Tech Note: LGF Search Bookmarklet

Easily search LGF for any phrase on any website

LGFFebruary 2012 • Views: 23,626

Here’s a very handy Javascript bookmarklet I whipped up yesterday, when I realized I was often searching the LGF archives for phrases on other sites; for example, when I was writing the post about the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, I wanted to search LGF for my previous posts about Planned Parenthood.

What this bookmarklet does: you can just select any word or phrase (by dragging the mouse over it), then click the bookmarklet in your browser’s bookmarks bar and it will open a new window for the LGF Search page, using the text you selected.

To install this handy tool, simply drag the link below to your browser’s bookmarks bar and name it ‘LGF Search’ (if you don’t see a bookmarks bar, check your browser’s View menu to make sure it’s turned on).

Then just select any text on a web page and click the ‘LGF Search’ button, and up comes a list of all the LGF articles containing that word or phrase. The bookmarklet puts double quotes around your selected text, so you’ll see matches for that exact phrase.

So, without further ado, the bookmarklet:

LGF Search

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101 comments

CuriousLurker Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:28:42pm

Sweet! I just tried it—works like a charm. Thanks.

Decatur Deb Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:28:46pm

Neat--thanks again.

("Boob" appears 18 times in Nov-Dec 2011.)

b_snark Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:28:56pm

I hope nobody has trouble finding the search button.

b_snark Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:29:47pm

re: #2 Decatur Deb

Neat--thanks again.

("Boob" appears 18 times in Nov-Dec 2011.)

DD just won the thread.

Unless he artificially padded the boob thread count.

wrenchwench Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:30:15pm

Can you remind me, what is the default search date range?

CuriousLurker Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:32:18pm

re: #2 Decatur Deb

re: #4 b_sharp

*headdesk* You guys are hopeless degenerates, but I still loves ya'.

dragonfire1981 Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:33:11pm

Charles your technical wizardry is another reason I love this site so much.

Charles Johnson Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:33:47pm

re: #5 wrenchwench

Can you remind me, what is the default search date range?

For searching articles there's no date limit.

Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:34:11pm

re: #7 dragonfire1981

Charles your technical wizardry is another reason I love this site so much.

I learn something new about Web programming every day from Charles.

wrenchwench Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:35:59pm

re: #8 Charles

For searching articles there's no date limit.

Thanks.

And for comments?

CuriousLurker Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:36:04pm

re: #5 wrenchwench

Can you remind me, what is the default search date range?

It looks like it goes all the way back to the beginning (2001). I searched for "islam" figuring that gets used a lot and the results went from today all the way back to September 20, 2001. It did it really fast too—way faster than I was expecting for such a popular term.

Decatur Deb Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:37:52pm

re: #11 CuriousLurker

It looks like it goes all the way back to the beginning (2001). I searched for "islam" figuring ...snip

Well, now we know where your head is.

Charles Johnson Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:38:02pm

re: #10 wrenchwench

Thanks.

And for comments?

For comments, the default is 180 days.

CuriousLurker Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:39:11pm

re: #12 Decatur Deb

Well, now we know where your head is.

I didn't dare read any of those old comments though, heh.

Charles Johnson Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:39:35pm

re: #11 CuriousLurker

It looks like it goes all the way back to the beginning (2001). I searched for "islam" figuring that gets used a lot and the results went from today all the way back to September 20, 2001. It did it really fast too—way faster than I was expecting for such a popular term.

The LGF articles table uses a FULLTEXT index, which allows very fast searching. You can also use boolean operators to include or exclude words, like '+romney +wealthy'. That will show all posts that include both of those words.

Kragar Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:40:51pm

Ron Paul supporter says Gingrich security officer fractured his foot

The Ron Paul supporter who had his bare foot stepped on Tuesday in Florida by one of Newt Gingrich's private security agents says a doctor has diagnosed him with a bone fracture, and that he is planning to file a lawsuit and press charges.

