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Cerberus
Cerberus
6:00 PM
@JSBᾶngs Seriously? That is stupid. But what if they took one of the countless freeware PDF printers? Or can Adobe block that too?
 
user19161
Richard Stallman doesn't watch Flash.
 
Mr. Disappointment
Mr. Disappointment
@Cerberus Sorry, I was slow, that message was intended to target 'Windows is slow...'.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
@MrDisappointment Oh, but I meant slow in incorporating certain features that many people are already using anyway, be it Flash/PDF reading, or features in Linux/Mac.
 
user19161
I say: get all Linuxes to combine, fix video and printing issues, and take over the world.
 
JSBᾶngs
JSBᾶngs
@Cerberus but the freeware pdf printers don't come bundled w/ the OS. that's the key. MS is paranoid about this after they spent a bazillion dollars over IE (as @MrDisappointment said), and they now have a bunch of legal hurdles to jump through
 
Mr. Disappointment
Mr. Disappointment
6:01 PM
@Cerberus Ohhh, then I am also only half engaged, too!
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
@JSBᾶngs I understand that. But the problem seems the same as with the browsers, and it has been solved. So why not offer a standard menu with choices between several PDF printers, between several readers (PDF-Xchange, Foxit, Sumatra)?
@MrDisappointment Only half engaged? Don't tell your finacée...
 
user19161
@Cerberus 3 good choices.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
@JasperLoy Any choice will be better than this.
 
Mr. Disappointment
Mr. Disappointment
@Cerberus Because they're probably busy trying to solve a way around those set precedents: for instance, managing to only bundle Silverlight as the default rich-media 'player'.
 
user19161
@Cerberus He may not have one.
 
user19161
6:04 PM
@MrDisappointment Silverlight has no equivalent on Linux that works well currently.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
@MrDisappointment But why go around them if you can tackle them head on with a "pick your PDF reader of choice" menu?
 
Mr. Disappointment
Mr. Disappointment
@Cerberus Indeed, @JasperLoy is correct, explaining to half: she doesn't know yet!
@Cerberus Because they don't want you to pick. Crazzzzzy talk!
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
@MrDisappointment Ahh, I see. So you see her every day in the supermarket, but she doesn't know it yet.
 
Mr. Disappointment
Mr. Disappointment
You'll get this,and this, and that is that.
 
JSBᾶngs
JSBᾶngs
@JasperLoy moonlight doesn't work well? i haven't tried it, but i know that mono is teh awesome
 
Mr. Disappointment
Mr. Disappointment
6:05 PM
@Cerberus Oh no. I don't know who she is yet either, I just know it'll be someone.
 
user19161
@MrDisappointment I say forget about engagement, just go for marriage straightaway. I find engagement a silly idea.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
@MrDisappointment We get to "pick" this way too, so that wouldn't be any different from the current stupid situation.
@MrDisappointment Oh, I see. As long as you have her requirements posted somewhere.
 
Mr. Disappointment
Mr. Disappointment
@Cerberus Ah, but a clear marketing and monopolising tactic, you have to know about the others in order to get them.
 
user19161
@JSBᾶngs Currently Mono is like at version 2 while Moonlight is at 4 which is why I can't view my TV schedule on xin.msn.com.
 
Robusto
Robusto
@KitΘδς — What are you blaming me for now?
 
user19161
6:07 PM
@Cerberus Maybe on his FB or sth but not here AFAIK.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
@MrDisappointment Are you taling wives or PDF readers?
@JasperLoy Oh, too bad.
 
simchona
simchona
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Q: Could somebody fix my question and produce a copy of the answers?

Peter Of The CornI have an interesting predicament. I asked a question with the word porn in the title, and the firewall on the computer I am using is blocking it. This means I am not able to view my question, the comments, the answers, or edit my question. I accidentally pressed Enter before I finished writing ...

support
 
Mr. Disappointment
Mr. Disappointment
@Cerberus I'm tailing wives, baby! ;)
 
JSBᾶngs
JSBᾶngs
@simchona now that's funny
 
user19161
@MrDisappointment True, babies should come after wives come.
 
user19161
6:09 PM
@simchona I wonder where he works...
 
KitΘδς
KitΘδς
@Robusto Stuff and nonsense.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
@MrDisappointment Of course!
 
simchona
simchona
@JasperLoy Funny that he needs it now but his computer blocks it
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
@simchona That is pretty awesome.
 
