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when I think “continuity” I think “James Bond” said literally nobody in the history of cinema
November 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
when I think “continuity” I think “James Bond” said literally nobody in the history of cinema
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there's more stuff in this book, actually
"Instead of hurling fireballs at one another from fortified towers the wizards learned to snipe at their colleagues over the interpretation of Faculty Council minutes, and long ago were amazed to find that they got just as much vicious fun out of it."
"Instead of hurling fireballs at one another from fortified towers the wizards learned to snipe at their colleagues over the interpretation of Faculty Council minutes, and long ago were amazed to find that they got just as much vicious fun out of it."
Yeah I think there was a joke in one of the books saying the whole point of the Unseen University was to *stop* wizards from using magic by getting them more focused on eating big meals on the University dime.
November 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
there's more stuff in this book, actually
"Instead of hurling fireballs at one another from fortified towers the wizards learned to snipe at their colleagues over the interpretation of Faculty Council minutes, and long ago were amazed to find that they got just as much vicious fun out of it."
"Instead of hurling fireballs at one another from fortified towers the wizards learned to snipe at their colleagues over the interpretation of Faculty Council minutes, and long ago were amazed to find that they got just as much vicious fun out of it."
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Carr et al had a similar idea - applied to color encoding - back in the 80s! (From www.jstor.org/stable/2289444, paywalled…)
November 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Carr et al had a similar idea - applied to color encoding - back in the 80s! (From www.jstor.org/stable/2289444, paywalled…)