Eddie Dillard, 29, was holding a "Ron Paul 2012" sign behind Gingrich during a campaign stop outside a voting precinct near Orlando when the campaign's security detail told him to leave. When he refused, the agents tried to block the sign, and one stepped on his foot during the scuffle--intentionally, Dillard alleges.

wrenchwench Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:40:57pm

re: #13 Charles

For comments, the default is 180 days.

Thanks.

Hasta mañana, lizards.

Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:41:11pm

re: #15 Charles

The LGF articles table uses a FULLTEXT index, which allows very fast searching. You can also use boolean operators to include or exclude words, like '+romney +wealthy". That will show all posts that include both of those words.

Heh, I just learned something new. Fulltext indexing on databases. Who'da thunk.

CuriousLurker Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:41:33pm

re: #15 Charles

The LGF articles table uses a FULLTEXT index, which allows very fast searching. You can also use boolean operators to include or exclude words, like '+romney +wealthy". That will show all posts that include both of those words.

Thanks, I'll keep the FULLTEXT index in mind—that's good to know. I got 125 pages of results almost instantly. Good to know about the operators too.

CuriousLurker Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:42:23pm

re: #17 wrenchwench

Thanks.

Hasta mañana, lizards.

Nite, ww.

jamesfirecat Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:43:37pm

Huh, I decided to do a quick search for our current president and see what LGF's first article about him was....

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

Not exactly an auspicious start.

b_snark Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:43:42pm

re: #14 CuriousLurker

I didn't dare read any of those old comments though, heh.

Smart move.

Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:44:15pm

re: #21 jamesfirecat

Huh, I decided to do a quick search for our current president and see what LGF's first article about him was...

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

Not exactly an auspicious start.

Give Charles some credit: Back in the day, Obama wasn't exactly doing his image any favors. That all changed pretty quickly after he got elected, though.

b_snark Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:46:19pm

re: #15 Charles

The LGF articles table uses a FULLTEXT index, which allows very fast searching. You can also use boolean operators to include or exclude words, like '+romney +wealthy'. That will show all posts that include both of those words.

What the chance of regexp sometime in the future?

jamesfirecat Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:46:25pm

re: #23 thedopefishlives

Give Charles some credit: Back in the day, Obama wasn't exactly doing his image any favors. That all changed pretty quickly after he got elected, though.

I couldn't say one way or another because I approached Obama from a liberal point of view, hope I didn't offend anyone with my comments, and anyway I'm gonna go play some Killing Floor with my brother and a few other people.

CuriousLurker Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:46:38pm

re: #21 jamesfirecat

Have you ever looked at the post-election article where Charles congratulates President Obama on winning? Massive down-dings and gnashing of teeth.

Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:48:00pm

re: #24 b_sharp

What the chance of regexp sometime in the future?

Regexes are very expensive tech in terms of performance. As far as I know, database engines don't support them by default (but then, I don't know anything about searching against a fulltext index).

jamesfirecat Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:48:15pm

re: #26 CuriousLurker

Have you ever looked at the post election article where Charles congratulates President Obama on winning? Massive down-dings and gnashing of teeth.

Oh believe me I saw it, I even went back and updinged it since while comments can no longer be dinged articals still can, honestly some day we need to get all the lizards to pull together and upding it into the green.

Charles Johnson Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:49:55pm

re: #19 CuriousLurker

Thanks, I'll keep the FULLTEXT index in mind—that's good to know. I got 125 pages of results almost instantly. Good to know about the operators too.

Unfortunately MySQL only allows FULLTEXT indexing on their old-style MyISAM tables, not on InnoDB tables. That's a problem because InnoDB is a much better option for MySQL database tables in most other ways.

MyISAM is a dated, creaky format that can actually go into complete deadlock if you issue the wrong queries to it; if I were designing the LGF database today, I probably wouldn't have used it for the articles table.

But it does allow this super-fast searching.

Charles Johnson Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:50:40pm

re: #26 CuriousLurker

Have you ever looked at the post election article where Charles congratulates President Obama on winning? Massive down-dings and gnashing of teeth.

