Must go to bed now! My tiredness is making my linkys wonky!
Zoe: Captain will come up with a plan. Kaylee: That's good. Right? Zoe: Possibly you're not recalling some of his previous plans.
'Safe'
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
Sophia Brooks - Feb 25, 2003 11:16:20 pm PST #5596 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
§ ita § - Feb 25, 2003 11:17:03 pm PST #5597 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
there is the implication of "it's broken" by having the vote if there isn't much discussion to the contrary.
Of course there's an implication of "it's broken". The vote is to see if the implication can stand to be made explicit, or not.
It seems harmless enough, since it's only a decision to find out if the people chattering represent a minority or not.
And no, even if I think it's important, I bail if it goes on too long, or comes around too often. Because, really, it stops being worth it, when you tally time and effort and sometimes blood pressure.
I only have so much to give here.
Jon B. - Feb 25, 2003 11:17:50 pm PST #5598 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
David -- I changed the text near the top of the form. Hopefully, it's now more clear. And now, like Sophia, I gone.
DavidS - Feb 25, 2003 11:21:56 pm PST #5599 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
My ballot has been submitted.
Particular thanks to Cindy for rounding up the cats, Sophia for tracking everything and Jon for putting up the form.
However the vote goes I'm happy with the hard work that got us to this point.
bon bon - Feb 25, 2003 11:23:34 pm PST #5600 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
And no, even if I think it's important, I bail if it goes on too long, or comes around too often. Because, really, it stops being worth it, when you tally time and effort and sometimes blood pressure.
I only have so much to give here.
Nuisance value rises while benefit remains the same.
For my part, I hope a standardized process will ameliorate some of the fractiousness that decision-making has resulted in lately. I know it's occasionally made me short-tempered and discourteous. I like the vote to indicate true finality.
Kristen - Feb 25, 2003 11:23:58 pm PST #5601 of 10001
ita is me. Only more dangerous.
Trudy Booth - Feb 25, 2003 11:25:31 pm PST #5602 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Of course there's an implication of "it's broken". The vote is to see if the implication can stand to be made explicit, or not.
Fair enough. I just want to give another side.
I only have so much to give here.
And that is more than fair.
DavidS - Feb 25, 2003 11:36:33 pm PST #5603 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
For my part, I hope a standardized process will ameliorate some of the fractiousness that decision-making has resulted in lately. I know it's occasionally made me short-tempered and discourteous. I like the vote to indicate true finality.
Me too.
DavidS - Feb 25, 2003 11:40:23 pm PST #5604 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
John H - Feb 26, 2003 12:38:02 am PST #5605 of 10001
Popping back in to say that this sentence:
voting starts tonight at midnight board time, and runs through the end of Friday
started out really well. But it ended really badly -- how about
voting starts tonight at midnight board time, and runs through to midnight Friday 28th, board time.
I'm really not kidding about not being able to figure this stuff out without specifics. In fact perhaps it would be better to say
voting starts tonight at midnight board time, and runs through to 11:59 PM Friday 28th, board time.
in order to get rid of any possible confusion about what "midnight" means.
Also to say that we're taking this so seriously that nobody's even fretting about the correct plural of "Quorum"? Not to mention the hours of fun inherent in the word Quorage?