The Sphinx's Lair

Sid

17:02

Hehe, we are discussing politics at Physics.SE. Lol.

humn

link?

Sid

chat.

humn

Oh so it's a puzzle. On my way.

manshu

17:20

@Randal'Thor Oh...reading it for the first time. Thank you.

And also sorry for leaving without saying 'bye' at that time.

Nice new pic. Congo.

Rand al'Thor

Thanks :-D

manshu

New Rand al'Thor looks like a warrior.

Old one looked like a superhero teenager tbh.

Rand al'Thor

rofl

I guess that's an improvement then.

manshu

A very great improvement :D

humn

In the best light (but still looking for the best link):

Yes - "I've Seen All Good People" - Original LP - HQ

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manshu

17:30

"This video is not available"

humn

(Better? The title is the message in this case.)

manshu

Is it same as this

sounds like Yes's lead singer.

humn

Good find.

manshu

:)

One of Yes man's best scene:

Yes Man - Singing Jumper Scene

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Day by day, this room looks less and less for "General discussion for puzzling.stackexchange.com"

humn

manshu! One of these days I'll be you if I'm so lucky and you'll live to regret it if you're so lucky

manshu

17:41

Are you sure I'll regret if you'll be me? One of the wishes of every Martian is to have more people like him. Some replica. You're gonna grant me that wish and I'll regret? You are surely mistaken, sir.

humn

Okay, changing my name to mistakn.

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manshu

hahaha.

iswydt

I was waiting for the edit but then I understood. :D

humn

idkwidk (and I'm only guessing about what you jus typed)

Rand al'Thor

@manshu As long as users of puzzling.stackexchange.com are discussing things here, we're good ;-)

manshu

@Randal'Thor This room is run less by ROs and moderators and more by humn and his gang

humn

17:44

Run away! My gang used to lock arms and bulldoze everyone in sight. (as if anyone asked)

Rand al'Thor

resisting temptation to add humn as RO

manshu

@Randal'Thor You can do that?

Being a moderator of other communities I mean.

Rand al'Thor

A mod of any site has mod powers in all of chat.

manshu

Ever wondered who was in the bulldozers?

humn

I had to beat them up eventually.

manshu

17:47

That's great. Then why resist the temptation.

Michael Jackson - Beat It (Official Video)

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humn

My speakrs and neighbrs thank you.

manshu

neighbs are gonna love it.

My mom listens to my songs everyday without her own will. :p

humn

But, yeah, the same gang along with whom I caused havoc were the same fools I had to wrestle down. Everyone had knives (fortunately not plugs!) but somehow we had enough respect to go bare knuckles.

manshu

humn!!

humn

Live to tell.

manshu

17:51

That sounds badass.

Sid

Well, we live to die another day

humn

I look forward to another chance to run away.

manshu

We live to live another day.

Rand al'Thor

We die to live another day.

Resurrection!

Sid

Phoenix!

humn

17:53

!

Rand al'Thor

Mahler: Symphony No. 2 / Dudamel · Simón Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela

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manshu

Why would someone take the whole pain of dying just to live another day just to die?

Sid

Maybe, they didn't have a painful death.

manshu

how is that so?

Sid

Some people die in their sleep..

humn

17:55

Day after day.

Night after night.

manshu

No one lived to tell us that their death wasn't painful.

humn

Just wait until you live to tell.

manshu

I am dying to tell it to others.

(after 100 or so years)

humn

See why I want to bemanshu?

manshu

talking about life...my birthday in 32 mins :p

humn

17:58

spank you! (or is that a tradition thereabouts?)

manshu

20 spanks in that case.

death can't be more painful than 20 spanks. I am sure of it.

humn

I call them anniversaries.

manshu

Yeah. But usually, we call it birthdays here.

Sid

That ^

humn

And though I'm acalendrical, what I say is thank you for making yet around again!

Sid

18:01

And then you have to give a treat to the guys who spanked you. :P

manshu

And the funny thing is that I am expecting only 3 or 4 calls. None expected from any of my friends. So no treat if everything goes as expected. :p

Moreover, my friends think it is on 10 July. :p

It's gonna be fun. :D

humn

Cheers from those of us lucky enough to have our asses here to be spanked! (and I'm so far from SM, only in poetry)

manshu

SM?

humn

sado-masochism, that's where my free association goes from birthdays to spanking

Repeat poem. Masocho-sadism:

Spank me

Thank you

manshu

I'm sure that I won't let anyone spank myself.

Rand al'Thor

18:06

Rank them

manshu

spanks humn

Rand al'Thor

Plank us

humn

h

... other poem ...

squam bam

thank you ma'am

... never know what these untired fingers will type nest ...

... minimicropoetry ...

manshu

shortminimicropoetry

What is the Shortest Poem?

