A thing with the whole Intelligent Design thing is that a lot of this stuff really is pretty much too hard to understand on a casual level. It reminds me of the crackpot guy on TAL the other week who was convinced that Einstein was wrong, because it shouldn't be that hard. If it's so basic, it should be obvious. Yeah, NSM.
Hell, I don't know. If I had wanted schooling, I'da gone to school.
Jayne ,'Ariel'
Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
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.
Jesse - Aug 02, 2005 7:21:06 am PDT #4836 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
§ ita § - Aug 02, 2005 7:23:30 am PDT #4837 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Heh. I'm going back and forth with the Executive VP in question. Dude, I've seen the splash page 5 times in two days. Apparently that's an error.
Still -- people barely read popups when they're important (a la error messages). And with the web, ignoring them is even more reflexive. I think it's not a useful idea at all.
Jesse - Aug 02, 2005 7:32:36 am PDT #4838 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
How reliable is it that people even see popups? At home I've got two or three levels of blocking wihtout even trying, so I really have to want to go see it on purpose.
bon bon - Aug 02, 2005 7:32:42 am PDT #4839 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
A thing with the whole Intelligent Design thing is that a lot of this stuff really is pretty much too hard to understand on a casual level.
Like a whole lot of stuff-- the morning after pill is just a souped-up birth control pill, not an abortifactant; global warming. Etc., etc. It's easy to convince people there are no biological precursors to eyes (even though there ARE)-- they seem to be willing to believe that if they don't know about it it must not exist.
Jesse - Aug 02, 2005 7:39:48 am PDT #4840 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh totally -- practically everything in the world is too complex for the layperson to understand. Electricity? MAGIC! Television? TINY PEOPLE IN A BOX!
amych - Aug 02, 2005 7:41:18 am PDT #4841 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Not just tiny people, Jesse. Elves in a box.
Jesse - Aug 02, 2005 7:41:45 am PDT #4842 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Wow, those are elves? They look just like regular people, only little. Huh.
amych - Aug 02, 2005 7:42:12 am PDT #4843 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
If you get really close to the box, you can see the pointy ears.
Gudanov - Aug 02, 2005 7:42:14 am PDT #4844 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
Not just tiny people, Jesse. Elves in a box
That explains special effects, Elf Magic.
Jesse - Aug 02, 2005 7:43:51 am PDT #4845 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
See, you learn something new every day.
ION, who refills the ice cubes in my air conditioner?