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Re: Jeff Rock (Peter Vidani: Papercut is a new public theme I...)

johnaugust — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:27:00 -0000

It's a terrific theme. Had trouble getting Disqus to work on my install, though.

Re: Off-Topic

johnaugust — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:35:11 -0000

PIe. But still.

Re: Off-Topic

johnaugust — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:03:02 -0000

Great question-slash-point. It's tough when the mythology seems to contradict such basic points of logic and believability. I don't think you can get rid of Clark Kent, but you can greatly downplay its importance, which is what the comics seem to do.

Part of the success of the Star Trek reboot was the decision to slice back canon to its fundamental parts: you still had the same people (basically), but the way they fit together was different. Even without the parallel universe explanation, I think audiences would have accepted most of the changes.

Making-it-work is a big part of most adaptations, frankly. Half the challenge of Preacher is constructing a framework that works for a movie while not grossly violating the letter or intention of the series.

Re: Off-Topic

johnaugust — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:30:02 -0000

He's there, at exactly one minute, standing by the Italian chef.

Re: Bill Clinton robo-calls for No on 8

johnaugust — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:23:17 -0000

Thanks for the link, shimane. Looking through that site, I see a goal of enforcing robocall laws for political messages, but not any evidence that they are -- or can be -- enforced.

Torn on it, honestly. Because while I don't like automated sales calls, any law restricting political communication makes me leery.

Re: Off-Topic

johnaugust — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:11:22 -0000

What's different with Lost is that so many of the characters had complicated backstories and motivations, so there was tension in just letting them sit there and look at each other.

This scene wouldn't have happened on Lost. In that show, we met all the characters as they were running around on the beach, and only got details later on.

Re: Off-Topic

johnaugust — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:19:23 -0000

And thanks for responding. I won't reiterate any of the comments on your blog.

You obviously know the protocol, having programmed for it. You and I both agree that WP needs to focus on many possible vulnerabilities, and that just addressing this one issue will not make it significantly more secure.

"Hole" is the wrong term for me to use. "Area of interest" might be better. The remote access feature is set up to give outside systems the ability to muck with the blog, and as such is a pretty obvious and interesting target. By all measures I've seen, most users don't use it, so leaving it open by default feels like a bad design choice from the beginning.

Re: Off-Topic

johnaugust — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:31:56 -0000

I've made Ze bleed actual blood.

Re: Off-Topic

johnaugust — Fri, 30 May 2008 16:44:02 -0000

Another friend pointed out that if you were talking about one person, rather than a group, you might call it autism. And that's what's frustrating about the studies of this group, at least as detailed in this article. In being so obsessed with what's going on with their language, researchers are willfully ignoring the natural question what the hell's going on with this tribe that hasn't responded to the outside world in typical ways. It's blind men studying an elephant.

Re: Off-Topic

johnaugust — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:57:04 -0000

Tumblr makes it ridiculously easy to post a video, a photo, a link,
whatever. 15 seconds, tops. One bookmarklet, done.

Re: Off-Topic

johnaugust — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:52:00 -0000

My impression is that the trailer on top is cut to match up with the new trailer below. That is, someone went through the Burton Batman and found shots that resembled the Nolan Batman trailer.

Re: Off-Topic

johnaugust — Thu, 01 May 2008 11:42:19 -0000

Thanks, Shripriya. I don't know that anyone would really notice if I moved it into a subdomain. johnaugust.tumblr.com reads about as integrated as offtopic.johnaugust.com. But I might at some point.

Re: Off-Topic

johnaugust — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:33:05 -0000

And now I'm talking to myself.

Re: Off-Topic

johnaugust — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:22:52 -0000

This is a sample comment I'm leaving to test out the system.