There are LOTS of crackpotty "archaeologists." They believe in things like Pyramids built by aliens, and Atlantis, and stuff. (Note: they mostly lack actual academic credentials - if they have a "Dr." it tends to be like "Dr. Laura," who IIRC is a doctor of, like, cleaning products as opposed to psychology or medicine.)
We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.
Mal ,'Serenity'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
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.
flea - Oct 21, 2011 11:47:06 am PDT #2681 of 30001
information libertarian
Tom Scola - Oct 21, 2011 11:49:28 am PDT #2682 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Amy - Oct 21, 2011 11:50:52 am PDT #2683 of 30001
Because books.
Every field has its crazy, I guess.
§ ita § - Oct 21, 2011 11:50:58 am PDT #2684 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
They're lots of crackpotty people. I'd be surprised to see linguists being any crazier than anyone else, but whatever.
That sounds less like a communications problem (which implies some kind of interference on both sides of the communication) and more like the coworker is being untruthful.
No, he cops to it if I ask it differently. I am willing to say the problem is entirely on his end, you just have to phrase questions so "yes" or something similarly simple and affirmative is not a valid answer. Or you'll get it. Always.
§ ita § - Oct 21, 2011 11:52:29 am PDT #2685 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, apparently the corpse is on the front page of gawker.
Toddson - Oct 21, 2011 11:55:29 am PDT #2686 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Took me a moment ... I thought, briefly, the corpse in question was the (or an) annoying co-worker.
Amy - Oct 21, 2011 11:59:04 am PDT #2687 of 30001
Because books.
In other news, Elmo and Elvis Costello.
Steph L. - Oct 21, 2011 12:15:10 pm PDT #2688 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Oh, apparently the corpse is on the front page of gawker.
Is this because we didn't get to see Bin Laden's corpse? So we're going overboard with the dead!Khadafy dealie? ("We" = "way too much of humanity," NOT "Buffistas.")
§ ita § - Oct 21, 2011 12:27:51 pm PDT #2689 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Okay, dude #1, I said that parameter was the CLIENT IP address. And the one in the gateway settings was the SERVER IP address. Stop conflating them.
Dude #2 (or dudette), I know you're new on the project, but you are seriously asking me the name of the company we're integrating with? It's the same as *name* of the project. It's every fifth word out of everyone's mouth. Some questions you do research on yourself, instead of asking them out loud.
Okay, whew, back to cutting and pasting from MX records.
askye - Oct 21, 2011 12:30:04 pm PDT #2690 of 30001
Thrive to spite them
I was stuck in the airport yesterday where CNN first broke the news and they kept showing the cell phone footage of his body on a loop. With the anchors pretty much trying to find new ways of saying there was footage, he was dead, but it was unconfirmed and oh look there's raw footage.