13||0|3854|0| 0|0|0|||1||Also%2C For the Record|Gryphon||18:40:17|04/14/2014|It is completely a coincidence that Deedlit Satori Mandeville%2C and later the school founded in her honor%2C has the same initials as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders%2C and it is an utter lie that the school%27s unofficial fight song is %22Mama Weer All Crazee Now%22 by Slade.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 1|1|0|||1||RE%3A Also%2C For the Record|The Traitor||18:45:54|04/14/2014|The %5Bi%5Dactual%5B%2Fi%5D unofficial fight song is House Of Fun.%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0A%22She%27s old%2C she%27s lame%2C she%27s barren too%2C %2F%2F %22She%27s not worth feed or hay%2C %2F%2F %22But I%27ll give her this%2C%22 - he blew smoke at me - %2F%2F %22She was something in her day.%22 -- Garnet Rogers%2C %5Bi%5DSmall Victory%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AFiMFiction.net%3A we might accept blatant porn involving the cast of My Little Pony but as God is my witness we have %5Bi%5Dstandards%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5Dgeddit%3F%5B%2Fsmall%5D 2|2|1|||||RE%3A Also%2C For the Record|MuninsFire||21:30:44|04/14/2014|No love for Queen%27s %22Stone Cold Crazy%22%3F 3|3|2|||1||RE%3A Also%2C For the Record|ebony14||09:07:34|04/15/2014|Really%2C if we tried to nail down one song about insanity%2C we%27ll be here until the nice men in white coats come along to take us all away. Frankly%2C I have better things to do. %2Atucks hand in coat%2A Russia ain%27t going to invade itself%2C Josephine....%0D%0A%0D%0AEbony the Black Dragon%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Life is like an anole. Sometimes it%27s green. Sometimes it%27s brown. But it%27s always a small Caribbean lizard.%22 5|4|3|||1||RE%3A Also%2C For the Record|Gryphon||12:07:58|04/15/2014|%3EReally%2C if we tried to nail down one song about insanity%2C we%27ll be %0D%0A%3Ehere until the nice men in white coats come along to take us all away. %0D%0A%3EFrankly%2C I have better things to do. %2Atucks hand in coat%2A%0D%0A%0D%0AHere is a true story%3A my elementary school had a student-operated radio station. No%2C seriously. Right here in West Podunk%2C Maine%2C in the early 1980s%2C all three of the K-5 schools the town had at that time had their own tiny AM transmitters and small broadcast studios. We didn%27t have call letters or anything%2C and the audible range on the transmitters was maybe 100 yards%3B I don%27t know if there was a special FCC licensing arrangement there%2C or if the transmitters were just too puny for the government to care about.%0D%0A%0D%0AIn the fourth grade%2C I had an afternoon show on the station at Katahdin Avenue School %28where I went for grades 2 through 5%29. I played what would now probably be labeled a mix of Oldies and Classic Rock %28although in 1982%2C Classic Rock only reached about as far as Boston%27s first album%29%2C with the occasional foray into AOR and juuust a hint of smooth jazz to keep everybody guessing. It was a pretty popular show%2C and operating the tiny station was good times - you had to be your own engineer%2C as there was only room for one person to work in there%2C and the equipment was old%2C probably donated%2C and quirky in a way that made learning how to work it effectively provide a satisfactory sensation of competence.%0D%0A%0D%0AUntil%2C one day%2C I closed the show with the B-side of the original 7-inch single of %22They%27re Coming to Take Me Away%2C Ha-Haaa%21%22 by Napoleon XIV.%0D%0A%0D%0AIf you didn%27t know%2C the B-side of %22They%27re Coming to Take Me Away%2C Ha-Haaa%21%22 is a track called %22%21AAAH-AH %D8%8CYAWA %C6%8EM %C6%8E%CA%9EAT OT %CA%9A%D0%98IMO%C6%86 %C6%8E%D0%AF%27Y%C6%8EHT%22%2C which is... well%2C exactly what you%27re thinking%2C I should expect.%0D%0A%0D%0AThat was my last show%3B first I was banned from the station on the assumption that I had somehow tampered with the turntable to play the record backward%2C and then%2C once I%27d shown Principal Sanders the evidence that I hadn%27t%2C the grounds were changed to just favoring content that was obnoxious and unsuitable for elementary-school broadcasting. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3ERussia ain%27t going to invade itself%2C Josephine.... %0D%0A%0D%0AStrangely enough%2C for certain values of %22Russia%22 it%27s looking increasingly like it kind of is.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 6|5|5|||1||RE%3A Also%2C For the Record|Mercutio||12:16:24|04/15/2014|%0D%0A%3E%3ERussia ain%27t going to invade itself%2C Josephine.... %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EStrangely enough%2C for certain values of %22Russia%22 it%27s looking %0D%0A%3Eincreasingly like it kind of is. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22Certain values%22 is doing a lot of work there%3B I%27ve been reliably informed that referring to a Ukrainian as a Russian is a really%2C really good way to get into a fight%2C in a way that referring to a Texan as an American isn%27t. