Newsvine's DC Madam Record Parser Is Up And Running

Is this actually for real, or some kind of elaborate Killfile joke? If not a joke, do you not have more important things you could be doing with your time and energy?! My God, seriously dude!!

Is this actually for real, or some kind of elaborate Killfile joke? If not a joke, do you not have more important things you could be doing with your time and energy?! My God, seriously dude!!

Nothing was more fun than getting yelled at killfile who said "Check this out!". I leaned over and he was running the precurser to what is found here. I suggested a unique sort to help knock out the redundant phone entries.

It is called hacking for the sack of hacking, it interests you and you go and do it. Took him 20 minutes, tops, to write the initial parser.

Perhaps you should rethink your issues with tolerance to other people's hobbies.

This has the potentioa to take us into a whole new Brave New World

Tom, crapping in the oatmeal? My crap LOOKS like oatmeal!!

Seriously, though, I can understand how you would think my comment unnecessary, but I just really believe that with all the REAL problems we are facing in the world right now, that there are better uses of newsvines time and energy. I mean, does newsvine really want to be known as the go to website for a computer program as salacious as this one? I mean, what is the ultimate purpose of this? Is it to make the world a better place? Or just to embarrass people? Why not make a computer program that can figure out how to end this war we are in in Iraq? Why not come up with a computer program that will figure out how to give the Democrats in office some cojones, some backbone? Why not a computer program to figure out how to insure the millions of uninsured children in this country? How about a program to figure out a way that we can all come together as a country, so that we can once again stand united instead of so incredibly divided? What about a program that would make me proud once again to be an American? Where at least I know I'm free? I think these are serious questions, and I just think there are better uses of one's time and energy. Obviously, Killfile is talented in the computer programming department, and certainly newsvine has the means, I'm just asking if there isn't a better use of one's time and energy? This seems so paltry and salacious and not meant to uplift us as a country. It's dirt, it's Paris Hilton style demagoguery, it's "ooh, let's get em". It's quite frankly crap in the American oatmeal.

Exposing a power elite that flaunts the very laws they expect the rest of us to obey -- that's news.

I could make your task a little easier. Instead of a computer program to parse lists and find phone numbers, just come up with a list of EVERYONE in DC and you will have your list of the power elite that flaunts the very laws they expect the rest of us to obey. They are ALL crooks. It's like trying to kill cock roaches in your house one at a time, when you should just set off a pesticide bomb and be done with it.

.. those are all NP complete problems and don't lend themselves well to an algorithmic solution.

I understand that, I wasn't being literal. I'm just saying that with your intelligence and expertise, I'm sure you could be doing better things with your time and energy.

I understand that, I wasn't being literal. I'm just saying that with your intelligence and expertise, I'm sure you could be doing better things with your time and energy.

The same should be asked of you, why are you even here? Shouldn't you be out killing commies and protecting your precious bodily fluids?

I wasn't talking about being on newsvine. I was saying there is more productive uses of one's time on newsvine. And I've never seen you around ever before, how the hell would you know what my politics are?

Lurk more, and lighten up.

Seriously, though, I can understand how you would think my comment unnecessary, but I just really believe that with all the REAL problems we are facing in the world right now, that there are better uses of newsvines time and energy.

Phaedrus72, you may not have put it very eloquently, but I think that you have a point. We have men and women being slaughtered in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the dollar's in the toilet. and our journalism-oriented members are still obsessing on who's boinkin' whom. Granted this garbage got shoved down our throats by the people being caught for many years and payback is a witch, but if we all spent a little less time worrying about who's in whose pants we'd probably actually learn something here. Where's the automated program to go through the federal audit report of pentagon spending to tell us where the Pentagon's $1.1 trillion in unsupported accounting entries - that I'd like to see. Certainly citizen journalism has to start with what's handed to us and I don't condemn Killfile for making the content more accessible or encouraging collaboration, but I'd hope that we'd have more serious things to trawl through - especially when we're told how important journalistic standards are. If Washington sex scandals are a journalistic standard I'm not sure how much I care about standards.

The point is bull@!$%#, plain and simple.

There are any number of people on Newvsine that we could address and throw out our high and mighty "shouldn't you be spending your time doing something worthwhile" but to come in and attack Killfile, who is aiding an ACTUAL attempt at Citizen Journalism while many of the rest of you are walking around with your heads up your asses bickering about extremist partisan bull@!$%# op-ed quality crapola is, to be blunt: Laughably idiotic.

If you're going to complain and act as though you're better than the rest of us: Have something to show for it.

People can write about whatever they want, and honestly -- this sort of "stop wasting our time" posturing is annoying even when it is warranted -- but to do so against a REAL attempt at doing something good for Newsvine when the front page is littered with ann coulter style rants, 8 things about me meme's, and blabbedy blah @!$%#ing blah idiocy about "insert political opposition here" just shows that you're out to attack Killfile, not quality.

Brian,

I support Killfile's efforts, I think that they're admirable, and if Newsvine gets a scoop on some names then we become "a force to be reckoned with." That's fine.

I just lament that it has to be about sex.

In the meantime I'll so work on my weblog for a while.

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For the last time: This is not now, and never was about "the act of having illegal sex."

That has been stated so many times now that I do not understand why people keep claiming otherwise.

If you know of a list of public officials exhibiting misconduct and MOST IMPORTANTLY hypocrisy as it relates to the Iraq war, or any other matter that you consider to be "more important" than this matter, please let us know and we'll work just as hard to work through that list.

Phaedrus, they all need to be prosecuted to the greatest extent of the law because they made the law.

We should hang them. And then we'll open up seats in congress, and if the new guys disappoint us we'll hang them too and so on and so forth until this population problem is in hand.

