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n_palum
21:00
Mhm
Rubio
Rubio defending:
Q U
(i know. you're shocked.)
GentlePurpleRain
very
Sconibulus
2 and 4 are live :)
n_palum
Mine stands
GentlePurpleRain
3:
Bicker
Sconibulus
21:00
oh...
contact 1
Mistah Figgins
contact on 1
Sconibulus
contact 3
n_palum
5:
Rules England
Rubio
hehehe.
Sconibulus
contact 5
Rubio
21:00
It's not QUID
Mistah Figgins
@n_palum contact
Rubio
It's not QUEEN
n_palum
Quid is wrong
Queen is
Mistah Figgins
@Rubio that was my first thought too
GentlePurpleRain
contact 1
Rubio
21:01
grr. blah. fine.
PASS on 1, everyone but me knows it I guess :)
GentlePurpleRain
QUARTER
Sconibulus
Quarter :)
Mistah Figgins
quarter
n_palum
Lmao
Rubio
omg.
n_palum
21:01
Yeah
Rubio
I am an idiot
lol
Rubio defending:
Q U A
Mistah Figgins
diagnosis: puzzle blindness
don't worry, it will soon pass
Rubio
truly.
GentlePurpleRain
Too straighforward.
3 is done. QUIBBLE
Sconibulus
4 is dead, was Quiet
oh... I was wrong on 3
Rubio
21:02
What is raging quiet? I almost guessed it as a lark
Sconibulus
3:
Bicker
Rubio
I was about to guess Quarrel
^^
Sconibulus
A book I think? It's a phrase I've heard
Rubio
It's not QUARREL
Sconibulus
I lost my tick :)
yes
Rubio
21:03
✔
GentlePurpleRain
1:
Earthshaking
contact 3
Rubio
It's not QUAKE
GentlePurpleRain
1:✔
1:
Dilemma
Rubio
It's not QUANDARY
GentlePurpleRain
1:✔
cancel that.
not QUA
n_palum
21:05
3:
Isolated zone
GentlePurpleRain
(QUICKIE)
Sconibulus
4:
Poorly understood astronomical object
Mistah Figgins
@n_palum contact
Rubio
4/ It's not QUASAR
GentlePurpleRain
contact isolated
Sconibulus
21:05
4: ✔
Mistah Figgins
blasars are worse
Rubio
zone/ It's not QUARANTINE
n_palum
+1
Sconibulus
4:
Ethel the Aardvark
GentlePurpleRain
5:
Isolated zone
(different)
Rubio
21:06
(removed)/ It's not QUICKIE
;)
Mistah Figgins
3 years of experience, for example
Rubio
It's not QUALIFICATION(s)
Mistah Figgins
correct
n_palum
Type of physics
Rubio
damn. forgot i was out of stars
Sconibulus
21:07
@n_palum contact
Rubio
It's not QUANTUM
Mistah Figgins
held by glu...
n_palum
+1
Rubio
It's not QUARK
Mistah Figgins
I should have said "comes in groups of 2 or 3"
Rubio
21:08
I wouldn't have gotten that, heh
5/ It's still not QUARTER or QUADRANGLE ?
n_palum
3:
ax^2 + bx + c = 0...
GentlePurpleRain
5: nope
Rubio
drat
GentlePurpleRain
won't bother starring that last one...
Mistah Figgins
1:
misgiving
GentlePurpleRain
21:09
Or maybe Rubio is not a mathematician...
Mistah Figgins
@n_palum contact
GentlePurpleRain
@MistahFiggins contact misgiving.
Rubio
sorry phone
equa.. er,. 3/ it's not QUADRATIC
Mistah Figgins
I know the feeling
n_palum
Tes
Rubio
21:10
1/ It's not QUALMS
Mistah Figgins
correct
Gareth McCaughan
7:
cheese
Sconibulus
3:
B Source
contact 7
GentlePurpleRain
1:
Pier
Sconibulus
contact 1
Rubio
21:12
It's not QUAY
GentlePurpleRain
1:✔
Rubio
I'm going to PASS on 7, not a clue
Gareth McCaughan
warning: on mobile, may be slow and error-prone prone
GentlePurpleRain
@Sconibulus What's your guess for 7?
Sconibulus
7: Queso
wait, crap
Mistah Figgins
21:13
> que...
Rubio
lol
Sconibulus
Quaeso
GentlePurpleRain
Contact fail... :P
Rubio
hahaa
Mistah Figgins
I do that all the time
Gareth McCaughan
21:14
Oh well. Do i have to reveal it now?
Rubio
you don't
have
to
GentlePurpleRain
@GarethMcCaughan I guess we could just leave it...
Mistah Figgins
1:
Where Dwayne Johnson is from
Rubio
but it's dead now
Quanada?
Gareth McCaughan
OK. It was QUARK, a kind of soft cheese that i think comes originally from Germany.
