Bits & Bobs 45

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25739

DavPaz wrote:

One of the newly displayed student works is a 3ft x 3ft canvas uniformly covered in brown, medium grit sandpaper.

Something about it rubs me up the wrong way

Does it go against the grain?

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38522

Left me feeling rough

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Aaa argh.

Am at work do, but as I'm presenting an award at 9.30 in front of 700 people I can't drink until after that..... Dinner is going to be loooooong

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2015 20:59

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

If you're talking about Alastair Reynolds, Mali, the civilisations did originate from earth, of course.

Yes. But Living 1.456 AU from my home star would annoy me.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2015 21:02

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

Aaa argh.

Am at work do, but as I'm presenting an award at 9.30 in front of 700 people I can't drink until after that..... Dinner is going to be loooooong

Praise town you are in.
Slag off local rival town.
Gimme a "Yeah!"

Crowd onside.

Where is my award?

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

MaliA wrote:

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

If you're talking about Alastair Reynolds, Mali, the civilisations did originate from earth, of course.

Yes. But Living 1.456 AU from my home star would annoy me.

It's still better than furlongs

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2015 21:08

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

Aaa argh.

Am at work do, but as I'm presenting an award at 9.30 in front of 700 people I can't drink until after that..... Dinner is going to be loooooong

What's the award for?

Also, I think I have been conditioned. Every time I read a post of yours in the evening I want port and cheese.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2015 21:12

Goddess Jasmine wrote:

Also, I think I have been conditioned. Every time I read a post of yours in the evening I want port and cheese.

The kind of conditioning I can get behind.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49233

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

Aaa argh.

Am at work do, but as I'm presenting an award at 9.30 in front of 700 people I can't drink until after that..... Dinner is going to be loooooong

Why would you want to present an award sober?

(The latest in my long line of 'why would you want to X sober?' questions)

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2015 21:55

Cras wrote:

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

Aaa argh.

Am at work do, but as I'm presenting an award at 9.30 in front of 700 people I can't drink until after that..... Dinner is going to be loooooong

Why would you want to present an award sober?

(The latest in my long line of 'why would you want to X sober?' questions)

You know who should get an award? The bloke who stuck a stick in a choc ice and called it a premium ice cream, that's who.

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2015 22:18

Mr Dave wrote:

Goddess Jasmine wrote:

Also, I think I have been conditioned. Every time I read a post of yours in the evening I want port and cheese.

The kind of conditioning I can get behind.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Phew. Now I can get pissed

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Wheeeeee, now I'm squiggly

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5238

Since when has jogging in the rain at night in swimming trunks been a thing?

Attachment:

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Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25739

Since 27/10/15. 7:33pm.

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5238

That reminds me, must change the clock on the camera.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2015 11:48

MaliA wrote:

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

If you're talking about Alastair Reynolds, Mali, the civilisations did originate from earth, of course.

Yes. But Living 1.456 AU from my home star would annoy me.

Don't do it then

myp · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2015 11:49

Also you realise the AU is the *mean* distance between the earth and the sun? It's very rarely exactly 1.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2015 11:55

Future Warrior wrote:

Also you realise the AU is the *mean* distance between the earth and the sun? It's very rarely exactly 1.

Yes, but what relevance would the mean distance between a sun and a planet I am 60 years flight time away from have for me? I would use the local sol and its bodies.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2015 11:57

MaliA wrote:

Future Warrior wrote:

Also you realise the AU is the *mean* distance between the earth and the sun? It's very rarely exactly 1.

Yes, but what relevance would the mean distance between a sun and a planet I am 60 years flight time away from have for me? I would use the local sol and its bodies.

It's called SI for a reason.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2015 12:14

Future Warrior wrote:

MaliA wrote:

Future Warrior wrote:

Also you realise the AU is the *mean* distance between the earth and the sun? It's very rarely exactly 1.

Yes, but what relevance would the mean distance between a sun and a planet I am 60 years flight time away from have for me? I would use the local sol and its bodies.

It's called SI for a reason.

Yeah, but in a conversation in a book between 2 characters it is immersion breaking.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

NO IT ISN'T

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2015 12:44

Shut up, podium candy.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

What would be immersion breaking is me jumping up and down on your kneecaps while you're trying to read the book. Characters using standard measurements from their species' home planet is not.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2015 12:52

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

What would be immersion breaking is me jumping up and down on your kneecaps while you're trying to read the book. Characters using standard measurements from their species' home planet is not.