Robusto
Robusto
@KitΘδς — Bugger.
 
Mr. Disappointment
Mr. Disappointment
6:10 PM
@JasperLoy Looking at the recent starred comments, I'm feeling we might refrain before we, or I, land us all in trouble.
 
Robusto
Robusto
@simchona — So how did he post the question in Meta?
 
simchona
simchona
IF someone has a chance, could I get a 2nd set of eyes on this answer?
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A: is there a rule for when the gerund is the noun?

simchonaThe general rule for creating gerunds is: In English, the gerund is identical in form to the present participle (ending in -ing) and can behave as a verb within a clause (so that it may be modified by an adverb or have an object), but the clause as a whole (sometimes consisting of only one wo...

@Robusto Apparently just pages which say "porn" are blocked
Funny, I didn't think "porn" sites mentioned that
 
ChaosGamer
ChaosGamer
EL&U!!1
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
@simchona Exactly!
 
ChaosGamer
ChaosGamer
udated my username, but it doesn't show up here...
 
simchona
simchona
6:13 PM
@ChaosGamer Please, don't overuse punctuation
 
user19161
@ChaosGamer Wait, refresh your browser, log out and in, etc.
 
ChaosGamer
ChaosGamer
anyway check out my profile!
 
user19161
@ChaosGamer check
 
simchona
simchona
@ChaosGamer *check
 
JSBᾶngs
JSBᾶngs
@ChaosGamer it shows up in the profile. congrats
 
ChaosGamer
ChaosGamer
6:13 PM
@JasperLoy I did.
 
simchona
simchona
StackUnderblow is gone for now; I'm correcting you again
 
user19161
@ChaosGamer updated
 
ChaosGamer
ChaosGamer
@JSBngs ty
 
user19161
@ChaosGamer I would be more interested if you put your photo there!
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
@ChaosGamer Cleared the cache of your browser?
 
ChaosGamer
ChaosGamer
6:14 PM
@Cerberus hmm... I'll try that.
 
user19161
@Cerberus I hope you have refreshed browser by now.
 
ChaosGamer
ChaosGamer
@JasperLoy nah, it makes me too self-conscious.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
@JasperLoy Yes, I had to.
 
simchona
simchona
@ChaosGamer *too
 
ChaosGamer
ChaosGamer
@simchona thanks.
 
user19161
6:16 PM
Matt's comment on the right might not be understandable to those who did not read genesis.
 
simchona
simchona
@JasperLoy That women are dirt and ribs?
 
user19161
And trg should not post the bra pic there as his gf might object.
 
simchona
simchona
Oh! I thought you meant the EL&U user.
@JasperLoy Was that his gf? Or just the woman he was buying stuff for?
 
user19161
@simchona Yes, it's not meant to be offensive.
 
user19161
@simchona I don't know, I supposed too much.
 
simchona
simchona
6:18 PM
@JasperLoy No, I know the story. I thought it had to do with some EL&U question by genesis
 
ChaosGamer
ChaosGamer
@simchona After all we are only dirt. You guys have it better.
@simchona yea.
 
simchona
simchona
@ChaosGamer I'm dumb. Sorry, misunderstood.
 
ChaosGamer
ChaosGamer
Ok... confusing. What happened?
 
user19161
@simchona Why remove that?
 
user19161
Is it secret?
 
simchona
simchona
6:19 PM
I thought he had meant that females were only dirt, so I misunderstood the Genesis story
I hid it because it was a mistake and I like being able to erase them
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Haha.
 
ChaosGamer
ChaosGamer
She asked me weather I knew if she was female.
 
user19161
I thought it was secret for you like Grace.
 
simchona
simchona
@ChaosGamer whether
 
z7sg Ѫ
z7sg Ѫ
I do know some women who are dirt. Pure filth.
 
