Thread drift is inevitable

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 7:59 pm

And by Infelice, you mean the Watcher?

Post by **hue of fuzzpaws** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 8:03 pm

Nope, the Watcher is Uatu.

Post by **lurch** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 9:45 pm

I recently read somewhere..that some one has finally developed software that allows for created female characters to be imaged with less than a D cup..all the way down to a AA cup I believe it stated. ..OH! thats right, it was in The Onion.

Post by **sgt.null** » Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:56 pm

hue of bone wrote:Nope, the Watcher is Uatu.

maybe he watches the watch?

Post by **dANdeLION** » Thu Mar 03, 2011 11:14 pm

I thought the Watchmen watched the Watch.

But I never found out who watches the Watchmen.

Post by **sgt.null** » Thu Mar 03, 2011 11:51 pm

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

Post by **MsMary** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 11:22 pm

peter wrote:Thread drift is not only inevitable - it is desirable. It turns the discussion into an organic entity where sub-threads emerge, intertwine and reconnect as the thread progresses. Two or even more sub dicussions may happily coexist within the main body of the topic and people can reply, quote from or ignore any posts that they so choose. To refuse to tolerate 'thread drift' is to hold a dinner party and confine the topic of conversation to one subject alone. Anyone who chooses can always pull a thread back on topic by making a salient point worth responding to. If they can't do that then in all likelyhood the original question has been well and truly thrashed already - so let the thread gambol on where it may - a joyous entity reveling in it's freedom.

+1

Post by **ussusimiel** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 12:02 am

MsMary wrote:
peter wrote:Thread drift is not only inevitable - it is desirable. It turns the discussion into an organic entity where sub-threads emerge, intertwine and reconnect as the thread progresses. Two or even more sub dicussions may happily coexist within the main body of the topic and people can reply, quote from or ignore any posts that they so choose. To refuse to tolerate 'thread drift' is to hold a dinner party and confine the topic of conversation to one subject alone. Anyone who chooses can always pull a thread back on topic by making a salient point worth responding to. If they can't do that then in all likelyhood the original question has been well and truly thrashed already - so let the thread gambol on where it may - a joyous entity reveling in it's freedom.
+1

I'm a bit of a generalist and often follow a thread until most or all of the nitty gritty stuff has been thrashed out and then jump in with view from a wider perspective. This usually gets a good response over a couple of days from other generalists, is ignored by the people more interested in the detail and then the thread goes back to knitting the gritty. I like the way threads can weave and wobble because it means someone like me can add my tuppence worth without having to wallow in the detail, which isn't my cup of tea (to mix a few metaphors)

u.

Post by **sgt.null** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:25 am

Post by **MsMary** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 5:23 am

ussusimiel wrote:
MsMary wrote: I like the way threads can weave and wobble because it means someone like me can add my tuppence worth without having to wallow in the detail, which isn't my cup of tea (to mix a few metaphors)
I like thread wobble, too. And sometimes I go for the details and sometimes not.

Post by **sgt.null** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 6:12 am

MsMary wrote:
ussusimiel wrote:
MsMary wrote: I like the way threads can weave and wobble because it means someone like me can add my tuppence worth without having to wallow in the detail, which isn't my cup of tea (to mix a few metaphors)
I like thread wobble, too. And sometimes I go for the details and sometimes not.

Post by **MsMary** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 2:39 pm

Guess the thread is wobbling.

Post by **ussusimiel** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 2:47 pm

You're slipping Sarge! Your maps contain that non-existent country, Australia

Post by **MsMary** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 3:47 pm

Post by **sgt.null** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 3:52 am

ussusimiel wrote:You're slipping Sarge! Your maps contain that non-existent country, Australia

Post by **ussusimiel** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 10:13 pm

Quis reprobiet ipsos reprobes!

Post by **sgt.null** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 1:32 am

ussusimiel wrote:Quis reprobiet ipsos reprobes!

what is false is false?

Post by **ussusimiel** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 11:07 pm

Who fakes the fakers? (in my faux Latin

)

Post by **danlo** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 6:30 am

I know this doesn't have anything to do with anything, but 36 guests!

WOW!!

Where the heck did all these voyeurs come from?

Post by **sgt.null** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 8:17 am

danlo wrote:I know this doesn't have anything to do with anything, but 36 guests! WOW!! Where the heck did all these voyeurs come from?

Kevin's Watch

Kevin's Watch

Thread drift is inevitable