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[Stephanie]

Those are all very different languages right?

[Kymela]

Yep. :D

[Edward]

My Internet Explorer broke. It won't load text, of all things. I find Chrome irritating, but it will have to for now.

[Stephanie]

That sucks.

[Edward]

It's also hilarious.

[Edward]

Because the first thing that's likely to fail is audio, followed by video and still graphics,. Text is the last things that should have trouble loading, but that is the only thing that screwed up here.

[Edward]

I don't see how that's relevant, but yeah. I can't afford a Mac and Papa's other O.S.s run strangely on my computer. We could probably fix it; we just don't care to.

[M]

There are crappier programs than those made by Microsoft. I’m not sure what they are, but I feel certain of it.

[Guy]

M, the giant corporate software, SAP, is perhaps second in perniciousness only to Microsoft Word.

Kggelen, what does Yarny give you?

[Karl Ivan]

Edward wrote: "I don't see how that's relevant, but yeah. I can't afford a Mac and Papa's other O.S.s run strangely on my computer. We could probably fix it; we just don't care to."

You shouldn't excuse yourself for not using Mac Edward I sold mine when I discovered that the RAM card I needed to update it cost four times more in a Mac shop then it did in a PC shop. There was a difference back in the 90ies but today PC are faster have more programs can run both Microsoft Linux and Mac operation systems and all programmers and gamers use PC. I buildt mine myself it cost me around 3000 kr if I wanted to have a Mac with the same specs it would cost me 60 000 kr Mac is a fashion statement.

[Edward]

All of which sound like very good reasons not to use Mac, but honestly I just don't want to relearn how to operate my computer. I can already access most of my computer's little tricks and everyday day operations, mostly with keyboard shortcuts. I don't want to spend money - even if I could afford it - to learn a completely different system.

[Kymela]

The only thing I liked about mac was the language bar was easier to use. That was it. As for their other products, I would rather have an ipod just cause I know how to use it.

[Edward]

I shouldn't have read an article called "The 6 Most Terrifying Examples of 'Rule 34'". Does anyone have any brain bleach?

[Edward]

A link would probably be best, though you should probably post it in your writing thread.

[Guy]

Kggelen, I tend towards lazy, and adding the link makes it easier like me and my ilk. Although I have been very busy with different things write now, and am not even keeping up with the reading the poems, let alone short stories.

[M]

Be patient, Kggelin. I finally figured out that people read my stories when they can’t get to sleep. Why take Sominex? In order to be useful to society, I’ve worked at perfecting my stories as a sleep aid. I’ve used my wife as a guinea pig. When she’s suffering a horrible bout of insomnia, one of my extra-strength stories can knock her out in five minutes.

[Edward]

Yep, his stories work great. Er ...

Well, actually, your stories (especially the less recent ones) often take a dream-like quality or sometimes remind me of wandering through the morning without fully waking up. I wouldn't be surprised if that prompted some sleep.

[M]

Jane is cracking up. I just read her #1886. Testimonials pour in! “I was sound asleep within three minutes . . .”

[Edward]

Well, it isn't an insult or even a criticism. I think I said that about someone else's writing ...

"A Farewell to Arms" was the book I applied that to. Someday I might finish that book.

Strangely, at a party last night one of my jokes was defended by someone that I don't particularly like. Everyone missed the joke the first time, so I had to repeat it which, as usual when repeating jokes, fell flat. My not-quite-nemesis told everyone off (his exact words were, "F you.") when they made fun of the poor execution because he heard it the first time.

I think that was more amusing than the actual joke.

[M]

A not-quite nemesis can be handy to have!

When somebody likes something or other that I’ve written, I’m happy about it, but I never know what to make of it. I don’t know what to make of the fact that somebody would read it.

I love to write. I’m not a reader, though. Reading bores me. My eyes soon glaze over. When I can’t sleep, I pick up a book and start reading. I’m usually asleep within minutes.

[Edward]

Most of my family reads so well that they stop seeing words and just see images, smell scents, hear sounds, and feel sensations in their mind. I do that frequently as well, but I also see the words and can almost feel word flow like wood when tracing my finger across a desk.

Curiously, this doesn't seem to be from being a "reading person." Papa and most of his family aren't big readers, but the same thing happens to them.

[Kyra]

M wrote: "A not-quite nemesis can be handy to have!

When somebody likes something or other that I’ve written, I’m happy about it, but I never know what to make of it. I don’t know what to make of the fact t..."

Are you kidding me??? I can't stop reading. Once I pick up a book, I am gone. Good luck pulling me out.
I still love writing, of course, but unfortunately, I lack the patience to sit at a computer and type away for hours on end. I usually end up just writing small scenes or novellas that interest me, and that I can finish before I forget I'm supposed to be writing it.

