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Rate that Bull!
Please enjoy the new Bull-related feature & let me know if you experience any technical difficulties "rating that Bull." It keeps unique ratings based on userid or ipaddress, so if several people from one address are trying to rate Bulls, they may overwrite each other. |
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I was looking to develop a way to "ping" remote machines from a C# app a few months ago and I found a solution online that seems to be the popular solution (various versions of this).
That solution was very inconsistent & never seemed to give the exact results I was looking for. So instead I wrote a Ping method in C# that just captures the command line output:
public bool IsConnectable(string hostName, int numPingAttempts, int timeout, out string result){
try{
System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo psi = new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo("ping"," -n " + numPingAttempts.ToString() + " -w " + timeout + " " + hostName);
psi.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
psi.UseShellExecute = false;
psi.WindowStyle = System.Diagnostics.ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
System.Diagnostics.Process proc = System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(psi);
result = proc.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
proc.Dispose();
if(result.IndexOf("TTL=") > -1){
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
} catch(Exception ex){
result = "Error in Ping Code: " + ex.Message + ex.StackTrace;
}
return false;
} |
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02/25/04 09:23 AM EST
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[See the Myth-TV post by Jerry]
I really think this is a lot closer to what I've been looking for. I am currently using Comcast's DVR but I find it lacking. The best feature to me (meaning my DVR doesn't have it but should) is the ability to remotely set up the recordings. This means that I can access my home computer from work when I find out that I'm going to be staying in DC till late (or b/c I'm a moron and just plain forgot). That's pretty keen. |
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| Myth TV looks so frickin' cool... Basically this is everything you were talking about building and much, much more, Alex. I especially like the full DVD ripper and support for multiple inputs/outputs due to the amorphous/DIY nature of the system. |
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It looks like Bush may finally be ready to fire back after taking non-stop criticism these past 3 months. This should build momentum as we get closer to the nailbiting November conclusion of Bush vs. Kucinich '04!
The president gave a speech for the Republican Governors Association recently and I found a few quotes particularly good (quotes courtesy of cnn.com) :
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Bush called his Democratic challengers "an interesting group with diverse opinions -- for tax cuts and against them; for NAFTA and against NAFTA; for the Patriot Act and against the Patriot Act; in favor of liberating Iraq and opposed to it."
"And that's just one senator from Massachusetts," he said, a pointed reference to the Democratic front-runner, Sen. John Kerry.
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Speaking of his Democratic critics, Bush also said, "They now agree that the world is better off with Saddam [Hussein] out of power. They just didn't support removing Saddam from power."
"Maybe they were hoping he'd lose the next Iraqi election." |
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Has anyone else noticed how emotionally distant Bull has been lately? He told me last night that he's busy every night this week (w/ non-work activities!!). Then Wendy told me that after Alex fell asleep last night, Bull was only over for about 15 minutes -- with no spooning!
Bull also said he may be shipping out to Illinois in 2 weeks, so I say we organize something before he goes, maybe 25c wing night at Hard Times next Wednesday? |
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| The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra will be released on DC on February 27 at E Street (wherever the heck that is...). My friend Mark will be in town the following week from Tuesday 'til Sunday. Assuming it will be showing longer than 4 days, who's up for a viewing Wednesday or Thursday March 3/4? |
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The Bread, My Sweet...
  I just finished watching The Bread, My Sweet, a movie that featured these two scenes. The movie had me in tears several times, though perhaps not for the reasons the filmmakers intended.
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IeSpell looks great, but it looks like a browser plug-in, not anything I'd install on the server or add to a web page.
So I guess we each have a very personal decision to make on how to manage our spelling. |
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02/19/04 09:07 PM EST
posted by nate web |
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...and then there's the problem with me posting about a WYSIWYG editor without checking to see that it has a spell checker built in.
I seem to remember Kearns suggesting a good WYSIWYG editor or spell checker from either CodeProject.com or SourceForge.net. Or maybe it was integrating ieSpell.
