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8:00 PM

@RegDwighт That definitely made my day.

The irony is that in trying to find out why editing these xml files with PowerShell is giving me inconsistent line endings, it is suggested that I use PowerShell to remove inconsistent line endings.

Robusto

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Q: Usage of "Either.. or" in mathematical context

Is it correct to say "F(n) is either bounded, or grows linearly, or grows exponentially as n increases"? What's about commas?

mathematics

What's about commas? Indeed.

RegDwighт

How about using PowerShell to remove PowerShell?

KitFox

There's a thought.

Robusto

Many a clam wishes it had a PowerShell, especially when predators come calling.

KitFox

8:02 PM

It's not a bad tool.

Although admittedly it is difficult to truly say, since I haven't actually done this before.

tchrist

Sure it is.

RegDwighт

@DumbCow cafeful, for it only makes your day once. Then it starts killing your days, and then yourself. People will literally come to your house via the Internet and bludgeon you to death with their tiny hyphens, merrily calling them dashes, day after day after day.

Robusto

Haha ... people on the Internet have tiny hyphens.

Dumb Cow

@RegDwighт Ha!

Some people are too lazy to know about Alt + 0151 or U + 2014.

RegDwighт

Oh no he has summoned tchrist.

David Wallace

8:07 PM

I want them to write lessee(')s(')

KitFox

Oh good god.

RegDwighт

Collision imminent. Alarm. Alarm.

David Wallace

But I don't know why they don't just write of the lessee(s)

RegDwighт

►

tchrist

@DumbCow Those numbers are unequal. That is fundamentally brain-damaged to the point of evil and wrong.

RegDwighт

8:10 PM

I did warn you!

sudo take cover

Dumb Cow

@RegDwighт Something tells me that you belong to Ubuntu, as well as UNIX and Linux. (Just kidding!)

tchrist

A stranger from the litter patrol unexpectedly returns your wallet two weeks after you had lost it, complete with all credit cards (unused) and $214 intact, and asks for nothing in return. However, your ID is missing. What do you do?

KitFox

@RegDwighт But I don't wan—damn it.

RegDwighт

@DumbCow I am posting this in Vista.

KitFox

takes cover

RegDwighт

8:12 PM

Hmph.

Hey that was my cover.

tchrist

@DumbCow WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOUR CAPS KEY?

Dumb Cow

@RegDwighт Okay.

KitFox

@RegDwighт Too bad. You made me do it.

Dumb Cow

@tchrist Fixed, and look at yours.

RegDwighт

erects new cover using a multitude of hashes, ampersands, semicolons, and 8212s

KitFox

8:13 PM

¶

Oh.

RegDwighт

That's not a 8212.

KitFox

That's what I got.

RegDwighт

Or a semicolon, for that matter.

KitFox

perispastic

RegDwighт

@KitFox then you must be on Web 3.0 or something.

KitFox

8:14 PM

i haz no belzundwistels.

tchrist

@KitFox Then you are doing it wrong.

David Wallace

@KitFox Pilcrow fight!

RegDwighт

You are supposed to be using hashes, ampersands, and semicolons along with the 8212s, young padawan. Nobody said anything about Alt keys.

tchrist

macbook# perl -e 'printf "%c\n", 8212' | uniquote -v
\N{EM DASH}

KitFox

What's special about 8212?

RegDwighт

8:15 PM

See, Ronald McDonald knows how to sudo.

tchrist

It is the only number evenly divisible by the 2053 and 2 squared.

And nothing else.

I can see some basic instruction is merited here.

David Wallace

NONSENSE!

RegDwighт

How is it evenly if one gets only four, and the other gets OVER 2000?

David Wallace

Oops, sorry about the capslock. But it happens to be divisible by 1.

tchrist

Don’t make me flag you for being contradicktive.

RegDwighт

8:17 PM

En espanol, per favor.

