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'Underneath'


Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!  

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.


Tom Scola - Dec 13, 2005 4:49:15 am PST #1579 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Good idea or not

I can imagine it might be a good idea, for certain couples, but I doubt that the execution lives up to the idea. Can a corporation send out bunches of these things and still make them seem spontaneous?


sarameg - Dec 13, 2005 4:50:16 am PST #1580 of 10002

Somebody's coffee grinder set off the fire alarms.

Luckily, it was before I got in. I'll bet a whole bunch of people are pissed with that person for making them stand out in 15 degree air for half an hour.

I have a crick in my neck. I really need to get another pillow, since the damn cat seems to insist on taking the good one and STILL using my head as a pillow.


Nilly - Dec 13, 2005 4:51:50 am PST #1581 of 10002
Swouncing

I think Felicity Huffman and Marcia Cross are very good. That good? Better than all but three other women out there? I don't watch enough comedy to be sure. Longoria and Hatcher have nothing special going for them.

ita, are the first two the tired-mother-of-four and the perfect-housekeeper-whose-hair-doesn't-move? I got to watch a few episodes of that show (a friend of a friend taped it from a cables channel), surprisingly enough. [Edit: meaning, if it's them, then I agree with you. I'm just horrible with names, both of actors and of characters.]

Jesse, good luck with both the paper and the presentation.


tommyrot - Dec 13, 2005 4:51:53 am PST #1582 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Can a corporation send out bunches of these things and still make them seem spontaneous?

Well, yes - if you consider a random number generator able to produce "spontaneous" results. But really, they should key it off the only truly random thing we know of - atomic decay of atoms.


Megan E. - Dec 13, 2005 4:52:06 am PST #1583 of 10002

Quick poll: Good idea or not?

I agree with Sue. It's a good idea until you get found out as a lame-o.


Gudanov - Dec 13, 2005 4:53:51 am PST #1584 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping

Well, yes - if you consider a random number generator able to produce "spontaneous" results. But really, they should key it off the only truly random thing we know of - atomic decay of atoms.

If the cat is dead, send flowers in his stead.


§ ita § - Dec 13, 2005 4:54:35 am PST #1585 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

are the first two the tired-mother-of-four and the perfect-housekeeper-whose-hair-doesn't-move?

Yup. Longoria's the world's shortest supermodel, and Teri Hatcher is the flake.

I've never gotten flowers, so one reflexive reaction to that business is yay! Pretty things! (They recommend sending them to her work, too) And they have a panic button in case you've fucked up, you can say how badly, and scale the flowers appropriately.

On the other hand, it's like you're pretending to be a sweeter guy than you are.


Jessica - Dec 13, 2005 4:56:43 am PST #1586 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I think the sentiment "You deserve to randomly get sent flowers, but I am personally too much of a flake to remember to do it" is a nice one.


Gudanov - Dec 13, 2005 4:58:37 am PST #1587 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping

Huh, I'd think that service would backfire most times in a "You don't care enough to do it yourself" sort of way.


Emily - Dec 13, 2005 4:59:48 am PST #1588 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Huh, I'd think that service would backfire most times in a "You don't care enough to do it yourself" sort of way.

I'm gonna weigh in with "depends on the recipient."

Anyone know why a^p = a in Z sub p when p is prime? Or anything about division of polynomials?