Topic: Petnames
Subject: hmm
methinks someone got ahold of a random pet name generator lol
-SuperStudMuffin
Posted on 2008-04-09 at 19:12:23.
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Topic: 40 things everyone should know
Subject: woo
About #46 - my county (soon to be former county!) just passed a law that installed video cameras at about 20 or so major intersections to catch people running red lights.
A study found that initially it will cause more accidents until "people learn how they are supposed to use yellow lights."
Thought that was amusing.
Posted on 2008-04-08 at 17:10:31.
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Topic: Tom Cruise Joining 'Star Trek' cast?
Subject: hmmm
Spock: You're so illogical
Cruise: You're so glib
Spock: The context in which you are using that word is incorrect.
Cruise: I can fly
Posted on 2008-04-02 at 14:07:41.
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Topic: Addicted to the Computer?
Subject: ha
Don't worry - it got me too. Happy April Fools!
Posted on 2008-04-01 at 12:03:34.
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Topic: Continuing Where We Last Left Off
Subject: ruh roh
Adrian couldn't leave now... he wouldn't leave her. She was the only woman he ever cared about, figuratively and literally. Besides, she was a fine wizard and secretly as much of a rebel as himself - she might actually help him out on this job if he can break her enchantments.
But first they had to survive. Everyone was bailing through the windows. Fine idea... he thought as the wizard sheathed his sword as hastily as he could and dashed for the crumpled body of his old friend with intentions to grab her and leave through that window. He knew he would face trouble for his decision, probably from the distrusting Maximus, but Adrian didn't care.
Killer! He called out telepathically to his familiar, Get out of here and burrow as deep as you can until I tell you it's safe. Things are about to get very bad.
Once he and Wind are (OOC: hopefully) outside and out of immediate threat, he'll scan the area and try to find the others.
Posted on 2008-04-01 at 04:43:19.
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Topic: Addicted to the Computer?
Subject: Addicted to the Computer?
COMPUTER OVER-USAGE TEST
Here's a quick test to determine if you have lost part of your humanity to the computer.
Computer Dependency Test
Q: Are you male or female?
To find out the answer, look down...
Look down, not scroll down!
Posted on 2008-04-01 at 04:31:55.
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Topic: Continuing Where We Last Left Off Q&A
Subject: buh buh buh buh
Thesis is due April 15th! I'm in the home stretch!
I'll post now though
Posted on 2008-04-01 at 04:31:01.
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Topic: More baby pics - Saara
Subject: pssshhh
Who needs writing contests? We'll just have the official RDINN baby-making contest 
I'm gonna have 17
Posted on 2008-03-26 at 12:30:25.
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Topic: Been Awhile
Subject: hmm
I remember y'all. Hi again.
Posted on 2008-03-24 at 01:01:09.
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Topic: Dark Heresy - Warhammer RPG
Subject: Dark Heresy - Warhammer RPG
Has anyone played Dark Heresy before? It revolves around the Imperial Inquisition. My tabletop group is playing it now and having quite a bit of fun with it.
Bob
Posted on 2008-03-20 at 16:34:59.
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Topic: I find this funny
Subject: list
Somewhere floating around the internet is a list of stupid "legal" phrases found on items. I remember the nuts and the childrens medicine one from it. There's a few other good ones there too.
Posted on 2008-03-19 at 04:26:20.
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Topic: Curse of the Tax Season
Subject: Florida
You think we screwed up last time... wait until this year, the Democrats are thinking of having a non-state-sanctioned revote by mail completely funded by the party.
What a disaster.
Posted on 2008-03-17 at 14:27:46.
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Topic: Addy needs your help! (Non-native English and bilinguals especially!)
Subject: aye
I noticed that during my Europe trip as well. Speaking English in France will get you glared at
Posted on 2008-03-12 at 17:43:58.
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Topic: Addy needs your help! (Non-native English and bilinguals especially!)
Subject: Thanks
For the record, My Thesis is that a new Germanic language is evolving, a language heavily influenced by traditional English. Since modern English is so different from old English, especially when considering the prevalence of Americanized English - it's a logical step.
Whether this new language will take root or not in non-English speaking countries is yet to be seen. My theory is that all countries will eventually adopt this new language, and infuse it with their old languages to create a dialect. From what I see of Skari's responses, this is already happening in Iceland, and to a point in Dutch businesses.
America has infused Elizabethan English with Spanish, French, Dutch, German and Native American words, and even drawn influence from African slaves to create the American dialect. Granted America doesn't have the lingual history that Europe has, but considering the current trends with English, it looks to be a model that Europe (especially Germanic language countries) will follow.
What am I seeing is that non-Germanic countries like Japan, France or Russia are learning English and simply being "bilingual" whereas Germanic countries like Denmark and Sweden are slowly infusing English into their native tongues.
My hypothesis is that this phenomenon goes back to the roots of the language. France has Romance roots, Russia has Slavic, whereas Dutch and Icelandic have Germanic.
