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dragonman97
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posted February 03, 2004 17:34
I said I'd get this thing out of my browser, didn't I? Thanks, uilleann, for HTTP Werkzeug, which I've now learned, works under Linux with WINE ^_~ . By proxying my browser to HTTP Werkzeug's Capture Window, I actually got this thing to finally complete the POST action, and then just resorted to a *true one-liner* to make this whole thing readable :-D.
/me can hear Xanthine, 1800 miles away, groaning at the fact that I kept at this stupid little thing, some 24 hours later... ^_~
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[dragon@tux-laptop txt]$ perl -e 'use strict;use URI::Escape;open MYFILE, "gc-post-delayed.txt";while(<MYFILE>){y/[+]/[ ]/;print uri_unescape($_)}'
Quoth Xanthine:
Dude, I just realized I won't be single this Valentine's Day. Too bad it's not a good weekend for the dragon to come a-calling. ![[Frown]](frown.gif) I'm not sure what I'll do/get. Maybe I'll write him a silly story or something.
I have made a similar nice realization. And I'm also kind of glad to learn that we don't have Monday off for President's Day - that would have been way too good a thing to pass up, and I would have been thrown for a loop - given such timing, I could take a freakin' 5 day weekend, if I so desired.
I heard a radio ad for a heart-shaped ruby necklace. The best way to express your love, the announcer said. My first thought was that if [i]anyone[/] bought me a heart-shaped ruby I'd very promptly shove it up their ass. If someone wants to spend that kind of money on me, we can go on a nice vacation or something. Big glittery rocks just don't do it for me. Then you probably wouldn't want to see the engagement ring my friend's fiancee got her...in the platinum setting and all ![[Wink]](wink.gif) [he's got a little bit of money ![[Razz]](tongue.gif) ]. And for all that, she tells me she's starting to get cold feet about the whole matter. Maybe it would have been smarter to have taken all that money, and used it to put off moving back until she got her degree, so she would be away from her fiancee for ~7 months...money, but not happiness, perhaps? P.S. Yeah, a vacation would probably be a better use of money - or a new computer . *Kidding*!!!
As for Valentine's Day itself, well, it's kinda like Halloween. It started out as something sorta meaningful and then got warped into a commerical fest. Enjoy if you like pink. ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif) Frankly, I prefer Halloween. At least then I get to dress up like a lunatic. Lunatic? I rather love and adore my fairy princess labrat ![[hearts]](graemlins/hearts.gif) . code:
[dragon@tux-laptop txt]$
Edit: Code tags merely placed around the header and footer code, to prevent the horrific line wrap that first occurred...sorry about that.
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posted February 03, 2004 17:40
That totally fscked up the browser window.
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posted February 03, 2004 17:40
DMan, can you please add returns or remove the quote/code tag that's ruining the page?
edit: Ah, thankie... by the time posted, it was fixed. cept still a little long, and causing horizontal scrolling.
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posted February 03, 2004 17:45
Hmm...mine's still fscked up
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Xanthine
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posted February 03, 2004 20:04
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Originally posted by dragonman97:
I said I'd get this thing out of my browser, didn't I? Thanks, uilleann, for HTTP Werkzeug, which I've now learned, works under Linux with WINE ^_~ . By proxying my browser to HTTP Werkzeug's Capture Window, I actually got this thing to finally complete the POST action, and then just resorted to a *true one-liner* to make this whole thing readable :-D.
/me can hear Xanthine, 1800 miles away, groaning at the fact that I kept at this stupid little thing, some 24 hours later... ^_~
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Did you hear me scream again when I saw GMx's little thing? That's the second time my face has been photoshopped onto someone else's body in the last month. I'm trying to decide if this is a good thing or a bad thing (I'm not offended - I know that putting apic in my profile made me fair game; I'm just amused and a bit bemused)... ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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posted February 03, 2004 20:21
My Valentines will be spent in the same way as Spungo's. Except maybe 'Fletchettes' would be a better word. With really big capacitors. That way I could "spread the cheer" while still in a fetal position under my desk.
On May day I like to go to parks and explain to kids the meaning of the revolution.
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posted February 03, 2004 21:10
Hmm, right now, I'm thinking I'll be spending Valentine's Day with my little robotic doggie, trying to teach it tricks. If I'm feeling sufficiently fickle, I'll try and teach it to waltz (of course, I'll have to reteach myself while I'm at it [I have the foggiest memory of it in my head now, but Google can tell me what I need to know] ).
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posted February 03, 2004 21:30
Last Valentine's day I wasn't single, but the 3 before that I was. This year is back to single again. I somewhat agree with addiew - Valentine's day sucks in a relationship. But at least when you are single you don't have to politely choke on the overwhelming letdown of yet another broken promise. A good thing to keep in mind for those bemoaning their singleness. =P
Any holiday is only commercial if you let it be. I much prefer to just exchange cards and plan time spent together doing something special. (Yeah - I have a moderately sappy side. But really I like to have the cards because I have found it therapuetic to destroy them in a fit of bitterness when I have failed at yet another relationship. =)
On the other hand, I have some friends that despair due to their constant single state, so I send them cards just so they know I love them and won't feel so bad.
So, this Valentine's day I will probably be sitting around in #joyoftech on irc.slashnet.org feeling overwhelmingly relieved to be free again.
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Xanthine
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posted February 03, 2004 21:39
Being single for Valentine's hasn't bothered me the last two years. Being in a relationship on V-day wasn't so bad the first year. The second, well, that whole second year sucked.
Just tune out all the media crap. There's ups and downs to being in a relatioship, and there's ups and downs to being single.
