10-03-2003 07:02									#31
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Just that they are less likely to be played but are equally important

	10-03-2003 07:03									#32
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Of course when Hydey is more available we can start a 6 way

And then a 7 way with Makeo...

	10-03-2003 07:10									#33
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oh christ...........

	10-03-2003 07:53									#34
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I wouldn't bother slaving over a database. The world's going to end on March 17th anyway.

Mmmm. On second thoughts, get as much of the database done before March 17th as you can. One day, post the apocalypse, someone will uncover it and realise there was at least a modicum of intelligent life on the planet. Exactly what they'll make of Hydey and Trev's brutal B.C. war, I'm not sure. They might even think it was that which prompted the apocalypse. And they will trace the origins of the brutal B.C. war to Hydey. Thus Hydey will be blamed for the apocalypse.

Of such is history writ.

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I've been outfitting my mini-van with a chain link windshield and steel plate wheel skirts, in anticipation of our new Mad Max world!
Just need to saw off the shotgun and put some animal pelts on the baby seats and I should be ready to go!
Which one of you wants to be my sidekick with the really bad teeth?

	11-03-2003 02:13									#36
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quote: Originally posted by finbar Thus Hydey will be blamed for the apocalypse.

At least I will be remembered for something

	11-03-2003 03:25									#37
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quote: Originally posted by Hydey At least I will be remembered for something

Hydey - The Axis of Evil!

Mmmmm. It has a ring to it, but suffers a minor problem, given that an Axis needs more than one party involved in order to exist as an Axis, of being a physical impossibility.

How about - ?

Hydey - The Axle of Evil!

	11-03-2003 05:26									#38
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Not really that spine-chilling is it?

	11-03-2003 05:28									#39
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You haven't met Hydey.

	11-03-2003 06:24									#40
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Or his ute.

	11-03-2003 07:18									#41
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Mmmm. Hydey and his Ute. Talk about an Axle of Evil.

	11-03-2003 07:45									#42
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He has interesting view of speed limits - he told me 110kmh signs really say you can drive at least at 120 kmh.

	11-03-2003 09:25									#43
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Don't they?

	11-03-2003 17:32									#44
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finbar, is it "unavailability" or "inavailability"?

	11-03-2003 17:39									#45
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The first.

	11-03-2003 23:44									#46
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Here's an interesting article for the grammarians.

quote: Shifts in Linguistic Surface Structures Lead to Different Paths of Association at the Level of Deep Structure. Like many of the linguistic patterns defined by NLP, the concept of transderivational morphology comes from exploring the intuitions of native speakers. We have many unconscious intuitions about suffixes and prefixes as native speakers of our language. Native speakers of English, for example, will recognize "peaceful," "happiness" and "contentment" as well-formed words referring to a related group of positive emotional states. Part of the construction of the words includes well-known suffixes in English: "ful," "ness" and "ment." If the suffixes are switched around, however, the words will sound strange. "Peaceness," "happiment" and "contentful" seem like they could or should have meaning, but they are unusual. Try playing around with words like Communist, Capitalist, Freudian, Christian, programmer, and practitioner. Switch around the endings and notice how it affects you: e.g., Communian, Capitaler, Freudist, Christer, programmist, and practitian. From an NLP perspective, various affixes (prefixes and suffixes) could be considered to operate as types of 'verbal submodalities'. In fact, shifts in affixes are often highly correlated with shifts in the submodalities of the non-verbal portion of the inner representations associated with the word. For example, adding "ing" to a word, often results in the addition of the submodality of movement to whatever inner representation a person has for that word. Take words like "hand," "sled," "flower," "bite," or "sleep," for instance. Our initial representation of the experiential 'deep structure' to which these words refer is most likely an image or sense of some static object or event. Adding "ing" to produce "handing," "sledding," "flowering," "biting" or "sleeping," typically immediately brings in or increases a sense of movement with respect to the inner representation. Try this out with some other words; such as "rock" --> "rocking"; "smile" --> "smiling"; "e-mail" --> "e-mailing"; etc. Notice how adding the suffix alters your internal representations. It is also interesting to do this exercise with respect to words that we do not typically associate with the ending "ing." Think of some words like "phobia," "cancer," "victim," "problem," etc. Add the suffix "ing" and notice how your perception of the experiences or phenomena to which these words refer changes (i.e., "phobing," "cancering," "victiming," "probleming"). It is probably different than the way you normally think about it. It may even prompt you to smile or laugh, because it seems incongruous or unusual. One of the main applications of 'transderivational morphology', in fact, is to shift our internal response to key words that constrain or limit us, by playing with the structure or morphology of the word. In the following exercise, for instance, words associated with problem states are "defused" by substituting alternative prefixes and suffixes.

http://www.nlpu.com/Articles/artic27.htm

	12-03-2003 02:13									#47
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quote: Originally posted by Alexander's Horse He has interesting view of speed limits - he told me 110kmh signs really say you can drive at least at 120 kmh.

F'ing speed camera got me going 63kmh in a 60 zone travelling down hill, $120 fine

	12-03-2003 03:04									#48
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Yes, I'm aware the Highway Patrol didn't share your interpretation of speed limits

	12-03-2003 04:14									#49
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If you think its so funny then you can pay the fine Dad.

	12-03-2003 04:17									#50
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quote: Originally posted by DrSpike The first.

Preferably known as the former.

	12-03-2003 04:20									#51
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quote: Originally posted by Hydey F'ing speed camera got me going 63kmh in a 60 zone travelling down hill, $120 fine

How bizarre. There's usually an accepted 5-10% tolerance. The guy with the gun must have been down on his quota for the month.

	12-03-2003 04:22									#52
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quote: Originally posted by SuperSneak Here's an interesting article for the grammarians.

For people who, perhaps, need to get a life.

	12-03-2003 04:22									#53
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quote: Originally posted by finbar Preferably known as the former.

Hehe, I did think of editing it, but I was scared it would say "last edited by DrSpike blah" for a two word post.

	12-03-2003 04:25									#54
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quote: Originally posted by DrSpike Hehe, I did think of editing it, but I was scared it would say "last edited by DrSpike blah" for a two word post.

This system can vary, but it usually takes two edits before the damning phrase appears. You were safe, Doctor, you could have rescued yourself from ignominy.

	12-03-2003 04:51									#55
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I think it appears after one when the system is not busy, like European mornings for instance.

Edit: Is it timed? Let's see.

Edit2: It seems so.......looks like CW is right - never thought I'd edit a post to say that.

Edit3 (after more than 5 minutes): test.

Edit 4: BINGO.

Last edited by DrSpike on 12-03-2003 at 05:02

	12-03-2003 04:53									#56
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the edit rule is 5 min, iirc

	12-03-2003 04:59									#57
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The phrase was "due to the unavailability of..." a person.

	12-03-2003 05:52									#58
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quote: Originally posted by Alexander's Horse The phrase was "due to the unavailability of..." a person.

As the Doctor said, it's unavailability, and it's regardless of the context. As the article that Sneak posted touches on, there are all sorts of ways of achieving the same thing with different prefixes - unavailability; imprecise; disrespectful, et al. That's usage for you.

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quote: Originally posted by ColdWizard the edit rule is 5 min, iirc

Yo, CW! How they hangin'? Is it a timer thing? When I've been updating statistical posts, I've edited numerous times within 5 minutes and the dreaded phrase has appeared, seemingly, triggered by the number of edits.

Edit. Mmmm. I just tried it on the other post. One edit, outside 5 minutes, the dreaded phrase appeared. Same with this one.

Bow down to CW!

	12-03-2003 08:30									#60
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But what about "inability"?