Comments on: Something Wicked This Way Comes http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/26/something_wicke/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ram http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/26/something_wicke/comment-page-2/#comment-175208 Ram Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:25:22 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4815#comment-175208 <p>Still waiting for it</p> Still waiting for it

]]> By: Sadaiyappan http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/26/something_wicke/comment-page-2/#comment-174862 Sadaiyappan Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:40:33 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4815#comment-174862 <p>Heroes is more comic book than it is sci-fi. They try to emulate that old school comic book feel where it is a little too much good versus evil and a little too unrealistic.</p> Heroes is more comic book than it is sci-fi. They try to emulate that old school comic book feel where it is a little too much good versus evil and a little too unrealistic.

]]> By: Abhi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/26/something_wicke/comment-page-2/#comment-174859 Abhi Mon, 29 Oct 2007 03:56:14 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4815#comment-174859 <blockquote>Abhi has a Nature paper?</blockquote> <p>I almost had a paper in Science last year :) Ah well. My stuff can be found in the Astrobiology Journal.</p> <p>For the record (re: all the other comments above), I am the biggest sci-fi freak ever. And I think Heroes sucks.</p> Abhi has a Nature paper?

I almost had a paper in Science last year :) Ah well. My stuff can be found in the Astrobiology Journal.

For the record (re: all the other comments above), I am the biggest sci-fi freak ever. And I think Heroes sucks.

]]> By: flygirl http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/26/something_wicke/comment-page-2/#comment-174858 flygirl Mon, 29 Oct 2007 03:53:15 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4815#comment-174858 <p>Abhi has a Nature paper?</p> Abhi has a Nature paper?

]]> By: tamasha http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/26/something_wicke/comment-page-2/#comment-174754 tamasha Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:34:40 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4815#comment-174754 <blockquote>Whatever it is, it's probably related to the News and Events tabs</blockquote> <p>That's not exciting enough for this kind of suspense-porn post.</p> Whatever it is, it’s probably related to the News and Events tabs

That’s not exciting enough for this kind of suspense-porn post.

]]> By: chachaji http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/26/something_wicke/comment-page-2/#comment-174744 chachaji Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:06:57 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4815#comment-174744 <p>Whatever it is, it's probably related to the News and Events tabs - because Chaitan is shutting them down for 'maintenance' tonight. I'm guessing/hoping we'll have (i) reader ranking of news stories (ii) lifting of the 100-word limit to (say) 250) words (iii) - a combination of the first two - to effectively have reader-submitted 'posts', that are also ranked by other readers.</p> <p>The ranking is computed in real time, but each IP can vote only once on any post. Also, no IP can submit more than two posts during any 24 hour period that begins at midnight EST. Every eight hours, the top 5 ranked posts move to the top of the News Tab. Any reader who consistently produces top ranked posts in the News Tab (e.g., gets in the top 5 for more than 15 days in consecutive months) will be invited to consider guest blogging for SM. To counter the inherent non-judgementality of SMers (aha!) which would manifest itself in a reluctance to rank posts - the number of clicks a post gets - normalized for IP, so only one click per IP would count - can be used to reality-check rankings.</p> <p>I suggest that if this algorithm were coded, and implemented over the News Tab for the <b>past</b> six months, KXB would naturally emerge at the top, double-validating his guest-blogger status. Also, <b>KXB</b>, when are you getting yourself an avatar ? :)</p> Whatever it is, it’s probably related to the News and Events tabs – because Chaitan is shutting them down for ‘maintenance’ tonight. I’m guessing/hoping we’ll have (i) reader ranking of news stories (ii) lifting of the 100-word limit to (say) 250) words (iii) – a combination of the first two – to effectively have reader-submitted ‘posts’, that are also ranked by other readers.

