Aaand it's going to completely miss us. And I've committed to other things. Meh.
Do you see any goats around? No, because I sacrificed them.
Willow ,'Showtime'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Apr 21, 2017 12:41:44 pm PDT #10192 of 30002
-t - Apr 21, 2017 1:25:18 pm PDT #10193 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Bummer, sarameg!
Zenkitty - Apr 21, 2017 1:52:19 pm PDT #10194 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Steph, that's for sure some micromanaging bullshit. You shouldn't have to get permission or alert anyone to edit to style.
Steph L. - Apr 21, 2017 2:08:32 pm PDT #10195 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
The EIC of the otolaryngology journal sent an email about 6 months ago, using lots of all-caps and bold font (and possibly even highlighted font) saying that if ANY editor asked an author to provide P values, he wanted to be alerted IMMEDIATELY. (Apparently P values aren't as important as the hard data, which I understand, but the clear implication is that if any of the peon editors are stupid enough to ask for them, heads will roll.)
I'm glad that I never have to meet these EICs, because overall they come across like giant dicks. (The EIC of the dermatology is famous for loathing the freelance staff -- JUST the freelance staff -- and no one will tell me why. But the one time I had an email exchange with her, it was quite pleasant. Maybe she didn't realize I was a freelancer.)
Sparky1 - Apr 21, 2017 2:09:30 pm PDT #10196 of 30002
Librarian Warlord
We had some 1-inch sized hail here, and briefly lost power. Long enough for all the clocks to go wonky, but short enough that it took me longer to reset the clocks than the actual outage.
I am the editor of a journal and I have to look things up in our style manual all the dang time.
flea - Apr 21, 2017 2:24:37 pm PDT #10197 of 30002
information libertarian
Casper is en route to the Jr. High Twilight Ball. She went with 5 friends (in 2 cars), all girls, all of whom were in short girly dresses. She is wearing a blazer and pants and just seemed so not confident and I am going to worry about her all night.
-t - Apr 21, 2017 2:36:49 pm PDT #10198 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Aw, Casper. I hope she has a good time.
ETA: Excel just crashed on me. I think I will take it as a sign to just go home already.
Amy - Apr 21, 2017 2:42:19 pm PDT #10199 of 30002
Because books.
You go, Casper! I hope she has loads of fun.
Tep, what's a P value?
Steph L. - Apr 21, 2017 2:59:42 pm PDT #10200 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Tep, what's a P value?
It's a value that indicates whether the probability of a given hypothesis is true.
Scrappy - Apr 21, 2017 3:17:52 pm PDT #10201 of 30002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
The p value of me finding Chris Evans hot is ONE ZILLION PERCENT.