I’m 18, the age for spirits in Switzerland. Beer is legal past 16. Not that anyone cares, though, I was introduced to whiskey, tequily, vodka, and absinthe when I was 16.
Who is your favorite MuseBlogger?
If you could bring back one inactive MuseBlogger, who would it be?
What was the worst punishment you ever received?
Rosanne: Have you ever figured out your quest?
Favorite MBer: That’s like asking an anteater which was its favorite ant.
Inactive MBer: A tossup between Larry Gonick and Nancy Kangas.
Worst punishment: I don’t remember. I think I got away with almost everything bad I ever did. But it wasn’t much use, because of my hyperactive conscience.
Anything, or everything?
Why?
What’s the background on your computer?
If I were to insult you, (not that I would ever want to do that) would you post it? Assuming that it wasn’t inappropriate, of course.
At present, I have three kitties: Swab, Trouble, and ZouZou. All snowshoe Siamese, all rescues. Swab was only a couple of weeks old when I found him in a compost heap. He’s now 12, and the others are about a year and a half younger.
Browser: Recently switched back to Safari after a long spell of Firefox.
Quest: I still haven’t figured it out. I’ve got some questlets though. One is to at least get up on my knees on a surf board (in the surf). I’m going to the beach on Sunday for a week so this will be a good chance.
Pets: No pets currently aside from the spiders that roam freely through the house. And there’s also the neighbors’ cat that hangs out at our place all the time. I don’t have names for any of them.
Inactive MuseBlogger: I also enjoy it when the Muses themselves stop by. It’s been awhile since that’s happened.
Desktop backgrounds: If my laptop is attached to a display, the background is the dashboard of my recently departed car. Unlike my “pets,” the car had a name: The Woofmobile. It was a 1981 (or was it 1983?) Toyota Corolla. Its dashboard resembled the surface of Mars — a heavily cratered and creviced part of Mars.
If the laptop is unattached, the background is a close-up of roses from the garden set in front of a black-and-white print of Samuel Johnson and pals sitting around his table.
Paul Baker used to be more active, but nowadays he’s busy with other projects (robots, time-travel, that sort of thing). He still stops by from time to time, mostly for special Muse Academy occasions. I think he’s due for another visit soon.
Cloud computing: I like how it makes it possible to get to your “stuff” from any computer. That is really cool.
But it makes me nervous since said “stuff” would not be in my personal safekeeping. And I haven’t researched this at all … but it seems like such heavy reliance on the Internet would provide ever more opportunity for malicious hacking.
yes, actually. I was also tempted to wear Roman sandals and a beach cover up made to look like a toga with “Veni, vidi, vici” on the back. My mom told me I would look like a freak and wouldn’t let me out of the house.
At school, we have a Roman banquet once a year. 6th graders (our school only goes up to sixth grade, so they are special or something like that) get to wear togas. 5th graders get to play slaves. Not optional, either. Sooo glad it’s only in fifth grade. Now as I am fast approaching 6th grade, I’m pondering whether or not it’ll be as fun as it seems.
Oooh, ooh! This has nothing to do with using “pie” as a verb, but it is funny. Okay. So today at camp, we all wrote down a line from a song and then everyone drew one out of a hat and made a poem out of it. Sebastian’s was “His heart was made of knotted pine,” and Veronika (not me) thought it was “knotted pie!” The Kokonspiracy is taking over!
Your second sentence fed into the below-discussed TranslationParty dot com reads as follows: I am in Red Square, please express your anger and disappointment.
I fed it William Carlos Williams’ poem about the red wheel barrow. Along the way it became: “White chicken in water for a shower of glass next to REDDOHOIRUBARO, dependent” and eventually reached equilibrium with “Glass REDDOHOIRUBARO, water is dependent on the shower beside the white chickens.”
MuseBloggers should appreciate this: when I refreshed the page with the “translation,” I got this message, “Equilibrium found! But would it kill you to capitalize properly?” Guess they’d better take that discussion up with Mr. Williams.
I never heard of translationparty.com before, i just went to it now. I put in “A fool and his money are soon parted” and got “Need to remove the stupidity of my money now.”
I’d never heard of Translation Party until now. Thanks for enlightening me. I just tried “The owl and the pussycat went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat.” After a while I got the “it’s doubtful this phrase will ever reach equilibrium” message.
The last version was: “It is designed to ship a sea of green beans and cat owl.”
May the force be with you: The outcome is certainly surprising — at least for someone who knows no Japanese (like me).
No, do “So, Xeer is the king of the Hot-Pink Bunnies.”
That one just worries me.
Of course, “The Resistance shall always get really beaten up but win in the end!” totally changes meaning into some poetic phrase you should check out.
Jabberwocky? I love that poem! I used to know what all the nonsense words meant, but then, of course, I forgot.
“one two, one two,
and through, and through
the vorpal blade went snicker-snack
he left it dead
and with its head
he went galumphing back” is all I remember.
