Theory origins, catalogue uploads, and icky theory

[bluesqueak]

Porphyria:
And heck, we even do make reference to MD 
even though I never thought of it as a SnapeTheory per se.

Pip:
No, MD isn't a Snape Theory. [Thanks for putting it in the Snape FAQ 
by the way – I did notice, but it's my British modesty breaking out –
 admitting I'd noticed it would have been equivalent to saying `yes, 
it was a Fantastic Post, wasn't it', which is Just Not Done.]

In many ways it could probably survive Snape being revealed as a 
TRIPLE agent, who has secretly been working for Voldemort all the 
time. It could certainly survive the discovery that Snape genuinely 
hates Harry


Porphyria:
Did you only get the idea for MD after you joined the group? I 
figured you'd been percolating that one for ages, given how detailed 
it is.

Pip:
No, when I joined the group, MD was just a little baby dishmop 
floating in the back of my mind


The real premise behind DISHWASHER is `things are not what they 
seem'. Which I believe is a quote by JKR, but I've never really 
looked it up. 

The description of the DE attacks also reminded me strongly of the 
IRA attacks in GB and Northern Ireland – there has, obviously, been 
a huge number of reports and documentaries about that in the UK, 
many of which have questioned or discussed the extensive use of 
intelligence, informers and undercover operatives by both sides.

 I would probably have dismissed that were it not for the very large 
number of references to `spies' in the books – not just the 
definite, confirmed, working for Dumbledore/Voldemort spies, but 
also the casual references by the kids to people spying on them, or 
them trying to spy on others. Kids reflect adults, very often 
without realising it. 

There's also a number of people in the books who are *acting* for 
very long periods – most obviously Quirrel, and Crouch/Moody who 
maintain a cover for a year each. Snape must also have been a pretty 
good actor to survive spying on Voldemort, which was why I suggested 
originally that he might have been acting in the Hospital scene in 
PoA. That later developed into the full blown analysis of the Shack 
and the Hospital in Part I of MD.

Part II developed from the idea that Voldemort is a liar, which is 
canon, and getting annoyed with people who nonetheless insisted that 
his speech in GoF must be gospel truth


Captain Cindy: 
And *please* don't forget to upload your catalogue every now and 
then. I'm terrified of computer crashes myself, so I have been 
doing this every 50-75 messages or so by deleting my old version and 
uploading my new version. But anything that works for you is 
great.

Pip:
Being the deeply suspicious person that I am, I've been using the 
parent-child method of uploading. This is where you upload file 1, 
and when you have a later version, you call it file 2 and upload 
that as well. Then when you have a still later version, you delete 
file 1 ONLY, and upload this latest version as a new file 1. And for 
the next one you delete file 2 


This means that in the horrible event that your file becomes 
corrupted, and you only discover it during an upload, you have NOT 
deleted the last good copy of your file, and will have only lost the 
last 100 or so entries and not the entire bloody thing.

I'm up to about 600 or so of my block, btw.


Eileen: See if you can beat it!
Message 33022

Pip:Urrgh! How did she get them out? With a magic teaspoon?

Pip