Willow ,'Get It Done'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
That is exciting news, lisah!
All possible best thoughts to you, bonny, and whatever strength you can glean from all the positive energy aimed your way. We got you.
Fingers crossed for your DH, Dana. And a fannish question, if I may, purely curiosity. Were there fic threads at TableTalk, before there was LiveJournal? Or did fandoms rely on Yahoo groups, fic sites, and mailing lists?
Health ~ma, bonny. Let me know if I can help with rides to/from doctors, or anything!
Sending you lots of health~ma, bonny
And lisah, very groovy!
Anddd finally:
Okay, who has tested whether their cat is left-pawed or right-pawed?
Oh goody, Luna loves a good experiment
I knew you guys would appreciate it!!!
Hope all goes well with the tests, bonny.
So much health~ma to you Bonny. And all the hugs.
Were there fic threads at TableTalk, before there was LiveJournal? Or did fandoms rely on Yahoo groups, fic sites, and mailing lists?
For fandom in general? There might have been one thread, but yes, fandoms were using mailing lists mostly, with some message board stuff and usenet.
Man, I have an author who is genuinely not understanding my question. His article said the equivalent of (not the actual numbers) "In this study, 25 of 100 patients (87.2%) were women." Well, that math doesn't work. And so I asked him to explain how he got 87.2%, when anyone with a calculator can see that the math doesn't work.
And he answered something like "It's the subgroup of people treated -- you could say '25 of 50 patients (87.2%) were women'." GUY, THE MATH DOESN'T WORK.
So I had to reply again saying THE MATH DOESN'T WORK and we won't publish incorrect information so please give me the numbers you used to arrive at 87.2% OR just change the percentage to 50%. If he still doesn't get it, I may have to send the freelance coordinator after him. Sometimes I don't explain things very clearly (or, I should say, they're clear to ME, but not to other people [thanks, brain!]), but this is definitely not one of those cases. Math is math, yo.
He's from Denmark. Maybe their math is different?
Hey, Beverly, insent to your profile address...
Ha! I just got an email back from the Danish author, who said (for real) "OMG! You are right! The subgroup numbers aren't provided in the manuscript! I'll get them from the statistician and send them to you!"
I made that happen just by posting about it.
So let's see if I can continue manipulating the universe by posting about things...
I'm going to go vote in the primary for Hillary Clinton, the next POTUS.