Saturday, April 12, 2008

But the 15-year-olds will love us!


That's not my opinion... I'm just reporting our scientifically-derived blog rating as calculated here. That puts us a rung above Paris Hilton on the reading level ladder, but, alas, a rung under Perez Hilton.

What can we do about this? I, for one, intend to ameliorate our valuation via articulating my suppositions by the usage of a higher number of obscure, arcane, and enigmatic words.

Oh - have I mentioned that Wikipedia now claims that the Schur multiplier is usually defined as the second homology group of a group G with coefficients in the integers?!? Come on, Wikipedia - give me a break!

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14 Comments:

Blogger John Levenstein said...

i don't think bernie's posts about pretzels and chips are helping us.

April 12, 2008 6:18 PM  
Blogger frank b. said...

But is it appropriate for junior high school readers? Just in the past few weeks we have "Tony La Russa is a passive aggressive fuck" and multiple depictions of smoking.

April 12, 2008 8:16 PM  
Blogger Robert said...

Frank, that's exactly why we need to move up a few levels. We have to scare the little fuckers off!

April 12, 2008 8:37 PM  
Blogger Bernie said...

I do think John's salty language is inappropriate.

April 12, 2008 9:15 PM  
Blogger Bernie said...

Also, it can't be that much of an algorithm; it takes about two seconds before it delivers a verdict.

April 12, 2008 9:17 PM  
Blogger John Levenstein said...

i think bernie posting about salty snacks is inappropriate.

April 12, 2008 10:14 PM  
Blogger Robert said...

> it can't be that much of an algorithm...

Bernie, we wouldn't have this problem if you'd use words like algorithm in your postings instead of just in your comments.

April 13, 2008 12:03 AM  
Blogger Bernie said...

Robert- I think it's a simple random number generator dishing out the levels.

April 13, 2008 10:17 AM  
Blogger Robert said...

But we always get the same rating!

April 13, 2008 10:43 AM  
Blogger Bernie said...

Can you find an erudite site that it accurately identifies?

April 13, 2008 5:41 PM  
Blogger Bernie said...

OK, Robert, I did find a wbsite at the "genius" level-- can you?

April 13, 2008 5:49 PM  
Blogger John Levenstein said...

topangaonline.com: genius

April 13, 2008 8:42 PM  
Blogger Bernie said...

ouch.

April 13, 2008 9:44 PM  
Blogger Robert said...

Another genius level blog: http://www.criticsrant.com/bb/reading_level.aspx

I love recursion!

April 16, 2008 9:41 AM  

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