English Language & Usage: Multi-Layered Discourse Room

Mahnax

20:00

@Rob No, I don't think so. I am being serious.

@MattЭллен Is that you in there?

Or your question?

Gigili

@Mahnax Great, till then.

Matt Эллен

@Mahnax I asked the question.

Mahnax

@MattЭллен Aha, very nice.

Gigili

@MattЭллен You call it successful?

Mahnax

@Gigili What part of Canada will you be in?

Meysam Ѭſ道

20:01

@Mahnax Who said she is going to Canada?

Matt Эллен

@Gigili I takes a bit of experimentation to find a question that triggers a chat

even if the chat is nonsense

Gigili

@Mahnax Toronto, is that near where you live?

Mahnax

@MeysamѬſ道 Well, I kind of assumed that that was what she meant.

@Gigili Eh, not even close.

Gigili

Pft.

Mahnax

Sorry.

Meysam Ѭſ道

20:03

@Gigili Philadelphia Federation of Teachers?

Gigili

@Mahnax But don't eat that one, okay?

Mahnax

@Gigili I won't.

Gigili

@MeysamѬſ道 No?

Cerberus

@Mahnax Gee, thanks!!

Mahnax

@Cerberus I'll make that four, then!

Rob

20:05

Does anybody like white chocolate?

Mahnax

logs.omegle.com/71bd30

My question.

Cerberus

Yay!

@Rob Sorry...

Mahnax

@Rob Yep!

Five of the ten bunnies are white.

Cerberus

@Mahnax Very atypical.

Mahnax

@Cerberus Oh?

Matt Эллен

20:07

@Mahnax lol

Mahnax

@MattЭллен Love it. Asked the same question again, now I'm getting a deeper response.

@Gigili Heh.

Gigili

Meh.

Mahnax

@Matt YES.

Matt Эллен

5

@Mahnax excellent

Mahnax

@MattЭллен "Crap the pizza is burning I have to go"

Matt Эллен

20:11

indeed :D

Gigili

@Meysam Hamin site-e ta do daghighe pish filter nabood, hamin alan filter shod

Rob

The art of "talking to strangers."

Matt Эллен

Apr 9 at 17:46, by RegDwight Ѭſ道

More people should end their answers with "my foot is itching" or "BRB dinner".

Mahnax

@MattЭллен Ah, yes.

Cerberus

@Gigili Hoo-Hoo Choo-Choo.

And what is that about filters?

I guess it is about some local phenomenon...

Jez

20:15

what is the point of Omegle?

Gigili

It was about Omegle which is filtered out now and wasn't so a minute ago.

Cerberus

@Jez It is obtuse.

@Gigili Really?? Wow, that's weird.

The entire site?

Matt Эллен

@Jez it's like chat roulette but with the ability to spy on people

Gigili

The entire site!

Cerberus

Strange.

No, Stranger.

Gigili

20:17

Yes, stranger 1.

Seems @Meysam understands English better than his native language.

Jez

logs.omegle.com/3cefe1

Gigili

I'm off to bed, good night.

Mahnax

Good night, sleep well.

Vitaly

It's taking Stranger 1 quite a while …

Matt Эллен

why science is worse than religion

Jez

20:23

@Vitaly 0

Mahnax

@MattЭллен Haha.

I'm actually having a decent conversation with someone.

Jez

it sucks. they disconnect before you can say anything

heh

Mahnax

I wonder if the person who asked this question is still watching the convo.

Jez

"you're a faggot if you dont read"

Vitaly

:( They just won't stop chatting now.

Mahnax

20:33

Hahaha…

Jez

logs.omegle.com/b242d9

Matt Эллен

@Jez lol

Jez

I'm struggling to get more than 5 lines out of a conversation

Matt Эллен

ask questions

well, that seems to work in their normal chat, anyway

Mahnax

@Jez I'm at 150 lines.

Vitaly

20:40

my most successful omegle so far

Jez

"you loose"

these things are still more informative than watching Fox News

2

Mahnax

I'm chatting with some French person.

Jez

logs.omegle.com/69c024

Matt Эллен

@Jez everyone's a comedian

logs.omegle.com/b8f448

Mahnax

The french guy doesn't like giraffes.

Matt Эллен

20:50

:O

maybe he met an evil giraffe

Mahnax

Maybe.

Matt Эллен

it was trying to eat more leaves than necessary, to deprive other giraffes

F'x

@Mahnax don't diss the French!

Mahnax

@Fx J'aime le français mais cet homme est mal!

Oh my goodness.

I disconnected from the French guy and now I have him again.

He spoke about trees and trains last time, now it's him again.

F'x

shame on you Mahnax

Mahnax

20:55

@Fx Why?

F'x

I didn't know about this Omegle thing, and now I typed "What do you think of the death penalty?" into it, and I just want to crawl under my bed

Matt Эллен

my stranger has not disconnected yet but isn't saying anything

F'x

Stranger 2: I'd love to inject the asshole with Potassium.
Stranger 2: As he slowly dies before me.
Stranger 2: His heart gaining speed rapidly.

