You could do a paper ...
How much of the data do you have? t /I don't believe I'm asking this
Xander: I do have Spaghetti-os. Set 'em on top of the dryer and you're a fluff cycle away from lukewarm goodness. Riley: I, uh, had dryer-food for lunch.
'Same Time, Same Place'
Bureaucracy 3: Oh, so now you want to be part of the SOLUTION?
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Nilly - May 04, 2004 8:52:36 am PDT #411 of 10001
Swouncing
Burrell - May 04, 2004 8:53:50 am PDT #412 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
But if well combined (which I think this one is, aside from my aforestated interrobang issues (how about ??!?!!?! ?)), wouldn't that rate as cleverer?
Clearly the judgement about what constitutes clever is subjective. In my book, longer and overly complexicated (not a word, but should be) is almost always less clever.
Sean K - May 04, 2004 9:11:51 am PDT #413 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
In my book, longer and overly complexicated (not a word, but should be) is almost always less clever.
Also slap dash jumbles strike me as less clever, most of the time. I don't like combos to work two popular suggestions into one please-em-all title, either.
DavidS - May 04, 2004 9:17:58 am PDT #414 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I like the unlikely pairing of referants along a funny hinge. But I prefer the layering of allusions, and I also like the sillier image of Jack demanding "Who are you baking for?!?" I don't know which of the earlier shorter would be deemed wittier, but none were even remotely as amusing.
§ ita § - May 04, 2004 9:18:44 am PDT #415 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How much of the data do you have?
Not enough, so go back to what you were doing, young lady. Only 5 weeks of logs.
(I can start keeping more, if you want)
§ ita § - May 04, 2004 9:20:01 am PDT #416 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't know which of the earlier shorter would be deemed wittier, but none were even remotely as amusing.
Even though one of them was mine (you bastard!) I have to agree.
My issue is that people choose titles other than the one I'd have chosen, whether it be long, short, portmanteau or a Beatles ref.
It should stop.
Jesse - May 04, 2004 9:21:47 am PDT #417 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh please, ita, like you have any pull here. You're female, and don't know spoilers. (cf. Minearverse.)
Dana - May 04, 2004 9:22:37 am PDT #418 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Remember how we were talking about how things become transparent in BBaBB? This is one of those things for me. After the first day or so, I couldn't tell you what the Natter thread title is.
DavidS - May 04, 2004 9:22:39 am PDT #419 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
My issue is that people choose titles other than the one I'd have chosen, whether it be long, short, portmanteau or a Beatles ref.
It should stop.
So...democracy's a good idea in theory.
Nilly - May 04, 2004 9:24:51 am PDT #420 of 10001
Swouncing
Not enough, so go back to what you were doing, young lady. Only 5 weeks of logs.
I guess this is for the best. I really can't let myeslf start playing with yet more numbers.
Um, how hard is it to save them? As numbers in a simple text file, that is? How big are such files? I shouldn't be asking these kinds of questions, shouldn't I?