2 May 2005 | In Passing...

2 May 2005

Submitted by eve on Mon, 05/02/2005 - 4:55pm. Funny

"I don't think she knows yet."
"AOL keyword: 'yet'."
--Two guys at 540 Club.

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Since it's a bit slow

Posted by steff on Sat, 06/11/2005 - 7:19am.

...i'll take time for a neato public service research kinda thing. i've been running software from www.grid.org for the human proteome folding project, and i was thinking of making up a team. yeah, i'm recruiting, but i'd also like to know if it would be all right with eve if i named the team after this site since, um, that's where i'm recruiting from. (parU, i'm lookin' at you.) if she doesn't mind, i'll set it up, anyone who wants can join, and we can all be superhero save the world types. yay!

ahem. yeah... cross-posting this at CITYbagel as well.

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I must agree

Posted by resemble on Fri, 02/24/2006 - 7:06am.

I must agree to this point that, how many sites like this are out there? Look how flame-free the site has been over the years. Look at the random stuff that we've learned together. It would be a shame for this to end.
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I am m o v a b l

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Depends.....

Posted by ParU on Sat, 06/18/2005 - 12:09am.

No not the adult diaper - I\'m talking about steff\'s \'group\' name. I know Eve would approve of the effort, in general. Perhaps you could post more specifics?
It\'s Amino world without Chemists

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Mind?

Posted by steff on Sat, 06/25/2005 - 1:19am.

i rather thought their website explained it nicely. *grin*

however. i could have been a little less vague. grid.org is using essentially the same process as seti@home and the human genome sequencing project did (blather about technology advances, corporate affiliations and software licensing deleted) to further research on cancer, anthrax and, most recently, the human proteome folding project which studies how proteins are folded in dna. you downloads the software, you runs your computer as you normally would, you racks up points. simple. there is also still a cancer research project running.

now, as far as i can determine, the points are only good for bragging rights, but any appeal to our baser instincts to enlist our help in saving the world is fair, right? to really have bragging clout, a team is the way to go, and i just thought it would generate some interest to get an inpassing team going. i think it's a worthwhile thing to do besides being easy and educational and whatnot.

quickly, though. i'm about to allow myself to be seduced by the dork side... slashdot has a team. heh. and, even if the inpassing/CITYbagel team doesn't get off the ground, check it out and consider running the software anyhow. it's interesting and the little protein foldy graphics are hypnotic.

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Posted by Matt on Sat, 06/25/2005 - 5:57pm.

Souns a lot like the SETI software that was being bandied about around le fin de siecle. By which I mean *last* siecle, bien sur.

Sounds kinda cool, actually. I'd probably have to alter my firewall, but that's not a big deal.

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Well.yes.

Posted by steff on Tue, 06/28/2005 - 5:02pm.

which would be why i mentioned seti@home, specifically.

=P

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Clues

Posted by Jon on Fri, 07/01/2005 - 6:00am.

For some reason, when I saw the @ sign this time, I couldn't help but think of the game 'Clue'.

SETI in the dining room with the candlestick...

- My mind is in the gutter, but it keeps out the bad weather.

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Only if...

Posted by paul on Sat, 06/18/2005 - 4:43am.

...you can get one of the Site Dieties to get rid of the stupid backslashes that seem to be taking over the place. They are thoroughly annoying. Especially when it makes it difficult to use a contraction or a possessive form without making it look like you have been hanging around OJ Simpson for too long.

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...

Posted by daen on Sat, 06/18/2005 - 11:02am.

That would be Site Deities, no?

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Pfffft.

Posted by paul on Sat, 06/18/2005 - 4:18pm.

Sheesh. You try spelling correctly all the time after being awake for 23 hours! I thought I did pretty well to avoid contractions!

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...

Posted by daen on Tue, 06/21/2005 - 6:44am.

Mea culpa. That was an MG moment that really need not have been shared.

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No biggie.

Posted by paul on Wed, 06/22/2005 - 10:09am.

I shoulda put *gryn* after that anyway...

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Heh..

Posted by Somnambulist on Wed, 06/22/2005 - 12:44pm.

I misread that as gurn...

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...

Posted by paul on Wed, 06/22/2005 - 5:07pm.

Well, I do that too. A lot. Just ask daen- she's seen me pulling stupid faces.

