Another sign of the stupidity epidemic is Scott Shuger's great idea of bringing back flame throwers for the current conflict. Jellied gasoline? Third degree burns? Asphyxiation? Why not? These people are evil, right? For a minute I thought I was reading Soldier of Fortune, not Slate. Then I remembered who owned the magazine...
I'm posting this sans cookie to test the add-a-comment feature.
I could have it check to see whether the name selected matches a real users name and disallow those cases. But on the other hand this feature will probably be used most often by real members who are somewhere without their passwords (or access to their mail.) In those cases you would want to be able to impersonate yourself. I guess the (not signed in) makes it clear.
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- tom moody 11-01-2001 8:20 am
I'm posting this sans cookie to test the add-a-comment feature.
- tom moody 11-02-2001 9:37 pm [add a comment]
Now I'm posting under the name of a really good movie.
- Buffalo 66 11-02-2001 9:39 pm [add a comment]
I could have it check to see whether the name selected matches a real users name and disallow those cases. But on the other hand this feature will probably be used most often by real members who are somewhere without their passwords (or access to their mail.) In those cases you would want to be able to impersonate yourself. I guess the (not signed in) makes it clear.
- jim 11-02-2001 9:45 pm [add a comment]
The "not signed in" makes it clear if members are posting. For non-members it potentially creates anxiety. See my comment under systemnews/suggestions (members).
- tom moody 11-02-2001 10:14 pm [add a comment]