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KitFox
KitFox
6:01 PM
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Q: Apostrophe after Proper Noun ending with s

EssenToday's Newyorker News Desk says Texas's insurgent establishment. Is Texas's correct usage? Doesn't seem elegant in any case.

apostrophe
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Q: What is the correct possessive for nouns ending in s?

kiamlalunoWhat is the possessive of a noun ending in s? The boys' books. ? The boss' car.

punctuation possessive apostrophe
 
user19161
@KitFox You may save time by not pasting the second question here as it is clear when you close as duplicate.
 
KitFox
KitFox
Oh I don't need much time, so I don't mind spending it.
 
user19161
That sounds very professional!
 
user19161
I see I missed Evan just now while taking a nap.
 
user19161
@EvanCarroll I like freedom too and I think there is too much injustice in this sick world, but I really don't think you are serious about the election. I might be wrong though, because maybe you are just highly eccentric like me.
 
user19161
6:12 PM
@kit Your removing the sex part and putting back the mother part in your statement is a great election move in my opinion.
 
KitFox
KitFox
I didn't remove any sex part.
Everyone knows sex sells.
 
user19161
Well, you removed the part about "sexual relations".
 
KitFox
KitFox
Did I? Oh.
 
user19161
JLO never lies.
 
cornbread ninja
cornbread ninja
@Daniel δ (I tried to ask you this before but it probably failed without your... end character) I noticed that you are supporting the Art of Writing and Fine Writing Instruments proposal and it made me wonder whether you lettered your Gravatar.
 
user19161
6:19 PM
@cornbreadninja I think the history of his avatar is buried too deeply in this chat, so you may have to ask again like you are now doing...
 
KitFox
KitFox
giggles at setting a default value to 9001
 
user19161
So what happens when you do that?
 
KitFox
KitFox
It's OVER 9000!!!
chortles
 
user19161
Geezis.
 
cornbread ninja
cornbread ninja
@JasperLoy if he answered the first time, it didn't alert me. The first time, though, I didn't have his special thing at the end.
So he prolly didn't get a notification.
 
user19161
6:25 PM
@cornbreadninja I know, I was thinking he might have mentioned it 9000 years ago, before you came.
 
cornbread ninja
cornbread ninja
@JasperLoy OIC.
 
user19161
@cornbreadninja I kind of hate calligraphy.
 
cornbread ninja
cornbread ninja
@JasperLoy omg why?
cries
 
user19161
@cornbreadninja Well, I just mean that there is nothing special about it to me. That's all.
 
cornbread ninja
cornbread ninja
@JasperLoy fair enough.
 
MetaEd
MetaEd
6:29 PM
How come nobody told me about ⁊?
That is so much cooler than &.
@Robusto Come see the violence inherent in the system! Help! Help! I'm being repressed!
 
cornbread ninja
cornbread ninja
@MetaEd I really wish I could see that!
it's a '2048' box
 
MetaEd
MetaEd
Tironian notes
Tironian notes (') is a system of shorthand said to have been invented by Cicero's scribe Marcus Tullius Tiro. Tiro's system consisted of about 4,000 signs, somewhat extended in classical times to 5,000 signs. In the European Medieval period, Tironian notes were taught in monasteries and the system was extended to about 13,000 signs (see scribal abbreviations). The use of Tironian notes declined after 1100 but some use can still be seen through the 17th century. Note on sign counts Notae can be themselves composites (ligatures) of simpler notae, the resulting compound still bei...
 
cornbread ninja
cornbread ninja
oh thank you
my sevens look roughly like that
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
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A: Apostrophe after Proper Noun ending with s

NoahWhen I was in high school, my English teacher taught me to use an appostrophe after most verbs ending in 's'. The only exception was when indicating posession with ancient and important people. For example: Jesus's or Odysseus's. I do not know why this distinction was important, but thats what...

 
MetaEd
MetaEd
It's a symbol shaped like a numeral 7 which was used in a form of shorthand. It stood (stands, if you're Irish) for "and" or "et".
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
6:33 PM
Appostrophe after most verbs. Right.
Sigh.
The word "noun" is right there in the title, for Jesus'aes sake.
 
user19161
@RegDwightАΑA That is a very naughty remark.
 
