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Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier  

A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.

Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych


P.M. Marc - Sep 21, 2002 9:46:25 am PDT #130 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

We have a lot of people here who either know some PHP, or could pick it up right quick.

Isn't Jon B one of the code warriors as well?


Jesse - Sep 21, 2002 9:47:43 am PDT #131 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I think we have PHP interns in Shrift and Amych (?) as well.


amych - Sep 21, 2002 9:48:36 am PDT #132 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Jon B is another code guy. And I know that both Shrift and I are learning PHP now. And that's just people who have spoken up lately. We'll have it covered if we need it.


DavidS - Sep 21, 2002 9:54:07 am PDT #133 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Jon B is another code guy. And I know that both Shrift and I are learning PHP now. And that's just people who have spoken up lately. We'll have it covered if we need it.

Okay, we're all set. Should Chow Yun Fat propose to ita tomorrow, we'd have no problems.


§ ita § - Sep 21, 2002 9:55:55 am PDT #134 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Well, Chow better not hurry, since the only solid offer of up to speed PHP/MySQL assistance I've had has been from Burrell's DH. There's been intern discussion, and Gud's volunteered to help as his schedule allows.

But we've by no means got anything solid in place.


brenda m - Sep 21, 2002 9:56:56 am PDT #135 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

Except which weapons to wear at the wedding.


P.M. Marc - Sep 21, 2002 10:03:31 am PDT #136 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I would also be willing to intern, though my coding background is so Redmond-based it's not funny.


DavidS - Sep 21, 2002 10:15:47 am PDT #137 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Well, Chow better not hurry, since the only solid offer of up to speed PHP/MySQL assistance I've had has been from Burrell's DH. There's been intern discussion, and Gud's volunteered to help as his schedule allows.

Ha! See, I was right. Though I do think Gar has volunteered to help too.


Typo Boy - Sep 21, 2002 10:32:10 am PDT #138 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Yeah , but the problem is I do short term contracts right now. So I can't be reliable. I'm an unreliable source of occasional help for the future, though I haven't helped at present.


Typo Boy - Sep 21, 2002 10:38:57 am PDT #139 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

One thing though - the Zine thing would not cause a hurge labor increase. I mean, there is no coding involved, just plain Vanilla HTML. And I don't think we need a full fledge editor - more an accept/reject person - who could be a volunteer with zero coding skills.

But of course that does not eliminate the larger issue. One thing someone (Evil Jimi?) said in a joking tone, was that the developers might sell the code. Obviously that would have to wait until a future version. (OK, not obviously - but I suspect it would be better). But why not. ita and others just put a year of their lives into developing this. If they can find buyers, why shouldn't they get paid for their labor?