Dumb Cow

You all talk more about mathematics than the actual mathematics chat does.

tchrist

No me hagas echarte un bandera por ser una pene.

KitFox

Easy now.

RegDwighт

@DumbCow Yeah, they only talk about how physicists are their rivals.

@tchrist Mucho buene.

Dumb Cow

@RegDwighт No, they don't!

RegDwighт

8:19 PM

Don't make me prove you wrong, because I will.

Dumb Cow

@RegDwighт You should never generalize... wait, I just generalized.

tchrist

El mariquita se peina en su peinador de seda.

RegDwighт

in Mathematics, May 31 '12 at 12:54, by RegDwight ΒВBẞ8

That's what you study physics for.

Four stars.

That's evenly divisible by five and Patricia Kaas.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@RegDwighт pfft, that just means you have four socks.

RegDwighт

I'm not General Grievous.

tchrist

8:21 PM

You cannot force an ox.

MετάEd

Sep 14 '12 at 13:30, by ΜετάEd

Un pelo di fica ha piu forza di un paio di buoi.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

If you were, I'd ask for one of your arms, because my lego snowman lost an arm and I think grievous had the same part for his arms.

RegDwighт

@tchrist But you can try. You'll succeed at last.

tchrist

Ah, here come the boys.

David Wallace

DC - are you Jasper?

MετάEd

8:21 PM

Someone mentioned oxen?

RegDwighт

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 go for the Raiders of the Lost Arm set.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@RegDwighт I might have to - gasp - use a spare!

Dumb Cow

@RegDwighт The only thing the chat message told me is that @JasonBourne's name was Clark Kent back then.

@DavidWallace No, and that's a hyphen.

RegDwighт

@DumbCow how is that an only? You should be thankful!

That's more than I have learned all week.

MετάEd

@tchrist "The sissy is combed in silk hairdresser."

Dumb Cow

8:24 PM

@RegDwighт You should have learnt new swearwords through flags. That's what I browse Reddit for.

David Wallace

I am using a font in which em-dashes are 1/4 of their usual length.

tchrist

Siempre se preocupan los mariquitas por los penes: los suyos y los de los demás. De ahí que lo del peinador.

RegDwighт

@DumbCow the narwhal only bacons in two and a half hours for me.

David Wallace

I am not going to go and paste an em-dash from somewhere just to satisfy the pedants. Imagine one if you want to. But I am here to chat, not to wrestle with my laptop over the right character to use.

RegDwighт

Why go somewhere?

tchrist

8:25 PM

tosses a nickel into the pool so David can get hisself a real puter

RegDwighт

Oct 17 '12 at 18:24, by tchrist

U+0002D ‭ -  GC=Pd SC=Common       HYPHEN-MINUS
U+0058A ‭ ֊  GC=Pd SC=Armenian     ARMENIAN HYPHEN
U+005BE ‭ ־  GC=Pd SC=Hebrew       HEBREW PUNCTUATION MAQAF
U+01400 ‭ ᐀  GC=Pd SC=Canadian_Aboriginal CANADIAN SYLLABICS HYPHEN
U+01806 ‭ ᠆  GC=Pd SC=Mongolian    MONGOLIAN TODO SOFT HYPHEN
U+02010 ‭ ‐  GC=Pd SC=Common       HYPHEN
U+02011 ‭ ‑  GC=Pd SC=Common       NON-BREAKING HYPHEN
U+02012 ‭ ‒  GC=Pd SC=Common       FIGURE DASH
U+02013 ‭ –  GC=Pd SC=Common       EN DASH
U+02014 ‭ —  GC=Pd SC=Common       EM DASH

Dumb Cow

I am completely fed-up of my profile's name; I don't like perfect descriptions of people as their display names.

RegDwighт

Sep 4 '12 at 12:36, by ЯegDwight

This room contains everything, including the known universe.

tchrist

@DumbCow I can see why. People keep speaking to you in bad French.

