You Bet Your Bippy

[hunter s.durden]

When I printed out whole books, I tried them double sided and found it didn't work. (or i'm an extremely stupid monkey)
So I just made sure the cover was on front and the rest of the pages were random.
If they want the info, they'll figure it out.

[LMNO]

The other interesting thing is that some printers don't give you a choice of alignment, so some of the pages will be upside-down.

[B_M_W]

The other interesting thing is that some printers don't give you a choice of alignment, so some of the pages will be upside-down.

And thus we reach the problem I had. 

[LMNO]

The other interesting thing is that some printers don't give you a choice of alignment, so some of the pages will be upside-down.

And thus we reach the problem I had. 

Fixable by flipping every other page in the PDF.

[B_M_W]

The other interesting thing is that some printers don't give you a choice of alignment, so some of the pages will be upside-down.

And thus we reach the problem I had. 

Fixable by flipping every other page in the PDF.

...

Hadn't thought about that...

[LMNO]

 

[Mangrove]

uhh....so when did having a badly edited text containing conflicting ideologies and no graphics become an obstacle to widespread acceptance? sounds strangely like the bible to me....  :wink:

srsly though, i think that the prof has done a fantastic job of analysing the text and explaining the pros & cons as he sees them. plus he even knows about the reticular formation, so i'd given him double points for that.

for your continuing education - SSOOKN (as you might see in some sigs) is the 'semi-secret order of kabbalistic navigators'. not only do few people know what SSOOKN means, even fewer understand what a semi-secret kabbalistic navigator actually is. as such, i doubt whether it makes a difference if the abreviation or full title is used.

i happen to agree with you that being overly caustic, jaded and/or cynical could be an obstacle to wider readership & attention. however, i do feel that (possibly due to it's placement contextually speaking) you might not have got the gist of the part about 'not wanting to beat the shit out of stupid people is hard work'.

i was looking at it as an exercise in restraint. i'd be very surprised if you had not experienced moments in your life whereby, the complete ignorance of others impacted you in a way that made you exceedingly angry & exasperated. perhaps it would be better qualified if it was something along the lines of "not wanting to completely freak out when some people happen to behave very stupidly"?

because you're new here (congrats on getting 50+) you know as little about me as i do about you. however, if you stick around you will find that i've never really been one for the 'us vs them' or marginalizing/dehumanizing etc. ask around or visit the bar  :-D for the record, i do not hold the belief that i'm really wise, cool & clever and that everyone else is some species of moron for me to abuse. hell, i was even nice to the ultra-conservative bush lover who posted here, demanding that we give dubya a fair hearing!

nevertheless, your lengthy BIP post is a most worthy contribution and could be the spark for new editions and pamphlets. give yourself a pat on the back.

best wishes,

mangrove
(imperator of SSOOKN)

[AFK]

I just wanted to point out for the record I had absolutely no problems organizing the pamphlet after printing it out.  Of course, I suppose having publishing experience gives me an unfair advantage.

And I also would like to suggest that if we do a re-edit of this that the original is left in-tact in some form somewhere.  Maybe I'm too sentimental, mushy, and out-of-touch, but I have a fondness for the thing the way it is. 

While I appreciate the Prof's remarks, and some do hold some validity, what we put together were some quality rants, diatribes, explorations, explanations, etc., etc.,   There is always room for improvement, of course, but one should also have a starting point to reflect on and this first version of the BIP, for better or for worse, is it. 

[P3nT4gR4m]

I had an idea once to start a religion (yeah you can mock) Part of the mission was to produce an annual bible, a concept I always thought the mainstream religions could benefit from adopting - "If your ideology hasn't produced anything new this year then your god is dead, please step down from the pulpit."

Maybe the BIP (or a document on those lines) could become a bible like this, albeit under a different monicker. All it would take is a month or so before december make an announcement and anyone interested can spend a couple of days trawling through the years posts, looking for little nuggets to squeeze in, then the rest of the time would be spent deciding on a final shortlist and production of said 'holy book'. Anyone interested gimme a shout about mid October.

[LMNO]

RWHN, I have the original on several different computers, so I wouldn't worry.

[Cramulus]

I had an idea once to start a religion (yeah you can mock) Part of the mission was to produce an annual bible, a concept I always thought the mainstream religions could benefit from adopting - "If your ideology hasn't produced anything new this year then your god is dead, please step down from the pulpit."

That's a really cool idea. It's like, what's Discordia about this year? Sort of a holy periodical.

It'll also help decrease reliance on old jokes and memes. That way when n0bs come into the board and are like LOL HIMEOBS (or whatever) you can point at last year's journal and say "Dude, HIMEOBS is so 3172."

[LMNO]

This is all smelling so... organized.

[P3nT4gR4m]

That's a really cool idea. It's like, what's Discordia about this year? Sort of a holy periodical.

It'll also help decrease reliance on old jokes and memes. That way when n0bs come into the board and are like LOL HIMEOBS (or whatever) you can point at last year's journal and say "Dude, HIMEOBS is so 3172."

HIMEOBS IS THE FUTURE

Repaired by orbital bombardment. This WILL NOT happen again. Are we clear?

[Mangrove]

This is all smelling so... organized.

has this ever happened on this board before?

[LMNO]

Yup.


No one wanted to actually step up and help out.  So it died.