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat 7|6|6|||1||RE%3A Also%2C For the Record|Gryphon||12:34:19|04/15/2014|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Apr-15-14 AT 12:36 PM (EDT)]%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E%3ERussia ain%27t going to invade itself%2C Josephine.... %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EStrangely enough%2C for certain values of %22Russia%22 it%27s looking %0D%0A%3E%3Eincreasingly like it kind of is. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%22Certain values%22 is doing a lot of work there%3B I%27ve been reliably %0D%0A%3Einformed that referring to a Ukrainian as a Russian is a really%2C %0D%0A%3Ereally good way to get into a fight%2C in a way that referring to a %0D%0A%3ETexan as an American isn%27t. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AHistorically%2C you have to go back to tsarist days %28as it appears Vladimir IV is keen to do%29 and even before%3B the Ukraine was once%2C and for a very long time%2C one of the Russias referred to in the Tsar%27s formal style%2C %22Autocrat of All the Russias%22 %28along with Belarus%2C formerly romanized %22Byelorussia%22%29.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt says all you really need to know about the very-long-standing Muscovite attitude toward the western branch of the Rus%27 nation%2C in fact%2C when you consider that modern-day Russia%2C under the Early Modern multiple-Russias nomenclature%2C was %22Great Russia%22%3B Byelorussia was %22White Russia%22%3B and the Ukraine was... wait for it... %22Lesser Russia%22.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m not saying the modern-day Ukrainians don%27t have plenty of latitude for grievance there%2C obviously%2C nor that the modern Russian attitude that one can wind that tape back has any validity whatever%2C but terminologically%2C if you go back far enough...%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D%221%22%5DBanter%27s not the %5Bi%5Dsame%5B%2Fi%5D if you say it slower%2C Squiffy.%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 9|7|7|||||RE%3A Also%2C For the Record|rwpikul||01:53:01|04/16/2014|%3EI%27m not saying the modern-day Ukrainians don%27t have plenty of latitude %0D%0A%3Efor grievance there%2C obviously%2C nor that the modern Russian attitude %0D%0A%3Ethat one can wind that tape back has any validity whatever%2C but %0D%0A%3Eterminologically%2C if you go back far enough... %0D%0A%0D%0A%22Far enough%22 being just shy of 100 years. Ukraine only starts to come into being in 1917%2C %28before that it was part of Russia%2C the Ottoman Empire%2C Poland%2C Lithuania%2C the Khanate of the Crimea or the Khanate of the Golden Horde%2C depending on location and year%29. 13|8|9|||1||RE%3A Also%2C For the Record|Prince Charon||23:05:11|04/19/2014|%3E%3EI%27m not saying the modern-day Ukrainians don%27t have plenty of latitude %0D%0A%3E%3Efor grievance there%2C obviously%2C nor that the modern Russian attitude %0D%0A%3E%3Ethat one can wind that tape back has any validity whatever%2C but %0D%0A%3E%3Eterminologically%2C if you go back far enough... %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%22Far enough%22 being just shy of 100 years. Ukraine only starts to come %0D%0A%3Einto being in 1917%2C %28before that it was part of Russia%2C the Ottoman %0D%0A%3EEmpire%2C Poland%2C Lithuania%2C the Khanate of the Crimea or the Khanate of %0D%0A%3Ethe Golden Horde%2C depending on location and year%29. %0D%0A%0D%0AHence Putin%27s claim that Ukraine %27is not a state%27. Yeah%2C the Ukrainians have good reasons to be resentful and angry.%0D%0A%0D%0A%27... some damn fool thing...%27%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%22They planned their campaigns just as you might make a splendid piece of harness. It looks very well%3B and answers very well%3B until it gets broken%3B and then you are done for. Now I made my campaigns of ropes. If anything went wrong%2C I tied a knot%3B and went on.%22%0D%0A%09-- Arthur Wellesley%2C First Duke of Wellington 10|7|7|||1||RE%3A Also%2C For the Record|Mercutio||02:27:57|04/16/2014| %0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D%221%22%5D%3EBanter%27s not the %5Bi%5Dsame%5B%2Fi%5D if you say it slower%2C %0D%0A%3ESquiffy.%5B%2Ffont%5D %0D%0A%0D%0AWhen being made mock of%2C I would prefer to be known by the title of my youth%3A Squiggly. %22Agent Squiggly%22 if we%27re being formal.