[Stephanie]

I love to type, I just enjoy the action for some reason. It's just so much fun to me.

[Kymela]

I can't stand typing unless it's short messages like this, which is one reason I rarely get a story in in time. I love writing by hand, though.

[M]

For me, writing a story is a different thing from typing it. If all there were to writing a story were typing it, I could post several stories a week.

[Edward]

I use to hate typing. Now it's just tool on my belt with no special affection or animosity.

[M]

There’s not much excitement in typing on a computer keyboard because it’s effortless. For real typing excitement, try banging out a story on one of those interesting machines from the days before the electrics. It’ll give your fingers a workout!

[Stephanie]

I bet it does.

[Kymela]

Why are all news articles written the same exact way? I went to like six different sites for three different stories and they were exactly the same. Same wording, paragraphs and everything. Isn't that usually considered plagiarism?

[Kymela]

I really hate having to conform to the school's way of writing a summary. Why do I have to add two quotations? Especially to an annotated bibliography? Why does the bibliography have to be so long, too? Most I've seen have only one to three sentences, usually very short.

[Kymela]

I'm in a bit of a ranting mood, aren't I? Doesn't help that I am really tired and couldn't do most of this sooner like I wanted. XP At least once this is done, I should have plenty of time for a story this week! :D

[Stephanie]

Quotations? What's the assignment?

[Kymela]

Right now, we just have to get the sources for our research paper and write an annotated bibliography. But we have to write the summaries just as we would any other summary-five to six sentences with two quotations integrated into it. It's highly annoying with the shorter articles. I can do it easily with the books. I wish I had grabbed that third book I found at the library. XP

[Stephanie]

Oh yeah, I remember having to do a paper like that. Why don't you just pick longer articles?

[Kymela]

I tried, but it's difficult to choose good ones when there are so many to choose from. I went to wikipaedia and all the way down to their bibliography and found over 300 sources that were cited just on the article about the debate. I also have two books I have to look, through and he wants ten sources. The rough draft is due by tonight. I really hate when I can't get ahead. XP I ended up not being able to do any of this until today.

[Stephanie]

What's your topic? Ten sources? Holy crap.

[Kymela]

Genetically modified food. I've only heard one side of the debate, so I wanted to research it myself.

[Stephanie]

Huh....that's interesting...I guess.

[M]

You’re up late, Alex!

Refuse to moo with the herd, Saira. Do something interesting and take the side of the reviled Monsanto company.

[Guy]

Saira, I don't know if you have the time, but if you can there is a great scene in the film The Corporation, in which two Fox reporters are offered a bribe to not run a story on Monsanto's Bovine Growth Hormone, (which now contaminates the US milk supply). The offered bribe lead the reporters to getting fired. They sued for wrongful dismissal, and won initially. Fox and the other networks got together and appealed, which ultimately went to the US Supreme (I think). At this court, the final arbitrator of what is true and just, the reporters lost. The reason cited by the judges was that there is nothing in law that made it illegal for news agencies to lie about the news.

That reminded me of the case of cattle men who were caught mixing cement in with their cattle's feed just before taking them to be slaughtered. Yes, it was morally reprehensible and socially wrong, but not illegal. And it helped them get their absolute best price.

[M]

But did it help cement their relations with their buyers?

[Edward]

M wrote: "But did it help cement their relations with their buyers?"

Ha ha. Probably not.

Well, if you buy a newspaper under the promise that it tells you what happens in the world and it isn't feeds you fiction isn't that false advertisement? This argument is harder with free versions of the news (like the internet), or types sold through other people (like cable).

[Edward]

Apparently a former cop and Navy reservist in California has declared war on the police. He's killed a former police captain's daughter, her fiance, and an officer on routine patrol. The worst of it is that the rest of the police have gotten so itchy that they've opened fire on cars that look like his without warning, killing, at least, a seventy-year-old lady.

[Stephanie]

Wow.

[M]

Those seventy-year-old ladies can be dangerous.

[M]

They’ll do it every time!

[Stephanie]

Lol.

[Kymela]

I ain't ever siding with Monsanto for the stupid things they do to farmers, but when it comes to looking at GM food, I'm willing to look at the science on both sides.

[Edward]

Drunk people are funny.

[Christa VG]

Speaking of being drunk.....not really :D

Got a question for y'alls. I am a chick who owns no chick flicks. None, zip, zero.....unless you count "The Princess bride". So in a desperate attempt to get somewhat chick like, which is freaking my brother out to no end, I am going to buy some. Any recommendations?