You must love a lot of men. I don't think I've ever met one who wouldn't.
Mal: Go on. Get in there. Give your brother a thrashing for messing up your plan. River: He takes so much looking after.
'Objects In Space'
F2F 2: Is there anybody here that hasn't slept together?
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon: New Orleans! May 20-22, 2005!
Topic!Cindy - Sep 01, 2004 4:08:34 pm PDT #8623 of 9999
What is even happening?
Hil R. - Sep 01, 2004 4:12:40 pm PDT #8624 of 9999
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Oh! I totally forgot the other cool thing we found at the museum -- pigeon-guided missiles! Skinner actually got funding to develope them. He trained pigeons to peck at certain parts of maps, and then these were designed with three pigeons inside, with little harnesses attached to the pigeons' heads, and there were wires that would measure where the pigeons were pecking and guide the missile based on that. Eventually, the army cut off funding, because they decided it was impractical.
SailAweigh - Sep 01, 2004 4:38:14 pm PDT #8625 of 9999
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Darn! They could have called them the BCPMs. Behavorant-conditioned Pigeon Missiles. What the world will never know, alas.
Rick - Sep 01, 2004 6:28:25 pm PDT #8626 of 9999
Eventually, the army cut off funding, because they decided it was impractical.
Skinner showed that it was practical (for bombs, at least, during WWII, I don't know about missiles). It was more like this: if you invest in a new electronic bomb sight, and it doesn't work, it's too bad, you try the next thing; If you invest in Skinner's pigeon idea and it doesn't work you are the laughingstock of the whole country. No one in the Army had the guts to try it.
Allyson - Sep 02, 2004 6:28:47 am PDT #8627 of 9999
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Nilly landed safely at home.
Polter-Cow - Sep 02, 2004 6:29:45 am PDT #8628 of 9999
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Thanks for letting us know, Allyson.
Nora Deirdre - Sep 02, 2004 6:30:35 am PDT #8629 of 9999
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I was thinking about her when I got up in the middle of the night. Glad she's home safely. Can't wait to see her on the board again!
Lilty Cash - Sep 02, 2004 6:31:10 am PDT #8630 of 9999
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Oh, good. Thank you, Allyson.
Fred Pete - Sep 02, 2004 6:34:16 am PDT #8631 of 9999
Ann, that's a ferret.
Thanks for the word, Allyson.
Ginger - Sep 02, 2004 6:35:54 am PDT #8632 of 9999
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Thanks, Allyson. And thanks again for all your work organizing this.