(thing) by Ouroboros Mon Mar 10 2003 at 20:29:43
Actually, I broke the land speed record.
    Node, I entreat you!
    This is a short list of persons/places/things/ideas that I have noticed are in need of a good writeup. If you take one of these on, drop me a /msg and let me know.
  • the guitarist Mick Rippon
  • a review of Richard Rhodes' book Dark Sun, on the H-bomb
  • the quintessential Kevin Bacon film, Footloose has no writeup! NODED! by isogolem
    With Klaproth as my envoy
  • Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific by SpunkyMunky this was replaced by arcanamundi's excellent WU Gee, Your Hair Smells Terrific
  • Hobbit-huggers by gjm "Am I a fool in Tolkiens brilliantly conceived plot to obtain world domination through capturing his readers' minds?" not an idea that adds to our discourse on Middle Earth, Hobbits, or even masturbation
  • Level 3 by JohnnyGoodyear pursuit of the muse is more like a war, this is a casualty
  • Absolute Terror Field by a new noder referred to read me first: getting started on e2 and fab's Editor Log above
  • Tao Te Ching by some1else4now cut and paste from Stephen Mitchell's forward to his translation of the Tao Te Ching
  • Chupacabras by Voodoo Chile at the noder's request
  • Ear candling by bonnet superseded by later WU
  • crack whore by Orgasmatron a one-line and SNL reference
  • Pitch-black by SmokeyBarnable the movie was titled Pitch Black and there are better reviews of it there
  • Chupacabras by Voodoo Chile again. something of an accident, as the noder informed me that there were superficial edits made. however my suggestion to him was to repost (if necessary) under El Chupacabra
  • There are some things money can't buy, for everything else there's Mastercard by macado dumb joke
  • Picasso at the Lapin Agile by Lord Bear poor orphaned WU, promises a more substantial review of the play but the noder never came back to it
  • Raffi by wh00t superseded by a later WU
     wh00t says You bastard! That was my first WU ever. Ah well. I'll make it through this, maybe...
     ouro replied Your first writeup will be nuked, although it might take us awhile to get to it.
  • knish by eric+ superseded by later WU with description and recipe
  • March 1, 2003 by thyme at the noder's request
  • Dogs of War by Leto Atreides 2 the lyrics are noded in full at The Dogs of War
  • Flute by Qzukk an old E1 WU superseded by Webster 1913
  • Flute by Stargazer an old E1 WU superseded by later WU
  • yellow border by Stargazer a very minor point of a forgotten game
  • likeness by Stargazer an old E1 WU superseded by Webster 1913
  • Dorm room safety tips by Kit Lo this WU began a long node of perhaps useful safety tips, but it, itself, is no longer necessary
  • Scamming BART Transbay by sten the "enter and leave from the same station" was once a reasonable method of scamming the card-based subway, they are more sophisticated now
  • Scamming BART Transbay by fo0bar a response WU
  • Scamming the D.C. Metro System by vbrtrmn I bet you?re the kind of person who scams movie theaters too
  • Hash browns by sydnius describes a potato dish made from fried leftover mashed potatoes, a fine breakfast food known as potato latkes or potato pancakes
  • Controlled Substances Act by ameoba "One of my long-time pipedream ideas ..."
