There was a book I read 8-9 years ago in high school. I dont remember the main characters name, but he had a girlfriend named PJ. But this main character went on a quest with another chick who put him through a few tests, the last one being she stripped down and basically said "have your way with...
In Sign of Chaos, we meet Coral, an illegitimate daughter of Oberon intent on walking the Pattern and having it send her wherever it chooses; sadly, she gets what she wished for. In Knight of Shadows, Merlin proceeds through an elaborate rescue attempt to save her, including fixing a Broken Patt...
The magician already had a ring which housed a genie. While this genie wasn't as powerful as the lamp's genie, he was quite capable of transporting people to anywhere.
Why didn't magician simply order ring's genie to transport him near lamp and then out of the cave?
Can anyone tell me what story is it .,
3 deers and a curel lion, that orders any one of animals to be his food everyday ..
deers planning to defeat the lion
I cannot recollect what happens at the end,.
I read a book on kindle then forgot the title when I returned it. The story was basically a body cultivator it put into a young child in a world of magic. Or it might have been the reverse. In his original world he was like a high end government operative with all these magic like skills. The...
Conquering armies often use a defining tactic/warfare to win during a war or campaign. For example, during the Second World War the German Army used Blitzkrieg to conquer much of Europe. What type of warfare is used by the Empire during their campaigns and wars? Combined Arms? Shock and awe?
Unrelated, how does this user still have 11 rep on Meta (for only 1 rep on main)? I know Meta rep and main rep aren't always in sync, but their only main post got deleted eight hours ago
@Jenayah The extant tag is [1001-nights]. The tag [arabian-nights] is described as referring to the 1942 film, although I'm not sure why, since there are no questions about the film tagged with it.
Every The Wheel of Time map I have seen shows 2 main continents and a land mass called the Land of Madmen. However, this surely can't constitute the entirety of the world.
What happened to the rest of the lands when the breaking happened? Did RJ ever discuss the remaining lands and people that ...
Given the vast technology available during the age of Legends, added to the obviously inquisitive minds of the scientists of the time. It is extremely likely that space exploration would have been part of the time of Legends, at a minimum the use of satellites, the exploration of other worlds by ...
There was a television production of a musical version of Aladdin shown in approximately the early seventies. I can't confirm the channel, but I have a strong suspicion it was WNEW in New York, which was at the time a MetroMedia affiliate.
The Cole Porter version from 1958 was allegedly never re...
In Game of Thrones season 3 somewhere Jorah Mormont said that a dragon is worth more than any army and Barristan Selmy confirmed it with saying that:
Aegon Targaryen proved that.
And in the season 7 final episode Bran Stark said about Jon Snow:
His name is Aegon Targaryen.
So I'm wond...
In the episode "Morty's Mind-blowers" Rick says:
"I don't sort by color, Morty. I'm not a mouse in a European children's book."
Call me clueless, but what book is Rick referencing?
Unrelated - does anyone use @b_jonas Stylus thingy for having voting buttons displayed the old way? (see related meta scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/q/12100/98028) it worked fine until today but now I have the crappy unified buttons... Looking at the answer nothing strikes me at having changed much...
So: Hint #1 is [tag:story-identification] Hint #2 is LTTPS (Late To The Party Syndrome) Hint #2.5 is hidden somewhere in "The bounties I received were for Superman stuff... Just like 60% of my Guru badges are Superman-related... And I don't even like Superman :P"
@Jenayah The difference is that it's okay to misinterpret something because you said something misinterpretable. But simply giving a wrong/irrelevant answer for no reason is less nice.
@Jenayah Yes, but it's not always not nice. In the middle of a friendly jocularly discussion I don't think it's so terrible. But to make that my standard policy for answering your questions would be somewhat insensitive.
I'm searching for a science fiction book, with the twist that I haven't actually read this book. I have only heard the outline of the plot of it. But I'm fairly certain that it is indeed a book, and not some plot I dreamt up myself.
It goes like this:
Due to some silly oversight, humankind has...
Freedom's Landing by Anne McCaffrey is somewhat related too. I ask because it seems to me to be an idea little explored in sci-fi. This surprises me because I think it speaks to our primal fears. Consider the number of vampire stories out there.
Acronyms on computers starting with YA are often "yet another". And, I had the benefit of about a half hour's worth of hints on the page (to be fair to myself, not that I looked at all of them - most of them I skimmed past seeing if anyone had tried that).
@RDFozz well, I'm 21, and last I checked @Mithrandir is 16, or maybe 17 now that we're approaching the end of the year (happy birthday, maybe!). 54-21-17 = 16, that leaves a span of 16-17 years for Alex to fill in.
@Jenayah Ditto! Although as a kid December birthdays can be rough - people will bunch birthday and Christmas presents together. Hanukkah would even that out, if you really get one present a day, although I imagine those aren't usually, like, a new game system of something.
@Alex But still, eight presents instead of one, in theory, could be better. Not that I ever recall giving my son just one Christmas present when he was young.
Or combining Christmas and birthday, unless it was expensive.
This has been bugging me for 20+ years.. I read a book in 5th grade about a small colony that survived some kind of destruction.. And one of the only books they had was a dictionary, and they used that to name people (the beginning pages - with prefixes. Any ideas?!
@RDFozz well, end of the year is relative, but seeing as I'm born "late in the year" and skipped a year, I was always the youngest kid in class... Even today, when you reach a level of education where some people have doubled school years, reoriented etc, it's still funny to tell my age and have fellow students feeling "old" when they're like, 25 :)
> The effective legal date of a leapling's birthday in non-leap years varies between jurisdictions.
In the United Kingdom and Hong Kong, when a person born on February 29 turns 18 in a non-leap year, they are considered to have their birthday on March 1 in the relevant year.