That would be “Has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy!” I used it for the 8th grade poetry slam. It got me to the second round, despite the fact that it was a total popularity contest and I wasn’t very popular.
This question about the practices of americans has been kicking around in my head for a while. Do americans buy milk in bags, jugs or cartons? Just wodering.
Kagy–I’ve seen milk in plastic jugs and cartons (tetra paks, I believe they’re called) of varying sizes, from lunchbox-sized cartons to gallon-sized plastic jugs, in the USA. I haven’t seen any bags around here.
You’d be amazed at the way Americans can package and preserve anything. The only milk packaging variation I’ve never seen is bags.
How do Canadians (if I remember correctly, that’s where you’re from) package milk?
What about Lithuanians? This is an interesting topic: international packaging variations.
That’s not just an interesting topic. That’s a Muserly topic. Wait! EP! ELIZABETH PRESTON!! If you can hear me, have an article or articles written about international packaging variations stat! This is even more inherently Muserly than pencils or even the fabled guardrails! WANT!
Canadians package milk in bags. They are rectangular, clear plastic bags, about as long as your forearm (or mine, at least). They are sold in threes in another bag. My family reuses the milk bags because they are a convenient size to hold leftovers and pencils and stuff (not all in the same bag of course!)
To add onto the list of milk packaging in the USA, you can also buy boxed milk, something along the lines of it doesn’t have to be refrigerated until opened? I’m fuzzy on the details, my sis apparently likes it better than the other milk she can get her hands on at her college–she says that the milk in that state tastes “weird”….
But in general, I’ve only ever seen plastic jugs/cartons of varying sizes.
I suppose this is an extraordinarily late comment, but I just have to mention that my school now serves bagged milk with our lunches. (United States, by the way) We used to have cartons, but now the only way you can drink it is to stab the bag with the straw.
I ask the hallowed GAPAs, is there a way to change my avatar?
eventually to this:
I need to change my avatar GAPAs God?
finally to this:
GAPAs my avatar and I have a need to change your mind?
I ask the hallowed GAPAs, is there a way to change my avatar?
into Japanese
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back into English
I have to change their avatars, or divine GAPAs?
back into Japanese
ç§ã¯ã€ã‚¢ãƒã‚¿ãƒ¼ã€ã¾ãŸã¯ç¥žã®GAPAs変更ã™ã‚‹å¿…è¦ãŒã‚ã‚Šã¾ã™ã‹ï¼Ÿ
back into English
I have avatars, or divine GAPAs Do I need to change?
back into Japanese
ç§ã¯ã‚¢ãƒã‚¿ãƒ¼ã‚’変更ã™ã‚‹å¿…è¦ãŒã‚ã‚Šã¾ã™ã‹ã€ã‚ã‚‹ã„ã¯ç¥žã®GAPAsã¯ã‚ã‚Šã¾ã™ã‹ï¼Ÿ
back into English
Do I need to change your avatar, or divine GAPAs?
back into Japanese
ç§ã¯ã‚ãªãŸã®ã‚¢ãƒã‚¿ãƒ¼ã‚’ã€ã‚ã‚‹ã„ã¯ç¥žã®GAPAsを変更ã™ã‚‹å¿…è¦ãŒã‚ã‚Šã¾ã™ã‹ï¼Ÿ
back into English
I have your avatar, or divine GAPAs Do I need to change?
back into Japanese
ç§ã¯ã€è‡ªåˆ†ã®ã‚¢ãƒã‚¿ãƒ¼ã‚’変更ã™ã‚‹å¿…è¦ãŒã‚ã‚Šã¾ã™ã‹ã€ã‚ã‚‹ã„ã¯ç¥žã®GAPAsã¯ã‚ã‚Šã¾ã™ã‹ï¼Ÿ
back into English
I was there a need to change your avatar, or divine GAPAs?
back into Japanese
ç§ã¯ã€è‡ªåˆ†ã®ã‚¢ãƒã‚¿ãƒ¼ã«ã™ã‚‹å¿…è¦ãŒã‚ã‚‹ã€ã¾ãŸã¯ç¥žã®GAPAsを変更ã™ã‚‹ã«ã¯ï¼Ÿ
back into English
I need to make your own avatar, or divine GAPAs to change?
back into Japanese
ç§ã¯è‡ªåˆ†ã®ã‚¢ãƒã‚¿ãƒ¼ã‚’ã€ã‚ã‚‹ã„ã¯ç¥žã®GAPAsã™ã‚‹ã«å¤‰æ›´ã™ã‚‹å¿…è¦ãŒã‚ã‚Šã¾ã™ã‹ï¼Ÿ
back into English
I own avatars, or divine GAPAs I need to change?
back into Japanese
ç§ã¯ã€ç§è‡ªèº«ã®ã‚¢ãƒã‚¿ãƒ¼ã‚’変更ã™ã‚‹å¿…è¦GAPAs神？
back into English
I need to change my avatar GAPAs God?