KitFox
KitFox
Thank you for that.
I was extremely annoyed that two high rep users answered a very, very dupe question.
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
@JasperLoy it's a direct quote.
 
user19161
@KitFox Maybe they did not know. This possibility certainly exists.
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
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Q: Lept, Leapt, Leaped

Dave JarvisQuestion What example sentences distinguish the meaning of the words lept, leapt, and leaped from each other? Related http://www.dailywritingtips.com/forum/showthread.php?98-Leapt-Lept-Leaped

meaning-in-context tense past-tense simple-past
QUESTION
 
KitFox
KitFox
6:36 PM
@JasperLoy It was after I voted to close it and the link was in the comments.
 
user19161
@KitFox I see. Well, it might be that they did not refresh the page after your automatic comment.
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
Let's just settle for we don't know for sure.
Oh damn Kit's tweened me.
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Q: Word that means to ascertain whether someone is alive or dead

Matthew PiziakDiagnose comes close to this meaning, but the result of a diagnosis is not usually a binary classification. I'd like a word that means to determine whether someone is alive or dead, or analogously, a word that means to determine whether a device is functioning or broken.

single-word-requests
 
KitFox
KitFox
It's insane, this guy's taint.
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
Well according to the best joke in the world, the word he is looking for is "shoot".
 
KitFox
KitFox
Haha.
 
Robusto
Robusto
6:40 PM
What if you ping someone to death?
 
KitFox
KitFox
It's a variable naming request.
 
user19161
@Robusto I noticed the ping now works even if flash is not installed. It happened recently.
 
Robusto
Robusto
Ahh, randomness. breathes in deeply
 
MetaEd
MetaEd
There's another "and" sign I'm familiar with, it's written a lot like a plus but has a loop. I wonder if it's just a "cursive plus" or maybe it has a different history
 
Robusto
Robusto
@MetaEd Maybe it's a recursive plus.
 
cornbread ninja
cornbread ninja
6:43 PM
@MetaEd I used that one at first, and then I made curvy E with vertical line like my mother. Now I make real ampersands.
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
 
cornbread ninja
cornbread ninja
hugs ampersands
 
user19161
@RegDwightАΑA I only recognize the last two.
 
MetaEd
MetaEd
"Writing the ampersand

In everyday handwriting, the ampersand is sometimes simplified as an ε superimposed by a vertical line.
Alternatively, it is sometimes written as a t or a + sign with an added loop, resembling the phonetic symbol for a voiceless alveolar lateral fricative [ɬ]. This type of ampersand may actually be a rendering of the + sign or of the Tironian "et"."
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
@JasperLoy no worries, the other four don't recognize you, either.
 
KitFox
KitFox
6:44 PM
@RegDwightАΑA I've had sexual relations with at least four of those.
 
user19161
@RegDwightАΑA I doubt the last two recognize me.
 
MetaEd
MetaEd
I make ampersands but mine are a little ... odd. I learned to make typographical ampersands like Reg's #6 above, but then I started writing them more like "et".
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
@JasperLoy I never said they did.
 
Robusto
Robusto
@KitFox Not many who don't make the cut with you.
 
KitFox
KitFox
It's true.
 
MetaEd
MetaEd
6:45 PM
Because they are et, dammit.
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
@MetaEd well and A is a cow.
 
user19161
@KitFox I have had relations with the 6 numbers there.
 
MetaEd
MetaEd
@RegDwightАΑA Mu.
 
cornbread ninja
cornbread ninja
@MetaEd are supporting the Typography proposal?
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
Do you drcoww cow cow ecowch time?
 
MetaEd
MetaEd
6:45 PM
@cornbreadninja If I ask "what Typography proposal" is the answer going to hurt?
 
cornbread ninja
cornbread ninja
@MetaEd this won't hurt a bit.
I'd like to propose to typography.
 
MetaEd
MetaEd
@RegDwightАΑA Of course not. I use the cow symbol.
 
Robusto
Robusto
@cornbreadninja She will only break your heart.
 
MetaEd
MetaEd
I could use a real cow, of course.
 
user19161
@cornbreadninja Good luck. I hope it agrees.
 
MetaEd
MetaEd
6:47 PM
If it'll m∀ke you h∀ppy I could use ∀ symbol which is more consistent with the origin∀l.
 
user19161
@MetaEd I once saw a cow ramming into a schoolmate of mine who was then in hospital for a month for a broken hip.
 
