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I'm about to try upgrading nielsenhayden.com to Movable Type 3.121. Don't be surprised if weird things happen. (--Patrick) UPDATE, 2:37...

Here goes -- comment #1 from Avram

Sat, 06 Nov 2004 11:18:56 -0500

My pants just fell off!

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Posted November 6, 2004 11:18 AM by Avram

Here goes -- comment #2 from James D. Macdonald

Sat, 06 Nov 2004 11:44:44 -0500

Yours too?

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Posted November 6, 2004 11:44 AM by James D. Macdonald

Here goes -- comment #3 from Greg Ioannou

Sat, 06 Nov 2004 11:49:49 -0500

OK, who took my arm this time?

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Posted November 6, 2004 11:49 AM by Greg Ioannou

Here goes -- comment #4 from pericat

Sat, 06 Nov 2004 11:59:13 -0500

Two pairs of pants just appeared on my coffee table. Also part of a comment thread. Seems to be about grammar and Egyptian vases, though one of the comments contains an extraordinary number of obscure equations.

No arms, though.

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Posted November 6, 2004 11:59 AM by pericat

Here goes -- comment #5 from Jo Walton

Sat, 06 Nov 2004 14:58:30 -0500

How can you fit pants into those little raviolis?

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Posted November 6, 2004 2:58 PM by Jo Walton

Here goes -- comment #6 from mayakda

Sat, 06 Nov 2004 15:27:33 -0500

There was a flash of light and sudden sense of vertigo. Checked the news -- damn, he's still prez. I was hoping you'd upgraded us into the sane universe, but looks like we're still stuck in bizzaro world.

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Posted November 6, 2004 3:27 PM by mayakda

Here goes -- comment #7 from xeger

Sat, 06 Nov 2004 16:09:29 -0500

Hmmm. I've got a stack of arms here, but no comments. Anybody want to trade an arm for a comment?

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Posted November 6, 2004 4:09 PM by xeger

Here goes -- comment #8 from Stephan Zielinski

Sat, 06 Nov 2004 16:23:32 -0500

Hey! Dolphins are no smarter than dogs, interstellar travel is effectively impossible, there's no cure for cancer, there are no flying cars, people are starving all over the planet, broadcast power doesn't work, and everyone around me says they've never heard of Tesla and it's always been this way!

Change it back! Change it back! You madman, Helen Epsilon Radium and I were going to go in and register for a second offspring today-- and now I can't even find her!

Damn it! WHERE'S THE $#%!?ING SOMA?!

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Posted November 6, 2004 4:23 PM by Stephan Zielinski

Here goes -- comment #9 from Mark

Sat, 06 Nov 2004 16:54:19 -0500

So does that mean that the arms are being held as hostages for comments?

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Posted November 6, 2004 4:54 PM by Mark

Here goes -- comment #10 from Larry Brennan

Sat, 06 Nov 2004 16:55:52 -0500

There will be no arms for hostages!

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Posted November 6, 2004 4:55 PM by Larry Brennan

Here goes -- comment #11 from Mark

Sat, 06 Nov 2004 16:57:19 -0500

Armless hostages?!

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Posted November 6, 2004 4:57 PM by Mark

Here goes -- comment #12 from xeger

Sat, 06 Nov 2004 17:36:56 -0500

Wouldn't armless hostages be the embodiment of despair?

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Posted November 6, 2004 5:36 PM by xeger

Here goes -- comment #13 from Keith

Sat, 06 Nov 2004 18:35:38 -0500

I think armed hostages would be far more desperate, myself.

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Posted November 6, 2004 6:35 PM by Keith

Here goes -- comment #14 from Tom Whitmore

Sat, 06 Nov 2004 18:58:46 -0500

Is there any way you could recover the comment that I tried to post that provided a free source of usable energy with no environmental side-effects? It's similar to the Gaudeamus Effect, I think.

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Posted November 6, 2004 6:58 PM by Tom Whitmore

Here goes -- comment #15 from Greg Ioannou

Sat, 06 Nov 2004 19:10:44 -0500

Hey -- I pressed F11 twice and my arm came back!

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Posted November 6, 2004 7:10 PM by Greg Ioannou

Here goes -- comment #16 from James D. Macdonald

Sat, 06 Nov 2004 19:19:29 -0500

So, what does Movable Type 3.121 do for you that, say, Fixed Font 2.971 doesn't do?

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Posted November 6, 2004 7:19 PM by James D. Macdonald

Here goes -- comment #17 from Patrick Nielsen Hayden

Sat, 06 Nov 2004 19:35:04 -0500

Best feature: a hugely improved MT-Blacklist, thoroughly integrated into the main interface. Would have saved a ton of time dealing with the spam attacks of the last couple of weeks.

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Posted November 6, 2004 7:35 PM by Patrick Nielsen Hayden

Here goes -- comment #18 from Christopher Davis

Sat, 06 Nov 2004 22:39:13 -0500

I was just preparing to type a comment when an armless statue appeared.

Look! It's the Winged Victory of Samothrace! And it's wearing Avram's pants!

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Posted November 6, 2004 10:39 PM by Christopher Davis

Here goes -- comment #19 from xeger

Sat, 06 Nov 2004 23:09:35 -0500

How can you tell that they're Avram's pants? Are there ants?

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Posted November 6, 2004 11:09 PM by xeger

Here goes -- comment #20 from Christopher Davis

Sun, 07 Nov 2004 00:03:22 -0500

Well, they could be Yog's; I didn't look for anyone's name sewn in to the waistband. And how that elephant got into my pajamas I'll never know.

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Posted November 7, 2004 12:03 AM by Christopher Davis

Here goes -- comment #21 from Stefan Jones

Sun, 07 Nov 2004 00:47:46 -0500

What are these 'pants' of which you speak?

And who has removed the key from my keyboard? How am I going to spell Ghi po or Rhiul kee without the key?

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Posted November 7, 2004 12:47 AM by Stefan Jones

Here goes -- comment #22 from xeger

Sun, 07 Nov 2004 01:04:12 -0500

The elephant does look positively fetching in that neglige, but the fuzzy cthulhu slippers quite break the mood.

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Posted November 7, 2004 1:04 AM by xeger

Here goes -- comment #23 from Teresa Nielsen Hayden

Sun, 07 Nov 2004 06:07:14 -0500

Hola! An Indian-head nickel!

If those pants have four or five cargo pockets per side, full of CPR masks, disposable nitrile gloves, emergency airways, and large folding knives, they aren't Avram's.

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Posted November 7, 2004 6:07 AM by Teresa Nielsen Hayden

Here goes -- comment #24 from xeger

Sun, 07 Nov 2004 11:10:55 -0500

TNH writes:

If those pants have four or five cargo pockets per side, full of CPR masks, disposable nitrile gloves, emergency airways, and large folding knives, they aren't Avram's.

Oooh! Those would have been more fun than a pile of arms! Go, go gadget pants!

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Posted November 7, 2004 11:10 AM by xeger

Here goes -- comment #25 from Mark

Sun, 07 Nov 2004 12:06:21 -0500

Go, go gadget arms!

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Posted November 7, 2004 12:06 PM by Mark

Here goes -- comment #26 from Harry Connolly

Sun, 07 Nov 2004 12:18:09 -0500

Go, go gadget pants!

Finally! A reference in these threads that I recognize!

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Posted November 7, 2004 12:18 PM by Harry Connolly