Jul 30 '12 at 14:10, by tchrist

@RegDwightАΑA Ce qui parlent français comme une vache espagnole, peut-être. Me, I know Spanish cows. They only fart in French.

David Wallace

They left out the // in front of TODO.

RegDwighт

8:27 PM

@DavidWallace hint: whichever font you are using on your machine is not the one I am seeing. That's not how the Internet works, dude.

David Wallace

Yes, but I can guarantee that my em-dash is still the same length as your hyphen.

KitFox

Men. Always comparing length.

Dumb Cow

@tchrist I have a bad sense of humor. Was that supposed to be a joke?

RegDwighт

I am very happy to finally have that guarantee.

Dumb Cow

@KitFox LOL

tchrist

8:28 PM

tosses a sacrificial frog at the cow

RegDwighт

Jul 6 '12 at 12:59, by RegDwight ΒВB

La vache qui bris.

David Wallace

We have that brand!

RegDwighт

May 10 '12 at 16:08, by RegDwight ΒВBẞ8

Ваша vache wäscht Wäsche.

Cerberus

Tout le monde en a.

tchrist

Apr 5 '11 at 21:55, by RegDwight

♪ Un crocodile, une vache, du soleil ♪

Dumb Cow

8:29 PM

What a sudden emergence of old permalinks.

RegDwighт

Ilona Mitrecey!

@DumbCow who you call old?

Cerberus

@DumbCow That's Reg for you!

RegDwighт

23 secs ago, by Dumb Cow

What a sudden emergence of old permalinks.

Cerberus

35 secs ago, by Cerberus

7 secs ago, by Cerberus

Reg, you're silly.

Dumb Cow

13 secs ago, by Dumb Cow

@RegDwighт Finally, something rad.

David Wallace

8:30 PM

Apr 5 '11 at 21:56, by Kosmonaut

♪ Ich bin Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil ♪

Dumb Cow

What the...

RegDwighт

@Cerberus don't make me go ABBA.

Cerberus

Can you?

RegDwighт

Okay, here's Cow's rite of passage.

http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/598443#598443

tchrist

Jul 31 '12 at 13:47, by Robusto

The cow says μ.

MετάEd

8:31 PM

@tchrist "It is always concerned at lady beetles per the penises: his own and those of the other. Hence, what of the doffer."

Cerberus

@RegDwighт By the way, I think they broke it.

MετάEd

@tchrist s/says/goes/. ftfy

Dumb Cow

@tchrist Darn, that was pretty great.

David Wallace

I only realised recently the connection between doff and don. D'oh!

Cerberus

I can't nest any further than two levels any more.

MετάEd

8:32 PM

@DavidWallace Dikes.

Cerberus

@DavidWallace Awww pinches cheek.

MετάEd

Dats dreadful.

Dumb Cow

1 min ago, by tchrist

Jul 31 '12 at 13:47, by Robusto

The cow says μ.

RegDwighт

@Cerberus I just nested a dozen levels. Where were you looking?

Cerberus

Try it again with a new message.

Robusto

8:33 PM

So @Reg deleted this answer, which was flagged by me, but it shows in my flag record as disputed and invalid.

Cerberus

1 min ago, by Cerberus

50 secs ago, by Cerberus

28 secs ago, by Cerberus

10 secs ago, by Cerberus

The old method doesn't work any more beyond two levels.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

1 min ago, by Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

1 min ago, by Cerberus

50 secs ago, by Cerberus

28 secs ago, by Cerberus

10 secs ago, by Cerberus

The old method doesn't work any more beyond two levels.

KitFox

20 secs ago, by Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

46 secs ago, by Cerberus

28 secs ago, by Cerberus

10 secs ago, by Cerberus

The old method doesn't work any more beyond two levels.

MετάEd

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Matt Эллен

what's this about new coke?