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posted February 04, 2004 04:49
I decided to get my gf this from thinkgeek for valentine's day. of course, i couldn' help but pick up a few things for myself too. ![[evil]](graemlins/evil.gif)
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posted February 04, 2004 05:06
Jungman: Lol. Yes, i saw those too. Too bad they don't have action shots yet . I agree with Addiew. I've never had a very good Valentine's Day either. I have always been depressed on Valentine's Day...
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posted February 04, 2004 05:45
Ooh.... dman has an avatar now! But your "one-liner" is still a bit too wide for those of us who like our web browser windows to be a nice, sane, readable width.
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posted February 04, 2004 07:30
I'm bloody curious to know how you noticed the different avatar? I'd been thinking about it for awhile, and last night asked Snaggy to make it my own, with shades of skylar.
Oh well, I concede I have ways of getting around the long line thing - it fits perfectly on any screen I use [and they're all set to 1024x768]. Oh, wait, I'm sorry, it is just a little long on my 80 column links screen, but other than that, it fits fine for me . I realized a slightly more portable way to do it - I could probably actually just accept <STDIN>, and pipe it from `echo` or `cat`, although the net effect on the length of the line would not change . That was a fun exercise, though ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif) .
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Just_Jess_B
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posted February 04, 2004 07:53
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Originally posted by addiew:
i could be wrong but I think valentines day is a let down for everyone.. I can't remember having a good one.. ever.
Hate to be the banana in the tailpipe of the moroseness of the thread, but I'm going to be spending a very nice day with WinterSolstice. Probably fencing. As in putting up a fence, not passing stolen goods. He'll probably make me something. Give me lots of hugs. Let me know that I'm special and important to him.
And I'll do the same for him. It's funny -- I am terrible at giving gifts to Winter, just as he can't keep a surprise. Well, except the one year I bought him a top-of-the-line TacX trainer. Though I told him early, because I was afraid of getting him something he didn't like. One Valentine's Day, I bought him a black silk shirt. He used to have one (before we met), and one day, when he was on a date, the girl decided to go all "cinema romance" and rip off his shirt whilst trying to be impassioned. He left after collecting the buttons. But the shirt I got him to replace it was more Goodfellas than what he'd had; it was not only not the shirt he missed, it was simply 100% not his style. It doesn't mean I won't try again, though. So I used it.
Usually, I simply say "sure" when he asks for something around an event. I think I might actually go out of my way and purchase something this year for him. Something he wants. Something I know he wants.
(No, not the Moonspell CD, hon. Unless I accidentally trip over it).
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posted February 04, 2004 11:57
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Originally posted by Just_Jess_B:
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Originally posted by addiew:
i could be wrong but I think valentines day is a let down for everyone.. I can't remember having a good one.. ever.
He'll probably make me something. Give me lots of hugs. Let me know that I'm special and important to him.
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posted February 04, 2004 23:45
i think my problem is unrealistic/high expectations and a lazy husband
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posted February 05, 2004 04:26
Looks the same to me, Dman! ![[ohwell]](graemlins/ohwell.gif)
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posted February 05, 2004 05:24
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Probably fencing. As in putting up a fence, not passing stolen goods. He'll probably make me something.
I thought you meant sword-fighting. Rapiers at dawn!
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dragonman97
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posted February 05, 2004 06:59
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Looks the same to me, Dman!
It *is* the same. It's just been reserved for me only (i.e. it's been saved to [~]avatars/dragonman97.gif), so that other people won't be able to use the dragon as their avatar as well. Someday I might actually make/find/choose a really unique avatar for myself, but as I said yesterday while giving tech. support to an art student, "I'm a programmer, not an artist."
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posted February 05, 2004 11:43
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Probably fencing. As in putting up a fence, not passing stolen goods. He'll probably make me something.
I thought you meant sword-fighting. Rapiers at dawn!
So did I! But I prefer foils and Epee's myself... so... we're going to beat each other with... STICKS? Might as well make them metal toothpicks =)
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posted February 05, 2004 11:51
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Probably fencing. As in putting up a fence, not passing stolen goods. He'll probably make me something.
I thought you meant sword-fighting. Rapiers at dawn!
No, no, no. That is reserved for serious disputes. Of course, it makes it tough on me that I want to take Kendo Keeps sending the wrong idea
I am working on something neat for Jess, but it most likely won't be done in time Oh well. There is always Shari's Berries
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posted February 05, 2004 12:49
Surely WS would never unsheath his sword on Valentines Day.
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posted February 06, 2004 05:54
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Originally posted by dragonman97:
I'm bloody curious to know how you noticed the different avatar?
Because I have Javascript turned OFF (completely off), I don't see the avatars that are presented only by Javascript code -- which is all of the "standard" ones on this site. I only see the ones that are presented in standard HTML, which includes all of the custom ones.
So to me, it's not "a different avatar" -- it's one that never, ever appeared on my screen before. That makes it a bit hard to miss.
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posted February 06, 2004 07:44
Ahhh...cool . Well, right now, I'm using links to see the forums, as I often do, so I don't see any of those new fangled pictures that you speak of, and other times, I don't seem for other reasons - but I decided to almost make the move for other people, so there's no confusion about whose post the avatar is compared with. These days, when I use GUI browsers, namely MozillaFirebird, my main distinguishing setting is to only view images from the current domain - not so much to block ads, but so that I can safely look at the HTML content present in spam messages I'm reviewing at work - I don't need to get caught by a clear-GIF, and receive even *more* spam (albeit, they're not /my/ accounts, but there's no good reason to encourage spam).
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posted February 07, 2004 08:50
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Originally posted by The Famous Druid:
Surely WS would never unsheath his sword on Valentines Day.
[*Uses Magical Keyboard of Resurrection*]
I have a piece of paper from the State of Nevada that says he has to.
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