Tact is just not saying true stuff. I'll pass.

Cordelia ,'Dirty Girls'


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Gus - Sep 11, 2005 2:21:49 pm PDT #6463 of 10002
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

Dang! I knew someone would call me on this. My main point was that NOLA is small, compared to the rest of the States.

My main point was also something like "the system is fragile, if tipping-over 2% brings it to its knees."


Gus - Sep 11, 2005 2:57:06 pm PDT #6464 of 10002
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

It is Sunday. In the States, this means that if you are doing stuff on your computer that feels like "work", your life has gone horribly wrong.

I need to solicit an "Amen." If you have ever stared at a piece of code you wrote and gone: "What the frack does that mean?", give me an "Amen."


Ginger - Sep 11, 2005 3:00:03 pm PDT #6465 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Amen.

I've also stared I words I wrote and said, "This makes no sense at all."


Zenkitty - Sep 11, 2005 3:12:49 pm PDT #6466 of 10002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Gus, does it count if I stare at sentences I wrote and say, "What the frell is that?"

Amen. Testify.


Topic!Cindy - Sep 11, 2005 3:12:57 pm PDT #6467 of 10002
What is even happening?

I've also stared I words I wrote and said, "This makes no sense at all."
This I can Amen. I haven't written code since my best friend and I tried to make a secret language, when we were in the third grade.


libkitty - Sep 11, 2005 3:13:46 pm PDT #6468 of 10002
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs

Amen.

In the States, this means that if you are doing stuff on your computer that feels like "work", your life has gone horribly wrong.

Even worse, I am a work, working. Grants are wonderful, 'cause they give you money and such. But writing final reports for grants completely and utterly sucks. I mean, I'm trustworthy. They should just accept that I did good things with the money and be done with it.


Gus - Sep 11, 2005 3:16:29 pm PDT #6469 of 10002
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

I've also stared at words I wrote and said, "This makes no sense at all."

I get that. It is like the feeling I get when I threadsuck and search on "Gus".


libkitty - Sep 11, 2005 3:26:10 pm PDT #6470 of 10002
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs

Or, when there's a simple word that just doesn't look like it's spelled right. I've spent minutes staring at words like 'if,' convinced that I had spelled them incorrectly.


Typo Boy - Sep 11, 2005 3:32:06 pm PDT #6471 of 10002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Hit and Run:

I would just add that there is nothing inherent in the nature of government that makes it fuck up big emergencies. The U.S. government much of the time is damn good about handling big emergencies. (You could argue about day to day things, long term thinking, and individual cases - but giant huge disasters? Usually our government is right on top of doing stuff.)

The problem is not the U.S. government in general, but this administration. Most major natural disasters have gotten quick (if imperfect) responses I don't remember anything this big being this under-responded to in my lifetime (which started in December of 1959). And if you go back before my lifetime, Eisenhower, Truman and Roosevelt could have all handled this kind of thing in their sleep. Hell your average eleven year old could have handled it better than the bastard currently in charge.

And Bush's staff did not inform him, because he tends to fire people who bring him bad news, unless Rove decides to ruin their lives instead.

A lot of people are nostalgic for Clinton. Hell at this point, compared to Bush, I'll take Zombie!Nixon. Plei's love for the old war criminal Kissinger is hereby forgiven. Fire Bush and put Kissinger in charge. We've tried stupid evil. Give us an evil genius or at least an evil non-dumbshit instead.

So - Rant n' Run done. I'm off. (Someone is shaking their head and saying "aren't you, though?")


Dana - Sep 11, 2005 3:33:26 pm PDT #6472 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I want President Bartlett.