System: camidon joined us. Cheers!
anneliese sez to all: Hi CM!
camidon sez to all: hello again, Anneliese!
anneliese sez to all: Again? Have I been here before????
camidon sez to all: well, no, not this evening, but last week, and the one before that...
anneliese sez to all: Are you sure that was really me?
anneliese sez to all: Might have been a clone, you know.
camidon sez to all: Well, one can never be too sure... this being science fiction and everything!
anneliese sez to all: Exactly...have I met you before?
camidon sez to all: Don't think so, my dwarf half-brother has been impersonating me for serveral years now
anneliese sez to all: I thought you looked different, somehow.
camidon sez to all: yep, I've grown.
anneliese sez to all: Ahhh, that's it.
anneliese sez to all: Taller.
camidon sez to all: as a writer that is...
anneliese sez to all: cute.
camidon sez to all: oh goodnees, I think this chats have had an affect...
anneliese sez to all: These smilies are going to be the end of us yet.
camidon sez to all: THESE chats, not this one, well maybe this one too
camidon sez to all: I think you're right about that
anneliese sez to all: I don't seem to be able to get the smilies tonight...
anneliese sez to all: Parsing errors.
camidon sez to all: ah well, there just fun and games, and Eddy has quite a bit of fun with them
anneliese sez to all: That he does.
anneliese sez to all: I wonder if he'll check in tonight...I think Dave is on vacation this week.
camidon sez to all: yah, maybe a small gathering,
anneliese sez to all: Think I'll check my email...see if anyone is looking for me on AOL.
camidon sez to all: I'm glad to see that Juanita has taken up the "requesting a chat" idea. That's good
camidon sez to all: good idea
anneliese sez to all: So far, it's clear...no new spam, even.
anneliese sez to all: Yes, I was glad that Juanita chose to do the chat.
anneliese sez to all: I hoped she might be able to check in tonight as practice.
camidon sez to all: that would be good, but at least some of our ideas are filtering into the rest of the group, all be it slowly.
anneliese sez to all: Yes, I do think these chats, even if they are small, are having a good effect.
camidon sez to all: I didn't get to my proposed "website critique" as previosuly suggested (obviously seeing as there's no email from me) but this weekend I went through and should type up some thoughts for the group today or tomorrow
camidon sez to all: perhaps we'll get a few comments from that too
anneliese sez to all: I appreciate you going to the effort. Truth is, last week was so
anneliese sez to all: bad for me, work wise, that I would not have been able to do anything about your comments.
camidon sez to all: last week was slow in general all around, not unusual as of late
anneliese sez to all: true.
camidon sez to all: I think you're entitled to a few days off seeing as you've been most active recently, helping to rekindle interest in the goup
anneliese sez to all: Gee, thanks. :::blushing:::
camidon sez to all: lol
anneliese sez to all: This and Neopets has been my stress relief for quite a while, now.
camidon sez to all: Neopets? Should I even ask?
anneliese sez to all: Probably not. It is a virtual pet/game site. www.neopets.com
anneliese sez to all: Only go if you want/need another addiction.
camidon sez to all: lol, no thanks, online boggle is enough for me!
anneliese sez to all: Hey! Elizabeth is coming online.
anneliese sez to all: boggle is something I have not tried.
camidon sez to all: just one of those addictive games.
anneliese sez to all: was trying to log into iChat, but seem to have something wrong..
camidon sez to all: doh
anneliese sez to all: Keep forgetting that my AIM psw is not the same as my AOL psw.
anneliese sez to all: All better now....iChat is an instant messaging service.
camidon sez to all: psw?
anneliese sez to all: password
camidon sez to all: doh again, I see
anneliese sez to all: Well, I am a computer geek.
anneliese sez to all: It's a standard abbreviation we use.
camidon sez to all: I see again. I'm just a geek (can't progess to any major computer knowledge) except basic navigation skills
camidon sez to all: profess that is
anneliese sez to all: That isn't a bad thing.
anneliese sez to all: Most computer skills are worthless after about 3 years.
camidon sez to all: I do agree. I know enough to survive and not have to constantly ask questions to those more knowledgable then me
anneliese sez to all: And the number of more knowledgeable than you probably keeps decreasing.
camidon sez to all: Vell, any new thought about the website or anything else SFWW relate?
anneliese sez to all: Well, I've been looking at all those links you guys have been putting on the message board.
anneliese sez to all: I definately think those should be moved to the website.
camidon sez to all: <Thought entering head> If Juanita's chat goes well in two weeks, we should add it to the chat logs on the website
anneliese sez to all: Elizabeth and I are exploring how to get the website listed on AOL.
anneliese sez to all: Absolutely. And I will get last week's chat posted one of these days (as well as tonight's).
camidon sez to all: That's good. If we have to have AOL chats, lets have AOL help us out as much as possible
anneliese sez to all: Exactly.