Dumb Cow

8:34 PM

14 secs ago, by KitFox

20 secs ago, by Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

46 secs ago, by Cerberus

28 secs ago, by Cerberus

10 secs ago, by Cerberus

The old method doesn't work any more beyond two levels.

RegDwighт

@Robusto it was flagged by three other people. Takes just one to disagree to render everyone disputed.

Cerberus

Huh, okay, it does still work.

Oh. Just curious.

Odd.

@Cerberus Even.

8:35 PM

It was odd even, yes.

RegDwighт

When I delete stuff it's automatically marked valid. I can't even misclick or anything.

But if it's been marked disputed prior to that, it stays that way.

Robusto

Who would dispute it?

tchrist

starts taking down names

Robusto

No, seriously, I only ever see the option to flag something, not to dispute a flag.

tchrist

Disputed flags have no effect on flag weight.

Flag queue.

You can dispute them there.

RegDwighт

8:37 PM

I can't see the queue you are seeing because I don't have 10k anywhere to check. But the option is in the 10k tools in the flag queue.

tchrist

Said so.

RegDwighт

Yeah I'm slow.

Dumb Cow

@tchrist Though if you sit at your computer flagging everything which all subsequently gets disputed, oh boy do you gain weight...

RegDwighт

@Robusto don't you have 10k on SO? Go there and click on the yellow flag number on the top of the page.

Robusto

You want me to open that can of worms? shudder

RegDwighт

8:38 PM

You should be presented with a list of current (boilerplate) flags, and offered the option to agree or disagree with any of them.

Robusto

Yeah. Too boring. I see, though.

RegDwighт

As I said, I don't even know what the current state is cause it's been two years since I last saw the flag queue.

What's with the Bridge flags. It's getting tiring.

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Q: Metaphoric meaning of Hitchhiker’s?

There is a book named "Infinite Dimensional Analysis: A Hitchhiker’s Guide". I was wondering what "Hitchhiker’s" means as a metaphor in general? Thanks!

meaning

Guess what. This is actually a dupe.

... except the original seems to have been deleted.

David Wallace

Dupe in S/B/C means arse.

tchrist

David Wallace

And rep means tail. Funny.

RegDwighт

8:44 PM

RepAcum sounds like something a proctologist would be looking into.

tchrist

Hm, I’ve gained 4k lately?

Dumb Cow

Wow, I am impressed by ShreevatsaR. He has 10,000+ reputation on three completely different topic sites. Bonus: His answer is the most upvoted on Math SE.

tchrist

There’s no accounting for taste.

Oh, I forgot. Other sites. Nebber mind.

RegDwighт

That only means that half his rep comes from just one answer.)))

Which kind of matches his profile here. He posted like twenty answers and then stopped.

Oh, it's the Batman question. That doesn't even count.

> viewed 269318 times

tchrist

He’s a prickly fellow. I fixed one of his fugly postings by replacing "terms" with terms per current tastes, and he flamed my ass.

This after he hadn’t been seen here for aeons.

RegDwighт

8:51 PM

Teehee.

tchrist

But touch his junk, and watch him come a-runnin’.

And he reverted to fugliness.

RegDwighт

Drat, and I still don't have enough reps on math to downvote that crap.

The question, that is.

tchrist

Delete-vote on a dupe?

RegDwighт

Oh wait! I do!

tchrist

Is that a good idea?

RegDwighт

8:52 PM

No.

tchrist

Well, it ain’t mine.

RegDwighт

Though I am often compelled myself.

tchrist

I know better. Although sometimes my twitchy trigger finger does it anyway.

I think I have Jasper’s finger.

RegDwighт

Because I'm not seeing how having 500 questions on the Oxford Comma is doing anything to prevent us from having 501.

After a certain point, it's just noise.

People who don't notice, just don't notice.

So the only reason I still try to abstain is to have the FAQ tab reflect actual stats.

tchrist

FAQ tab?

