English Language & Usage: Multi-Layered Discourse Room

RegDwighт

6:00 PM

@Cerberus it affects the commitment rate.

KitFox

@RegDwighт I am sorry I have failed you. Please may I commit seppuku?

Cerberus

@RegDwighт Oh! Seriously?

RegDwighт

Alright, alright, I will be the second expert on everyone but Rob's behalf.

Cerberus

How does it work?

Robusto

@RegDwighт Why can't I be an avid enthusiast and an expert?

Cerberus

6:01 PM

In that case, I will gladly pose as an expert.

RegDwighт

@Cerberus no idea, but I suppose if a site doesn't have a single expert and only beginners...

@Robusto you're the expert. Ask yourself.

Mitch

@Robusto Damn you. I went and looked that up.Thought it would be interesting. Pleasnt bedside reading. Life changed and all that.

Cerberus

@Robusto Because experts have long lost any sense of fun in their profession. They are sour old men.

@RegDwighт You suppose?

@RegDwighт Perhaps Rob is still in search of his true self.

Robusto

@Cerberus I am not a sour old man, ergo I must not be an expert.

RegDwighт

@Cerberus as an expert, I don't suppose. I know.

tchrist

6:03 PM

0

Q: Because you have more money than sense

I saw a advertising poster on a Samsung shop that was saying " iPhone 5, because you have more money than sense". But I don't get it, is that even a correct sentence?

phrasal-verbs

RegDwighт

@Cerberus as a non-native speaker, you are.

tchrist

If you build it, they will come.

Mitch

@KitFox flag for moderator

couldn't wait.

Cerberus

@Robusto Right, right.

RegDwighт

I like how it's tagged the way it's tagged. Sheer beauty.

Cerberus

6:04 PM

@RegDwighт So...how does it work?

user19161

I am still getting used to the t in regdwight.

Cerberus

@RegDwighт As a non-native speaker, I am an expert at teaching people English?

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English Language Learners

Proposed Q&A site for people learning English, whose questions are too basic for the English Language and Usage site.

Currently in commitment.

So, people, commit!

user19161

regdwight now sounds like twilight to me, maybe I should just call him twilight.

RegDwighт

@Cerberus the exact algorithm is a trade secret. That's what the "no idea" part was about.

Robusto

@Mitch You aren't really Jasper Loy, are you? There can be only one Non Sequitur in our part of the super-hero forest.

KitFox

6:05 PM

@Mitch You are hilarious.

RegDwighт

@Cerberus no. Come on. Don't pretend you don't understand.

Robusto

@Cerberus I committed, but I don't know what is expected of me now. Also, I have to go to another goddamn meeting.

Cerberus

@RegDwighт But...it says all we need is the stats on the right, like so many committers.

user19161

How is ELL status? Let me check...

RegDwighт

@Cerberus exactly.

Cerberus

6:06 PM

@Robusto Nothing is expected at this time. Go to your meeting!

Don't forget your hip flask.

@RegDwighт Sooo...

RegDwighт

So wut?

user19161

Oh ELL is in commitment phase, I didn't know that!

Cerberus

in The Frying Pan, 2 mins ago, by wax eagle

@rumtscho I can imagine. pineapple dissassembly might be one of my least favorite cooking tasks.

@JasperLoy So commit!

user19161

@Cerberus No way!

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

okay I changed mine to "export"

user19161

6:08 PM

I am still of the belief that they should all be one site.

Cerberus

@JasperLoy What? Why not?

KitFox

So can I uncommit and recommit?

RegDwighт

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Are you Art Vandelay?

Cerberus

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Good thinking. I'll change mine to import.

RegDwighт

Jinx.

user19161

6:08 PM

There is a user xport.

user19161

xport is very mysterious.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@RegDwighт No. I'm like other Canadians that are famous abroad, like Celine Dion or Justien Bieber or Avril Lavigne.

Cerberus

Who or what is Art Vandelay?

We all know where your xport is, no need to show us.

KitFox

I couldn't bear to "expert" so I "academic"ed instead.

user19161

@Cerberus Haha, no, I don't know where xport is. xport has vanished from SE.

