Gunn: The final score can't be rigged. I don't care how many players you grease, that last shot always comes up a question mark. But here's the thing. You never know when you're taking it. It could be when you're duking it out with the Legion of Doom, or just crossing the street deciding where to have brunch. So you just treat it like it was up to you—the world in balance—'cause you never know when it is.

'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.


§ ita § - Dec 20, 2005 1:14:24 pm PST #3718 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

The ones that drift across your screen are appalling.

I get why they need to advertise, really. And why people need to place them. But don't fuck with my ability to see what I came for.

I meant I blame the existence of those kinds of ads for people's (or at least my) reluctance to click through on ads in general.

Ah, sorry. I've clicked through on a few. But the more it moves, the less likely I am to do so, because the more I feel I'm being sold a wack bill of goods.


tommyrot - Dec 20, 2005 1:19:03 pm PST #3719 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.

I fear the cooling fan on my G3 iBook is getting close to failing. If I go to a web page with lots of animated ads, the CPU usage is close to 100%, and if I leave it at a page like that too long, the cooling fan starts up. Then I get mad at the marketing bastards who are threatening damage to my computer.

I s'pose the answer is to get a faster laptop. But... a 900 mhz G3 should be adequate for web browsing.


Dana - Dec 20, 2005 1:19:23 pm PST #3720 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I actually really like cross-multiplication, because I feel like I understand it and can use it with confidence.


ChiKat - Dec 20, 2005 1:25:43 pm PST #3721 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

Hello?? I'm bored. Y'all are supposed to entertain me!!!

Please proceed with the entertaining.


tommyrot - Dec 20, 2005 1:25:47 pm PST #3722 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.

Dumbass ID backlash:

Richard Thompson of the Michigan-based Thomas More Law Center, the "public interest law firm" cited in Jones' opinion, made clear that he didn't consider the debate to be a waste.

"This should be done in the scientific community, debating it out. ... The debate is still going on. It's a new debate," Thompson said on MSNBC-TV.

If you want this debate to happen in the scientific community, then submit some fucking scientific papers to fucking peer review.

Bastard.

(IIRC, ID advocates have yet to submit anything to peer review.)

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Jesse - Dec 20, 2005 1:33:05 pm PST #3723 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Those baby shoes are adorable! I want them!! It's probably too soon for me to stocking up for my as-yet hypothetical future child, right?

I almost never click through ads either. Say one out of 9790 times.


§ ita § - Dec 20, 2005 1:37:16 pm PST #3724 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Say one out of 9790 times.

And what percentage is that, boys and girls?

So far I don't want to click on any of the ones that come up on provocateuse, but they do tend to link to celebrity-fannish sites, which might work very well for my audience.

I have no idea.


tommyrot - Dec 20, 2005 1:37:49 pm PST #3725 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.

I almost never click through ads either. Say one out of 9790 times.

Crap. I only have a few hundred web pages to go before it's time for me to click through....


amych - Dec 20, 2005 1:44:41 pm PST #3726 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I only have a few hundred web pages to go before it's time for me to click through...

Do we need to discuss a name for the new click-through?


Allyson - Dec 20, 2005 1:46:01 pm PST #3727 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

I'm completely depleted of heart.

Bad day, man. Really, really bad day.