back into Japanese
ç§ã¯è‡ªåˆ†ã®ã‚¢ãƒã‚¿ãƒ¼GAPAs神を変更ã™ã‚‹å¿…è¦ãŒã‚ã‚Šã¾ã™ã‹ï¼Ÿ
back into English
GAPAs my avatar or I need to change your heart?
back into Japanese
自分ã®ã‚¢ãƒã‚¿ãƒ¼ã‚„GAPAsç§ã¯ã‚ãªãŸã®å¿ƒã‚’変更ã™ã‚‹å¿…è¦ãŒã‚ã‚Šã¾ã™ã‹ï¼Ÿ
back into English
GAPAs my avatar and I have a need to change your mind?
back into Japanese
GAPAsç§ã®ã‚¢ãƒã‚¿ãƒ¼ã¨ç§ã¯ã‚ãªãŸã®å¿ƒã‚’変更ã™ã‚‹å¿…è¦ãŒã‚ã‚Šã¾ã™ã‹ï¼Ÿ
back into English
GAPAs my avatar and I have a need to change your mind?
I’ve seen milk in all the ways you mentioned except for bags.
to Hindi
मैं सà¤à¥€ तरह तà¥à¤® बैग के अलावा उलà¥à¤²à¥‡à¤– दूध में देखा है.
To English
I mention all except milk bags you have.
To Hindi
मà¥à¤à¥‡ दूध बैग आप को छोड़कर सà¤à¥€ उलà¥à¤²à¥‡à¤– किया है.
To English
I except you has mentioned the milk bag.
To Hindi
मà¥à¤à¥‡ छोड़कर तà¥à¤® दूध बैग उलà¥à¤²à¥‡à¤– किया है.
To English
I leave you mentioned the milk bag.
Yes, it’s called “choco bisakeet”. (That’s probably a really bad transliteration; I’ve only heard it called that by Israelis.) They’re sold in grocery stores too, I think. Each bag contains a single portion, and people drink it directly out of the bag. Apparently, they are usually drunk at breakfast, and they’re sort of the Israeli version of the Starbucks latte. They’re also really good.
LOLfullness! (hey, Imade up a word, hmm…) I wanted something random so i entered: I want a pet toad who enjoys taking baths, but not to often. Recieved: People, if you enjoy a pet frog, you have to take a bath. Random? Yes. Truly and totally useless? Yes. Hilarious? Also yes.
anyway, GAPA question. where do y’all live? I mean city or general area, not address’s of course. Also, and I don’t now if I’m allowed to ask this, cats or dogs?
GAPAs: request for information
I was published twice (I think) in Muse magazine, once in a letter (that I had originally sent to the gaboomba, actually – I think Robert forwarded it) and once in a Q&A. After looking through the site, I believe that the Q&A was in the May/June 2006 issue (why do we blush), but I can’t remember when the letter was published, and going through all my old issues is going to be tedious. Would the gaboomba happen to be archived somewhere? If I could find roughly when I posted it on there that might help narrow it down. I think that I was responding to an article on tricks the brain plays on the eyes; I remember something vaguely about light refracting off of fingernails.
Would you have any idea what I’m talking about / any place I could search to figure out what issue it would have been published in?
Re: Milk: I’ve seen milk in cardboard cartons and plastic jugs. Usually the jugs are gallons, and everything smaller is a carton.
I buy milk in glass bottles.
It was almost certainly “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” since that was their first hit in the U.S. Yes, this GAPA thinks she can remember watching the Beatles’ appearance on the Ed Sullivan show and being annoyed because she couldn’t hear the band over all the screaming girls. “I would never be that silly,” I thought. It’s hard to trust my memory because I have pretty much the same reaction every time I see the clip. (To be honest, however, I can be credited with plenty of silliness, just not like that.) I also vaguely remember the excitement around the first U.S. concert, probably because we were living in the D.C. at the time. But most of my early acquaintance with Beatles songs came from watching the cartoon show.
Lizzie– I found the muse issue where your letter was printed. (I actually have since late 2004 issues, not , as I said, 2005) The issue with your letter is the Nov/Dec 2005 issue. Yours is the last letter on the first mail page and it continues on the second mail page. Hope I have been of help!
The only exact way to write it is as a square root sign with pi under it. The number itself is exact, but it is not a fraction, and its decimal representation has no end.
GAPAs,
I just returned from a two-week camping trip in Yosemite, and when we were backpacking in the High Sierras, there was a rule that you couldn’t have open fires above 9,600 feet. Do you know why they had that rule?
I was curious about that the entire trip, and I completely forgot to ask the ranger at the wilderness permit center.
