yes, Jesse has one. thanks though.
Honestly, you meet the most appalling sort of people....
Giles ,'Chosen'
Natter 46: The FIGHTIN' 46
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.
msbelle - Aug 30, 2006 10:31:12 am PDT #5238 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
ChiKat - Aug 30, 2006 10:37:02 am PDT #5239 of 10001
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?
I'm working on a homework assignment and one of the questions is "What do people need to know in order to be a good reader?"
I have no idea how to articulate what I do when I read. So, I'm asking the hivemind. What are your thoughts? What do you need to know in order to be a good reader?
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 30, 2006 10:50:43 am PDT #5240 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Picture of a jet airliner being struck by lightning. [link] The lightning actually goes through the plane and continues down to the ground. Apparantly this happens a lot, and there's almost never any negative consequences to it.
Electricity runs along the surface of the object it contacts unless the entire thing is made of a conductive material like copper, right?
Calli - Aug 30, 2006 10:53:36 am PDT #5241 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
What do you need to know in order to be a good reader?
I'm assuming that "how to read" goes without saying. Beyond that, some cultural context for the document can be useful. "500 people died of the plague," would mean one thing if it was about London in the 1300s and another if it was about Durham, NC, yesterday.
flea - Aug 30, 2006 11:05:09 am PDT #5242 of 10001
information libertarian
Is pouring rain. Must go get 3 year old via foot and bus with 7 week old strapped to chest. Hoping rain lets up soon.
§ ita § - Aug 30, 2006 11:20:15 am PDT #5243 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If I sent a group of people, including you, a document for comment and review, would you assume it necessary to reread the document when sent out for final approval?
Oy. Today has been meeting central, and I'm about to hop into 3h30m worth of one now. Life hurts.
Jesse - Aug 30, 2006 11:29:10 am PDT #5244 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I have some reviewing issues myself today. I didn't realize until I printed out the order confirmation that I had fucked up my order of a friend's wedding present. Apparently the three opportunities I had to review BEFORE I paid were not sufficient. @@
bon bon - Aug 30, 2006 11:30:39 am PDT #5245 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Does anyone else have problems with Bloglines lately? For weeks now it hasn't displayed my Slate feeds; I just realized that another feed I haven't seen in awhile has, in fact, been regularly updated but not picked up.
tommyrot - Aug 30, 2006 11:40:40 am PDT #5246 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Huh. I haven't gotten my Slate feeds either.
I think it's because Slate has made a change on their end. (Not positive - still looking into it.)
tommyrot - Aug 30, 2006 11:43:13 am PDT #5247 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Try removing your Slate subscription in Bloglines and adding this:
http://www.slate.com/rss/