RegDwighт

8:56 PM

/questions?sort=faq

tchrist

Cool. So much better than SEDE.

Matt Эллен

so there are fireworks for no reason and I bought bonfire toffee coincidentally. The universe is trying to tell me something

RegDwighт

Rob's in the top 10.

I'm only in the top 20. Though twice.

user19161

@DumbCow I see you are the green square.

RegDwighт

Where's your blue square?

Dumb Cow

9:00 PM

@JasonBourne Yes. Side-note: Did not copy you.

user19161

@RegDwighт It went for The Holiday.

Matt Эллен

not that I believe such rumours, but I heard Dumb Cow totally copied Jasper Loy

RegDwighт

@DumbCow depends whom you ask. For some people it's the same color.

@MattЭллен the whole of Japan agrees.

Matt Эллен

rofl

user19161

@RegDwighт This is too deep for me.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

9:02 PM

found the snowman's arm. it fell into the printer.

RegDwighт

Drats. Should have been the copier.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

had to use chopsticks to reach it.

RegDwighт

As long as the chopsticks weren't out of LEGO...

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

lego chopsticks probably would have worked

my real snowman melted. But at least I fixed my little lego one.

user19161

I am actually on CentOS now. After trying 9000 distros, I have decided to choose between Debian and CentOS.

RegDwighт

9:05 PM

BBC Future had a really nice video of how for some tribes in Africa some colors are identical that are not remotely the same for us, and others are very different that are completely indistinguishable to me.

But I can't seem to find it online.

Matt Эллен

@JasonBourne why choose when you can dual boot?

that's why god invented grub

user19161

@MattЭллен I like to choose one out of many.

user19161

@MattЭллен Sometimes some distros cannot find others, you know.

Matt Эллен

nature proves that promiscuity increases reproductive success

user19161

In fact, I have never done a dual boot before!

Matt Эллен

9:07 PM

@JasonBourne no. what's that got to do with grub?

user19161

I returned from walking. I saw many women with huge boobs today.

Matt Эллен

well, promiscuity in males at least

TRiG

@JasonBourne Is that a good thing?

user19161

@TRiG Yes, I am heterosexual, contrary to popular belief.

TRiG

@JasonBourne I currently use Ubuntu, but I'm thinking of treading in the paths of free software righteousness and switching to Debian.

David Wallace

9:08 PM

That could mean "accompanied by great idiots".

Matt Эллен

that's how I like to read it

Dumb Cow

@JasonBourne I have huge boobs too that provide a lot of milk.

TRiG

@JasonBourne Never seen the point of boobs, myself. Nipples, yes, but not boobs.

user19161

@TRiG No need to bother about "free". Just to let you know, different distros have different definitions of "free".

David Wallace

Nipples ARE the point of boobs!

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Matt Эллен

9:09 PM

LOL

Dumb Cow

@DavidWallace lol

user19161

@TRiG Well, there is no "point". It is just a natural instinct.

TRiG

@JasonBourne And the FSF and Debian disagree about whether the GNU FDL is free, too.

user19161

Sometimes, we try too hard to figure out what needs no explanation, and sometimes we don't try hard enough to figure out the things we should.

TRiG

►

;)

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

9:11 PM

@TRiG Debian is fine if freedom is your primary goal and the technology is secondary. And you know how to fix stuff. Otherwise Fedora is pretty free too. Not sure how much freer Debian is, these days.

user19161

@DumbCow You have decided to hang out here too?

user19161

Having used both Debian and Fedora extensively, I can go into a long story, but I am too tired now.

TRiG

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I like the idea of Debian, but I should probably look into Fedora too.

user19161

Example 1: Debian requires you to install nonfree firmware manually, but Fedora includes in its live CD.