I’m not sure if this is right, but I suspect it’s because we have lots of problems with wildfires in California. When I was in New Mexico last year (in the Sangre de Cristo mountains) they were also really strict about that kind of thing, I don’t think they would even let people hike on certain trails because there’s too much danger of a fire starting, due to carelessness or arson (and a lot of fires in “fire season” are actually arson fires! ) I wish I could remember more, but they said the drought was really bad…maybe it’s the same in Yosemite?
(39) I’ll bet Axa is right. When I went hiking in New Mexico a few years ago, no fires were allowed — “cold camping,” I think they called it. There had been a drought, and the state was worried about wildfires.
Really? I thought that originally, but I didn’t think that could be it, because, especially in that area, they have been setting prescribed fires to make up for the suppressed fire policy in the past. And why only over 9,600 feet?
When my family was at Philmont (a Boy Scout ranch) in New Mexico, uh, 11-12 years ago, I think they had that rule, but when there was an ice storm, they broke it to keep the scouts who were hiking warm. I guess there wasn’t much of a fire-risk anymore.
Help! I can’t find a cooking thread anywhere! Does anyone know where I might find something like that? I’m bored, and that means culinary experiments to discuss!
Is it even available for Macs? I would consider trying it out, ‘though I’m perfectly happy with Safari (except for the moved refresh button) and Firefox.
If you have a Mac, you could also try Camino. I think that it theoretically is a Firefox-like browser that is intended specifically for Macs. Of course, I use Firefox all the time on both PCs and Macs.
Disagreement = HBP [rox, sux] because it reinterpreted the book as a movie [or whatever].
Headed for the flames = HBP [rox, sux], and you’re an idiot if you don’t agree.
Blowtorch = HBP [ROX, SUX], and anyone who disagrees with me should be PULVERIZED IN A BLENDER and fed to the cats, which will make them throw up of course all over Mom’s newly shampooed carpet because NOT EVEN a hungry cat would want to eat ANYTHING THAT STUPID11111!! And it’s ALL your fault that mom yelled at the cat.
Sometimes it’s a judgment call. It might depend on who’s involved, or how serious it seems to be. Sometimes what seems to be an insult is more of a joke (or vice versa), and we can’t always tell in the moderating queue. Sometimes we simply miss things due to the perils of multitasking. At times we feel moved to do a little retrozapping.
In terms of translation: Thanksforallthefish42, is that avatar… well, it looks like the Chinese “huang”, yellow. But then that top bit would be over the “se” bit, right? Or is it over both? I presume you know what I’m talking about. Apologies to anyone who doesn’t.
Sorry… Maybe I should change it… It means “fish.” It’s Japanese… I think. I’m pretty darn sure of it! Well, if you listen to websites. I’ll go and change it , ‘cuz people are start thinking I know Japanese/Chinese.
The accounts are only for chess players and for MBers who have been around for six months or longer. You don’t need an account to post, as you have already demonstrated.
mas0n: You’ve been approved! Your password should be in your e-mail box.
To answer your question, anybody who wants to play chess can request (and receive) an account right away. If you’d like to play chess, we can help you find an opponent.
Mas0n, could you please use question marks? I understand that people haven’t been telling you to so much, so it’s not a big deal, but I would prefer that you did.
GAPAs, could I have a paleo-account?
(A more serious answer is that nobody pays us to do this. Who would? In fact, it costs us a little money to keep the blog going. So we’re here because we like to be, and because some of you have promised to raise statues to us as soon as your plans for world domination come to fruition.)
Surely a paypal option would not take long to establish. It seems to be a prerequisite for all other forums or online communities. (I feel guilty abusing your time when you’re not gaining financially from it; in every other forum I participate in I both help with moderating and writing articles as well as regularly donating money).
If we started collecting money, we’d probably have to form a corporation and file extra tax returns — more trouble than it’s worth. We’re fine with the current setup.
If you really wanted the GAPAs to get some amount of money, you could always buy some stuff from Musery Loves Company and give it to the poor or something. Although I doubt the GAPAs get much for products bought there.
*checks*
CafePress says the seller gets 10% of the retail price of an item. Better than I expected, actually.
Sudorandom:Sorry about that.It’s just that I’m using my DSi to post, and to get to the ? takes a lot of time.The period is right there though.
Have you applied for your account?
mas0n: Happy to help. How would you rate yourself as a player: A (very strong, beat most people you play), B (pretty good, but not really experienced), or C (beginner or thereabouts)?
mas0n, when we created the Paleophytes threads, we did so because many long-time MBers were feeling lost with the influx of newcomers. As we explained on the New MuseBlog Experiment thread, we settled on the six-months requirement because “after six months on the blog, MBers know the ropes and have shown that they are likely to stick around for a while. By making a special place for those who have settled in, we hope to carve out a slightly slower, calmer environment for those who want it.” After further review of those purposes, it seemed to us that six months should mean six months of regular participation. Sorry, mas0n, for the confusion, but you will enjoy the MA Student Lounge and feel happier there once you’ve spent more time getting to know the other residents of MuseBlog.