Yeah, a lot of people really hated that I didn't get my hate on that night.

b_snark Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:50:50pm

re: #27 thedopefishlives

Regexes are very expensive tech in terms of performance. As far as I know, database engines don't support them by default (but then, I don't know anything about searching against a fulltext index).

Yah, sorry, stupid question, I forgot about the SQL limitations. Sometimes the old brain just doesn't work well and I've been grepping too much lately.

CuriousLurker Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:53:40pm

re: #29 Charles

Unfortunately MySQL only allows FULLTEXT indexing on their old-style MyISAM tables, not on InnoDB tables. That's a problem because InnoDB is a much better option for MySQL database tables in most other ways.

MyISAM is a dated, creaky format that can actually go into complete deadlock if you issue the wrong queries to it; if I were designing the LGF database today, I probably wouldn't have used it for the articles table.

But it does allow this super-fast searching.

I still do everything in MyISAM tables, most because that's what I learned with. Hmmm, now I'm wondering about the wisdom of mixing table types. Prolly not a good idea...I can see that really complicating things.

If you were going to rebuild form the ground up would you still use MySQL?

Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:54:05pm

re: #31 b_sharp

Yah, sorry, stupid question, I forgot about the SQL limitations. Sometimes the old brain just doesn't work well and I've been grepping too much lately.

Yeah. Me, I've been generating massive tables of floating-point data. Numbers are starting to blur before my eyes.

ozbloke Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:54:08pm

re: #27 thedopefishlives

Regexes are very expensive tech in terms of performance. As far as I know, database engines don't support them by default (but then, I don't know anything about searching against a fulltext index).

Mysql 5.1
[Link: dev.mysql.com...]

Charles Johnson Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:54:15pm

re: #27 thedopefishlives

Regexes are very expensive tech in terms of performance. As far as I know, database engines don't support them by default (but then, I don't know anything about searching against a fulltext index).

Actually MySQL does have a REGEXP command, but it doesn't use the FULLTEXT index, so it tends to be slow for searching large tables.

Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:57:12pm

re: #35 Charles

Actually MySQL does have a REGEXP command, but it doesn't use the FULLTEXT index, so it tends to be slow for searching large tables.

Yes, I was just informed of the REGEXP operator. As I mentioned, regexes in general are expensive tech (Perl having one of the most expansive and efficient regex engines available), and searching large volumes of data with a regex is just a no-no. The FULLTEXT index is a unique and very powerful feature, and I think for a blog-style setup, it might be worth keeping the dated MyISAM tech because of it.

Charles Johnson Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:57:56pm

re: #32 CuriousLurker

I still do everything in MyISAM tables, most because that's what I learned with. Hmmm, now I'm wondering about the wisdom of mixing table types. Prolly not a good idea...I can see that really complicating things.

If you were going to rebuild form the ground up would you still use MySQL?

Yeah, I probably would. PostGreSQL has some very nice features, but MySQL has much better support. And if you invest the time to understand how to tweak MySQL's settings, optimize queries, and avoid the pitfalls, you can get very good performance from it.

CuriousLurker Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:59:16pm

re: #37 Charles

Yeah, I probably would. PostGreSQL has some very nice features, but MySQL has much better support. And if you invest the time to understand how to tweak MySQL's settings, optimize queries, and avoid the pitfalls, you can get very good performance from it.

You read my mind. Thanks.

b_snark Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:59:22pm

re: #34 ozbloke

Mysql 5.1
[Link: dev.mysql.com...]

Wow. The servers I use (SME) still use 4..

CuriousLurker Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:00:20pm

re: #39 b_sharp

Wow. The servers I use (SME) still use 4..

O_o

b_snark Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:00:25pm

re: #38 CuriousLurker

You read my mind. Thanks.

Is that a safe thing to be doing?

CuriousLurker Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:01:41pm

re: #41 b_sharp

Is that a safe thing to be doing?

Prolly not. At least not this late. //

ozbloke Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:03:00pm

re: #39 b_sharp

Wow. The servers I use (SME) still use 4..

Yowser...

