Testing Chat V: The Final Mysterious Island: Miami Beach

[Infinity Biscuit]

I'm starting to use "lol" about once every three sentences

it's great

[Infinity Biscuit]

And yes I'm one of those dorks who pronounces it as a word in itself :L

[Bakustra]

I've completely stopped using words ever since taking an online telepathy course

Tom Clancy is dead.

Happened yesterday apparently.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainmen ... -1.1473782

Now he belongs wholly to Pearson PLC and Bertelsmann.

And yes I'm one of those dorks who pronounces it as a word in itself :L

there are people who don't do this?

[Oxymoron]

I will admit to using lol as an interjection when speaking verbally.

Although most of the times it is used on a sarcastic tone.

[Jung]

There seems to be this idea that it's superior rationality to ignore motivational context. That treating a statement rationally means treating it as if it came out of a disinterested computer, and not a human being with human motivations and a probable interest in persuading people to believe certain things.

Unsurprisingly, it often seems to be used in defending the idea that things terrible people say should be taken seriously.

I wouldn't be surprised if there were once people whose minds worked in such a "rational" way - and they didn't leave any descendants because they got horribly exploited by people who were good at sophistry.

[RogueIce]

So Tom Clancy.

I actually enjoyed his nonfiction stuff (Carrier, Marine, Air Wing, etc). Informative and a pleasant read.

[Oxymoron]

Remind me Rogue, you were Navy, right ?

Or did I get the the "ex-military" bit completely wrong ?


Also I didn't know Clancy had done non-fiction stuff. What about it ?

[RogueIce]

You must have me confused with Lonestar. Which happened surprisingly often back when he was still active on SDN.

[Oxymoron]

Welp. Sorry about that, then. In that case may I ask what's you occupation / background ? For my files. *creepy reflection on non-existing glasses*


Anyway, Tom Clancy non-fiction stuff... what was it about ?

[RyanThunder]

I will admit to using lol as an interjection when speaking verbally.

Although most of the times it is used on a sarcastic tone.

I occasionally use it as an enhancing prefix. i.e. lolbulbs (to refer to ridiculously over-engineered lightbulbs that operate for tens of thousands of years)

[RogueIce]

Welp. Sorry about that, then. In that case may I ask what's you occupation / background ? For my files. *creepy reflection on non-existing glasses*

Well when you put it that way... I'm a super genius high school student (I built a flying VW, for instance) who fights evil space aliens once every week or so.

Anyway, Tom Clancy non-fiction stuff... what was it about ?

Military stuff, obviously.

AMERICAN military, of course, because none of the others matter.

More seriously, the answer is in the titles. "Carrier: A Guided Tour of an Aircraft Carrier", "Marine: A Guided Tour of a Marine Expeditionary Unit" and so on. Wikipedia, of course, has a list.

[timmy]

I'm going to lobby Anders to play some Clancyverse tonight. Vegas 2 for pref. Vale Clancy.

I'm starting to use "lol" about once every three sentences

it's great

My former 2IC was much the same. 'Roffle' and 'La-mayo' too, for that matter.

[Oxymoron]

Techno-thrilling!

[>:3]

Today marks the end of the first quarter of SDN's 12th year of operation. Time to update the posts per day count for the three quarters since the last time I did this.

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2012 Jul 02 - 2013 Jul 02	254
Jul 2-Oct 2	299
Oct 2-Jan 2	267
Jan 2-Apr 2	253
Apr 2-Jul 2	210

2013 Jul 02 - 2014 Jul 02	???

Jul 2-Oct 2	141

All time:

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2002 Jul 02 - 2003 Jul 02   1640
Jul 2-Oct 2   865
Oct 2-Jan 2   1,758
Jan 2-Apr 2   1,945
Apr 2-Jul 2   2,085

