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jrg

10:00 PM

@FEichinger I'M IN. @Seth

Seth

:D:D:D:D

FEichinger

@jrg =D

Seth

Looks like I'm playing the wrong tune... edits message

jrg

time to buy my copy

The Klingon Dictionary

The Klingon Dictionary is a book by Marc Okrand describing the Klingon language. First published in 1985 and then again with an addendum in 1992, it includes pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary. It has been an international bestseller, selling more than a half-million copies. The book is a mere description of the grammar with few examples for every rule. It is not suitable for active learning and practice of the language, because it does not contain any exercices. It has never been intended as a learning book. Its source was intended as a guide for scriptwriters and actors. It was on...

Seth

> The book is a mere description of the grammar with few examples for every rule. It is not suitable for active learning and practice of the language, because it does not contain any exercices. It has never been intended as a learning book. Its source was intended as a guide for scriptwriters and actors. It was only later sold for merchandising for Star Trek fans.

Eh, not sure that's what you want.

@FEichinger I thought at least you would agree with me: meta.askubuntu.com/a/6461/44179

Dan Hulme

10:04 PM

I don't think that is right

jrg

burgh!

FEichinger

@Seth I don't think I even read it until now!

Dan Hulme

I learned Klingon from TKD

if you know any linguistics at all it is enough to learn the language from

jrg

mando'a is a much more elegant language.

Seth

That's why.

Dan Hulme

10:06 PM

its main problem is that it's somewhat out of date

Seth

@jrg Klingon wasn't supposed to be elegant.. that was the point.

jrg

@Seth oh, you can definitely make an argument that compared to English, Klingon is very elegant.

Seth

Everything compared to English is elegant..

Dan Hulme

@jrg not a convincing argument, though

@jrg "The spoken Mandalorian language (Mando’a) was being developed into a working language by Karen Traviss however this has ceased since she ceased writing the Republic/Imperial commando series due to 'creative differences' with the publisher." Like software products, sometimes you have to choose between being elegant and being developed enough to be useful.

Seth

@jrg Doesn't seem like you're all that active on Politics... Didn't turn out well?

Hi @JasperLoy!

jrg

10:08 PM

@Seth lack of time.

user19161

@Seth Hey Seth, lol.

Seth

@jrg Oh was that it?

I thought it might have been the same reason Roland didn't like Christianity.SE...

jrg

and i saw it quickly descend into a cesspool.

Seth

Ah, yup.

jrg

so it wasn't worth even trying with my time.

user19161

10:09 PM

@Seth Roland is Christian right?

Seth

@JasperLoy Yes.

user19161

@Seth I was one.

Seth

was or is?

user19161

Was, no longer is.

Seth

OK.

user19161

10:10 PM

I am more of a Buddhist now.

Seth

That's what I thought you meant.

@JasperLoy Interesting.

user19161

Buddhism explains everything.

user19161

It explains the origin of the universe as well as the God in other religions.

Seth

Does it?

user19161

It is totally compatible with science.

Seth

10:12 PM

(we're getting off-topic)

user19161

As always.

user19161

I have studied the bible, the koran and the suttas. I have sought the truth my whole life.

user19161

And indeed, the truth shall set you free!

Seth

:)

user19161

OK, let's go back to more on topic things, lol. Like Seth's haircut.

Seth

10:14 PM

lol.

When is the party?

user19161

I am so excited about Wheezy.

user19161

@Seth What party?

Seth

@JasperLoy You're going away party.

I came looking for you in the Maths room

user19161

@Seth Oh, haha, who said there will be one?

Seth

You did ;-)

user19161

10:17 PM

Hahaha, I dunno. Anyway you know my email, in case you need it one day, though I doubt you will, lol.

Seth

We will see... someday maybe...

I don't like email.

FEichinger

@Seth I do agree btw.

Wholeheartedly, because I don't like our one-way floodgates approach at all.

was a little busy right now on A51, sorry

Seth

lol I bet you were :P

FEichinger

Not because of Klingon, because of this ... :/

Seth

Oh..

Dan Hulme

10:29 PM

@JasperLoy The Buddha refused to discuss the nature of the universe in his lifetime, because it's relatively unimportant.

jrg

man, you don't really understand just how powerful the Pi is until you try compiling the LAMP stack. ;P

from source.

FEichinger

@Seth Did I mention that I love Americans? People who so masterfully call their publicly elected head-of-state "that lying ratfucking son of a bitch currently in the whitehouse". Awesome. sigh

Call me V

Like that ^^

FEichinger

@CallmeV Exactly!

Dan Hulme

10:47 PM

@CallmeV that's not really a question about drones: it's a question about CIA

Call me V

It's a question about domestic drone use imo, but it's something I'm not fond of discussing.

Seth

@jrg :)

@DanHulme You seem to know quite a lot... :)

I hope you saw that.

FEichinger

@Seth I didn't.

I saw a ping. And then it was gone. :(

Seth

Maybe you'll understand what I'm saying, maybe not.

Call me V

If this gets closed, I think the answer should probably be merged: askubuntu.com/questions/278671/…

FEichinger

10:58 PM

I do. I still found that a hilarious quote, given that it came from a site that is in fact not Youtube.

Seth

Flag it then ;)

Call me V

I commented on the answer.

Seth

@FEichinger Oh sure. I'm not going to be offended at anything you say. Really, truly, seriously. No sarcasm.

@FEichinger Politics isn't something easy to discuss here.

@CallmeV JUST FLAG IT.

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FEichinger

@Seth Had I wanted to discuss politics, I would've given context to the quote.

Seth

True.

Ha! Got that edit in in less than 5 seconds.

Dan Hulme

11:03 PM

@Seth I wasn't looking

FEichinger

@DanHulme That was directed at me :D

Seth

@DanHulme Oh, sorry. That perticular message was for @FEichinger

I was giving out replies.

Call me V

I'm interested to see how the embedded hardware sans webcast is going to be... it could be interesting. It's set for tuesday if anyone is interested.

Dan Hulme

Fine.

Well in that case I'm going to bed

you guys continue talking amongst yourselves

Seth

Okay then! See you later.

@DanHulme Where are you anyway?

I thought it was the UK...

Dan Hulme

11:09 PM

@Seth yes

Cambridge

Seth

Oh cool!

Dan Hulme

why?

Seth

Just wondering what time it was over there.

I guess it's about 8 or 9.

Call me V

? Should we just pull out the latest stable release bit since it requires continual editing ? askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/105676

Dan Hulme

@Seth quarter past midnight

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Seth

@DanHulme Oh wow. A lot more of a time shift than I thought..

@CallmeV How would we do that?

Call me V

Just edit it out and not approve edits that put it back in. I was just looking for concensus before removing it

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^^ I'm curious. Does the green square mean he was an employee of trolltech or something else?

Seth

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