Some say if you must use MyISAM fulltext indexes, they suggest storing your data primarily in InnoDB, and then store a copy of the searchable text in a MyISAM table.

b_snark Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:03:39pm

re: #40 CuriousLurker

O_o

SME server is a nice free CentOS based linux that comes with everything I need including a hardened firewall.

sattv4u2 Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:04:30pm

re: #38 CuriousLurker

You read my mind. Thanks.

re: #41 b_sharp

Is that a safe thing to be doing?

If someone wants a short story, they can read mine!

CuriousLurker Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:04:42pm

re: #44 b_sharp

SME server is a nice free CentOS based linux that comes with everything I need including a hardened firewall.

It's all good as long as it does what you need.

Charles Johnson Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:06:20pm

re: #32 CuriousLurker

Hmmm, now I'm wondering about the wisdom of mixing table types. Prolly not a good idea...I can see that really complicating things.

No problem mixing table types in a database - you just need to understand the differences to make the best use of them.

MyISAM's weakness is that it uses full-table locking when you update a row, instead of only locking access to that row. This doesn't scale well -- in higher-traffic situations with frequent updates, MyISAM tables can just lock up on you and take the whole DB down. I found this out the hard way, shortly after switching to MySQL from our original flat-file DB.

Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:06:26pm

re: #43 ozbloke

Yowser...

Some say if you must use MyISAM fulltext indexes, they suggest storing your data primarily in InnoDB, and then store a copy of the searchable text in a MyISAM table.

That's an interesting idea. It complicates the search query somewhat, for sure. As well as duplicating data, which is generally considered a Bad Thing (tm).

ozbloke Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:08:08pm

re: #39 b_sharp

Wow. The servers I use (SME) still use 4..

End of life was Dec 2008...

b_snark Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:10:19pm

re: #46 CuriousLurker

It's all good as long as it does what you need.

I have half a dozen servers out there that are hours of highway travel from me. If they crash it makes for a really long day to get there, recover what I can and then go home. So far I've only had one system crash and it was due to a failing HDD not the software. It was a simple matter to replace the drive and rebuild the RAID.

Ben G. Hazi Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:11:20pm

re: #29 Charles

re: #32 CuriousLurker

re: #43 ozbloke

re: #48 thedopefishlives

NEEERRRDDDSSS!!!

Youtube Video

I'm more of a hardware man ;-p

PhillyPretzel Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:12:58pm

re: #51 talon_262
You forgot the pocket protector and the "floods." Oh yeah and the tape on the glasses. //

b_snark Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:14:01pm

re: #52 PhillyPretzel

You forgot the pocket protector and the "floods." Oh yeah and the tape on the glasses. //

No tape. Paper clip.

Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:14:30pm

re: #51 talon_262

You say that as if it's a bad thing.

Charles Johnson Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:15:21pm

My post on the Anonymous white supremacist hack is really getting the Reddit people stirred up:

[Link: www.reddit.com...]

Lots of traffic coming in for that post too:

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

PhillyPretzel Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:15:24pm

re: #53 b_sharp
Sorry. I was thinking of the bridge.

Ben G. Hazi Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:16:18pm

re: #54 thedopefishlives

You say that as if it's a bad thing.

Not really, since I'm a nerd myself. I just can't code to save my life; give me a pile of hardware, however, and you'll need to send a search party before long.

b_snark Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:16:44pm

re: #45 sattv4u2

re: #41 b_sharp

If someone wants a short story, they can read mine!

Who wants to read a comedic horror short story?

ozbloke Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:17:11pm

re: #48 thedopefishlives

That's an interesting idea. It complicates the search query somewhat, for sure. As well as duplicating data, which is generally considered a Bad Thing (tm).

There are benefits to this approach depending size of the database, and how it would be used etc. Yes, its duplicating data, but data storage is cheap and if you need fast fulltext regex's it may be your best option.

b_snark Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:17:48pm

re: #55 Charles

My post on the Anonymous white supremacist hack is really getting the Reddit people stirred up:

[Link: www.reddit.com...]

Lots of traffic coming in for that post too:

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

Good. It needs to be aired.

