Making Light :: "We'll make it ... BLINK." :: comments http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#comments Language, fraud, folly, truth, history, and knitting. Et cetera. en Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:36:12 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.34-en "We'll make it ... BLINK." The last word on the Great Boston Mooninite Scare.... The last word on the Great Boston Mooninite Scare.... http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html "We'll make it ... BLINK." -- comment #1 from Teresa Nielsen Hayden comment from Teresa Nielsen Hayden on 14.Feb.07 If you can't get it to play properly, wait a bit; it's getting hammered this morning.

]]> <p>Posted February 14, 2007 8:36 AM by Teresa Nielsen Hayden</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171776 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171776 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:36:12 -0500 "We'll make it ... BLINK." -- comment #2 from PurpleGirl comment from PurpleGirl on 14.Feb.07 LOL.

]]> <p>Posted February 14, 2007 8:48 AM by PurpleGirl</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171779 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171779 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:48:30 -0500 "We'll make it ... BLINK." -- comment #3 from JC comment from JC on 14.Feb.07 On one hand, I hate that Boston is laughing stock of the country. On the other hand, the video is hysterical. (Besides, I assume the rest of the country will forget about Boston quickly enough.)

]]> <p>Posted February 14, 2007 9:39 AM by JC</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171790 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171790 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:39:53 -0500 "We'll make it ... BLINK." -- comment #4 from Steve Buchheit comment from Steve Buchheit on 14.Feb.07 A head fake and $5 kit from Radio Shack, America's new terrorism threat.

]]> <p>Posted February 14, 2007 10:04 AM by Steve Buchheit</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171796 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171796 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:04:31 -0500 "We'll make it ... BLINK." -- comment #5 from meredith comment from meredith on 14.Feb.07 "I want every Joe Schmoe in a Red Sox cap to feel the middle finger at them."

*snarf*

]]> <p>Posted February 14, 2007 11:51 AM by meredith</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171809 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171809 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:51:52 -0500 "We'll make it ... BLINK." -- comment #6 from Marcos comment from Marcos on 14.Feb.07 I hate that Jim Samples had to step down because of this nonsense. It should have been the Boston Police Chief who lost his job, not the Cartoon CEO.

]]> <p>Posted February 14, 2007 12:24 PM by Marcos</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171823 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171823 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:24:45 -0500 "We'll make it ... BLINK." -- comment #7 from Steve Buchheit comment from Steve Buchheit on 14.Feb.07 #6 Marcos, somebody had to fall on their sword over this. If I had a choice, the bendy cartoon ones would be better. They're not as pointy as the real ones.

]]> <p>Posted February 14, 2007 12:42 PM by Steve Buchheit</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171829 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171829 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:42:15 -0500 "We'll make it ... BLINK." -- comment #8 from Teresa Nielsen Hayden comment from Teresa Nielsen Hayden on 14.Feb.07 It was unfair.

]]> <p>Posted February 14, 2007 1:01 PM by Teresa Nielsen Hayden</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171833 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171833 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:01:29 -0500 "We'll make it ... BLINK." -- comment #9 from Suzanne comment from Suzanne on 14.Feb.07 Personally, I find it absolutely galling that this whole mooninite thing was blown so far out of proportion with sanity or reason, and yet there is no sign whatsoever of homeland security going after people who use the "blink" tag on their web pages. Now those are *real* terrorists.

]]> <p>Posted February 14, 2007 1:37 PM by Suzanne</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171838 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171838 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:37:22 -0500 "We'll make it ... BLINK." -- comment #10 from Alan Bostick comment from Alan Bostick on 14.Feb.07 Y'all have seen this, right? In it, the Boston Police Department warns citizens of six more weeks of terror.

]]> <p>Posted February 14, 2007 1:54 PM by Alan Bostick</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171839 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171839 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:54:56 -0500 "We'll make it ... BLINK." -- comment #11 from Skwid comment from Skwid on 14.Feb.07 Thanks, Suzanne. Glad I wasn't the only one who went there...

]]> <p>Posted February 14, 2007 2:29 PM by Skwid</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171850 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171850 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:29:12 -0500 "We'll make it ... BLINK." -- comment #12 from Suzanne comment from Suzanne on 14.Feb.07 Skwid (#11): As near as I can tell, the only legitimate use of the blink tag is when demonstrating why you should never use the blink tag.

