Eight = "Ate"! It's a very dumb joke, but it's meaningful.
None of it means a damn thing.
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Michele T. - Nov 25, 2002 3:30:43 pm PST #868 of 10001
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
§ ita § - Nov 25, 2002 3:32:56 pm PST #869 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I mean the number eight was in no way meaningful in the sentence. Much like twice is there to trigger two, but not to actually refer to the twiceness of Buffy's death, thereby implying three Buffys which is a whole lot of meaning right there.
DXMachina - Nov 25, 2002 5:08:32 pm PST #870 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Huh, my e-mail program decided that my "WELCOME to somervillains@buffistas.org" e-mail message was possible spam. Heads up to anyone else who signs up to the list.
§ ita § - Nov 25, 2002 5:10:33 pm PST #871 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Which e-mail program is that?
DXMachina - Nov 25, 2002 5:25:26 pm PST #872 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Pocomail 2.6. Not a mainstream program by any means, but most everything else that gets put into the spam box is spam.
Kat - Nov 25, 2002 6:01:47 pm PST #873 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
ita, could we move the LAista list?
Typo Boy - Nov 25, 2002 8:29:50 pm PST #874 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.
I think having an e-mail address in the title may be part of why it thinks it is spam. Also the all caps "WELCOME".
DXMachina - Nov 25, 2002 8:41:53 pm PST #875 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Actually, in poking around the junk mail filter, the list of words that it uses as indicators of spam includes the phrase "TO UNSUBSCRIBE", which appears at least a couple of times in the welcome message. That may be what put it over the top.
§ ita § - Nov 25, 2002 9:36:56 pm PST #876 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Kat, I'm going to wait on some answers back from tech support, and then I'll fire it off.
§ ita § - Nov 26, 2002 11:51:25 am PST #877 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
admins(at)buffistas.org just got its first spam.
Which pretty much has to mean the site's been harvested for e-mail addresses. Profiles are protected, but here's a warning against putting them in posts.
And while I'm here, anyone want a loan beyond your wildest imagination? I can hook you up.