Lidane Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:18:07pm

*sigh*

Two Alabama Tea Party Candidates Run On Platform Of Impeaching Obama

Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:18:14pm

re: #59 ozbloke

There are benefits to this approach depending size of the database, and how it would be used etc. Yes, its duplicating data, but data storage is cheap and if you need fast fulltext regex's it may be your best option.

Yeah, exactly. There are excuses for duplicating data.

sattv4u2 Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:18:35pm

re: #58 b_sharp

Who wants to read a comedic horror short story?

Well,, to start with, there are only mono-syllabic words in it

(and most of those are Jane ,, or Run,,,, or Dick ,,, or See)

jaunte Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:19:01pm

re: #55 Charles

Paulian loyalists still in denial:

"The emails only show the nazi asses offering to help Ron Paul. There is zero evidence that Ron Paul ever took them up on the offer. This is bullshit. I have went threw almost all the "leaked" files and not a single message from Ron Paul."

Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:19:10pm

re: #57 talon_262

Not really, since I'm a nerd myself. I just can't code to save my life; give me a pile of hardware, however, and you'll need to send a search party before long.

I like hardware, don't get me wrong. Unwrapping the parts for a new box build is like Christmas. But I totally geek out in the code, especially since it's my bread and butter. I tend to spend entirely too much time in optimization and profiling.

b_snark Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:19:26pm

re: #56 PhillyPretzel

Sorry. I was thinking of the bridge.

Right, plastic glasses break at the bridge. This nerd hasn't worn plastic frames for a few decades.

CuriousLurker Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:20:09pm

re: #45 sattv4u2

re: #41 b_sharp

If someone wants a short story, they can read mine!

Speaking of, I'll have you know that I think of those Pillsbury Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls every time I see you now. Weird, the associations the brain makes.

Anything Russian or Holocaust = Sergey

Anything Jewish = Alouette (esp. haredim), Marjorie, Bob, et al

Anything southern, cajun, or Catholic = Reine

Football, blogs, politics, stalkers = Charles

New Mexico = albusteve & wrenchwench

Frogs, OWS, and hippies = Killgore

AGW = publicityStunted

Canada = b_sharp et al

LOL cats & cute animals = wrenchwench & ggt

SciFi stuff = varek

Video games = DF

Mormons = EmmmieG

Art, LGBT, anything avant-garde = WUB

Debates = Obdi & 000G

The list goes on & on... GET OUT OF MY HEAD, ALL OF YOU!!

b_snark Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:20:19pm

re: #61 Lidane

*sigh*

Two Alabama Tea Party Candidates Run On Platform Of Impeaching Obama

D'oh!

b_snark Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:20:53pm

re: #63 sattv4u2

Well,, to start with, there are only mono-syllabic words in it

(and most of those are Jane ,, or Run,,, or Dick ,,, or See)

In other words, something I could read in a week.

CuriousLurker Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:21:09pm

re: #47 Charles

No problem mixing table types in a database - you just need to understand the differences to make the best use of them.

MyISAM's weakness is that it uses full-table locking when you update a row, instead of only locking access to that row. This doesn't scale well -- in higher-traffic situations with frequent updates, MyISAM tables can just lock up on you and take the whole DB down. I found this out the hard way, shortly after switching to MySQL from our original flat-file DB.

That's helpful, thanks. Looks like I need to do some more reading.

sattv4u2 Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:21:20pm

re: #69 b_sharp

In other words, something I could read in a week.

or two

Targetpractice Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:22:19pm

re: #61 Lidane

*sigh*

Two Alabama Tea Party Candidates Run On Platform Of Impeaching Obama

At this point, I honestly won't be surprised when one or more of the TPers currently in the House try to bring forth articles of impeachment during a second Obama term.

b_snark Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:22:42pm

re: #64 jaunte

Paulian loyalists still in denial:

"The emails only show the nazi asses offering to help Ron Paul. There is zero evidence that Ron Paul ever took them up on the offer. This is bullshit. I have went threw almost all the "leaked" files and not a single message from Ron Paul."

I have 'went threw' the files?

Uneducated dufus.