2003 Jul 02 - 2004 Jul 02   1485
Jul 2-Oct 2   1,592
Oct 2-Jan 2   1,456
Jan 2-Apr 2   1,499
Apr 2-Jul 2   1,476

2004 Jul 02 - 2005 Jul 02   1502
Jul 2-Oct 2   1,374
Oct 2-Jan 2   1,474
Jan 2-Apr 2   1,531
Apr 2-Jul 2   1,709

2005 Jul 02 - 2006 Jul 02   1254
Jul 2-Oct 2   1,332
Oct 2-Jan 2   1,108
Jan 2-Apr 2   1,323
Apr 2-Jul 2   1,328

2006 Jul 02 - 2007 Jul 02   976
Jul 2-Oct 2   1,039
Oct 2-Jan 2   1,033
Jan 2-Apr 2   948
Apr 2-Jul 2   939

2007 Jul 02 - 2008 Jul 02   872
Jul 2-Oct 2   887
Oct 2-Jan 2   839
Jan 2-Apr 2   887
Apr 2-Jul 2   919

2008 Jul 02 - 2009 Jul 02   808
Jul 2-Oct 2   899
Oct 2-Jan 2   887
Jan 2-Apr 2   835
Apr 2-Jul 2   660

2009 Jul 02 - 2010 Jul 02   642
Jul 2-Oct 2   601
Oct 2-Jan 2   702
Jan 2-Apr 2   590
Apr 2-Jul 2   706

2010 Jul 02 - 2011 Jul 02   505
Jul 2-Oct 2   610
Oct 2-Jan 2   505
Jan 2-Apr 2   471
Apr 2-Jul 2   465

2011 Jul 02 - 2012 Jul 02   429
Jul 2-Oct 2   482
Oct 2-Jan 2   436
Jan 2-Apr 2   460
Apr 2-Jul 2   357


2012 Jul 02 - 2013 Jul 02	254
Jul 2-Oct 2	299
Oct 2-Jan 2	267
Jan 2-Apr 2	253
Apr 2-Jul 2	210

2013 Jul 02 - 2014 Jul 02	???

Jul 2-Oct 2	141

And for SB for the same period:

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2012 Jul 02 - 2013 Jul 02   8,586
Jul 2-Oct 2   7,333
Oct 2-Jan 2   8,545
Jan 2-Apr 2   9,526
Apr 2-Jul 2   9,418

2013 Jul 02 - 2014 Jul 02	???

Jul 2-Oct 2   9,126

All time:

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2001 Jul 02 - 2002 Jul 02   1,511
Jul 2-Oct 2   1,270
Oct 2-Jan 2   1,648
Jan 2-Apr 2   1,536
Apr 2-Jul 2   1,673

2002 Jul 02 - 2003 Jul 02   1,424
Jul 2-Oct 2   1,511
Oct 2-Jan 2   1,630
Jan 2-Apr 2   1,299
Apr 2-Jul 2   1,336

2003 Jul 02 - 2004 Jul 02   1,037
Jul 2-Oct 2   995
Oct 2-Jan 2   1,062
Jan 2-Apr 2   1,049
Apr 2-Jul 2   1,101

2004 Jul 02 - 2005 Jul 02   1,480
Jul 2-Oct 2   1,281
Oct 2-Jan 2   1,382
Jan 2-Apr 2   1,596
Apr 2-Jul 2   1,744

2005 Jul 02 - 2006 Jul 02   1,506
Jul 2-Oct 2   1,383
Oct 2-Jan 2   1,521
Jan 2-Apr 2   1,641
Apr 2-Jul 2   1,564

2006 Jul 02 - 2007 Jul 02   1,389
Jul 2-Oct 2   1,357
Oct 2-Jan 2   1,587
Jan 2-Apr 2   1,456
Apr 2-Jul 2   1,234

2007 Jul 02 - 2008 Jul 02   1,198
Jul 2-Oct 2   1,306
Oct 2-Jan 2   1,263
Jan 2-Apr 2   1,099
Apr 2-Jul 2   1,189

2008 Jul 02 - 2009 Jul 02   1,298
Jul 2-Oct 2   1,226
Oct 2-Jan 2   1,143
Jan 2-Apr 2   1,300
Apr 2-Jul 2   1,594

2009 Jul 02 - 2010 Jul 02   2,166
Jul 2-Oct 2   2,043
Oct 2-Jan 2   2,025
Jan 2-Apr 2   2,212
Apr 2-Jul 2   2,504

2010 Jul 02 - 2011 Jul 02   3,492
Jul 2-Oct 2   3,027
Oct 2-Jan 2   3,064
Jan 2-Apr 2   3,850
Apr 2-Jul 2   4,223

2011 Jul 02 - 2012 Jul 02   5,100
Jul 2-Oct 2   4,660
Oct 2-Jan 2   4,706
Jan 2-Apr 2   5,652
Apr 2-Jul 2   5,666

2012 Jul 02 - 2013 Jul 02   8,586
Jul 2-Oct 2   7,333
Oct 2-Jan 2   8,545
Jan 2-Apr 2   9,526
Apr 2-Jul 2   9,418

2013 Jul 02 - 2014 Jul 02	???

Jul 2-Oct 2   9,126

[The Spartan]

when was the last time Clancy put out a decent novel?

