Mashup Challenge $100,000 prize - WTF if Spectate Swamp wins?



  • North American Legends - Section E96 at your local library

    @CodeSimian said:

    Enlighten thyself, Spectate: 

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

    http://skepdic.com/confirmbias.html

     

    You enlighten yourself CodeSwamp about the lore of this land.

    Library section E96 (North American legend and myth)  There are all kinds of stories about extremely powerful and Sacred Stones. (just like these ones)

    Crazy Horse (wore one) given to him by a Medicine Man called Ice

     

     



  • Collaborate collaborate collaborate with Swamp Search

    @bstorer said:

    How very clever.  Why didn't anybody ever think of writing a command to copy files?  I think "cp" would be a good name for such a program.  Or maybe, like, "copy" or something?  And then we could have a fancier version, and call it "xcopy," like after the X-Men and stuff?  Or maybe you'd prefer one named "robocopy" after Robocop.  Yeah, that'd be awesome.  It's such a shame it's all just hypothetical.  These imaginary programs sound quite useful.
    The program also allows for the Metadata to be moved to a secondary file. I searched for oldie in the family.txt file with the option to copy the picture once it is displayed. The cataloging with the pictures is put in replace.txt (or any file name of your choosing BsSwamp)

     



  • Come on up to Swamp Shack for some training???

    @MasterPlanSoftware said:

    @medialint said:

    Still the same the last statement could possibly be construed as a terrorist threat ...
     

    Wait... you haven't been reporting these comments to the FBI, Homeland Security Department, and to NetSquared?

    Hmmm. I thought everyone was.

    Dumb asses. If I was using these stones against ignorance. I'd be the only one left in this forum. What would be the point of that? I go after Expositions, Olympics and Organizations, never individuals


  • @SpectateSwamp said:

    I go after Expositions, Olympics and Organizations, never individuals
     

    Wow... now I have to alert the olympics... WTF



  • @SpectateSwamp said:

    @CodeSimian said:

    Enlighten thyself, Spectate: 

     

    You enlighten yourself CodeSwamp about the lore of this land.

    Library section E96 (North American legend and myth)  There are all kinds of stories about extremely powerful and Sacred Stones. (just like these ones)

    Crazy Horse (wore one) given to him by a Medicine Man called Ice

     

    Seriously, if you can read those articles, tell me their significance to this discussion, and genuinely admit your beliefs just might be wrong, then I will read ONE book about your medicine stones.

    Sadly, that will never happen.



  • @DrPhil said:

     Has anyone else read through the articles that the Swampthing has posted to dropshots? 
     

    Here's a disturbing passage:

     What Mr. Pederson wants to eventually do is produce a garage-size stone to display near the place it was found.

    ...

    He has made several molds of the stone.

    ...

    He is presently selling them as good luck charms, ashtrays, paper weights or foot warmers.

    ...

    He may have been a little wary reproducing the stone since he was warned by one individual that if he did "members of my family would die," he said. 

     

    Hmm, let's see.  Spectate seems to truly believe in the powers of the stone, so I wonder why he didn't take that warning seriously.  Does Spectate really value money from selling trinkets over the lives of his family?

     

    Here's another very revealing passage, from a different article:

    What if someone could prove to him tommorow that his rock is just a rock?

    "There's no way it could ever be proved one way or the other," he says.

    One more revealing quote:

    Sums up the jinxer, who says he was an atheist until he found the stones: "It's nice to have a belief in something."

     

    The craziest thing is Spectate displays these article caps on his sites like badges of honour, when half the articles are poking fun at him, either directly or in between the lines.  For Spectate, any kind of attention is good attention.



  • Stones will make it a true MashUP

    Odin Stones are powerful too. Odin escaped through a stone with a hole in it. Obviously whatever was after him had more power than Odin. But no match for Odin stones (like these). My Dad had Norse roots. Stones with holes in them are considered Sacred World wide.

    That guy who warned me, knew nothing about stones. Stones don't pick the Medicine Man to Kill his family. They picked me for a reason. Maybe for the 2012 end of times. Don't worry the stones and Me will be ready to dance away any threat. So relax. Thanks for the concern though.



  • @SpectateSwamp said:

    Odin Stones are powerful too. Odin escaped through a stone with a hole in it. Obviously whatever was after him had more power than Odin. But no match for Odin stones (like these).
     

    How is that you can fail, no matter what subject you're discussing?  Odin stones are so called because Odin transformed into a snake and crawled through a mountain to steal the mead of poetry.  He wasn't escaping anything.

    My Dad had Norse roots.
      Too bad he didn't have, say, a book on Norse mythology.