Lidane Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:22:45pm

Conservatives Do Massive Facepalm Over Romney’s ‘Very Poor’ Gaffe

Heh.

b_snark Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:24:33pm

re: #65 thedopefishlives

I like hardware, don't get me wrong. Unwrapping the parts for a new box build is like Christmas. But I totally geek out in the code, especially since it's my bread and butter. I tend to spend entirely too much time in optimization and profiling.

I went from coding in C, Fortran, Btreive and Access to hardware and networks. I frequently wish I could have stayed with the coding.

Lidane Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:24:35pm

re: #72 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

At this point, I honestly won't be surprised when one or more of the TPers currently in the House try to bring forth articles of impeachment during a second Obama term.

At this point, I expect an uptick in far-right "lone wolves" should Obama win a second term. These nutjobs are convinced they're under siege. WTF.

jaunte Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:24:52pm

re: #61 Lidane

Texas Senate candidates are running against Obama, too, and leaving no cliché unturned:

If you had just touched down in Texas, you might have thought the candidates were running for president, or that President Obama had moved to Texas to run for Senate.
Cruz said the election is about two questions: "Will the next senator from the state of Texas be a strong conservative? And No. 2, will the next senator from the state of Texas be a fighter?"
He called Obama "the most radical president this country has ever seen" and said Texas should lead the fight against him.
....
What I bring is the perspective of someone who's been in business," Leppert said. He said that he's the only candidate in the race who has signed both sides of a paycheck and that it will take someone with that skill-set to "fix things in Washington."
James, the newest candidate in the field, opened with a quick bio and what is apparently the catchphrase of his campaign: "God is God, family is family and the Constitution is the Constitution."
[Link: www.texastribune.org...]

b_snark Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:25:57pm

re: #67 CuriousLurker

Speaking of, I'll have you know that I think of those Pillsbury Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls every time I see you now. Weird, the associations the brain makes.

Anything Russian or Holocaust = Sergey

Anything Jewish = Alouette (esp. haredim), Marjorie, Bob, et al

Anything southern, cajun, or Catholic = Reine

Football, blogs, politics, stalkers = Charles

New Mexico = albusteve & wrenchwench

Frogs, OWS, and hippies = Killgore

AGW = publicityStunted

Canada = b_sharp et al

LOL cats & cute animals = wrenchwench & ggt

SciFi stuff = varek

Video games = DF

Mormons = EmmmieG

Art, LGBT, anything avant-garde = WUB

Debates = Obdi & 000G

The list goes on & on... GET OUT OF MY HEAD, ALL OF YOU!!

Hey, we're just visiting.

Targetpractice Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:26:23pm

re: #74 Lidane

Conservatives Do Massive Facepalm Over Romney’s ‘Very Poor’ Gaffe

Heh.

Romney's his own worst enemy by this point. He truly does not seem to realize that just being Republican will not save his ass every time he faceplants between now and November.

b_snark Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:27:15pm

re: #71 sattv4u2

or two

And b_sharp takes one to the side of the head. It looks like he may be down for the count.

CuriousLurker Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:29:07pm

Okay, time for me to drag my sorry carcass outta here and get ready for tomorrow. Need to collect some links to tweet for work, pay my bills....

Have a good night, Lizards.

Targetpractice Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:29:20pm

re: #67 CuriousLurker

Speaking of, I'll have you know that I think of those Pillsbury Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls every time I see you now. Weird, the associations the brain makes.

Anything Russian or Holocaust = Sergey

Anything Jewish = Alouette (esp. haredim), Marjorie, Bob, et al

Anything southern, cajun, or Catholic = Reine

Football, blogs, politics, stalkers = Charles

New Mexico = albusteve & wrenchwench

Frogs, OWS, and hippies = Killgore

AGW = publicityStunted

Canada = b_sharp et al

LOL cats & cute animals = wrenchwench & ggt

SciFi stuff = varek

Video games = DF

Mormons = EmmmieG

Art, LGBT, anything avant-garde = WUB

Debates = Obdi & 000G

The list goes on & on... GET OUT OF MY HEAD, ALL OF YOU!!