"I know you're mad at me right now, and I'm kinda mad too ... I mean, we
could sit here and try to figure out who forgot to pick up who till the
cows come home. But let's just say we're both wrong and that'll be that." |
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02/19/04 08:55 PM EST
posted by nate web |
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[see Jerry's recent post RE: Nate's post RE: "phallic drawings of Bull"]
I wouldn't call it bragging so much as ragging. And really, the whole point was to find out how difficult it would be to add the SPAW WYSIWYG editor from sourceforge.net.
Besides, as the commercials will tell you, "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas." |
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[see Nate's recent post RE: "phallic drawings of Bull"]
Hmm... I suppose my spelling was lousy on that last post. But why would Nate brag that he has a better understanding of the word "phallic" than anyone, let alone in a public forum frequented by his fellow John Kerry supporters?
I'll take special care in the future not to misspell "lube" or "trunk butt" so as not to raise Nate's ire. |
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02/19/04 03:49 PM EST
posted by nate web |
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| Not only are we (the developers at ShinyDonkey.com [meaning Jerry]) providing the online family community with fallic pictures of Bull, but we (the developers at ShinyDonkey.com [meaning Jerry])will throw in phallic pictures of Bull at no extra cost!! And maybe a spell checker? RJ-45 JERRY, RJ-45!! |
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Get all your swearing in now, gang, because the development team will be adding a "naughty word" filter just for Alex over the weekend. Urls will be left alone so that Johnny F***up links still work, but no more inline curses will appear on the front page. I haven't decided whether to allow them to appear in searches, but they will probably not.
Remember, Shiny Donkey is a family site -- albeit one with numerous fallic pictures of Bull. |
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02/18/04 02:42 PM EST
posted by nate web |
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"Wow." I just saw my favorite Bull of all time. I can't explain why it's my favorite because it certainly doesn't make fun of Bull or trigger any memories of crazy times at Doceus U. Have you guessed it yet? That's right, "Bear suit Bull".
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| How about Donkey Riding Bull! I have a pretty good idea of how it would look. Needless to say, the donkey would be a bit intimidated.
Also, Jerry, if you could please fix my last message. I seem to have mispelled the Johnny F***up domain name in both the text and url. Thanks. |
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| Shiny Donkey Inc., the world reknowned house of ideas, is looking to mooch a few ideas for future Bull sketches. Please take a few moments today to click the "Suggest a Bull" link on the right nav & send us your best suggestions. |
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| Today I searched for "John kerry f***up" on Google, and this site came up #1 while JohnnyF***up.com was listed 3rd. I love that this is too easy. |
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| Jerry wrote: "This makes him [Kerry] the tallest of the 2004 Democratic hopefuls"
That is true, unless Bull's sclong does decide to run for the democratic bid as a last second entry, then Kerry will be a distant 2nd tallest. |
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6 recent visitors have stumbled upon this site by asking Jeeves "How tall is John Kerry?" Since this site is not quite the authority on such issues, I did some research in case anyone should type that search again.
The folks at Insight Mag report that John Kerry is 6'4". This makes him the tallest of the 2004 Democratic hopefuls and proves Alex's theory right: John Kerry really is a tall drink of water.
Interesting sidenote: Kucinich is 3'2" |
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According to a new study, women who have taken a lot of antibiotics over the years double their likelihood of developing breast cancer.
While this would be a remarkable insight if proven true, isn't it more likely that women with weaker immune systems (who therefore take more drugs) are more likely to get really sick? |
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Ummm... Kevin Smith has a REAL MOVIE coming out. Despite the J Lo cameo, it looks like it might be really good.
Snoogans. |
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| Sometimes I feel happy, sometimes I feel sad -- and sometimes I worry I'll wind up a douchebag. |
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My favorite referral search phrase of the day: "dean donkey scream"
How very fitting... |
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I'm all for politicians attacking each other, but isn't this a bit silly? Can Bush do ANYTHING without Kerry labeling it a "Photo Op?" Is it really possible for Kerry to hate everything that Bush has done? I'm sure there was a point when Bush held open a door for someone or said "God Bless You" after a friend sneezed... right?
Btw, this article mentions that Kerry was at a school in Wisconsin posing with children for a photo around the time he made this statement. Those who live in glass houses...
