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Natter 34: Freak With No Name

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.

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Nutty - Apr 21, 2005 12:43:45 pm PDT #7778 of 10001

"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

Isn't a stopped digital clock usually off?

Yes, or flashing 12:00 endlessly, not that I have experience with that sort of thing.

Is Hil (and the collected peanut gallery, but Hil is the one with, like, the Formally Recognized Math here) telling me I can't count?

Okay, that's not actually news.

-t - Apr 21, 2005 12:47:10 pm PDT #7779 of 10001

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I have formally recognized math. A B.S., so appropriate to these discussions.

Are the clock radios that had flippy things that, um, flipped every minute considered digital? 'Cuz those can stop.

JZ - Apr 21, 2005 12:47:17 pm PDT #7780 of 10001

See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

'00 -vs- '01 Millenium thing

MillenNium thing.

t /spelling geek

JohnSweden - Apr 21, 2005 12:47:32 pm PDT #7781 of 10001

I can't even.

Yes, or flashing 12:00 endlessly, not that I have experience with that sort of thing.

I have an old favourite digital alarm clock which still "works" but the time it tells is off by a random number of hours and minutes. I didn't even know they did that.

Nutty - Apr 21, 2005 12:50:24 pm PDT #7782 of 10001

"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

A B.S., so appropriate to these discussions.

Took a long look at this and said, IBS? That is a degree now? Then I figured it out. Clearly, having some lexical problems in addition to the basic calculia problems. Next up? Apraxia!

Burrell - Apr 21, 2005 12:51:57 pm PDT #7783 of 10001

Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Oy! Frances has a fever today. And there's so much going on around the house, she is having a hard time staying down for her nap. Mommy worn out.

PS--I have nothing to add to the stopped clock discussion except that Scalia uses the same line (about it being right twice a day) to describe those rare (in his view) instances when a Justice should not follow his version of strict constructionism.

shrift - Apr 21, 2005 12:51:58 pm PDT #7784 of 10001

"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Anyone mind if I destroy the universe right now? I mean, y'all are talking math, so the mathy Buffistas will all die happy, and the unmathy Buffistas will be so glad the math is over, so I should just go ahead and make with the Earth-shattering kaboom, yes?

-t - Apr 21, 2005 12:52:43 pm PDT #7785 of 10001

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I'm actually curious about the 23:59 answer, if you care to explain the reasoning.

I don't have IBS, so far as I know. And I think I'd have reason to know.

(etask: If the universe ends now, do I get to take my vacation next week?)

Jessica - Apr 21, 2005 12:54:09 pm PDT #7786 of 10001

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I'm actually curious abotu the 23:59 answer, if you care to explain the reasoning.

If it was a fast clock instead of a slow one, this would be the answer, wouldn't it?

[eta: No, no it wouldn't. t kicks brain

Gus - Apr 21, 2005 12:54:18 pm PDT #7787 of 10001

Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

t looks up Apraxia

t Oh, it's like spelling millennium wrong, out loud.

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