The downside is I can not find a way to copy paste material directly into the where the books are saved. It works fine in game though.
Now to figure out how to make it work for everyone.
Huzzah for thinking outside the box. Rather then messing with a messy looking interface and clumsy limited options that Open Office has for templates ie no way to say word warp should wrap after 17 characters.
I forgot the left right text arrows that adjust text to fit inside a certain space on a page. Highlight the words then drag this tab and its target line til it measures up with my target Phrase for handing the proper spacing and boom instant easy work.
edited 3rd Mar '11 2:58:45 AM by TuefelHundenIV
Who watches the watchmen?So I had a car crash today.
At about 3:30 in the afternoon; I'd worked 'til past 4am the night before trying to fix a frustrating ZFS issue on one of my biggish servers.
(ZFS is a nice next-generation filesystem that Sun created a few years back. Filesystems are what handle all the messy details in between how you, and programs, see files and directories and the like, and how they're really stored on the physical storage device, which is not all that friendly to humans or programs. Anyway, ZFS has way-cool features, but it clearly still has a few bugs, one of which I'm wrestling with. Digression over.)
So I was going into work for a meeting, headed down Vermont Ave. at about 35mph, when the light right in front of me changes to yellow. So of course in that situation you balance: what's the odds of the light turning red before I get there? How close am I? How fast am I going? Will I have to brake really hard to stop? Well, I was going pretty fast, there was plenty of time to make it across the intersection, and I'd have to stop hard enough to probably knock things on the floor. So I went through the yellow, perfectly legally.
But the thing is with Los Angeles; it's the city that doesn't believe in left turn signals. There are hardly any. So what you have to do to turn left in LA is inch into the intersection on green and wait either for a gap or the lights to change , and then maybe two or three cars can turn if they got into the intersection before the yellow turned to red. This really confuses tourists, who sit there behind the line and wonder why they can never go.
Anyway, this means that left-turning people are sitting with their right feet poised over the gas, ready to go quickly, because if they don't they'll get honked at for blocking things. So they tend to make snap decisions. The one waiting to turn on this intersection made the wrong one. She thought I was going to stop, and went for it. I didn't stop. Crunch.
Fortunately my car is still drivable. Bumper and grille and hood are fucked up from the left corner, but I got off fairly well. And there was a cop right in front of me, who was clearly watching to see if anyone ran the red in his rear-view mirror. He slapped the lights on instantly but I didn't get a ticket, which I think confirms that I didn't run the red — making it harder for the other driver to claim I did.
And as soon as I drove off after the crash and exchanging info, I started to hurt.
So I'm all drugged up on painkillers and muscle relaxants and not having much fun. I have a doctor's note to take two days off, but I don't think I can take it — too much to do. I'm seeing if my boss will let me work from home for two days.
A brighter future for a darker age.Ouch Morven. At least you came out okayish and looks like you got lucky with that cop. That lady was not very bright you know technically running the red and of course if I recall shoving your car out into the intersection like that is technically illegal in L.A. isn't it?
Remember if the pain doesn't stop talk to the doc. You may have more damage then realized.
Who watches the watchmen?Owowowowowowow.
Good luck with that, Morven. I hope you heal well.
Swordsman Troper — Reclaiming The Blade — WatchI believe it is actually legal for her to do that — or at least, everyone does, because it's the only way to do a left turn in this town.
But she has to yield and until the light is red should not assume anyone's going to stop — in fact, even then, it would be a bad idea to assume it.
And yes, if I'm still hurting by Monday I'm going back to the doc; I don't think it's that bad, airbags didn't deploy, but the worry is always about cumulative damage. That's at least the sixth whiplash injury I've had. I'm also going to make sure to stretch and make sure I don't lose range of motion in my neck from it.
A brighter future for a darker age.D: Oh no, Morven! Sending good vibes your way.
DAFFODIL POKING WAS MY FAVORITE TIME OF THE YEAR! :D It meant that soon, the basement flowers would get to move outside, and it was all very exciting. Now I live in California where my dad manipulates the plants we have so that we always have SOMETHING blooming. Right now it is a big yellow flowered bushy thing that I love.
edited 3rd Mar '11 8:06:17 AM by Buttercupistiny
"Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair."My parents got in a minor accident recently. They were stopped at a red light, and there was apparently a broken-down vehicle two cars in front of them. The guy between them and the broken-down car put his car in reverse, gunned it, and smashed into them. I guess he was trying to get around the breakdown or something? That doesn't make what he did not abysmally stupid, though. I mean, there's these things called rear-view mirrors...?
Anyway, my folks got off pretty light. Damage to the front bumper but the radiator and such are apparently fine. They were a bit achey afterward but they have recovered. Ah, and the best part of it is that directly behind my parents was a police officer who was responding to the broken-down vehicle, so he saw the whole thing. Anything that needs paying for (fixing the bumper, etc) is going to be taken care of by the other guy's insurance company. The other guy apologized profusely and basically gave my parents all the information they wanted... can't say I blame him, either. My dad was a police officer for a while, back in the day, and he can be very intimidating.
...well, in any case, sorry to hear about your little incident, Morven, and I hope you make a speedy recovery!
edited 3rd Mar '11 8:17:47 AM by Zudak
@Morven: I'm relieved that you got out of that well enough to tell us about it. Have a speedy recovery.
Yay for daffodils peeking!
Boo hiss for car accidents. Good juju coming your way, Morven. Take it as easy as you can, and remember driving and painkillers don't go together!
@Spacetravel: the reason for the dance routine was to throw the make-up artists a curveball. They were originally told: "Design a zombie make-up." Then, after they'd had some time to decide what they were going to do and start working on it, they were told, "Oh, you know how the director will sometimes change his mind about what he wants after you've started working and you have to adapt on the fly, in the remaining time? That just happened — the zombies have to be able to dance in the make-up." One guy had to completely re-think his whole concept, because he had originally planned to do a shark-attack zombie, wearing a wetsuit, but he commented, 'I've worn wetsuits and they really cut down on your mobility on land. I can't go that route if he has to be able to dance.' Another had to dial his way back from his original design, which had included trailing intestines.
And I just imagined a zombie attempting to dance but tripping over its trailing intestines.
I can imagine how much fun I'd have designing a zombie, though. Hell; I've done that to an extent for my writing.
formerly Lady Justice
He's nothing but fur, bones and cuteness. It just HAS to be uncomfortable for him. He actually prefers hanging over peoples shoulders 90% of the time.
Edit: I just found a totally random picture
online, erm, it gives me the willies
edited 3rd Mar '11 12:56:54 PM by KingFriday
"There's more evil in the charts then an Al-Qaida suggestion box" - Bill BaileyParadoxically for such a busy week, I'm getting writing done fast today—an update is coming soon! Pretty good for one of those times when I'm having trouble remembering why on earth I do it. Today is so frustrating that it's making my stomach hurt.
whoever wrote this shit needs to step on a rake in a comedic fashion

...For whatever reason I am beyond excited that there is a game modification for Minecraft that allows you to write in books as separate entities and store them on the in game book shelves.
If I can make sure it works properly I want to implement it in the succession game here on tropes to take the player journals we have written so far and store them in the library Oridoodles built in game.
Additionally for the curious check my sig link to see what I am blathering on about.
Who watches the watchmen?