And no, Nate, The Wheel of Time will never end. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the Wheel of Time. |
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02/16/04 01:49 PM EST
posted by nate web |
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| I just ordered New Spring but I'm a little pissed. Apparently Robert Jordan doesn't care about writing sequential novels, but now he has to go back and write prequels?!!! Will this series never end?!!! |
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| I think you were viewing the site just as I was adding everything, I had a glitch with the file path. All images should be there for your "refresh" pleasure. Perhaps I should write something that refreshes only the random bull section (e.g. iframe)? |
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02/15/04 11:05 PM EST
posted by nate web |
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| Some of the random Bull images are missing. "Last Samurai Bull" is particularly missing...and good. |
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| Johnny F***up is an all too pertinent domain name now that John Kerry has started with this intern sh*t. I encourage one and all to check it out. New stuff should be up soon, bluring the lines between fact and fiction... and other people. Personally, I think John Kerry is really just A Tall Drink Of Water |
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| Better yet, go search for "John Kerry tall drink" and you get shinyDonkey.com, aTALLdrinkofwater.com and negrelli.org all in the top 5 links!!! And if you search for "john kerry bull" The Shiny is in the top 10. Oh man, this is starting to roll, we need to focus on site promotion based on the coat tails of the latest news or political scandal. And BTW, Jerry, it is no coincidence that the person Kerry had an affair with was named Alex because he had the affair... WITH ME!!!!!
John Kerry is really just A Tall Drink Of Water |
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| Shiny Donkey is now #1 on Google if you search for "John Kerry Girlfriend", leading to 50 unique hits yesterday and 47 so far today, up from the usual 15 or so. And because the intern's name is Alex, Santa has made an accidental contribution to this success. ;) |
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| If you like Mario, check this movie out. Otherwise, if you think John Kerry is really just A Tall Drink Of Water... |
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| Why do I get a freaking link to Amazon.com w/ Alex's referral account when I search Google for either "Jerry Negrelli" or "Jonathan Krosschell"?? Well played, Alex, well played... |
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Depending on my free time, some cool user features should be coming to shinydonkey.com over the next few weeks. They include:
- Polls
- Ability to customize content (e.g. "Never show me posts in the "Bull" category, e-mail me when nate posts, etc.)
- Alternating graphic/text jokes per page load, a la the breaking news at www.aTALLdrinkofwater.com
- Minor redesign
and more... |
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| And if you want to help distort the word, the phrase that's driving hits is john kerry girlfriend. Google it today! |
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| negrelli.org is spreading the word... |
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| So I searched for "Donkey Kerry" in google, and guess what came up as the third link, the one and only ShinyDonkey.com, go figure. I think that would need to be a pretty popular search combo, given the signifigance of the animal with the party. So with that being said, I would like to propose a "google bomb". Say, who thinks John Kerry is really just A Tall Drink Of Water? If you do, please include a link on your home page or blog otherwise to say that <a href="http://www.aTALLDrinkOfWater.com/">John Kerry</a> is really just <a href="http://www.johnkerry.com/">A Tall Drink Of Water</a> |
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I'd like to thank John Kerry & his alleged intern girlfriend for having an alleged affair and driving traffic to shinydonkey.com.
Apparently having a lot of "Hello My Future Girlfriend" references & numerous comments on John Kerry have me high in the Google search.
JFK II indeed... |
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While most Americans were a bit disturbed or "creeped out" by Howard Dean's "I Have a Scream" speech, the engineers at Al Gore Industries took a different, stupider path... In fact, they've incorporated many elements of the red-faced ranting Dean in their newest product, Al.Gore 8.0 Beta!
