Mal: We're still flying. Simon: That's not much. Mal: It's enough.

'Serenity'


Natter 36: But We Digress...  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Lee - Jun 24, 2005 6:32:28 am PDT #4227 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

That doesn't count, at all.


§ ita § - Jun 24, 2005 6:32:58 am PDT #4228 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I guess I'm just not as freaky as you, then.


Strix - Jun 24, 2005 6:33:38 am PDT #4229 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

I've never taken my pants off at work. I've gone commando to work (actually, am commando right now -- MUST DO LAUNDRY) and one I had to wiggle into my car through an open window, and the wind blew my skirt up, exposing my panties and garters clad ass to anyone in the staff parking lot for a good 45 seconds while I wiggled and cussed.

But never taken my clothes off at work.

Huh.

I have talked to a lot of potential employers on the phone butt-naked, though.


Jessica - Jun 24, 2005 6:36:04 am PDT #4230 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I work in an open-plan office. Sadly, this requires the wearing of pants at all times.


-t - Jun 24, 2005 6:37:10 am PDT #4231 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I feel all risque if I take my shoes off while at work.


Strix - Jun 24, 2005 6:38:08 am PDT #4232 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

I think I would rather be topless than pantless at work right now. Hygiene, plus I have a giant coffee stain right over my sternum.


Strix - Jun 24, 2005 6:39:32 am PDT #4233 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

I feel all risque if I take my shoes off while at work.

I'd feel bad. My feet have the STANK. It's my dad's fault; I got the stankfoot from him.


sarameg - Jun 24, 2005 6:41:32 am PDT #4234 of 10001

I'd suggest Hil's email.

Heh. Actually, a mathematician might just complicate things. Different systems. It's an time vs degrees issues and while I know that it's correct instinctively, I can't articulate it very well. Also, IT'S BEEN THIS WAY 15 YEARS. If it was a problem, I think it would have been noticed before now. Not to mention things would be broken!


Jessica - Jun 24, 2005 6:42:22 am PDT #4235 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Philip K Dick-bot:

In an unparalleled technical collaboration, a team of artists, writers, engineers, literary scholars, and freethinkers are creating a lifelike, android portrait of one of America's well-known science-fiction writers Philip K Dick. The robot will be featured at WIRED magazine's NextFest, June 25-27, 2005.

The robot will portray Dick in both form and intellect through an artificial-intelligence-driven personality. The hardware will manipulate Hanson's proprietary lifelike skin material to affect extremely realistic expressions with very low power. Cameras in the eyes will allow the robot to perceive people's identity and behavior through advanced machine vision and biometric-identification software. The robot will track faces, perceive facial expressions, and recognize people from the crowd (family, friends, celebrities, etc).

The visual data will be fused with some of the best speech recognition software, advanced natural language processing, and speech synthesis in the world. All of this will run in sync with Hanson Robotics' highly expressive robot face to emulate a full human-conversational system.


Lee - Jun 24, 2005 6:42:52 am PDT #4236 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

The only reason I took my pants off was that a client spilled coffee on them, so I took them off in my closed office, someone took them to the washroon to rinse them off, and then I needed to let them dry.

See, even pantlessness can be dull if you explain it enough.