[11:17:18] {ormus} wow
[11:17:27] {ormus} heh…that hacked up web page actually validates
[11:17:44] {ormus} suckers!
[11:29:07] {ormus} hey baal:
[11:29:10] {ormus} One of the issues surrounding the GIF format is that the LZW algorithm was protected in the USA by a patent held by the company Unisys. The Unisys LZW patent expired in the USA on June 20, 2003. LZW patents are expired in Canada, France, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Japan.
[11:39:03] {nule} LZW isn’t expired everywhere yet.
[11:39:32] {nule} And I think the bigger issue is that PNGs are technically better, unless you want to do the gif98a animation.
[11:40:07] {ormus} yeah, seems like pngs are better in about every way
[11:40:12] {ormus} compress better, too, evidently
[11:40:29] {baal} yep
[11:40:31] {baal} png is good
[11:40:33] {baal} ™
[11:40:50] {ormus} uhoh…there goes the neighborhood…
[11:40:50] {baal} freaking unisys
[11:40:54] * baal hates unisys
[11:41:03] {ormus} *baal stabs unisys
[11:41:53] {baal} gee, thanks ormus
[11:42:01] * baal stabs unisys again for good measure

[17:06:08] {nule} beer needs to be in the fridge for longer than 15 minutes to be drinkable, really
[17:06:19] {nule} at least molson canuck
[17:06:19] {baal} unless it’s already cold
[17:06:41] {ormus} here, i’ll hold him down, nule
[17:06:43] {baal} i’m really starting to loathe this place
[17:06:52] {baal} “whats wrong ?”
[17:06:54] {baal} “i’m beat”
[17:06:56] {baal} “why”
[17:07:06] {baal} “oh, you mean besides being in here for the past 3 weekends?”
[17:07:10] {baal} “that’s just how life is”
[17:07:16] {baal} “not mine, b!tch”
[17:07:22] {ormus} no?
[17:07:29] * ormus looks at the last few weeks of baal’s life
[17:07:45] {nule} with friends like you, ormus…
[17:07:51] {baal} .
[17:07:53] {ormus} yeah, i know
[17:08:17] {ormus} if i weren’t so damned cute…
[17:08:27] {baal} i hate everyone
[17:08:34] * nule grabs the ormus’ cheeks and squeezes
[17:08:37] {nule} no the other cheeks
[17:08:37] {ormus} teehee
[17:08:48] {nule} that’s better
[17:32:40] {baal} i hate you milkman ormus

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[15:36:12] {thot_associate}: and hey! i could do it, if i had direction!
[15:36:28] {thot_associate}: I’m not stubid….as much as you would love to beleave
[15:36:47] {ormus}: lord
[15:37:15] {ormus}: i know
[15:37:21] {ormus}: but what a way to prove your point
[15:37:24] {ormus}: stubid?
[15:38:25] {thot_associate}: haha
[15:38:46] {thot_associate}: shuve it

[15:39:41]  * nhn does the dubious dance
[15:40:15]  * ormus reluctantly joins in
[15:46:29]  * nhn eyes ormus skeptically
[15:46:41]  * ormus hesitates