I seems to me to be a fairly recent term. I wonder if it's related to that guy (Jewel?) who was a suspect in the Olympic bombing thing - his name was all over the press (they kinda' presumed him guilty) and it turned out he didn't do it and he sued a TV network and got a bunch of money.
Just tryin' a little spicy talk.
Tara ,'Get It Done'
Natter Five-O: Book 'Em, Danno.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Mar 12, 2007 4:47:39 am PDT #6506 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
shrift - Mar 12, 2007 4:47:47 am PDT #6507 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
And now you're wearing his entrails as a hat, right?
Moi?
I try not to do that at work. Makes it difficult to get references.
What I have acquired instead is an order from my supervisor Not To Open The Door, so I am going to drink my coffee and Buff Dive for a while, and listen to my iPod while people knock-knock-knock fruitlessly on the door.
Jesse - Mar 12, 2007 4:52:44 am PDT #6508 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Emily - Mar 12, 2007 4:54:13 am PDT #6509 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Is it freaky warm everywhere, or is the Weather Channel fucking with me?
Tom Scola - Mar 12, 2007 4:55:41 am PDT #6510 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
There can be pretty much any kind of weather in March, so I don't know how any of it can be categorized as "freaky".
tommyrot - Mar 12, 2007 4:56:36 am PDT #6511 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
From Jesse's link:
Normal Justice Department parlance for subjects of investigation includes "suspect," "subject" and "target." Each has specific meanings relevant to different levels of investigation.
...
“there is no ... formal definition for the term ‘person of interest’”
Huh. Maybe the police say that when they just want to be vague....
bon bon - Mar 12, 2007 4:56:57 am PDT #6512 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
60 Minutes had a whole thing last night about the named "person of interest" in the anthrax scare. It's common law enforcement CYA.
Strega - Mar 12, 2007 4:58:10 am PDT #6513 of 10001
(What is it you do, anyway?)My company does statistical research. I'm a research assistant, which basically means "Girl Friday." My primary skill is that I can communicate with programmers, since most of the project staff can't.
On this project, I mostly test the instrument and write training materials. Which is a shame, since I don't really like doing either of those things, and I don't think I'm particularly good at them. Plus these tasks are way below my grade level, so it's not like this will even be worth it at review time. Which is why I need to find a new job. Sigh.
Emily - Mar 12, 2007 4:59:05 am PDT #6514 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
There can be pretty much any kind of weather in March, so I don't know how any of it can be categorized as "freaky"
It's freaky if I say it is, dammit. To define my parameters (because I need to know this before I get dressed and leave): 20 degrees above last week?
Connie Neil - Mar 12, 2007 5:00:44 am PDT #6515 of 10001
brillig
My primary skill is that I can communicate with programmers, since most of the project staff can't.
A very useful skill. One of the quizzes on geekness rated it highly and had a funny example:
Boss: Tell them we need it Friday
You: Scotty, we need Warp Factor 9
Geek: Cap'n, ya canna change the laws o' physics!
You: He says it'll be tricky but they can do it.