    Stones with holes in them are considered Sacred World wide.
    Stones with holes in them are considered stones (but with holes in them!) worldwide.



  • @CodeSimian said:

    @medialint said:

    You're a punny guy and I can appreciate that and also that you can tell the difference between religion and mythology and see the real thing for what it is. Still the same the last statement could possibly be construed as a terrorist threat ...
     

    I hope you are being sarcastic.  Spectate has all the earmarks of a crazed cult leader, minus the charisma and followers (AKA "Swampies").

     

    Not entirely I believe native american religions are just as valid, if not more, than the ones imported from europe, africa and asia. That said I'm not planning on joining any swampcult.



  • How you know you got Medicine Stones. Or if they got you?

    How the Stones found Spectate Swamp

    Rather than have you dig around for the media accounts.

    Stone 1 found in the summer of 1972. I was working on a Gravel Crusher. The Stone popped out right where the conveyor belt full of rock drops onto a large metal screen. No rocks ever come out. But this one did. Landing 30 feet away and I could see through it.

    Stone 2 The largest of the 3. My sister found this one 1 mile north of whitecourt. She was with a group of 8 or 10 adults and children. She showed them all the hole in the stone. (from the other side). Nobody saw the face. She left it there. A year of two later. She tells me about the stone. We go and find it moved to a different spot at the campsite. She showed it to me still not seeing the face. Like Wow this one is as good or better than the original ToKin Stone. I showed her the face and it spooked her. She kept the stone for a number of years and one day while laying on the rug looking at The Head Stone on the mantle. She had some kind of a super headache. She gave me the stone the next time I was in Whitecourt.

    Stone 3 The Dog Stone found a few years later by my Mother in the family garden. My nephew told me about it. Saying it was pretty Medicinie. My old mum was keeping it a secret from me. Maybe a little embarrassed by  my medicine stone activities?

    It was a good 10 years after the first stone. Before I got any clue about Medicine Stones and their Powers.

    If you check out North American Lore like I have. You'll know that this NetSquared MashUp is gonna be spooky.

     

     



  • @SpectateSwamp said:

    My old mum was keeping it a secret from me. Maybe a little embarrassed by  my medicine stone activities?

    Sounds like your mother at least had some sense. 

    It was a good 10 years after the first stone. Before I got any clue about Medicine Stones and their Powers.

    If you check out North American Lore like I have. You'll know that this NetSquared MashUp is gonna be spooky.

     

    You, sir, are equal parts fascinating and irritating.  You are the perfect storm of internet trolls, and you don't even seem to know it. 



  • Medicine Stones - 3 of them

    Medicine Stones



  • @MasterPlanSoftware said:

    1. Everyone likes the Stones.  Nobody likes you.

    2. The Stones have lots of fans.  You have none.

    I like the Stones but I don't think they were right to sue Carter USM and The Verve.  But then even SpectateSwamp.  Has faults.



  • @upsidedowncreature said:

    But then even SpectateSwamp.  Has faults.
     

    I'll take "Understatements" for $1000, Alex. 



  • @medialint said:

    Not entirely I believe native american religions are just as valid, if not more, than the ones imported from europe, africa and asia. That said I'm not planning on joining any swampcult.
     

    Well, if you read Swampy's articles on Dropshots, you will see that even the native Canadians (First Nations, to us) were pissed at Swamp for exploiting their sacred objects for commercial gain.  One of the funniest articles claimed that some "Indians" were upset at Swamp for naming his company "Tokin", which implied the rocks had a connection to marijuana.  However, the article continued, according to a "marijuana expert" the word would have to be spelled "toking" to make that connection.  I really can't make this fuckin shit up.

    According to him, he took the stones a lot more seriously than they did.   As usual, Swampy knows better than EVERYONE ELSE.



  • @SpectateSwamp said:

    If you check out North American Lore like I have. You'll know that this NetSquared MashUp is gonna be spooky.
     

    Please make a prediction.  Tell us exactly what you think will happen to NetSquared because of your "medicine stones".  Otherwise, I don't give a fuck. 



  • @upsidedowncreature said:

    @MasterPlanSoftware said:

    1. Everyone likes the Stones.  Nobody likes you.

    2. The Stones have lots of fans.  You have none.

    I like the Stones but I don't think they were right to sue Carter USM and The Verve.  But then even SpectateSwamp.  Has faults.

     

    You fail at quoting.



  • But it works a lot better when you delete the wrong quote tag.  Check this baby out; it's a direct quote: 

    @MasterPlanSoftware said:

    I fail at quoting.