There’s not a hard and fast rule. Even a few times a month. Enough that other MBers have a chance to remember who you are and you have a chance to know who they are. But a handful of posts then a reappearance many months later didn’t seem to fit the bill.
But don’t worry. The Paleophytes area is only a small part of the blog, consisting of the Student Lounge — a slower, somewhat more contemplative version of the Random thread — and a few RRRs. Meanwhile, there’s plenty of territory to explore, as we see you’ve been discovering, so enjoy!
Cool!!!! I can’t wait now. I am going to stay very active here, and still post almost everyday or chance I can. I am excited about the random thread and the RRR.
No, the italics are just standard HTML. We could write without them if we wanted to. We just think it’s useful for MBers to make our comments easy to spot.
GAPAs, as far as I can tell, this is the best thread for this, so I’m just confirming with you that my new gravatar is acceptable? I’m assuming it is, you can only see the top of my face. I think it’s about time for The Hat to be my avatar, seeing as it’s practically my trademark. I’ll try to upload a better picture later, but I left The Hat at my friend’s house, so I can’t right now.
I’m a stalker? Rar!
I hope he lets you come… *crosses fingers*
And the phrase “appreciate a good pie” is redundant.
I’m feeling very prone to emoticons lately, which brings me to my question: GAPAs, how did you change the lightbulb emoticons to bunnies, and the arrows and exclamation points to pies?
Not quite. According to the e-mail traffic in which I announced it to Larry Gonick and Nancy Kangas, the Fan Page went online on July 1, 2003. The Gaboomba started operations on July 3.
If I can convince my parents that the time of the Kokonvention is the perfect time to visit my aunt, AND that I can go on to a Kokonvention, sure. I think this belongs on the Kokonventions thread, though.
Okay. I’ve done it over lost password now, but before I had trouble changing it since I somehow couldn’t access the profile; I got redirected to MB right away and don’t have a bar with the links to profile, e.t.c… on top of the screen.
Sorry — I’d forgotten that we had hidden the profiles to keep from having to remove unapproved Web links and things. The “lost password” button is a good workaround.
I have no difficulty accessing my profile. I just click on my green linkified name in the comment box. You know, where it would normally have a bar to put in your name, with your email below?
That works. By hiding the profiles, I meant that people who log in don’t automatically go straight to their profiles, as they would normally do. It seemed to make more sense to send them to the blog. If bookgirl_me wants to choose her own password, she can do the click-on-the-link trick.
I probably ought to add this information to one of the information pages, but I’m sure I’ll forget to do it.
When we send a comment, is there like a, “Someone’s musing is requesting moderation” kind of message at the top? Totally inane question, I know, but I was just wondering.
Not exactly. We see all the recent comments on one menu, with the word “Pending” and a number in parentheses at the top. If there are unmoderated comments, the number is greater than zero, and those comments are highlighted.
Before I got a wordpress, I thought you just went around to every single thread and could see the pending comments that were stacked on them. So when I got a chess account, I checked to see if I could see comments waiting to be moderated. (Don’t worry, I wouldn’t have moderated them. I was just curious.)
I don’t think the GAPAs answer that sort of question (the second one). They don’t have favorites or anything, so it would be hard to chose. Besides, most MBers are under 18 and aren’t allowed to display their last name on MB.
2 questions: How did you change the lightbulb emoticons to bunnies, and exclamation point emoticons to pies, etc…
And… I forget my other question. I’m sure I’ll remember it later… I hope…
Ooh! I remembered! I have a mac, and alt+v is paste, and I was wondering if there is a way for me to bind another key combination (alt+shift+v, for example) so that I can have more than one thing that can be pasted at the same time? Does that make any sense?
And while I’m posting, how exactly does one clear their cache on FireFox or Safari?
We like to be a little hazy about our ages, but I think it’s permissible to say that we were all born in the 1950s and 1960s (except for Paul Baker, who appears to have been born sometime in the 16th century).
As for your father, there’s no rule against it, as long as he identifies himself properly. I’d be interested in hearing what other MBers think about the idea.
Personally, I don’t care too much one way or the other if her dad posts or not. Could be interesting to get a grown up perspective on things, other than from our beloved GAPAs. ‘snot like I’m going to go, omg! A grownup is reading everything I write, must alter my posts…..Afterall, they’re already being read by grownup, probably more than just the
GAPAs….XD
Anyway, yeah, cool if he does, cool if he doesn’t. Now if only it were cool here. The temp went up about 30 degrees from yesterday, and I’m melting in the hot, humid 70 weather. And I smell. Not fun…..
Hm, it’s tricky. Ordinarily we require anyone over 18 on the blog to supply ens real name. But that could conflict with our policy of not revealing information about MBers on the blog.
