Adequacy front page
Stories Diaries Polls Users
Google

Web Adequacy.org
Home About Topics Rejects Abortions
This is an unofficial archive site only. It is no longer maintained. You can not post comments. You can not make an account. Your email will not be read. Please read this page or the footnote if you have questions.
 Strange

 Author:  Topic:  Posted:
Mar 11, 2002
 Comments:
I get the feeling that our beloved editor elenchos is no more than a bot of sorts, picking its way through Adequacy stories and diaries, looking for anything that could be regarded as negative press for the site. I therefore say that ADEQUACY SUCKS, and if I'm right, this entry will be removed to Kuro5hin.

Thank you and goodnight.

diaries

More diaries by budlite
A request
I'm considering selling my soul
Music
David Beckham



waste of precious seconds (none / 0) (#1)
by nathan on Mon Mar 11th, 2002 at 08:45:00 AM PST
The only thing worse than meta crap is meta crap from site newcomers and Lunix users.

Nathan
--
Li'l Sis: Yo, that's a real grey area. Even by my lax standards.

And the only thing worse than *that* (none / 0) (#2)
by because it isnt on Mon Mar 11th, 2002 at 09:00:51 AM PST
...is meta crap from old farts complaining about meta crap from site newcomers and Lunix users.

And the only thing worse than that is punk bitches complaing about meta crap from old farts compla...
adequacy.org -- because it isn't

eck (none / 0) (#3)
by budlite on Mon Mar 11th, 2002 at 10:32:29 AM PST
Oh dear, what have I started?

 
preposterous (none / 0) (#4)
by nathan on Mon Mar 11th, 2002 at 11:43:04 AM PST
I'm hardly an old Adequacy hand.

Nathan
--
Li'l Sis: Yo, that's a real grey area. Even by my lax standards.

 
...And the only thing wose that *that* has to be: (none / 0) (#7)
by PotatoError on Mon Mar 11th, 2002 at 04:26:37 PM PST
crap from someone complaining about the crap from someone else which complained about crap from site newcomers and Linux users.
<<JUMP! POGO POGO POGO BOUNCE! POGO POGO POGO>>

pardon me... (none / 0) (#8)
by nathan on Mon Mar 11th, 2002 at 04:53:49 PM PST
I believe you mean Lunix users.

Nathan
--
Li'l Sis: Yo, that's a real grey area. Even by my lax standards.

no (none / 0) (#11)
by DG on Tue Mar 12th, 2002 at 01:45:00 AM PST
I think he means linux. lunix is an 8 bit os for a c64. Get it right for once, linsux or something like that would be better than lunix, lunix looks like little unix more than some lame ass attempt at trying to distort the name
� 2002, DG. You may not reproduce this material, in whole or in part, without written permission of the owner.

like I SAID, (none / 0) (#15)
by nathan on Tue Mar 12th, 2002 at 05:56:00 AM PST
I believe you mean LUNIX.

You butthole.

Nathan
--
Li'l Sis: Yo, that's a real grey area. Even by my lax standards.

Hmm (none / 0) (#39)
by DG on Fri Mar 22nd, 2002 at 01:01:27 AM PST
Whatever nathan.. come back when you can stop calling people names, it makes you look bad, oh well for some people it's hard to relearn things properly.
� 2002, DG. You may not reproduce this material, in whole or in part, without written permission of the owner.

 
Why meta-crap? (none / 0) (#5)
by The Mad Scientist on Mon Mar 11th, 2002 at 01:05:32 PM PST
Why not ortho-crap or para-crap? And when we're in it, why to use trivial names when IUPAC gave us handy conventions: what about 1,3-crap, 1,2-crap, and 1,4-crap?

because (none / 0) (#6)
by nathan on Mon Mar 11th, 2002 at 02:58:57 PM PST
Then we'd be chem g**ks instead of computer g**ks.

Come to think of it, I will never utter 'meta' again unless I'm discussing chemistry; in other words, never.

Nathan
--
Li'l Sis: Yo, that's a real grey area. Even by my lax standards.

A commendable plan, Nathan, (5.00 / 1) (#10)
by Ernest Bludger on Mon Mar 11th, 2002 at 09:03:40 PM PST
to not utter 'meta' (outside of chemistry matters). The only potential trap you'll make for yourself would be 'subliminal' uses of meta; e.g., "timetable", or "What? Me talking crap? Never". I'm sure you'll be on the lookout! All the best.

 
How could you... (none / 0) (#9)
by poltroon on Mon Mar 11th, 2002 at 06:40:52 PM PST
think the beautiful and brilliant editor elenchos is but a bot?? Through his masterful edits he bestows his eloquence upon us all!