In New Zealand, a person born on February 29 is deemed to have their birthday on February 28 in non-leap years.
In England and Wales or in Hong Kong, a person born on February 29 will have legally reached 18 years old on March 1. If he or she was born in Taiwan he or she legally becomes 18 on February 28, a day earli…
“Habibi received a 365-day sentence to be served through the year 2000, which was a leap year.
The Department of Homeland Security subsequently tried to deport Habibi, claiming that his California conviction made him removable under 8 U.S.C. § 1227, since his conviction was of a “crime of violence…for which the term of imprisonment [is] at least one year.”
So, to recap, the state sentence was 365 days, but the federal statute required imprisonment for at least one year – and the court’s job was to determine whether 365 days equaled on year under the statute.
It's probably not a translation capturing every little subtelty, but the English output is coherent and doesn't deviate significantly from the original, so you can trust it :)
Or you can barge in Spanish Language's chat and ask if it's faithful ahah
@Alex version can be okay, theme isn't really... Pity English doesn't have words for those; version is "translation into your native language", theme is "translation from your native language"
@Alex I was assuming you were referring to Dumas' Count of Monte Cristo. Technically speaking, the prisoners weren't buried
@Jenayah Well, us English speakers just think of everyone as though their native language was English. Hence, the trope where, if you don't know the language someone is speaking, try speaking English louder.
In this case translating was a disaster: אחר שהשלים דבריו עמהם והלך לו המליץ שהיה יודע לדבר בלשון עברי ושומע מהם היה והיה אומר ליוסף בלשון מצרי כי יוסף היה מאד נשמר מהם שלא ידבר בלשון עברי שלא יחשבו עליו עם הכרת צורתו שהוא יוסף וכשהלך המליץ התוודו על עונם
@Jenayah In English, there's a phrase, "burial at sea". You drop the body off a boat (presumably weighted so it doesn't float back to the surface. I believe it's how they disposed of Osama Bin Laden's body.
For context, the Rio-Paris crash happened in 2009, and they had recently found the black boxes when Ben Laden was killed in 2011, and were still searching for the wreck.
The comic strip reads:
> TITLE: Search for the Rio-Paris wreck continues Man #1: Oh look, a third black box! Man #2: Weird. I thought there usually were only two? Man #3: You put that right back in the sea RIGHT NOW!
The movie I'm searching for in this instance is likely an early 1960s sci-fi/horror piece. I can only recall the final dramatic ending scene of the movie, though I think someone will quickly recognize it.
The movie is in black and white with a typical suit-wearing, problem-solving hero who has c...
By the way, didn't you say once that Mi Yodeya standard was to translate into English as well? You could edit that first answer, anniversary cleanup and all ;p
Holy duck, it strikes me now that of course, your first answer was a timeline answer :D
In this case translating was a disaster: אחר שהשלים דבריו עמהם והלך לו המליץ שהיה יודע לדבר בלשון עברי ושומע מהם היה והיה אומר ליוסף בלשון מצרי כי יוסף היה מאד נשמר מהם שלא ידבר בלשון עברי שלא יחשבו עליו עם הכרת צורתו שהוא יוסף וכשהלך המליץ התוודו על עונם
Translation: After he completed his words with them and the the interpreter left — for he knew how to speak Hebrew and he would listen to them, and he would tell Joseph in Egyptian, for Joseph was very careful of the that he not speak Hebrew so that they not think of him with recognizing his form — and when the interpreter left they confessed their sins.
The new movie Bumblebee got brought up in the Tavern, and the only thing I think of is the scene with that song from the trailer... so I had an irresistible urge to rickroll someone.
@RDFozz (At least, I think that's the right song - the guy did have a couple of hits, I think.)
@Jenayah - I only thought to find out just what that meant a couple of weeks ago. I'm usually better at not just clicking links people send me. Although I should have figured it out from The Amazing World of Gumball
The magician already had a ring which housed a genie. While this genie wasn't as powerful as the lamp's genie, he was quite capable of transporting people to anywhere.
Why didn't magician simply order ring's genie to transport him near lamp and then out of the cave?
As in how they (like fencing) put their wand up to their face before they duel and how they have their stance
Can anyone tell me what story is it .,
3 deers and a curel lion, that orders any one of animals to be his food everyday ..
deers planning to defeat the lion
I cannot recollect what happens at the end,.
I read a book on kindle then forgot the title when I returned it. The story was basically a body cultivator it put into a young child in a world of magic. Or it might have been the reverse. In his original world he was like a high end government operative with all these magic like skills. The...
Conquering armies often use a defining tactic/warfare to win during a war or campaign. For example, during the Second World War the German Army used Blitzkrieg to conquer much of Europe. What type of warfare is used by the Empire during their campaigns and wars? Combined Arms? Shock and awe?
In Game of Thrones season 3 somewhere Jorah Mormont said that a dragon is worth more than any army and Barristan Selmy confirmed it with saying that:
Aegon Targaryen proved that.
And in the season 7 final episode Bran Stark said about Jon Snow:
His name is Aegon Targaryen.
So I'm wond...
In the episode "Morty's Mind-blowers" Rick says:
"I don't sort by color, Morty. I'm not a mouse in a European children's book."
Call me clueless, but what book is Rick referencing?
Freedom's Landing by Anne McCaffrey is somewhat related too. I ask because it seems to me to be an idea little explored in sci-fi. This surprises me because I think it speaks to our primal fears. Consider the number of vampire stories out there.
This has been bugging me for 20+ years.. I read a book in 5th grade about a small colony that survived some kind of destruction.. And one of the only books they had was a dictionary, and they used that to name people (the beginning pages - with prefixes. Any ideas?!