Mahnax

shudder

F'x

+1 for mankind!

Mahnax

20:56

I will win this!

The french guy and I are facing off in a battle of stamina.

Matt Эллен

good luck

Mahnax

Thank you.

Jez

damn, no-one is discussing my "SNES or Genesis?"

idiots dont know gaming

Mahnax

tch

Cerberus

I think a clack of the tongue is in place.

Matt Эллен

20:59

do you?

Cerberus

No.

Matt Эллен

Oh, so it's not in place?

F'x

Question to discuss: Is Big Brother watching you?
Stranger 2: In Soviet Russia, you watch Big Brother
Stranger 1: that show is awful

3

Matt Эллен

:D

Mahnax

Haha…

Cerberus

21:03

Haha.

F'x

Question to discuss: Help, I'm trapped in the server room!!
Stranger 2: well fuck u

Matt Эллен

lol

F'x

another +1 for mankind

Cerberus

You are creative.

Manking?

F'x

@Cerberus I am Manking :)

Mahnax

21:03

Omegle + Chicken on a Raft = fun.

Jez

it has a language thing in the top-right corner; why?

Meysam Ѭſ道

@Gigili baraye man baaz mishe hanuz

Jez

it just says "select language"

F'x

@Jez because it's more fun to play with a Google Translate filter inserted :)

Matt Эллен

Omegle - fun = -Chicken on a Raft

Jez

21:05

@Fx No, I mean it just doesnt work or do anything

Meysam Ѭſ道

@Gigili man akharesh nafahmidam to almani ya injayi!

Cerberus

@Fx I think you are a telephone.

F'x

@Cerberus I know a telephone when I see one

Cerberus

Soo...what's with this chicken thing?

@Fx Then look in the mirror.

Mahnax

@Cerberus Everything.

F'x

21:08

@Cerberus nocounterspace.net/2005/09/…

Cerberus

Crazy.

Matt Эллен

I weirded someone out

Meysam Ѭſ道

@Gigili omegle.com is blocked for me too but the inner pages are accessible.

Matt Эллен

10 minutes of chicken on a raft and counting

Jez

@Matt you mean wierded

Matt Эллен

21:20

I do

Jez

why do people even use Omegle? they just disconnect 95% of the time

they dont really want to talk

Meysam Ѭſ道

@Jez 96% of the time, to be accurate

Cerberus

@MattЭллен Haha the blood thing was fine, but the frog weirded her out?

Matt Эллен

@Cerberus I know :D people are odd

Cerberus

@Jez Hmm I only get disconnects when the question is really bad.

Jez

21:23

which is 95% of the time

Rob

Is it a truism that "temptation makes you do what you love"?

Cerberus

Depends on your definitions.

Rob

The common usage of the words please.

;-)

Cerberus

In this case, there is none.

Context is everything. Language does not exist without context.

Rob

These words have no common meaning?

Jez

21:28

shrug is a very English word

other languages dont have anything like it usually

Cerberus

@Rob Not one specific enough to help you.

Hmm my knee still hurts.

Rob

@Cerberus What happened?

Cerberus

Chest too.

Matt Эллен

what have you done to yourself?

Cerberus

@Rob Two weeks ago, I was given a lift on a friend's bicycle, but he rode too close to a pole thing.

Jez

21:31

always said bikes were dangerous

Cerberus

So my knee hit it at medium speed.

Jez

drive in a car

Cerberus

Then the week after, I fell hard when I was running for the train.

That is now a week ago.

Chest still hurts when breathing deeply.

And knees, mainly the knee that I hurt twice.

Nothing serious, but a bit annoying.

@Jez Cars don't like poles either.

And driving a car around town is just impossible.

Extremely slow and more expensive than any other city in the world, I heard.

Jez

where?

Cerberus

Amsterdam.

Jez

21:36

I bet London has you pretty closely pegged

Cerberus

Yes.

London used to no. 1, Amsterdam 3, I think; but someone told me we were no. 1 now.

Jez

and if that unmentionable Livingstone gets back in, it'll be yet worse

Cerberus

We already had the most expensive taxis in the world, yay!

Matt Эллен

classy

Cerberus

Oh, the mayor?

I heard the election campaigns weren't going well.

Uncivilised.

Backstabbing and vulgarity.

Jez

21:38

i'm afraid I'd adopt an "anyone but Livingstone" approach were I voting

and I usually despise tactical voting

Cerberus

So you're not going to vote?

Matt Эллен

Only Londoners get to vote for mayor of London

Jez

alas

everyone talks about how Boris is too kind to the rich

but more importantly, does he want ever-more police powers? ever-more CCTV? to make friends with Islamic extremists?

if no, then he's better than Livingstone

Why does Omegle disable copying?

Matt Эллен

does it?

where are you trying to copy from?

