I know, world in peril and we have to work together. This is my last office romance, I'll tell you that.

Buffy ,'End of Days'


Natter 42, the Universe, and Everything  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Jessica - Feb 06, 2006 5:14:32 am PST #5232 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

The posts had to be well thought out, and the idea was that I was to establish multiple identities with a history on the forums, so that when the timing was right a well written but subtly placed marketing post could be finessed in. And regular visitors would recognize the post as coming from a long time poster.

Ew.


sarameg - Feb 06, 2006 5:15:49 am PST #5233 of 10002

I'll be right up!

So, since the chance I'll see the ep before next week is something approaching zero, someone just tell me who got maimed, killed, smashed by a helicopter, delimbed or otherwise bruised?


esse - Feb 06, 2006 5:16:18 am PST #5234 of 10002
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

My god, I hate it when college students come to work in their pajamamas. I just want to send them en mass to What Not to Wear.


Jesse - Feb 06, 2006 5:17:48 am PST #5235 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

sara, no one in the cast was maimed, but the episode ended with Meredith with her hand INSIDE this guy's chest cavity, stabilizing an UNEXPLODED BOMB. And Bailey's husband in surgery in the next room with a brain injury. And Bailey in labor. Basically.


§ ita § - Feb 06, 2006 5:18:55 am PST #5236 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

It was a really quotable episode too. If I were in the market for a tagline, I'd have several to choose from.


Nutty - Feb 06, 2006 5:29:00 am PST #5237 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

an orgy of sock-puppet boosterism

Let us take a moment and enjoy this phrase.

Although I agree there's an ick factor in the "company pays me to play so that I'll plug their product" concept, it's just a development of the "stranger in Times Square asks you to take his picture with Cool New Camera Phone" concept. Advertising that you don't know is advertising till you think about it (or till somebody blurts a telltale).

What I'm busy thinking about is, dude, 50+ identities, 5 posts/hour? If it's a 40-hour work-week, that's only 200 posts a week, which is not enough to sustain 50 identities worth a damn. If it's more than 40 hrs/week, then sign me up for some of that overtime.


Gudanov - Feb 06, 2006 5:29:38 am PST #5238 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping

I have nothing to add expect to say Nvidia Rocks!


DXMachina - Feb 06, 2006 5:31:44 am PST #5239 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

The posts had to be well thought out, and the idea was that I was to establish multiple identities with a history on the forums, so that when the timing was right a well written but subtly placed marketing post could be finessed in. And regular visitors would recognize the post as coming from a long time poster.

Wow, that's chutzpah.

ION, I've been playing a lot of games on my new system with its ATI Radeon X357 Magnum video card, and really, the image quality is fabulous. Really, if you're in the market for a video card, that's the one you ought to get.


bon bon - Feb 06, 2006 5:32:10 am PST #5240 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Gud stole my joke.


DXMachina - Feb 06, 2006 5:33:04 am PST #5241 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Yeah, mine, too.