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Tweak says, "Yes,Sir,I can boogie. "

Justin E. Finch-Fletchley (justifiability) wrote in neeps,
@ 2017-12-03 21:21:00

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! journal, ernie macmillan, gregor mcgregor, jason king, justin finch-fletchley, x-cormac mclaggen

At what point have I lived in the wizarding world long enough to tell the lot of you that the ballpoint pen is nearly sixty years old and is not a technology to be afraid of? If you dislike the idea of brios, may I suggest fountain pens with refillable chambers have been in existence since the 1850s. Heck, even dip pens are better than quills. Less likely to get broken.

This is brought to you by the fact that I am pretty sure I've gone through half a dozen quills in the last two weeks.

[Ernie]
I think I might have gone out on a date? Only I'm not sure if it was a date. But it kind of felt like a date, only we weren't the only ones who went out for a drink.

[Monte]
~~I had a good time over drinks~~ ~~Thanks for inviting me~~ When's the next Falcons game?

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left_magpie
2017-12-04 03:27 am UTC (link)

While the bus is based on the old number 11, it doesn't actually have a motor.

But shark-logic doesn't care. We've also got wireless and adverts but no telly. It's a crazy mish-mash of unsupportable technologies crammed together based on no logic at all.

You want Biros? You can't be logical about it, you have to use shark-logic. Figure out how to make them trendy. Get Rita Skeeter to endorse them. Or maybe to anti-endorse them. Get Gilderoy Lockhart to make a statement that he only signs books using genuine FF-brand Biros...

That's how you get Biros.

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	closedcaptioned 2017-12-04 03:36 am UTC (link)
	There is logic behind it. Satellite signal picture compression is very difficult to get through most household warding; it doesn't reassemble correctly. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	left_magpie 2017-12-04 03:49 am UTC (link)
	You're telling me that we can't match 1920s muggle technology? Or run antenna wires outside our wards? one train. Runs twice a year. one bus. runs nightly. not during the day or to-or-from centers of work. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	closedcaptioned 2017-12-04 03:59 am UTC (link)
	Yes but then you'd have to feed the wires into your house which would still pass through the warding. Warding is designed to scramble fundamental patterns of energy. I'm not saying that a moving-picture like endeavor isn't out of the question. But they system can't work like... what is it? Sky? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	left_magpie 2017-12-04 04:21 am UTC (link)
	To use a buzzword I learned when I was pretending to be a Y2K repairman, we just need to poke a pinhole in the firewall... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	closedcaptioned 2017-12-04 04:25 am UTC (link)
	Oh? What's a firewall? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

left_magpie
2017-12-04 04:36 am UTC (link)

Not what you'd think, despite the descriptive name.

It's a part of a castle designed to stop a fire, not a wall made of actual fire. So the kitchen could burn down without risking the toffs.

Autos have them between the engine and the passenger compartment, so that the people don't die of the fact that they're being pulled by an explosion machine. In cars, they have holes in them for wires to go through, but not enough to kill everyone inside. Mostly. I've only read about cars.

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	closedcaptioned 2017-12-04 04:45 am UTC (link)
	That is fascinating! I wonder what it's made of that it doesn't just melt the barrier. I'll have to add that to my list. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justifiability 2017-12-04 04:06 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, see this is an all you topic. I just nod at the appropriate places. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	closedcaptioned 2017-12-04 04:15 am UTC (link)
	It's an incredibly exciting field (HA) of study. Insulating electric fields from magical induction is one of those grail-type pursuits. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justifiability 2017-12-04 04:19 am UTC (link)
	Was there supposed to be a pun in there somewhere? Because I missed it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justifiability 2017-12-04 03:52 am UTC (link)
	We could do different colours. Plus different inks. How many do you think we need? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)