System: Elizabeth joined us. Cheers!
camidon sez to all: Do we/should we post, not story related chats on the website?
anneliese sez to all: Hi Elizabeth!
Elizabeth sez to all: hi there! Didn't realize that I would have to register again.
camidon sez to all: well phoeey, Elizabeth did it to me too!
anneliese sez to all: I don't know. I guess it depends on the content and usefulness.
anneliese sez to all: But they still can be posted on the message board.
anneliese sez to all: I'm surprised that you did have to register, Elizabeth.
camidon sez to all: Hi Elizabeth. <any previous chat is now missing for me>
anneliese sez to all: It must have been a while since you last visited.
camidon sez to all: as Elizabeth seems to have Dave K's disease of freezing my screen!
anneliese sez to all: Oh, no! I wonder what causes that.
camidon sez to all: maybe it's jus the third person in the chat...
Elizabeth sez to all: So am I, but it's okay. It has been a while since I've been to the chat room.
anneliese sez to all: I don't seem to have the problem. :::crossing fingers and toes:::
camidon sez to all: lol, oh well
Elizabeth sez to all: I didn't mean to, CM. Really.
anneliese sez to all: I see the smilies work for you.
Elizabeth sez to all: brb, dog needs attention
camidon sez to all: still getting the bugs worked out here
anneliese sez to all: So, CM, did you get my answer to your question about posting
anneliese sez to all: non story chats on the website?
camidon sez to all: Anneliese, did you get my post about the non-story related chats not being on the website?
camidon sez to all: lol
anneliese sez to all: mind meld!
camidon sez to all: No, i didn;t then.
anneliese sez to all: And the answer was:
anneliese sez to all: anneliese sez to all: I don't know. I guess it depends on the content and usefulness.
anneliese sez to all: But they still can be posted on the message board.
camidon sez to all: I that makes good sense. I agree with them all being on the message board
anneliese sez to all: I'm trying to decide how many really ancient ones that I can dig up should go on the message board.
camidon sez to all: imo I don't think we need website reconstruction chats posted on the website, it might give prospective members the wrong idea, or maybe it wouldn't.
anneliese sez to all: I don't either, and I'm not too worried about prospective members' ideas.
camidon sez to all: I'd say don't look too hard. If you have some easily accessible, great, but this is a scifi group, and we should be more concerned with the future than the past!
Elizabeth sez to all: bak
anneliese sez to all: But, I see these as 'team building' chats that are still useful,
anneliese sez to all: but not to the world at large.
anneliese sez to all: So, how's it been, Elizabeth?
camidon sez to all: I agree
anneliese sez to all: And I agree with you...really old chats aren't going to have much meaning to current members.
System: Elizabeth left us (snif).
anneliese sez to all: Timed out?
camidon sez to all: Hmm, did my screen freeze again?
anneliese sez to all: I'm here
camidon sez to all: Not yet, but we'll see what happens if Elizabeth returns
anneliese sez to all: What version of browser are you using?
camidon sez to all: iE 5
anneliese sez to all: OS?
camidon sez to all: Win98
System: Elizabeth joined us. Cheers!
camidon sez to all: (I'm just a few years behind...)
anneliese sez to all: You might be able to download a newer version of IE, which might help.
anneliese sez to all: WB, Elizabeth!
Elizabeth sez to all: bak...IE barfed on me.
camidon sez to all: Hello again, Elizabeth
anneliese sez to all: Or think about Mozilla. I think that is what Eddy is using.
Elizabeth sez to all: Before that I had to play catch with Aiko, a.k.a. the Whippet of Mass Destruction.
anneliese sez to all: Aiko?
Elizabeth sez to all: She's about a year old, but still very much a puppy.
anneliese sez to all: Oh, very energetic.
Elizabeth sez to all: Japanese for "sweetheart", also linked to the word for indigo blue.
camidon sez to all: I probably could, get a newer IE, but when it comes to updating software, i'm rather lazy. As long as it works, why do I need a newer version? This chat may be a reason though
anneliese sez to all: Interesting connection.
camidon sez to all: Whippet of Mass Destruction, very nice.
Elizabeth sez to all: Her coloring is blue-gray, fawn and white. Very pretty dog. Looks like a small greyhound.
anneliese sez to all: Yes, unfortunately, these newer scripts work much better with newer software.
anneliese sez to all: Does sound like a pretty dog.