Rubio
21:15
huh. New one on me
Gareth McCaughan
6
x^4+3x-7
Mistah Figgins
contact
n_palum
^ been done
I think
Mistah Figgins
has it?
Sconibulus
contact 1
n_palum
21:16
Unless it's somehow different than mine was
Rubio
It's not quadratic
I'll pass on 1
Sconibulus
1: Quarry?
Mistah Figgins
yes!
Rubio
Rubio defending:
Q U A D
Mistah Figgins
Dwayne "the rock" Johnson
Gareth McCaughan
21:17
It is indeed not QUADRATIC. That wasn't a quadratic.
Rubio
I know, that wasn't me knocking down a guess
n_palum
Ah okay wasn't sure
Gareth McCaughan
But now it's dead because of the new letter.
Sconibulus
3: Quagmire (B for Black Mana, from Swamps)
Mistah Figgins
#6 was quartic?
Gareth McCaughan
21:17
It was QUARTIC, a polynomial of degree 4.
Sconibulus
2: Quartermaster
4: Quantity Surveying
Rubio
Ah. I should have known 2
GentlePurpleRain
5 stands
Rubio
is Number 5 Still Alive?
Sconibulus
3:
Drone variety
Rubio
21:18
c'moonnnn someone get that
Pass 3
Alt-F4
@Sconibulus contact
GentlePurpleRain
contact 3
Alt-F4
quadcopter?
GentlePurpleRain
QUADCOPTER
Sconibulus
yep
Rubio
21:19
Rubio defending:
Q U A D R
GentlePurpleRain
5 stands
Alt-F4
quadrat?
Rubio
It's not QUADRANT
GentlePurpleRain
5:✔
Gareth McCaughan
8
muscle
Alt-F4
21:19
@Rubio yes, they are different words, one has an n
the other one does not
Rubio
It's not QUADRICEPTS
GentlePurpleRain
contact 8
too slow...
Rubio
@Alt-F4 (mine was a guess)
Sconibulus
increase 400%
Gareth McCaughan
Rubio wrong spelling but I'll accept it
n_palum
21:20
contact 400$
Alt-F4
@Sconibulus contact
Rubio
It's not QUADRUPLE
Sconibulus
good, because that wasn't even right...
Rubio
oh no T
GentlePurpleRain
should be increase 300%
Rubio
21:20
No. It wasn't right ;)
Sconibulus
I had fourfold initially, then went to change it to 300% to make it harder, and typo'd :)
Rubio
hehe. it worked, whatever
fourfold would have been wrong in any case
Gareth McCaughan
9
divide into four equal parts
Mistah Figgins
most mammals bar humans
Rubio
or would it
hm
Alt-F4
21:22
@MistahFiggins contact
GentlePurpleRain
I can't think of any more QUAD words...
Sconibulus
@MistahFiggins contact
Alt-F4
1048577:
polygon
Rubio
9/ It's not QUADRATE? QUADSECT? meh
It's (still) not a QUADRILATERAL
Alt-F4
ehh wasn't here
GentlePurpleRain
21:23
@Alt-F4 been done.
QUADSECT isn't valid.
Gareth McCaughan
@Rubio neither of those
n_palum
Paralysis in all limbs
Rubio
I'm making up words ;)
GentlePurpleRain
contact @n_palum
Rubio
It's not QUADRIPLEGIC
n_palum
21:23
yea
Alt-F4
1048578:
double twins
GentlePurpleRain
Should be QUADRIPLEGIA
@Alt-F4 been done
Rubio
oh true
Alt-F4
Again, I recently joined
Rubio
Still not QUADRUPLETS
and please, please, use sane numbers.
n_palum
21:24
Either or
Alt-F4
Anything on the mammals?
Rubio
QUADRISECT? is that a word?
GentlePurpleRain
@Alt-F4 There's this neat "search" function on the top right. Just type in your word, and look for it in all-caps in the last hour.
n_palum
2
Reoccur every 4 years
Alt-F4
@GentlePurpleRain huh. I thought that searched all SE sites.
Sconibulus
21:25
contact 2
Alt-F4
@n_palum contact
GentlePurpleRain
Nope just this chat room.
contact 2
Rubio
I assume QUADRIENNIAL
Alt-F4
@Rubio misspelled...
GentlePurpleRain
I don't think there's an I
(the first one)
Mistah Figgins
21:25
whatever
n_palum
yes
Rubio
ok whatever. :)
Sconibulus
spelling isn't that important, especially since google is forbidden
Mistah Figgins
anything on the mammals @Rubio?
n_palum
Those were my last two big words xD
Rubio
21:26
nobody has contacted it have they?
Sconibulus
yeah, I did, as did Alt F4
Rubio
Oh my bad sorry
I'll pass on it then
Sconibulus
Quadrupedal
Alt-F4
quadruped?
