[HPFGU-Catalogue] Re: Coding speed

[ewe2]

On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 08:54:34PM -0000, Debbie wrote:
> Debbie:
> Side note to Carolyn (and Sean!).  How do you keep the reject rate 
> so high?  Are your posts worse than mine, or do you remember 
> everything that's been said before?  I was quite pleased to increase 
> my rejection rate to 2/3 on the last batch, and I rejected every one 
> I had to stop and think about. 

It's both. I've only coded 1700-odd posts but there's an awful lot of
repetition, and if you keep note of your work (as I do), the same things keep
cropping up. That said, there's always new heights of irrelevance whenever a
new HP is nigh; people go into overdrive as they manically restate their
position, or run pointless questionaires, nothing that hasn't already been
said. I might add it's also luck - Carolyn and I seem to be getting to the
vast deserts of nonsense before everyone else

Mind you, the quality of filks has improved: #54902 "The Voldemort Rag"
is a gem, and I'll reprint it here because I'm a huge Lehrer fan:

The Voldemort Rag
A filk by Pippin
to the Tune of "The Vatican Rag" by Tom Lehrer
Hear the original at
http://wiw.org/~drz/tom.lehrer/midi/vatican.mid

First you get down on your knees
Shiver like you're gonna freeze
Bow your heads, each one of them
And kiss the hem, kiss the hem, kiss the hem

Muggles, Mudbloods are in danger
We've got Potter, we'll get Granger
Everybody at 'em
Finite Incantatem
Doin' the Voldemort Rag

Members of my inner circle will
Get the chance to torture, maim and kill
We're the gang that's incorrigible
With the curse that's unforgivable
Law Enforcement cannot catch us
We'll be gone before they snatch us
Two, four, six, eight
We can all Disapparate

So get down upon your knees
Swear eternal loyalties
Crawl to me and kiss my hem
Yeah! S&M, S&M, S&M

Grab a mask and put it on if
You're an evil wizard goniff
Avada Kedavra
Gee, it's great to have ya
Goin' ballistic an'
Gettin' sadistic an'
Doin' the Voldemort Rag!

FP anyone?

* splash *

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