Fruan's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=Fruan2003-08-14T07:49:53ZEarshot (thing)http://everything2.com/user/Fruan/writeups/EarshotFruanhttp://everything2.com/user/Fruan2003-08-14T07:49:53Z2003-08-14T07:49:53Z<p align="center"><strong><a href="/title/Buffy+the+Vampire+Slayer+Episode+Guide">Buffy the Vampire Slayer Episode Guide</a></strong></p>
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<p align="center"><strong>Earshot</strong><br />
Written by <a href="/title/Jane+Espenson">Jane Espenson</a>. Directed by <a href="/title/Regis+B.+Kimble">Regis B. Kimble</a><br />
Season 3, Episode 18 (#3ABB18)</p>
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<p>The show opens with Buffy running for her life. Handheld camera work, dramatic music, dark creepy shadows, the whole deal. As Buffy aproaches the <a href="/title/Sunnydale">Sunnydale</a> park, she trips, and a big, ugly, scabby, mouthless demon is upon her. Uh-oh. Is this the end for our heroine? Well, no. Buffy was faking. "You demons can't resist a run and stumble, can you?". Demon ass kicking commences. A second ugly mouthless demon shows up, and despite them showing an uncanny syncronicity while fighting, Buffy still kicks both their asses - Killing one messily with a knife, while the other just plain runs for its life. As she watches it go, weird glowy blood stuff from the rather dead demon disappears into Buffy's hand. Oooh.<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…October 31, 2000 (idea)http://everything2.com/user/Fruan/writeups/October+31%252C+2000Fruanhttp://everything2.com/user/Fruan2000-10-31T05:19:17Z2000-10-31T05:19:17Z<p align="right"><a href="/title/October+30%252C+2000">Recession</a> | <a href="/title/November+1%252C+2000">Growth</a></p>
I don't normally make <a href="/title/daylogs">daylogs</a>. This is infact my first. I don't anticipate making another.<br>
The reason for this is that I beleive that a daylog should only be made if the write has something to record that they will want to <a href="/title/remember">remember</a>. Some <a href="/title/interesting">interesting</a>, <a href="/title/bizzare">bizzare</a>, or otherwise <a href="/title/memorable">memorable</a> occurence that they wish to, well, <a href="/title/remember">remember</a>.<p>
For me, today is such a day.<br>
Today I cut my <a href="/title/hair">hair</a>.<p>
The last time I cut my hair was approximately <a href="/title/1997">3 years ago</a>. Before that another 2 or 3. My hair cuts are infreqent, and normally no more that a tidying operation.<p>
This morning my hair was roughly 70<a href="/title/cm">cm</a> long. Right now is is almost exactly 6<a href="/title/mm">mm</a> long.<br>
My hair has never been this short in my entire life. I'm rather certain I was <a href="/title/born">born</a> with longer hair than this.<p>
My reasons? <a href="/title/I+have+no+reasons">I have no reasons</a>. I felt it would <a href="/title/look+good">look good</a> (It does). I thought it would be easier to take <a href="/title/care">care</a> of (It is). I thought<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Using "Open Source" when you mean "Collaborative" (idea)http://everything2.com/user/Fruan/writeups/Using+%2522Open+Source%2522+when+you+mean+%2522Collaborative%2522Fruanhttp://everything2.com/user/Fruan2000-10-03T13:31:52Z2000-10-03T13:31:52ZWith the increacing popularity of <a href="/title/Linux">Linux</a>, and indeed the <a href="/title/Open+Source+movement">Open Source movement</a> in general, this annoying mistake is becoming more and more common.<p>
<p align="center"><b><big>Only something that has <a href="/title/source+code">source code</a> can be "<a href="/title/Open+Source">Open Source</a>", or "<a href="/title/Closed+Source">Closed Source</a>" for that matter</big></b><p>
<a href="/title/The+open+source+philosophy">The open source philosophy</a> is one of <a href="/title/collaborative">collaborative</a> editing. However, this does not allow you to say "<a href="/title/Open+Source+Poetry">Open Source Poetry</a>" when you mean "<a href="/title/Collaboratively+Written+Poetry">Collaboratively Written Poetry</a>". Poetry does not come as source, hence it has no source to be open.<br>
<p align="right"><i>I'm starting to wonder how many times I can restate this one point in different ways...</i><p>
Ok, I'm done now.<br>
