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12:00 AM
OMG the asker has actually accepted the answer when I don't even know what the question is on the flatten question. =)
 
12:13 AM
That's strange given that the answer effectively states it is not really applicable with the line "Without stretching it, a sphere cannot be directly developed."
The acceptance system on this website is rather strange.
I wouldn't mind if it was just the checkmark, but the accepted answer also gets sorted to the top...
 
@Tonepoet If another answer is voted more then it may appear ahead of the accepted answer. But I'm not sure how many more votes are needed
 
@Tonepoet It is possible that none of the people on that post know what they are talking about.
That's probably it, the way I parse their sentences.
 
@Tonepoet You should've followed the Machete order: IV, V, II, III, VI. It turns the prequels into a kind of flashback, actually improves the original trilogy by putting Luke's temptation by the dark side into a stronger contrast with Anakin's giving in to temptation, and skips ep I because it's terrible ;)
@JasperLoy Episode's 1-3 are really like a bad fanfic ;)
 
@Tonepoet It's not important what the line says. The whole post is gibberish. =)
@curiousdannii I think I watched parts of those and I liked the cheesy love lines.
 
@JasperLoy I'll have to take your word for it.
 
12:19 AM
Alright, I'm surprised and unhappy that my last Meta post was downvoted meta.english.stackexchange.com/a/10032/59258
 
First, in math when we use the term sphere, we usually refer to the surface, that is the two-dimensional skin.
So why is Mr So and So saying that the sphere is three-dimensional?
And why is Mr So and So commenting using the word manifold if he knows that Mr So and So already is not familiar with the technical terminology?
In mathematics, a developable surface (or torse: archaic) is a surface with zero Gaussian curvature. That is, it is a surface that can be flattened onto a plane without distortion (i.e. "stretching" or "compressing"). Conversely, it is a surface which can be made by transforming a plane (i.e. "folding", "bending", "rolling", "cutting" and/or "gluing"). In three dimensions all developable surfaces are ruled surfaces (but not vice versa). There are developable surfaces in R4 which are not ruled. == Particulars == The developable surfaces which can be realized in three-dimensional space incl...
@Tonepoet The word flatten appears in the above article, LOL
@curiousdannii Don't be sad, it's just a small little downvote. =)
@Mitch Just desserts or just deserts? lol
 
 
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10:12 AM
@Mitch Or maybe Morris Lessmore.
@Tonepoet So, how many dictionaries do you own in total (paperbacks and hardcovers)?
I got. checks. Five in total.
@tchrist It happens to me too.
I'm getting old lel.
 
 
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12:21 PM
@englishstudent I dunno. I buy them at the thrift store. I see at least three with the generic Webster branding. I also have Merriam Webster's New International Dictionary Second and Third editions, the Compact Oxford English Dictionary 1st ed. without the volume 3 supplement. The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 8th edition is around here somewhere. I have the American Heritage Dictionary first and third editions too
Oh and of course I can't forget the Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia. I spent a pretty penny on ebay for that.
 
12:33 PM
@Tonepoet Ok. Good. I wish we had thrift stores like in US/Canada here as well. I can get second hand books, though, from stalls but only if I get lucky.
I never buy things on the internet, like Amazon etc.
At least not yet.
 
Oh I also have several Random House Websters dictionaries. I forgot about those. The second unabridged edition is probably the more noteworthy of the two. There are some Webster's collegiate dictionaries too, which reminds me that I need to update an answer soon.
 
@Tonepoet I have its Collegiate version, Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. I bought it for. coverts to dollars. Like $10, 9 years ago, when I was very young.
It has been very useful. Useful especially when there is a power outage here or when I'm unable to use internet.
 
That's actually vaguely lucky. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate dictionary hasn't been updated since the 11th edition over ten years ago, so in a strict sense, that's the most up to date version.
 
That's good to hear. Yay.
 
Still, it's overdue for an update. On average they were releasing one every ten years in the 20th century.
 
12:45 PM
You guys know a lot about literature, dictionaries and stuff. People can get free, up to date, first class and honest advice here anytime. :)
@Tonepoet I got my first paper back dictionary when I was like 10 years old from a friend. It was some edition of Oxford Dictionary for Children.
I lost its cover a long time ago. What remains is old pages.
 
I suppose that is provisionally true. Nobody's going to want to answer a Gen. Ref. question on the main website unless you show us that you checked some of our recommended resources on the matter though.
 
What do you call in English the pages or parts in a book that bend on top and bottom from repetitive use?
Hm I think there is a word for it. I'm not remembering it.
 
Dog-eared?
 
@Tonepoet Yes that exactly. But is there is a word for old dog eared?
 
I'm not sure.
 
12:54 PM
Like in a dilapidated book.
Ok. Thanks for the word though.
Meta-dictionaries are awesome too. Wordnik, Onelook etc.
I have never used a Historical and Dialectical Dictionary. I think it is for advanced users or for real enthusiasts.
 
@englishstudent You might want to revisit the link I gave since I gave the wrong one the first time. I think we cover most of those.
 
Oh. Ok
That's a good link. I'm saving it on my computer (bookmarking).
 
