Tag: Twitter
2019: The first computer program is written that fully passes the Turing test.RT Saturday
In that great Saturday tradition, here are some of my tweets from the last week, slightly used.
http://twitter.com/#!/JRDSkinner/status/25576746380169216
http://twitter.com/#!/JRDSkinner/status/23894846469050368
http://twitter.com/#!/JRDSkinner/status/22742317010001920
http://twitter.com/#!/JRDSkinner/status/24876716832849920
Some Returns
Hey, remember when I said I was going into a more weekend-style blogging mode? I wasn’t kidding.
Here’s a brief recycling overview of some of my recent tweets.
Hey, you know what recently "went viral"? That ham I left too long in the office fridge.
— Jurd🦖 (@JRDSkinner) December 16, 2010
Spent a good ten seconds pondering "The Cremation of Sam Gamgee". "There are strange things done under the eye of Sauron." #NotGonnaHappen
— Jurd🦖 (@JRDSkinner) December 14, 2010
Why do people laugh at the archaic nature of "talkie" in relation to film, but then go on to use "movie" freely?
— Jurd🦖 (@JRDSkinner) December 14, 2010
Re: My Face
In case you don’t subscribe to my twitter feed, here’s the update:
There’s a gnome with a rusty dagger trying to pry my molar from my gums.
JRD Skinner
JRDSkinner
Another thing I don't have the time to do:
Using the twitter search to locate people deploying commonly misused grammar, then haranguing them for it.*
(I’m looking at you, “infront”)
*Also, intuition tells me I’m not one to tweet.
Twitter Fail
I know no one cares about Twitter, but:
I understand the personal grammar failure, sometimes your fingers move faster than your brain, but to be the top trending topic means thousands of people are tweeting badly. Somewhere, Mignon Fogarty is crying.