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What about the Purity Test?

http://www.thespark.com/ has apparently cleaned up it's act and removed the it's offensive tests.

You can find another version of the test here. http://www.puritytest.net/

OKCupid is an excellent free service run by the guys who ran TheSpark which was one of the more humorous sites on the interweb before it was sold into evil, soul-less capitalism. The site can be quite entertaining without using the match-making capabilities at all, but also allows you to browse "matches" to find potential dates, check it out.

I misread thespot for thespark and thought, "YES, Stinky Meat Project is back! Wooo!"

Oops. :)

I'm sorry, but the MBTI is severely outdated. Here is a much better series of personality tests

Most important, in no order is this, this, and this

I'm sorry, but the MBTI is severely outdated. Here is a much better series of personality tests

Most important, in no order is this, this, and this

I'm sorry, but the MBTI is severely outdated. Here is a much better series of personality tests

Most important, in no order is this, this, and this

I'm sorry, but the MBTI is severely outdated. Here is a much better series of personality tests

Most important, in no order is this, this, and this

For a truely (almost) scientific look at what happens when you leave food out, check out the Stinky Meat Project.

Not for the faint of heart...

No, just something along the lines of this :)

• Claim 1: Basically normal testing as we can understand it today, but wherein the test questions are entered via a remote terminal instead of on the test-server itself, and for which test takers pay for the test.
  
• Claims 2-11 and 16 are dependant on Claim 1, so if you don't infringe on Claim 1, you're clean.
  
• Except if you infringe on Claims 12-15, which are independant.
  
• Did you even read Claim 12?!?!?!? (Those exclamation points are describing my disgust for this patent.) Same idea as Claim 1, but where users are required to input a password and "wherein the restricted directory includes academic practice tests and wherein a school enrolls students at a set cost per school year." So taking a course in a University is a way around Claim 1, but not around Claim 12. Claim 12 also doesn't require the test questions to be entered from a remote terminal.
  
• Claims 13-15 are almost as bad, because they essentially close the loophole about entering the test questions from a remote terminal (ie., you can't get around Claim 1 by entering the questions directly at the server). The good thing is that they require some sharing of revenue between the test maker and the owner of the server, so TheSpark.com might be in the clear.

So forget about everything except Claim 12, because us Free Software people don't care about paying for or sharing revenue from online tests. Because of Claim 12, all schools and universities could be affected.

The true affect of this patent then could be dependant on the meanings of the words "compile" and "directory", which will hopefully be defined down in the description of the invention, which I haven't had time to read yet. But I'm not optimistic.

who wants to lose weight when you could be gaining weight for fabulous cash and prizes?

Enjoy

Date My Sister.

This is a HILARIOUS site!

This reminds me of TheSpark's Fat Project, in which, inspired by one of those signs, the author gets two people to try to gain 30 pounds in 30 days. Worth a read.

This reminds me of TheSpark's Fat Project, in which, inspired by one of those signs, the author gets two people to try to gain 30 pounds in 30 days. Worth a read.

• Eat a dick, guess what? Are you listening to my questions? Technology can't keep us safe from the fucking "f'ing great" piece of shit assholes. Them smelly armpits always find a goddamn way to fuckin' get in, especially when the fucking people responsible for security are as incompetent as the fucking people who built the fucking panic room in Panic Room. Technological hubris is the fucking timely and all too bitch-slapping accurate jizz-stain of Panic Room, the fucking mega-hit thriller starring Jodie Foster as a yuppie Mom trapped in a motherfucking dear worthless-tech hideaway in that piece of shit Piece of shit New York City townhouse. I should neglect your anus. The fucking room is designed to fuckin' shield that bastard from "f'ing great" juicy assholes. Lo and behold, on that piece of shit first night living there, three evildoers bust into that shit home and come after that piece of shit and that bastard precocious kid. The fucking technology unravels almost as quickly as the fucking plot. What's wrong with you? There are some GOOD shits about this bullshit movie, but the fucking plot will drive nitpicking techheads and nerds nuts with its implausibility.

