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Mahnax

12:00 AM

So what's going on in your lives?

Matt Эллен

@Cerberus your contributions to the site are innumerable and invaluable

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ok, technically they're numerable

simchona

@Mahnax I would say if I knew it wasn't going to be in the transcript--all related to what I told you.

Mahnax

@simchona Hmm, more of that, eh?

simchona

@Mahnax I am, and was, scared

Mahnax

@simchona That's unfortunate. I hope things get better and/or less frightening.

simchona

12:02 AM

@Mahnax I'm just more careful now

Mahnax

@simchona Good good.

I fixed my curry, @Cerb @Kit. I added more salt and some red pepper flakes and it was delicious.

Cerberus

@simchona Okay I have edited the question (and answered it).

@JosephWeissman Oh, cool! That is quite different!

@MattЭллен Thanks! Like my heads.

@Mahnax I knew it!!

Oh, and some fat can sometimes save curries too, a bit of sunflower oil does wonders. If you're trying to cut down on calories, don't use too much fat, of course...

Mahnax

@Cerberus Heh. You win again.

Cerberus

Again?

Well, yay, I suppose.

Mahnax

Mhm. Nice answer btw:

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A: Why does the prefix "in" in "invaluable" not mean "un-" as in other adjectives?

The reason for the prefix in- in invaluable is that it originally meant simply "impossible to value". It has somehow acquired the more specific meaning that it is impossible to value because its value is infinitely high. So there is no illogicality here. Cf. innumerable, "impossible to count (be...

Matt Эллен

12:14 AM

I shall love y'all and leave y'all. g'night.

Mahnax

Bai!

Cerberus

Bye Matt!

@Mahnax Thanks!

Mahnax

@Cerberus Well, yeah. I wish you many upvotes!

Cerberus

bows

Mahnax

I will be watching Schindler's list tonight.

Ooh, another 10k gold! Two more gold packs, methinks.

Cerberus

12:20 AM

Good, and good!

So you decided to pick up the game again, huh.

Mahnax

Yep. I am level 7 now! Haha. I'm on mission 29.

Cerberus

Good!

Don't let the kitten overtake you.

simchona

@Cerberus Hey!

Mahnax

But I'm out of energy again. How can I increase that 100 to something more?

@Cerberus She seems to be more addicted than I.

simchona

@Mahnax I'm still here you know.

Mahnax

12:27 AM

@simchona Oh, I know.

simchona

pouts

Mahnax

You out of energy too? That's a good reason to pout. pouts

Cerberus

@Mahnax Real money.

Mahnax

@Cerberus Bah! Did you do that?

Cerberus

@simchona I would have advised you the same thing if positions were reversed.

@Mahnax No, I mean, you can spend 10 WB to refill your bar. So that is terribly expensive, because you hardly get any WBs except if you spend real money, and you will need WB for better cards later on.

Mahnax

12:31 AM

@Cerberus OIC.

Cerberus

No, wait there is another way: spend game money to buy permanent energy upgrades.

Mahnax

:O Now I know what I'm saving for!

Dinnertime, I'm off!

Kitḫ

12:53 AM

@MattЭллен Bye!

@Mahnax Enjoy it! Glad you fixed your curry.

Hello, everyone else.

simchona

Argh. Mission 21, why do you hate me so

Sonic The Hedgehog

This conversation has suddenly turned to gaming.

simchona

@SonicTheHedgehog Not suddenly.

Kitḫ

Suddenly?

simchona

It's been on gaming for a while...

Well, I'm off to dinner. Bye!

Kitḫ

1:02 AM

Bai!

Sonic The Hedgehog

Bye

I myself is on Rotmg...

Trying out Wizard now

@Kit guess what!

simchona

@sonic You is?

Sonic The Hedgehog

@sim ?

Kitḫ

@SonicTheHedgehog You passed your exams?

Sonic The Hedgehog

@Kit just today.

simchona

1:05 AM

"I myself is on Rotmg"

Kitḫ

@SonicTheHedgehog Congratulations!

Sonic The Hedgehog

@Kit well not "passed"

But I took it! :)

About hundred kids were there...

Kitḫ

Are you relieved?

Sonic The Hedgehog

@Kit Yes.

Party all night!

Kitḫ

Do you feel like you did well?

Sonic The Hedgehog

1:07 AM

@Kit I did well in writing.

Kitḫ

lol

I should hope so.

Sonic The Hedgehog

There was 40 questions in Math.

Oh, and it was only essay and Math.

simchona

@sonic there were

Are there more tests? Or was it just those two sections?

