Really awesome websites

erik · Post by **erik** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 6:13 pm

Wo0t, 14/20 fake smiles.

Mogosagatai · Post by **Mogosagatai** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 6:47 pm

15 on the smile quiz.

<--fake or real?

And what is up with that icon? I've been taking it to mean "I'm confused." Apparently it's a smiley face.

the Jazz · Post by **the Jazz** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 12:55 am

Ho boy, 16 of 20 on the smilies - finally a quiz I do well on!

I like this part:

Scientists distinguish between genuine and fake smiles by using a coding system called the Facial Action Coding System (FACS), which was devised by Professor Paul Ekman of the University of California and Dr Wallace V. Friesen of the University of Kentucky.

Which I take as an attempt to make their system seem a bit less arbitrary than it is. Not that I'm saying it's bullshit, just that I'm skeptical about labeling things as real or fake with an algorithm.

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 11:27 am

tviyh wrote:
Justincombustion wrote:80s music quiz
we totally should have gotten a higher score than that, though -- no partial credit for "porno mags" instead of "porno mag", "calitas" instead of "colitas", or "other half dies" instead of "other half die"

EXACTLY.

Gazelles · Post by **Gazelles** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 11:43 am

http://www.thefrown.com

king_arthur · Post by **king_arthur** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 11:52 am

8/20. I'd have done better by just assuming that they were all genuine (or all fake)... however, I expected to do really poorly at this, I have no perceptual skills whatsoever. This just confirms it (again).

Charles

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 3:47 am

king_arthur wrote:8/20. I'd have done better by just assuming that they were all genuine (or all fake)... however, I expected to do really poorly at this, I have no perceptual skills whatsoever. This just confirms it (again).

Charles

I have some precpetual skills...but my problem is that I give everybody the benifit of the doubt, to a fault. I gave a genuine even if I was 'suspicious'.

Justincombustion · Post by **Justincombustion** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 2:42 pm

Do you call it: Pop, soda or Coke?

I'm a 'soda' person in the land of 'Pop' It's a metaphor for my life.

Bjam · Post by **Bjam** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 2:51 pm

Back home in the UK we used to call it "Fizzy pop", but 'round these parts we call it soda or else people get confused.

Southwest_Statistic · Post by **Southwest_Statistic** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 3:00 pm

I usually say the particular brand I want, like "Dr. Pepper" or "Sprite".

c.layne · Post by **c.layne** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 3:29 pm

what is up with alaska and the virginias? those people are craaaazy!

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 4:57 pm

Man, consider this... I went to college at the University at Buffalo, the land of "pop." A large segment of the population were from Long Island/NYC, the land of "soda." See the map for a visual aid to help you imagine this. The endless discussions on which one was right might have been interesting for a month, but I was there for 4 years.
Yow!
-bill

Mogosagatai · Post by **Mogosagatai** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 6:55 pm

"Soda." I used to say "soft drink," till I learned that that means "a drink without alcohol." Which would entail milk, juice, etc.... "Pop" is right out.

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 11:59 pm

Justincombustion wrote:Do you call it: Pop, soda or Coke?

I'm a 'soda' person in the land of 'Pop' It's a metaphor for my life.

Being from Atlanta, it's coke...for everything... I hardly drink it anymore even if I do love the sweet nectar of the gods. Its really bad for me.

also, on a side note...all the pepsi machines in downtown Atlanta are always suspiciously 'out of order'.

Justincombustion · Post by **Justincombustion** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 9:49 am

Would you make a good Jehovah's Witness?

I'm 37% J.W. I'll be knocking on your doors soon!!!

JonPorobil · Post by **JonPorobil** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 10:31 am

HeuristicsInc wrote:Man, consider this... I went to college at the University at Buffalo, the land of "pop." A large segment of the population were from Long Island/NYC, the land of "soda." See the map for a visual aid to help you imagine this. The endless discussions on which one was right might have been interesting for a month, but I was there for 4 years.
Yow!
-bill

That's how Soda got his nickname.

I go to college in central Ohio. One guy comes into our room and says "I'm gonna steal a pop from you, ok?" My roommate and I say in unison, "No you're not." He looks confused, then annoyed. "Okay, fine. I'm gonna steal a soda from you, ok?" We nod consent.

Oh yeah, I got a 15/20 on that fake smile quiz, but isn't that more Monkey Affairs material?

Jim of Seattle · Post by **Jim of Seattle** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 11:31 am

http://www.merzo.net/index.html

click on the zoom tabs near the top. It's not obvious, but you can drag the images around.

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 4:18 pm

Jim of Seattle wrote:http://www.merzo.net/index.html

click on the zoom tabs near the top. It's not obvious, but you can drag the images around.

*LMAO at the moveable Death Star*

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 11:47 pm

10x10 news by numbers

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 8:41 am

Google Maps is the best online maps site ever (for north americans, that is). The directions are good, the local points of interests feature is amazing. Once it goes live I imagine they will have deals with various Yellow page listing, etc.

Henrietta · Post by **Henrietta** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 11:08 pm

Stinkoman Game "This game will prove a challenge... but can you prove it back?"
http://www.homestarrunner.com/stinkogam ... ogame.html

Jim of Seattle · Post by **Jim of Seattle** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 1:09 pm

The website could solve a LOT of problems for Songfight collaborators. Free site to exchange files up to 100 Mb in size. No need for FTP sites. Very cool! And free! Signup takes about 12 seconds.

http://www.dropload.com