Comments on: Brainiac http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/17/brainiac/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 27 May 2012 00:43:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: nnyhav http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/17/brainiac/comment-page-1/#comment-172606 nnyhav Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:19:11 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/17/brainiac/#comment-172606 TLS opens <a href="http://timescolumns.typepad.com/stothard/2006/09/hate_a_piece_in.html" rel="nofollow">comments on articles</a> [via TEV]. TLS opens comments on articles [via TEV].

]]> By: Joshua Glenn http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/17/brainiac/comment-page-1/#comment-172288 Joshua Glenn Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:55:41 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/17/brainiac/#comment-172288 Scott, I know you've been working on that list of alternate blog names for MSM-spawned blogs, so I'm glad that the launch of Brainiac (full disclosure: I'm one of the Brainiac bloggers; I'm also responsible for launching some of the Boston Globe's other blogs) gave you an excuse to use it! Yeah -- comments are turned off on ALL Globe blogs, to the dismay of the Globe bloggers, all of whom want them turned on. The reasons are twofold: Technical(we have to do some kind of server upgrade) and Financial (we have to pay the licensor of the blogging software an extra fee)> For a while there, some higher-ups at the Globe were also nervous about turning comments on in general, but they've gotten over that. So... they tell me that we will make the server upgrade (or whatever), pay the fee, and turn comments on by the end of the year. Scott, I know you’ve been working on that list of alternate blog names for MSM-spawned blogs, so I’m glad that the launch of Brainiac (full disclosure: I’m one of the Brainiac bloggers; I’m also responsible for launching some of the Boston Globe’s other blogs) gave you an excuse to use it!

Yeah—comments are turned off on ALL Globe blogs, to the dismay of the Globe bloggers, all of whom want them turned on. The reasons are twofold: Technical(we have to do some kind of server upgrade) and Financial (we have to pay the licensor of the blogging software an extra fee)> For a while there, some higher-ups at the Globe were also nervous about turning comments on in general, but they’ve gotten over that. So… they tell me that we will make the server upgrade (or whatever), pay the fee, and turn comments on by the end of the year.

]]> By: nnyhav http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/17/brainiac/comment-page-1/#comment-172272 nnyhav Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:20:34 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/17/brainiac/#comment-172272 Commentlessness may be by design so as not to cannibalise their webxed forums (unlike The Guardian's good sense on this). So readers may respond, even multithread (Make me grow Brainiac fingers! But with more hair!), but at a remove. Commentlessness may be by design so as not to cannibalise their webxed forums (unlike The Guardian’s good sense on this). So readers may respond, even multithread (Make me grow Brainiac fingers! But with more hair!), but at a remove.

]]> By: Sumana Harihareswara http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/17/brainiac/comment-page-1/#comment-172262 Sumana Harihareswara Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:19:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/17/brainiac/#comment-172262 "Readers can't respond at all"? Comments do not a blog make. Lots of blogs don't allow comments. You could think of letters to the editor as very, very moderated comments.... And hey, who said readers couldn't start their own blogs and trackback to Brainiac? “Readers can’t respond at all”? Comments do not a blog make. Lots of blogs don’t allow comments. You could think of letters to the editor as very, very moderated comments….

And hey, who said readers couldn’t start their own blogs and trackback to Brainiac?

]]> By: roy belmont http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/17/brainiac/comment-page-1/#comment-172256 roy belmont Mon, 18 Sep 2006 07:12:49 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/17/brainiac/#comment-172256 Watching grandpa talk about watching <i>his</i> grandma dance the frug. Watching grandpa talk about watching his grandma dance the frug.

]]> By: Barry Freed http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/17/brainiac/comment-page-1/#comment-172239 Barry Freed Sun, 17 Sep 2006 22:29:37 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/17/brainiac/#comment-172239 <b>Your comment is awaiting moderation</b> Ah, I see you've implemented the new WordPress sprezzatura sock-puppet filter. Good show. Your comment is awaiting moderation

Ah, I see you’ve implemented the new WordPress sprezzatura sock-puppet filter. Good show.

]]> By: Scott McLemee http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/17/brainiac/comment-page-1/#comment-172238 Scott McLemee Sun, 17 Sep 2006 22:28:56 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/17/brainiac/#comment-172238 Yes, she is. A redesign is in the works, but I have to do everything myself, and the salary I pay me does not offer much incentive. Yes, she is. A redesign is in the works, but I have to do everything myself, and the salary I pay me does not offer much incentive.

]]> By: Sprezzatura http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/17/brainiac/comment-page-1/#comment-172237 Sprezzatura Sun, 17 Sep 2006 22:25:33 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/17/brainiac/#comment-172237 Well said indeed! As I was just saying to my imaginary feline companion, "Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel..." And only he could have said it better. Well said indeed! As I was just saying to my imaginary feline companion, “Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel, Lee Siegel…”

And only he could have said it better.

]]> By: Ralph Luker http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/17/brainiac/comment-page-1/#comment-172234 Ralph Luker Sun, 17 Sep 2006 22:15:10 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/17/brainiac/#comment-172234 But isn't grandma also dancing over at <i><a href="http://www.mclemee.com/id4.html" rel="nofollow">Cogito, ergo Zoom</a></i>? But isn’t grandma also dancing over at Cogito, ergo Zoom?

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