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♬ We three Balrogs of Moria Are ♬
♬ Bearing whips we travel a-far ♬
♬ By dwarves awoken, under mountain ♬
♬ For Morgoth we ride to war ♬
♬ O, O, Ring of Power, Gems of Light
♬ Elvish lords and Dwarvish might
♬ They'll be bleeding, Westward-fleeing,
♬ Morgoth will regain the Night!

KitFox

Min Donner was a character in the Gap sequence.

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 claps

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@KitFox nah it's not that good. Totally uncanonical

KitFox

It's kind of like naming the reindeer Bubbles, Sparkle, Shiny, Rainbow, Glitter, Brilliance, Blight, and Plague.

Putting in Thunder and Lightning, I mean.

Cerberus

> But now, it's questionable whether breaking apart [HP] would get any more value out of it, other than freeing up HP's Personal Systems Group to swim clear of the wreckage. As they stand now, few of the other units could survive independently after being dependent on the teat of HP's printer ink for so long.

Interesting metaphor.

KitFox

7:37 PM

Mmm. Ink.

I'm probably the only freak that likes the taste of ink.

So metallic. So delicious.

Cerberus

Odd.

I am never sure whether it isn't unhealthy.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

> Ralph, the Infrared Nosed Reindeer, who is Rudolph's brother and has a nose that emits infrared heat.

Cerberus

So I try to limit my consumption.

RegDwighт

@KitFox you can either download the PNGs, or just look at them in your browser (which is why they are there in the first place), or download the actual model of your choice in two different formats, that allow you to view them in a whole number of programs (and even generate instructions of your own in a format of your choice, like PDF), for which you'd have to first install said programs, of course.

KitFox

Yeah. Thanks.

I installed LDD.

RegDwighт

7:39 PM

Oh that's very cool.

KitFox

beams

I also put my my son's two sets in Rebrickable.

RegDwighт

I didn't expect you to go to such great lengths. Then again, with just 200 parts that's an excellent alternative to actual bricks. Build anything you want in any color, and then you can still export a parts list and order everything you need at like 10 cents per part on average.

Matt Эллен

interesting

Cerberus

> “As a challenger in a very competitive market, T-Mobile needs to change the strategy when their postpaid base is shrinking in each quarter,” said Chetan Sharma, an independent telecom analyst, in an e-mail to Ars.

KitFox

@RegDwighт I would really rather have him think that the usual mode is to get the instructions and then order parts rather that buying expensive sets.

Cerberus

7:42 PM

If anything isn't competitive...

MετάEd

What do you have when you put two flamers and two ballerinas in two cars in a rainstorm? Reindeer.

RegDwighт

@KitFox haha then I guess you are starting not a second too early.

@MattЭллен what is number five?

Cerberus

@MattЭллен Hmm Pallando?

Did he make that name up?

Matt Эллен

@RegDwighт > 5. The Giver - Once known as the Alatar the Blue, he was, like Gandalf and the other Wizards, tasked with undermining Sauron.

RegDwighт

Oh you mean I must read?

Disappoint.

So far I've spent all my time trying to fit the picture in my browser.

Cerberus

7:45 PM

Buy a new one.

KitFox

@RegDwighт coughs

Matt Эллен

@Cerberus I'm sure he made it all up

well, apart from Glorfindel

Cerberus

Pallando doesn't sound very Tolkienesque.

KitFox

@RegDwighт So we'll see what he thinks of these really cool Lego animals.

RegDwighт

Yippiee!

KitFox

7:47 PM

Well, don't get too excited. They don't have rockets or wings or canopies.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

> Blue Wizards are fictional characters in J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium. They are two of the five Wizards (or Istari) sent by the Valar to Middle-earth to aid in the struggle against Sauron. They are called the Blue Wizards on account of their sea-blue robes (each of the other Istari had robes of a different colour), and their individual names are given in the Unfinished Tales as Alatar and Pallando.

RegDwighт

@KitFox Last week I put them on MOCpages, and I actually thought that you were that mom who was the only person to comment on it. Until I read past the first couple words. And when I saw their nickname I regretted ever suspecting you.

