I'd rather stay home and watch television. It's often funnier than killing stuff.

Anya ,'Dirty Girls'


Natter 43: I Love My Dead Gay Whale Crosspost.  

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.


Calli - Apr 07, 2006 10:50:51 am PDT #9525 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I'm having a hard time suppressing the violent impulses I feel toward certain coworkers.

If you hurt them too badly, the resultant legal stuff might interfer with your move to Chicago. I'd go with verbally evicerating them, m'self.

ETA: Or get a reeeeeally good alibi.


Gudanov - Apr 07, 2006 11:00:15 am PDT #9526 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping

However, this guy seems confused about the gay thing, so....

Well maybe he's gay but, you know, not very good at it.


§ ita § - Apr 07, 2006 11:02:45 am PDT #9527 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Slurping, belching, and picking her molars with her finger. Not even raised by wolves would explain it.

Yecch.


Liese S. - Apr 07, 2006 11:06:08 am PDT #9528 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Well, leaving Plame's identity leak aside, since that seems separate, the other information that Bush is supposed to have authorized to leak must have been classified, otherwise, why make the point that the president can declassify?


Vortex - Apr 07, 2006 11:10:20 am PDT #9529 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

The president may or may not have the power to declassify information. It is, however, a long and involved process, and consists of more than him saying "hmm, I don't want this to be classified anymore. Hey Scooter, c'mere!"


Theodosia - Apr 07, 2006 11:16:00 am PDT #9530 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

I'm suspicious when these things come up and TDS & Colbert have gone on a week's hiatus! It's like the Authorities planned them to come out at that time, or something.


shrift - Apr 07, 2006 11:17:18 am PDT #9531 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Calli, what I'm gonna do is go downstairs, smoke a cigarette, listen to The Clash, and think about what I'm gonna order for dinner.


Trudy Booth - Apr 07, 2006 11:20:23 am PDT #9532 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

The president may or may not have the power to declassify information. It is, however, a long and involved process, and consists of more than him saying "hmm, I don't want this to be classified anymore. Hey Scooter, c'mere!"

Vortex, may I tag you?


Allyson - Apr 07, 2006 11:21:37 am PDT #9533 of 10001
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 just got out of a training that left me close to tears in absolute frustration that I couldn't express due to a dismissive jackhole.

New software system to automate travel. Adds more work to me and to scientists. Makes it easier on travel. Software does not actually work the way we actually work, and doesn't allow for unusual circumstances. Adds additional new paperwork for me in some cases, and much more follow-up time.

Now, software developers, please, please make me feel better.

Wouldn't one buy/modify the software to bend to the way the user conducts business, and NOT make the user bend to software's fucked up idea of how other people do business?

Of course, it's an off-the-shelf package that can't be modified to fit us, because then they wouldn't be able to update it.

Software peeps. Please, tell me I'm not insane.


Jessica - Apr 07, 2006 11:23:57 am PDT #9534 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

Wouldn't one buy/modify the software to bend to the way the user conducts business, and NOT make the user bend to software's fucked up idea of how other people do business?

Of course, it's an off-the-shelf package that can't be modified to fit us, because then they wouldn't be able to update it.

Sadly, we have the same issues with all of our proprietary software too. (Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING we use was written to serve one particular department's needs. The rest of us are expected to work around that.)