JSBᾶngs
JSBᾶngs
6:20 PM
i drank pepsi today for the first time in ages. now i remember why is usually drink coke
 
simchona
simchona
@z7sgѪ I saw you backed me up on the SUb business earlier
 
ChaosGamer
ChaosGamer
Speaking of grace... do you guys think I can bring her here by my Phychotic Powers?
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
*pop
 
user19161
@JSBᾶngs I prefer pepsi to coca cola but I call both coke.
 
user19161
@ChaosGamer It might be a him.
 
z7sg Ѫ
z7sg Ѫ
6:21 PM
@simchona I don't remember exactly but it's a good sign you were right. ;)
 
KitΘδς
KitΘδς
@z7sgѪ Yum. I love when you talk dirty.
 
simchona
simchona
@z7sgѪ I was right? Or I just brought it up
 
user19161
@z7sgѪ I remember you said those wearing high heels are dangerous.
 
ChaosGamer
ChaosGamer
Pepsi was created by co-manager of of the Coka Cola. they are slightly different. Pepsi is lighter and has more bubbles in my opinion.
 
JSBᾶngs
JSBᾶngs
btw @Kit, this weekend saw a dramatic turnaround in our potty-training woes. the boy decided that peeing in the pot is fun, and now he goes pretty much on command
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
6:22 PM
I remember as a kid how confusing it was that there were three entirely different kinds of coke.
 
user19161
@KitΘδς No flirting in chat!
 
KitΘδς
KitΘδς
@JSBᾶngs high five Nice!
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
@JSBᾶngs Congratulations!
 
ChaosGamer
ChaosGamer
@Cerberus wait Three?!
 
user19161
@Cerberus I have not tried the third kind. It's not available here anyway.
 
user19161
6:22 PM
@ChaosGamer Drugs.
 
KitΘδς
KitΘδς
@JasperLoy What?
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
@ChaosGamer Coca Cola, Cocaine, and Coals (or something like coal anyway).
 
ChaosGamer
ChaosGamer
@JSBngs I hope good fortune in your boy's life.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
@JasperLoy You should try it. Cheaper than gas.
 
user19161
@Cerberus I thought you meant pepsi instead of coals
 
JSBᾶngs
JSBᾶngs
6:23 PM
thanks @Kit @Cerb @Chaos
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
@JasperLoy Nope.
 
user19161
@Cerberus I thought you meant cocaine.
 
simchona
simchona
Booger sugar
 
KitΘδς
KitΘδς
@simchona giggle
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
@JasperLoy That's what I thought you meant.
 
ChaosGamer
ChaosGamer
6:24 PM
@simchona whats booger sugar?
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
I don't want to know.
 
simchona
simchona
@ChaosGamer "What's". And you're too young.
 
JSBᾶngs
JSBᾶngs
all of the people that i used to know who i could count on to get my drugs if i happened to want them have now left my life. now, everyone i know is a responsible adult who hides their drug habit very well, if they even have one
 
user19161
@JSBᾶngs Good!
 
simchona
simchona
@JSBᾶngs "I". (To be fair, since I'm correcting Chaos)
 
ChaosGamer
ChaosGamer
6:25 PM
@JSBngs isn't that better for your health?
 
KitΘδς
KitΘδς
@simchona JSB doesn't refers to himself in caps. It's a personal choice.
 
simchona
simchona
Ok, he can be like e.e. cummings. He can spell, at least
 
ChaosGamer
ChaosGamer
I'm drinking this orange juice for good helth for all of you. may we never do drugs, rest well, and never use needles.
 
simchona
simchona
@ChaosGamer "health"
 
user19161
@ChaosGamer Except for vaccination.
 
simchona
simchona
6:27 PM
And I happen to like knitting, needlework, sewing...
 
JSBᾶngs
JSBᾶngs
i have no particular need to do drugs, atm. but it was nice to know i could get some if necessary
 
z7sg Ѫ
z7sg Ѫ
@simchona The typography stuff? Yeah that should all have been closed, if it slips through people get confused about what's OT.
 
simchona
simchona
Also, OJ is full of sugar
 
KitΘδς
KitΘδς
@JSBᾶngs I'll send you some.
 
ChaosGamer
ChaosGamer
You guys know what I mean by saying "needles" XD.
 
simchona
simchona
6:27 PM
@z7sgѪ Oh, that too. I meant all the StackUnderblow questions
 
user19161
I did not have to take BCG injection as my mantoux test gave 1.5 cm. My teacher thought I already had TB but not true.
 
z7sg Ѫ
z7sg Ѫ
@simchona SOmehow magically after Reg saw it he got suspended for a week.
He was adding a lot of noise, hopefully he'll either cool off or buzz off.
 