In this case, I suppose proper identification would consist of his (1) letting us know by e-mail (gapa at musefanpage.com) that he plans to appear on MuseBlog and then (2) posting as “fireandhemlock1996’s dad” or a name that provides equivalent information.
ok, now that’s just scary…..Not the name, per se, as the semi deja vu feeling it gives me. This guy who used to work with my Dad, he had these random little phrases/names that he’d call my sis and I. ’twas something of a game, we’d fling ’em back and forth like insults. The only one I can recall is “Chicken lips”, but that’s what your dad’s suggested name makes me think of….
While this seems a bit out of place in the tech-support / blog-related questions, I have been meaning to ask you guys this for a while:
I’m now living, for the first time in my life that I can remember, in a place that’s actually cold, and one thing I noticed was that every time I open a door to the outside, there’s this big gust of cold air that tries to hold the door shut. What causes this? Is there some difference in pressure due to the differences in temperature between inside and outside, or is it something else?
Does your door open in like normal, or does it open out? The only reason I can think of is if your door opened out and the cold air tried moving to the lower pressure warmer air, but most house doors open in, so I’m not sure. (Yes, I know the question was for the GAPAs, sorry.)
Parents on MB- Hmm… The chance of my dad spending time on MB is just about the same as the Beatles reuniting and recruiting Britney Spears. I’d probably die (of embarrassment) if my mom came here and she respects that (I hope). Which sort of rules out my parents on MB. It would be weird. Like having a parent try to hang out with your friends at school. But I guess if you had a great relationship with your parents it might be fun. I wouldn’t mind if a MBers parent became a MBer.
Would anyone care to play chess with me? I’m going to be on most of the weekend.(I don’t care if its normal chess or a wierd setup) I wwas hoping a GAPA could help me out.
How do the GAPAs feel about anonymous recruitment for the Kokonspiracy? As in, dropping the web address in your friend’s locker, or leaving MuseBlog up when you go the internet?
1. Is it possible for a human to have naturally purple eyes? My friend says it’s possible, but I don’t believe her.
2. Has anyone ever ding-dong-ditched the White House, and would you be arrested if you did? (Don’t worry, I’m too cowardly to try it. Plus I live in California.)
3. Is it true that Sphynx cats have to wear sunscreen when they go outside, because they have no fur to protect them?
1. Might depend on how you define “purple”.
2. Like Piggy said
3. Well, they are hairless……And sinfully ugly. *shudder* Now, naked mole rats, however, are adorable.
It depended on which 1980s you were looking at. I ignored most of it. (What were they doing to women’s hair throughout the decade? *shudders*). New Wave was more my cup of tea. Fun stuff. Found most of my wardrobe at a fabulous second-hand place called Vintage Clothing.
Most people were fairly normal looking, actually. At least they were in D.C., which tends to be sartorially conservative. By contrast, my friends and I seemed bolder than we actually were. We were gorgeous, of course.
“The difference between the 80s and now is that in the 80s, when the space shuttles landed, the hair looked like it was still in orbit.” -Some guy on SpaceVidcast.
This is a somewhat urgent question. “Urgent” meaning I would like to know before monday (because my physics class is monday and I want to wow people).
I remember that there used to be a page on this site somewhere, where one could read a bunch of Q&A answers.One in particular stayed in my mind, as it was about Monty Python. I’m sure you’ve guessed it’s the question about the velocity of a swallow. I was wondering where I could find this answer. The question was brought up in my physics class (we watched the scene and everything) and I’m kind of curious about the answer.
Kagcomix — Reposting our Q&A archives is still on my “to do” list, but here is the answer I gave:
This question is dangerous! In the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail, anyone who gave the wrong answer was hurled off a bridge into a deep gorge. Well, no more! According to the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Ornithology, a European swallow flies at 9 meters per second, or 20 miles per hour. Of course, swallows don’t fly at the same speed all the time. They slow down before they land, and they can put on a short burst of speed to escape from hawks or other predators. The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds reports that in 1930, the driver of a car in California noticed a barn swallow flying at 46 miles per hour. (American barn swallows are the same species as the European swallow.) I don’t know why that bird was in such a hurry, but my guess is that it was flying like mad to get away from the big metal monster chasing it down the highway.
(The answer refers to unladen swallows, of course.)
Not sure if this belongs here or on the Suggestion Box:
What if we had an election for the “Fifth GAPA?” One MBer could be granted GAPA powers, and we could all vote to decide who it was . If en was underage, en could still use en’s blogname.
I already know the answer: no. The GAPAs don’t want to take any chances with MB, and, unfortunately, creating a Junior GAPA position would open up such a chance. Too many “what if’s” to worry about, too many things that could go wrong. In an alternate universe where the GAPAs would allow it, I would instantly throw my hat in the ring, but alas, ’tis not to be.
Have you all recently devoloped an uncommonly low threshold for profanity or I do I just need to bleach my mouth… seems like you’re sniping stuff you didn’t used to…. not that I’m complaining or anything… just kind of curious.