Sonic The Hedgehog

Now, when they grade the Math test, they give you quarter of the score of the wrong question. 40 x 1.25 is 100, so if I got 10 questions wrong, thats 30 points for correct questions and only 2.5 for 10 wrong. so its 32.5 x 1.25, which will almost equal 81.

@Sim two sections.

simchona

Hmm

I don't miss standardized testing .

Sonic The Hedgehog

1:15 AM

tasting?

Kitḫ

Mmm. SATs for breakfast...

simchona

On an iPhone in a moving car.

Kitḫ

Don't text and drive!

Sonic The Hedgehog

@sim Moving Car???!!!

simchona

I'm being driven.

Sonic The Hedgehog

1:16 AM

To prison?

simchona

No need to overdo punctuation @sonic

Kitḫ

Do you have a friend who knows where you are?

Sonic The Hedgehog

Or to torture chamber?

Kitḫ

And who you're visiting?

Sonic The Hedgehog

Or Mafia underground?

Or Costco?

simchona

1:17 AM

I'm with my parents.

Sonic The Hedgehog

@sim ...wow.

Kitḫ

Well, all the more reason to make sure a friend knows.

Sonic The Hedgehog

How old are you again?

21?

simchona

@sonic what? I still have parents. And never ask a woman her age. It's impolite.

Kitḫ

@SonicTheHedgehog She's about four years older than you.

Sonic The Hedgehog

1:18 AM

Sorry

simchona

@kit I would guess more like 6 or so

Kitḫ

How old are you Sonic, 14? 15?

Sonic The Hedgehog

15 in two months.

Kitḫ

looks smug

Did your parents let you get your driving permit?

Or is that next year?

Sonic The Hedgehog

@Kit I would love that, except You can only get permit when you are 18 in Korea, and I think my parents stand firmly on that...

Bright side is, that does not block me from racing in Need for Speed Shift World Tour.

I drive like a pro.

Least, in video game...

Kitḫ

1:21 AM

Haha.

I didn't get my permit until I was 17, and didn't sit for my licence until I was 19.

Sonic The Hedgehog

challenging stuff is when you are racing in a highway, on the OPPOSITE direction as cars are going.

simchona

Like a pro

Sonic The Hedgehog

One hit, and you're dead.

So far I got like, 20 seconds...

simchona

you're

Kitḫ

Need for Speed is killer. Give me Gran Turismo any day.

Sonic The Hedgehog

1:22 AM

Damn these habits.

I enjoy carbon too.

Which right now would be played in youth center..

But I am too busy surfing and building legos.

Kitḫ

Carbon?

Sonic The Hedgehog

NFS Carbon.

Kitḫ

Oh. Right.

Too much Skyrim to concentrate right now.

Speaking of which, I should probably get a snack and head to bed.

Sonic The Hedgehog

Never heard a mother playing Skyrim...

Or playing any video games for that matter...

Guess its unfortunate cons of being Asians.

Kitḫ

Well, it's all the rage these days.

Sonic The Hedgehog

1:31 AM

Asian moms think games are waste of time.

Kitḫ

Or maybe I was just a gamer all my life.

Sonic The Hedgehog

I have to sneak to youth center to play a video game.

Kitḫ

@SonicTheHedgehog Well, a lot of them are.

Sonic The Hedgehog

@Kit your son is lucky.

Kitḫ

But not all of them.

Wait, I may be able to find a research article that will help you...

Sorry, I forgot. It's actually a book but still might convince your mother!

Not playing video games might actually be detrimental to your success!

Sonic The Hedgehog

1:33 AM

"Don't Bother Me Mom—I'm Learning!: How computer and video games are preparing your kids for 21st century success and how you can help!"?

Kitḫ

It just depends on which video games you play.

Sonic The Hedgehog

My mom would scoff...

T-T

Kitḫ

It's based on sound scientific evidence.

I suppose that doesn't make much difference to a Korean mom, eh?

Sonic The Hedgehog

Asian mom, and yes.

Kitḫ

Sorry, my bad.

Sonic The Hedgehog

1:35 AM

Its ok

least you tried...

Kitḫ

I am tired, now that you mention it.

And your mom is just determined to give you the best in life, whether you like it or not.

Sonic The Hedgehog

@Kit thwack

Kitḫ

Moms have to stick together.

Also, it's true.

Besides, when you have your own place, you can play video games as much as you want.

Sonic The Hedgehog

true..

Kitḫ

And when you get through your second week of 36 hour play sessions interspersed with 5 hours of sleep, you will suddenly realize that your mom was right: your brain is rotting and oozing out your ears.

I hope when that happens, you call her and tell her she was right and you love her.

Those kinds of lessons are always learned the hard way.

And it's great, let me tell you, it's awesome!

Ordering pizza when you are hungry and holding your pee until your back teeth float so you can do one...more...mission...