We'll see how it plays out when I run the whole thing by my linguistic adviser.
Posted on 2008-03-12 at 17:43:10.
Edited on 2008-03-12 at 17:46:31 by Admiral
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Topic: Addy needs your help! (Non-native English and bilinguals especially!)
Subject: Thanks a ton
I'm getting a lot of that from everyone I ask. It seems that English is becoming a very dominant force, and (at least with Germans) most don't want to give up German. If the tables were reversed (I was a native German with English as my second language) I can't say I would be quick to adopt English either.
Anyways, thanks for the insight - It's tough to find people here in the States. Everyone speaks Spanish as their second language.
Posted on 2008-03-12 at 17:26:08.
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Topic: Addy needs your help! (Non-native English and bilinguals especially!)
Subject: Addy needs your help! (Non-native English and bilinguals especially!)
I'm looking for those who can speak something other than English. Especially if you're living in a non-English country (I'm talking to you, Skari, Fanmerin and Raven!)
I'm doing research for my Thesis, entitled Rebuilding Germanic. It's a study on the various Germanic languages and how English is becoming such a dominant language in the world.
Even if you don't live in a Germanic language country, I would like to know how prevalent English is compared to the other "power languages" like French, Russian or Chinese. Also, if any English, German or other Germanic words have been adopted into different languages. My favorite example is the Germans adapting the English download and importing German grammar to create gedownloadet.
A couple questions:
1) Do you think English will eventually replace your native language?
2) How common is English in your country? Could you strike up a random conversation with someone in English and assume they understand you? Can English be heard on TV or in Movies?
3) Same question for German (the second most common foreign language in the EU).
4) Same question for any language (French, Russian, etc.)
5) Is English taught in your schools? At what age? What about a third language?
Thanks a ton guys and gals!
Posted on 2008-03-12 at 16:45:40.
Edited on 2008-03-12 at 16:47:17 by Admiral
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Topic: A reunion is inevitable... let's not wait forever.
Subject: yes
Come!
Posted on 2008-03-07 at 18:49:22.
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Topic: In Memoriam [Recruitment]
Subject: hmm
I think you misunderstood - I'm going to be at a fantasy convention this weekend. I meant I'm sure there will be memorial services there.
Good luck with the game though, I'll read through it when I get back.
Posted on 2008-03-07 at 18:34:03.
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Topic: In Memoriam [Recruitment]
Subject: woo
I'll be at Megacon this weekend - I'm positive they'll have some sort of service.
Posted on 2008-03-06 at 20:22:20.
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Topic: Where I've been
Subject: wow
I can completely relate. Though my grandfather is still alive, he was the chief locally here, and is still involved with fireman funerals. They truly are awe-inspiring moments.
Like you said, there's not much to say. Good to have you back.
Posted on 2008-03-05 at 17:00:26.
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Topic: Gary Gygax has passed away
Subject: Penny-Arcade Comic
As Penny Arcade said: He's rolling in his grave.
RIP man, we'll be sure to rip up your character sheet for ya.
Posted on 2008-03-05 at 02:10:01.
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Topic: Curse of the Tax Season
Subject: hmm
I guess those Bush tax cuts are good for something afterall
Posted on 2008-03-04 at 16:27:35.
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Topic: Curse of the Tax Season
Subject: Interesting
Income Tax Rates through history. Includes both Democrat and Republican administrations.
http://www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/151.html
Posted on 2008-03-04 at 01:36:19.
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Topic: A Literary Review Thread
Subject: hmm
Tonio Kroeger by Thomas Mann. It's about a German aristocrat born with a foreign mother. Actually that's just the protagonist, it's really about what it takes to be a true artist (creator, they call it) and what it's like to be successful without fitting into a clique.
ein Buerger auf Irrwegen. Tough to be translated to English, but basically means an aristocrat (burgious) on the wrong path. I saw a translated English copy at a book store and was curious - turns out they just translated the phrase to French and put it in italics. lol I guess some things just can't be expressed in English.
Posted on 2008-02-25 at 23:38:23.
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Topic: Curse of the Tax Season
Subject: opinions
Everyone has one. Some care more about these issues than others. Needless to say, I doubt anyone wants this to blow up into a political debate - so I'll stay as objective as possible.
But to answer your question Vor, the IRS is pretty much it's own juggernaught. The Dems and Reps go back and forth every few years tweaking the code to "fix" the other sides problems, until eventually it gets so big and is extremely hard to manage.
But nonetheless, all the candidates this year in both parties (excepting Ron Paul) have big plans for how to "improve" the tax code, and every one involves significant taxing and spending.
Of course Fair Tax people often get labelled radicals by the pundits and locksteppers of both major parties, because they both want the power to control the IRS.
Control the economy, control the country.
Anyway, the easy answer is just to make more money. I'm in the process of doing that now, so I'll let you know tomorrow night after the Lottery drawing how I'm doing
Posted on 2008-02-23 at 00:38:05.
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