Spike: I'm not a monster. Xander: Yes! You are a monster. Vampires are monsters! They make monster movies about them! Spike: Well, yeah. Got me there.

'Dirty Girls'


Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet  

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.


Beverly - Apr 03, 2013 11:50:00 am PDT #17085 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

That is unconscionable, but not surprising. Flying cars. Who's on that?

Happy Birthday, Tom, and I second the wish for you having something as wonderful as a Scola Smile.

Good for you Burrell. I kind of wish you could coast on your laurels, at least for a little bit.

(Hands msbelle a cudgel. Ducks out of the way)


Amy - Apr 03, 2013 11:59:10 am PDT #17086 of 30001
Because books.

I want to see police pushing back, too. What an incredible waste of time and resources.


§ ita § - Apr 03, 2013 12:17:28 pm PDT #17087 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

We're troubleshooting an issue, and we've determined that the servers that need to communicate over port 80 can't. Tested two different ways. I asked the developer to test this Monday, but that's neither here or there.

I know that the infrastructure team runs the same tests we did, because I've asked them for sooper sekrit powers. But only the network admins offsite have those. I've been told not to ask them, because it takes a long time. Not even to walk over and tell the liaison this is important. Instead we're not doing anything, because we seem to need infrastructure to tell us to our face they can't do anything else? I'm not sure.

But my head is killing me enough that I wouldn't even drive home, just sleep for a while.


le nubian - Apr 03, 2013 12:18:20 pm PDT #17088 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

United needs to offer them apology and thousands of dollars in travel vouchers on another airline.


Consuela - Apr 03, 2013 12:20:24 pm PDT #17089 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

United needs to offer them apology and thousands of dollars in travel vouchers on another airline.

I find it unlikely that United will apologize, because that would involve admitting fault, and they clearly have no intention of doing so. Frankly, I had no idea that the captain had UNLIMITED discretion on an airplane. Aren't there guidelines?


msbelle - Apr 03, 2013 12:24:51 pm PDT #17090 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Howdy.

Today's new discovery in the absurdity of this mess and yet more proof that the decision to fire me has already been made, and possibly an end date selected...one of the items with which "there continues to be errors and inaccuracies made" is something that has not been part of my job FOR 8 MONTHS!!!!


Consuela - Apr 03, 2013 12:27:44 pm PDT #17091 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

one of the items with which "there continues to be errors and inaccuracies made" is something that has not been part of my job FOR 8 MONTHS!!!!

Oh, do point that out, msbelle. Do you have the memo or email in which it was removed from your position? (I see no reason to make this easy for them: they're assholes and deserve to have it shown.)


msbelle - Apr 03, 2013 12:28:25 pm PDT #17092 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

why yes, YES I DO.

steaming piles of poo. This is so clearly a done deal.


SuziQ - Apr 03, 2013 12:31:18 pm PDT #17093 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

For your convenience, msbelle.


-t - Apr 03, 2013 12:33:57 pm PDT #17094 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Gah, msbelle! At least you know you aren't paranoid?

Flying cars. Who's on that?

Oh, hey I heard something about - they said not to call them flying cars, they are more like planes you can drive? I wish I could remember more about that or even where I heard it. It sounded nifty. Still in prototype stage, I want to say, but the prototype flies and drives and fits in big garages and fills up at the gas station, so, someone is on it, is I guess my point.