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« Reply #4770 on: 00:43:09, 22-09-2008 » |
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We bowed the piano with fishing line.
It wasn't entirely as I imagined and the score wasn't entirely the piece.
But a good time was had by all.
I've possibly had a little too much to drink tonight but I feel very well.
I'm rehydrating as I type.
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« Reply #4771 on: 01:26:06, 22-09-2008 » |
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I've not been about. I've been having some fun with markov chains.
Here's what happens if one feeds some early Shakespeare sonnets into markov chains of (increasing) memory
1: Fos Tht crinkelee frivindrergas orthe Anerecandind, t lerie, nghareat oword de bre Hourole byer ghof ulun te, tie illfiselthese alfanenke ty ' alf If t, tl bes Anseralseedey wou tige beves lubebencoswe Apr, sthas Dit omity wisproree,'sbe s se, gity weamel m f w, The thinsethoshy uthee t Wegaronirldespr'sare, celd Weses blld Ore ooulived Ofre?
i.e. You get an acceptable substitute for Vogon poetry. In the opinion of a panel of experts (wot I met down the pub) there will never be an acceptable substitute for the poetry of Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings. |
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Click me -> About meor me -> my handmade storeNo, I'm not a complete idiot. I'm only a halfwit. In fact I'm actually a catfish. |
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« Reply #4772 on: 07:43:31, 22-09-2008 » |
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That's ok Martlee. I can see you what you mean!! Hope you had a good day!
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« Reply #4773 on: 08:13:29, 22-09-2008 » |
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I've not been about. I've been having some fun with markov chains.
Here's what happens if one feeds some early Shakespeare sonnets into markov chains of (increasing) memory
1: Fos Tht crinkelee frivindrergas orthe Anerecandind, t lerie, nghareat oword de bre Hourole byer ghof ulun te, tie illfiselthese alfanenke ty ' alf If t, tl bes Anseralseedey wou tige beves lubebencoswe Apr, sthas Dit omity wisproree,'sbe s se, gity weamel m f w, The thinsethoshy uthee t Wegaronirldespr'sare, celd Weses blld Ore ooulived Ofre?
i.e. You get an acceptable substitute for Vogon poetry. In the opinion of a panel of experts (wot I met down the pub) there will never be an acceptable substitute for the poetry of Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings. Shame on you, Kittybriton, for perpetuating the revisionist claim that it was said Jennings whose 'poetry' calls for agreeable substitution. Give Paul Neil Milne Johnstone his due. He's dead now, so cannot sue. |
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« Reply #4774 on: 17:15:38, 23-09-2008 » |
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Ii is time to rest and look at this beatle. It has interesting colour.  I would not want it sitting on my hand. |
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« Reply #4775 on: 17:31:22, 23-09-2008 » |
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Ii is time to rest and look at this beatle. It has interesting colour. I would not want it sitting on my hand. Neither would I. |
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« Reply #4776 on: 17:47:27, 23-09-2008 » |
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It's handsome, though, isn't it? Does anyone know what it is?
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« Reply #4777 on: 18:26:03, 23-09-2008 » |
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I think it is a brown beetle. I spelled bittle wrong and found him. Now I don't see him. Here is Bobmardier beetle   Giraffe beetle. |
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« Reply #4778 on: 18:47:48, 23-09-2008 » |
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Here's a beetle who likes playing games  |
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« Reply #4779 on: 23:42:15, 23-09-2008 » |
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I'm going to have a haircut tomorrow. This makes me quite happy. It's been getting quite long and it tends to get fluffy and silly when it's like that.
I may even have a slow morning and go in for lunchtime so that I can print off some lecture notes and mess around with piano harmonics (I'm writing a piece for a pianist visiting from Chicago). This should be in the Happy Room, but that's ok.
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« Reply #4780 on: 23:58:43, 23-09-2008 » |
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I'm going to have a haircut tomorrow. This makes me quite happy. It's been getting quite long and it tends to get fluffy and silly when it's like that.
I haven't had someone else cut my hair for years. I cut my own, I know how I want it, I don't have to try to explain this to someone else.  |
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« Reply #4781 on: 00:02:16, 24-09-2008 » |
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Given the mess I make when I try to paint anything, cut in a straight line using scissors, or even draw anything other than notes on manuscript, I wouldn't like to think what my hair would look like if I tried to cut it myself. I have enough trauma shaving thank you very much.
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« Reply #4782 on: 00:04:36, 24-09-2008 » |
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It's been getting quite long and it tends to get fluffy and silly when it's like that. I don't like having long hair. It arranges itself in such a way that at the slightest gust of wind it takes on a life of its own. I don't have to try to explain this to someone else. That's the biggest problem I have with haircuts. I never have a clue what to say. At least they realise then that I'm not the wordy type and don't harangue me with smalltalk. |
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"It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set"
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« Reply #4783 on: 00:06:32, 24-09-2008 » |
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My then-girlfriend told me what to ask for and I've been asking for it ever since.
The worst thing you can ever say to a barber/hairdresser is 'what do you think?'.
They either crumple or do something outrageous to your hair.
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« Reply #4784 on: 00:21:43, 24-09-2008 » |
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My then-girlfriend told me what to ask for and I've been asking for it ever since.
Um. I'm going to regret writing that, aren't I? [not half as much as you're going to regret drawing everyone's attention to it...] |
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