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@JasonBourne: WTF. I was talking to you, Jason, and then I see this avatar which looks like yours, but the name is this Jason Bourne character, which I thought was strange because I thought he died at the end of the last movie (or did he?). So what spy organization do you work for (or are you now a free agent)? What method of torture did you use on the real Jason before you murdered him?

IN other words, who the hell is this Jason Bourne character and what have you done with the real Jason?

He owes me money and I need to get it back.

MετάEd

@KitFox That's like installing Vista.

KitFox

You mean "pointless"?

MετάEd

I'm converting my business accounting system to a newer release of software.

Worse than pointless.

The old version was better.

referring to atheism.

The software on the other hand is going to be a real improvement if I can get the data converted.

I actually managed not to crash the system today. Now I'm running reams of accounting reports and comparing numbers.

KitFox

6:43 PM

Well. I am rooting for you.

tchrist

Good, I’m sure he will appreciate his system getting rooted.

KitFox

Who wouldn't, really.

tchrist

Well, people who believe that strangers shouldn’t have their root password.

But I take your meaning.

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Q: Have you some ideas for linguistics papers?

I'm in trouble because I have to write a paper for linguistics about the us of 'time', but I do not know how to get started.. I have an idea of comparing the use of the word 'time' in different languages, but someone has already done it.. Do you have some ideas? It could be about 'time' as a word...

linguistics

MετάEd

Heck I mostly believe I shouldn't have my root password.

tchrist

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A: About the use of metaphorical language

I'm in trouble because I have to write a paper for linguistics about the us of 'time', but I do not know how to get started.. I have an idea of comparing the use of the word 'time' in different languages, but someone has already done it.. Do you have some ideas? It could be about 'time' as a word...

That is starting the movement from not an answer and not a question to just plain repeato-spam.

Matt Эллен

6:49 PM

jinx @KitFox

tchrist

Plus her period is stuck.. She keeps double-tapping it.. Or maybe she just isn’t depressing her ellipsis enough.. Lord knows she’s depressing the rest of us..

I’m taking a nap. When I come back, I fully expect new fewer than four supercollided ELU questions.

KitFox

...I probably should have closed that before I deleted it.

tchrist

Well, that is the way it is done, I suppose, but was there another reason?

As in, what does it affect?

The danger with deleting a question too quickly is they may not realize what happened and will post it again.

So I guess you mean you should have closed it and let it stew a bit, then deleted it later?

Matt Эллен

8:13 PM

@JasonBourne I got a message from the OUP (the people who publish the OED) but it was blank. So, still no answer.

tchrist

8:38 PM

What is the antonym of lionizing?

> LYONS -- Colorado Parks and Wildlife rangers have trapped a mountain lion in central Lyons and plan to relocate the animal out of the area. reference

But if you take the lions out of Lyons, then what will you call the town?

Mahnax

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tchrist

It’s a quiet little town, you know.

Perhaps, “the town that dares not speak its name”?

Mahnax

If it's mountain lions that they're removing, one could call it Negative Mountain.

tchrist

Those are the only kind of lions we have. The sea lions left long ago.

The next town north of me on highway 36 is Lyons. This is true here in Boulder, and it was true in Lake Geneva. Different places, same names of highways, same names of towns. Very odd.

But we have more lions in our Lyons. Or had had.

Before the town was delionized.

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