<a href="/title/%2526lt%253B%252Frant%2526gt%253B"></rant></a> <!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>Voigt-Kampff empathy test (thing)http://everything2.com/user/Fruan/writeups/Voigt-Kampff+empathy+testFruanhttp://everything2.com/user/Fruan2000-09-05T12:28:30Z2000-09-05T12:28:30ZIn <a href="/title/Philip+K.+Dick">Philip K. Dick</a>'s "<a href="/title/Do+Androids+Dream+of+Electric+Sheep%253F">Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?</a>", this is the test that is used to distingush between <a href="/title/android">android</a>s and <a href="/title/human">human</a>s. A flat adhesive disk is attached to the cheek to measure the "<a href="/title/blush">blush</a>" reaction. At the same time fluctuations in the tensions in the <a href="/title/eye">eye</a> <a href="/title/muscle">muscle</a>s are measured by way of a pencil-beam of light. Reaction time is a factor.<p>
The examiner asks questions about <a href="/title/social+situations">social situations</a>, and the subject then expresses their reaction. The actual answers given are not important - instead the involuntary muscular response is measured. The <a href="/title/theory">theory</a> behind the test is that androids do not share the human trait of <a href="/title/This+test+is+designed+to+provoke+an+emotional+response">empathy</a>, and so do not react as strongly or as quickly, if at all.<p>
In way of example, a sample of the questions administered by <a href="/title/Rick+Deckard">Rick Deckard</a> during the course of the story:<br>
"You're sitting watching <a href="/title/TV">TV</a>, and suddenly discover a <a href="/title/wasp">wasp</a> crawling on your arm. What do you do?"<br>
Or, my favorite: "You are<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Fruan's Law of Pornography (idea)http://everything2.com/user/Fruan/writeups/Fruan%2527s+Law+of+PornographyFruanhttp://everything2.com/user/Fruan2000-09-05T11:55:28Z2000-09-05T11:55:28Z<p align="center"><b>All conversations in <a href="/title/%2523Everything">#Everything</a> will eventually turn to the topic of <a href="/title/pornography">pornography</a>.</b><p>
This is a very disturbing <a href="/title/discovery">discovery</a>, and leads to one very important <a href="/title/conclusion">conclusion</a>: following random <a href="/title/URL">URL</a>s thrown out during a conversation could very well get you <a href="/title/fire">fire</a>d<sup>1</sup> if you do it during <a href="/title/company+time">company time</a>. Indeed, one could conceive of a person being fired for simply being in <a href="/title/%2523Everything">#Everything</a> if their employer really didn't like <a href="/title/porn">porn</a>. <i><a href="/title/You+Have+Been+Warned.">You Have Been Warned!</a></i><p>
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1: However, this does not make #Everything as dangerous as it first may seem: studies show that less than 0.5% of time spend in #Everything is spent on <a href="/title/intelligent">intelligent</a> conversation. A whopping 76% is spent in silence, 14% is spent saying "<a href="/title/cowbotneal">Yow</a>", 5.5% is spent say hello and/or goodbye (and variants thereof), and the remaining 4% is spent making comments in the attempt to start a conversation that nobody then responds to. Obviously futher studies are needed to confim just what it is that keeps us all coming back for more.<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>Assumption is the mother of all fuck ups (idea)http://everything2.com/user/Fruan/writeups/Assumption+is+the+mother+of+all+fuck+upsFruanhttp://everything2.com/user/Fruan2000-08-11T09:58:23Z2000-08-11T09:58:23ZI'm not certain where this <a href="/title/phrase">phrase</a> came from. All I know is that it's <a href="/title/really">really</a> <a href="/title/really">really</a> <a href="/title/true">true</a>.<p>
Once a <a href="/title/false+assumption">false assumption</a> has been entered into your <a href="/title/argument">argument</a> you are <a href="/title/fucked">fucked</a>. No matter what you do, you will be <a href="/title/wrong">wrong</a>. Often wrong in <a href="/title/interesting">interesting</a> and <a href="/title/spectactular">spectactular</a> ways.<br>
The <a href="/title/moral">moral</a>? Make a <a href="/title/habit">habit</a> of challenging all of your base assumptions. It could save you from something nasty, and will often provide <a href="/title/remarkable+insight">remarkable insight</a> into the nature of the <a href="/title/universe">universe</a>, or at least <a href="/title/human+nature">human nature</a>.<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>