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Posted by Matt on Sat, 06/18/2005 - 6:55pm.

23 hours? In a row?

Is that not, like, impossible at your age, Paul?

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Posted by paul on Sat, 06/18/2005 - 8:46pm.

Yes, in a row. And that is hardly unusual for me these days, since I work nights. I will often go for extended periods on only about three or four hours of sleep per day, but then will crash for 12 hours or so.

And actually, other than the fact that I now need glasses, I would be hard pressed to name anything that I could do at 18 that I cannot do at 42. Seriously. I have been lucky so far.

And this backslash thing is STILL driving me nuts.

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Posted by Matt on Sun, 06/19/2005 - 12:18am.

Well, kudos to you, then. There are a lot of things I could do at 18 that I cannot do now that I am... well.. *technically* I am still a twentysomething.

But I take wisdom over raw stamina any day.

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Indeed.

Posted by paul on Sun, 06/19/2005 - 4:54am.

I used to be in better shape because I rode my bike all over before I had a car... but I am currently trying to fix that. I just resurrected my old 18 speed and have started riding around the neighborhood. So maybe that will come back.

But honestly, I listen to friends and relatives bitch about their back, their hip, their knees or whatever, and I kinda marvel. My joints do not hurt in the ways they describe, and I in general I do not get tired as easily as they do. And it\\\'s not that I am any sort of health freak- generally speaking about the only exercise I get is mowing the lawn. So I am really at a loss to explain it, but I am also very thankful for it.

And since it is now about 8:00am and I have been up since about 2:30pm yesterday, I think it is time for me to go home and get to bed.

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42

Posted by marinerd on Wed, 06/22/2005 - 3:25pm.

Ah, 42--I fondly remember that that age. *resists making Hitchhiker's Guide joke*

Actually, I don't remember it. I realized that I always think I felt better x years ago than I probably actually did.

Things start deteriorating more at 50, but I'm fighting the good fight, and have almost no health or stamina problems, even at my advanced age. :)

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...

Posted by slugbuggy on Mon, 06/06/2005 - 7:00pm.

Past tense because I was thinking about why I liked this site when I started reading it back in 2001 or so.

I just thought this was the best blog ever, is all I'm sayin'. And Eve was best for having it.

I really wish I knew what is supposed to be like eating your ice cream from the cone up, though, and why. That still bothers me, but I won't go into it again.

Memorieees,
Light up the cobwebs of my miiiiind,
Musty water-flavored memoriees,
Of the way we weeere...

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Site's not dead yet...

Posted by ParU on Mon, 06/06/2005 - 7:34pm.

I'll bug the site goddess. Mostly though she doesn't want to post things from people she overhears at work, cause they might find out and that would be, like, not cool.
It's Amino world without Chemists

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Friday Song

Posted by brian65401 on Fri, 06/10/2005 - 11:25am.

Roll With The Changes -- REO Speedwagon

As soon as you are able
Woman i am willing
To make the break that we
Are on the brink of
My cup is on the table
Our love is spilling
Waiting here for you to
Take and drink of

So if you're tired of the
Same old story
Turn some pages
I'll be here when you are ready
To roll with the changes

I knew it had to happen
Felt the tables turnin'
Got me through my darkest hour
I heard the thunder clappin'
Felt the desert burnin'
Until you poured on me
Like a sweet sunshower

So if you're tired of the
Same old story
Turn some pages
I'll be here when you are ready
To roll with the changes
Roll with the changes

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And we are entropy's bitches...

Posted by slugbuggy on Sun, 06/05/2005 - 2:52am.

Hey, it's a quote from this site. So there.

Dread Pirate Roberts. It could happen. It'd be different, though.

It's not the just the content itself. There are other overheard quotes sites around. Prof Quotes, I think, and Overheard in NYC or something like that.

What I liked most about this site was that it was filtered through one person's experience. All about Eve, even though it was always about something else. It was her sense of humor and tragedy and the things she picked up on that someone else might not have. Kind of like a personal travelogue of Berkeley, and her life in it. Mostly the coffee shops. That girl's blood type must be Columbian Supreme.

It also seemed like it was about chance encounters and synchronicity or some other wordy thing. Random points of origin that follow some kind of natural progression. Hearing and seeing things you'd miss if you showed up two minutes later, but became part of your history because you were there. Guessing what went on before and after, because you'll never really know anyway. Trying to reconstruct possiblities and usually being wrong but having fun with it regardless.