Elizabeth sez to all: Yes, we have a WMD.
camidon sez to all: true, true, anneliese
camidon sez to all:
anneliese sez to all: Of course, having the latest versions is no guarantee.
Elizabeth sez to all: have I told you about her secret saliva weaponry?
anneliese sez to all: Sometimes, if the version is too new, things can be worse.
anneliese sez to all: [my smilies aren't working]
Elizabeth sez to all: That might be my problem. My computer's only a few months old.
anneliese sez to all: Oh, I don't know if I want to know about those weapons.
camidon sez to all: Gosh, it's been so long, Elizabeth, are we ready to discuss the saliva weaponary?
Elizabeth sez to all: The script was causing all sorts of errors. My husband switched the error display off...we'll see how long this lasts.
camidon sez to all: Should we be worried?
anneliese sez to all: Well, the other problem with new computers, is that they notoriously ship with bad/old versions of software.
Elizabeth sez to all: She'll chase you down and lick you to death.
anneliese sez to all: Especially with respect to browser software.
Elizabeth sez to all: Sorry about your smileys, Anneliese.
camidon sez to all: We don't need, Eddy, we can play with the smiles without him :tongue:
anneliese sez to all: I'll live. Just wish the scrolling worked.
camidon sez to all: Strange, my scolling works, but I freeze when certain people enter and leave
anneliese sez to all: Well, I see yours just fine...just can't pull up the selection window.
anneliese sez to all: Some nights the scrolling works, other times it does not.
Elizabeth sez to all: My scrolling isn't working either. Just sits there until I move the arrow down.
Elizabeth sez to all: Not fatal, but kind of a pain in the rear.
camidon sez to all: Since you're here, Elizabeth, any thought about the SFWW website (applause to Anneliese) or the group in general?
anneliese sez to all: Yep. I'm using Netscape 7.1, OS 10.2.6
anneliese sez to all: :::bows:::
Elizabeth sez to all: Well, I sent an e-mail to the Writing & Publishing leader, to see if we can get a link from that group on AOL to our website.
Elizabeth sez to all: And we probably need to let certain people (SF Amy, some of the other people who've linked to SFWW) to give them our new addy.
anneliese sez to all: I guess we could ask him to update the chat listing to include the website.
Elizabeth sez to all: Oops, let them know our new address, so that they can update their links.
camidon sez to all: That sounds good
anneliese sez to all: I thought that when we first set up the new AOL chat, that we had a reminder service we could enable...know what happened to that?
camidon sez to all: IT's great that Amy still keeps in touch. Great resource for the group, and success story to boot
Elizabeth sez to all: I don't know what happened with that. I'll look into it...but we used to send out the reminders, and then one day they just stopped.
Elizabeth sez to all: I'm sorry to say that I haven't kept up with the AOL chatter as much as I should have these last few months.
anneliese sez to all: No problem.
anneliese sez to all: Having chats weekly is the only way I can consistently remember them.
Elizabeth sez to all: Yeah, and it's probably a good way to get more people involved.
anneliese sez to all:
camidon sez to all: I agree yet again
Elizabeth sez to all: yeah, it's late by you, isn't it? Nighters.
anneliese sez to all: [had to change the color scheme]
anneliese sez to all: Yep, about that time.
Elizabeth sez to all: yay! Anneliese has smileys!
anneliese sez to all: It only makes getting up in the morning hard.
camidon sez to all: A pleasure as always Anneliese,
anneliese sez to all: It's awful being a nightowl.
anneliese sez to all: I'm glad you could make it.
Elizabeth sez to all: Took me a few minutes to get that...I hate daylight savings time. I'm dragging my rear for a week afterwards.
camidon sez to all: see you in two weeks for Juanita's chat. Put in a good word for me at the AOL chat.
Elizabeth sez to all: will do, CM!
anneliese sez to all: We'll miss you.
camidon sez to all: It's good to see you too, Elizabeth
Elizabeth sez to all: good night, all! Glad you could make it!
anneliese sez to all: At least tonight I was able to show up on time.
anneliese sez to all: Good night.
Elizabeth sez to all: Next time I'll be better. Kiddo was something else tonight.
anneliese sez to all: Must be that age.
Elizabeth sez to all: He could wear the Energizer bunny out.
camidon sez to all: gnight you two
Elizabeth sez to all: Definitely. He just doesn't stop...running around or talking.
Elizabeth sez to all: nighters CM!
anneliese sez to all: niters
Elizabeth sez to all: talk to you later!