 
Hey, I have an idea. (none / 0) (#12)
by Anonymous Reader on Tue Mar 12th, 2002 at 04:06:47 AM PST
Hands up if you'd like to see an editor just delete this worthless diary entry rather than take the trouble to move it somewhere else.

Not bad, but (none / 0) (#13)
by because it isnt on Tue Mar 12th, 2002 at 04:15:04 AM PST
...it doesn't allow the editors to run rampant over the top of the entry and remind the errant diary author who's running the show here.
adequacy.org -- because it isn't

What are you saying? (none / 0) (#17)
by Anonymous Reader on Tue Mar 12th, 2002 at 07:56:04 AM PST
Do you think this site ought to be a democracy? Would you rather the editors didn't have the powers that make this site what it is?

Perhaps you should write up some Magna Carta sort of thing detailing what, exactly, you would like this site to be.

What I'm saying (none / 0) (#19)
by because it isnt on Tue Mar 12th, 2002 at 09:12:22 AM PST
is that this site is a showcase for the talents of the glorious editors and users. Users have to learn to write diaries that awe the editors, and need no changes. Editors get themselves points for style and flair when they tame the wild beasts that are rogue diarists. Deleting diaries outright is admitting that they don't have a wittier riposte (or that the diary is just spam).
adequacy.org -- because it isn't

I bet you are the sort of person (5.00 / 1) (#20)
by dmg on Tue Mar 12th, 2002 at 10:26:49 AM PST
Who is condescended to by mere shop assistants. I'll bet when you shop for clothing, or luxury items, the shop assistant manages to humiliate you in a sneering and slightly patronising way. I bet you don't have the attitude, the cojones, the chutzpah to walk into a shop like Van Cleef and Arpels or Voyage and demand the level of service to which you are entitled ?

Am I right ? I am, aren't I ?

I expect you want adequacy to become like Paris ?

Well I can tell you now, that will NEVER happen.

time to give a Newtonian demonstration - of a bullet, its mass and its acceleration.
-- MC Hawking

Shopping "assistants" (none / 0) (#22)
by because it isnt on Wed Mar 13th, 2002 at 02:26:46 AM PST
Am I right ? I am, aren't I ?

Er, no.

Unlike your graceful self, I do not need assistance in eating my meals, I do not need assistance in going to the bathroom, and I certainly do not need assistance in shopping.

Good day to you, Sir.
adequacy.org -- because it isn't

Of course, (none / 0) (#23)
by walwyn on Wed Mar 13th, 2002 at 06:16:53 AM PST
you don't need assistance whilst you are running out of pizzahut without paying, scribbling your telephone number on the toilet door, or shoplifting from your high street store.

For the rest of us who do not engage in these activities a little assistance (at least with paying) is welcome.


I believe (none / 0) (#24)
by because it isnt on Wed Mar 13th, 2002 at 07:08:02 AM PST
you are grasping for the term "checkout operator", "sales clerk" or "shopkeeper".

And I hope you wouldn't insinuate anything so vulgar as to claim I eat at yank hangout like Pizza Hut. Such remarks damage my character. As a true brit, I get my fast food from the Wimpy.
adequacy.org -- because it isn't

Gah! (5.00 / 1) (#25)
by jvance on Wed Mar 13th, 2002 at 08:45:19 AM PST
Wimpy!? I ate there once. ONCE! Pressed and fried offal, sold under the moniker "beefburger." But what can you expect from a country that makes "ice cream" from hog renderings.


--
Adequacy has turned into a cesspool consisting of ... blubbering, superstitious fools arguing with smug, pseudointellectual assholes. -AR

Ethnic foods. (none / 0) (#27)
by because it isnt on Wed Mar 13th, 2002 at 08:53:20 AM PST
jvance,

As you are not a patriotic Brit, I would not expect you to understand our special ways.

I do hope this minor culture clash does not spoil our countries' special relationship. As a peace offering, I shall mail you some black puddings and a jar of chutney.
adequacy.org -- because it isn't

Illegal foods (none / 0) (#28)
by walwyn on Wed Mar 13th, 2002 at 09:01:46 AM PST
There has to be a law against the mailing of British blood products to the USA. And whilst Sharwoods might be ethnic it is not exactly British.


Illegal? (none / 0) (#35)
by because it isnt on Fri Mar 15th, 2002 at 09:41:12 AM PST
There has to be a law against the mailing of British blood products to the USA.

Well, I became a scofflaw of American FDA import restrictions ever since they banned Irn Bru.

And whilst Sharwoods might be ethnic it is not exactly British.

