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Japanese? How else would you say it?

user19161

dʒæpəniːz and not dʒəpæniːz

Huh. Well, if you say so.

12:25 AM

@Vitaly: "The brain's a very flexible piece of meat." No, it's not. It's not meat.

Also, I already feel like he uses too many contractions, and a radical hemispherectomy fits the futuristic setting like leeches and bleeding fits a modern context.

But I'll give it the whole chapter before I decide.

12:45 AM

blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/03/21/…

1:35 AM

Actually, it's not pronounced "Japanese" either — it's pronounced にほんご. ni-ho-n-go: four syllables.

So sez u.

So sez I and 100 million Japanese.

Yeah, but they don't really count, because they are speaking it.

I think they count just fine.

ichi, something, san, something...

1:39 AM

What do you think all those abacusae's are for?

alchemy

4:19 AM

Hello,,, is there anybody out there???

@Cerberus Are you here??

@Robusto @JSBngs Anybody?

@Skullpatrol Hi, I'm here for a few minutes.

What do you need?

I wanted to share with you some "definitions" of trolling.

Haha, you're still trolling, aren't you?

urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Trolling&defid=4250942

10 pages worth...

66 enters have been accepted!!!

Haha, yes.

It is a popular way to spend one's time on the internet.

4:27 AM

Indeed.

I can see this making its way into the OED eventually.

We could even set up a separate discussion room for moderators and others to talk about it.

@Cerberus What do you think?

Ehm well, I think I know enough about the subject for my present needs.

I didn't mean you in particular, I meant to set up general guide lines and talk about specific instances of it in various rooms.

Do you think I should present it to area 51?

@MrShinyandNew安宇 For the record, my impression is that the children were not necessarily declared homosexual because they were abused, but for other reasons; the castration was then seen as a logical step by the Church for homosexuals. But the fact that the children in this investigation were also abused may have been coincidental.

It was not entirely clear in the main newspapers here, but that seemed a more logical interpretation when I read it than that they were declared homosexual because they had been abused and complained about it. So there may be a connection, but it is not as clear as it appears to be in your article.

@Skullpatrol Eh I think it would be a bit too specific. Or are you honing your trolling skills on my now?

@Cerberus I just wanted your learned opinion, thank you.

Hmm so why are you so interested in trolling?

4:39 AM

I think "trollphobia" should be entered in the Urban Dictionary next.

I'm interested in any expression of thought...

user19161

@Skullpatrol Still talking about trolling?

@WillHunting Yep.

user19161

Wait, there is a research assistant badge?

user19161

Only Daniel has it, he's crazy about all the badges.

@WillHunting Post a link please.

4:54 AM

yesterday, by KitFox

@Vitaly I think you are thinking of it too literally.

Hello.

@KitFox Yeah well, his vision of the future probably differs from yours, yeah. He assumes that there wasn't much progress with regards to rewiring when Siri was a kid (I don't remember the specific dates but I think it would have been in the 2030s or 2040s according in the novel's timeline), which is confirmed later in the book; also, there are notes and references at the end of the page where he justifies his poetic licence, here's a short quote:

> The child Siri Keeton was not unique: we've been treating certain severe epilepsies by radical hemispherectomy for over fifty years now [Devlin, A.M., et al. 2003. Clinical outcomes of hemispherectomy for epilepsy in childhood and adolescence Brain 126: 556-566].

> Surprisingly, the removal of half a brain doesn't seem to impact IQ or motor skills all that much (although most of hemispherectomy patients, unlike Keeton, have low IQs to begin with) [Pulsifer, M,B., et al. 2004. The cognitive outcome of hemispherectomy in 71 children. Epilepsia. 45: 243-54].

They are still using hemispherectomy now. If you are pessimistic about the future, it does make sense that they would continue using that treatment in the 2030s.

And don't forget that Siri comes from a poor social background.

user19161

5:13 AM

@Mahnax Boo!

@WillHunting O'hi!

user19161

@Mahnax Weird, the ping has no sound.

user19161

Adobe flash was not tailored to Linux I guess.

I wonder if it even is flash.

I don't think it is.

user19161

According to Mr Shiny I think, the ping uses flash.

5:15 AM

Is it off?

@WillHunting Oh, okay.

user19161

And many dictionary sites use flash for the sound recordings too.

user19161

@Mahnax The sound comes back now and then, but not now.

@WillHunting Huh.

user19161

But it might be factors other than flash like the browser maybe.

user19161

@Mahnax Yes, weird things always happen to me.

5:17 AM

@WillHunting So it seems.

user19161

@Mahnax When you go to a bookstore there, what dictionary do you see on the shelves the most?

@WillHunting I don't often go to bookstores.

user19161

@Mahnax How is your skit coming along?

Oh, I finished it today.

I will present it tomorrow.

user19161

Good, good.

5:26 AM

I disagree.

I hate presenting things in front of the class.

user19161

Why?

It's not a particularly good skit either.

user19161

skit anagrams to kit's

Oh, good.

user19161

It seems askubuntu has become 5th in the SE site ranking.

5:32 AM

Huh.

Where are we?

user19161

stackexchange.com/sites?view=list#traffic

user19161

Sorted by traffic.

user19161

We are 7th!

Not bad.

user19161

Apple is 6th, not bad.

5:39 AM

Not bad at all.

user19161

@Mahnax Bye, good luck with the presentation!

@WillHunting Thanks, bye!

6:56 AM

@Cerberus youtube.com/watch?v=HPlV9mzqeFQ

David Wallace

7:54 AM

@WillHunting Fantastic! I shall use those terms from now on.

user19161

10:02 AM

@DavidWallace I actually just say top and bottom myself.

10:18 AM

@Vitaly Does the machine translation say "a software"?

@Robusto In the video? I haven't watched it.

So ... you give us unvetted videos to watch? makes shame finger