%0D%0A%0D%0ANot Squiffy. I mean%2C that%27s just %5Bi%5Ddemeaning%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat 8|5|5|||1||RE%3A Also%2C For the Record|McFortner||17:14:49|04/15/2014|%3EHere is a true story%3A my elementary school had a student-operated %0D%0A%3Eradio station. No%2C seriously. Right here in West Podunk%2C Maine%2C in %0D%0A%3Ethe early 1980s%2C all three of the K-5 schools the town had at that %0D%0A%3Etime had their own tiny AM transmitters and small broadcast studios. %0D%0A%3EWe didn%27t have call letters or anything%2C and the audible range on the %0D%0A%3Etransmitters was maybe 100 yards%3B I don%27t know if there was a special %0D%0A%3EFCC licensing arrangement there%2C or if the transmitters were just too %0D%0A%3Epuny for the government to care about. %0D%0A%0D%0A%5Blink%3Aen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FTitle_47_CFR_Part_15%7CTitle 47 CFR Part 15%5D is what it is under. That covers everything such as your WiFi%2C cordless phones%2C and hobby transmitters. For AM%2C you are allowed a max of 100 mW with an antenna no larger than 3 meters. %5Blink%3Awww.lwca.org%2Fsitepage%2Fpart15%2Fwhatisit.htm%7CFM and SW are also allowed%5D%2C but their requirements are a lot more stringent %28e.g. those iPod-FM transmitters and those real estate %5Blink%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.iamradio.net%2F%7C%22Talking House%22%5D transmitters%29. %0D%0A%0D%0AA lot of hobbyists have their own stations under these rules. I have an old P1 Win 2K computer feeding an AM and FM transmitter playing OTR shows and music for my enjoyment. When conditions on AM are right I%27ve gotten around a mile coverage with my car radio. %28Car radios are much more sensitive than those you use at home.%29 I got lucky and when a neighbor moved out of her house and let it get repossessed%2C she also quit the real estate business and left behind 5 of the Talking House transmitters. I run one of those and one of the %5Blink%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ccrane.com%2FFM-Transmitters%2Ftransmitter%7CC. Crane FM transmitters%5D %28although mine is the older%2C first model%29.%0D%0A%0D%0AThere%27s no limit on Part 15 stations being for profit%2C and some are actually run as such. Others are %5Blink%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCommunity_radio%7CCommunity radio%5D or hobby stations like mine. The only thing is you are not supposed to use callsigns%2C since the station is unlicensed%2C and you can%27t interfere with a licensed broadcaster. Even though I have my Amateur Radio license%2C it%27s still fun to think I have an AM and FM station going%2C even if it is %22flea-power%22.%0D%0A%0D%0AMichael%0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D1%5D%5Bi%5D...jeez%2C do I have enough links in this or what%3F%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D 11|6|8|||1||RE%3A Also%2C For the Record|BobSchroeck||09:21:38|04/16/2014|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Apr-16-14 AT 09:31 AM (EDT)]%3E%3EHere is a true story%3A my elementary school had a student-operated %0D%0A%3E%3Eradio station. %3E%5Blink%3Aen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FTitle_47_CFR_Part_15%7CTitle 47 CFR Part 15%5D %0D%0A%3Eis what it is under. That covers everything such as your WiFi%2C %0D%0A%3Ecordless phones%2C and hobby transmitters. For AM%2C you are allowed a %0D%0A%3Emax of 100 mW with an antenna no larger than 3 meters.%0D%0A%0D%0AThis whole discussion reminds me of a story I heard from friends who attended Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken%2C NJ. When I first visited the Stevens campus circa 1986%2C I found out that they had a %5Blink%3Awww.wcpr.org%7Cstudent radio station%5D %28WCPR%29 that broadcast over the campus electrical system%2C which I found rather odd. When I asked why this was%2C I was told that the radio station used to broadcast on the AM band at some small but license-necessary power level. But in 1968 some clever EE type decided to hook the antenna feed to a steel cable that ran between the campus and the %5Bi%5D%5Blink%3Aen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSS_Stevens%7CS.S. Stevens%5D%5B%2Fi%5D%2C a ship converted into a floating dorm parked on the Hudson river which housed the station at the time. According to legend%2C this cable turned out to be %5Bi%5Dexactly%5B%2Fi%5D the right length to be a %22perfect dipole%22 antenna for the station%27s assigned frequency.%0D%0A%0D%0ASuddenly%2C because of the efficiency of the improvised antenna WCPR could be heard up and down the entire east coast. %28According to Wikipedia%2C it could be heard as far away as the Florida Keys%2C but I%27ve found other accounts online saying that this claim has been somewhat exaggerated.%29 Long story short%2C the FCC ended up yanking the station%27s license%2C forcing them to go the electrical system %28and more recently%2C web radio%29 route. %0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AMy race is pacifist and does not believe in war. We kill only out of personal spite. 4|3|2|||1||RE%3A Also%2C For the Record|BobSchroeck||09:08:22|04/15/2014|%3ENo love for Queen%27s %22Stone Cold Crazy%22%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AAnd isn%27t the Alumni song %22Still Crazy After All These Years%22%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AMy race is pacifist and does not believe in war. We kill only out of personal spite. 12|2|1|||1||RE%3A Also%2C For the Record|Peter Eng||15:52:35|04/16/2014|%3EThe %5Bi%5Dactual%5B%2Fi%5D unofficial fight song is House Of Fun. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AI would have figured on the Art of Noise cover of %22Crazy Train.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0APeter Eng%0D%0A--%0D%0AInsert humorous comment here.