KitFox

@RegDwighт Where?

Matt Эллен

oh, well, there you go. I guess he took some of the names from Tolkien then

KitFox

That's different than where you linked?

RegDwighт

7:49 PM

@KitFox mocpages.com/moc.php/347956

KitFox

Hee hee hahahaha.

I think my little one will really like them.

RegDwighт

@KitFox little do you know, I now have a full-time job promoting them. Brickshelf, the official LEGO site, Rebrickable, ReBrick (different from ReBrickable, more like Reddit or StumbleUpon specifically for LEGO), Flickr, LEGO Subreddit, AFOL Subreddit.

Cerberus

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 But why did Tolkien pick "Pallando"?

KitFox

@RegDwighт OK. I will have to retweet or whatever is fashionable these days.

RegDwighт

And MOCpages.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

7:51 PM

@Cerberus Ask him, not me.

I just quoted wikipedia

my work here is done.

penis time!

RegDwighт

@KitFox right. That's the thing I don't touch with poles. I should outsource some of my job to you.

Cerberus

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Ehh...

KitFox

@RegDwighт Well, I don't actually have a Twitter account.

Matt Эллен

@Cerberus I think he means he is to ride the flying penis

Cerberus

Most probably.

RegDwighт

7:52 PM

@KitFox now sit for a second because I'll tell you something. I actually do.

Cerberus

@KitFox Good!

RegDwighт

Not that I know how to use it, or have ever logged in, or ever would.

Matt Эллен

@RegDwighт OMG

KitFox

@MattЭллен Or he's screening gay dating profiles again.

Cerberus

I have it because I needed it to get free bandwidth for Tunnelbear or something.

Matt Эллен

7:53 PM

@KitFox true. could be that

KitFox

@RegDwighт mind = blown

Cerberus

Of course I don't use it.

I still don't understand it.

RegDwighт

And now it's soup time.

Borshch, actually.

Cerberus

@RegDwighт Jinx.

Yay!

I want Borshch!

RegDwighт

There. Couldn't find a borshch coke, but that's borshch beer right there.

Cerberus

7:55 PM

Yay!

Is that Borshch?

RegDwighт

I see that for the first time in my life.

Cerberus

I didn't know you spelled shch with that letter.

RegDwighт

But that's what the label says, yes.

Cerberus

Ah.

RegDwighт

disappears with mouth full of black bread

Cerberus

7:56 PM

In fact, I had no idea that the word was correctly translitterated with shch.

I spell Borscht.

Bai!

Matt Эллен

I spell kangaroo!

tchrist

@Cerberus quote If we assume that the Pallan- element in his name is related to the common palan-, meaning 'far' or 'distant', then Pallando can be interpreted as either 'Far(-travelling) One' or (much less likely) 'He who comes from afar'.

MετάEd

That's an OK beer.

@tchrist Think your hyphen is misplaced.

tchrist

Not mine.

Reference

Cerberus

I don't know, it sounds fishy.

Double l?

And where does -do come from?

KitFox

8:08 PM

-ing

Shadowing.

Cerberus

-Ingdo?

KitFox

There. Fixed it.

@Cerberus No, -ando = -ing.

So Pall + ing.

See? Easy.

Cerberus

But...not in Tolkien's languages...

KitFox

pfft

Cerberus

And pall- = ?

KitFox

8:09 PM

pall.

Oh, pall.

Shadow.

Well...

giggles

@tchrist I am sure that should be "Fart-ravelling One". It's onomatopoeia.

Cerberus

8:11 PM

If I could speak an Elven language, now would be the time.

KitFox

Pal-lando. Friend of the Calrissians. Duh.

Cerberus

The who?

KitFox

Look it up, fuzzball.

Oh. Someone's jacked up on caffeine.

tchrist

Cardassian

The Cardassians are an extraterrestrial species in the Star Trek science fiction franchise. First introduced in the 1991 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Wounded", the species originated on the fictional Alpha Quadrant planet Cardassia Prime. Cardassians were the dominant species in an interplanetary empire known as the Cardassian Union, ruling over other species, including the Bajorans, during the 24th century. The Cardassians later played a key role in the storyline of the series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as allies of the Dominion in the Dominion War. Several Cardassian ...