MetaEd
MetaEd
@cornbreadninja Interesting.
I don't see any sample questions there about Unicode.
 
Robusto
Robusto
@MetaEd No universal quantification in chat.
2
 
MetaEd
MetaEd
Wouldn't Unicode be a good topic for a typography SE?
 
user19161
@Robusto Also, no existential questions in chat.
 
Robusto
Robusto
6:49 PM
@JasperLoy That ship has sailed.
 
MetaEd
MetaEd
@Robusto So … sort of a MetaPlus?
I think I'm in love.
 
KitFox
KitFox
+=
 
Robusto
Robusto
@MetaEd You clearly haven't considered the minuses.
 
user19161
One only needs to consider the sinuses.
 
MetaEd
MetaEd
It's true, I hyphen't.
 
Robusto
Robusto
6:53 PM
And you thought a 7-way Venn diagram couldn't be done.
 
user19161
@Robusto Geezis, where did that come from? Is it a picture of your neurons?
 
Robusto
Robusto
@JasperLoy Close. It's a map of my neurosis.
 
user19161
This is really fascinating. I have never seen this stuff before.
 
MetaEd
MetaEd
My ampersand is the "et ligature in Insular script" shown in the Wikipedia article except that I do the strokes differently. I do them in the order 2, 1, 3, 4, without lifting the pen. It makes a cute little cursive et.
@Robusto Eight. Now do eight.
Also do seven equal area.
 
user19161
@MetaEd I now wonder if there is a program to generate such pics for all n.
 
KitFox
KitFox
6:57 PM
@Robusto hawt
 
MetaEd
MetaEd
@JasperLoy It's probably a problem at Project Euler.
Hey, has anyone here developed their own font?
 
user19161
Nope, Ubuntu has its own font though.
 
MetaEd
MetaEd
Wondering what software I should be using.
I'd like to design a font based on my own idiosyncratic handwriting.
Maybe use it on my blog.
 
user19161
@MetaEd Don't call your font MetaFont though, because that already exists.
 
Jez
Jez
alors les gens, que se passe ici?
 
MetaEd
MetaEd
6:59 PM
Knuth.
Sorry, knee jerk reaction.
@Jez Nous nourrissons un troll.
 
MetaEd
MetaEd
7:12 PM
So really the term for a male homemaker could be housewere or housevir.
 
JSBձոգչ
JSBձոգչ
@MetaEd no, silly, it's a werehouse
 
MetaEd
MetaEd
"Welcome to the best little werehouse in Texas."
 
Robusto
Robusto
 
MetaEd
MetaEd
Firewere. Werehole cover.
I like it.
 
KitFox
KitFox
I'm trying to decide if I need more coffee before I head home.
 
MetaEd
MetaEd
7:23 PM
@KitFox How can I help.
 
skullpatrol
skullpatrol
Does anybody use a chrome browser?
 
MetaEd
MetaEd
How about this. You know there is a study which proves coffee makes you smarter.
@skullpatrol I use Google Chrome, if that's what you mean.
 
skullpatrol
skullpatrol
@MetaEd Yes, that is what I mean.
 
MetaEd
MetaEd
Nice ounce, by the way.
 
skullpatrol
skullpatrol
thanks :)
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
7:26 PM
I'm in Chrome right now.
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Q: 2012 Community Moderator Town Hall Chat

Grace NoteIn connection with the moderator elections, we will be holding a Town Hall Chat session with the candidates. This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions to the candidates on the topic of moderation. Participation is completely voluntary. I will be working with can...

discussion election
 
skullpatrol
skullpatrol
Oh, never mind I figured it out, pardon the interruption.
 
KitFox
KitFox
frantically refreshes inbox
realizes she is checking the wrong email
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
Instantly disqualified as not Internet-savvy!
 
KitFox
KitFox
logs in and rapidly clicks refresh continually
Damn it!
Well, there are other fine candidates.
 