Listen to a snippet from their pre-release party in what sounds like Al Gore auditioning to join Jerry Lawler as co-host of WWE Raw
For more information on this story, see Al.Gore 7.0 |
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| Today's sign of the Apocalypse: BARBIE and KEN are no more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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So, I am eagerly awaiting an update to The Drudge Report. Right now I've just got the lame old alarmist  with a headline that reads both "**World Exclusive Developing**" and "CAMPAIGN DRAMA ROCKS DEMOCRATS". I can't wait for this anticlimactic headline to finally break. The only thing that would live up to the hype I've created in the past hour and a half of waiting is the following:
BREAKING NEWS: BULL'S SCHLONG GETS DEMOCRATIC NOD TO MAKE 04 WHITE HOUSE RUN
All other democratic candiates withdraw from race upon seeing the enormous penis.
Well, at least I can put it on my own breaking news. |
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| That heliotis design is actually pretty neat... it would mix w/ all the bull drawings very well. I need to start a "Buy me a scanner" fund. |
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Here's a design idea that shiny donkey should steal:
http://www.heliotis.net/thanos/crap/metroid.htm |
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| Poor Joe..., he stuck to his beliefs & now has to deal with insulting writeups like this one. Well, there's always room for guys like Lieberman & Zell Miller in my boat... |
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Here's a nice follow-up to my somewhat agitated post about Kerry v. Bush
A look at Bush vs. Kerry on the military record issue. The items by factcheck.org are worth reading, so if you get bored scroll to that section. |
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Well, last night on the Grammy's John Kerry locked up the presidential nomination by receiving the endorsement of -- no, not Beyonce (at least not yet) -- but Coldplay's Chris Martin!
I think all celebrities sould visit foreign countries & endorse political candidates, especially ones they have a vague peripheral knowledge of.
But then, anyone's better than Bush, right? I mean, all he cares about is trading blood for oil & screwing the poor. And he not only ran from Vietnam by serving in the National Guard, but he indisputably played hooky from that duty. Notice I didn't say "allegedly played hooky", as in "Osama Bin Laden is allegedly a terrorist," -- the hearsay I've heard on the 24 hour news networks has convinced me that Bush was AWOL, period.
"Blame it all upon
A rush of blood to the head..." |
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| Last night (Feb 7) on Saturday Night Live, Tina Fey used the word "Ridonkulous" to describe how extravagant & outrageous gay marriages would be. How it the world did that phrase make it to national television. Alex? |
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02/07/04 10:43 PM EST
posted by nate web |
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Now, I know that you all will have found this Mikey-related link by now, but if not...
http://razoric.com/flashtoons.php?filename=kidspoof.swf&width=550&height=400 |
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| Ah, the ocean... fresh salt water, deadly sharks, vending machines -- vending machines??!!
That's right, according to a very unscientific study, vending machines are more deadly than sharks! If you've ever seen that lame "GEO photo of the year" nominee with the shark leaping toward a helicopter, urbanlegends.about.com does a great job breaking that hoax to pieces. |  |  |
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| Seeing the rebirth of John Kerry over the past few weeks reminded me of one of my favorite all-time articles on another re-invented politician, Al Gore. John Kerry is no Al Gore -- but he's got potential... |
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| The official "Bull wants future girlfriend" mini-site is up and running as shinydonkey.com's official MINI SITE of February. I'm welcoming ideas for March. Perhaps a Space Ghost ripoff -- er, Homestar Runner spoof? |
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| As a followup to my last message, why doesn't Bull have a cafe press store yet??? Samjeer, I'm looking at you. |
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My buddy Marc Sumerak, former Assistant Editor (assistant in name, editor in all else) at Marvel Comics, posted a Cafe Press page with some neat bits from his creative grab bag.
Since leaving Marvel, he's been working like a maniac on a few cartoon pitchbooks and some of the output is here in his online store. I think my favorites are the Scully & Blobbie-Jo T-Shirt & the Daddy No Legs sticker. |
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| Amazing Bull fact #504: Bull was on a plane during Super Bowl XVIII and yet his penis kicked the winning field goal. |
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I hear there may have been a football game last night but all I can remember is the naked... |
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I can do one better if you'd like, BL. If I added a "PostMessage" Web Service you wouldn't even have to visit the site.
And to be fair to SVG & his gang, at the time they saw the site it was a picture of Sadaam wanting a tall drink of water at aTALLdrinkofwater.com. But at this point, I think I've done plenty w/ this domain. |
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