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3:00 PM

You would normally use regret in the sense to have remorse with a noun or that clause: I regret the trick that I played on David is what I would say.

When you use regret to mean I wish I didn't have to do x now, as in we regret to inform you that you have been fired, then you use the infinitive with to.

Frank Science

Could you give me some example about to have done or to have been done? Maybe my memory is somewhat wrong.

Matt Эллен

What is it that you want to have done by tomorrow?

Cerberus

I intend to have done this by tomorrow.

Matt Эллен

What did you want to have done by yesterday?

RegDwight АΑA

Oh come on this can't be true. Some stupid script is running amok on YouTube. I thought it was only @Cerb's video, but no. Can't watch anything.

What is this, 1993?

Cerberus

3:04 PM

To have been done is a bit hard.

@RegDwightАΑA What script?

Frank Science

It's just like

Cerberus

Userscript?

Frank Science

I should have studied hard?

Cerberus

Yes? That is correct?

You can say he seems to have been killed.

Frank Science

@Cerberus Does it mean that he is substentially not killed?

Cerberus

3:07 PM

@FrankScience The main verb seems expresses that the speaker/writer is not sure, but the speaker/writer thinks that he has been killed.

Matt Эллен

I was to have been king!

Cerberus

Right, that that is a different construction.

RegDwight АΑA

@Cerb this script.

Only in effing Firefox.

Chromium works fine.

Cerberus

Where be + to + inf. expresses a future or purpose or obligation.

Matt Эллен

@Cerberus yes, sorry, I was trying to come up with a sentence that doesn't use seems

Frank Science

3:08 PM

Got it.

Cerberus

@RegDwightАΑA Ohh...that's weird!

But you seem to be using the HTML5 player? Maybe switch to Flash?

RegDwight АΑA

I am not using anything I wasn't using yesterday.

This is not my cup of tea.

Some asshole broke something. I am not jumping through hoops because of him.

Cerberus

She was to close the door = she was supposed to close the door, she was obligated or expected to close the door.

Frank Science

U2b to me is just a connection reset.

Cerberus

@RegDwightАΑA youtube.com/html5

Does it say you are using the html5 player?

@RegDwightАΑA Okay, that was it. Set yourself to opt out of html5 on that page I gave you.

Html5 freezes my FF too, at least now—it usen't to.

And they say Flash is buggy!

Matt Эллен

3:14 PM

I say Firefox is buggy

it crashes on me twice a day recently

Cerberus

Really?

Matt Эллен

Yeah

Cerberus

It's usually add-ons...

Matt Эллен

The only addons I have are BrEng Dict, Firebug and stylish

Cerberus

Hmm I heard that Firebug can sometimes slow things down?

Matt Эллен

3:16 PM

But it doesn't crash things

Cerberus

But of course it is possible that FF has some bugs.

Matt Эллен

It could be stylish - that is the newest of my addons

Frank Science

It's obvious that Fx has some bugs.

Cerberus

Still, FF is usually quite stable for me, even with the incredible number of add-ons and tabs that I have.

Frank Science

I'm now using Fx and it seldom crashes.

It's very hard for me to go away from Firefox.

Cerberus

3:22 PM

Same here.

I need my extensions!

Frank Science

I need one called vimperator.

Matt Эллен

Indeed, I've not found anything better than firebug for web design

RegDwight АΑA

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Q: Technical/medical term for deafness

Anosmia = Loss of the sense of smell Anopia = Blindness Anaesthesia/Anaphia = Loss of the sense of touch Aphasia = Loss of speech ? = Deafness I can't find an equivalent medical term for deafness. Is there one? I also find that the word 'deafness' suffers from a dearth of synonyms that d...

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Q: Words pertaining to the senses and the corresponding disabilities

I need help on finding words relating to the senses/perception. I mean this in a neuronic/biological or philosophy-of-mind kind of way. A word for... pertaining to the senses (Is it sensory?) pertaining to vision (ocular?) pertaining to smell (olfactoric?) pertaining to taste pertaining ...

word-choice vocabulary single-word-requests adjectives

Frank Science

@MattЭллен What about web developer's tool in Chromium?

Matt Эллен

@FrankScience nope

not for me.

Frank Science

3:25 PM

@MattЭллен Is it inferior?

Matt Эллен

@FrankScience in my opinion, yes.