MetaEd
MetaEd
@RegDwightАΑA Oh, hell.
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
7:30 PM
@MetaEd a most very apt description. Concise, too.
 
waiwai933
waiwai933
Ugh, the scheduling interface has gotten worse. I think, since I can't actually remember.
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
I remember the last time around Rebecca joked that we'd be grilled, except she then went on to actually grill us.
Can't remember any details or anything at all, but I was a nervous wreck.
It was like three a.m. at my place, too.
 
KitFox
KitFox
How many days ago is March?
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
Feb 24 '11 at 0:28, by Rebecca Chernoff
@RegDwight Yes. Prepare to be grilled. I expect 500 word essays written in about 2 minutes. This will continue for an hour.
 
waiwai933
waiwai933
@KitFox 4*30
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
7:31 PM
That is exactly what actually happened.
 
KitFox
KitFox
@waiwai933 17*7
 
skullpatrol
skullpatrol
142 days @KitFox
 
Robusto
Robusto
@RegDwightАΑA So how do we safeguard this event from the fighters against the establishment whom we wish to suppress?
 
MetaEd
MetaEd
@RegDwightАΑA Doesn't read like a joke.
 
waiwai933
waiwai933
@RegDwightАΑA Upside this time is that you get to be on the grilling end, rather than the grilled end.
 
MetaEd
MetaEd
7:35 PM
@RegDwightАΑA Does this work like other town hall meetings: people come up with questions in advance? Or is it just a free for all at the time?
 
waiwai933
waiwai933
@MetaEd You can prepare questions, but it is free for all.
 
Robusto
Robusto
How much rep does a person need to vote for a mod?
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
@MetaEd Rebecca, or I guess Grace this time, will have a set of standard questions ready in case nobody from inside the community has any questions at all.
@Robusto 300, methinks?
 
waiwai933
waiwai933
Mudslinging will be absolutely prohibited mandatory against trolls.
 
Robusto
Robusto
I think we should raise the bar to 50K.
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
7:37 PM
Roubles. You forgot the unit.
 
Robusto
Robusto
You misspelled troubles.
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
That bar is in no need of raising.
@KitFox which end of March? Also, which year? NARQ!
 
KitFox
KitFox
At least somebody is asking pertinent questions.
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
Yes, your questions are very prettynent. rolls eyes
 
skullpatrol
skullpatrol
"How many days ago is March?" is not a real question?
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
7:41 PM
Ambiguous, vague.
 
skullpatrol
skullpatrol
but real
 
waiwai933
waiwai933
Also off-topic, too localized, and general reference. Maybe we could even get in exact duplicate and not constructive.
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
@skullpatrol no, it might as well be asking for an imaginary number.
 
skullpatrol
skullpatrol
@RegDwightАΑA I see no square roots of negative numbers being asked for.
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
You have to squint. A lot.
And that's precisely the point. You should be able to see everything clearly from the get-go.
When's the Grand Opening? Sixteen minutes?
 
skullpatrol
skullpatrol
7:46 PM
Count 142 days from midnight March 31 up till today and that is the answer to "How many days ago is March?"
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
But it's not midnight now.
Your watch must be awfully imprecise.
 
skullpatrol
skullpatrol
Of course it does depend on the time zone :)
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
That, too.
13 minutes, actually.
God that logo is awful.
 
KitFox
KitFox
@skullpatrol What? I don't think so.
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
0
Q: London Olympics 2012 Live stream free sopcast tv network

user24132London Olympics 2012 Live stream free sopcast tv network.London Olympics 2012 Live stream free sopcast tv network.London Olympics 2012 Live stream free sopcast tv network. click here to watch now click here to watch now The Security is tight enough the London authroties call the Army to contro...

history
Hahahaha.
I wish I hadn't asked.
 
skullpatrol
skullpatrol
7:49 PM
@KitFox You don't think 142 days is right?
 
KitFox
KitFox
You're off by 17 or so days.
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
Well you haven't specified Gregorian or not.
Again. NARQ.
 
KitFox
KitFox
Unless you are in a time warp somewhere.
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
With Riff-Raff and Meat Loaf.
Hot Patootie, I mean.
 
KitFox
KitFox
It's just a jump to the left.
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
7:52 PM
0
Q: I have a question

bitshoe Source "On June 2, Justice C. Ian McLachlan turned 70 and retired as required by law from the Connecticut Supreme Court. Justice Lubbie Harper Jr. and Senior Associate Justice Flemming L. Norcott Jr. will retire in the next 16 months. The last time so many vacancies happened in such short or...

meaning grammar
Title of the Day.
 
skullpatrol
skullpatrol
@KitFox Oh, you're right. Pardon me.
 