1:26 PM
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1:37 PM
@terdon terdon is that you playing guitar in your avatar picture?
 
Yes
 
Nice.
 
Thanks. I tend to move around a lot when playing :)
 
2:26 PM
@JasperLoy haha. nice. I didn't expect that.
@englishstudent Goldilocks is never comfortable around that guy
 
2:39 PM
New breakthrough in word-origin hunting.
 
3:16 PM
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in username: What is a generic word for a person being visited? by putlocker on english.SE
 
3:39 PM
My, this john character is certainly posting an SE-tonne of crap
 
4:27 PM
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Offensive answer detected: What does the punctuation "//" mean? by dick sucker on english.SE
 
4:37 PM
@SmokeDetector Now that's what I call multitasking!
 
 
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6:18 PM
@MattE.Эллен I'm back home. I just went to a pub again. =)
 
did you enjoy it?
 
It takes me to a new state of mind, which could be a good thing. I think that is the best description.
 
interesting
 
Today, the place we visited was a building literally full of prostitutes, but we didn't do anything naughty.
 
like drop cherry bombs in the toilets?
 
6:21 PM
LOL, you are very naughty.
Until I visited this building, I didn't know there was such a vibrant night life here, LOL.
Today two interesting things happened, not in this building.
First, I was giving directions to a woman who spoke Mandarin and ended up walking with her and talking to her for one hour.
Second, a man talked to me in the lift when I was getting home, asking me if I just went running, and we talked for a few more seconds.
These are two very strange things that happened to me because they usually don't happen to me or anyone else here for that matter!
When I told my mum about the man in the lift she said he was probably nuts like me.
 
lol
how nice
 
So Kit seems busy? She doesn't come to chat all the time these days.
 
6:38 PM
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title: What do we call to a person who is on a weight loose plan? by Dipika on english.SE
 
Yeah, I guess it's that time of year
 
Eternal September?
 
no, just the time when people are busy. near the end of the tax year and all that
 
right
do you ever watch the show University Challenge?
 
@MattE.Эллен ABSOlutely deliquent
 
6:49 PM
@skillpatrol I catch the occasional round here and there.
 
cool
 
@JasperLoy we all have our 'I don't have time for ELU' days.
 
@Mitch I see what you did there :D
 
@MattE.Эллен To self-aggrandize, it was a multilingual pun for me, because, you know, British.
@skillpatrol eternal effing February. It's soooo cold and gray.
wait... it really is February, isn't it?
 
6:52 PM
Wow. spin of the wheel
 
@Mitch Anti-Social Behaviour Orders are uniquely British, aren't they.
 
luck of the draw
a broken clock is right twice a day
 
Me too.
 
unless the hands were broke clean off. then it's just hard to read.
@MattE.Эллен Yeah, because most other countries aren't so uptight about it all.
 
they either throw people in prison or let them get on with it
 
6:54 PM
@JasperLoy People talk to me in elevator all the time. How is that strange?
 
haha I read 'Very British Problems' and wonder why everyone with a shred of decency doesn't have those problems.
 
in Britain, we give out certificates so people know how delinquent you are
 
@MattE.Эллен summary execution
or summary 'whatevs'
I was reading about some pre-Roman European tribe (Celts, Germans, whatevs) and they way they dealt with murder was...
"oh...just pay for it"
Like that's it?
 
I guess that's what happened to all our bankers. they got ASBOs and put it on their wall, next to their MBA
 
no 'I'm sorry'?
 
6:56 PM
@Mitch What does "ABSO" stand for?
Oh never mind I get it.
 
@englishstudent what ma...
you got it
absolutely terrible
A Bastard Son Of (mine)
 
Are "I get it" and "I got it" both equally correct here?
In my context.
 
or "What were you thinking?"
 
@Mitch lel
Me? I was thinking it was some rated short form lel.
 
@MattE.Эллен haha an ABSO is a doctorate in business administration
 
6:59 PM
:D
 
or maybe it's a pre requisite
 
Also Aviation Branch Safety Office.
 
@Mitch are you deliberately spelling ASBO ABSO?
 
Anti Britney Spears Organization
 
That's a good one.
+1
 
7:01 PM
All Sailors Buy Ovaltine
 
@MattE.Эллен Wait...what? Have I been... hangs head in shame
really.
 
I assumed the first time was for the pun...
 
whatever..I'll just pay the fine
 
lol
Angry Single Bolivian Opticians
new dating website idea
 
also I should start wearing glasses
 
7:03 PM
I wear glasses and I hate it.
 
@MattE.Эллен almost considers
Because, you know, they're gainfully employed
shows responsibility
 
Dating websites are stupid.
Meeting people in real life sounds good.
But that's just my opinion.
@Mitch You are a native speaker, what do you think about my English? Any good pointers or advice? I would appreciate it.
But chat is not all rounder I know. Sad.
That's not the correct word I think. I don't know what word to use.
I want to say chat doesn't have sound etc.
 
7:18 PM
@englishstudent I tried dating websites, but it was hard carrying on conversations in HTML.
 