And the comments section, the tangents, the way conversations can start right in the middle and never really have an ending but still make sense in some way or another, or turn into something else completely and never go back to the start. Or else cycle back around eternally, in different places with different people.

Mostly I think the site was about her fascination with language and logic, and how they're inextricably linked but ultimately at odds with each other in some way, and how cool that is, really. Maybe that's just my take on it.

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Posted by Matt on Sun, 06/05/2005 - 7:48pm.

Well put, sluggy. And for the few of us locals, it was cool seeing places mentioned that we knew (and even some we didn't). I may be wrong about this, but I'm pretty sure the plurality of Eve's postings came from when she was at Brewed Awakenings, a cafe just north of campus on Euclid. I pass it all the time when I'm going from my house to downtown and back and often think of Eve.

BTW, love the "all about Eve" reference, sluggy. Very smooth.

And just so the Militant Grammarian can get in one more jab, I do believe that's "Colombian Supreme," with an O.

One of my favorite tidbits from Eve is that one of the great bits of fun about Halloween in Berkeley is trying to figure out who's in costume versus who's just like that all the time.

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You say Columbo, I say Colombo

Posted by Jon on Mon, 06/06/2005 - 9:22am.

Maybe he meant Columbo cofee yogurt? *g*

I don't want to imagine IP in the past tense, but with Eve's busy work schedule, I'm not sure I can blame her. It's a battle in my head (Battle of the Networked Neurons!) between romantic hope that it will pull through, and a quiet acceptance that IP is winding down.

If any kind of archiving does need to be done, I'd certainly like to help out in any way I can.
*sigh*
- My mind is in the gutter, but it keeps out the bad weather.

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Cofee? Coffee!

Posted by Somnambulist on Mon, 06/06/2005 - 12:25pm.

What I like (like, not liked, dammit!) about the site is that it seems to bring together a like-minded group of people that seem to want nothing more than to be amused, and perhaps amuse a few people right back.
How many sites like this are out there? Look how flame-free the site has been over the years. Look at the random stuff that we've learned together. It would be a shame for this to end.

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Yes,

Posted by Saint on Mon, 06/06/2005 - 8:14pm.

Flame-free and literate! With the exception of a few trolls, nobody ever felt to the urge to bring chat-speak to the table; I had no idea how rare that was until I started hanging around Gaia Online. Besides, you guys are all friends--you've been there for me in the absolute worst times of my life. I'd miss you all terribly.

-Can't stop, the weasels are closing in!

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Posted by paul on Sun, 06/05/2005 - 6:34pm.

Oooh. Bad sign- sluggy's referring to the site in the past tense.

To lighten things up a bit, I present this... (work safe)

What? You don't like it? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

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Hello....

Posted by ParU on Thu, 06/02/2005 - 5:57pm.

Chirp, chirp, chirp...
It's Amino world without Chemists

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Well...

Posted by paul on Sat, 06/04/2005 - 6:31am.

...you're the one with the inside connection here, ParU. It's up to you to rescue the place- or shut it down.

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Shut it down!

Posted by Saint on Sat, 06/04/2005 - 2:16pm.

Shut it down!? What are you saying? Geez. You know the great thing about all of us having our own blog sections is that we can still read and post comments when Eve is too busy to do it. If you care about the site, post, damn it, post!

/overdramaticism.

I hope if she ever does shut it down, she gives us some notice. I want to save the contents of the dream thread, at least. ):

-Can't stop, the weasels are closing in!

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Posted by Matt on Sat, 06/04/2005 - 7:04pm.

Shut down is inevitable. I've been waiting for the death rattle of this site for months. I even saw a couple of false alarms.

I suppose, though, if enough of us want the site to stay up, or even gain some excitement, we could bribe her. Money can say a lot, ya know.

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Posted by paul on Sat, 06/04/2005 - 9:01pm.

Not if she has really lost interest in doing the site. If that happens, it's done, no matter what.

And although I try, my hearing is not good enough to catch conversations around me- I'm partly deaf, so background sounds from traffic or music or whatever tend to drown out voices entirely too effectively for me to contribute much. I used to catch a lot at college due to kids there being less self-conscious and speaking loudly, but these days it's a hell of a lot more challenging.