KitFox
KitFox
Certainly.
@RegDwightАΑA Ruined it for you.
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
Stop betweening me. I'll override you anyway.
 
skullpatrol
skullpatrol
@KitFox I took your 17*7 and added 6 instead of subtracting 1.
 
simchona
simchona
@RegDwightАΑA That was amazing.
Here I was thinking he was too quiet
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
7:55 PM
@simchona Don't look at me.
Anyway. Only five minutes left.
Ima watch me some Olympic's.
 
KitFox
KitFox
@RegDwightАΑA I canna help it.
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
It'll probably be boring anyway. But wevs.
AFKish.
 
skullpatrol
skullpatrol
Let the Games Begin!!!
 
KitFox
KitFox
Oh FFS, I can't even read my own if statements.
 
Gigili
Gigili
Haha, I'm incredibly silly. I asked an ED question.
I didn't even look at the list of similar questions while asking. Unbelievable.
 
KitFox
KitFox
8:13 PM
Ohai @Gigili. I hope you don't mind that I closevoted you.
I will blow you kisses blows kisses @Gigili but I am on my way home now.
Later!
 
Gigili
Gigili
kisses @Kit back
Umm, still 10 candidates? So boring.
 
Mitch
Mitch
@RegDwightАΑA and... did you give him a link? link to that link?
 
MetaEd
MetaEd
@KitFox don’t dream it … be it
 
Mitch
Mitch
@KitFox stop ruining things. in other news, thank you for 17*7. one of the better prime-looking-non-primes.
 
Matt Эллен
Matt Эллен
@Robusto 150
@RegDwightАΑA 300 is to run.
 
user19161
8:28 PM
@RegDwightАΑA I was wondering why it was deleted when I saw ... NS.
 
user19161
@skullpatrol Yay! The Opening Ceremony is on TV but I ain't watching.
 
Matt Эллен
Matt Эллен
nor me
 
user19161
You can just walk to it, no?
 
Matt Эллен
Matt Эллен
I'm sure they'll do just fine
@JasperLoy no, I'd have to have a ticket, and be in London
 
user19161
@MattЭллен Ah, I suppose one cannot walk from Oxford to London.
 
Matt Эллен
Matt Эллен
8:31 PM
Well, it'd take a long time...
the ceremony would be long over by then!
 
skullpatrol
skullpatrol
How long is the drive?
 
user19161
I once walked 5 hours home for fun.
 
Matt Эллен
Matt Эллен
@skullpatrol with good traffic about 1hour 30
 
user19161
@MattЭллен Oh, I guess that means it might take a few days to walk.
 
user19161
@skullpatrol Are you watching it now?
 
skullpatrol
skullpatrol
8:33 PM
@JasperLoy No, I prefer professional sports.
 
Matt Эллен
Matt Эллен
@JasperLoy probably, depending on how far you walk each day. it would probably be possible to do in 1 day, but that would be quite exhausting
 
user19161
@MattЭллен Then the traffic must be really bad in your previous statement.
 
Matt Эллен
Matt Эллен
@JasperLoy the M25 is notorious
 
Robusto
Robusto
@MattЭллен I didn't know you were a Balliol College man. How come you didn't go into politics?
 
Matt Эллен
Matt Эллен
but walking 60 miles in one day is not impossible
 
user19161
8:35 PM
@Robusto Politics is unworthy for a great man.
 
Robusto
Robusto
@JasperLoy Not according to Aristotle.
 
Matt Эллен
Matt Эллен
@Robusto oh, well, secretly I'm Cameron's puppet master
 
user19161
@Robusto That is when the world still could be salvaged. It's too messed up today.
 
Matt Эллен
Matt Эллен
which technically means Reg runs the UK
 
user19161
@skullpatrol I only like to watch table tennis and tennis.
 
Robusto
Robusto
8:37 PM
@JasperLoy Wah, wah, wah, the world is dying. Suck it up and suffer.
 
skullpatrol
skullpatrol
@JasperLoy Do you play?
 
Gigili
Gigili
@skullpatrol I play.
 
