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9:00 PM

Thank you for counting. Because I actually didn't. I just guesstimated.

In fact I can't count them now that I try.

They are dancing.

@WillHunting Hi! It was OK, but not fantastic. We had some interesting conversations, exchanged some personal stories, that was nice; but not a great match otherwise.

ЯegDwight

Oh yeah. Looks like that's the question of the day.

Cerberus should have a macro by now.

user19161

@Cerberus It's OK. I am sure you will find someone great one day!

Cerberus

@ЯegDwight That's not fair. You're only proving that 1. my search skills on SE and 2. my memory lose out to you.

ЯegDwight

@Cerberus I'm not proving anything. I'm kindly asking you to believe.

Cerberus

9:02 PM

@ЯegDwight Heh. That would be convenient!

@WillHunting You too!

@ЯegDwight Are you the Pope?

Oh, you said "kindly".

ЯegDwight

I could only prove the absense of something by quoting every message from this chat ever.

And you don't want me to do that.

Cuz you know I would.

Cerberus

Oh, go ahead.

ЯegDwight

8 secs ago, by Cerberus

Oh, go ahead.

Cerberus

Good start.

ЯegDwight

See? No discussion about phones.

user19161

9:04 PM

@ЯegDwight absence

ЯegDwight

Sep 2 at 3:21, by Shog9

reading up on concrete roof tiles

Still no phones.

Cerberus

There could be telephones under or near those tiles.

Or you might want to call somebody to discuss them.

ЯegDwight

in Mos Eisley, May 3 at 4:06, by Gabe Willard

@NathanCTresch Have you been spamming meta? :P Go read the WHat are our boundaries comments section and enjoy the palpable rage. :P

Oh wait, wrong room.

user19161

Is Reg trolling me with his misspelling?

ЯegDwight

Nou im knot.

user19161

9:06 PM

Oh no, I think Reg had a concussion!

Cerberus

ЯegDwight

@WillHunting Cushions don't have cons. They only have pros.

Cerberus

This must be the most depressive village ever.

Even though it looks absolutely awesome.

ЯegDwight

@Cerberus why? Looks like they had quite a ride!

Cerberus

ЯegDwight

9:08 PM

@Cerberus to be fair, in certain parts of Europe that's like every village ever.

Cerberus

Yeah, I suppose.

It's more like a town, actually.

ЯegDwight

Heck, it's not even too much awesomer than the stuff I have within a two-hour-walk's reach.

Minus the weather, it would seem.

Cerberus

I have stuff just as awesome within 1 minute.

Minus the weather, aye.

ЯegDwight

@Cerberus Well yeah, that too. And I'm not even in Amsterdam.

I showed you our Baroque church with international renommee.

Cerberus

In many European towns, you could be living next to a fabulous monument.

Thank God.

@ЯegDwight Yes, that was nice.

user19161

9:11 PM

@Cerberus Which country is this?

Cerberus

Portugal.

ЯegDwight

I was going to say that!

Cerberus

Penedono Municipality, Portugal

{{Geobox|Settlement | name = Penedono | native_name = | other_name = | category = Municipality | native_category = Concelho | etymology = | official_name = Município de Penedono | motto = | nickname = | image = Penedono 1.jpg | image_caption = A vista from the Castle of Penedono on the parish of Penedono | image_size = 235 | flag = Pt-pnd1.png | symbol = PND.png | coun...

I've never been to Portugal.

user19161

@Cerberus They are speaking Portugese these days in the math room, and Spanish. I don't know which is which actually.

ЯegDwight

Oh right, you even posted the name. I didn't even have to guess. D'oh...

Cerberus

9:12 PM

Oh, dear!

@ЯegDwight You forgot, huh? And it was hard, searching for the name in my sreenshot...

ЯegDwight

@WillHunting Portuguese is Polish with Spanish vocabulary. Spanish is just Spanish with Spanish vocabulary.

Cerberus

@WillHunting By the way, did I tell you that my date had lived in Singapore for years?

His father worked there.

ΜετάEd

@Cerberus I hope that name means what I hope it means.

ЯegDwight

@Cerberus I still remember some of the numbers by heart, though. There was a nine and a seven. And it went from 3kish to 6kish and back to 3kish again.

user19161

@Cerberus No. Did I tell you that I have never gone on a date?

Cerberus

9:13 PM

@ΜετάEd It must.

@WillHunting No. Did I tell you that perhaps you should try it?

@ЯegDwight Correct!

user19161

@Cerberus Yes. And we have come full circle!

Cerberus

I remember that from only looking at the numbers once.

That's the kind of stuff I can remember.

@WillHunting Good!

user19161

@Cerberus I learnt that phrase from Reg.