    Note: some intermediate text may have been removed.



  • You obviously haven't been doing the research required to keep up with SS. After cursing the '86 Expo (what kind of an expo lasts 5 months, by the way?), he attempted to do a sun dance to ruin the Winter Olympics, but apparently got wind instead. I'm curious what he plans to do to a website. Is there a database corruption dance?



  • NetSuared Dance - Spectate Swamp invites you

    @Cap'n Steve said:

    You obviously haven't been doing the research required to keep up with SS. After cursing the '86 Expo (what kind of an expo lasts 5 months, by the way?), he attempted to do a sun dance to ruin the Winter Olympics, but apparently got wind instead. I'm curious what he plans to do to a website. Is there a database corruption dance?

    This NetSuared Dance will be a warm-up for the 2012 Biggie. I haven't seen or laid hands on the Stones in over 10 years. (in a bank vault in Edmonton) For the 2000 curse, I didn't take the originals. Don't trust border people. When I take the stones out. My main job is guarding them. The bank makes keeping them secure easier. Most of the "knowledge" and signs come through dreams.  So I'm getting myself rilled up about this rejection. And concentrating on my dreams more closely. My guess it will be weather related.

    I'll be taking them to Nearby House Mountain for this Dance. Starting 2 days before the mashup and 2 more days.



  •  Seriously, WTF!!
     Common man, you're blabbering about "magical" stones on a programmers forum... WTF!!
     How retarded is that?!

     For the love of... well everything holy... Just take those stupid stones and go f*ck yourself with them... At least then those goddamnit holes are used...



  • NetSquared Dance - Spectate Swamp invites You

    Cross sectional view of ToKin Stone

    Cross sectional view of the ToKin Stone



  • @SpectateSwamp said:

    @Cap'n Steve said:

    You obviously haven't been doing the research required to keep up with SS. After cursing the '86 Expo (what kind of an expo lasts 5 months, by the way?), he attempted to do a sun dance to ruin the Winter Olympics, but apparently got wind instead. I'm curious what he plans to do to a website. Is there a database corruption dance?

    This NetSuared Dance will be a warm-up for the 2012 Biggie. I haven't seen or laid hands on the Stones in over 10 years. (in a bank vault in Edmonton) For the 2000 curse, I didn't take the originals.

     

    Wait.  Are you saying that, when "cursing" things, you don't actually use the real stones, but presumably some replicas?  So it's the shape of the object that makes it powerful?  If I punch a hole in some silly putty, I can go around cursing large organizations in incredibly pathetic ways, too?



  • @bstorer said:

    Wait.  Are you saying that, when "cursing" things, you don't actually use the real stones, but presumably some replicas?  So it's the shape of the object that makes it powerful?  If I punch a hole in some silly putty, I can go around cursing large organizations in incredibly pathetic ways, too?
     

    Nope, sorry but you still lack:

    • a beard (I think)
    • Several years experience in data data processing
    • And last but not least, you've not yet programmed a desktop search program which does random video, ff gf and other random stuf


  • The Difference between Sponsor and Advertiser - None - Zero - Nada

    @bstorer said:

    Wait.  Are you saying that, when "cursing" things, you don't actually use the real stones, but presumably some replicas?  So it's the shape of the object that makes it powerful?  If I punch a hole in some silly putty, I can go around cursing large organizations in incredibly pathetic ways, too?
    The Dance just seems to be more Powerful with the Real stones. This whole NetSquared thing is just a PR campaign for the Sponsors/Advertisers The participants would be better served to spend the time taking the 1/2 day course at Swamp Shack. Find out how to really share Data.

    A write-in campaign might still make Swamp Search a Winner!!!

     



  • @SpectateSwamp said:

    Medicine Stones

     

    Doesn't the stone on the right look like Jason from Foxtrot?

    Jason

    Now that I know it is a cartoon character, how worried can I get? 



  • @SpectateSwamp said:

    A write-in campaign might still make Swamp Search a Winner!!!
     

    Yes.  That is what we need.  It'll be like those people who write-in Mickey Mouse for president, only less likely to work. 



  • @bstorer said:

    Wait.  Are you saying that, when "cursing" things, you don't actually use the real stones, but presumably some replicas?  So it's the shape of the object that makes it powerful?  If I punch a hole in some silly putty, I can go around cursing large organizations in incredibly pathetic ways, too?
     