Robusto
Robusto
@MattЭллен Good. Tell him to make Big Ben ring seven times at six o'clock tomorrow evening and then we can take it from there.
 
Gigili
Gigili
I play chicken invaders everyday.
 
user19161
@skullpatrol No, I used to play a bit of the former for fun, but not anymore.
 
user19161
8:39 PM
@Gigili What is that?
 
Robusto
Robusto
Ennyhow, gotta motor. Bai.
 
user19161
@Robusto Bye.
 
Matt Эллен
Matt Эллен
CU
 
skullpatrol
skullpatrol
 
user19161
@skullpatrol It's a computer game I guess.
 
skullpatrol
skullpatrol
8:41 PM
@JasperLoy Good guess :)
 
Gigili
Gigili
CU
 
user19161
@skullpatrol Thanks. Have a cookie.
 
user19161
I have been thinking hard about who to vote for. I have changed my choice again, shh...
 
skullpatrol
skullpatrol
@JasperLoy Why thank you don't mind if I do.
 
MetaEd
MetaEd
9:08 PM
Ech. Need something to wash the SQL out of my mouth.
 
Gigili
Gigili
Something? A, umm, glass of, umm, water?
 
MetaEd
MetaEd
And the ODBC. And the CSV.
@Gigili Maybe something stronger.
 
Mitch
Mitch
0
A: What is an 'Iron Ring Event'

CameronIt probably refers to the collapse of the Quebec Bridge: In 1922, Canadian Herbert Haultain created a ceremony for new engineers. New engineers are asked to recite an Obligation to their profession. They also are given an iron ring to wear on their little finger. The ring is a symbol to...

> The Quebec Bridge collapsed in 1907, killing 75 workers. The cause was an engineering error. In 1917, the rebuilt bridge collapsed. This time, 11 people were killed.
 
MetaEd
MetaEd
I think I have some uisce beatha at home.
 
Mitch
Mitch
Progress
@MetaEd please, sir, may I have galore?
 
MetaEd
MetaEd
9:14 PM
@Mitch With a good will.
 
Gigili
Gigili
@Mitch Nice edit.
 
MetaEd
MetaEd
I have posted a bad answer.
 
skullpatrol
skullpatrol
9:37 PM
Was it a bad question?
 
Robusto
Robusto
"To err is human, but if you really want to f*** things up, use a computer." — Robusto 10 secs ago
 
user19161
@Robusto Computers err too. Sometimes I on it and it just hangs.
 
Robusto
Robusto
Well, don't on it then.
 
Mitch
Mitch
> Borenstein received a B.A. in Mathematics and Religious Studies from Grinnell College in 1980
@Robusto 10 secs ago? Magic
 
MetaEd
MetaEd
@Mitch Yes. I knew Nate from my time at Grinnell.
 
Robusto
Robusto
9:40 PM
@Mitch Ah, Grinnell College ... one of the many Harvards of the Midwest.
 
Mitch
Mitch
@Robusto Duke is the Princeton of the South
@Robusto what? there are others?
 
Robusto
Robusto
Walking down Mass. Ave. in Cambridge one day I saw a Harvard student wearing a sweatshirt that read "Harvard: Michigan State of the East"
 
Mitch
Mitch
Harvey Mudd is the Bard college of California?
 
Robusto
Robusto
@Mitch Hey, my niece went to Mudd.
 
Mitch
Mitch
@Robusto hmm.. the M-bomb
@Robusto it's a great school.
A good friend of mine went to Bard.
(I know nothing about Grinnell)
 
skullpatrol
skullpatrol
9:43 PM
Pop Quiz: How many schools in the ivy league? (no google please)
 
Robusto
Robusto
@Mitch Many style themselves that way. Doesn't mean they're accurate.
 
Mitch
Mitch
ooh .. ooh..I know...
no I don't.
 
Gigili
Gigili
Seven.
 
Matt Эллен
Matt Эллен
maybe eight
 
Mitch
Mitch
that's how many sisters there are.
 
skullpatrol
skullpatrol
9:44 PM
@MattЭллен BINGO
 
Matt Эллен
Matt Эллен
lol
Reg wins again
 
Mitch
Mitch
'maybe' is part of the answer?
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
Olympic overflow.
 
user19161
@skullpatrol My answer is ... 9000. But I think they are over-rated.
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
 
Mitch
Mitch
9:44 PM
I thought it just started.
ooohhh...it's negative?
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
It's minus one days, obviously.
 