Johan Larsson

Calrissian is Star Wars no?

KitFox

8:16 PM

@JohanLarsson Yes. Thank you.

MετάEd

Let the Uruk win

KitFox

I kind of feel like sparring.

Cerberus

I know the Cardassians.

For the longest time I thought this television series about the Kardashians (or however it's spelled) was about an alien race.

Turns out I was right.

tchrist

Of course you were right.

Cerberus

Of course indeed.

tchrist

8:28 PM

-2

A: Is a "doozy" a good or bad thing?

HELLLLLOOOOOOO it originated from the Deusenberg cars of 1913-1937. Extraordinarily large, expensive, massive luxurious vehicles. The term "deusy" was used to describe such items and things. "Look at that house man its a doozy (should be "deusy")

B(l)ah.

KitFox

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KitFox

8:54 PM

Has anyone heard of/used PDFsharp for exporting to pdf from asp.net pages?

Or used some other tool for that?

Matt Эллен

have I?

hmm

apparently I've used ITextSharp

but that was for join PDFs together

for generating pages I paid for a tool...

what was that?

KitFox

@MattЭллен That looks nice.

Holy crap, I am really cranked up.

I am outta here. Catch you later!

Matt Эллен

I used windward for generating pdfs from word docs in asp.net

@KitFox CU

tchrist

Ok, so 12/12/12 makes Kit manic. Good to know.

tchrist

9:19 PM

There are already three silver badges awarded for the vegetal insult question. Wanna bet it goes gold?

Robusto

Jun 29 '11 at 12:59, by Robusto

"Praises of the unworthy are felt by ardent minds as robberies of the deserving." — Coleridge

Gee, I wish I could ask stupid vegetable questions. I'm just not clever like that.

tchrist

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Robusto

9:36 PM

The complexity of that program is O(nlogn).

Here is the hall of infamy page:

english.stackexchange.com/badges/37/famous-question

14.4% of those gold badges are awarded to questions that were closed.

JSBձոգչ

that's awful

i say that we rescind those badges and prosecute those who obtained them as enemies of the people

Robusto

sarcasm detector begins to overheat

Mitch

10:00 PM

@cornbreadninja: I can't even read:

In the case of the NYC subway system at least, it can be called turnstile- or fare-hopping. — cornbread ninja 3 hours ago

Whatever the most accurate label, the term 'scofflaw' is also directed towards turnstile jumpers (wait, is that it?), along with people who don't pay parking tickets and ... who else is a scofflaw? — Mitch 1 min ago

-1

Q: Diplomatic Correspondence

I'm quite interested in writing "Diplomatic Correspondence". Would anyone be able to help me in that respect. Thank you.

letter-writing

Is the answer he's looking for a straightforward 'yes' or 'no'?

@Robusto That could keep a middle school English class busy for hours. notes job opportunity when the revolution comes

cornbread ninja

10:41 PM

@Mitch huh? what?

howdy @sp'oom

@Robusto ooh, a sarcasm detector. oh, that's a really great idea.

6

tchrist

11:25 PM

@Robusto OFFS

@Mitch We’re getting faster around here: that one was deleted an hour after it was posted, and at −3, too. On SO, I’ve seen things hit double-digit negatives that get deleted in just 11 minutes. And these aren’t even spam or something a mod would summarily axe. Just boneheadednesses.

@Mitch Who else is a scofflaw? Speeders. Double-parkers. Underdocumented resident aliens. People who pay their nannies, housekeepers, and gardeners in unreported cash. People who smoke pot outside of Colorado or Washington. And Nortonn, of course.

MετάEd

11:43 PM

@tchrist Nortonn's been quiet.

tchrist

@MετάEd For what, a day or two?

He does that sometimes.

MετάEd

Oh, that reminds me. There were some more NS questions closed. I should check whether the timer is up yet for deletevotes.

Nope.

But I get closevotes back in five minutes.

@tchrist :D

tchrist

I have one to spare I think.

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