'Bout twenty years.

Edit: though his non-fiction stuff, I thought, was pretty good. So were some of the video games published under his name.

[Losonti Tokash]

when was the last time Clancy put out a decent novel?

'Bout twenty years.

Edit: though his non-fiction stuff, I thought, was pretty good. So were some of the video games published under his name.

Coincidentally, I'm pretty sure that's the last time he actually wrote a novel.

[>:3]

Posts per day over at the Something Awful forums. I'd have gone further back but the post numbering changed somewhere in February 2002 and I didn't feel like sorting it out.

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2002 Jul 02 - 2003 Jul 02   18,151
Jul 2-Oct 2   13,855
Oct 2-Jan 2   15,471
Jan 2-Apr 2   19,709
Apr 2-Jul 2   24,578

2003 Jul 02 - 2004 Jul 02   27,635
Jul 2-Oct 2   25,119
Oct 2-Jan 2   26,080
Jan 2-Apr 2   28,830
Apr 2-Jul 2   32,045

2004 Jul 02 - 2005 Jul 02   33,394
Jul 2-Oct 2   37,407
Oct 2-Jan 2   37,825
Jan 2-Apr 2   30,930
Apr 2-Jul 2   29,269

2005 Jul 02 - 2006 Jul 02   29,284
Jul 2-Oct 2   26,664
Oct 2-Jan 2   28,902
Jan 2-Apr 2   28,561
Apr 2-Jul 2   34,638

2006 Jul 02 - 2007 Jul 02   51,227
Jul 2-Oct 2   49,700
Oct 2-Jan 2   52,478
Jan 2-Apr 2   52,034
Apr 2-Jul 2   53,543

2007 Jul 02 - 2008 Jul 02   42,469
Jul 2-Oct 2   43,874
Oct 2-Jan 2   40,930
Jan 2-Apr 2   44,201
Apr 2-Jul 2   43,230

2008 Jul 02 - 2009 Jul 02   46,918
Jul 2-Oct 2   48,938
Oct 2-Jan 2   48,779
Jan 2-Apr 2   48,514
Apr 2-Jul 2   44,047

2009 Jul 02 - 2010 Jul 02   44,763
Jul 2-Oct 2   41,635
Oct 2-Jan 2   43,762
Jan 2-Apr 2   47,654
Apr 2-Jul 2   48,490

2010 Jul 02 - 2011 Jul 02   38,587
Jul 2-Oct 2   40,395
Oct 2-Jan 2   40,152
Jan 2-Apr 2   40,076
Apr 2-Jul 2   35,869

2011 Jul 02 - 2012 Jul 02   32,893
Jul 2-Oct 2   32,308
Oct 2-Jan 2   33,688
Jan 2-Apr 2   33,682
Apr 2-Jul 2   33,722

2012 Jul 02 - 2013 Jul 02   32,523
Jul 2-Oct 2   32,373
Oct 2-Jan 2   33,211
Jan 2-Apr 2   32,285
Apr 2-Jul 2   34,028

2013 Jul 02 - 2014 Jul 02	???

Jul 2-Oct 2   33,514

[thejester]

Today marks the end of the first quarter of SDN's 12th year of operation. Time to update the posts per day count for the three quarters since the last time I did this.

That's a pretty brutal decline. I wonder if it'll revive with the release of the new movie.

[Bakustra]

Wonder why SB took off so suddenly.

Also, you can see where SomethingAwful closed down three forums at once haha.

[Losonti Tokash]

totally unrelated but i never tire of this picture

[uraniun235]

Wonder why SB took off so suddenly.

Also, you can see where SomethingAwful closed down three forums at once haha.

DPPH, BTB, and... what was the other one? I can't remember.

[Losonti Tokash]

LF?

[uraniun235]

OH! You're referring to LF and YCS and BYOB.

I think the 06->07 decline might be when the torrent forums got closed.

[uraniun235]

Something Awful used to have a whole file-sharing subsection before Lowtax wised up and shut it down.

[Bakustra]

Yeah, that was way before my time, I only started reading SA when you (or somebody) linked a story thread on SDN. And I think that the closing of Helldump is also visible as a dip around July 09.