Niska: Mr. Reynolds? You died, Mr. Reynolds. Mal: Seemed like the thing to do.

'War Stories'


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amych - Mar 13, 2008 1:54:08 pm PDT #5127 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Aww, man. Joseph Weizenbaum died: [link]


§ ita § - Mar 13, 2008 4:16:02 pm PDT #5128 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

he is survived by three other daughters: Miriam, of Providence, R.I.; Naomi, of Gröben; and Pm, of Seattle.

Pm? Of Seattle?


amych - Mar 13, 2008 4:18:05 pm PDT #5129 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

you: Pm? Of Seattle?

ELIZA: Please go on.


-t - Mar 13, 2008 5:32:07 pm PDT #5130 of 25501
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

How do you feel about Pm of Seattle?


amych - Mar 14, 2008 4:47:07 am PDT #5131 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

In non-ELIZA news, the hub just got one of these, and is taunting: [link]

I'm seriously tempted to take a half day to go home and play with it.


brenda m - Mar 14, 2008 4:51:41 am PDT #5132 of 25501
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

Ooh. I might need me one of those.


Tom Scola - Mar 14, 2008 4:52:56 am PDT #5133 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

A coworker brought in his OLPC the other day. It was adorable.


amych - Mar 14, 2008 4:57:01 am PDT #5134 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I'm seriously excited to see the thing, but I have to let him play with it first. Wah!

He's been needing something very portable, but not PDA/smartphone portable, and this has gotten some great reviews from a few friends of ours. Definitely not suited to be anyone's primary machine, but especially if you keep your documents and such online, it's brilliant.


Jessica - Mar 14, 2008 5:15:53 am PDT #5135 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Ooooh, Eee PC! Shiny! Want!


DCJensen - Mar 14, 2008 6:45:56 am PDT #5136 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.

I read somewhere that the Eee PC has been hacked to run OSX.