Sonic The Hedgehog

1:40 AM

lol

Kitḫ

Ketchup packets and saltines look pretty appetizing at 4am.

Sonic The Hedgehog

@Kit 4 am??

@Jasper!

user19161

@sonic How did the test go?

Sonic The Hedgehog

@Jasper very well.

I ~~think~~ hope I can pass.

Dang..

user19161

@SonicTheHedgehog Did you hear me correcting your spelling through telepathy?

Kitḫ

1:46 AM

Use --- on both sides for strikethrough.

Sonic The Hedgehog

@Jasper strangely, I kinda did...

Kitḫ

@SonicTheHedgehog You can't play for 36 hours without seeing 4am at least once.

Sonic The Hedgehog

@Kit man...

That would be bad influence...

user19161

@Kitḫ 24 hours is enough, trivially.

Kitḫ

@JasperLoy It was part of a story I was telling earlier.

@SonicTheHedgehog Yeah, see? Listen to your mother! She's knows what's up.

user19161

1:47 AM

@Kitḫ I know, I was adding to it.

Kitḫ

@JasperLoy Ah yes.

Sonic The Hedgehog

@Kit hmm, now that I think about it... I guess I was better off.

Kitḫ

Hahaha.

user19161

@SonicTheHedgehog Well I kind of hate computer games.

Sonic The Hedgehog

@Jasper Le Gasp

Kitḫ

1:49 AM

Anyway, I'm off. See you later!

user19161

@SonicTheHedgehog They are boring.

Cerberus

@Kitḫ Bye!

Sonic The Hedgehog

@Kit Bye!

user19161

@Kitḫ Bye!

Cerberus

And hi!

user19161

1:50 AM

@Cerberus Hi!

Kitḫ

@Cerberus Hi! Bye!

Sonic The Hedgehog

@Jasper How can you say that??

Hi Bye Hi!

Cerberus

Hi!

Sonic The Hedgehog

Bye!

Hello!

Cerberus

Well, this conversation is fascinating.

Sonic The Hedgehog

1:51 AM

Yes, absolute attention grabber

user19161

@SonicTheHedgehog Mathematics is infinitely more interesting than computer games. Without math computer games cannot be made.

Sonic The Hedgehog

Anyhow, did you guys read the story called "LandLady"?

We just read it as a class on Firday.

user19161

@SonicTheHedgehog Nope.

Sonic The Hedgehog

You should read it. I never knew Roald Dahl made horror stories...

user19161

@SonicTheHedgehog You should read I am David. It's a movie too.

Sonic The Hedgehog

1:54 AM

Huh.

Cerberus

Does anyone know Blue Griffon?

user19161

@SonicTheHedgehog It's about a boy who escaped from a concentration camp and travelled across Europe to look for his mother all by himself.

Cerberus

bluegriffon.org

Looks good, gets good reviews.

user19161

@Cerberus Nope I am not a programmer.

Cerberus

The thing is, you don't need to program anything.

You just click and drag elements to create a web page.

user19161

1:56 AM

@Cerberus It programs you, like in Soviet Russia?

Cerberus

That too, but you won't notice.

Robusto

3:15 AM

@Cerberus — Heya doggy.

Cerberus

3:57 AM

@Robusto Yo!

Robusto

What up?

Cerberus

I'm trying to quickly create a top navigation bar with this WYSIWYG html editor.

But it is horrible.

I remember doing this in MS Frontpage 10 years ago, and it was easy.

This totally sucks.

I'm just practising.

I think I'm going to download Frontpage.

Robusto

NO! Friends don't let friends download Front Page.

That is THE WORST HTML app ever.

Just Google html nav bar code and you'll turn up a raft of things you can plug in and learn from right away. For example: vanseodesign.com/css/simple-navigation-bar-with-css-and-xhtml

Me, I always hand-roll HTML/CSS/JS, but I understand that sometimes people need help.

Cerberus

Hmm, I suppose Googling for bits and pieces around the net could work...

But I'd need to customize them, and I may not be able to do that.

The things with Frontpage is that I could just create the bar myself.

Without much effort.

Why is it so bad?

You see, I am a total noob.

I barely understand what css is for, but I have absolutely clue how it would work.

I just want to point and click and drag my things around.

Robusto

4:59 AM

Then just C&P. ANd I am going to bed. Night!

Cerberus

5:21 AM

Night!

user19161

6:04 AM

@mahnax How was dinner?

Mahnax

@JasperLoy Very good, as was the movie.

user19161

@Mahnax Schindler's list? I never watched it.

Mahnax

@JasperLoy Hmm, it is very graphic (nudity & violence) but very good, powerful.

user19161

@Mahnax How is the book reading?