But it's so open and roomy!

///

Lidane Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:29:30pm

Courtesy of John Cole over at Balloon Juice:

House GOP seeks to bar the use of welfare funds at strip clubs

Nice to see they've got their priorities in order. LMAO.

Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:30:04pm

re: #75 b_sharp

I went from coding in C, Fortran, Btreive and Access to hardware and networks. I frequently wish I could have stayed with the coding.

My first language was C++. When I was in college, .Net came out. I've been shoehorned into C# .Net ever since. I'm capable with a great many languages, but because .Net is the one in huge business demand, that's the one that I get tapped for most often. What I really want to do, someday, is work for an actual software company and develop an actual software product.

b_snark Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:33:58pm

re: #84 thedopefishlives

My first language was C++. When I was in college, .Net came out. I've been shoehorned into C# .Net ever since. I'm capable with a great many languages, but because .Net is the one in huge business demand, that's the one that I get tapped for most often. What I really want to do, someday, is work for an actual software company and develop an actual software product.

I've written several specialized programs that never went beyond the original customer. I think only one is still in use some 15 years later by a roofing company specializing in flat roofs.

Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:36:48pm

re: #85 b_sharp

I've written several specialized programs that never went beyond the original customer. I think only one is still in use some 15 years later by a roofing company specializing in flat roofs.

My most interesting project was an extracurricular project in college: Write the power-distribution management code for a small satellite. Basically, it was machine-level code to manipulate power relays and organize it into a higher-level service that could be accessed over the main satellite-to-ground data link.

Targetpractice Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:41:26pm

re: #83 Lidane

Courtesy of John Cole over at Balloon Juice:

House GOP seeks to bar the use of welfare funds at strip clubs

Nice to see they've got their priorities in order. LMAO.

The GOP, the party of "small government," promoting new regulations that take more government money to implement.

Is it sad that the real GOP is crazier than The Onion could ever hope to portray them?

b_snark Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:43:02pm

re: #86 thedopefishlives

My most interesting project was an extracurricular project in college: Write the power-distribution management code for a small satellite. Basically, it was machine-level code to manipulate power relays and organize it into a higher-level service that could be accessed over the main satellite-to-ground data link.

That sounds like fun. And a challenge.

b_snark Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:43:30pm

G'night folks, I'm off.

Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:45:15pm

re: #88 b_sharp

That sounds like fun. And a challenge.

It was a blast and absolute craziness all rolled into one. But at the end of the line, it worked.

Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:51:58pm

re: #16 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Ron Paul supporter says Gingrich security officer fractured his foot

The Ron Paul supporter who had his bare foot stepped on ...

What kind of booger eating moran goes to a political rally in bare feet. Oh, wait...

The Ron Paul supporter who had his bare foot stepped on...

Never mind.

Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:53:43pm

re: #84 thedopefishlives

My first language was C++. When I was in college, .Net came out. I've been shoehorned into C# .Net ever since. I'm capable with a great many languages, but because .Net is the one in huge business demand, that's the one that I get tapped for most often. What I really want to do, someday, is work for an actual software company and develop an actual software product.

Heh. I actually worked on an industrial program in Pascal. A bunch of time spent with VAX COBOL and SQL work. That transitioned over into just about pure SQL and bat work doing application support and custom interface code.

Then a jump over into SAP support. Now after twenty years I'm getting to learn network and server innards since I now support infrastructure part time.

I took COBOL as a lark as a senior for no credit. It turned out paying the bills for close to a decade.

engineer cat Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:56:49pm

re: #92 oaktree

Heh. I actually worked on an industrial program in Pascal. A bunch of time spent with VAX COBOL and SQL work. That transitioned over into just about pure SQL and bat work doing application support and custom interface code.

Then a jump over into SAP support. Now after twenty years I'm getting to learn network and server innards since I now support infrastructure part time.

I took COBOL as a lark as a senior for no credit. It turned out paying the bills for close to a decade.

my first pgmr job back in 1985 was in pascal

for the past 20 years, though, i've worked in c, c++, and java

Our Precious Bodily Fluids Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:57:57pm

re: #85 b_sharp

I've written several specialized programs that never went beyond the original customer. I think only one is still in use some 15 years later by a roofing company specializing in flat roofs.

