shirt thing, yeah, of course there will be people like that. I don’t know if you got the possibility to let only registered users get in that chat room, but you do have the possibility to kick people out of the room (there are bots too that kick out people who’re spamming etc), you can also make people ops (give them the right to kick other people).

    the chat thing on here. I didn’t mean to say that the chat should replace anything else. I don’t think there will be less comments to your lessons if you implant a chat. it’s just, like, people can talk to each other in there to talk about subjects they don’t want / can’t discuss by postings. people can talk in realtime instead of emailing each other. nothing wrong with emails, but maybe people feel comfortable chatting with each other. takes less time. like, say, bob wants to talk to billy or captainjack about a certain subject he mentioned in a posting or something. and it’s not like they have to use it, you know. I didn’t mean to say that you’d have to participate either. it’s just for people that want to talk about things that don’t really fit in any of the discussions on your lessons or something.

    nobody has to use it, it won’t affect the (amount of) postings on your lessons, especially if you don’t show up in that chat. maybe you should just give it a try, see how it goes. you can remove it anytime.
    it was just a thought, you know.

    aLx replied on June 9th, 2008 11:12 am:

    to give you an impression of what a live chat could look like, see here. it gets recorded, too, so you can … I don’t know, put it up on your site or something.

  20. aLx on June 2nd, 2008 12:51 pm

    shit, those grammar discussions get exhausting.

    buzzword replied on June 2nd, 2008 8:00 pm:

    yea, at this point i would just like anyone to say, “yea i can understand that reasoning”. some of the chatter has absolutely nothing to do with linguistics. i can’t even respond because that just opens up another can of trash. i mean how do i respond to the comment, “individuals who vary too far from the norm (outliers) will be considered grammatically-incorrect…and must learn the old axiom: adapt or die” or “a poet has not only the right but even the obligation of disobedience of grammar. is timbaland a poet? no.” the one dude that made the language is like biology remark is a biology teacher. its no wonder our kids are morons. we are both coming from different approaches but the results are the same. it has always seemed to be the way you approach language or culture. i was explaining to my wife that i don’t think i would’ve been able to teach introductory classes in colleges because i wouldn’t have the patience for this shit. how many different ways can you explain it? by changing their concept of rules their tongues won’t drop out of their mouths, children won’t start barking like dogs. everything is the same, just the approach changes. i don’t have the character for working in academics anyway, kinda glad i’m out of it. well that reply went on longer than expected… oops.

    buzzword replied on June 8th, 2008 7:39 pm:

    i give up. i mean people don’t even seem to be able to understand the reasoning. fuck it, what’s the point, i don’t give a damn. i’m solid with it. hey, when are you going on vacation? i guess i’ll have to scroll down, na to lazy.

    aLx replied on June 9th, 2008 9:52 am:

    yeah, I was about to respond to him but then I though … man, this is pointless. either he doesn’t understand or he’s not willing to understand. either way, you can’t argue on this basis. he still wants to impose his notion of grammar and its rules on me, while I’m talking about something else. I mean, he asked for a rule, I gave a rule, but he doesn’t accept it as a rule. I mean, what the fuck?

    buzzword replied on June 8th, 2008 7:49 pm:

    marina, so this cocomments thing, i’m trying this out. but some of the comments you make i can’t find after i click on them in your cocoments list. i get to the site, but it no you. for instance the violent video games comment on healthline, can’t find your comment. not that i’m trying to hunt you down and disagree with you everywhere. just interested in opinions. besides if you choose to be wrong that’s okay with me. har har

    aLx replied on June 9th, 2008 9:48 am:

    that is exactly what I was talking about in my postings on “commenting is sexy”. sometimes you don’t see any replies on the site where the article actually has been posted.

    Marina replied on June 9th, 2008 10:01 am:

    Yeah… I’m still trying to figure out how it all works.. I think it tracks my comments, even if the person has not approved them yet (moderated). I’ll keep you guys updated… and I DO want you to follow me.. that’s the WHOLE point behind the coComment thing.. for me at least :-)
  21. aLx on June 1st, 2008 11:06 am

    paranoid?

    They are equipping billboards with tiny cameras that gather details about passers-by — their gender, approximate age and how long they looked at the billboard. These details are transmitted to a central database.