ChaosGamer
ChaosGamer
@simchona I said same things to all my friends, and you were the one who noticed the irony. Congrats.
 
simchona
simchona
@z7sgѪ He could've been watching the user, too
 
user19161
@z7sgѪ Reg works in mysterious ways.
 
simchona
simchona
6:28 PM
@JasperLoy *God
@ChaosGamer I'm not sure that's irony.
 
ChaosGamer
ChaosGamer
To me it is.
anyway..
 
z7sg Ѫ
z7sg Ѫ
@simchona Yeah he had noticed... I couldn't help being impressed that SUB managed to have asked and answered 17Q A8 (not including those deleted) and only had 107 rep. Even though the system is so heavily weighted. Impressive!
 
simchona
simchona
To you it is, as it is to many who think it covers a larger swathe of things
 
ChaosGamer
ChaosGamer
sugar and caffaine look the same. XD
 
simchona
simchona
Caffeine
 
user19161
6:30 PM
There were so many vaccinations required that I gave up taking them.
 
simchona
simchona
@z7sgѪ I know! I tallied up at one point, and any +s were outweighed by -s
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Q: what is one order of magnitude improvement?

Pacerier There is no single development, in either technology or management technique, which by itself promises even one order of magnitude improvement in productivity, in reliability, in simplicity. Does anyone know what exactly is the message trying to say? what exactly does it mean by one ...

meaning phrases vocabulary meaning-in-context
 
ChaosGamer
ChaosGamer
You know, this may be the only chatroom in the world where people gets their spellings corrected. :) Now I''m reading my sentences before publishing them.
 
simchona
simchona
@ChaosGamer ' not "
 
ChaosGamer
ChaosGamer
gotta go guys. ttyl.
 
z7sg Ѫ
z7sg Ѫ
me too. ttfn XD
 
JSBᾶngs
JSBᾶngs
6:32 PM
bye @Chaos
 
user19161
@ChaosGamer True, but there might be another world.
 
user19161
My world 2.0
 
Bogdan Lataianu
Bogdan Lataianu
@simchona you posted a question without making any comment about it, is this customary here?
 
user19161
@BogdanLataianu What do you mean. Posted or edited?
 
Bogdan Lataianu
Bogdan Lataianu
she posted pacerier's new question above
 
user19161
6:40 PM
@BogdanLataianu Well, things in chat don't follow any rule or pattern. It's pretty chaotic here.
 
user19161
So you are left to guess.
 
user19161
Sometimes you are intentionally left to guess.
 
user19161
Chaos level is: chat > meta > main.
 
Bogdan Lataianu
Bogdan Lataianu
I see-it's something to draw attention to.
 
user19161
Pacerier could even be my neighbour.
 
Bogdan Lataianu
Bogdan Lataianu
6:43 PM
why so?
 
user19161
Same country.
 
user19161
Small country.
 
JSBᾶngs
JSBᾶngs
@JasperLoy singapore is small, but it has hella people
 
user19161
True, so my comment is not to be taken literally in this room.
 
Robusto
Robusto
Nothing is taken literally in this room. Ever.
 
JSBᾶngs
JSBᾶngs
6:49 PM
especially not if it can be construed as some kind of innuendo
 
KitΘδς
KitΘδς
@JSB I fixed it. I made it invisible instead of visible.
 
Robusto
Robusto
Innuendo anagrams to "ennui nod". Just sayin' ...
 
user19161
Robusto has chosen to come here without his "initial dream" characters.
 
Robusto
Robusto
@JasperLoy — I woke up and they were gone.
 
Matt Ellen Д
Matt Ellen Д
@Robusto everything should be taken literally in this room, always!
 
RegDwight Ѭſ道
RegDwight Ѭſ道
6:53 PM
Who is taking whom literally?
 
Matt Ellen Д
Matt Ellen Д
yes! always
 
RegDwight Ѭſ道
RegDwight Ѭſ道
I thought this was a virtual room, only virtual taking possible.
 
user19161
Actually we should, unless we know they are joking or speaking metaphorically, just to clarify.
 
Matt Ellen Д
Matt Ellen Д
virtually literal
 
RegDwight Ѭſ道
RegDwight Ѭſ道
@JasperLoy I am sorry, that doesn't clarify anything.
 
user19161
6:54 PM
A virtual room is as real as a real room. After all, what is real?
 