Dumb Cow

@JasonBourne Not sure. But I'm too much of a sissy, so I'd probably figure out later that this chat is some unproductive use of my time.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

9:13 PM

@TRiG Fedora is for people who like to live on the edge. It is supported for only 12 months (well... two releases, but they like to release every 6 months). So you should be prepared to update once/year if you like to stay with a supported version.

user19161

Example 2: Debian provides Microsoft fonts in a package under non-free section, but Fedora requires you to build it yourself.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Debian moves way more slowly especially lately as they try to support too many architectures and even a BSD kernel. So things like systemd which are the hot new thing on Fedora and many other distros are not available on Debian and who knows if they ever will be.

user19161

I tried Unity shell 9000 times, I declare I will never try it again, just hate it.

user19161

However, I really do love GNOME shell, and will continue to use GNOME using this shell.

TRiG

I really want to write a very very long article about Free Software, Open Source Software, the history of the GNU project, the FSF, and the broader free culture movement that grew out of it with the Creative Commons licenses and suchlike. The problem is, I don't know enough about it. So I'd have to dive into loads and loads of research.

user19161

9:16 PM

Also, Windows 8 does look a bit like GNOME shell/Unity shell, because they both are made for touchscreens!

Dumb Cow

Never tried GNOME. Just frigging Unity.

user19161

@TRiG Why do you want to write this?

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@JasonBourne Those who've tried it say that Unity is pretty bad on touchscreens

Cerberus

@TRiG You could start by writing a subchapter about what you do know, then later expand it?

TRiG

@JasonBourne Because I find it strangely fascinating.

user19161

9:16 PM

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 It is not so responsive on my hardware.

user19161

@TRiG Ah, I think you might enjoy yourself more installing 9000 distros than writing an article about it.

TRiG

It's one of the things I'm a little bit geeky about, but not really educated enough on.

user19161

I have tried Debian Ubuntu Mint UbuntuGNOME Fedora CentOS openSuse Mageia Mandriva.

TRiG

@JasonBourne Maybe when I get a new laptop I'll amuse myself by doing that with it.

Cerberus

@JasonBourne Admirable.

user19161

9:18 PM

For desktops, I have tried LXDE XFCE KDE GNOMEshell Unityshell Cinnamon Mate.

TRiG

@Cerberus Good idea. Start somewhere.

Cerberus

nods

user19161

So essentially I tried out all major distros and desktops.

Cerberus

Then you can write one chapter.

user19161

Those who are familiar with GNOMEpanel, give GNOMEshell a shot when you move on to GNOME 3, you will grow to like it like me.

user19161

9:20 PM

I have also used Windows XP, Windows Vista, Office 2003 and Office 2007 before.

user19161

However I have yet to try Windows 7 or 8 or Office 2010 or 2012.

user19161

I think Windows 8 and Office 2012 are worth getting if you want to spend some money though.

TRiG

@Cerberus I have (somewhere) a massive list of examples: Debian Iceweasel (a long story), Wikipedia, Stackexchange, Mark Pilgrim's tech websites (which he took offline, but which remain elsewhere because of the licenses they were under), the World English Bible (I've emailed Michael about the licensing he uses), and a bunch of others. Free content licensing fascinates me.

I suppose I could try writing about some of these specific examples, and then draw the larger framework around the examples in later.

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Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@JasonBourne It isn't about being "responsive". It's about not working for users without a keyboard or mouse.

Dumb Cow

I woke up extremely early today: 12 pm.

Cerberus

9:30 PM

@TRiG SE is free? I didn't know!

@DumbCow Is that midnight?

Dumb Cow

12 noon.

TRiG

@Cerberus Not the software, but the content.

stackexchange.com/legal

Cerberus

Ah. Yes, that is early.

@TRiG Oh, I see.

That's good.

TRiG

> You agree that all Subscriber Content that You contribute to the Network is perpetually and irrevocably licensed to Stack Exchange under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike license.

@Cerberus And, actually, that contrast is interesting.

Cerberus

Yeah, although you could see the framework and the content as essentially unrelated...