    –> full article.
    ____

    this posting is also here.

    buzzword replied on June 1st, 2008 7:45 pm:

    so in our vanity we gave the monster eyes.

    buzzword replied on June 1st, 2008 7:47 pm:

    digging around your blog, got some intriguing shit, don’t understand it all, but fascinated. cool.

    aLx replied on June 2nd, 2008 12:00 pm:

    thanks. yeah, when I read this dude’s blog marina pointed out to us, I had this “okay, I’m gonna get my own fucking blog now” feeling thing. I guess I’ll use it as some sort of notebook for random thoughts or something.
    I read your reply over there as well. did you register at blogspot or do you have a google account?

    buzzword replied on June 3rd, 2008 12:13 pm:

    i have a google account for some reason. i just was informed by my museum board that they want me to set up a website and do all that computer internet stuff. thinking to myself… “i don’t know shit about that.” its because i’m at least 20 years younger than everyone, so they assume i either know this shit or i can learn better than anyone else. well that and there isn’t anyone else, other than me and the board. i think i’ll model our site after those paranoid conspiracy goof’s sites. i can see it now, “history, it’s sneaking up behind you!”

    aLx replied on June 3rd, 2008 1:05 pm:

    well, I did set up a few sites. you already seen them, I guess.
    I don’t know what content they want you to put up, but I guess the best way is to use three frames without borders. one of them being the menu bar on the left. you can try and do this wordpress stuff but that’s more or less for blogging, wouldn’t do that.
    keep it simple. keep it clean. not too much graphics because people look for text, not for graphics. in most cases, less is … well … less. but in web design, less is more.

  22. aLx on June 1st, 2008 12:03 am

    why won’t this homepage thing update? :/

  23. aLx on May 31st, 2008 5:16 am

    buzzword,

    did you read this?

    buzzword replied on May 31st, 2008 9:26 pm:

    no, haven’t seen it, interesting article. the electronic and neurological interface is the most fascinating part. the monkey’s abilities are examples of operant conditioning. early experiments had monkeys, animals making a response to produce a change in the environment. like the first step in educating the monkey with the joystick. but this is pretty cool, that they have skipped the whole hand arm part of the chain of events and gone directly to the central nervous system. you know those surgeries when they stimulate a part of the brain and the hand twitches? this is like the reverse. that seven million dollar man could really be getting a bionic leg or arm someday. i guess its also a little strange, monkey brains and robot arms. robomonkey, sounds like a roger corman movie.

  24. aLx on May 30th, 2008 2:38 pm

    dude … lol …

  25. aLx on May 29th, 2008 8:59 pm

    alright, the cocomment-I-can’t-post-shit-error thing appeared again. here’s screen shot.
    right below “click to cancel reply” there’s a button “senden”, that’s german for “submit”. now, when I clock that button it’s gonna post the comment, when I keep trying to post it by clicking the normal one, it won’t post it, instead that error message keeps appearing.

    aLx replied on May 29th, 2008 9:00 pm:

    oh, damn.

    “here’s a …”
    “when I click …”

  26. buzzword on May 29th, 2008 8:07 pm

    hey, marina. i don’t know how to freeze this screen but i’m seeing two submit buttons again. one rectangular one that reads, “submit comment” and then the html practice link and under that is a gray capsule shaped button that reads, “submit”. and then the little floating notice that i got to change my preferences to accept all cookies. it’s happened a couple times actually. if i click submit does that mean i have to do what ever you tell me to do, cause i ain’t nobodies lackey. i don’t give a damn what kind of cheese you eat.

    buzzword replied on May 29th, 2008 8:13 pm:

    i had to hit the little grey submit button, the other doesn’t work. could the rectangular submit comment button be part of the cocomment thing and the grey capsule button be a hfw thing? now that i notice it, it’s located under the click cancel to reply. if that makes any difference.

    aLx replied on May 29th, 2008 8:29 pm:

    that happens to me too, sometimes. it happens when the normal submit button won’t let me post my comment (saying to turn on cookies), then the second one shows up below. when I click on that one to submit a comment, it works. weird.

    aLx replied on May 29th, 2008 8:54 pm:

    cheese dipped in tea is probably pretty close to pig testicles, huh?

    buzzword replied on May 29th, 2008 9:23 pm:

    dude, dipping cheese in one’s tea is disgusting, a vegan muslim would eat pig testicles before dipping cheese into tea! i’m surprised that youtube allowed the video. marina’s into some really twisted shit. just wrong man, cheese in your tea, ack! just ain’t natural.

    aLx replied on May 29th, 2008 9:56 pm:

    I’m not a tea person anyway. more like coffee and water. and dr. pepper. I keep away from the healthy stuff.