KitFox

6:10 PM

I hate the word "prosumer" anyway.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@JasperLoy I'm with you, but at least having two sites will allow us to migrate the questions somewhere instead of nowhere which is what we do with them now.

Cerberus

@JasperLoy So you say.

RegDwighт

@KitFox Yeah I'm antiprosumer.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@RegDwighт antisumer

KitFox

subsumer

RegDwighт

6:11 PM

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I had that at first but it's less funny.

Cerberus

To prosume...to take in advance?

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@RegDwighт or more funny

RegDwighт

Oh no not Cerberus again wondering about preficae's.

tchrist

@KitFox academicked, academickey, academickier

user19161

Consummate?

RegDwighт

6:11 PM

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 another possibility, yes.

Cerberus

This wasn't wondering—just despising.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@RegDwighт everything's possible now.

Cerberus

Ça me dégoûte.

RegDwighт

Welcome to zombo.com.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

so @Cerberus I am downloading bard's tale right now. It's really slow.

Or else just huge.

Cerberus

6:12 PM

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 It is supposedly 1.7 GB.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

I wanted to try it before my 15 minute refund window closed... but it will take longer than that to DL

I am downloading the high-res version, so 3.5GB

user19161

Nowadays when people ask me "What's up?" I just say "My XXX!"

KitFox

Your triple X? What's that?

Cider jug?

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@JasperLoy please tell me that's a Random Variable

user19161

It's up to your imagination.

tchrist

6:13 PM

Very large.

Cerberus

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Yeah, that's not going to happen.

tchrist

And blue.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@tchrist that'd be XXL

Cerberus

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I read that the 3.5-GB version was only for Tegra-3 devices?

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

oh, maybe it's "thirty" in roman numerals

tchrist

6:14 PM

XXL = XXX

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Cerberus The screen said "the low res version is recommended for phones and low-end tablets"

I don't know what a low-end tablet is

I don't consider mine "low end", maybe they do

tchrist

L – XX = XXX

Cerberus

On what device are you downloading it?

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

TF101

it's a tegra2 device

dual-core

Cerberus

Is that a tablet?

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

6:15 PM

yes, the original transformer

Cerberus

Oh.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

don't you have all the Android devices memorized by now? sheesh

Cerberus

Well, I read Tegra 3, so...

I know!

By the way, I am now tasked with advising my uncle what phone to buy.

A friend told him he really ought to get an Iphone, because all other phones are not user friendly.

headfacepalmdesk

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

right now I'd say SGS3. If he can't wait until the padfone2 and nexus 4 are announced... they might change my recommendation.

Cerberus

When I asked him what he was going to do with his phone, he said "just e-mail and browsing some web pages occasionally". Why should he need an expensive phone?

Mitch

6:19 PM

@Robusto there's non sequitur and there's non sequitur. I -mean- it when I'm being irelevant. Also, I am relevant. I'm surprised I wasn't flamed for that egregious apostasy. Unless, The two towers really is accepted to be boring.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Mitch Lots of people find the second half boring.

user19161

@Mitch Are you talking about LOTR?

Cerberus

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 The SGS3 is nice; however, if you're not going to play any games on it anyway, why spend the extra € 150 or so on faster hardware that you're not going to use anyway?

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Cerberus because it might theoretically last longer

tchrist

@Mitch It isn’t a book. It’s the middle of a book.

Cerberus

6:20 PM

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Last longer in what way?

For OS updates?

He has no clue.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Cerberus remain useful because the hardware is still capable of doing whatever he wants it to do.

Cerberus

He has no idea what a phone is, let alone the rest.

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Like what?

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Cerberus no, but I bet once samsung stops supporting it you'll be able to install CM13 on it.

Cerberus

Browsing the web?

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Yes...but he won't be able to.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

yes, web browsing requires more and more horsepower as time goes on.

Cerberus

6:22 PM

I think we need to go with stock.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Cerberus you could do it for him.

Cerberus

I will see him again at Christmas...

I don't see him often.

Oh, the CM13 or somesuch.

user19161

@Cerberus Ah, I will watch The Polar Express again at Christmas.

Cerberus

I suppose I could do that, yes, in a few years.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Cerberus Well, you could have an excuse to visit, in two years when samsung no longer supports him and he needs an OS update.

