The Vent and Rant Thread - Page 1738

badgoodDeb · 05-18-2015, 06:05 PM

Yes, I like that too! I used to re-enact that time period. However, since we were enacting battlefields, and doing it in the middle of the summer out in the sun, no one much wanted to wear gear as fancy as that. They did frequently have to wear red woolen frock coats, though. (At least, the British army side did.)

Hitch · 05-19-2015, 06:48 PM

Client:

Quote:

"at the end of the lines hyphens are used. for example page 5 “Dragon-breath.” please take all the hyphens out you used to change the line. for example “Dragonbreath.”

Mind you, this entire line, due to some other aspects, (it's set with a BFL) has a whopping total of 41 characters. FORTY-ONE. "Dragon" contains 8 of them.

This is NOT for an eBook.
THIS IS FOR A PRINT BOOK.
A justified print book.

Do we have a blankety-blank-blank icon for "crickets?"

Hitch

badgoodDeb · 05-19-2015, 07:21 PM

Your avatar says it all, I think. Sorry the world has so many of those demons of stupidity ....

wodin · 05-19-2015, 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Your avatar says it all, I think. Sorry the world has so many of those demons of stupidity ....

As he looks around for a shadow to hide in, she's on to me!

Hitch · 05-19-2015, 07:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Your avatar says it all, I think. Sorry the world has so many of those demons of stupidity ....

Do youse guys think that Xanax comes in easily-refillable, handy, Costco-sized drip containers? With a nice "throttle" doodah, to turn it up to HIGH?

URGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGH.

@Wodin:

Don't be silly. :-)

Hitch

eschwartz · 05-19-2015, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hitch

Client:

Mind you, this entire line, due to some other aspects, (it's set with a BFL) has a whopping total of 41 characters. FORTY-ONE. "Dragon" contains 8 of them.

This is NOT for an eBook.
THIS IS FOR A PRINT BOOK.
A justified print book.

Do we have a blankety-blank-blank icon for "crickets?"

Hitch

Write an email to your client mentioning that all professionally formatted books sold by BPHs use hyphens in a process called justification. Ask him if he wants a book that a BPH would be willing to publish. Link to the Wikipedia articles on hyphenation and justification for added measure.

Delete that email without sending it, and write a new one that says essentially the same thing but politely.

badgoodDeb · 05-19-2015, 08:49 PM

And suggest that, if "Dragonbreath" absolutely must not be split, that he needs to rewrite the sentence so there are more words in that line. IE turn it back into something HE did wrong.

PeterT · 05-19-2015, 09:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hitch

Do youse guys think that Xanax comes in easily-refillable, handy, Costco-sized drip containers? With a nice "throttle" doodah, to turn it up to HIGH?

URGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGH.

@Wodin:

Don't be silly. :-)

Hitch

Would this suffice? http://www.worldslargestscotchwhisky.com/

badgoodDeb · 05-19-2015, 09:21 PM

Good heavens. I don't think even Andre the Giant could lift that bottle to pour it. So it's an "input only" bottle?

kindlekitten · 05-20-2015, 01:09 PM

I am now suffering from fairly epic insomnia/early wake up due to pain. I've had about 3 hours of sleep in the last 48

covingtoncat73 · 05-20-2015, 01:10 PM

Oh, KK! I hope something can be done about the pain and you can get some sleep soon.

badgoodDeb · 05-20-2015, 01:55 PM

Indeed! That's not a good place to be.

pdurrant · 05-24-2015, 08:17 AM

WHY would any ebook creator label every paragraph with a CSS style named 'chapter'?

I had to tweak calibre's structure detection processing to avoid The Handsome man's De Lexe Café ending up with 1250 one-paragraph pages when converted to epub from AZW3...

CRussel · 05-24-2015, 01:30 PM

Why in the world can't Bradley fix their otherwise superb smoker so the d*** biscuits feed properly??? Everyone complains about the current feed mechanism and Bradley just says useless things like "clean the slideway properly, etc". Yeah, right. We all know that. But even when perfectly clean and smooth, they don't reliably feed. And hello?! These things sit outside and are subject to humidity, thermal variations, and, oh by the way, the smoke they generate! Fix the mechanism so it isn't quite so BARELY adequate but has a little margin. I love my Bradley (especially after all I've done to modify and improve it!), but I hate the feed mechanism.

PandathePanda · 05-25-2015, 12:35 AM

This sux. Me want to buy a new PC to replace mine, but to get the same type I'm using currently (amount of ram, gpu spec, and stuff) meaning a current upper mid range pc. It'll cost me between three to five months salary :'(

05-19-2015, 08:49 PM	#26062
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,555 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	And suggest that, if "Dragonbreath" absolutely must not be split, that he needs to rewrite the sentence so there are more words in that line. IE turn it back into something HE did wrong. Last edited by badgoodDeb; 05-19-2015 at 09:00 PM.

05-24-2015, 01:30 PM	#26069
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,298 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	Why in the world can't Bradley fix their otherwise superb smoker so the d*** biscuits feed properly??? Everyone complains about the current feed mechanism and Bradley just says useless things like "clean the slideway properly, etc". Yeah, right. We all know that. But even when perfectly clean and smooth, they don't reliably feed. And hello?! These things sit outside and are subject to humidity, thermal variations, and, oh by the way, the smoke they generate! Fix the mechanism so it isn't quite so BARELY adequate but has a little margin. I love my Bradley (especially after all I've done to modify and improve it!), but I hate the feed mechanism. Last edited by pdurrant; 05-24-2015 at 04:56 PM.

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05-18-2015, 06:05 PM	#26056
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,555 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Yes, I like that too! I used to re-enact that time period. However, since we were enacting battlefields, and doing it in the middle of the summer out in the sun, no one much wanted to wear gear as fancy as that. They did frequently have to wear red woolen frock coats, though. (At least, the British army side did.)

05-19-2015, 07:21 PM	#26058
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,555 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Your avatar says it all, I think. Sorry the world has so many of those demons of stupidity ....

05-19-2015, 09:21 PM	#26064
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,555 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Good heavens. I don't think even Andre the Giant could lift that bottle to pour it. So it's an "input only" bottle?

05-20-2015, 01:09 PM	#26065
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	I am now suffering from fairly epic insomnia/early wake up due to pain. I've had about 3 hours of sleep in the last 48

05-20-2015, 01:10 PM	#26066
covingtoncat73 Wizard Posts: 2,745 Karma: 83407757 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Lenovo Duet Chromebook, Moto e	Oh, KK! I hope something can be done about the pain and you can get some sleep soon.

05-20-2015, 01:55 PM	#26067
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,555 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Indeed! That's not a good place to be.

05-24-2015, 08:17 AM	#26068
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,138 Karma: 315558334 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	*WHY* would any ebook creator label every paragraph with a CSS style named 'chapter'? I had to tweak calibre's structure detection processing to avoid The Handsome man's De Lexe Café ending up with 1250 one-paragraph pages when converted to epub from AZW3...

05-25-2015, 12:35 AM	#26070
PandathePanda a toy panda Posts: 2,568 Karma: 26020474 Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Onboard the Queen Anne's Revenge Device: Various Android dvices	This sux. Me want to buy a new PC to replace mine, but to get the same type I'm using currently (amount of ram, gpu spec, and stuff) meaning a current upper mid range pc. It'll cost me between three to five months salary :'(

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