Jez

it catches ctrl-c

right-click - copy works

Matt Эллен

21:53

oh!

What makes Justin Bieber so disliked?
Stranger 2: AUTOTUNE
Stranger 1: He has a girl voice.
Stranger 2: AND THE HAIR
Stranger 1: ^
Stranger 1 has disconnected

Cerberus

@MattЭллен Ahh stupid dog.

Matt Эллен

@Cerberus not at all. such an important post could well be voted on by more people

maybe it should

are you listening to Chicken on a Raft, @Cerberus?

Cerberus

No?

I didn't know it made a sound.

Matt Эллен

chickenonaraft.com

you need to enable scripts

Jez

i kind of wish that Livemocha would get with the program and develop a HTML chat like Omegle

Cerberus

21:57

Oh, now it does.

Jez

the chatting in a foreign language is cool but it's a crappy popup flash thing

Matt Эллен

Jez

hope is thrown around carelessly these days

Matt Эллен

much like awesome

Jez

yeah

and of course what needs to be thrown around a lot more is "thon"

the other day i yet again heard Richard Dawkins using bloody "she" as a gender-neutral pronoun. Makes my head asplode.

thon > singular-they > he > it > she

Rob

22:00

has anyone checked the camera mode in "don't talk to strangers"???

Matt Эллен

no. I don't want to see their faces

Rob

most show their penis

Jez

If I want to see an impressive penis, all I need do is look down.

... if I'm not wearing trousers

that sounded a bit too dodgy

Matt Эллен

why, who's below you?

Jez

too predictable

Matt Эллен

22:02

following your lead :P

Rob

now i feel really dirty

Matt Эллен

listen to Chicken on a Raft

Cerberus

►

If you ever feel down, watch this.

Or just a tiny part of it.

Matt Эллен

Thanks!

Cerberus

I like cats so much.

Matt Эллен

22:15

that's a surprising thing, given that you're a dog

In fact I have a recollection of you saying that you dislike cats

what's prompted the change of heart?

oh, my mistake

Jan 7 at 8:42, by Cerberus

No, I love cats.

Cerberus

See?

They are the best.

Especially when they're clumsy.

Matt Эллен

:D it does bring a smile to my face

also

Jan 31 at 6:10, by Cerberus

I mean, I may have a "committed relationship" with my cat and want to marry it.

you're beginning to sound a little creepy about cats, @Cerb

logs.omegle.com/415888

Cerberus

@MattЭллен And you only figure this out now?

Matt Эллен

22:30

@Cerberus I was distracted by a chicken on a raft, and your masculine charms

Jez

I just thought of a joke, not sure whether it's an old one, but let's try it out:

Cerberus

@MattЭллен Haha.

Jez

In the Islamic world, you commit adultery and then get stoned. In the Western world, you get stoned and then commit adultery.

Cerberus

Heh.

Matt Эллен

@Cerberus plus, you know, a lot of stuff is said here. I don't read the half of it. You could have said you're in favour of seagulls for politicians

I wouldn't know

Cerberus

22:33

But I hate seagulls!

How could you ever think that.

Matt Эллен

Well, you and your animal proclivities. I don't know where your limits lie!

Sep 12 '11 at 22:56, by Cerberus

@simchona I love all kinds of animals! Unicorns, cats, biebers...

you love bieber, you might love seagulls!

I agree, though, seagulls are nasty. worse than pigeons

Cerberus

I take that bieber thing back.

I was probably drunk so it doesn't count.

Matt Эллен

:D

or does it count more?

Cerberus

Yeah, pigeons are still somewhat sympathetic.

@MattЭллен No, no!

Matt Эллен

@Cerberus I think he protests too much!

Cerberus

22:40

Matt Эллен

Drunk Cerb speaks his mind :D

> You have been on a raft with a chicken for 1 hour 31 minutes 42 seconds.

@Cerberus oh no, not really! you silence is deafening

logs.omegle.com/839d5f

Jez

asexuality. hmm.

Cerberus

Hmm indeed.

Matt Эллен

23:00

phew! hugs @cerb

good night y'all

oh!

> You have been on a raft with a chicken for 1 hour 50 minutes 48 seconds.

Cerberus

Night!

Matt Эллен

ok, one last thing

logs.omegle.com/62b470

RegDwight Ѭſ道

Just popping by.

Stack Exchange Photography Blog: The Definitive Photography Book Guide

Akram Mellice on April 14, 2012

It’s a question that pops in everyone’s mind, what should I read to learn photography? The question is asked in many ways. For example, What should I read to start learning photography? What should I read to learn about the history of photography? What about the science behind photography? So this post will try to list the “have to read books” about certain category in photography.

What are the first books that I should read to learn photography?

If you have camera, read the manual …

Matt Эллен

night for real!

RegDwight Ѭſ道

Looks like Photography.SE don't have enough native speakers to proofread their blog.

Out again. Night all.

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