Cerberus

6:23 PM

Yes, fair enough.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@JasperLoy creepiest movie ever

user19161

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I think your kids will like it.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Cerberus of course I can't predict which phones will remain usefully updateable as time goes on. The Galaxy S has proven itself well thus far. Same for the Nexus S.

RegDwighт

Ooooh, I pissed someone off on SO.

Cerberus

But do you really think browsing the web will be sluggish with a GN four years from now?

Mitch

6:24 PM

@JasperLoy What else is there really to talk about?

RegDwighт

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Cerberus maybe. It can be sluggish now.

Cerberus

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 How old are those?

user19161

@Mitch Hmm, I don't know. Maybe The Two Towels? One for the bath and one for the pool.

Cerberus

BRB

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

6:24 PM

@Cerberus 2010

Mitch

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Because it is?

@JasperLoy The Bored of the Rings?

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Mitch I guess it depends on what you find "boring".

Mitch

@tchrist compare all 'middle of the book's. TT is demonstrably deficient.

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 mostly boring stuff. Like TT.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Mitch Wait. Are you trying to say that you found TTT boring?

KitFox

@RegDwighт It was me! I did it!

OK, it wasn't.

RegDwighт

6:28 PM

@KitFox do you even have an account there?

I honestly don't know.

KitFox

On SO? Um, yeah. That was my first.

I was lured over here by the ads.

Mitch

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I'm not trying, I'm really saying it, yes, I found TT boring.

What are you one of those TT lovers?

user19161

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A: What does 'texmf' stand for?

It is short for TeX and Metafont.

user19161

Rep whoring at its best!

RegDwighт

Wow. Kit's on SO, Jasper's on TeX. What's next, Cerberus on Islam?

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Carlo_R.

6:30 PM

Hello everyone!

user19161

Hello Carlo!

user19161

@RegDwighт Maybe Mr S on Islam.

Mitch

@RegDwighт assassins dispatched

user19161

Carlo, we look very similar.

user19161

You are purple and I am blue.

Carlo_R.

6:32 PM

Yes Jasper

KitFox

@RegDwighт WTF? How is that surprising? I'm a programmer.

Hello @Carlo.

Carlo_R.

You inspered me in the gravatar chioce

:) kit

MετάEd

@RegDwighт Me on Xtianity.

user19161

@RegDwighт This means ELU is being abandoned for greener pastures! The princess is in another world!

RegDwighт

@KitFox programming is related to SO about as much as it is not related to SO.

David Wallace

6:33 PM

Jasper's stalker met him on TeX, I think.

Carlo_R.

@MετάEd thank you for the congratulations you have done me on my thrill answer.

KitFox

@RegDwighт splutters

user19161

@Carlo_R. inspired, choice

simchona

@MετάEd How's your blog doing?

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Mitch I wouldn't call myself a TTT lover per se. But I do typically think of it as the middle of the storyline and thus forgive some lapses in excitement that it may have. I did like the movie version. It is considerably more exciting than the book. But also has some wonderful new plot holes in it.

RegDwighт

6:34 PM

@KitFox I knew Rob was on there and I knew tchrist was on there. Is all. Plus you do have like UNDER 9000 reps after four years. Come on.

Carlo_R.

Thank you Jasper.

KitFox

@RegDwighт Yeah, because of this place.

RegDwighт

Aye.

KitFox

And I'm not a very good programmer.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@RegDwighт you didn't know I was on SO?

RegDwighт

6:35 PM

@KitFox See above.

KitFox

But I'm good enough.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

SO is still my parent acct

Carlo_R.

@David do you know that an Italian person is died in NZ today.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

despite me having more reps here

user19161

@Carlo_R. You should say "An Italian died in NZ".

KitFox

6:36 PM

I changed mine after I became a mod, I think. Oh, wait, I don't think I did.

RegDwighт

@KitFox You don't have to be anything enough to be on SO. Likewise, if you're something enough you are more likely not on SO than on SO.

user19161

Well, the "parent user" for chat is just whatever you choose it to be.

Carlo_R.

Thank you Jasper, you are great.

KitFox

@RegDwighт I'm going to take that as a compliment.

