Intermittens #5

[Cainad (dec.)]

I haven't read all of it yet--just saw it, but what I saw looked good.

I do have a sore spot, though, as Nigel's "Shut the fuck up" appears in Issue 5.

Author: Nigel
Shut the fuck up.
« on: January 23, 2009, 10:39:06 AM »

Intermittens 7: Operation Mindfuck wants this.  If anybody needs an OM, it's the people described in this rant.

Nigel: Please supply me with your name, rank, and cereal number.  Actually, name you want to use for this (Nigel?) and is it kopyleft or what?

"Nigel" is fine. I keep meaning to come up with something more pompously Discordian-sounding, but nothing comes to mind so I guess I'll stay Nigel. Technically I'm a minister so it could be Rev. Nigel I guess. Kopyleft.

I'm assuming the editor of number 5 didn't see those posts.

Nope, did you see this one?

Hey, if anyone doing an Intermittens is interested, I'd like to nominate my "Shut the fuck up" rant for it.

Sorry. Shit happens.

And it's not like this has to be the 'final' version of #5 or whatever.

Troof. I'm already seeing things I'd like to change. But not right now.

[Idiot]

what the fuck ?

the law of 5s is bullshit as everyone knows now

read current things.

[Cramulus]

uploaded to scribd:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/14101632/Intermittens-Issue-5-the-Law-of-Fives-edited-by-Cainad

[Sheered Völva]

I haven't read all of it yet--just saw it, but what I saw looked good.

I do have a sore spot, though, as Nigel's "Shut the fuck up" appears in Issue 5.

Author: Nigel
Shut the fuck up.
« on: January 23, 2009, 10:39:06 AM »

Intermittens 7: Operation Mindfuck wants this.  If anybody needs an OM, it's the people described in this rant.

Nigel: Please supply me with your name, rank, and cereal number.  Actually, name you want to use for this (Nigel?) and is it kopyleft or what?

"Nigel" is fine. I keep meaning to come up with something more pompously Discordian-sounding, but nothing comes to mind so I guess I'll stay Nigel. Technically I'm a minister so it could be Rev. Nigel I guess. Kopyleft.

I'm assuming the editor of number 5 didn't see those posts.

Nope, did you see this one?

Hey, if anyone doing an Intermittens is interested, I'd like to nominate my "Shut the fuck up" rant for it.

Sorry. Shit happens.

Yes, I did, and responded to it.  Did you see my response to Nigel's post in that same thread?

Hey, if anyone doing an Intermittens is interested, I'd like to nominate my "Shut the fuck up" rant for it.

With apologies to the Editor of Number Five (sorry, your name keeps changing), Nigel opened this up to any editor.  I realize this is posted in the Number Five thread, but the original rant isn't, and I did just give my blessings for you to use something I wanted (which was posted here).

To make a long story short, I want this for Issue 7 Operation Mindfuck. It's not a mindfuck, but really seems to fit the theme.  This talkers are the people who need OMs.

I will promise, however, that in compensation I will look for 5-related stuff, and let you know what I find.

Is this all right?

-- The Sweet, Gentle, Considerate and Kind Editor of Issue 7
(who wants a rant about beating people to bloody death with a hammer)

I'm not going to beat a dead horse, shit happens, nobody's perfect, I could have emailed you about it, etc.  And the most important thing is that Nigel's piece got used.  Congrats to Cainad on your issue!

But it does raise a problem that maybe us spags can prevent in the future.  If this happened once, it's bound to happen again.  Another piece nearly got used in two issues.  I marked that I wanted Nigel's rant in both the thread where it appeared and in the thread where it was offered.  My attempt obviously failed.

Anybody have an idea how editors can mark something they want to use for their issue so this doesn't happen again?

[Sheered Völva]

what the fuck ?

the law of 5s is bullshit as everyone knows now

read current things.

Yep, you're right.  Everyone knows it.  Just saw a survey done by An Important Survey Corporation.

Top Five Most Known Laws and the percentage of people who know them (in reverse order):

5) Law of Thermodynamics: 45%

4) Law of Gravity: 68%

3) Law of Death and Taxes: 74%

2) Law of If Two Trains Meet on a Track They Must Each Wait Until The Other One Passes Before They Move: 86%

1) Law of Fives: 100%

[Cramulus]

Good question. Maybe we need an "Posts that an editor's called dibbs on" thread. Or wiki page. My counter-question, however: what happens if someone calls dibbs on an article and never gets around to finishing it? That article will be stuck in limbo indefinitely.




