never.
peoples, not to tempt the fates or anything, but I am almost completly caught up with the paperwork on my desk.
Hands! Hands in new places!
Willow ,'Storyteller'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
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.
msbelle - Jul 17, 2009 11:05:08 am PDT #29700 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
megan walker - Jul 17, 2009 11:05:30 am PDT #29701 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Falls over.
tommyrot - Jul 17, 2009 11:33:58 am PDT #29702 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'd be really annoyed if this happened to me. Mad, even.
Amazon zaps purchased copies of Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm from Kindles
People who bought Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm for their Kindle were surprised to discover that it had disappeared from their devices overnight. It turns out the publisher changed its mind about offering an electronic version, and Amazon caved into their demand to sneak into people's electronic libraries and take back the book at the publisher's request.
From Pogue's Posts:
This is ugly for all kinds of reasons. Amazon says that this sort of thing is “rare,” but that it can happen at all is unsettling; we’ve been taught to believe that e-books are, you know, just like books, only better. Already, we’ve learned that they’re not really like books, in that once we’re finished reading them, we can’t resell or even donate them. But now we learn that all sales may not even be final.
As one of my readers noted, it’s like Barnes & Noble sneaking into our homes in the middle of the night, taking some books that we’ve been reading off our nightstands, and leaving us a check on the coffee table.
Kathy A - Jul 17, 2009 11:41:45 am PDT #29703 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
StuntHusband - Jul 17, 2009 11:42:57 am PDT #29704 of 30000
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
I'd be really annoyed if this happened to me. Mad, even.
My workplace, full of first-adopter technogeeks, is aflame with fury. I like paper books, so this will never happen to me - but I'm totally with you, tommyrot.
Mad, even.
Dana - Jul 17, 2009 11:45:21 am PDT #29705 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
-t - Jul 17, 2009 11:48:46 am PDT #29706 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The outer shell or the inner floaty things? (note, my hand is not really up. Mine arrived with one of the inner floaty things already broken)
Dana - Jul 17, 2009 11:50:52 am PDT #29707 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
The outer shell. The base, actually. It's cracked and leaking water. My only consolation is that we actually got it for free. But still, let's hope that's the only stupid thing I do today.
Gudanov - Jul 17, 2009 11:53:13 am PDT #29708 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
Amazon zaps purchased copies of Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm from Kindles
There's something ironic about that.
-t - Jul 17, 2009 11:53:22 am PDT #29709 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Bummer. But, yes, hope that's as bad as it gets.
I must admit, I would be tempted to try to fix it. Probably with duct tape.