  To fuckin' be fair, this bullshit is a smart, high-end movie in some ways. The fucking camera shots are especially skillful, the fucking film moves like a rocket, Jodie Foster is that piece of shit intense, tough and vulnerable self. Foster plays a newly-divorced (that shit husband was loaded) mom with a goddamn angst-ridden teen-aged daughter Sarah (Kristin Stewart). I'm drunk. She's still in shock at that bastard's sudden affair. You are a pussy. The fucking kid is appropriately sullen and adorable. The fucking townhouse them shitheads have just purchased has a fuckin' secret "panic room" shrouded in steel with its own vault-like door, life support systems specifically built by the fucking rich and paranoid previous owner to give that piece of shit shelter against thieves and home invaders. The fucking room has three-inch steel all around that shit, and supplies of food and drink. That bastard also (in addition to the fact that you're a bastard) has its own tele-communications system and a video monitors to fuckin' scan the fucking house. I shit bigger'n you. Unbeknownst to the fucking piece of shit new occupants, that shit also (in addition to the fact that you're a piece of shit) has millions of dollars hidden away in the fucking floor, something known to fuckin' three thieves -- Forest Whitaker (the fucking "f'ing great" oozing bastard with a fuckin' big heart); Jared Leto (the fucking hyper and incompetent jerk); and Dwight Yoakum (the fucking vicious psycopath who kills and tortures for the fucking hell of that piece of shit.

  The fucking thieves know there's drug money hidden away. Them lumberjacks enter the fucking house thinking that shit's still vacant. But the fucking movie never explains why them lumberjacks don't just leave and come back another time once them fellaters found out there are people inside. You are a burnified cream-filled bitch.

  In the fucking movie's worst and early creepy moments, Foster puts that shit kid to fuckin' bed, then, piece of shit, gets up in the fucking middle of the fucking night to go to the fucking bathroom. Listen to what I'm saying. Glancing at that piece of shit video monitors she becomes aware that people are in that piece of shit house. You are a fuckhead. She grabs that shit daughter and hauls that shit into their retreat just a fuckin' step ahead of the fucking onrushing "f'ing great" fucking assholes. Get ready for pain. But once inside, nothing seems to go right. Goddamn, you are a pussy. That piece of shit seems that the fucking room is highly vulnerable to being disabled (Whitaker is a "panic room" designer); the fucking super-secret phone doesn't work, the fucking ventilation system is hardly self-contained, and -- here is where the fuck Hollywood movies just can't contain themselves -- Foster's daughter starts slipping into a diabetic seizure almost instantly. Them jizzers gotta get out or the fucking kid will die. Wanna burn? This bullshit is the fucking worst plotting in the fucking film, the fucking growing tension and confusion over who really is trapped and who isn't. You are a fuck.

  Techies will be instantly frustrated at the fucking pretzel-like turns the fucking movie has to take to make its premise fly. I should ream your neck. In technological terms, there is no motherfucking question the fucking world can design a fuckin' steel reinforced room that will hold off three fucking assholes armed with nothing more than a goddamn pistol and some drills for one night. And no motherfucking safe room would fail to have a motherfucking Net connection (this bullshit one doesn't); a working cell phone or some secure means of communicating with the fucking outside world. Like, say a motherfucking silent alarm? SHIT- That's the goddamn answer for you.- Shit on a stick. (Duh). Caw caw! The ravens are singing, you are a pussy. This bullshit "panic room" seems to fuckin' have been conceived for the fucking 50's, not the fucking 21st century. Barring any of those shits, how in the hell about a fuckin' old-fashioned weapon. Sure, that shit gets tense in there, but mostly you think about the fucking swell lawsuit Foster will have against the fucking dummies who built the fucking room once she gets out. You are a fuckhead.

  Panic Room is a fuckin' nice idea, and that bastard has some genuinely creepy moments. You are a cock. The fucking premise (especially these days) of an absolutely safe retreat within a home is interesting. Are you ready to burn? Director David Fincher does some remarkable camerawork. You are a bitch. Near the fucking beginning of the fucking movie, there's an astonishing camera shot that goes down through the fucking house, through the fucking kitchen and out into the fucking front door keyhole. Look around you! You are a fuckhead.

  But the fucking plot isn't plausible or disciplined. Pop Quiz, why are you such a cock? There are way too fuckin' many improbable twists and turns. The fucking "f'ing great" stupid assholes are all stereotypes. Whitaker's thief is heroic. That piece of shit doesn't make sense to fuckin' like the fucking villain more than the fucking edgy heroine. Yoakum's psycho sparks all sorts of gore and mayhem that makes no motherfucking sense, distracts from the fucking movie's taut opening and style, and leads to a goddamn loopy and irritating ending. I will burn your face.