Oh, so YOU'RE the one...

Way back a long time ago, I worked as a tech for a locally-owned computer shop (back when those existed). Some of my most horribly traumatic moments were caused by customers who had somehow staked their entire business on a single PC that they kept in a machine shop next to the piles of sawdust and metal filings.

These people invariably:
* ran "custom-designed" (read: bafflingly obtuse and completely undocumented) software that would only run on Windows 3.0, despite having been written in 1999 and proudly marketed as Y2K-compliant;
* finally killed the hardware or decided to upgrade, thereby suddenly needing their crazy, ramshackle inventory system to flawlessly work in an entirely new OS without any downtime whatsoever,
* backups? hahahhahahahahahaha.
* really enjoyed hovering over you the whole time, constantly interrogating your every move. "Is it fixed yet? What does that error message say / mean? When will it be ready?"

Also, back when IRQ sharing was either impossible or extremely rickety, my boss was not at all dissuaded from selling customers a truckload of peripherals that were not likely to all work simultaneously. I remember one woman in particular. She was an accountant or tax preparer or some such thing. She somehow became convinced that she needed two serial ports, plus two internal modems (one for data, one for fax), two parallel ports obviously, a flatbed scanner with a proprietary ISA interface card, a SCSI tape backup, a Creative Labs CDRW that used a proprietary controller handily integrated with a Sound Blaster card, a Wacom tablet, and some other bullshit I have since repressed. Needless to say, her computer never worked right, and for all the money the boss lost trying in vain to get her off his back he could have just given her a second computer to accommodate all her peripherals.

Man, those were the days.

KronoGhazi Wed, Feb 1, 2012 7:02:30pm

re: #94 negativ

That reminds me... I have to get off this PC/Buffalo server combo and get some real RAID backup.

William Barnett-Lewis Wed, Feb 1, 2012 7:04:49pm

re: #55 Charles

My post on the Anonymous white supremacist hack is really getting the Reddit people stirred up:

Hoot. A comment that caught my eye:

When you have seen the light of Kim Jong-Paul, the world becomes a difficult place to live

I have to remember that one to use along with the "Fascist fist in a Libertarian Glove" description of Laup Nor.

engineer cat Wed, Feb 1, 2012 7:04:53pm

re: #94 negativ

Way back a long time ago, I worked as a tech for a locally-owned computer shop (back when those existed). Some of my most horribly traumatic moments were caused by customers who had somehow staked their entire business on a single PC that they kept in a machine shop next to the piles of sawdust and metal filings.

20 years from now all retail stores will be owned by large conglomerates based on mars, because of its business friendly tax structure and high levels of radiation poisoning

back here on earth, in 1985 we were VAR-ing systems based on the ORIGINAL IBM PC. it booted as you'll remember from a flipetty floppy

when the floppy drive started up, a red light went on and the transport made a grinding noise

we would get angry calls from new customers yelling at us "I paid 20 grand for this system and the first time i turn it on a red error light goes on and the machine sounds lile it's tearing itself apart"

the next generation of IBM PCs had an amber light and a smoother transport

William Barnett-Lewis Wed, Feb 1, 2012 7:05:47pm

re: #67 CuriousLurker

Aw, bummer, I don't rate. ;)

engineer cat Wed, Feb 1, 2012 7:18:26pm

thank you, thank you, i know you all appreciate how much i've killed the thread

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abolitionist Wed, Feb 1, 2012 7:50:24pm

re: #97 engineer dog

Of course, at that time, amber LEDs were newer tech and more expensive than the red ones.

"Red means stop; green means go; yellow means go faster." --the Starman

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CuriousLurker Wed, Feb 1, 2012 7:56:03pm

re: #98 wlewisiii

Aw, bummer, I don't rate. ;)

No, you do! I just got tired of typing. (I forgot Gus & his Google Fu too.)

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