  27. buzzword on May 29th, 2008 7:59 pm

    i so enjoy fucking with prospero, i don’t care if i end up being wrong, it’s just damn fun.

    aLx replied on May 29th, 2008 8:34 pm:

    I’m waiting on him to ask about how this is not a spelling issue. de saussure may be dead a long time but he’ll still beat the 8-less one.

    buzzword replied on May 29th, 2008 9:30 pm:

    ha! you keep a loaded gun ready. thats smooth. the problem is that your shooting while he’s fencing. you shoot him between the eyes and he’ll still argue that it doesn’t count according to the rules of fencing.

  28. aLx on May 29th, 2008 5:59 pm

    in the “my comments” section:

    “Your Daily Lesbian Moment!: Her milkshake brings all boys to words”

    what is it with those lesbian things? and why does it say “my comments”?

    buzzword replied on May 29th, 2008 7:56 pm:

    i followed it, it’s part of cocomment labyrinth. someone on some site is listed because of a comment made by someone on another site is commenting on a site that is… i still don’t get it, but i’m slow. i am also paranoid, don’t like the idea of people following my comments everywhere. people start bringing up shit from other comments other sites, wouldn’t know who was talking about what when.

    aLx replied on May 29th, 2008 8:51 pm:

    well, is there an option, like, “don’t fucking let my comments appear on other sites” or something? this sucks.

  29. aLx on May 29th, 2008 12:49 pm

    test …

  30. aLx on May 28th, 2008 6:08 pm

    hey, what happened to the ringtones thing?

  31. aLx on May 28th, 2008 1:07 pm

    marina, are you updating stuff?

    what’s with the warnings?

    aLx replied on May 28th, 2008 1:09 pm:

    never mind. it’s back to normal.

  32. buzzword on May 28th, 2008 6:43 am

    Hey, and marina made an HTMhell area for people to practice on, cool idea! I want credit.

    aLx replied on May 28th, 2008 11:09 am:

    yeah, the HTMswell area is a good thing.

    but … the code tag is not for fancy things. it’s for showing (html) code so your code won’t be automatically transformed into a link, and it also displays it in a different font.
    so it basically says: this right here is html / jacascript / css / whatever code.

  33. buzzword on May 27th, 2008 9:30 pm

    aLx, a recent response to one of your replies caused me to look this word up. An inferiority complex, in the fields of psychology and psychoanalysis, is a feeling that one is inferior to others in some way. Such feelings can arise from an imagined or actual inferiority in the afflicted person. It is often subconscious, and is thought to drive afflicted individuals to overcompensate, resulting either in spectacular achievement or extreme antisocial behavior, or both. Unlike a normal feeling of inferiority, which can act as an incentive for achievement, an inferiority complex is an advanced state of discouragement, often resulting in a retreat from difficulties. From wikipedia. For example if one does not feel smart enough, one may emphasize economic superiority instead.

    buzzword replied on May 27th, 2008 10:06 pm:

    It always pisses me off that people in the u.s. think of themselves as commoners yet what they mean is consumers.

  34. buzzword on May 27th, 2008 7:13 pm

    Oh hey, the, “most commented” list is gone.

    aLx replied on May 27th, 2008 7:30 pm:

    dude, you’re right. didn’t notice. we got the cocomment stuff now, though. their site is confusing and I didn’t really want to spent a lot of time over there to figure their site out, with the discussions and comments and whatever. I don’t need a second website to keep track of what I posted on the first one.

    buzzword replied on May 27th, 2008 9:38 pm:

    Yea, site is confusing. Never a good sign when their intent is to, “simplify”. And now I’m having difficulty submitting comments. Cocoment keeps telling me to always accept cookies. Which I have from the get go. Doesn’t happen until I’ve replied once or twice. Happening right now damn it. Three times… four…

    buzzword replied on May 27th, 2008 9:39 pm:

    Oh, I get it. There are two submit comment buttons now. Bottom one seems to be the functioning one.

    aLx replied on May 28th, 2008 10:10 am:

    yeah, I got the same problem regarding the cookies thing. weird.

