HUCKLEBERRY HAX
Roger Haerling: What's a 'fatal crosspost'? Stephen Somebody: You really are behind on the SL lingo, aren't you Roger? Roger Haerling: On the other hand, I'm the inventor of 'kalt'. Stephen Somebody: But when you think about it, that's a bit like a serial killer coming up with a new term for the particular type of murder he's just carried out. Stephen Somebody: Hardly the sort of thing you want to be interviewed on Letterman about. Audra Avington: It's when you accidentally write something intended for person A into person B's instant message box. Am I right? Stephen Somebody: Not exactly. Stephen Somebody: Strictly speaking, it's when you accidentally write something derogatory about person B into person B's box, thinking, of course, that you're speaking to person A. Stephen Somebody: Harmless stuff wouldn't be fatal would it? Stephen Somebody: But, you see, you hardly ever crosspost *harmless* stuff accidentally. Stephen Somebody: It just doesn't work like that. Roger Haerling: Give me an example. Stephen Somebody: So say I finally manage to coax Lady Avington here out of her bitmapped undergarments... Stephen Somebody: ...next day, I see that you're online and open up an IM box to tell you all about it. Stephen Somebody: Only halfway through the story, she comes online herself and asks me how I'm doing, and by
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