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Gigili

00:00

@Cerberus I still haven't found out how it works, I just see some reports from the heroin which is enough to amaze me for tonight. Or tomorning, shall I say.

Vitaly

@Reg Nice winrate.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

@Vitaly thanks to you.

KitFox

I need a hot pack for both ears.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

LoT, eight Blood grunts, Asylum, EMP for emergencies.

Cerberus

@Gigili Hah, I see.

KitFox

00:01

Steamy, steamy hot packs.

Cerberus

Hmm Clockwords does look familiar.

Vitaly

@RegDwightѬſ道 So you really can't be bothered to reply or explain anything to any of our mercs in faction chat?

Cerberus

@KitFox Nose spray?

KitFox

No, I think that will make me puke again.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

@Vitaly I forget to check all the time. But I did give them tips on Law and Order on at least two different occasions.

KitFox

00:02

BTW, I unlocked Ogres finally.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

Your tips are better anyway.

KitFox

Now that no one uses them anymore.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

@Cerberus I am told you have killed 66 bugs already.

And have beaten level 2.

@KitFox Rob still does. With Necrogeddon, I believe.

Plus now you can do all the (old) raids.

KitFox

I did all the old raids already.

Oh, you said raids.

Cerberus

@KitFox Oh, I had no idea that stuff has such bad side effects!

KitFox

00:05

So I guess I should buy up a whole deck?

Cerberus

@RegDwightѬſ道 Hmm must have been long ago, then.

KitFox

@Cerberus It's just there is so much pressure in my head, and I have the unfortunate trait of puking easily when disequilibriated.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

@KitFox well if you gonna use them, you'll probably have to spam them.

KitFox

Will they work 100% on all the old raids?

Cerberus

@KitFox You have my sympathy.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

00:07

Somewhere between 75% and 99% I believe.

Cerberus

I wish I could do something.

KitFox

Your sympathy is enough. Thank you.

@RegDwightѬſ道 Better than the SC spam with Elemental and Gorivore deck?

That just killed SoK. It was great.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

@KitFox that worked in raids?

Hm.

SoK.

KitFox

Just the one that I tried it on.

Lots of siege. You know.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

Well sure. You need tons of Siege for that. Which SCs have.

KitFox

00:08

Also, I have a Pummie for luck.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

Cheesusrice, when will I stop misspelling siege as surge?

KitFox

You did? I didn't even notice.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

I misspole it real fast, you see.

KitFox

Um. So what should I use against this LaO guy?

RegDwight Ѭſ道

Lord of Tartarus, and as many blood grunts as you have.

KitFox

00:10

Blood grunts.

Hmm.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

Yeah. Who'd thunk that old dusty card could be of use one day.

Cerberus

He's not dusty!

KitFox

Good thing I kept six of them.

Cerberus

He's Tha Masta.

KitFox

Plus Asyla ftw?

Cerberus

00:11

I will do anything for him.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

Add one asylum, and an EMP.

Don't pad it out with Asyla.

You have to play a grunt on the first turn.

If you have more than two cards that are not grunts, you'll end up with starting hands that are of no use.

KitFox

Were you talking about this deck earlier?

RegDwight Ѭſ道

Yes.

KitFox

How critical is the EMP?

RegDwight Ѭſ道

@Cerberus okay what have you been drinking, or not drinking?>

@KitFox well first of all you have room, so it doesn't hurt.

Secondly it's a great emergency card.

Cerberus

00:14

@RegDwightѬſ道 Nothing.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

But I guess you can use Full Power instead.

KitFox

Yeah, I've got two. I'm just being lazy. I'd rather leave them where they are.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

Well it saved my ass one time out of ten. But I have eight grunts, you have only six.

Cerberus

Here is the lord of Tartarus:

I can't find Vitaly's picture.

KitFox

Awfully cold there, is it?

Cerberus

00:15

Okay, I didn't search for it.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

It's in the boys' room.

Cerberus

Cold where?

RegDwight Ѭſ道

@KitFox Not for Cerberus, no. Only for the Lord.

Cerberus

It's quite hot down here.

KitFox

@RegDwightѬſ道 I see.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

00:17

Anyhow. I'm calling it a day. Still haven't played Clockwords. (((

Night all!

KitFox

Night!

Cerberus

Bye!

KitFox

This is really very tempting.

Mahnax

Hello.

KitFox

Evening.

Mahnax

00:30

My mom made a really nice supper tonight.

KitFox

Did you tell her so?

Mahnax

Yes, I always do, even when it may not be the case.

KitFox

What was it?

Gigili

@Mahnax You're awesome.

Mahnax

Pork with apple butter, sweet potatoes and apples, and potatoes.

KitFox

00:31

@Mahnax That's very considerate of you. Making supper is a lot of work.

Mahnax

@Gigili Aww, thanks.

KitFox

@Mahnax Sounds delicious.

Mahnax

@KitFox Especially after a day at school.

@KitFox 'Twas. Oh, peas, as well.

KitFox

Yes. Especially after a day.

@Mahnax Fresh, frozen, or canned?

Sonic42

Someone just told me I can't start a paragraph with "Furthermore". Is that true?

KitFox

00:32

@Sonic42 Depends, but not usually.

Mahnax

@KitFox Frozen, but I think she was just trying to get some greens into us.

KitFox

It's like starting a paragraph with "Thirdly".

Mahnax

She even made the apple butter, but not today.

KitFox

@Mahnax Frozen is better than canned. And peas are a super green.

