Download all SMBC Comics

Simple regex-based bruteforce program to save all comics from http://www.smbc-comics.com/. You'll need http://commons.apache.org/io/ and my source code.

Labov vs. Chomsky - The Ultimate Smackdown

A Facebook Group

* two linguists walked into an x-bar and got SMACKED DOWN!
* "generate THIS motherf***er!"
* "ain't nothin' minimalist about this SMACKDOWN, mofo!"
* "how about some government-binding in your FACE!"

***Breaking News: an angry mob of Bloomfieldians is challenging the winner

Thanks to Michael and Language Log.

Grammar Nazee

It's time for Reich. Return of the Grammar Nazee (click the image for a better resolution):

Faster, LOLCat! Kill! Kill!

Found on today's Language Log (click the image for a better resolution):

Al Gore basically owns your face!

Everyone is talking about Al Gore and his Nobel Peace Price. But he doesn't seem to care about his own CO₂ emission.



His most impressive achievement was his crusade against the Menbearpig who could have destroyed the whole human race.



But back to scientific stuff. Do you know the 'Nine inconvenient Untruths' of his film which a High Court judge attested?

1. Mr Gore claims that a sea-level rise of up to 20 feet would be caused by melting of either West Antarctica or Greenland "in the near future". The judge said: "This is distinctly alarmist and part of Mr Gore's "wake-up call". He agreed that if Greenland melted it would release this amount of water - "but only after, and over, millennia"."The Armageddon scenario he predicts, insofar as it suggests that sea level rises of seven metres might occur in the immediate future, is not in line with the scientific consensus."

2. The film claims that low-lying inhabited Pacific atolls "are being inundated because of anthropogenic global warming" but the judge ruled there was no evidence of any evacuation having yet happened.

3. The documentary speaks of global warming "shutting down the Ocean Conveyor" - the process by which the Gulf Stream is carried over the North Atlantic to western Europe. Citing the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the judge said that it was "very unlikely" that the Ocean Conveyor, also known as the Meridional Overturning Circulation, would shut down in the future, though it might slow down.

4. Mr Gore claims that two graphs, one plotting a rise in C02 and the other the rise in temperature over a period of 650,000 years, showed "an exact fit". The judge said that, although there was general scientific agreement that there was a connection, "the two graphs do not establish what Mr Gore asserts".

5. Mr Gore says the disappearance of snow on Mt Kilimanjaro was directly attributable to global warming, but the judge ruled that it scientists have not established that the recession of snow on Mt Kilimanjaro is primarily attributable to human-induced climate change.

6. The film contends that the drying up of Lake Chad is a prime example of a catastrophic result of global warming but the judge said there was insufficient evidence, and that "it is apparently considered to be far more likely to result from other factors, such as population increase and over-grazing, and regional climate variability."

7. Mr Gore blames Hurricane Katrina and the consequent devastation in New Orleans on global warming, but the judge ruled there was "insufficient evidence to show that".

8. Mr Gore cites a scientific study that shows, for the first time, that polar bears were being found after drowning from "swimming long distances - up to 60 miles - to find the ice" The judge said: "The only scientific study that either side before me can find is one which indicates that four polar bears have recently been found drowned because of a storm."That was not to say there might not in future be drowning-related deaths of bears if the trend of regression of pack ice continued - "but it plainly does not support Mr Gore's description".

9. Mr Gore said that coral reefs all over the world were being bleached because of global warming and other factors. Again citing the IPCC, the judge agreed that, if temperatures were to rise by 1-3 degrees centigrade, there would be increased coral bleaching and mortality, unless the coral could adapt. However, he ruled that separating the impacts of stresses due to climate change from other stresses, such as over-fishing, and pollution was difficult.

Source: Telegraph

How to Survive (in) the Internet

Teh intrnetz haz becomes pplr theez dez and lot of newfagz writez (figure 1.0). Ever thought "wtf" when you've read such a sentence? Well, there is some help for you to understand this babble. What began as 1337-speak has been evolving gradually into a language with an own modified syntax (see Cat can Has Grammar), e.g. "Can I haz x" where x is a variable for a noun (figure 1.1). A so called meme - coined by 'The Lord of Infinite Darkness' himself 6Richard6Dawkins6 - is for example a picture or phrase that is repeated until it's burned into your hypothalamus (e.g. figure 1.2). Source of about 99% of those memes (e.g. Caturday) are imageboards like notorious 4chan which started as anime imageboard (figure 1.3) and became a platform for incestous narutarted pedophiles and virgins (figure 1.4). Lately some linguists (e.g. from Language Log) are trying to analyze certain features of this variety and others even use it to compose a new programming language. Here are a few links that might elevate you to the higher echelons of faggotery.

1. Urban Dictionary
A good dictionary about essential topics like being f'd in the A with a big rubber D. Tons of examples and not only usable for internet speak, but also for wackidy wack Gs in tha hoods. Respect.

2. Encyclopedia Dramatica
THE most important source for internet history. Ever cared who invented the internet? ED gives the answer:

"The Internets, a magical cloud of information that floats over your head in the stratosphere, was invented at least 100 years ago by Al Gore and pluralized by George W. Bush. At first it was used only by the army, ensuring that in the event of nuclear war, officers could still view porn. Some time around 1981 or 2007 (if you're a FAG!!!1!), some guy in his basement found that he could use his Atari 2600 with his 300 baud modem to steal the internet for himself. 5 years later, AOL streamlined this process and the Internets as we know them now were born. Only these days, there is way moar free pr0n and moar warez. It is rumoard there may be small pockets of useful information hidden deep in the bowels of the Internets. This has been proven to be false. Presently, scientists believe the Internets to be the greatest proof that most of our species is totally fucking batshit insane, outdoing even the holocaust and white people."

3. 4chan, 7chan, 420chan
Notorious imageboards that have been partyvaned for posting pedophilia. The source of all shit and evil on internet. Beware of gore, porn, racism, sexism, drug abuse, homoeroticism and worse... You should be really fucked up to enter the site.