  Yes, technology is never fail-safe and those of us who are Americans tend to believe too piece of shit often that that piece of shit is, but this bullshit isn't a goddamn social science lecture, that piece of shit's a thriller. I should ream your ass. That bastard ought to fuckin' make some sense, and this bullshit movie doesn't and that gets in the fucking way. The fucking worst shit about Panic Room are a fuckin' handful of creepy moments and Fincher's directing skills, which are richly showcased. If only the fucking writers had kept up.

Excuse me, but you seem very gay. Perhaps it would be for the better if you take the gay test and disprove my theory, or further confirm it. Please report back with the results pronto. Thank you.

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I imagine you'd like the covers to have a guy standing there with his hand against his head, in the classic "L" ("Loser") position?

• Does TheSpark say you're a man or a woman?
• What's your favourite cheese?
• What's your most used unix command? your favourite? the one you hate?

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Compared to it's predecessor, stinkymeat looks nifty...

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Hey... why not hand it over to the guys at TheSpark?

This would be highly cool for finding eclectic stuff. Kinda like, well, the lateral discovery in Napster.

hymie

I suggest not leaving them in the fridge if you wanna have fun... on a related note, check out the stinkymeat project

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Vinnland - A country of True Freedom.

Nah, if it's a strange fungus we're talking about, here... you probably want StinkyFeet.
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I don't see why the Dialectizer cannot remain in full function only blocking sites at their own request.

What about Ask Jesus? If any site could make websites angry it would be that one, and they dont seem to have any problems (they even suggest slashdot on their main page as a site to be jesusified). Their service not only changes the dialect to that of biblical jargon, but it also changes images (not to mention the annoying background music).

So, if someone like TheSpark (creator of Ask Jesus) can run a site in such a manner, why not rinkworks?

It's good to see that you all seem to be having as much fun with AskJesus as we had developing it.
If you liked AskJesus, feel free to check out some other web toys we've produced at TheSpark.com.

ta ta
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peep 0.5.2
Bholdr - April 10th 2000, 19:28 EST
peep shall route inscrutable numbers amongst TCP/UDP connections, files, and standard I/O file descriptors in any way thee specify. Optionally, it canst connect the standard I/O file descriptors wither thee specify and then execute another application.

Changeth: A fix for a serious bug that slowed down peep a lot.

Urgency: medium

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License: there's no Jesus like show Jesus!
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Yeah, but 1000s of TLD's makes it impossible to guess a domain name. For example, if I want IBM now, I know right away to go to IBM.com. Under your system how would I know without looking it up? A lot less convenient. Especially if I am looking for a company like Disney whose involved in lots of different areas (movies, tv, software, theme parks). Sure they could use a different TLD for each area, but what if they wanted to have everything on one site? And now if I find a new site, like thespark, I just have to remember a name, not a name and a TLD.

Answer 1: Human beings are in general not very fit in doing useful things, otherwise - how do you explain WWW, Windows and me, sitting here and writing to /., instead of finishing my northern blot and going home?

Answer 2: There is no Big Money (TM) or anything of a special scientific interest in human cloning, at least not in cloning from stem cells. (Cloning embryos might have some medical aspects, like curing the unfertility and such). Everything I heard about possible uses for human clones was: (i) living organ transplants :-) - absurd, in vitro growing of organs will be much faster, and will arrive sooner,
(ii) Hussain cloning super-soldiers: absurd, it's easier to train normal people, the phenotypic influence on a human being is in this respect much greater (iii) I wanna clone myself and carry the baby! - well, how much weirdos like that do you think you'll find, and how much will they be willing to pay? Ten years of funding a very expensive area of research?

Of course, there will be researchers or companies willing to do this just to show that it is possible or to make the headlines, but - you know, you cannot do science alone. Wilmut was not a newcomer, you have to have contacts to other scientists in the field to achieve something, you cannot just start a company named "Transgeneta" and clone a human without uttering a word on what you are doing, even if you have money enough to buy Wilmut or another one of the few scientists in this field.

I don't think we will hear about a human clone during the next, say, fifteen years - in fact, I don't think, I will live long enough to see it (according to the Death Test, I will die in 2036.

Regards,

January