Zoe: So you two were kissin'? Book: Well. Isn't that... special?

'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Natter 48 Contiguous States of Denial  

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.


Sean K - Dec 15, 2006 9:10:13 am PST #6448 of 10007
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Grrr..... Last week, I updated my Windows Media Player to WMP11, and that dramatically improved the performance of CBS' InnerTube player (though it still did a weird thing -- the first time through, only part 1 of 4 would play, the rest would not. Second time through, only 1 and 2, third time through I got to see part 3, and only on the fourth try did I get part 4. I think the ads they run in between parts are not always coded properly.)

Today, it's getting hung up and having buffer problems again. Feh. CBS needs to get better coders in there for their streaming media player.


Dana - Dec 15, 2006 9:10:52 am PST #6449 of 10007
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Sean, I had that problem with the CBS player when trying to watch the unaired episodes of Smith. I gave up trying.


Sean K - Dec 15, 2006 9:12:35 am PST #6450 of 10007
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Yeah. I was so happy that updating WMP seemed to at least solve the hanging/buffering problem, I was willing to overlook the problems loading the next segment.

It's just frustrating to have the problem come back.


Topic!Cindy - Dec 15, 2006 9:14:39 am PST #6451 of 10007
What is even happening?

Brilliant: We Eat Chinese Food on Christmas.


tommyrot - Dec 15, 2006 9:15:00 am PST #6452 of 10007
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Feet, rather than fists, the most dangerous bodily weapon


amych - Dec 15, 2006 9:18:08 am PST #6453 of 10007
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Hardly surprising, given (a) legs much stronger than arms and (b) shoes.


Scrappy - Dec 15, 2006 9:18:09 am PST #6454 of 10007
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Kat!!


§ ita § - Dec 15, 2006 9:20:22 am PST #6455 of 10007
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Hmm. I'd like to see the raw numbers for that survey. I wonder how many times someone tried to use feet and fucked up--it does introduce more of a balance issue.

Also, are we talking kicks from distance, or stomping on the head of someone we've managed to get on the ground, or what? Unless you fight the whole fight with one weapon, the results are misleading.

If I were to pick, I'd pick elbows--but that assumes the fight has gotten close. I wouldn't come in close just for the opportunity to use them. But once you do? Very good risk:payoff ratio.


aurelia - Dec 15, 2006 9:21:49 am PST #6456 of 10007
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Next, they should do a study on what kind of shoe does the most damage.


tommyrot - Dec 15, 2006 9:24:47 am PST #6457 of 10007
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Golf shoes?