David Wallace

9:36 PM

How long does it take to roast a chicken?

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@DavidWallace depends - temperature, size of bird, what you have in the pan with the bird, how cold it was when you put it in

Cerberus

Long.

David Wallace

Hmm. My oven doesn't have a "depends" setting.

Dumb Cow

Oh, we have a red.

David Wallace

I copied Jasper and I don't mind admitting it.

Cerberus

9:37 PM

You could cut it into pieces, that's much easier and quicker.

You kind of need a meat thermometre, otherwise you won't know when it's done.

And if you put it in for too long, it gets too dry (the outside will get too dry anyway, possibly unless you drip fat over it regularly.

Dumb Cow

My picture's concept is coincidental with Jasper's and I don't mind admitting it.

David Wallace

OK, never mind, I'll order a pizza instead.

Cerberus

Hehe.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Cerberus no, that's a myth. I cooked a 9kg turkey for christmas and never basted it once.

David Wallace

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 You are not a turkey baster then?

Cerberus

9:39 PM

@DumbCow You admit of coincidence? You shameless anti-creationist!

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 ...well, I'd like to taste the outside compared to the inside.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@DavidWallace Well, I used to be a master at it, until I found out it was just wanking.

@Cerberus Well, the turkey was moist all the way through.

Cerberus

Well done!

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@DavidWallace This site suggests that the roasting time is 1-2 hours

Cerberus

Wanking?

eyes bulging

Well, I have to go.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Cerberus master baster... but master-basting is a waste of time, i.e. just wanking

Cerberus

9:42 PM

If any of you are in Amsterdam, come to this party!

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 If that is a waste of time...right.

Dumb Cow

@Cerberus I am very, very, very, very, very, very close to Amsterdam.

Cerberus

Really!

Then come!

Dumb Cow

Yes, relative to the size of the universe.

Cerberus

How near? Berlin or Amstelveen?

Dumb Cow

India.

Cerberus

9:43 PM

Hehe.

Very near, yes.

You would need quantum transportation to get there in time.

Dumb Cow

Yes, relative to the size of the universe.

Cerberus

And you might not like it, it is a semi-gay students party.

Although all sorts of folks attend.

Dumb Cow

@Cerberus I would? Define "time" in this case.

Cerberus

"Time" refers to the period during which the party takes place.

Dumb Cow

Time is a major subject in Einstein's Theory of Relativity.

David Wallace

9:44 PM

@Cerberus Can I come even if I am not semi-gay?

Cerberus

If you can leap through space-time, you are most welcome.

Dumb Cow

@Cerberus Will the party take place during menstruation? What...

Cerberus

@DavidWallace Certainly! I once even bumped into a very non-gay friend there.

And there will be plenty of straight girls, usually...

David Wallace

Hmm, thinks about some of Cerberus' non-gay friends

Dumb Cow

I find the concept of these isolated parties gay per se.

Cerberus

9:46 PM

@DumbCow Uhhh I think you misconstrue the concept of "gay party". And peri-hodos = the time in between things, the roundabout.

@DavidWallace I mean non-gay guys, but, yes, girls too.

David Wallace

Who said I was thinking about girls?

Did I SAY I was thinking about girls?

Cerberus

@DumbCow Isolated, as in restricted to a certain spatial quantum?

Dumb Cow

@Cerberus The menstruation between things?

Cerberus

@DavidWallace Your mind said it.

@DumbCow facepaw

Never mind, I see I shall not succeed here.

Later all!

David Wallace

See you Cerb.

Dumb Cow

9:47 PM

@Cerberus What?

Yeah, see you.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

bye @Cerberus. And I forgot to tell you that an iphone user explained that you have to double-tap the home button to get the task switcher on ios. but it doesn't work on my old iphone.

Cerberus

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Hmm that sounds sort of inconvenient.

Well, bye!

Robusto

10:11 PM

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