RegDwight Ѭſ道
RegDwight Ѭſ道
Real SB-Warenhaus
Die Real SB-Warenhaus GmbH (Eigenschreibweise: real,-) ist eine Lebensmittel-Einzelhandelskette der Metro AG, die in Europa mehrere hundert Selbstbedienungs-Warenhäuser betreibt. Einer ihrer wesentlichen Bestandteile, die extra-Handelskette, wurde am 1. Juli 2008 an Rewe verkauft. Rund 75 Prozent des Umsatzes werden durch Lebensmittel erwirtschaftet. real,- bietet aber auch ein großes Angebotssortiment an Haushaltswaren, Elektrogeräten, Büchern, Medien, Textilien und Schuhen, Sportartikeln sowie Schreibwaren. Neben Markenartikeln werden auch mehrere Handelsmarken angeboten: TiP („Toll im ...
 
user19161
Life is a dream, and when we dream, it is a dream within a dream.
 
RegDwight Ѭſ道
RegDwight Ѭſ道
@JasperLoy "a dream, and when we dream, it is a dream within a dream" is an awful misspelling of "a bitch, and then you die".
 
user19161
RealPlayer
RealPlayer is a cross-platform media player by RealNetworks that plays a number of multimedia formats including MP3, MPEG-4, QuickTime, Windows Media, and multiple versions of proprietary RealAudio and RealVideo formats. History The first version of RealPlayer was introduced in April 1995 as RealAudio Player, one of the first media players capable of streaming media over the Internet. Version 4.01 of RealPlayer was included as a selectable internet tool in MS Windows 98 installation. Version 6 of RealPlayer was called RealPlayer G2; version 9 was called RealOne Player. Free "Basic" versi...
 
Robusto
Robusto
Lebensmittel-Einzelhandelskette ... is that German for "big box store"?
 
Matt Ellen Д
Matt Ellen Д
6:56 PM
If I wasn't a rep whore I'd complain about getting 180 reps for an answer about toilets, but only 120 reps for an answer about mental viral symbionts. But I am a rep whore, so WOOHOO! 180 reps!
 
KitΘδς
KitΘδς
@MattEllenД What was the mental viral symbiotes one?
 
user19161
@RegDwightѬſ道 True. Life is suffering Buddha
 
RegDwight Ѭſ道
RegDwight Ѭſ道
@Robusto Actually they have lots more than just Lebensmittel. I buy LEGO there occasionally. My wife got her bicycle there.
@JasperLoy timecube.com
 
Matt Ellen Д
Matt Ellen Д
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A: What are the criteria to adopt new words into English?

Matt Ellen ДFor a phrase to be adopted into a language, enough people have to start using it. There is no set of criteria beyond popularity. There is no way to force a phrase into someone's language at an individual level and to make sure it means what you want it to mean. Think of words and phrases as i...

 
JSBᾶngs
JSBᾶngs
i am a rep whore, but i am nonetheless upset about getting +70 for "information porn" and only +45 for an awesome pronoun etymology question
 
user19161
6:58 PM
@JSBᾶngs Is this your first day on SE?
 
RegDwight Ѭſ道
RegDwight Ѭſ道
Feb 16 at 13:30, by RegDwight
But I think that Ex-user is spot on anyhow: it all evens out in the end. You take your time to compose a thorough answer, you get 2 upvotes. You post a half-assed joke, you get 20. In the end, you still have 22 upvotes, whether you would prefer them to be the other way round or not.
 
Robusto
Robusto
@JSBᾶngs — We have to take the bitter with the sweet. EL&U is no different from life itself.
 
simchona
simchona
Hi @reg!
 
RegDwight Ѭſ道
RegDwight Ѭſ道
Helloez
 
user19161
@Robusto True. Art mirrors life and life mirrors art.
 
Matt Ellen Д
Matt Ellen Д
6:58 PM
@RegDwightѬſ道 true dat
 
simchona
simchona
I assume you got my message last night?
 
RegDwight Ѭſ道
RegDwight Ѭſ道
@JasperLoy O brother, where mirror thou?
 
Matt Ellen Д
Matt Ellen Д
@JasperLoy I and I look great either way
 
JSBᾶngs
JSBᾶngs
yes, but i don't have to like it
so it goes
 
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