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by vsauce

humn

Don't get me started... Didn't I already spill?

manshu

18:12

Nope. You didn't.

humn

The truly shortest poem is:

Lies.

It rhymes when you think about it.

And it lies by its very title.

manshu

The lies lies on the surface of truth.

(covering it)

humn

Thank you for the link!

manshu

:)

humn

(oops, overwrote that. The title is "Lies" but the entire poem is "Lie.")

manshu

18:18

The title itself is a lie. There was no lie in the poem.

Rand al'Thor

@humn Sounds like the highest-voted question on PSE.

manshu

Instead of the word "lie"

humn

I guess the essence of brevity is suggestion.

(And the joke is: Brevity is the soul of.)

(Yes, I know the actual joke is: Brevity.)

manshu

Brevity is brave thing to do.

humn

While we have the chance!

manshu

18:22

Let's dance on the chance.

humn

The day I realized that I'd have another chance was when I was skirting off a mountain with nothing but a tree between me and freefall.

I chose the tree but it was a hard lesson.

manshu

Every one of your stories makes me realize that I want to live like you.

humn

Lucky to live, lucky to tell. Please don't press your luck like I have.

manshu

My luck presses me sometimes to press luck.

humn

I would love life in a much sweeter way hadn't mine been spared so often.

Some doors say "pull." If you've found those with "press," sally forth.

manshu

18:28

Were you in any army special task force?

humn

Fortunately no, but I've learned from some who were.

Takes all kinds.

manshu

wow...the short poem video in the end says. "Everyone lives a life. What matters is what you have said about it." Bit of what you said just now

Why haven't I met any army person till now? :/

humn

I climbed a tree with a friend and they relived moments when they drew a bead on a target.

All on my mind until then was poison oak at the base.

Live and learn, and slather.

manshu

Keep slathering. :)

humn

Hop aboard!

Sphinx

18:36

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Q: Random cipher from a friend

Below is what I have. I know that X is padding, and I've tried ROT1-25. I assume it's substitution, but I don't see it. TUAUC IHCRN OSELL CDXNE AHEX

cipher

humn

I used to think my life was so boring.

Then I realszed, I'm boring. Life is exciting!

manshu

@humn No. That's not true. That's impossible.

@humn It's the other one in my case

Sid

Happy Birthday, manshu! Get ready to be spanked

manshu

Thanks :D

But I'm sure that I'll be celebrating it only with my family. And I hope that they won't spank me. :p

humn

To pile on, manshu, it doesn't matter what anyone thinks, but I'm still piling on! Thank you for making it around this many times.

manshu

18:41

Thank you for considering that. :)

humn, where is my gift?

humn

Your gift was given by you, not for you.

manshu

hmmm...what a democratic gift!!!

humn

Don't you realize that every time I wannabemanshumn is a birthday for you?

Happens just about every day.

Mithrandir

Happy birthday @manshu!

manshu

humn wants to be manshu and manshu wants be humn. Endless cycle of life.

Thanks Mith.

Thanks for the endless number of gifts humn.

humn

18:48

Not sure which of us are, but . . .

The Beatles - Girl (live)

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Ah, manshu

"she promises the Earth to me and I believe her"

manshu

Ooooohhh...She can be a great sales person.

humn

Perhaps the only reason I think I understand how everyone turns is because I've tried to slip into their moccasins. Thank you for a turn in yours, manshu.

manshu

It had been a delight.

I hope the size of my one didn't bother you.

humn

Comfy fit!

manshu

I must have taken a good care of it.

(If I may praise myself)

humn

18:58

Spank your bad self

manshu

spanks self

humn

... not easy to find Beatles songs beyond copyright restraints ...

manshu

bad self ducks and good self gets a hit

humn

silly goose!

(Perhaps that's a USAism. It's an affectionatism.)

"affect..(whatever)"= "affectionism"

manshu

You make new words every day. Not making another one won't matter.

humn

19:06

FLY ME TO THE MOON

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(In other words, I love you. But don't worry, it's happened to others and they survived.)

I play among the stars.

manshu

"In other words, I love you. Fly me to the moon"... I love you has been a perfect reason to make someone do that they can't since God knows when.

@humn which game?

humn

I feel so lucky to have landed on this planet, regardless of bad timing.

@manshu , the game of chance.

Bring your dollar, roll the dice, and see where they settle.

manshu

@humn Stars will settle with a black hole :p

humn

Every tickle tantaliszes.

Also, we are living in a black hole, literally.

By the time you measure far enough out, spacetime is trapped by gravity.

manshu

remembers an episode of Cosmos . . . You are right

It's funny how this universe works.

humn

19:20

It's weird, but sometimes we're in a black hole and sometimes I'm right.

manshu

black hole inside the black hole inside the black hole inside the black hole inside the black hole and so on.

humn

Don't recurse on me!

manshu

Not a curse. But a boon boon boon boon boon (and so on).