    Marina replied on May 28th, 2008 5:12 am:

    I got rid of the most comment list as it was showing your thread here and I have no idea how to hide it. buzzword you have 2 submit buttons?

    buzzword replied on May 28th, 2008 6:40 am:

    Hrm… well I was. Now there is only one.

    aLx replied on May 28th, 2008 10:24 am:

    thanks for keeping cave.

  35. buzzword on May 27th, 2008 7:10 pm

    aLx, what in the hell is your gravatar? dude, if that’s a part of your anatomy your should really have that checked out by a doctor.

    aLx replied on May 27th, 2008 7:25 pm:

    nah, just playing around with photoshop. took one of those fiery big-ass bomb explosions and warped and distorted it into, well, some sort of lip shape.

  36. aLx on May 27th, 2008 11:33 am

    test ….

    aLx replied on May 27th, 2008 11:39 am:

    man, this is … argh … ya, I know, I’m complaining a lot lately …

    aLx replied on May 27th, 2008 11:43 am:

    no, it’s probably “I’ve complained” or “I’ve been complaining”. fuck tenses. why can’t germanic languages just simplify their fucking tense system and do it like the russians. three tenses are enough. damn.

  37. aLx on May 26th, 2008 5:20 pm

    does the recent comments thing work?

  38. bricotius on May 25th, 2008 8:08 am

    Wow you guys kinda hijacked this forum lol. :lol: :lol:

  39. aLx on May 24th, 2008 7:31 am

    btw, we climbed up. “spam” ranks #7 now in the “most commented” section. the ranking is weird anyway, cause “teacher’s pet” ranks #2 although it got “only” 373 comments.

  40. aLx on May 24th, 2008 7:27 am

    no visions.
    when I got on yesterday, it said, server not found. after a while it worked again. then I got your mail, and soon after that it didn’t work anymore again. I asked a friend of mine if he was able to get on this site, he said no, so it wasn’t just me. and, not many comments were written yesterday. well, maybe her domain hoster had some problems. I don’t know.

    so, have you finished the documentary? how big is it now? should fit on a double layer dvd?

    aLx replied on May 24th, 2008 7:58 am:

    oh yeah, I forgot to mention the random disappearance of all the replies.

    buzzword replied on May 24th, 2008 8:58 pm:

    The documentary is a little over an hour long. I wanted to include interviews with some academics to comment on the history of religion in the u.s., religion and rural america, deepen the analysis a bit. But all they wanted was oral histories. Pretty straight forward, learned a lot though. Editing is the most tedious process, I have to watch footage over and over again to make sure some old guy doesn’t shift in his seat and complain about his balls aching or something. I like the documentary form though. There is this one bit in which an old woman is asked, “Now your parents weren’t presbyterian, how did you get to be a presbyterian?” And she says, “We walked.”

  41. aLx on May 23rd, 2008 1:07 pm

    anybody alive out there?

    buzzword replied on May 23rd, 2008 6:48 pm:

    are you there?

    aLx replied on May 23rd, 2008 7:01 pm:

    “This video is not available in your country.”

    bastards! no one be telling me about globalization no more!

    buzzword replied on May 23rd, 2008 10:50 pm:

    are you there, by josh wink

  42. aLx on May 23rd, 2008 12:48 pm

    test, eins, zwo.

    aLx replied on May 23rd, 2008 12:50 pm:

    okay, it’s working again. weird things have been happening.

    buzzword replied on May 23rd, 2008 10:51 pm:

    having visions of the future?

  43. roadrunrnch on May 22nd, 2008 11:17 pm

    wow Teach, You have really come along way in a year. In the day, spam was great, lasts with out refrigeration and could be eaten cold, uncooked. Good as Earth quake supply. Rice, dryed beans and spam. Put that in a 55gal barrel with a container of clean water , Seal it up.

