See, people mock the emoticons, but I think they have their uses.
Edit: Can someone come up with an emoticon that says "You need a serial comma there"?
What? She killed 'em with mathematics. What else could it have been?
Jayne ,'Objects In Space'
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
Dana - Mar 12, 2003 3:31:21 pm PST #7308 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
P.M. Marc - Mar 12, 2003 3:33:11 pm PST #7309 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
See, people mock the emoticons, but I think they have their uses.
True, dat.
Sean K - Mar 12, 2003 3:33:32 pm PST #7310 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
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Hmmm... Maybe not.
Wolfram - Mar 12, 2003 3:34:33 pm PST #7311 of 10001
Visilurking
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John H - Mar 12, 2003 3:40:13 pm PST #7312 of 10001
voting being first mooted by Jesse
Um, what's that mean?
Sorry Jesse, I realise now that looks a bit weird.
What I mean to say was that I took my starting point from a more or less arbitrary point, but it was the point at which you said "I don't mind appearing authoritarian myself: I propose such-and-such".
That wasn't the point voting came up, of course, but it was the point voting started to be discussed in detail and here as opposed to WX.
John H - Mar 12, 2003 3:57:46 pm PST #7313 of 10001
Update: my arbitrary starting point for the above stats was Jesse "Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier" Feb 24, 2003 9:54:26 am EST -- and my equally abitrary end point was DavidS "Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier" Mar 6, 2003 12:10:47 pm EST -- I hope that makes sense to people.
But I read the whole thing, all 1908 posts, twice over.
More stats, I hear you cry?
Total words: 137,114
Gangs of Arbitrary Number:
- 50% of the posts came from nine posters (at Hec's name above) according to my stats
- 75% came from 20 posters (see Rebecca Lizard and above)
- 90% came from 36 posters (Aimeé and above) and
- 99% came from the top 67 Bureacratistas (KevinK and above)
Someone should be asking "did you screen out taglines?" I did. Then I noticed that Sophia and some others didn't have taglines. Freaks. So I'd been ignoring the first lines of their posts, so I had to do it again.
Percentages and breakpoints derived from putting the above into Excel.
Laura - Mar 12, 2003 4:27:55 pm PST #7314 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Gee, I never came in 22nd in the porn counts. I think I need to change my ways.
Jesse - Mar 12, 2003 4:50:03 pm PST #7315 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
You're amazing, John.
Next time, I shall endevour to insert a :P when sticking my tongue out at someone.
Or just, you know, make it clear at whom you are sticking your tongue out. Or something. OK.
brenda m - Mar 12, 2003 5:23:22 pm PST #7316 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
Honestly, all Go14 jokes aside, by my count there were 37 people with at least 10 posts on the subject. And more than half of those who turned out to vote had at least something to say. That's not so bad, really.
P.M. Marc - Mar 12, 2003 5:28:30 pm PST #7317 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
Or just, you know, make it clear at whom you are sticking your tongue out. Or something. OK.
Honestly, I thought the "so there." was enough to mark it as tongue-in-cheek. Perhaps adding a neener.