Mahnax

@JasperLoy I still haven't worked on A Beautiful Mind very much. I have been busy this past week.

Tomorrow I have a seven hour shift. And I was mistaken, school resumes Monday, not Tuesday.

Internet fascists may come.

Hmm, not yet, at any rate. My Internetting can continue.

Hi @simchona!

simchona

6:32 AM

@Mahnax Allo

Mahnax

@simchona How's life?

simchona

@Mahnax Good so far. You?

Mahnax

@simchona Good. I watched a movie tonight.

simchona

@Mahnax Oh? Which one?

Mahnax

@simchona Schindler's List.

simchona

6:34 AM

@Mahnax I watched that a few years back. Damn sad.

Mahnax

@simchona Very sad.

True story, for the most part, which makes it even more sad.

Mahnax

7:02 AM

I got my friend hooked on Tyrant.

Cerberus

Good!

Mahnax

Yeah, he's already on the same mission as I am. He has more free time than me, though.

Wow, only 3 people in here.

Cerberus

Scary!

I will have to go to bed soon too.

Mahnax

Hmm, good idea. I will stay up til 1, maybe 1:30 on the iTunes store looking for musics.

Mahnax

7:27 AM

Woo, 200 edits!

Cerberus

7:43 AM

Congrats!

Mahnax

Yay!

Cerberus

I have an appointment in 7 hours. Shall I stay up or get some sleep first?

Mahnax

Hmm. Are you tired? Will you be tired in 7 hours? If answer == yes, sleep == true.

Cerberus

Hmm the problem is, I am not sure.

I'm not very tired, but I may be able to sleep.

Mahnax

Up to you then. Are you free to sleep after the appointment?

Cerberus

7:48 AM

Yes, so that makes it easier either way.

Perhaps I should go to bed.

Asoscial though it may be.

Mahnax

Might be a good idea. Make sure you wake up in time, though.

Cerberus

Yeah I always set alarm clocks.

Mahnax

Multiple?

Cerberus

Well, no.

Every time I have to wake up, I set one, which happens to be the same object every time, hehe.

user19161

@Mahnax I have 1146 edits.

Mahnax

7:50 AM

What object? Phone?

Cerberus

But I have set other clocks in the past.

Mahnax

@JasperLoy Woah!

That is impressive.

Cerberus

@Mahnax Nope, ultra-cheap second-hand travelling alarm clock.

user19161

@Cerberus asocial

Cerberus

Hi!

Mahnax

7:51 AM

@Cerberus Super#winning cheap stuff.

Cerberus

Hmm what is that hash?

user19161

@Cerberus I think you should sleep first.

Mahnax

Twitter garbage.

Stupid Charlie Sheen.

Cerberus

Heh well I don't know anything about those.

user19161

@Cerberus I only know about hash browns.

Mahnax

7:52 AM

Hmm, I think I have twitter, but I never use it.

@JasperLoy Oh, yum. You are speaking of fried potato pieces, right?

user19161

@Mahnax Yes. They come with McDonald's Big Breakfast Meal.

Mahnax

@JasperLoy Ah, good. They are delicious.

user19161

@Mahnax I have not had KFC breakfast meals though.

Mahnax

@JasperLoy You should try the porridge and tell me it how it is.

I want to try it.

user19161

@Mahnax You mean there is no porridge there?

Mahnax

7:57 AM

@JasperLoy Not at KFC.

user19161

@Cerberus For many people, it is good to sleep a multiple of 90 min.

Cerberus

Hmm yes, I heard about this.

user19161

@Mahnax Maybe I will try one day. But in general I hate porridge.

Mahnax

@JasperLoy Me too, it is gross and sludgy.

user19161

@Cerberus But of course if you have health problems your sleep cycles are all messed up.

Cerberus

7:59 AM

Eh I don't have health problems, and I sleep OK these days (though of course I tend to go to bed later and later).

user19161

@Mahnax The porridge sold in markets here can be nice though. It is usually cooked with chicken or pork and comes with a partially cooked egg.

Mahnax

@JasperLoy Here, porridge never has meat in it.

user19161

@Cerberus If you really need to, try to regulate your sleep gradually. So if you need to sleep say 5 hours later, just sleep 1 hour later for five days and you meet your target.

user19161

@Mahnax It can be nice with the flavour of the meat and egg in it.

Cerberus

Hmm yes, I usually try that.

Mahnax

8:02 AM

@JasperLoy Hmm, maybe I will try it.

user19161

@Mahnax Yes try cooking it yourself since you also cook like cerberus!

Mahnax

@JasperLoy Maybe I will do that for breakfast tomorrow.

user19161