@MetaEd Yeah, people have to chat first I hear. That sucks.
Are these chats better than the ones they have on dating sites? Just idle curiosity.
Or maybe I should try one myself someday and see what it is like lel.
Also you are not even sure whether you are talking to a man or a woman. It is the internet after all.
 
Plus I was constantly confused about protocol.
 
Like you were trying to be polite etc. right?
 
@englishstudent I am a native speaker! But so are JL, ME, the other ME, uh...me...but I said that already, Terdon, tchrist, that other guy, lots of people.
Oh. Of English?
Yeah all them too.
@MetaEd !!rimshot
 
So on the internet women complain about dating sites a lot. I don't know why. I can't be specific. It is just a general observation.
Yes rimshot is good.
 
7:29 PM
@MetaEd https or http? Red wine or white? plain or menthol?
 
What's !! for?
Is it like an opposite exclamation?
lel
 
It used to be the character sequence that summoned a chatbot to execute the command
 
maybe it was \\
I can't remember
 
@Mitch Peanut.
 
7:31 PM
the new chatbot should just AI it and recognize it. just know what I meant.
@MetaEd Eww.
I'm AIing you right now.
 
@Mitch Or we can use singularity soon.
 
by simulating software in wetware.
 
And nano bots and all that...
 
@englishstudent I have already optimized it down to two letters.
But I can't figure out how to deal with all caps.
@englishstudent nanobots...pfft
I already got nanobots
 
Really?
 
7:33 PM
coursing through my veins
 
I want one.
 
like tears in the rain
 
I've seen starships exploding off the shoulder of orion.
 
In a movie?
 
7:34 PM
well, somebody in a move saw that
they've also seen moonbeams glitter something something Tannhaeuser Gate
 
I hope we could all upload our memories to like a... cloud? soon.
ok. back to real life.
 
I'm pretending not to see them and instead I pour the milk
 
I notice chatting doesn't improve English much, just the writing part. What do you think?
 
@englishstudent except...that'll be an upload and it won't be ... you.
 
Ok. You are native. Never mind. :)
 
7:37 PM
@englishstudent Oh, right. You actually had a serious question here.
 
Yes.
@Mitch Yes we will lose out individuality that way. I understand.
Many people don't like the idea.
 
@englishstudent Objectively speaking, your English is very idiomatic and natural. I don't 'hear' any dysfluencies (or really any mistakes at all). There's no sign (to me at least) of any 'written' accent.
 
@Mitch Ok thanks. Much obliged.
 
@englishstudent Have you seen 'Black Mirror', the British series about the extremely near future about all these things?
 
@Mitch Damn. I am embarrassed to admit I had to look that up. Tsk. Time to watch that again obviously.
 
7:40 PM
@terdon I rarely am able to remember quotes (or recognize them) That's about the only one I know. So I use it all the time.
 
@Mitch No I haven't but it looks awesome. I just searched it on the net.
 
Also "Let me tell you about my mother" (same movie). Because everybody has something to say about their mother.
 
Black Mirror is a British science fiction television anthology series created by Charlie Brooker and centred around dark and satirical themes that examine modern society, particularly with regard to the unanticipated consequences of new technologies. Episodes are standalone works, usually set in an alternative present or the near future. The show was first broadcast on the British Channel 4, in 2011. In September 2015, Netflix commissioned a third season of 12 episodes. The commissioned episodes were later divided into two seasons of six episodes; the third season was released on Netflix worldwide...
 
@englishstudent warning... all the shows are very different plotwise (and contentwise) but a vague overarching theme is 'start with some technology (maybe you know exactly what it is like 'bee-size drones' or you don't know until the very end like mind-uploading to the cloud for nursing home residents)
...
... halfway through make some disturbing pot twist.
...but then by the very end make another plot twist that is much much more disturbing
and I still haven't given anything away
and the least disturbing finish is the one where some people died.
still haven't given anything away
They should edit that to be "Black Mirror is a very disturbing British science fiction television show"
anyway, there is more than one episode that involve uploading your mind to the cloud.
 
@Mitch Do you like British or American TV shows? In general I mean.
 
7:48 PM
They don't even touch on the "That's not really you up there" problem.
 
Some American ones are good too. I used to watch Spooks it is a British drama series.
 
@englishstudent I mostly only see US ones.
I have more to say on this, but I may have to run midsentence.
As though I am liter
 
@Mitch Okie. That's what I thought.
 
erally torn from the ke
yboard.
 
Ok. Me too. Lators gators.
 
7:50 PM
So I've seen the obvious Monty Python, Downton Abbey, uh... help me out here.
but not Coronation street, EastEnders,
But I have seen the British 'The Office' which I thought just as funny as the US one.
later. I do have to run now!
 
 
1 hour later…
8:53 PM
Freak.
With around 35,000,000 casualties, it ranks 4th among the deadliest wars and armed conflicts.
 
9:19 PM
Yeah.
The sack of Bagdad was the most terrible event ever to befall the Muslim world, I think.
It's such a pity, especially considering that the successor states to Genghis Kahn's first empire were so much more civilised (I think).
 

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