Mitch
Mitch
oh...-1 day plus 22 hrs
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
Well yes and no.
It's still counting backwards.
 
Mitch
Mitch
or - 1:33 hrs
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
It will be at 00-1 21 17 in an hour.
@Mitch Yes, that.
Actually that screenshot is missing another crucial thing.
 
Robusto
Robusto
9:47 PM
Well, at least it's GMT. We don't have to add or subtract.
 
Mitch
Mitch
they never taught clock math like -that- in school
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
TIMING SERVICES BY OMEGA
 
Robusto
Robusto
Omega: The final word in time.
 
Mitch
Mitch
@RegDwightАΑA daylight savings time?
oh...the ad.
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
So now you know what to make of all the records to come.
 
Robusto
Robusto
9:48 PM
The Omega Greenwich Meridian™.
 
Matt Эллен
Matt Эллен
I cannot find teh clock
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
Usain Bolt isn't really that fast, they just count his times backwards.
 
user19161
@Robusto You should tell them to use that for their ads.
 
skullpatrol
skullpatrol
The games have been going on for 5 days
 
user19161
@skullpatrol The preliminary rounds I guess.
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
9:49 PM
Yeah they already set some records.
Because again, OMEGA.
 
skullpatrol
skullpatrol
competition none the less
 
user19161
I thought of an interesting equation.
 
Mitch
Mitch
@skullpatrol It's not who wins it's how...hold on, it is all about who wins.
 
user19161
God = OMG = Omega = Alpha and Omega = God. QED.
 
Robusto
Robusto
@RegDwightАΑA See, all this emphasis on doing things faster leads to shoddy workmanship. It takes me 15 or 20 seconds to run 100 meters, but I do a careful, craftsmanlike job. No slip-ups, no shortcuts. Just pure, honest coverage of distance.
 
user19161
9:52 PM
@Robusto Same goes for answers here. Some shit answers are posted seconds after the question is asked.
 
skullpatrol
skullpatrol
@Mitch It's all about $$$
 
Robusto
Robusto
As the saying goes, "Measure twice, run once." What's true in carpentry is true in Olympic running competitions.
 
user19161
@skullpatrol Well, maybe not to all the sportsmen.
 
Mitch
Mitch
I can walk a 100 yds no problem. well, with shoes tied. no distractions. by myself. calm day. oh forget it. naptime.
 
user19161
@Mitch Even a baby can do that.
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
9:54 PM
 
Mitch
Mitch
@JasperLoy exactly. Usain Bolt is just a big baby.
 
user19161
@RegDwightАΑA WTF!
 
skullpatrol
skullpatrol
@RegDwightАΑA That guy in the middle lane made a great "come" back :)
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
It's a good movie. Give it a try.
 
Robusto
Robusto
@RegDwightАΑA Excellent. Yoko-no kangaeta CM. I guess CM means "commercial message"?
 
Mitch
Mitch
9:59 PM
What are they selling?
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
@Robusto yes. You don't know that film?
Wow, 7.7 even.
 
Robusto
Robusto
Interesting. I'll have to check it out.
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
So yes. I think she works as a freelance, um, advertising inventor.
There are more CMs in the movie, too. But that's not the point.
 
Robusto
Robusto
@RegDwightАΑA Libido-for-hire?
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
I liked the first scene the most, IIRC. There is not a single word spoken for the first twenty minutes or so.
And the visual style is stunning.
HD is a must.
 
skullpatrol
skullpatrol
10:06 PM
@Mitch Ignorance is what they are selling, and we all just bought 1:59 worth of it.
 
Robusto
Robusto
HD is all I watch these days. Even with up-sampling, much of the early part of my DVD library is unwatchable on the new equipment.
 
RegDwight АΑA
RegDwight АΑA
Everyone else who doesn't care for HD or watching entire movies, just search YouTube for "Survive Style 5+!!!!COOLEST EPISODE 1!". Someone seems to share my excitement.
Actually it doesn't spoil anything in terms of plot. In fact it only raises questions.
 
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