I don’t think our standards have changed. They’ve always been strict. It’s true, however, that we don’t always have the same amount of time and energy for aggressive enforcement.
You’re welcome to. I did a little research, but was unable to turn up a more detailed answer than “stronger.”
And it’s not at all urgent- I could wait months- but I no longer subscribe to Muse, so you’d have to also post the answer here.
I was about to say “You have no idea how hard it is trying to write plausible science fiction with only a high school sophomore education,” but then given who I’m talking to you probably do…
Rosanne and I stopped writing the column some time ago. Then my friends Ruth Flanagan and Andy Soth (wife-and-husband science writers with a Muser daughter!) took it over for a year. Now Rebecca and I write the column.
And I’m using Luna, Beavo is using/has used Daniel Radcliffe, and I think various other individuals have used/are using various human faces that may or may not be widely known…….
I’m not sure I understand your question. Do you mean the individual Muses? There isn’t a single picture. I made Photoshop brushes and Illustrator symbols from the vector graphics I drew for the Muse Academy seal and sometimes use them as a basis for images. Other times I draw them from scratch. Just depends on the situation. The current picture started with Illustrator symbols that I edited. I could “paint” them all onto a single page, if that’s what you’re asking.
It’s gone. I took it down after Paul Baker noticed that it was riddled with computer viruses, and then my hard drive melted down before I had backed it up. I’m still looking for older backups, and The Man For Aeiou has found it archived somewhere on the Web (though I’m not sure whether it’s complete).
ArchiveDOTorg is a strange little (or big) site. Hosting the internet is hard, backing it all up is harder, getting everything to work is neigh impossible.
This might work slightly better: http://web. archive. org /web /20080622011917 /http:// www. musefan page .com/
If I may answer in the way I assume the GAPAs would answer, these sorts of titles are extremely arbitrary (and, on a personal note, we don’t understand everyone’s obsession with MB age). We’re all MuseBloggers. That’s all that matters.
GAPAs, I have a question. I was reading one of Robert’s comments on Hot Topics 2009.5 which said, “One of the rules is that the answer to the question “How does X happen?†is not allowed to be “It just happens†or “It’s a miracle.†That’s not because scientists don’t believe in miracles — some do, some don’t. It’s because saying that something just happened or happened because of a miracle doesn’t explain it in a way that scientists consider useful and satisfying.” This made me think of something: what’s the deal with inertia? Do any of you have theories on why it works, or theories that you think are hogwash?
I don’t know, and I don’t know enough about the topic to have any opinions about it. Maybe I’ll ask some physicists and print their answers in the Q&A column. (That reminds me — a deadline is coming up.)
(By the way, “I don’t know” is an allowable answer.)
“What’s the deal with inertia?” is sort of a vague way of phrasing the question, though, especially as I’d have to start by explaining to other readers what inertia means. What do you want to know about it?
A question: Sometimes in the recent comment bar, the comments are interrupted by 221; , even though it isn’t there when I click on the comment and read it on the thread. For instance:
What I see in the comments bar:
123- That’s strange… I recently “discovered 221; I’m Alive on my iPod, and it was really good….
What’s really there:
123- That’s strange… I recently “discovered†I’m Alive on my iPod, and it was really good.
In this case, it’s replacing â€, but I can see them just fine in other posts. Not that it bothers me; I’m just wondering if there might be something wrong with my computer.
Well, originally it was just the Muse Magazine Fan Page, started by Robert a number of years ago–late 2003 or early 2004, I believe. Part of the fan page was called the GABOOMBA, which stood for GAllery + guest BOOk + Message BoArd. Part of the GABOOMBA was a rudimentary discussion area. The way it worked was that people emailed their messages to Robert and Robert manually posted each message on the page. This lasted for 261 messages in total (which took a considerable amount of time, as the pace was much, much slower than it is today) when Robert unveiled an experimental new system known as MuseBlog. Under this new system Robert didn’t have to manually post each and every message, which made things much easier, I imagine. The system was a success and is still in use today.
Basically, Robert started it as a place for Muse fans to discuss the magazine and other Muserly things that went along with it.
However, when Balrogs attacked the site last year, the area that took the most damage was the Fan Page. Due to the terrible conspirings of the Fates, Robert was unable to restore the Fan Page or the GABOOMBA. This is why going to https://musefanpage.com/ redirects you to https://musefanpage.com/blog. Skeletory remnants of it can be found by adamant internet-searchers, but it may never be restored to its former glory. I have managed to salvage the whole of the Message Board so as to read its contents, but the entirety of the Muse Magazine Fan Page may be lost forever.
Oh, yes, as to the “why” question, I forgot to mention the part about those MBers who have promised to raise statues to us as soon as your plans for world domination come to fruition.
