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MeTa post:
Quantum Field Theory?
Example?
posted to MetaTalk by juv3nal
at 1:28 AM on August 29, 2008
I would like to point out that repeating something for emphasis is actually an artistic device used pretty frequently. Some notable practitioners: Kurt Vonnegut, Yeats, and The Mountain Goats.
in expressing anything there can be no repetition because the essence of that expression is insistence, and if you insist you must each time use emphasis and if you use emphasis it is not possible while anybody is alive that they should use exactly... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by juv3nal
at 10:30 PM on September 9, 2008
MeTa post:
What's in a name?
My name's what happened when this guy got himself a hotmail account. Or something. I'm not even much of a classicist, but he is the source of that "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" line which I like.
posted to MetaTalk by juv3nal
at 10:11 AM on August 27, 2008
It always cracks me up that Juvenal's "watches the watchmen" line gets quoted in such solemn tones. He's talking about fake eunuchs, people!
I dunno. Castration seems like pretty serious business.
posted to MetaTalk by juv3nal
at 11:01 AM on August 27, 2008
MeTa post:
The daft bit at the top
was there a reason for not letting people link to sites on their profiles or is it just a case of me not knowing any html whatsoever ?
I think choice B. Paste this into your blurb and see if it works (I already tried on my profile and it did, but maybe the cabal is just targeting you):
<a href="http://www.google.com">test for sgt. serenity</a>
posted to MetaTalk by juv3nal
at 3:25 PM on August 8, 2008
grrr. jinx on you cortex.
posted to MetaTalk by juv3nal
at 3:26 PM on August 8, 2008
MeTa post:
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Sans quoi? (38 hides) (3647 comments)
Man, that thread is epic. It totally locks up my weakling work computer.
posted to MetaTalk by juv3nal
at 3:52 PM on August 5, 2008
MeTa post:
Why deleted?
Hint: "I answered your question over there" is not the same thing as answering the question.
posted to MetaTalk by juv3nal
at 10:46 PM on July 17, 2008
MeTa post:
Another open letter.
You guys're ok, I guess. Pass me some MDMA and ask me again.
posted to MetaTalk by juv3nal
at 11:37 AM on July 4, 2008
We would but she won't leave. Something about not wanting to be in the blast radius when you explode.
posted to MetaTalk by juv3nal
at 4:32 PM on July 17, 2008
MeTa post:
Go Team?
Curse you russilwvong & ten pounds of inedita! I would be #6 in Vancouver if it weren't you smartypants trivia knowing peoples.
posted to MetaTalk by juv3nal
at 11:29 PM on June 20, 2008
Curse you russilwvong & ten pounds of inedita! I would be #6 in Vancouver if it weren't you smartypants trivia knowing peoples.
What does the scanner say about his power level? IT'S OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
posted to MetaTalk by juv3nal
at 1:36 PM on June 21, 2008
Between taking it (once) the other night and now my IQ has mysteriously dropped ~4 points.
...
My score went down overnight without retesting, so maybe they're averaging usernames.
I could be wrong, but I think they're resetting the overall mean to be a 100 every night. I have only one username and my score dropped overnight as well.
I'm gonna shoot the fucking moon on this even, and suggest... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by juv3nal
at 10:52 AM on June 23, 2008
MeTa post:
Add to playlist from more places please
Also, while I'm at it, the player only shows the most recent x songs for tags with >x songs (where x is some number I'm too lazy to count). I'm guessing it's probably either a limitation of the player thingy you're using or just a compromise due to performance considerations, but if not, you might take a look at that. Example.
posted to MetaTalk by juv3nal
at 1:24 AM on June 20, 2008
MeTa post:
Stealth pay marketing sucks.
I apologize. I'd played the demo previously (when the full game wasn't even available for purchase yet), but had not replayed the "full version" download through to where the original demo cut off. In my defence, I did have something of a disclaimer to that effect.
posted to MetaTalk by juv3nal
at 9:44 AM on June 19, 2008
MeTa post:
Stinking of gin...
I dare say that my writing professors likely cannot teach me a thing.
I dare say if you go into class with that attitude, you're probably right.
posted to MetaTalk by juv3nal
at 11:32 AM on May 27, 2008
I dare say that my writing professors likely cannot teach me a thing.
I dare say if you go into class with that attitude, you're probably right.