RegDwight АΑA

I'm quite offended that this question has been closed as too basic. What is basic for you, might not be basic to someone else. I'm a Mathematician and software developer; English is not my primary concern in life. This question has been answered very well below and I learnt something. — Alex Chamberlain 4 hours ago

Well. If you ask me it should have been closed as NARQ or too localized.

Frank Science

@MattЭллен I read some webpages saying that the developer's tool in Chromium is more powerful than Firebug. I use these tools out of the very simple usage, therefore I cannot tell from them.

RegDwight АΑA

Gen-ref was actually nice when compared to NARQ.

Matt Эллен

@RegDwightАΑA So then you're not even a serious English Language enthusiast ??!!!!??!?! WTFBBQ GET OFF MY LAWN

RegDwight АΑA

3:34 PM

Well how should I put it. I understand how he feels but. It's not entirely not his fault. I am not a Mathematician, not even a mathematician, but I would think twice before posting "I said 2+2=5, is any of that a number, or did I really mean 3+4=5?" on MathOverflow.

David's comment is really spot on.

We have closed such questions in the past for the precise same reason.

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A: How can I join many adjectives to one word and create a grammatical phrase?

i'm searching for just one word, which would describe a strong, independent, survival, lovin, beautiful, smart woman..does exist one word to fit all those qualities? thanx

That's an answer, mind you.

Matt Эллен

I guess Stack Exchange's layout must be to blame. Get User Experience on it

RegDwight АΑA

I catch your drift but I'm not so sure.

I mean, which part of "Your Answer" is it that is so hard to understand?

Matt Эллен

/joke

RegDwight АΑA

I know but there's a grain of truth in it.

If you actually look at User Experience, their "Ask Question" is clearly set apart.

Ours is just a link among many.

Matt Эллен

that's true

I don't have a button to force me to think about what I'm doing, either. But I guess that's because of my reps

Matt Эллен

3:58 PM

toodle pip

JSBձոգչ

gah. every time Cory Doctorow writes another book, he annoys me more.

i used to like his books! i really did!

now i just read the titles and i want to throw them across the room

RegDwight АΑA

4:16 PM

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Q: Really Taking Up Positions

!#$%^&*()+*%$$% "Snipers took positions on the rooftop." "Snipers took up positions on the rooftop." How are "take positions" and "take up positions" different in this context? !#%%^&^&)_)+(&%^%^%%^

grammar

Oh! Oh! Oh! New decorations!

Lo-ve-ly.

Cerberus

I wonder who that could be.

RegDwight АΑA

I dunno. Doesn't look like Nortonn, though.

I am still trying to remember who Cory Doctorow is.

The name is so familiar.

Cerberus

@RegDwightАΑA But it does!

RegDwight АΑA

But them is new?

It's a different user with entirely different decorations?

Cerberus

Only the decorations are new.

Perhaps it is his mother.

RegDwight АΑA

4:21 PM

Oh yes. Like Thursagen with his sister who was her own father who was his uncle.

But I gotta run.

Au ruguai!

Cerberus

Haha yes, bai!

Vitaly

The Idea of Order at Key West

“The Idea of Order at Key West” is a poem written in 1934 by Modernist poet Wallace Stevens. It is one of many poems included in his book, Ideas of Order. It was also included in The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. History and Context “The Idea of Order at Key West” takes place on the island Key West near the state of Florida. Though the island was mostly isolated before the 1900s, its military post and the creation of a rail route to the mainland led to an increase in population and tourists. Many literary artists such as Ernest Hemingw...

I am pleasantly surprised to see that finally some content appeared there.

Was that you, @Robusto?

Cerberus

I didn't know you read poetry.

Daniel δ

4:42 PM

@regdwightаαa Can you delete this too?

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Q: Take Up Positions On Rooftop

"Snipers took positions on the rooftop." "Snipers took up positions on the rooftop." How are "take positions" and "take up positions" different in this context?

grammar prepositions

simchona

@RegDwightАΑA Does he think it will throw us off? Quick! GLITTER BOMB.

Daniel δ

@RegDwightАΑA It is.

No one answer this. This is a suspended user posting under another name. It's a duplicate of this now deleted question he asked before. — Daniel δ 49 mins ago

Now it's in triplicate, and you only saw (+ deleted) the tail end.

user19161

5:01 PM

@Danielδ I cast my delete vote, and behold! It is deleted.

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