@JasperLoy That must be what I'm thinking of.

RegDwighт

That's a safe default.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

6:37 PM

@JasperLoy no, it's for all SE

KitFox

Coffee time!

user19161

@RegDwighт A safe default for all chat flags is "not sure".

RegDwighт

flags Jasper to check

David Wallace

@Carlo_R. No, Carlo, I did not know that.

user19161

Whoa, I got a star today in this chat! Amazing.

Robusto

6:39 PM

@Mitch How not? It is boring.

RegDwighт

Niels Boring.

user19161

I will not explain the joke because I get that it is.

David Wallace

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 or me, apparently.

RegDwighт

That reminds me, when am I to receive my Nobel Prize? Still no invitation in the mail.

Robusto

@RegDwighт Nihil obstat.

David Wallace

6:41 PM

@RegDwighт They're still working out how to type the back-to-front R.

user19161

@RegDwighт Only Noble Prize for you.

Robusto

Only Ignobel Prize for you.

RegDwighт

@DavidWallace that's not my Яeal Иame.

user19161

@Robusto I give you SurPrize.

Robusto

I am Sur Plus.

David Wallace

6:42 PM

I keep you apprized.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Dammit! Bard's Tale downloaded 3GB of assets then said "connection reset by peer".

RegDwighт

That's not enough? You're one greedy man.

David Wallace

I wish people wouldn't pee in my connection. It resets it.

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Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@DavidWallace heheh reminds me of what my two-year-old son says: "Close lour eyes! Apprize!" (his initial Y sounds like L)

user19161

@DavidWallace Now is there some pun there? I don't get it!

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

6:44 PM

@JasperLoy peer: one who pees

user19161

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Ah!

user19161

No wonder it got three stars.

MετάEd

@simchona If you are asking about vandalism, I have not gotten any since 27 September.

@Carlo_R. You're welcome.

Carlo_R.

@MετάEd thank you Meta.

Em1

@RegDwighт Are you here?

RegDwighт

6:47 PM

Yes.

Carlo_R.

@KitFox In jumping out of a balloon 128,100ft (24 miles; 39km) above New Mexico, the 43-year-old also smashed the record for the highest ever freefall.

1,342km/h

bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19943590

Em1

@RegDwighт I'm not able to flag my own comment, hence I ask you here :) Could you correct this comment

KitFox

@Carlo_R. Oh, I saw. I thought of you.

Em1

Instead of Partizip it must be Prädikat

Carlo_R.

yOU ARE so nice kit

RegDwighт

6:49 PM

@Em1 dun.

user19161

@Em1 Hmm, I have an alternative in future. Just delete it and rewrite though that changes the order of comments.

Em1

@RegDwighт Thanks a lot .)

@JasperLoy That's the reason I didn't want to delete it :)

user19161

@Em1 Ah, very perfectionist.

Em1

Especially if someone already responded to my comment :)

user19161

One cannot edit a comment
That's truly a torment
Go flag for a mod
Who will give you the nod
That he has done it to your content

user19161

6:53 PM

My fourth Jimerick for today.

Em1

@JasperLoy You're still rhyming :)

What is the difference between Limerick and Jimerick, huh?

David Wallace

Technically, no two of "comment", "torment" and "content" actually rhyme.

tchrist

@Carlo_R. In jumping out of a balloon 128,100ft (24 miles; 39 km) above New Mexico (Nuevo México), the 43-year-old (516-month-old) also smashed the record for the highest ever freefall: Mach 1.24 (373 meters/second; 834 mph; 1,342 km/h; 22,367 meters/minute; 2,241,470 furlongs/fortnight).

user19161

@Em1 Well, a limerick has rhyme and meter according to the limerick expert Matt Ellen. Since mine failed the meter whatever that is, I called it Jimerick instead!

Em1

@DavidWallace I disagree. They're not perfect rhyme, but they rhyme. At least from the definition I once learned for German :D

RegDwighт

6:56 PM

Meters/minute is stupid. Minute should not be allowed to count as Metric.

Em1

@JasperLoy I read that this morning. However, I'm surprised that there is a website jimerick.com :)

user19161

@Em1 WTF?

Em1

:D

user19161