Actually, I take that back, I didn't know it was a creative writing class we were talking about. I've taken a lot of those (Eng. major, Cr. Wr. minor) and usually it's not the prof you learn from in those anyways, it's the other students. Besides, why the heck's the prof... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by juv3nal
at 11:59 AM on May 27, 2008
MeTa post:
AskMe sidebar, please
*pulls out The List, scans for iamkimiam's name, adds a frowny face next to the two smiley faces and the pirate ship*
Where's my goddamn pirate ship, cortex? I've been keelhauling and plundering and ARRRRing way more than iamkimiam. It's because I'm oriental isn't it? Everyone sees the slanty eyes and goes "No pirate ship for you. For you, the ninja stars." Discrimination.
posted to MetaTalk by juv3nal
at 10:39 AM on May 15, 2008
MeTa post:
But I was just here!
Why doesn't MetaFilter always recognize that I have visited?
I bet you never wrote it a thank you note for that time when your [folks/boyfriend/girlfriend] kicked you out and metafilter let you couch surf for a whole month and you [drank all the beer/ate all the food/took all the drugs] without chipping in to restock the [fridge/stash]. And despite that, it still says "welcome back" at the top of every page. What more do you want?
posted to MetaTalk by juv3nal
at 1:17 PM on May 2, 2008
MeTa post:
nuts
Nothing that anyone keeps in a sack can be sexy.
There's a yer mom joke in there somewhere, but I'm just too darn classy to go there. That's me. Yup.
posted to MetaTalk by juv3nal
at 2:39 AM on April 27, 2008
MeTa post:
Should or shouldn't
Keeps 93% of the riff raff out, amirite?
posted to MetaTalk by juv3nal
at 12:19 PM on April 25, 2008
Maybe there's something up, but I can't figure out what it may be....
Woah. Is that for real?
posted to MetaTalk by juv3nal
at 2:02 PM on April 25, 2008
MeTa post:
"Harmful" Flag
It's also why I suggested specific wording: "harmful"/"detrimental". Hopefully that'd deflect use of it simply as a negative "I disagree" flag. It'd be asking the user to use it not if they disagree, but if they think said advice could actively harm the reader.
Ha! You give people way too much credit if you don't think there aren't any bad apples out there that would use "harmful/detrimental" to mean "I disagree"
posted to MetaTalk by juv3nal
at 12:26 PM on April 22, 2008
aren't are
posted to MetaTalk by juv3nal
at 12:26 PM on April 22, 2008
MeTa post:
My Ask MeFi
Thank you! Finally I get to go clean out my reader of the half-dozen category feeds I've been tracking. Yay!
posted to MetaTalk by juv3nal
at 11:43 AM on April 2, 2008
Oh...er...pony please: can I have a preference for the AskMefi link at the very top of the page to default to MyAsk?
posted to MetaTalk by juv3nal
at 11:45 AM on April 2, 2008
MeTa post:
nice trick
Man that took me way too long to notice. I blame my partial colour impairment.
posted to MetaTalk by juv3nal
at 3:02 PM on April 1, 2008
MeTa post:
I flipped a coin and decided to ask this question
The ruining, mostly. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go wallhack in Counter-Strike.
Huddled around the dull glow of the monitor, someone's grandfather was telling us about how the end times would come when an upstart young moderator, drunk with his own power, would seek to alter the past, and in so doing, break the world.
Nonsense, we said, just stories told to scare children.
posted to MetaTalk by juv3nal
at 3:40 PM on March 28, 2008
MeTa post:
I can haz marketshare?
you have my word, you will never level up here.
What? What? What?
The mods're just trying to intimidate us so they can keep the epic level eq to themselves. Don't believe their lies.
posted to MetaTalk by juv3nal
at 2:36 PM on March 19, 2008
MeTa post:
Mefimail -- the other, better metatalk
But what they did was really agregious! Mefimail an admin about it as well.
Found a new bug? Mefimail an admin.
Want a new pony? Mefimail an admin.
Have questions only an admin can answer? Mefimail them directly.
?
posted to MetaTalk by juv3nal
at 2:51 PM on March 18, 2008
MeTa post:
Mind control policies
Did you call me a hero?
Yes, you mods collectively are a delicious sandwich.
The thing that will keep you up at night is wonder who is the meat, who is the cheese & who is the bread?
posted to MetaTalk by juv3nal
at 4:27 PM on March 17, 2008
y'know, this reminds me so much of this awesome thread.
That's epic. Looks like the full text of 2 Gentlemen of Verona is in there.
posted to MetaTalk by juv3nal
at 11:58 AM on March 18, 2008
