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Knio is now known as Knio-dinner

Knio-dinner is now known as Knio

Knio is now known as Knio-tv

Knio-tv is now known as Knio

i don't see it in the stle guide...are ampersands valid?

*style

. . . You'll have to write them as & in XML . . .

Knio is now known as Knio-sleep

Knio-sleep is now known as Knio

Knio is now known as Knio-sleep

hi

hey

how is the roomie and cat??

oh, they're fine

my housemate has been committed, again

but that's probably a good thing

cat's doing well

good about the cat.

not so good about the roomie?

She depressed?

very.

no bueno.

over here people pop all sorts of pills for that.

she's diagnosed full clinical depression, has been like that for a while .. had it on and off since her teens

how is the mindset in .au?

much the same, trying out different drugs. Also ECT, possibly.

we tend to favour counselling over drugs, but it depends on the illness and the psych

good.

here is the opposite.

as she's been diagnosed with a serious brain dysfunction, counselling isn't really going to do much.

pizza's arrived

brb

back

bon appetit.

ugh brain dysfunction -- sounds nasty

well, that basically just means that her brain produces the wrong chemicals, and so she feels extremely depressed all the time, although she is quite able to intellectually know that there's nothing wrong

true "clinical" depression

no trigger, nothing particularly wrong in her life .. :-/

just down all the time

is she taking meds now?

yeah, they've been trying a few different ones. haven't been helping much

finding the right one is the key. And that is challenging.

it's generally a matter of trying different types until they get the right one

yep

I'm not sure there's much to say about it, but how are your friends in Germany doing?

coping.

not much else to be done.

waiting for the cops to get their heads out of their asses so they can get the goodbye letter..

hmm, that's rough

did you get the ok for the amazon thing?

no.

they are bugging their lawyers to get the final answer by next friday.

ok

That's why the release is sched for the day after vday.

If they get a no back from the lawyers then CCCP is in for some big changes.

I don't think anyone wants to see that.

as far as I'm concerned, "not for profit" simply means that. It doesn't mean you can't make money, it just means that you aren't aiming to turn a profit.

if not-for-profits can't earn money, then it makes things a bit difficult, eh

I'm with you.

And I think everyone else is -- including the IRS.

Q is whether or not they will get into trouble with Hurricane Electric.

I mean, my old job was doing tech support/systems admin for a non-for-profit ISP

wow -- really?

small world.

the ISP side made money, which in turn pumped the money into the community sector, which was the primary focus for the business

good.

that's all I want to do.

so, at least in Australia, it's perfectly fine for a not-for-profit company to make money

it is here as well.

damn. I've got about 20+ mods I need to clarify. They aren't getting votes.

lemme look.

meh, and some are just inconsistent. that's what I get for fixing up almost every release by one artist in one sitting

brb

back

I should have done this before : my housemate has 9 or so albums by Front 242, I can double check the listings against the discographies and against MB now

:-)

combined with what I own as well, I can cover most of the releases

what's your opinion on releases that are re-released and the song titles are slightly changed?

ugh.

are the track durations the same?

for example : Back Catalogue by Front 242, early release has titles one way, later release has titles the other way.

the tracks are exaactly the same

Back Catalogue is a compilation album ..

what is one way vs the other way.

the original release of the tracks is "S. Fr. Nomenklatura" (I + II)

one of the versions of Back Catalogue drops the "S. FR."

Personally, I'd go with the first version and stick with it.

same ..

just wanted a second opinion

:)

do you prefer "V1.0" or "v1.0"?

v1.0

all the track names are in upper case

Ick.

good, that's how I did it

someone has put them is as "(version 1.0)". The track title just has "V1.0" etc

can you have a look at this : http://members.fortunecity.com/twins242/front24...

I've chosen this : http://www.musicbrainz.org/showmod.html?modid=7...

I'm not sure I like either way, now

[:Re:Boot: (L. IV. E. ])

parser error: mismatched ()

parser error: mismatched []

?

parser error: humans suck

:-)

The [ ( ] ) is not proper in ANY context.

Well, it should follow the album as closely as possible -- that's the primary rule.

it's literal from the album though

Then go with that.

"'98" or "1998" isn't even part of the title

and doesn't make sense, as it was recorded in 1997 and 1998

it was just *released* in 1998

gah

annoying. pretty much everywhere refers to it as just "re:boot live" or similar, they drop the brackets and extra spacing/colons

amazon just have it as "Re-Boot"

oh wait, they have it as "Re-Boot: Live '98 [LIVE]"

personally, I'd tag mine as "Re-Boot Live"

or "Re:Boot Live"

what do you think?

Re:Boot gets my bote

vote

interesting .. the record label lists it just as "Re:Boot"

I think I'll go with that. "Live" shouldn't be part of the title, yes? It's implied by the album type anyway.

yep

pity the original record label (Lightning Records) is now defunct

for crying out loud

the other record label is listing it as "Reboot '98"

I can't win :)

sorry, "Re:Boot '98"

must .. find .. correct .. title! .. *twitch*

heh, I was figuring I'd need to hit 100+ mods before being nominated for auto-mod.. :)

er.. 1000+ mods