If you still listen to Hindi songs:

Mera Pehla Pehla Pyar 720p HD HQ Official

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humn

Thank you.

manshu

:)

humn

19:24

So after I go ogle I'll need to bo on?

manshu

~~Reboon~~ Reborn

humn

(interlaced typings, YourTube is jumping the speakers)

manshu

2 hours ago, by Rand al'Thor

Resurrection!

Time to get to the bed. Ttyl. :)

humn

Enjoy the day, manshu, on whatever planet at whichever time!

... and my balm ... (No need to call for a welfare visit, Deusovi, I'm just sharing a nightie night, probably for the nth time.)

Yes - To Be Over

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(Yeh, "nighthie" = "nightey." One of these days I'll wrestle English to the ground. Until then, sweet dreams.)

humn

21:43

Momma told me there'd be days like this.

Summer in the City - Lovin' Spoonful

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It's 100 degrees in the shade, if it's a day.

(Yes, we've all survived worse. I'm just taking the opportunity to pule before the lights go out.)

(100 degrees F. I know the difference, fellow boilers.)

BreakingMyself

I should've made a more satisfying solution other than a door code, I never thought of it when my wife play tested but now I feel it should've had relevance or meaning rather than a string of numbers.

Maybe a sequel puzzle inside the tomb?

humn

Never too late for another life.

Springtime blooms eternal.

(Wish my puter had melted before those platitudes. Never too late.)

BreakingMyself

@humn In the space between a blink and a tear, death blooms.

humn

The Icicle Works - Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream)

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ooo, it never cooled down last night. I just almost slipped on the cat I call "Butter," molten all across the floor.

BreakingMyself

22:02

@humn That's a nice analogy.

humn

Gotta watch those toes even when fingers do all the walking.

(Did you see my post at Biology SE about how we hominids are among the largest animals? ... Oh, not yet posted, but we are. I feel insignificant next to a whale, but it's true, we are among the largest to bend the scales, even on a cool day.)

(Magnitudinally speaking, as if it matters.)

(Signed, shrinking violt.)

humn

22:33

It's not just my imagination:

usatoday.com/story/weather/2017/07/07/…

Martha & the Vandellas - Heatwave

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Then again, maybe it is:

The Temptations-just my imagination

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Guess that's why I withered yesterday. (Again, Deusovi, you are so sweet for caring.) It's so arid that dehydration goes without a bead of sweat.

Word of the day (not for interest, just for one reason or another.):

Xeriscaping

Xeriscaping is landscaping and gardening that reduces or eliminates the need for supplemental water from irrigation. It is promoted in regions that do not have easily accessible, plentiful, or reliable supplies of fresh water, and is gaining acceptance in other areas as access to water becomes more limited. Xeriscaping may be an alternative to various types of traditional gardening. In some areas, terms as water-conserving landscapes, drought-tolerant landscaping, and smart scaping are used instead. Plants whose natural requirements are appropriate to the local climate are emphasized, and care...

humn

22:56

... that's where Xerox got its name ...

... Anyone here remember Xerox?

... or XGP (xerographic printer)?

If you've ever made a printout without ink, using electrostatic plastic, and you have whether or not you know it, that came from XGP.

I use dry printers as toothpicks nowadays, but originally they barely fit in a room.

Okay, same old story. Everything matches that description.

But it really was a wonder at the time. To have this behemoth work so hard to produce a single sheet of skinny paper with whatever pattern printed on it.

Gareth McCaughan

@BreakingMyself The fact that it's only a door code doesn't bother me, for what it's worth. What would be nice if achievable is some sort of confirmation -- since it seems that for a few of the buttons there are multiple somewhat-plausible choices.

So if e.g. we somehow knew the sum of the numbers (not that it's easy to think why we would, in this scenario) it would make it more feasible to solve the puzzle and be confident of having picked the right solution. A bit like a cryptic crossword.

humn

23:27

(Dear therapists: I'm waiting for a call back from my little brother. This little brother towers over me in every way measurable, both literal and figurative. This little brother deifies me nonetheless and here I am, scared.)

Destructible Lemon

get a sturdy stool so they only tower over you figuratively

humn

Now I can't reach the keyboard, probably best off for all around.

Destructible Lemon

get another one

for the keyboard

plus how did you type that?

humn

Music Man "Think Method"

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Destructible Lemon

maybe you might need a third for the monitor, unless you use a laptop

humn

23:32

Funny about that, I use a laptop on a riser with external keyboard, monitor and mouse.

And external amp and speakers.

Life is good while it lasts. On the best days.

If I ever have as many tubes running through me as the puter I'm using now, go ahead and pull the plug.

There are even wires lying by the side waiting their chances.

There's even a bar of sunscreen!

Guessing that most who read that have a handtop at most with an earline at best.

Signed, 300/1200 baud throwback.

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