I worked in an iSold It store for about six months, during my last semester in undergrad. I was the customer service wench responsible for checking items in.
I had bridesmaids, brides, mothers of the bride, all coming in with horrible stories, tales of lawsuits and threats of violence, tears, shouting... there was one family we hesitated to list for at all, in case their stories *werne't* exaggeration. We had one would-be bride who was a size two, and the dress wouldn't fit into our dress form. She had to come into the store and put the dress on for us to photograph, and she cried the whole time, while her dad stood on the side and handed out tissues.
None of those people came even close to recouping all they'd laid out, and that always made it worse.
I hated that part of that job. It was one of many reasons I wasn't at all sorry to leave.
83 posts and not one reference to Godwin yet? Wow. Slacking. ;)
And for the true flavor, all of the above should be badly spelled/capitalized, of course.
Michael @ #11: Thank you for that link. I, too, found that moving to read. If you excuse me, I'll be in the powder room repairing my mascara now.
I feel very bad for the families of those Coast Guard Academy graduates, who thought they were celebrating their graduates' achievements. No such luck, folks... Surprise! You're on Candid Propaganda!
Patrick #31 --
The Options tab under autoformatting should let you deselect the rest of the dross, and allow just the italicizing.
You can turn on auto formatting this way: Format > Auto Format > Options, but it is set up so that asterisks are *bold* and underlines are _italics_.
Performing global replace of "*" with "_", and then running automatic formatting would eliminate the need to mess around with the formatting options in find/replace.
Sara in #3:
To respectfully counter your points:
1. The two planes that were hijacked took off from Logan. The terrorists entered into the air transportation system in Maine. Perhaps Boston should, from now on, prevent any flights from Maine from landing at Logan?
2. I would expect that any object, regardless of decoration, taped underneath a bridge, should provoke a different response than one placed in plain sight that is obviously meant to be seen.
I have no problem with taking all due caution. I'm a New Yorker; twice a day I ride a train in a tunnel beneath the East River. But I would expect, as soon as the lack of an immediate threat is established, that the authorities step back and examine the situation critically, instead of leaping to further and more dramatic conclusions.
Wow, and just a few days after I joined the ranks of SLers-who-try-it-out-and-never-go-back -- I finally gave in and uninstalled the spacehog off my computer. My timing is excellent.
That being said? I really want a teeshirt from this guy now. The fact that he is now "licensed" just makes it all the better.
Jim, as the daughter of a lifelong volunteer fire fighter/arson detective, thank you.
Another note to everyone reading this: if you recharge any electronic equipment (and who doesn't), make sure your phone/mp3 player/laptop/whatever is on a solid surface and that it has plenty of airflow around it. You'd be amazed at the number of people who burn down their bedrooms because they accidentally made their plugged-in cell phone *into* the bed, or put a basket of laundry on top of a laptop, for example.
Sara:
Two points, in response.
Point one: The terms of service were never changed.
The FAQ was expanded to clarify matters. There were no alterations made to the Terms of Service, and I find the misrepresentation of that fact by so many parties (knowingly or not) to be very, very telling.
Point two: The very first paragraph of the ToS is, and I quote:
LiveJournal, Inc., dba LiveJournal.com, ("LiveJournal") provides the following service to you, subject to these Terms of Service ("TOS"), which may be updated periodically without prior notice. You can review the current version of the TOS at: http://www.livejournal.com/legal/tos.bml. Failure to comply with these TOS may result in account revocation.
As annoying as that might be? Every LJ user has agreed to those terms. That is the very first paragraph. They are not hiding it, and it's a rather standard inclusion. It's not LJ's fault if people do not bother to review contracts before they agree to them.
Regarding suspensions: In any civil contract, there are rules. People have a choice to either abide by them or not - regardless of whether they agree with them. Some people may choose to exercise civil disobedience and break the rules in order to make a point; they still need to face the consequence. While the LJ Boob wank is hardly the civil rights protests of the 1960s (except in the minds of a militant few), the analogy still stands - you either obey the rules as they are now, or you face the penalty for them. The penalty for not changing a default icon is suspension. The rule hasn't yet changed and it would be more capricious for LJ to "ignore" it while people are upset than it would be for them to continue enforcing the policy. And go ahead and ask the question regarding whether you want LJ's cadre of volunteers drawing the line between art & porn - though a number of others have already done so.
Actually, LJ never touched their Terms of Service. The *FAQ* was updated to clarify things when it became obvious there was confusion. Curious how wide that misinformation has spread.
Lurker cheering from Midtown East, on a block that pretty well reflects exactly what you've described. If any of these rural wimps wants to come take the tour I'll be more than happy to point them to the taqueria across the street.
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