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Fuck you I won't do what you tell me

posted by [personal profile] purplerabbits at 10:15am on 30/07/2003
This legal document on the F-word is fucking impressive. I advise you to read the whole thing, if you can, although the legal document itself is annoyingly scanned as an image.

Can someone point me to the stick figure pictures with the strange, whimsical one liners? I seem to have lost my bookmarks.

Dino-birds were interesting, but probably not three quids worth of interesting. Baked potato with veggie haggis is good, though, as is early black and white Avengers. (Although I did try to persuade Nik to watch something more surround sound-y, Avengers being aggressively mono.)

I was going to go to Pavlos' flat last night, but then I just passed out. Yes, apparently it is possible to sleep through jazz - though it gives you strange dreams. I blame the haggis, which was filling.

There are definitely definitely too many cables in my world. I must order that kickstrip today.

Why does iJournal remember your last mood and music? It's not going to be the same next time, is it?

And also, why do people in shops give you your receipt wrapped round your card when you're going to want to put your card in your wallet?
Mood:: 'impressed' impressed
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Music: NiN Mood: upset

posted by [personal profile] babysimon at 02:27am on 30/07/2003
Why does iJournal remember your last mood and music? It's not going to be the same next time, is it?

If you're one of the depressed 13-year-old Americans, maybe it is...
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posted by [identity profile] ciphergoth.livejournal.com at 02:41am on 30/07/2003
http://www.explodingdog.com/ ?

How could they forget to namecheck Songs About Fucking?
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posted by [identity profile] ciphergoth.livejournal.com at 03:03am on 30/07/2003
BTW I'm most disappointed to see that explodingdog never used any of the title suggestions I sent them. They were things like "just read the instructions", "so much for subtlety", "i thought he was with you", "only slightly bent", "the anticipation of a new lover's arrival"
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posted by [identity profile] gnomatron.livejournal.com at 11:02am on 30/07/2003
"the anticipation of a new lover's arrival" is an Iain M. Banks ship name, iirc. I think "just read the instructions" might be, too.
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posted by [identity profile] ciphergoth.livejournal.com at 11:07am on 30/07/2003
exactly! Well spotted that man. See:

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/and1000/banks/ships.html
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posted by [identity profile] gnomatron.livejournal.com at 11:10am on 30/07/2003
Nice list, but it's a bit outdated now, as it's missing Look to Windward. I wasn't very impressed with that one. Maybe we'll get a new Culture novel soon.
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posted by [identity profile] purplerabbits.livejournal.com at 04:00am on 30/07/2003
That's the one. Gosh, they've gone a bit more cheerful than when I say them last - maybe the author's getting laid or something...
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posted by [identity profile] ciphergoth.livejournal.com at 04:24am on 30/07/2003
I think it's gone downhill TBH.
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posted by [identity profile] gnomatron.livejournal.com at 11:04am on 30/07/2003
I think the artwork has improved from a technical standpoint, but more importantly the creative side seems a little stale. Shame, really, explodingdog is fantastic.
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posted by [identity profile] lilitufire.livejournal.com at 02:42am on 30/07/2003
Like the document. You still on for tonight?
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posted by [identity profile] purplerabbits.livejournal.com at 02:54am on 30/07/2003
Yes indeed. I may be a bit late, depending on how long it takes to pack up all the clothes and camera etc, but I'll be there...
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posted by [identity profile] lilitufire.livejournal.com at 02:57am on 30/07/2003
No problems. Can obviously give you a lift back with the stuff and drop you off on the way (ish) to the pub...

See you later!
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posted by [identity profile] lizw.livejournal.com at 05:37am on 30/07/2003
Cool document. As far as I know, the only British legal decision on the f-word is still the one from the 1970s where the judge found that, contrary to what one might imagine, "Fuck off, you bastard" was not sufficient to convey a desire that a policeman without a warrant should leave one's premises...

(I was once asked to research this by the president of a well-known professional institution, who thought it would make an amusing article in their journal. Most entertaining job I've ever done.)
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Re: wrapped cards

posted by [identity profile] original-aj.livejournal.com at 07:37am on 30/07/2003
That's something that annoys me too, but I think I worked out why they do it. Checkout is a mind-numbing repetitive job, and there has to be a fixed routine to how you do stuff to ensure you don't miss something because you've done the same actions so many thimes that you're brain can't remember them anymore. (cf getting to the end of a regular journey - to work, school, home, wherever - and having no memory of how you got there. You've travelled perfectly safely but you're brain has so many memories of that journey that it can't distinguish them any longer)

Anyway, I assume they assemble everything they need to give back to you in one pile in front of them and hand it all over at once so as to avoid forgetting to give your card back, because they think they've already given it to you, because they have so many memories of handing cards to people. I just put the pile down, re separate it and put all the bits away in the appropriate places. But I'm good at ignoring the queue behind me while I do this! It's important to be positioned in such a way to make sure whoever's behind you can't push in until you've finished and choose to move out of the way!
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posted by [identity profile] neilhudson.livejournal.com at 11:37am on 30/07/2003
Right, who do I sue for hurting myself laughing? And can we get rid of those fucking comedians and have stand-up lawyers at the Edinburgh fringe?

Actually given that it was American and in an academic setting, I'm surprised that no one picked up on the legality of the word "fag".
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