Cyclone Center Talk

To the tune of I'm gonna be 500 miles by the Eurythmics

  • peterthorne by peterthorne moderator

    When I wake up, well, I know I'm gonna be
    I'm gonna be the man who classifies with you
    When I get embedded, yeah, I know I'm gonna be
    I'm gonna be the man who classifies embedded along with you
    If I get curved-band, well, I know I'm gonna be
    I'm gonna be the man who classifies curved-band next to you
    And if I get shear, hey, I know I'm gonna be
    I'm gonna be the man who's shear classifying with you

    But I would classify five thousand images
    And I would classify five thousand more
    Just to be the man who classifies ten thousand images
    To classify imagery with you

    When I'm classifying, yes, I know I'm gonna be
    I'm gonna be the man who's classifying hard for cch001
    And when the money comes in for the work I do
    I'll pass almost every penny on to cch001
    When I come home (When I come home), oh, I know I'm gonna be
    I'm gonna be the man who classifies with you
    And if I get to 20 thousand like baha23 or bretarn, well, I know I'm gonna be
    I'm gonna be the man who's classifying with you

    But I would classify five thousand images
    And I would classify five thousand more
    Just to be the man who classifies ten thousand images
    To classify imagery with you

    Da lat da (Da lat da), da lat da (Da lat da)
    Da-da-da dun-diddle un-diddle un-diddle uh da-da
    Da lat da (Da lat da), da lat da (Da lat da)
    Da-da-da dun-diddle un-diddle un-diddle uh da-da

    When I'm lonely, well, I know I'm gonna be
    I'm gonna be the man who's classifying without you
    And when I'm dreaming, well, I know I'm gonna dream
    I'm gonna dream about the time when I'm classifying eye-storms
    When I classify (When I classify), well, I know I'm gonna be
    I'm gonna be the man who classifies along with you
    And when I see post-tropical (When I see post-tropical), yes, I know I'm gonna be
    I'm gonna be the man who classifies post-tropical with you
    I'm gonna be the man who's classifying post-tropical with you

    But I would classify five thousand images
    And I would classify five thousand more
    Just to be the man who classifies ten thousand images
    To classify imagery with you

    Da lat da (Da lat da), da lat da (Da lat da)
    Da-da-da dun-diddle un-diddle un-diddle uh da-da
    Da lat da (Da lat da), da lat da (Da lat da)
    Da-da-da dun-diddle un-diddle un-diddle uh da-da
    Da lat da (Da lat da), da lat da (Da lat da)
    Da-da-da dun-diddle un-diddle un-diddle uh da-da
    Da lat da (Da lat da), da lat da (Da lat da)
    Da-da-da dun-diddle un-diddle un-diddle uh da-da

    But I would classify five thousand images
    And I would classify five thousand more
    Just to be the man who classifies ten thousand images
    To classify imagery with you

    postscript: Don't fear I'm not planning on giving up the day job.

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  • DZM by DZM admin

    ... how much time did you spend on this? 😄 (I love it!)

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  • peterthorne by peterthorne moderator in response to DZM's comment.

    Only a little time. As I said I'm not planning on giving up the day job. I wanted to somehow mark being in the 10k club. I think 4th? Top 3 have classified >60k images between them I suspect. Which is crazy. In a good way.

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  • fezzik by fezzik

    Congrats on 10k images. Can you recruit others to do the same? Not sure we need any clones, though.

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  • DZM by DZM admin

    We definitely need more classifiers on this project. Any recruitment efforts would be a huge help!

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  • peterthorne by peterthorne moderator

    My next job involves giving courses to groups of 400+ undergrads. Someone eventually took a punt on me as a professor! I plan to set a practical assignment on 'climate citizen science' but this won't happen til the autumn / fall (delete left hand option if on left hand side of Atlantic and vice-versa). Any other lecturers / profs lurking want to set an assignment for their classes? 😃

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  • DZM by DZM admin

    ... 400+ undergrads that you can set to work classifying cyclones?

    Wheeeee~! Make them do 250 apiece, we'll add 100,000+ to our total!

    Make them all come on Talk, too! 😄 We could use some folks to chat with!

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