Unrelated:
intermittens.org is brand new redesigned for ease of collaboration and totally bad ass testicle, go there check it out

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

Also, if people submit articles via intermittens.org, then we'll see which issues they're being pulled for.

[Sheered Völva]

Good question. Maybe we need an "Posts that an editor's called dibbs on" thread. Or wiki page. My counter-question, however: what happens if someone calls dibbs on an article and never gets around to finishing it? That article will be stuck in limbo indefinitely.




Unrelated:
intermittens.org is brand new redesigned for ease of collaboration and totally bad ass testicle, go there check it out

Great idea, but maybe these two can be related.  Could we have a place on the intermittens site where this could be done?  If the idea is that we don't want this to be the "PD.COM SPAGS ONLY" magazine, I think it would be great to have it at the intermittens site.

[Sheered Völva]

Also, if people submit articles via intermittens.org, then we'll see which issues they're being pulled for.

Ratatosk, that's a cool idea, but I suggest an alteration.  Not every article that will be used will be submitted to that site, and any given editor won't use everything that's submitted.

What if there were a place on the site where each editor could list what's going to be used for an issue?  And as some editors (including myself) might not want to reveal the entire contents of their issue before it goes to press, maybe it could be accessible only by fellow editors and the site mods.

What think, spags?

[Sheered Völva]

or you took too long. wasnt your issue supposted to be out before jake day?

Um, no.  The month I listed was May 2009.

And besides, Jake Day is "traditionally" either April 6 (23 Discord) or May 23 (50 Discord).  Either way, this issue came out before or very close to Jake Day.

But in any case, what happened happened.  Right now some of us spags are working on a solution to this little problem so it can be prevented in the future.

[Cainad (dec.)]

Yes, I did, and responded to it.  Did you see my response to Nigel's post in that same thread?

Hey, if anyone doing an Intermittens is interested, I'd like to nominate my "Shut the fuck up" rant for it.

With apologies to the Editor of Number Five (sorry, your name keeps changing), Nigel opened this up to any editor.  I realize this is posted in the Number Five thread, but the original rant isn't, and I did just give my blessings for you to use something I wanted (which was posted here).

To make a long story short, I want this for Issue 7 Operation Mindfuck. It's not a mindfuck, but really seems to fit the theme.  This talkers are the people who need OMs.

I will promise, however, that in compensation I will look for 5-related stuff, and let you know what I find.

Is this all right?

-- The Sweet, Gentle, Considerate and Kind Editor of Issue 7
(who wants a rant about beating people to bloody death with a hammer)

I'm not going to beat a dead horse, shit happens, nobody's perfect, I could have emailed you about it, etc.  And the most important thing is that Nigel's piece got used.  Congrats to Cainad on your issue!

But it does raise a problem that maybe us spags can prevent in the future.  If this happened once, it's bound to happen again.  Another piece nearly got used in two issues.  I marked that I wanted Nigel's rant in both the thread where it appeared and in the thread where it was offered.  My attempt obviously failed.

Anybody have an idea how editors can mark something they want to use for their issue so this doesn't happen again?

Well, part of the problem was that I didn't take over editing until several pages later, so it's my fault for skimming the thread. But you're right, there should be a means by which we can avoid this in the future.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

Well, for the site, we have a couple things going.

First if users Submit through the site, they can select the Issue that they are submitting the article to. So each editor can see what's been submitted to their upcoming issue. Also, they can submit to Uncategorized and anything an editor finds there, they can shift to their own category.

As for submissions from other venues posts etc, we also setting up a forum and pm  for specific issue discussions and we could have a 'in progress' list of what articles are currently under development for each issue or something like that?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

or you took too long. wasnt your issue supposted to be out before jake day?

Um, no.  The month I listed was May 2009.

And besides, Jake Day is "traditionally" either April 6 (23 Discord) or May 23 (50 Discord).  Either way, this issue came out before or very close to Jake Day.

But in any case, what happened happened.  Right now some of us spags are working on a solution to this little problem so it can be prevented in the future.

You want to use one of these?:

http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=17983.0
http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=15381.0
http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=15380.0

Apologies if someone else already used one, I honestly have not been keeping track at all.

[Cain]

I'm going to unsticky this and sticky Intermittens #6, alright?

[the last yatto]

maybe calling dibs gives you say 15 days of exclusivity
(how many days do editors really need?)
after which you need a pention to be extended