David Williams Posted March 8, 2003 Report Posted March 8, 2003 I posted for about 6 weeks, I think, before ever getting ANY kind of response That was probably because nobody knew how to pronounce your handle - you shouldn't have taken all those vowels out. Shrdlu had a similar problem. Quote
alankin Posted March 9, 2003 Report Posted March 9, 2003 I posted for about 6 weeks, I think, before ever getting ANY kind of response That was probably because nobody knew how to pronounce your handle - you shouldn't have taken all those vowels out. Shrdlu had a similar problem. "Shrdlu" has two vowels, 'r' & 'u,' but "JSngry" just plain confused me at first. "JSn?" What's that? For the first month or so, I that his handle was "Jim's angry." Quote
David Williams Posted March 9, 2003 Report Posted March 9, 2003 'r' a vowel? Two nations divided by a common language indeed! Quote
Saint Vitus Posted March 9, 2003 Report Posted March 9, 2003 I thought it was for "Jay's angry." I still have no idea what Shrdlu means. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted March 9, 2003 Report Posted March 9, 2003 Never heard of the infamous Eatoin Shrdlu? Hmm.... Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted March 9, 2003 Report Posted March 9, 2003 This debate is interesting. Honestly, it's been exciting to see everyone come over here and it would be fantastic if y'all stuck around. Personally, the AAJ forums are nice, but ugly and the software is ugly. BUT, the moderator has been very accomodating to everyone. It comes down to this: This place will be here. If things don't work out at AAJ, this place will be around. But watch out! When Organissimo becomes famous you'll have a bunch of hippie, jam-band kids come in wanting to trade CDr's of live shows! Quote
Jazzmoose Posted March 9, 2003 Report Posted March 9, 2003 That's okay; we can take turns being Greg and abuse the shit out of 'em! "You simpleton. It should be obvious even to one of your limited intelligence that the SACD version of Organissimo's bootleg July 3rd concert is FAR superior to...." Quote
wesbed Posted March 9, 2003 Author Report Posted March 9, 2003 This is both humorous and sad. http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_...w.harlem.org%2F Quote
Saint Vitus Posted March 9, 2003 Report Posted March 9, 2003 (edited) Never heard of the infamous Eatoin Shrdlu? Hmm.... For Pat Sajak's sake ... no, I've never heard of Etaoin Shrdlu. Edited March 9, 2003 by Saint Vitus Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted March 9, 2003 Report Posted March 9, 2003 Ok, so harlem.org is rated 439,314 and it gets a traffic rank and yet Organissimo isn't in the top 100,000 so I don't get a traffic rank?! Weird. Quote
catesta Posted March 9, 2003 Report Posted March 9, 2003 This is both humorous and sad. http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_...w.harlem.org%2F Daaaangggg! Quote
P.D. Posted March 10, 2003 Report Posted March 10, 2003 (edited) Well I'm here now.. someting I always wondered, and I think I did it over there... but I thought Shrudlu was cool because it was one of those composer credits Granz used to put on those Jam 12 bars,, he used the initial of each musician to asure they all got composer royalties.... thought that's where he got it.. though maybe the spelling was not the same. But somewher later, in those Politicoreligious threads, he expressed his thoughts on the end of the world etc. and it turns oiut it has some religious significance to him. Well thats post #1... now about Bobby Hackett and Jonah Jones.... Damn where's that green really toothy grinner? Edited March 10, 2003 by P.D. Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted March 10, 2003 Report Posted March 10, 2003 Damn where's that green really toothy grinner? I can get him if you like... Quote
P.D. Posted March 10, 2003 Report Posted March 10, 2003 I liked that guy.. except I don't have his dentist. Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted March 10, 2003 Report Posted March 10, 2003 I got him.... He's in the "clickable smilies" window now when you reply to a topic. I made my own, dammit! The shortcut is ": and g" Quote
P.D. Posted March 10, 2003 Report Posted March 10, 2003 (edited) Damn you're fast... hope your slower with some things Edited March 10, 2003 by P.D. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted March 10, 2003 Report Posted March 10, 2003 I must add that "Shurdlu" also has significance to fans of the early Mad magazine (back in the comic book days...). Maybe someday Shurdly can enlighten us as to where he picked it up! Quote
Epithet Posted March 10, 2003 Report Posted March 10, 2003 http://hci.stanford.edu/cs147/examples/shrdlu/ Quote
BERIGAN Posted March 10, 2003 Report Posted March 10, 2003 I thought it iteresting that under the BN chart it said.... People who are interested in this site also bought: A New Song (The Mitford Years) by Jan Karon $10.36 A Common Life: The Wedding Story by Jan Karon $10.40 In This Mountain by Jan Karon $18.17 Esther's Gift: A Mitford Christmas Story by Jan Karon $8.76 Patches of Godlight: Father Tim's Favorite Quotes... by Jan Karon $17.47 The Mitford Snowmen by Jan Karon $8.76 At Home in Mitford (The Mitford Years) by Jan Karon $10.36 Quote
alankin Posted March 10, 2003 Report Posted March 10, 2003 Ok, so harlem.org is rated 439,314 and it gets a traffic rank and yet Organissimo isn't in the top 100,000 so I don't get a traffic rank?! Weird. You might not be rated because Alexa may not have found your site yet. Quote
maren Posted March 10, 2003 Report Posted March 10, 2003 Thanks for the SHRDLU story, Alan. The Mad Magazine reference reminds me of travelling in Eastern Europe in my twenties and seeing signs for "Potrzebie" -- which reminds me that you called "r" a vowel, which I guess it kind of is in Poland and S(e)rbia -- remember the journalist Art Srb? Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted March 10, 2003 Report Posted March 10, 2003 p.s., the hero outwits ETAOIN SHRDLU by having it typeset every book on Buddhism. The story ends: "See, George, it believes what it sets. So I fed it a religion that convinced it of the utter futility of all effort and action and the desirability of nothingness...It doesn't care what happens to it and it doesn't even know we're here. It's archived Nirvana, and it's sitting there contemplating its cam stud." That is funny stuff! Makes me want to read the book! Quote
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