The ranking is computed in real time, but each IP can vote only once on any post. Also, no IP can submit more than two posts during any 24 hour period that begins at midnight EST. Every eight hours, the top 5 ranked posts move to the top of the News Tab. Any reader who consistently produces top ranked posts in the News Tab (e.g., gets in the top 5 for more than 15 days in consecutive months) will be invited to consider guest blogging for SM. To counter the inherent non-judgementality of SMers (aha!) which would manifest itself in a reluctance to rank posts – the number of clicks a post gets – normalized for IP, so only one click per IP would count – can be used to reality-check rankings.

I suggest that if this algorithm were coded, and implemented over the News Tab for the past six months, KXB would naturally emerge at the top, double-validating his guest-blogger status. Also, KXB, when are you getting yourself an avatar ? :)

]]> By: Amit http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/26/something_wicke/comment-page-2/#comment-174706 Amit Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:06:35 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4815#comment-174706 <blockquote>In the US I have been told that chickens are fed chicken feed etc. and <b>I guess they are no where near sewage or garbage</b> so I guess it is better to be a vegetarian while in India.</blockquote> <p>Sadaiyappan, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory_farming">sorry to burst your bubble</a> - happy <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovine_spongiform_encephalopathy#Husbandry_practices_in_the_United_States_relating_to_BSE">reading</a>!! Also, google is your friend - if you have the stomach for it, that is. ;)</p> In the US I have been told that chickens are fed chicken feed etc. and I guess they are no where near sewage or garbage so I guess it is better to be a vegetarian while in India.

Sadaiyappan, sorry to burst your bubble – happy reading!! Also, google is your friend – if you have the stomach for it, that is. ;)

]]> By: Sadaiyappan http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/26/something_wicke/comment-page-2/#comment-174694 Sadaiyappan Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:19:50 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4815#comment-174694 <p>Fuck yeah I would eat the moon! Ribs are sooo good. I have fond childhood memories of getting ribs with my dad and eating them at home.</p> <p>Which reminds me, I am in India right now -- and you see chickens, goats and cows running around eating garbage on the streets and grass that grows right out from sewage ditches. Then people eat the chickens/goats and drink the cows milk!</p> <p>In the US I have been told that chickens are fed chicken feed etc. and I guess they are no where near sewage or garbage so I guess it is better to be a vegetarian while in India.</p> Fuck yeah I would eat the moon! Ribs are sooo good. I have fond childhood memories of getting ribs with my dad and eating them at home.

Which reminds me, I am in India right now — and you see chickens, goats and cows running around eating garbage on the streets and grass that grows right out from sewage ditches. Then people eat the chickens/goats and drink the cows milk!

In the US I have been told that chickens are fed chicken feed etc. and I guess they are no where near sewage or garbage so I guess it is better to be a vegetarian while in India.

]]> By: Mr. Dark http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/26/something_wicke/comment-page-2/#comment-174691 Mr. Dark Sat, 27 Oct 2007 14:20:43 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4815#comment-174691 <blockquote>Your torments call us like dogs in the night. And we do feed, and feed well. To stuff ourselves on other people's torments. And butter our plain bread with delicious pain... Funerals, marriages, lost loves, lonely beds " that is our diet. We suck that misery and find it sweet. We can smell the young ulcerating to be men a thousand miles off. And hear a middle-aged fool like yourself groaning with midnight despairs from halfway round the world. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086336/quotes">(IMDB)</a></blockquote> <p>ooh evil one, must you let us wait?</p> Your torments call us like dogs in the night. And we do feed, and feed well. To stuff ourselves on other people’s torments. And butter our plain bread with delicious pain… Funerals, marriages, lost loves, lonely beds ” that is our diet. We suck that misery and find it sweet. We can smell the young ulcerating to be men a thousand miles off. And hear a middle-aged fool like yourself groaning with midnight despairs from halfway round the world. (IMDB)

ooh evil one, must you let us wait?

]]> By: SemiDesiMasala http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/26/something_wicke/comment-page-2/#comment-174675 SemiDesiMasala Sat, 27 Oct 2007 09:58:56 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4815#comment-174675 <p>Hey! If the moon were made of barbecue spare ribs, would you eat it?</p> Hey! If the moon were made of barbecue spare ribs, would you eat it?

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