This is the first post for the year 2008. Yes, it should not be here yet. Sorry for that. I ran into some scheduling issues, and had to do some major rearrangements with the postings – this was the easiest solution for me. Try to live with it.
The Founders of the Friday Bun Society hereby do not release any further information about rumours, which have not – repeat: have not – been circulating the internets lately, before that, or any time afterwards. We absolutely deny any outrageously exaggerated claims about corpora— corruption within members being investigated. Neither do we admit any plans of inviti— investing in a considerably large group of hi-tech professionals. Now come on, honestly. We would surely announce any activities of that sort in a clear and descriptive manner quite a lot beforehand, wouldn’t we?
Often, the deaths of remarkable people are noted and even celebrated regularly. For example, one of the buns that are in the news during the high season of FBS is eaten on a day that is dedicated to a famous poet and a master of written arts.
But isn’t this a bit odd? Shouldn’t it be the other way around? I suggest that we dedicate a day for celebrating the deaths of people who are just annoying and plain stupid. It’s us^H^H them who we want to get rid of, right?
The Society has nothing more to say about the matter at the moment. Except that there are no signs whatsoever of any progress in revolutionary movements, including theoretical ones.
Contrary to what we did last year (2005, that is), we will not write a last post for year 2006 at all. Some of our readers might have expected that and we are sorry about the disappointment. Let me assure you that this is not because year 2006 would not deserve a last post. Nor is it because we would not have anything significant to say. There is no special reason for the non-existence of the last post of 2006. These simply are the circumstances we now have to live with.
However, this is the first (and probably the last) post for December 2006.
Hi there, fellow bundits!
I was just approached by a stranger (well, a familiar, actually, but a stranger would have been as good for this purpose) who asked me a question: how should the rules of our Society, especially our beloved rule 5.5, be understood when we’re dealing with anti-matter? Could an anti-matter bun be considered a valid bun for a Friday?
I was left speechless (which, as such, happens rarely – unfortunately). Would you have any advice?
Hello, fellow bunsters. To bring some excitement into a boring day, i have decided to give a quiz! There is just one question waiting to be answered: what is wrong in the picture?
The winner, surprisingly, is the one who answers correctly – or incorrectly if the answer is amusing enough.
The prize this time is a big, sweet, tasty, warm and self-funded monster-bun, definitely worth winning!
The Friday Bun Society is proud to present The Way for evaluating the amount of information in a sentence. The Way is called NSS-Analysis, where NSS stands for “No Shit, Sherlock”.
NSS-Analysis is calculated as the ratio of “words enough to give the information” per “words used to give the information”. This means that the optimal result of NSS-Analysis is 1 (there are no useless words in given sentence). Articles are omitted.
An example: assume that “The invidivual member of the social community often received his information via visual, symbolic channels” could be compressed down to “People read”. The result of NSS-Analysis (i.e. NSS-Ratio) would thus be 2 / 12 = 0,17.
If the given sentence has no information content whatsoever, the ratio is 0.
Beware of slides, articles, newspapers or conversations where the typical NSS-Ratio is much closer to zero than one.
The Friday Bun Society hereby wants to announce that we have lately been very worried about the nature of the Friday Bun Society. There are rumours about some well-hidden signs, which might be indicating that the Society is actually very close to being a carefully planned pyramid scam. Also, a keen observer may well be able to spot marks of cultism within the Society. The FBS wants to make clear that we will follow this issue with great interest.
The Friday Bun Society is happy to announce that we are awfully sorry on behalf of our beloved Founder, Janne, who will no longer eat Buns. Although the end of his personal existence has not quite yet taken place, the Society is sure to lose him, as he is about to cross the border line and enter the realm of hatred, chaos, invasion, and fat; with no guarantee nor hope of ever being able to return. Be brave, our fellow Founder, on your journey.