I wanna hurt you, but I can't resist the sinister attraction of your cold and muscular body!

Buffybot ,'Dirty Girls'


Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People  

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.


esse - Oct 26, 2006 8:59:57 am PDT #5781 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

bon bon SUCKS. that scared the crap out of me. Dana, YES.

I can't wait to watch Top Chef!


Fred Pete - Oct 26, 2006 9:00:35 am PDT #5782 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.

Dana, yes, for certain values of those last few words.


Dana - Oct 26, 2006 9:02:23 am PDT #5783 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Yeah. I got suckered by one of those once. It's a very good thing I was at home.


§ ita § - Oct 26, 2006 9:05:08 am PDT #5784 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I've become a lot more reticent about clicking on links (oh, the irony) since the migraines. I feel quite pacific about not having clicked on that one.


Jesse - Oct 26, 2006 9:07:30 am PDT #5785 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

My officemate doesn't remember when file names had to be 8 characters or less (it was 8, right?). Damn, I'm old.


tommyrot - Oct 26, 2006 9:08:49 am PDT #5786 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.

My officemate doesn't remember when file names had to be 8 characters or less (it was 8, right?)

Yes. Plus a three character extension.

eta: Any here ever forced to use edlin?


Jessica - Oct 26, 2006 9:10:19 am PDT #5787 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

My officemate doesn't remember when file names had to be 8 characters or less

Ha! Wait, that wasn't that long ago, was it? Was it?


Sean K - Oct 26, 2006 9:11:39 am PDT #5788 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

My officemate doesn't remember when file names had to be 8 characters or less

Ha! Wait, that wasn't that long ago, was it? Was it?

No. Especially if you count today. There's still a surprisingly large number of businesses that are content to run on Windows 3.11, and still stuck with the eight character limit.


brenda m - Oct 26, 2006 9:12:44 am PDT #5789 of 10001
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

My officemate doesn't remember when file names had to be 8 characters or less (it was 8, right?). Damn, I'm old.

What I remember is laughing at PC users while cheerfully naming my files any damn thing on my Mac. Good times, good times.


tommyrot - Oct 26, 2006 9:12:46 am PDT #5790 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.

Ha! Wait, that wasn't that long ago, was it? Was it?

Um, Windows 95 was the first Microsoft OS that supported long file names. So most college freshmen have never faced the short filename issue.