Cerberus

To come full circle?

user19161

Yes.

Cerberus

9:18 PM

Noted.

WMD

It makes me think of sticky biscuit.

user19161

@WMD This is too weird for me, your switching.

WMD

Sorry.

user19161

@wmd I still can't quite figure out who. I am not asking you though.

user19161

There is an ignore button if you so wish to use it, just fyi.

user19161

9:25 PM

Oh my, this is getting mysterious!

ЯegDwight

@WillHunting en.wiktionary.org/wiki/come_full_circle

user19161

@ЯegDwight Yes, I think I sensed it existed when you used it.

ЯegDwight

I actually wasn't sure anymore and had to check.

user19161

Despite my skills I am unable to fathom the wmd mystery. It must be that I have not been following the transcript.

WMD

If only there were a way to keep all of one's remarks out of the transcript.

ЯegDwight

9:27 PM

Post them in a text file and link to that file.

Then update that file as needed.

It's fast and cumberless.

user19161

@ЯegDwight Brilliantesimo!

user19161

Every message can be like that!

user19161

Then one will have 100,000 text files!

ΜετάEd

No, just one text file that one keeps editing.

ЯegDwight

Note how that's over nine thousand.

@ΜετάEd yeah that's how I meant it, but I didn't want to disappoint Jasper.

user19161

9:29 PM

@ЯegDwight I said it so as not to disappoint you!

ΜετάEd

Is it time for me to change my nickname again?

user19161

@ΜετάEd You never really changed it except for the funny characters.

ΜετάEd

@WillHunting I get the feeling it's a community standard.

Cerberus

@ΜετάEd Yes.

user19161

@ΜετάEd They tried to be cool and change it last year during ELU birthday. After that they never changed it back.

Cerberus

9:31 PM

And it's time for the other unmentionable bird too.

WMD

Hah, funny. A few days ago, I was thinking "I wonder what happened to Clark Kent - I haven't seen him for a very long time". Then I remembered!

@Cerberus There's another unmentionable bird?

Cerberus

Yes.

It flies at night.

WMD

Please?

Thank you.

user19161

@WMD I was just talking about myself! But as you wish...

WMD

Sorry, I'm a bit sensitive today.

You think I'm being stupid don't you. Like I need to grow a pair, or whatever it was you told me.

Cerberus

9:35 PM

I'm just saying that I doubt whether this will work.

That, too.

WMD

It will work for a short time. Then the situation will resolve itself.

ЯegDwight

Mysterious!

Cerberus

Ah.

So the views don't update automatically, while the likes do.

> Oh, it has the video front and back, that's cool.

@ЯegDwight This guy from your video actually said that.

He thought the glass back cover of the 4S was a screen...

Robusto

@Cerberus Chat Z pls.

Cerberus

Yup!

ЯegDwight

9:43 PM

@Cerberus is that what he meant? I didn't even catch that bit.

WMD

I've always wanted a phone that has video on both sides. Where can I buy one?

user19161

@WMD Get two phones and tape them together.

Cerberus

@ЯegDwight Yup, I didn't understand it the first time either.

@WMD It is the Iphone 4S!!

user19161

I am always looking for phones with no video. It is so hard to find them now...

Cerberus

But it only comes with two screens when you call it an Iphone 5.

user19161

9:49 PM

@Cerberus iPhone

Nile

Is the following sentence grammatically correct?

> "If he could, that would mean all of his sufferings still remained to haunt him."

user19161

@Nile Yes, though it is not clear what it means without context.

Nile

> I placed my hand on his chest and gazed into his eyes. No longer were they owned and protected by a psyche; his eyes were lost and unpaired. But in front of me lay my dog; lifeless. Did he feel my hand? I hope not. If he could, that would mean all of his sufferings still remained to haunt him.

Robusto

Anybody know if 158°F (70°C) is hot for RAM DIMMs?

Nile

@Robusto seems fine

could be a little hot

user19161

9:56 PM

@Nile Well, I don't have to know the meaning which I can't unless I read the entire story, but it is certainly grammatical, that sentence you quoted.

Nile

@WillHunting okay thanks. if you'd be willing to read the story that'd be great, but I honestly wouldn't want to waste your time and I doubt you do want to... thanks though =D

user19161

@Nile However, as a side note, that semicolon there seems misplaced. A semicolon is used to separate two related sentences. It would be too much to assume that "lifeless" is ellipsis for a complete sentence. I would replace it with a comma.

Nile

@WillHunting I was thinking about that, thanks!

WMD

In front of me, my dog lay lifeless. Could that work?

Or even, "My dog lay lifeless in front of me".

Cerberus

@WillHunting Absolutely not.

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