It would make more sense to use AU as a variable unit. Have 1AU be the distance from sun to 'inhabited planet' in system. In Interstellar space they use km as a local distance, and light minutes hours and years.
You do not understand this reasoning as I have thought about how they would use their centuries of thinking to come to my conclusion.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2015 13:04

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

What would be immersion breaking is me jumping up and down on your kneecaps while you're trying to read the book. Characters using standard measurements from their species' home planet is not.

I don't think you understand what immersion breaking is.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

No, I do.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2015 13:18

But is immersion breaking a musical?

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

MaliA wrote:

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

What would be immersion breaking is me jumping up and down on your kneecaps while you're trying to read the book. Characters using standard measurements from their species' home planet is not.

It would make more sense to use AU as a variable unit. Have 1AU be the distance from sun to 'inhabited planet' in system. In Interstellar space they use km as a local distance, and light minutes hours and years.
You do not understand this reasoning as I have thought about how they would use their centuries of thinking to come to my conclusion.

I do understand your reasoning, it's just wrong.

As is your face.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2015 13:24

MaliA wrote:

In Interstellar space they use km as a local distance

But the metre was initially defined as one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole, so why use this kind of measurement and not AU?

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2015 13:28

Future Warrior wrote:

MaliA wrote:

In Interstellar space they use km as a local distance

But the metre was initially defined as one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole, so why use this kind of measurement and not AU?

Precisely.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2015 13:30

MaliA wrote:

Precisely.

Or not, as the case may be.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2015 13:43

Future Warrior wrote:

MaliA wrote:

Precisely.

Or not, as the case may be.

Quite

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49233

My eyeballs are literally running down my face because of how dull you all are.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12310

Cras wrote:

My eyeballs are literally running down my face because of how dull you all are.

Wait....

Not literally.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49233

Actually literally. Makes typing a bitch

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2015 14:25

Mr Russell wrote:

Cras wrote:

My eyeballs are literally running down my face because of how dull you all are.

Wait....

Not literally.

They fixed that.

Quote:

literally
ˈlɪt(ə)rəli/
adverb
in a literal manner or sense; exactly.
"the driver took it literally when asked to go straight over the roundabout"
synonyms: verbatim, word for word, line for line, letter for letter, to the letter; More
informal
used for emphasis while not being literally true.
"I have received literally thousands of letters"

myp · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2015 14:27

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2015 14:38

Balancing radiators is exciting, isn't it...

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

You can't change the english language by updating an online dictionary, FFS. You'll be saying impact can be used as a verb, next.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2015 14:54

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

You can't change the english language by updating an online dictionary, FFS. You'll be saying impact can be used as a verb, next.

Where do you think words come from? Language changes and evolves all the time.

And thus it was spake through the Lord's true messenger, Samuel Johnson, handed down the Werds that must forever be known within the Holy Dickshunary.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2015 14:55

John 1

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14498

MaliA wrote:

John 1

You ruined my post which was going to be

Quote:

Or here in the UK Megadrive 1.1

myp · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2015 15:01

zaphod79 wrote:

MaliA wrote:

John 1

You ruined my post which was going to be

Quote:

Or here in the UK Megadrive 1.1

Thank God for that.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Future Warrior wrote:

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

You can't change the english language by updating an online dictionary, FFS. You'll be saying impact can be used as a verb, next.

Where do you think words come from? Language changes and evolves all the time.

He's the best kind of correct though, the simple act of updating an online dictionary doesn't do shit. The dictionary needs to be updated because the usage has changed in the real world no the other way round.

TheVision · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2015 15:22

A boss of a service (£40k+ a year) was called into a meeting with her boss and another boss. It was scheduled for 9am so she turned up before 9 and sat on a chair in reception... She then proceeded to sit there until 4:30pm as the boss had forgot the meeting was scheduled! She even walked past twice during the day and ignored her!

Amazing!

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49233

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

You can't change the english language by updating an online dictionary, FFS. You'll be saying impact can be used as a verb, next.

As far as I'm aware, there's no 'official' English language. Oxford University Press can put what the fuck they like in their dictionary, and so can Collins etc.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2015 15:28

Bamba wrote:

The dictionary needs to be updated because the usage has changed in the real world no the other way round.

The dictionary was updated because the usage has changed in the real world.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Grim... wrote:

Bamba wrote:

The dictionary needs to be updated because the usage has changed in the real world no the other way round.

The dictionary was updated because the usage has changed in the real world.

I know, but Kissyfur's exact words were:

Quote:

You can't change the english language by updating an online dictionary

which is true.

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5238

Don't know if we have any aviation fans here, but the Vulcan is making it's last ever flight now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcKqkq27ffk

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