  • frigging by fondue at the noder's request
  • orchid by fondue at the noder's request
  • The Inn at the Deep End by fondue at the noder's request
  • Aero the Acrobat by fondue at the noder's request
  • Kenneth Scott by fondue at the noder's request
  • Daria! the Musical by fondue at the noder's request
  • Palm Island by fondue at the noder's request
  • sketch comedy by fondue at the noder's request
  • guitar smashing by CmdrTaco that's the last on this topic
  • Dark Sun by plonk plonk added little information to a node about the AD&D campaign setting
  • the source files for minix were noded without any sort of explication by viterbiSearcher: 3c503.h, assert.h, const.h, dp8390.h, driver.h, drvlib.h, glo.h, kernel.h, ne2000.h, proc.h, protect.h, proto.h, sb16.h, sconst.h, tty.h, type.h, wdeth.h, 3c503.c, aha1540.c, at_wini.c, bios_wini.c, clock.c, console.c, dmp.c, dosfat.c, dp8390.c, driver.c, drvlib.c, esdi_wini.c, exception.c, floppy.c, i8259.c, keyboard.c, main.c, mcd.c, memory.c, misc.c, ne2000.c, printer.c, proc.c, protect.c, pty.c, rs232.c, sb16_dsp.c, sb16_mixer.c, start.c, system.c, table.c, tty.c, wdeth.c, xt_wini.c, klib.s, klib386.s, klib88.s, mpx.s, mpx386.s, mpx88.s
  • March 8, 2003 by Disco Jesus at the noder's request
  • Tarrasque by Maniacal cut and paste from the Monster Manual without any commentary
  • Tarrasque by Bacon the Rambler information assimilated into a previous WU
  • Earth 2025 by shornibr superseded by a later WU
  • Earth 2025 by Shanoyu superseded by a later WU
  • Earth 2025 by sk1tch superseded by a later WU
  • Outsider by Pyro "Monks also become outsiders upon reaching 20th levels"
  • cut & pasted from the Monster Manual by Maniacal: Outsider, ooze, Monstrous Humanoid, Magical Beast, humanoid, giant, fey, dragon, construct, beast, animal, aberration
  • Hidden Valley Salad Dressing by shaynetonio superseded by another WU
  • selling out by factgirl at the noder's request
  • Stock, Hausen, and Walkman by factgirl at the noder's request
  • Virtual Attack Kangaroos by Dialogue an australian military legend
  • Virtual Attack Kangaroos by factgirl the debunkment of the above
  • Virtual Attack Kangaroos by m_turner "No shit, there I was, flying the Apache in the left lane o' the Matilda Highway an' all a sudden these kangaroos breakout over a hill and throw cans of Fosters at me bird!"
  • Bitonic Solutions Inc. by dr "Bitonic's office is only a block from the Rose and Crown and two blocks from the Ship and Anchor"
  • speed of sound by Zorin at the noder's request, a clean-up of old E1 WUs
  • 27 by Zorin at the noder's request
  • stupid patrol by Zorin "A group of people who go around enforcing the life rule thou shalt not be stupid" at the noder's request
  • mare by Zorin at the noder's request
  • decrease by Zorin at the noder's request
  • equipment by Zorin at the noder's request
  • It's a knick-knack, Paddywhack, give the frog a loan by ekiMish "writeup" does not mean "reply"
  • It's a knick-knack, Paddywhack, give the frog a loan by squeezie "writeup" does not mean "reply"
  • Common chatroom abbreviations as locations by Amateur gave a handful of three-letter abbreviations and their corresponding international airport code
  • SDEF by a new noder who thought that noding acronyms was the One True Path
  • FGF by the same new noder who was referred to the E2 Mentoring Sign-up
    UPDATE: this new noder is currently being mentored by Devon Hart
  • Narn Bat Squad by J. Random Software "five Narn packing Louisville Sluggers" I guess you would've had to be a part of the Babylon 5 baseball team
  • Niels Bohr by Em a tall tale concerning the great physicist, debunked by www.snopes.com
    Ouroboros elaborates The writeup in question has been nuked for cut and paste without attribution and duplication within the database at how to measure the height of a tower using a barometer. I asked Spuunbenda to provide us with an attribution of the source of this story.