What could be more British than cheese and chutney sandwiches?
adequacy.org -- because it isn't

You need a healthy diet (none / 0) (#37)
by walwyn on Fri Mar 15th, 2002 at 01:21:31 PM PST
Would that Irn Bru was restricted solely to Scotland.

What could be more British than cheese and chutney sandwiches?
However British food is not really this bland.


 
Do that, (none / 0) (#29)
by jvance on Wed Mar 13th, 2002 at 09:45:44 AM PST
and I'll Ecky-Thump on yo' ass. Send the chutney to me Mum, along with a bottle of HP Sauce and a box of digestive biscuits.
--
Adequacy has turned into a cesspool consisting of ... blubbering, superstitious fools arguing with smug, pseudointellectual assholes. -AR

 
You should try the local delicacies (none / 0) (#30)
by Anonymous Reader on Fri Mar 15th, 2002 at 04:31:50 AM PST
Wimpy!? I ate there once. ONCE! Pressed and fried offal, sold under the moniker "beefburger."

This is a sadly typical American attitude towards food. Often in top London restaurants such as Pétrus or Gordon Ramsey, one will find loud Americans demanding burgers, ribs, and fried chicken.

I urge those Americans who are brave enough to travel outside their nation's boundaries to sample native cuisine, rather than the local attempt at American food.

For example, at Wimpy, although the menu does contain American items such as beefburgers, the true house speciality is the marvellous Bender in a Bun. Once you've tried one of these quintessentially English meals, you'll never be tempted to order a beefburger at Wimpy again.

"Bender in a Bun" (5.00 / 1) (#31)
by nrp on Fri Mar 15th, 2002 at 05:20:10 AM PST
I didn't realise that Wimpy was a gay haunt.



Only an uncouth foreigner (none / 0) (#32)
by because it isnt on Fri Mar 15th, 2002 at 06:36:13 AM PST
...would say it out loud.

Look. I'll put it this way. When we Brits buy Cumberland sausage, we don't crease ourselves laughing at how it looks. We just buy it, take it home, cook it and eat it.

Yum.
adequacy.org -- because it isn't

 
You ought to be flame grilled (nt) (none / 0) (#33)
by walwyn on Fri Mar 15th, 2002 at 06:52:03 AM PST



I'll fire up the barbecue (n/t) (none / 0) (#34)
by budlite on Fri Mar 15th, 2002 at 09:09:49 AM PST



Perverts (n/t) (none / 0) (#36)
by nrp on Fri Mar 15th, 2002 at 12:46:16 PM PST



Humph (none / 0) (#38)
by walwyn on Fri Mar 15th, 2002 at 01:28:42 PM PST
I think your trolling, because you weren't saying that last weekend.


 
True Brit? (none / 0) (#26)
by nrp on Wed Mar 13th, 2002 at 08:49:44 AM PST
Face it - you're still eating fat arsed American shite!


 
*shrug* (none / 0) (#14)
by budlite on Tue Mar 12th, 2002 at 05:48:10 AM PST
Either way it proves the point that a few people have tried to make. The mindset of the editors appears to be one of "I don't like this post. I'll delete it. I don't care if anyone else likes it.". Elenchos' strategy of moving them to a different site wasn't much better.

What's your complaint? (none / 0) (#16)
by Anonymous Reader on Tue Mar 12th, 2002 at 07:42:47 AM PST
How is this different than slash-dot, where nothing that doesn't interest the editors shows up on the home page, ever?

Or Rusty's Ant Farm, where nothing that the majority of lusers doesn't agree with ever makes it out of the queue?

What, exactly, do you want here? It's clear from the outset that this is an edited site. Do you want it to be something else?

 
nuts to you (none / 0) (#18)
by nathan on Tue Mar 12th, 2002 at 08:04:09 AM PST
You think you have a right to others providing you with a forum? This is the most controversial site on the internet, which is precisely why it has to be kept firmly in check.

Nathan
--
Li'l Sis: Yo, that's a real grey area. Even by my lax standards.

So.... (none / 0) (#21)
by budlite on Wed Mar 13th, 2002 at 02:18:36 AM PST
What exactly was being kept in check by moving what seemed to be perfectly inocuous diaries off the site?

 

All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective companies. Comments are owned by the Poster. The Rest ® 2001, 2002, 2003 Adequacy.org. The Adequacy.org name, logo, symbol, and taglines "News for Grown-Ups", "Most Controversial Site on the Internet", "Linux Zealot", and "He just loves Open Source Software", and the RGB color value: D7D7D7 are trademarks of Adequacy.org. No part of this site may be republished or reproduced in whatever form without prior written permission by Adequacy.org and, if and when applicable, prior written permission by the contributing author(s), artist(s), or user(s). Any inquiries are directed to legal@adequacy.org.