You know what's really transparent? That cough you do to cover up the fact that you're laughing at the computer screen. The guy two cubes over to whom I relayed a neighbour's TMI is doing it, and bon just made me do it with the google touching.
On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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 § - Jan 04, 2006 11:20:25 am PST #7403 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jessica - Jan 04, 2006 11:20:55 am PST #7404 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Next you'll be saying that you switched my regular brewed coffee with rich, aromatic Folgers Crystals.
Actually, we replaced your regular brewed coffee with rich, aromatic, intelligent nanites. They'll reprogram your taste buds so you won't notice the difference!
brenda m - Jan 04, 2006 11:21:44 am PST #7405 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Taking the picture with my camera phone, focusing, saving the image, and later calling it back up is both far more effort and far less informative than just writing the shit down would be. The only advantage is that I'm more likely to have my phone than a note pad at a given time. But I'm no more likely to remember to do it. And then what?
amych - Jan 04, 2006 11:22:17 am PST #7406 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
ARE YOU MY MUMMY?
brenda m - Jan 04, 2006 11:22:19 am PST #7407 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
and bon just made me do it with the google touching.
Hee, me too.
§ ita § - Jan 04, 2006 11:23:10 am PST #7408 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
AMYCH! STOP THAT!
bon bon - Jan 04, 2006 11:23:21 am PST #7409 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I actually never *told* a sudoku story; it took upwards of three hours before I finally gave up on a medium difficulty puzzle.
I'm getting stupider, Algernon!
Betsy HP - Jan 04, 2006 11:24:32 am PST #7410 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Is that as we've gotten better at creating this sort of thing, the threshold for what's considered AI by the public has gotten higher. What was defined under the AI umbrella in 1980 doesn't ping us as "intelligence" any more, and possibly shouldn't. It seems too strong a word.
That is exactly what I was trying to say and failed.
flea - Jan 04, 2006 11:25:08 am PST #7411 of 10002
information libertarian
amych, if you've skimmed, many minds want an update on how your Roomba overlord copes with fringe.
Scrappy - Jan 04, 2006 11:25:50 am PST #7412 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Guess what! I HAVE A DOOR! My office actually has a door,now that opens and closes like anything. The door guys just left after a long, loud morning of pounding and drilling and other building-type noises and I am very pleased.