  • Verisimilitude by MikeyK at the noder's request
  • Heart container by Nanosecond superseded by a later WU
  • Heart container by funtownarcade superseded by a later WU
  • (Don't Go Back to) Rockville by neil superseded by a later WU
  • Juche by Dman an informational and highly opinionated WU superseded by an informational and historical WU with references
  • One Eyed Jacks by Muerte superseded by WU at one-eyed jack
  • Dr. Kevorkian has just unstrapped me from the gurney by nakedants unexplicated cut & paste from an essay by Kurt Vonnegut
  • How to have sex with a dolphin by getzburg was a reply to a now-deleted WU
  • Wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning by Kung the "choose life" soliloquy from Trainspotting is represented in several other places in the database
  • the Everything2 study guide by Tmaq this index repeated much of what is linked in the FAQs and the homenodes of various Editors
  • James Brown sound effects by emil greer Soul Brother Number One never got around to covering "Getting to Know You"
  • Let's put the Koresh back in Koreshmas by VT_hawkeye at the noder's request
  • The smallest number that can be expressed two different ways as the sum of two cubes by Seqram superseded by a later WU
  • pornolize by tftv256 for all the redundancy of the interweb, it is not eternal as good humor, Pornolize (the online gateway service) is no more
  • Palm format E2 Mailing Registry by chinoodle eleven months out of date and not a project I should like to see ever again
  • ninjas hate robots by Hate Robot "I meen [sic] look at this website!"
  • at LaggedyAnne’s request, her WUs in September 29, 2002, August 26, 2002, August 19, 2002
  • This heart that lives in winter by LaggedyAnne at the noder's request
  • The recipe left a few things out by LaggedyAnne at the ndoer's request
  • All of today, all of yesterday by LaggedyAnne at the noder's request
  • Eat to live, don't live to eat by LaggedyAnne at the noder's request
  • A newly transformed goddess by LaggedyAnne at the noder's request
  • Katy by LaggedyAnne at the noder's request
  • you have the face of an angel and the soul of a farmer (person) by LaggedyAnne at the noder's request
  • Where's Casey? by LaggedyAnne at the noder's request
  • A hollow longing in her that will last by LaggedyAnne at the noder's request
  • Funeral Laughter by LaggedyAnne at the noder's request
  • Tales from an ex fat chick by LaggedyAnne at the noder's request
  • If you're feeling disillusioned, find a 9-year-old by LaggedyAnne at the noder's request
  • That's when I'll know I'm home by LaggedyAnne at the noder's request
  • Bellini by moJoe superseded by a WU with historical context of the drink
  • When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall by Whywait? this was a beautiful nodeshell, not improved by the few Morrissey lyrics that constituted this WU
  • Interpol by factgirl superseded by a later WU
  • GameDicas by fondue at his request
  • Didgeridoo by taschenrechner at the noder's request
  • Where does the money come from? by 1010011010 at the noder's request
  • green by Lucien superseded by a more comprehensive WU
  • No. 4 by Jabooty superseded by a more comprehensive WU
  • shub internet by Eythian duplicated an entry of The Jargon File, Shub-Internet
  • cha by antivoid a one-liner informing us that “cha” is an abbreviation for charisma
  • several WU s on dexterity-based skills and throws from D&D 3rd Edition (or d20) by antivoid dexterity, AC, initiative, reflex, dodge bonus, balance, escape artist, hide, move silently, pick pockets, ride, tumble E2 is does not participate in the OGL and these were cut & paste without any explication
  • People do creepy things to each other by dolphinboy an index of torture means and devices exists under torture
  • The Coming of the Ship by Agthorr superseded by a better formatted and hardlinked edition of The Prophet with commentary by isogolem
  • Human Combustion by Zanth a factoid is not sufficient basis for a WU; opinion on that factoid does not serve to fill out that WU
  • WUs in the Stupidest thing you've coded just to see if you could. by Art Tatum, everyone, no comply, Baron_Saturday, pokey, powercntrl, Adalgeirr, derobert, The Cow, brutha, inciteful, mE123 this whole node is hopelessly GTKY, with a sprinkling of juvenile acts of malice, and I strongly suggest that anyone else with a WU here consider deletion
  • Concerning cruelty and clemency, and whether it is better to be loved than feared by hackthemainframe excepts from The Prince : Chapter 17, now fully noded, with improved spelling
  • Concerning New Principalities Which Are Acquired Either By the Arms of Others or By Good Fortune by Lao-Tzu while it was a fine trick to run the words "good fortune" and "Lao-Tzu" so closely together before the work of Niccolo Machiavelli, this edition of The Prince : Chapter 6 had no links

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