]]> <p>Posted February 14, 2007 2:38 PM by Suzanne</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171851 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171851 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:38:50 -0500 "We'll make it ... BLINK." -- comment #13 from Chris Quinones comment from Chris Quinones on 14.Feb.07 Apparently even the Dead People Server gave up on the blink tag: Schrödinger's Cat is now listed as "Not Alive".

]]> <p>Posted February 14, 2007 4:30 PM by Chris Quinones</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171860 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171860 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:30:36 -0500 "We'll make it ... BLINK." -- comment #14 from Tom Scudder comment from Tom Scudder on 14.Feb.07 13 - after all these years, odds are it's dead of old age if not of mistreatment.

]]> <p>Posted February 14, 2007 6:17 PM by Tom Scudder</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171879 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171879 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:17:07 -0500 "We'll make it ... BLINK." -- comment #15 from Steve Buchheit comment from Steve Buchheit on 14.Feb.07 #8 Teresa Nielsen Hayden, it most certainly was. My snark dial is up to 11 today. I didn't mean for my comment to make it seem that it was fair. Someone did need to fall on their sword, it would have been better for those responsible for failing to control panic, failing to do their jobs, and failing to show some form of responsibility in position to actually do the act. Given their past behavior, I doubt it was really going to be those in Boston.

It also goes to show that Turner Broadcasting is being the adult in this whole story.

My guess is Mr. Samples will find another position quickly. It's also my guess that Ted Turner will write checks to the campaigns of anybody that will oppose these people the next time they are up for election.

]]> <p>Posted February 14, 2007 6:24 PM by Steve Buchheit</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171880 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171880 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:24:40 -0500 "We'll make it ... BLINK." -- comment #16 from Larry Brennan comment from Larry Brennan on 14.Feb.07 That made my day.

Plus, it contained the deadliest insult to all Bostonians, the word "average".

]]> <p>Posted February 14, 2007 9:09 PM by Larry Brennan</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171907 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171907 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:09:32 -0500 "We'll make it ... BLINK." -- comment #17 from Bruce E. Durocher II comment from Bruce E. Durocher II on 14.Feb.07 Ever looked up the hysterical website that went up before Galaxy Quest came out? It's in the Internet Archive, and clearly the designers had their copies of Dreamweaver taken away and were told that the blink tag was mandatory and they had to do it in a text editor. (Supposed to have been done by a stock checker/bagboy for a grocery store--can't remember if he lived with his parents or not.) Wonderfully well done.

]]> <p>Posted February 14, 2007 10:18 PM by Bruce E. Durocher II</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171919 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171919 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:18:35 -0500 "We'll make it ... BLINK." -- comment #18 from Rob Rusick comment from Rob Rusick on 14.Feb.07 Tom Schudder @14: Given a particular dead cat, do you think the CSI team will be able to make a case that the cat had been killed in a ritualistic manner unique to physicists?

]]> <p>Posted February 14, 2007 10:57 PM by Rob Rusick</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171924 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171924 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:57:28 -0500 "We'll make it ... BLINK." -- comment #19 from Anaea comment from Anaea on 14.Feb.07 It's the last line in it that kills, really. Pun intended.

Also, does this mean Boston is the new Florida?

]]> <p>Posted February 14, 2007 11:54 PM by Anaea</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171931 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#171931 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:54:52 -0500 "We'll make it ... BLINK." -- comment #20 from skippy comment from skippy on 15.Feb.07 i'm infuriated that the ceo of cartoon network was the fall guy. 8 other city police departments didn't say squat about the britelite ads, and boston didn't even worry about them for two weeks. these people are nuts.

]]> <p>Posted February 15, 2007 11:35 PM by skippy</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#172174 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#172174 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 23:35:41 -0500 "We'll make it ... BLINK." -- comment #21 from BadTux comment from BadTux on 16.Feb.07 FYI, Ted Turner has nothing to do with Turner Broadcasting anymore. Time-Warner bought him out years ago. I think they even booted him off their board of directors recently.

]]> <p>Posted February 16, 2007 3:21 AM by BadTux</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#172196 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008678.html#172196 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 03:21:22 -0500