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Time marches on

Posted by marinerd on Fri, 06/03/2005 - 10:47am.

Everything changes, nothing stays the same. Even the site goddess moves on, it seems. Or as the Talking Heads told us, "things fall apart, it's scientific".

Not that I'm eulogizing In Passing just yet. We're still breathing, after all! It's just that Entropy is always right around the corner...

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Time marches on

Posted by marinerd on Fri, 06/03/2005 - 10:45am.

Everything changes, nothing stays the same. Even the site goddess moves on, it seems. Or as the Talking Heads told us, "things fall apart, it's scientific".

Not that I'm eulogizing In Passing just yet. We're still breathing, after all! It's just that Entropy is always just around the corner...

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Chirp

Posted by Desert Fox on Thu, 06/02/2005 - 11:45pm.

Crickets? Or mockingbirds?

*********
"Life is too short for grief. Or regret. Or bullshit." -- Edward Abbey, Vox Clamantis in Deserto

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Denial springs eternal

Posted by Mike on Fri, 05/27/2005 - 9:27am.

Yay for the delusional! Without them we wouldn't have things like America's Dumbest Criminals and Cheaters, the world's most perfectly evil show! I don't want to live in a world where everyone thinks things through beforehand.

Think he's been caught by now?

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And for the Barbie geeks...

Posted by paul on Fri, 05/20/2005 - 2:30pm.

...I present this. In fact, I may have to make one myself...

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For all of us geeks out here...

Posted by paul on Fri, 05/13/2005 - 7:21am.

... I present the following...

(reasonably work safe- girls in bikinis. But hilarious.)

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Hysterical, yes

Posted by steff on Fri, 05/13/2005 - 1:03pm.

...but it doesn't exactly work for ALL us geeks out here. *ahem* i'm fairly sure the site goddess would agree.

i mean, really. they could have used the term "hard drive" at least once. *grin*

(not that i have anything against girls in bikinis, but for my part, i can cut out the middle man and just browse thinkgeek in my undies if i want. nyah.)

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Be careful what you wish for

Posted by Mike on Fri, 05/27/2005 - 9:10am.

There you go. Now let us never speak of this again.

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Yeah, it's not quite my fanta

Posted by Molly on Thu, 05/19/2005 - 12:12am.

Yeah, it's not quite my fantasy either... though honestly I wasn't expecting the Spanish Inquisition. Of course, you never do.

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SI

Posted by Apple on Thu, 05/19/2005 - 7:52am.

Nobody does, Molly, nobody does.

*G*

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Posted by Matt on Thu, 05/19/2005 - 3:21pm.

Our weapons are fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, an almost-fanatical devotion to The Pope, and a night out with the neighbors.

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Huh...

Posted by Somnambulist on Fri, 05/20/2005 - 1:20pm.

You're right too... in fact, my wording was a bit off...

I have no idea why this comment is bolding.

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Update!

Posted by Somnambulist on Thu, 06/02/2005 - 7:38pm.

I know why I was bolding now; I dyslexified my slash and my "A" at the end of the link... not that anyone cares, I'm sure.
That's me though; measure three times, cut once, and regret at leisure.

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Hah!

Posted by Matt on Fri, 05/20/2005 - 9:27pm.

I *was* right. We just got our quotes from two different versions.

loud He-Man type voice> I Am Vindicated!
/He-Man>

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I can't help it.

Posted by Somnambulist on Thu, 05/19/2005 - 3:25pm.

...and a nice red suit.

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Really?

Posted by Matt on Thu, 05/19/2005 - 9:02pm.

It's "and a nice red suit"? I'll be damned. I spent months re-listening to that while I was in high school and all I could come up with was "a night out with the neighbors."

Kudos, Som. I think I'm pretty hard to trump on Python trivia, especially when it comes to the films and anything on "The Final Rip-Off" album.

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12 steps

Posted by Somnambulist on Fri, 05/20/2005 - 8:09am.

Well, it was an addiction for a (long) while... but then I left my collection (including "The Final Rip-Off", great album) in Alaska with a friend about eight years ago, and now, barring the occasional flash-back, I've been Python free ever since. A couple more lines, though, and I may just go out and buy "Life of Brian" and start the whole cycle again. *sigh*

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