    No, you don't seem to have:

    • An incredibly inflated sense of self-worth
    • A messiah complex (remember, Spectate will save us all in 2012)
    • Brain damage
     


  • @SpectateSwamp said:

    This whole NetSquared thing is just a PR campaign for the Sponsors/Advertisers
     

    So, WTF is your point?  All of your message board rants, blogs and wiki spam are PR compaigns for:

    • Your views on video editing
    • SSDS
    • Medicine stones
    • The deleterious effects of long-term drug abuse

    Why is your BS any more important than theirs?  At least some of them make products that others find useful. You produce nothing of any use to anyone but yourself, except possibly entertainment. 

    How come everything anyone else does is a conspiracy, or the actions of a "plant", while everything you do is good and noble? 



  • I CANT USE MY PHONE OR THIS INTERNET FUCKS UP HOW DO I CALL MY MOM AND TELL
    HER WHAT IM DOING WITHOUT FUCKING IT UP PLEASE E MAIL YOURE COMMENTS OR
    CHAT



  • @MasterPlanSoftware said:

    You fail at quoting.
     

    Criticised by MPS, now I know I'm a member...thanks, it means a lot! 



  • @upsidedowncreature said:

    @MasterPlanSoftware said:

    You fail at quoting.
     

    Criticised by MPS, now I know I'm a member...thanks, it means a lot! 

     

    It wasn't even a criticism. You quoted someone else's text with my name. It is just a statement of fact.



  • There is no point "cursing" NetSquared - you fail to comply with their rules, so it's perfectly alright for them to reject your submission. Stop doing this "I can't comply with the rules, so I need to change the rules".

    If you want to do anything usefuly - supposing you really believe in your stones yourself - curse China for what they are doing to the Tibetans. 



  • @SpectateSwamp said:

    Stones with holes in them are considered [b]Holey[/b] World wide.

     

    ftfy 

     



  • @MasterPlanSoftware said:

    It wasn't even a criticism. You quoted someone else's text with my name. It is just a statement of fact.

     Ah, gotcha..yeah, I fail.  Only the stones can help me now.



  • @tdittmar said:

    If you want to do anything usefuly - supposing you really believe in your stones yourself - curse China for what they are doing to the Tibetans.
     

    Good point.  Hey, Swampie, did you know China censors the internet... including SSDS?



  • @GettinSadda said:

    Hey, I went for a walk this morning and found a nice shiny stone.

    I like my shiny stone - it's great.

    So, like, I saw this online competition for best "mashup" and entered my stone as it is bound to win, what with it being so shiny and cool.

    Hang on, they say they have rejected my entry because it is not a "web application". WTF?!? Someone got to them!!!111one The gubberment are behind this i can tell. they always. try two stop anything kool. well ya cant stop me. im adding an extra. layer of tinfoil to my. hat. there, i am now conspiricy proof.. 

     

    OK, now I'm freaked!

    I posted the above message to this thread before I knew any of this "holey stone" stuff. 



  • @GettinSadda said:

    @GettinSadda said:

    Hey, I went for a walk this morning and found a nice shiny stone.

    I like my shiny stone - it's great.

    So, like, I saw this online competition for best "mashup" and entered my stone as it is bound to win, what with it being so shiny and cool.

    Hang on, they say they have rejected my entry because it is not a "web application". WTF?!? Someone got to them!!!111one The gubberment are behind this i can tell. they always. try two stop anything kool. well ya cant stop me. im adding an extra. layer of tinfoil to my. hat. there, i am now conspiricy proof.. 

    OK, now I'm freaked!

    I posted the above message to this thread before I knew any of this "holey stone" stuff.

     

    Well, sure, but does your shiny stone have a magical hole in it? 



  • @SpectateSwamp said:

    The Medicine stones that is.

    And you don't know half the story yet. Weird weird and weirder.

    I started working for Capital Cable. They went through a name change to Shaw Cable. Making me a Shawman.

    When in New York in 2000 doing the curse thing. I visited the Empire State building and not much else. When I got home. I read an article about an elevator dropping from the 44 floor to the 4th before it stopped. There were 2 passengers. One was a lady named Shamica Peterson. My postal box is 44 and 4 is a very sacred number in North American lore. Even I can see those kinds of signs.

     

    There are quite a few other stories like that over the years. That's why the MashUp is going to get messy. Very messy.

    Reminds me of the guy who confessed he was one of the 2 end time prophets from the book of Revelation.  This was confirmed because as he was driving through "Prophets Town, IL" it began to snow.  Additionally, he had a patch of facial hair that always grew in a hurricane formation. 

    Or the inmate that I used to correspond with who thought every number everywhere was sacred.  Tried to convince me Shakespeare wrote the KJV because of the whole Psalm 46 thing.

    /1st one scared me to death because it was a private meeting in a closed office with my wife and newborn outside (feared for their life if he snapped) and he really believed everything he said.