Mistah Figgins
yes
4-legged
Rubio
21:27
duh. I was reading that entirely wrong
Mistah Figgins
the "bar" throw you off?
Rubio
Rubio defending:
Q U A D R U
yeah a bit ;)
Mistah Figgins
been done
I think
Rubio
(still) Not QUADRUPLE
n_palum
done
Mistah Figgins
21:28
@Rubio how is this still going?
Alt-F4
was thinking quadruplicate which I
think
is a word
Rubio
I ... doubt it
Sconibulus
5:
Double Lying
Gareth McCaughan
quadruplicate is a perfectly good word
contact 5 @Sconibulus
Rubio
it feels cromulent. I'll take your word for it
Gareth McCaughan
21:29
(no longer on mobile)
oh, my 9 is dead; it was QUADRISECT
Rubio
i had guessed that I thought
Mistah Figgins
what could it be?
Gareth McCaughan
@Rubio no, you had QUADSECT and some other non-word
Rubio
I guessed it later
Gareth McCaughan
oh, maybe I missed it, in which case my apologies
Rubio
21:30
6 mins ago
, by
Rubio
QUADRISECT? is that a word?
no worries
I don't know what you're doing with 5, I'll pass on it
Gareth McCaughan
pretty sure it's QUADRUPLICITY
Sconibulus
yep :)
Gareth McCaughan
which I'm also pretty sure doesn't mean double lying, but who cares? :-)
Rubio
oh ok
Again, if it works, it works
Sconibulus
it doesn't, but I don't remember what it means
Mistah Figgins
21:31
what?
Rubio
Rubio defending:
Q U A D R U P
Mistah Figgins
how did you get that
n_palum
Would quadruplicate mean to replicate 4 times? as in duplicate?
Sconibulus
@n_palum yep
Gareth McCaughan
@n_palum yes, or it could mean "repeated 4 times", also as in duplicate
which I think is commoner
n_palum
21:32
Hmm neat
Gareth McCaughan
though neither is exactly common
Mistah Figgins
@Rubio how haven't we guessed this?
Rubio
:)
Mistah Figgins
grr
Gareth McCaughan
result of two dipoles
n_palum
21:32
He's making things up
Sconibulus
I need to go catch the bus
Rubio
Gareth has it. It is QUADRUPOLE.
Gareth McCaughan
boom
Mistah Figgins
probably some fancy science word
@Sconibulus cya
Gareth McCaughan
yup, science/maths
Mistah Figgins
21:33
ok, fair enough
Rubio
Actually I saw it on drones, describing how they are controlled.
(in addition to the other usage Gareth had)
That's why I insta-passed on QUADCOPTER, actually
Gareth McCaughan
so do we have enough people here for another game?
Mistah Figgins
I gtg
or at least spend less time
I might contact at one point
but don't count on me
n_palum
I am partially here
I'll contact/clue sometimes
Gareth McCaughan
this isn't sounding like enough people for a good game, so far...
Rubio
21:37
yah agreed
Mistah Figgins
Fun fact: I might develop an application for playing this for my Computer Science project
Rubio
I'm going to take the opportunity to pause a bit
Mistah Figgins
then again, I might make a 3d platformer instead
Rubio
Make a 3D Defender game.
Mistah Figgins
?
what do you mean?
Alt-F4
21:39
Make a 4D Minecraft game
@MistahFiggins so like Run?
Gareth McCaughan
ok, everyone's saying no game so I'm outta here
Mistah Figgins
@Alt-F4 no, like first person
@Alt-F4 4 spacial dimensions? because 3 spacial and 1 time is relatively easy
Alt-F4
@MistahFiggins yes
also AFAIK it is "spatial"
Mistah Figgins
try
this
then
Alt-F4
that's a Rubik's cube
boboquack
21:54
I'm here now...
Or is everyone going
n_palum
I am partial, Rubio is on a pause, and I think Gareth left
boboquack
Hi @Alconja!
Rubio, Gareth, MistahFiggins, Alt-F4, if you return, there might just be enough people to start another game...
n_palum
You'd get more of a response pinging them
boboquack
I don't really want to mass ping for nothing...
I'll wait until the next quarter-hour, then mass ping if no-one comes
boboquack
22:21
@Rubio, @Gareth, @MistahFiggins, @Alt-F4, @n_palum, if you return, there might just be enough people to start another game...
Rubio
hi
scheduled event starts in 38 minutes, btw
I'm "around" but not reading this page - ping if we start
boboquack
@Rubio 98 mins, actually
@Rubio OK
Rubio
oh. lol.
n_palum
ok
boboquack
Probably need one more person at this rate
Rubio
22:23
I forgot about daylight savings changing my time relative to UTC
Mistah Figgins
what is the event?
boboquack
@MistahFiggins A scheduled game of contact. Are you available to play now?
Mistah Figgins
nah, unfortunately
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