Well, don't mind me too much, because I suspect I'm not as rational as I normally am (various life things are upsetting me, and that may be carrying over). By all means, we're not affiliated with ME, and we should be saying that.
Captain was looking for a pilot. I found a husband. Seemed to work out.
Zoe ,'Bushwhacked'
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
Am-Chau Yarkona - Jan 04, 2003 11:03:12 am PST #2656 of 10001
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
scrappy - Jan 04, 2003 11:15:09 am PST #2657 of 10001
Nobody
I don't *mind* you, Am-Chau, but I like you an awful lot. I hope that's okay.
Burrell - Jan 04, 2003 11:27:58 am PST #2658 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Do we need a FAQ for DNFtEC? I saw that on TT first & assumed it was a widely used acronym. Perhaps I'm wrong.
§ ita § - Jan 04, 2003 11:30:39 am PST #2659 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The question's been popping up, so although it's standard, it can't hurt.
Darrien - Jan 04, 2003 12:11:21 pm PST #2660 of 10001
Bored now. Can I play with the puppy?
A couple of people mentioned asking a question and 300 posts getting in between it and the answer - I don't think that's really a good description of the flow of Natter.
Then, from Laura:
I think that's me, and it's not what I meant. What I was referring to was starting a conversation and not being able to follow it because there are 300 posts between the time I started it and the next time I come to the site.
Actually, it was me that put that, but I think I was sharing Laura's brain, or she was channelling me, or something.
Disclaimers are almost always a good idea. I say: Go Forth and Dislaim Ye Officiall-y Goodness
Noumenon - Jan 04, 2003 12:27:20 pm PST #2661 of 10001
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
But what does DNFtEC mean? Is it like a trouble with Tribbles reference?
Betsy HP - Jan 04, 2003 12:29:03 pm PST #2662 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I think it's from GEnie days.
Burrell - Jan 04, 2003 12:32:58 pm PST #2663 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
But what does DNFtEC mean?
Do Not Feed the Energy Creature
Noumenon - Jan 04, 2003 12:43:13 pm PST #2664 of 10001
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
Man, we live in a world where we can trace the origin of the first smiley, it's pretty sorry that the Google search for GEnie DNFtEC is only two entries. And neither of them know anything about its origins.
Beverly - Jan 04, 2003 12:50:17 pm PST #2665 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Energy Creatures are not interested in contributing to a community or a conversation, they are only present to suck energy from. This is how they exist, by sucking the energy out of a room or a board. Thus, if you Do Not Feed the Energy Creature, it will die of malnutrition and go away. In theory.
eta: I think the original reference was to an episode of the original Outer Limits, in which a creature from the fourth dimension, pure energy, slipped into this dimension. It fed on any sort of energy, electrical, biological, etc., killing wherever it touched. Scientists discovered the only way to stop it was by suspending it in a vacuum, where it could not feed, and either died, or slipped back into its own dimension.