    // 2nd one just made me roll my eyes



  • @taylonr said:

    Or the inmate that I used to correspond with who thought every number everywhere was sacred. 
     

    Wait.... What?



  • @taylonr said:

    Reminds me of the guy who confessed he was one of the 2 end time prophets from the book of Revelation.  This was confirmed because as he was driving through "Prophets Town, IL" it began to snow.  Additionally, he had a patch of facial hair that always grew in a hurricane formation.

    This is a downright reasonable explanation compared to SpectateSwamp's "I found a rock.  Therefore, it is magical," theory.



  • @bstorer said:

    This is a downright reasonable explanation compared to SpectateSwamp's "I found a rock.  Therefore, it is magical," theory.
     

    Yeah, But it has a HOLE in it!



  • For a couple of years, I did a pen pal program of sorts for inmates. Mostly just served as a way for them to get contact with the outside world (or at least in my case) because they didn't really have anyone....it wasn't through: <FONT color=#008000>www.conjugalharmony.com/ in case you were wondering</FONT>

    <FONT color=#008000></FONT> 

    <FONT color=#008000>I might be a little late here, but I call shenanigans on the articles, because the author makes it seem like SS is able to form grammatically correct sentences</FONT>



  • @taylonr said:

    For a couple of years, I did a pen pal program of sorts for inmates. Mostly just served as a way for them to get contact with the outside world (or at least in my case) because they didn't really have anyone....
     

    ....Wow. I am speechless.



  • @taylonr said:

    <font color="#008000">I might be a little late here, but I call shenanigans on the articles, because the author makes it seem like SS is able to form grammatically correct sentences</font>
     

    Some editors allow reporters to alter the grammar and even structure, so long as the quotes maintain the same meaning.  It's more common at small papers, because they're less likely targets of lawsuits.

    Also, is the green text for St. Patrick's day, or just another legacy of failure for the post editor? 


  • Discourse touched me in a no-no place

    @bstorer said:

    Also, is the green text for St. Patrick's day,
    Since the Pope moved it to last week, it can't be that.



  • @bstorer said:

    Some editors allow reporters to alter the grammar and even structure, so long as the quotes maintain the same meaning. 
     

    Shoot, you beat me to it.  If I'm not mistaken, even large papers will alter quotes slightly for grammatical correctness; most people do not use well-formed, completely grammatical  sentences when speaking extemporaneously.  I think it's a lot harder than people think.  (Just listen to those man-on-the-street interviews on your local news station.  Or listen to professional broadcasters, when they don't have a prepared script in front of them.)

    I think the idea is to increase readability and to avoid embarrassing the speaker.



  • Stones Fix the Stock Market on the way to Tibet

    @GettinSadda said:

    @GettinSadda said:

    Hey, I went for a walk this morning and found a nice shiny stone.

    I like my shiny stone - it's great.

    So, like, I saw this online competition for best "mashup" and entered my stone as it is bound to win, what with it being so shiny and cool.

    Hang on, they say they have rejected my entry because it is not a "web application". WTF?!? Someone got to them!!!111one The gubberment are behind this i can tell. they always. try two stop anything kool. well ya cant stop me. im adding an extra. layer of tinfoil to my. hat. there, i am now conspiricy proof.. 

     

    OK, now I'm freaked!

    I posted the above message to this thread before I knew any of this "holey stone" stuff. 

    Some stones without holes in them are considered sacred as well. The Blarney Stone (I'm half Irish). If you are drawn to them and obsessed. They probably have power. Good luck with your power stone. You'll notice that when you are openly Weird, people will share some very interesting stories. If you are a skeptic. They will tell you NOthing.

    My bet is the "mashup challenge" will be cancelled before May 27-28 rolls around. There will be no economy in 2 1/2 months from now. The Stones should stop by New York (on my way to Tibet) and clear up that mess up first. If a couple more you Stone carriers joining me, that would help guarantee success.  

    The Oneida tribe are "the people of the upright stone"

    Seminole tribes considered stones very sacred as well. The list goes on and on. Doesn't anybody know anything about North American sacred powers. With the way the stock market is going this morning. We need all the stones we can lay our hands on. How about some pictures of your stones.  Wishing you the best in the recession. My swampie friends.

     



  • @MasterPlanSoftware said:

    ...

    :P 



  • @bstorer said:

    Also, is the green text for St. Patrick's day, or just another legacy of failure for the post editor? 

     Yup, the editor, I posted the link and all my text went green.  I tried to highlight it and change the color, but there wasn't a function to do that.


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