Have a good time.

Brian, I'm sure you have better things to do. Like, ummm, getting your iPhone to work without all the glitches, or, ummm, better yet.. deleting comments that you don't like.

People can write about whatever they want,

Except when it's on your column, then if you don't like it, you just delete it. Talk about blabbedy blabbedy @!$%#ing blah. Your entire comment above is just that. As I've told you numerous times before, I'm just as @!$%#ing entitled to my opinions as you are and I'm just as @!$%#ing entitled to air my opinions. Don't like it? Go elsewhere. On this thread, you can't delete my comments.

And like it or not, with people dying in Iraq and Afghanistan, and with no end in sight, and our own country almost in shambles, forgive me if I find people concerned about who is @!$%#ing whom, legally or illegally, with or without hypocrisy, just a little trite.

Then again, as long you have your iPhone, nothing much else matters does it?

Except when it's on your column, then if you don't like it, you just delete it.

No, I just delete your comments, because I don't like you.

But, go ahead and appeal it: We'll see if it's just me, or if those with the power to reinstate your comments ALSO think you were itchin' for a fight with the worthless loud-mouth comment you left on my thread.

I'm pretty sure I know the answer to that.

At any rate, when you're writing something of worth (or much of anything at all) on the topics that you supposedly care so much about, perhaps then what you have to say about Killfile's efforts will mean a damn thing.

Or, maybe your articles about your public speaking fears, church signs, and meet n' greets are more worthy topics than this one?

Or, maybe the rest of us know to keep our mouths shut about the things we think are a waste of time.

Okay you panty-wastes, quiet down and get back on topic :)

I made some disparaging remarks about the iPhone and the stupid people who are buying it right now, instead of waiting for all the bugs to be worked out.

Oh, I see. So, insulting a "general swath" of people with a very specific insult (stupid) on an article written by me, when I fit into that "general swath" of people doesn't count as an insult against me?

Creative! I'll be sure to use that to my advantage in the future.

But, to get this back on track: How about either contributing, or moving on?

Killfile: Sorry for the thread-jacking. Feel free to delete this whole exchange. Some of us understand when we deserve to be deleted.

I thought you knew how to keep your mouth shut?!!! Fat chance in hell!!

You could have just explained to me why it's not stupid to buy an iPhone right now. I just found it hilarious that you were having such problems with the battery, when the iPod had the same exact problems when it first came out. You could have explained to me why it was smart to buy the first iteration of ANY product. I don't care if it's an Apple product or Microsoft or any product. But anyway, you're not interested in debate, I really don't understand why you are here on newsvine. Instead of having a debate, you chose to delete my comment, which was a very innocuous comment, by newsvine standards.

Here's the comment I posted, by the way, where you can't delete it. Go cry to Killfile and ask him to delete it, if you wish, I'm sure you probably will. But I would like others opinions on whether or not this comment was inflammatory and should have been deleted.

Funny, if I would have said that about you, and I have, you would have castigated me as being rude and obnoxious and possibly even dealing in misinformation. But right here we have your admittance. I love it.

Anyone who would buy any product, whether from Apple or otherwise, in it's very first iteration isn't too smart, if you ask me. Especially when the product is almost all of $500. Must have money to throw away. I guess you and all the others don't remember that when the iPod first came out, it too had battery problems. Hmm, people just never learn, they just must have the crack that Apple is supposedly selling. I swear that Apple could bundle up a big pile of dog @!$%#, call it i@!$%#, and half the known world would be all over it like, well, stink on @!$%#.

Oh, and I've known for years, that AT&T is a @!$%#ty ass company, even if I did like Apple and their products and wanted an iPhone, AT&T would have been a deal breaker for me.

Notice, I disparaged AT&T also. It's not just Apple that I don't like.

For the record everyone, what I was referring to in my first sentence,was that Brian said in his article that he is a sucker for Apple products. I bet if I had just written a one sentence comment saying, "Brian, you are a sucker for Apple products", it would have got deleted.

But I would like others opinions on whether or not this comment was inflammatory and should have been deleted.

Many of your comments were inflammatory and I'd vote for their deletion. I won't even go into the irony and hypocrisy clearly evident.

Many of your comments were inflammatory in my opinion as well and I would vote for their deletion. Where does it end? If we all start deleting comments we don't like, then where does that leave newsvine as a place for debate? Nowhere. I am sick and tired of having to walk on egg shells around certain people. We are all adults here, getting your feelings hurt all the time, gets quite old. If I got my feelings hurt, or deleted comments every time I didn't like a comment, I would have a full time job deleting comments. Get over yourselves. I've been told to @!$%# off before, those comments were never deleted and to the best of my knowledge, no one from the newsvine team told them to tone it down. Get over yourselves. Really!! I think I feel another article coming on about this very topic.

I'm now selling popcorn over the internet.

Calvin, what about the time that I was repeatedly told to @!$%# off in a single thread? I didn't see you moderating that at all!!!

Killfile, I never doubted you. I fired off an email saluting you even before anyone had commented here. I think your effort is genuine, beneficial and could lead to a much grander project. I think we should all stay open to the possibilities of collaboration on Newsvine. Thanks for being here.

Thanks to you for being here also, Thoma.....er,... Phaedrus.

Thanks to you for being here also, Thoma.....er,... Phaedrus.

Color me stupid, but I don't get it!

Phaedrus72, I guess you are referring to my

Thanks to you for being here also, Thoma.....er,... Phaedrus.

I had you and Doubting Thomas in mind when I started to thank you for being here. Yes, even I am a smartass sometimes.

I thought that's what you might mean. It's ok. I am a doubting Thomas, about a great many things, even things that it's not politically correct to doubt, such as global warming and evolution.