  44. aLx on May 22nd, 2008 7:18 pm

    umm … don’t I get an e-mail anymore when someone replied to one of my comments?

    buzzword replied on May 22nd, 2008 7:26 pm:

    I’m getting them. Didja get this?

    aLx replied on May 22nd, 2008 7:35 pm:

    restarted the mail client. got them now.

  45. buzzword on May 22nd, 2008 6:37 pm

    Reading the comments to marina on the, “Teacher’s Pet” lesson, I keep hearing Iggy Pop’s, I wanna be your dog. I’m surprised that no one has linked it. No punk rock fans maybe.

    buzzword replied on May 22nd, 2008 6:43 pm:

    aLx, speaking of dogs have you seen the skinny puppy, pro-test video?

    aLx replied on May 22nd, 2008 6:59 pm:

    yeah, that reminded me of that movie, you got served.

    aLx replied on May 22nd, 2008 6:46 pm:

    1:40 — 1:50 sounds like “marihuana wanna be your dog”.

    buzzword replied on May 22nd, 2008 6:58 pm:

    you dope fiend.

    buzzword replied on May 22nd, 2008 7:05 pm:

    yea! check out these two fatboy slim videos
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ULVQOneeZE
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WW8flwpH-Q
    Christopher Walken is demonic.

    aLx replied on May 22nd, 2008 7:16 pm:

    ah, that reminds me. a few days ago, a friend of mine and I were having a little argument. somehow I brought up eminem in some discussion. then we were arguing with which song he became popular. he said it’s “slim shady”. I just youtubed around and I found “the real slim shady”. but I remember another song. not the same, a different one, not by eminem that had “slim shady” in it. damn. can’t find it. don’t remember.

    buzzword replied on May 22nd, 2008 7:25 pm:

    before slim shady I thought he was with a group called, bad and evil. I think slim shady was his first big release. let me know what you find on the alternative slim shady.

    buzzword replied on May 22nd, 2008 7:37 pm:

    Yo, aLx catch eminem shooting some hoops with jimmy kimmel.

  46. aLx on May 22nd, 2008 6:31 pm

    fuck. we’re in the “most commented” section.

    buzzword replied on May 22nd, 2008 6:57 pm:

    Huh… Oh yea, but does anybody bother? Hrm… But with continued comments this may end being top of the list. Damn, we correspond too much!

    aLx replied on May 22nd, 2008 7:07 pm:

    no, we don’t. shut up!

    pennsyltucky9 replied on May 25th, 2008 11:47 am:

    It wouldn’t make any difference if I said, “Get a room, you two!” would it? Foregone conclusion, ex post facto?

    But breaking into the light by clearing the ‘most comments’ hurdle was truly a subtle entrance for which you are to be lauded! Brilliant stuff!! My hat is off.

    buzzword replied on May 22nd, 2008 7:29 pm:

    I wonder if they’d all get pissed to know that we had this back alley to do business in.

    aLx replied on May 22nd, 2008 7:34 pm:

    even if they do get pissed, they ain’t gonna say a fucking word as marina seems cool with it.

    buzzword replied on May 22nd, 2008 7:47 pm:

    no… they might say an f-ing word though.

  47. buzzword on May 20th, 2008 8:12 pm

    who is this errin dude, his posts are really long and arrogant. I keep mistaking him for the errinf dude. That and the name and the tie dye pattern on his gravatar doesn’t help.

    aLx replied on May 21st, 2008 6:11 am:

    yeah, thought about that, too. that errinf used to write long posts too, right?

  48. aLx on May 20th, 2008 3:08 pm

    uh, dude? does the dog video work on youtube? it doesn’t work for me. this is so weird. it works on this site, everything works fine with internet explorer, I can watch all other videos with safari — except that one. wtf.

    Marina replied on May 20th, 2008 3:46 pm:

    I know.. it’s really annoying. I can’t watch it either! If you click on the low quality then high quality then low quality it works.. but I seem to ONLY have problems these days! Arggghh! :mad:

    aLx replied on May 20th, 2008 4:19 pm:

    yeah, okay, it works. maybe