Sounds like Rio's friend is less interested in talking to ficcers than he is in finding fic about old shows.
We'd be dead. Can't get paid if you're dead.
Mal ,'Serenity'
Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
Consuela - Oct 29, 2002 1:34:01 pm PST #690 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Consuela - Oct 29, 2002 10:09:01 pm PST #691 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Check this out: a gorgeous story by Shaye. Not a happy one, mind you. But a gorgeously-written one.
And send her email if you like it, do?
Dana - Oct 30, 2002 7:02:16 am PST #692 of 10000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
That's sitting in my mailbox until I can get to it. I read the first three paragraphs.
Consuela - Oct 31, 2002 10:28:10 pm PST #693 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
And Sophia Jirafe just posted something interesting. Neat, although I'm not sure I buy it, but the writing is good.
Rebecca Lizard - Oct 31, 2002 11:24:58 pm PST #694 of 10000
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket
That dystopific was certainly interesting-- it was well-written, if in a style I don't generally fall over in palpitations for. And if I squint I buy the Xander-dead backstory.
Sophia Brooks - Nov 01, 2002 1:23:18 pm PST #695 of 10000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I vaguely remember something about yahoo groups changing the word expression to the word statement. Is this true and do we know why?
Dana - Nov 01, 2002 1:24:27 pm PST #696 of 10000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Yes, it's true, and it's some weird programming thing...I want to say Java, but I'm sure ita knows better.
"expression" gets changed to "statement", and anything ending in "eval" gets changed to "review" (i.e., medieval becomes medireview.)
Consuela - Nov 01, 2002 1:26:09 pm PST #697 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yes, it is true, Sophia. They also change all uses of "eval" to "review", so that "evaluate" becomes "reviewuate".
Has to do with Java commands, or so they explained to me. I think it's crap -- nobody else does it, and it only happens, IIRC, when something goes through YG into a Yahoo mailbox.
I'm sure a more technical person has a better explanation. But it caused much entertainment when friends of mine kept talking about going to the Medireview Fair. Sigh.
X-post-amundo with Dana.
Emily - Nov 01, 2002 1:26:56 pm PST #698 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Nutty - Nov 01, 2002 1:27:54 pm PST #699 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
It's a thing in their programming, and yes, under certain circumstances I can't clearly define, about 70% of the time the word "expression" is rendered as "statement" and "-eval-" (any permutation of the word fragment, including "medieval") becomes "-review-". Very annoying.
It can be gotten around by messing with spelling. Personally, I do ex-pression and mediev-al, but others do e.xpression and e!xpression and things like that.
Why do they do it? Because they are dumbasses and are trying to make sure people can't insert code accidentally into emails, so they change 'hot' words that might be code, but they're stupidly indiscriminate.