@Mahnax I am impressed. She has quite the Mom skills.

Sonic42

Before I go: penises.

Gigili

00:33

@KitFox Depends on the person who told him?

Mahnax

@KitFox She handles us well.

KitFox

We eat peas a lot here. Also broccoli.

Mahnax

Yes, peas are a staple at my house.

I wish we would have asparagus more often.

KitFox

Also, spinach. I love spinach.

Mahnax

It's so delicious when oven-roasted with a bit of oil, salt, and pepper.

KitFox

00:34

@Mahnax Oh yeah, asparagus. I always forget about that.

Makes your pee stinky too. But it's tasty.

The asparagus that is. I wouldn't know about the pee.

Mahnax

Hahaha.

I love asparagus.

KitFox

I only know sweet potatoes and carrots for orange though. We're supposed to have one green and one orange vegetable every day.

Mahnax

Butternut squash.

KitFox

makes notes

Mahnax

Nice yellowy-orange hue.

Also, quite tasty.

KitFox

00:37

But is that from beta carotene?

Mahnax

Hm, I'm not sure.

KitFox

I think that's why they're supposed to be orange.

Lemme see.

Mahnax

@KitFox Yes.

KitFox

Oh pumpkin. I think that counts.

Mahnax

Yeah, I was going to add pumpkin.

KitFox

00:38

You beat me to it.

Pumpkin seeds are also good.

Roasted with salt.

drools

Mahnax

Mmm...

sips tea

This is my seventh cup of tea in three days.

KitFox

You are becoming quite the tea drinker.

Mahnax

I love the stuff.

KitFox

I am also drinking tea.

Mahnax

Ah, good! What variety?

KitFox

00:40

Just a regular black tea. Nothing fancy.

Mahnax

Oh, me too.

KitFox

Is tea drinking new for you?

Mahnax

I used to drink it on occasion.

Over the past while I started to have more and more of it.

KitFox

That happens. Especially when you brood on intellectual things.

Mahnax

Heh… glances at unfinished IB lab reports

works on lab reports

KitFox

00:45

Are those from the dissection labs?

Mahnax

No.

One of them is my self-designed enzyme lab, the other is a rheostat lab in Physics.

KitFox

Enzyme lab?

Mahnax

Yeah, I designed a lab that determined the effectiveness of lipase at different temperatures.

KitFox

impressed

Mahnax

Unfortunately, my lipase did not digest my lipid, and nothing happened.

Now, I must explain why.

KitFox

00:47

What was supposed to happen?

Mahnax

Well, the pH should go down because the lipid is turning into glycerol and fatty acids.

The pH did not change substantially in any of my tests.

And when it did, it went up.

KitFox

What did you use for the reaction?

Mahnax

Olive oil.

KitFox

And for the lipase?

Mahnax

What do you mean?

Gigili

00:50

@Mahnax Ah we had that too, it must have something to do with lab environment like temperature and blabla, no?

KitFox

@Mahnax Which lipase did you use?

Mahnax

@Gigili Well, I was testing at different temperatures.

@KitFox The lab technician didn't know.

It was marked "10% lipase solution".

KitFox

Hmm. Was it in a water suspension?

Mahnax

Yes, that's what the teacher said.

Oh, another possible explanation was that it would not mix with the oil nicely.

It would separate in a matter of seconds.

KitFox

That's what I was thinking.

Or it was the wrong kind of lipase.

Mahnax

00:52

It's possible.

I shall include these things in my errors section.

Shall I reference you?

user19161

@Mahnax All things are possible when you believe.

Mahnax

@WillHunting Thank you, Buddha-Jasper.

KitFox

@Mahnax I don't think that will help you. :)

user19161

@Mahnax I ain't Buddha, I am only a lunatic.

KitFox

Also, keep in mind that enzymatic activity occurs within a very narrow temperature band usually.

Mahnax

00:54

@WillHunting Don't be so hard on yourself. You can be Buddha if you believe!

user19161

@KitFox Then they will be thinking who is KitFox ELU.

KitFox

@WillHunting You can cite me as Kit Fox, B.S. Biology, personal communication.

Mahnax

@KitFox I tested at 0˚C, 24˚C, 37˚C, and 50˚C.

user19161

@Mahnax And you can be Christ if you believe!

Mahnax

@WillHunting No, I can't.

KitFox

00:55

@Mahnax What's body temperature?

user19161

@Mahnax In another sense.

Mahnax

@KitFox 37˚C.

@WillHunting Oh?

KitFox

And what was your result at that temperature?

Gigili

@Mahnax you should make a conclusion according to their different results.

user19161

@Mahnax Many textbooks use 36.9 but some use 37.

Mahnax

00:56

@KitFox Let me dig up my numbers.

KitFox

Also, how long did you allow it to react?

user19161

My body temperature is usually 36.5.

Mahnax

@KitFox 20 minutes.

Gigili

@WillHunting That's why you were shaking the other day.

user19161

@Gigili It was Mahnax silly.

KitFox

00:58

@Mahnax frowns That might be your problem. Did you use a standard protocol?

Mahnax

@KitFox The average change in pH for my three tests at that temperature was +0.28.

@KitFox Hm, why might that be my problem?

And what is this standard protocol?

Gigili

@WillHunting Eh, oh? I thought you were one anyway.

Mahnax

@Gigili It was I who was shaking.

KitFox

Well, I don't know what the activity for your lipase is.

Usually there are standard protocols (instructions) on making certain types of preparations.

Gigili

@Mahnax I know I know. =|

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