Voted a week ago, paper ballot, walk in, no waiting.
The killingz waiting now, oh, I haz it.
I've known Scraps since he wrote me my first fan letter. He was nineteen so that's a quarter century ago. And the story really didn't =deserve= a fan letter, but I was very grateful he sent it.
What a fall we're having. Next one to visit him, send my love.
My full quote, which I gave Patrick permission to truncate (as other blurbers had covered that ground) was:
I can talk about /Little Brother/ in terms of its bravura political speculation or its brilliant uses of technology--each of which make this book a must-read--but, at the end of it all, I'm haunted by the universality of Marcus's rite-of-passage and struggle, an experience any teen today is going to grasp: the moment when you choose what your life will mean and how to achieve it.
I recently purchased a second brand-new Linksys WRT54G (v8). Whoever said that you couldn't put dd-wrt firmware on the newer models is wrong. The micro version works very well and all versions of the router (4 mb flash or 2 mb flash are covered). This second wrt54g is set up as a repeater of my primary wireless network, extending range out to my backyard office.
This functionality isn't available on the stock firmware. It will come in very handy at VP since we can put it in the front of the meeting rooms within range of an upstairs ap and cover the basement.
Author warns others of scam
By Tiffany S. Jones
Staff Writer
"The only thing I'm being guilty of is being stupid and naïve," she said.
And don't forget stupid. (I know, but really, the amount of stupid here is not sufficiently expressed by a single repetition.)
[glyph of open jawness]
Now, more than ever, you will believe. A Train. Can. Wreck.
(In stoooooopid-rama. Sound by Stunnedacoustics.)
Interesting points made here.
I'd like to point out that Cory has never said people shouldn't control the rights to their own works. He is a proponent of releasing works under creative commons as a means of self-promotion but he has never said that anyone should =have= to do this.
Oddly enough, this position is attributed to him time-and-time again.
Scalzi has a nicely balanced post on this whole thing that I can really get behind.
126 (joyce) b.) what does it take to initiate a Serious Recall of this person?
see 118 (section 1)
ARTICLE VIII
Removal of Officers
Section 1. Any officer other than the President shall be required to resign if the President calls for the officer's resignation and two-thirds of the officers other than the officer concerned so vote. In such event, the President will appoint a replacement for the remainder of the resigned officer's term.
Section 2. The President shall be required to resign if two-thirds of the voting officers so vote, the President and Vice-President abstaining. In such event, the office of the President shall be filled by special election, unless such vacancy occurs within five months preceding a regular election, in which case the Vice-President shall perform the duties of the President until the next regular election.
Section 3. An officer so removed shall be reinstated if, within the time remaining on his or her term of office, he or she presents to the President or Secretary a petition for his or her reinstatement signed by two-thirds of the active membership. The responsibility for circulating the petition shall lie entirely with the removed officer. Publication of the petition within the Forum may not be denied.
Section 4. The President shall be required to resign without appeal if two-thirds of the active membership signs a petition to that effect. Publication of the petition within the Forum may not be denied.
I think he's the worst president ever. Ever. Ever.
Did I mention he's not a good president?
Mitch, I couldn't do it the way Jim or you can--I'd have to start over again.
Or even write a different book first, before going back to rewrite the change-in-mid-stream book.
No advice is so good that it isn't wrong for some writer.
Charlie Stross: What does "over easy" mean in the context of eggs?
Egg flipped over (cooked on both sides) but the yolk still liquid.
(oops. hit the back key on a dormant browser and accidentally reposted.)
I'm wondering if you can simply use Microsoft Word's word count but ignore the words. Instead look down at the line that says "character count including spaces". Divide by six.
Haven't tested this.
I'm wondering if you can simply use Microsoft Word's word count but ignore the words. Instead look down at the line that says "character count including spaces". Divide by six.
Haven't tested this.
Word really is counting words. But it doesn't care how long or short they are and it has nothing to do with column inches.
Your other choice is to use 6 inch lines with a fixed-space font (10 character per inch) and 25 lines per page.
4 pages = 1000 words
When my editor is looking at a completed manuscript, she's judging things like how many 16 page signatures the book will need at a decent font size and whether the price will have to be bumped. Fortunately for me, I already sold the book, but this sort of thing can determine whether or not they'll buy the book in the first place.
No matter what you put on the front page (114,000 words) they're still going to do this kind of count. The only exception I can think of is electronic publication. Cypberspace pages manufactured from the finest virtual pulp are pretty cheap.
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