No, no, you don’t want it in Play-Doh unless you want me to be nibbling on it…. Seriously, though, in preschool i would munch on little nibbles of Play-Doh whilst molding it into things–it was most deliciously salty.
Yes, I’m happy to be a Graham. It’s also very useful to have a gender-neutral name. I can leave off my first name for phonebook listings and such where I don’t want to advertise being female.
Besides, I came out well compared to other women in my family. My mother’s middle name was Webb, her sister’s is Devin, and their mother’s was Edmondson.
My sister’s middle name is our great-grandfather’s first name. My middle name is my great-grandmother’s middle name. I wish my middle name or my first name had been my great-grandmother’s first name. It’s a very pretty name tho quite old fashioned.
Sorry. Off-topic.
GAPAs, do you/did you ever play any musical instruments?
fireandhemlock1996, I can bang around on the piano enough to entertain myself. Some minor dabblings with guitar and tin whistle never went too far. Recently, I’ve been experimenting with a riq (a combination tambourine and drum) as I am a frustrated percussionist. I’ll attempt anything I can shake, rattle, or beat.
Both Robert and Paul have far superior musical prowess than I on a much greater variety of instruments. I don’t know about Rosanne.
Speaking of Paul, during my piano lesson two weeks ago my teacher was telling me a certain section had to sound like a hurdy-gurdy. Then I got to see a YouTube video of a person playing the hurdy-gurdy.
It made me think of Paul. First thought when she said hurdy-gurdy.
And now I know what it looks like and sounds like! /random
Question that has no connection to anything whatsoever:
In the July/August 2002 issue of Muse, I noticed that you had printed an excerpt from a story entitled, “The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents” (this was the Cat issue). My question runs thus: If the second round of editing was completed for the Bunny Apocalypse Thread (though it will probably take more than two rounds to completely edit the thread), would you consider printing segments of the story in Muse?
Oh that would be so cool! (Yes, I have read BA.) Who knows, it might induce more people to join the blog.
Speaking of that, does it ever mention in the magazine that there is a MuseBlog? I don’t remember ever seeing anything like that printed except for a reference in a Muserology.
Yeah, but not lately. One of the Contests was actually to do this one test and then comment about it on MB. It was printed to look just like (the original) MuseBlog. Good times.
Somewhere in the letters between mid-2007 and mid-2008, there was a letter asking for MB’s URL. And another letter in 2007 mentioned MB. And then there was the Muserology in December 2008 that brought me here…
Yes, we’ve been mentioned a few times here and there, and the fine print at the bottom of the Q&A page lists the URL for the fan page, which now redirects to MuseBlog. There’s also a link on the official web site’s Town Hall in the Kokonino County section.
I might have already asked this question, but, in theory, could a sentence be never-ending? I was think about it, and with the use of a lot of commas, I thought it was possible. I mean could sentence be never-ending with grammar being correct, of course.
I had another question, but my dog has run away once again. GOTTA GO.
What is my American dream? Hmmm. To live somewhere and have really nice kids named Geneva, Emalia, and Vivace ( if female ) and Andante ( if male ). Where I have a great job I actually like and get to do fun stuff on the weekends. And I’m a good, nice person and donate to charity a lot. And I have a super nice husband.
I’m sorry, I really am, to have to ask this, but how do you get a paleo account? Do you go to where it says log in at the top of this screen and put in your MB name and e-mail?
Cool, there’s this bit on the bottom of the page.
“7 visitors online now
3 guests, 4 members
Max visitors today: 9 at 11:51 am GMT+6
This month: 9 at 02-01-2010 11:51 am GMT+6
This year: 9 at 02-01-2010 11:51 am GMT+6
All time: 9 at 02-01-2010 11:51 am GMT+6”
Or it was there all the time and I didn’t notice it…O.o
O ye 6 other people, ¡digame!
Well, it’s open in my browser from the time I get up to the time I go to bed…..I just leave my computer sleeped while I”m at class, but with the browser still open. So, I don’t know if it registers as me being here when they computer is asleep, or not. Probably does.
We thought you’d have fun with those gadgets. There are shorter statistics in the righthand sidebar, and the visitor map has its own subpage under “Who’s Here.”)
o.0 I’m not so sure about the map…..Doesn’t that give a bit too much info about where a person is? Like, for instance, I’ve been very careful to avoid stating what specific state I’m going to college in, as once you know that, it would just be a hop skip and a jump to determine the actual college….And, well, the map shows what states people are in, and a much more precise region than just “I’m in such and such a state”…..Yeah. Just my thoughts.
Oh, so that’s what the stuff at the bottom of the page is. Coolio.
Visitor maps? Huh? I have no idea, I didn’t get to see them.
But how would it know where we are? I know that when I made my WordPress account I didn’t really put in any other information than my username, email and a password….as far as I recall anyway.
How does it decide who’s a member and who’s a visitor? I mean, I know I didn’t make an account until the paleo threads showed up, and even when I’m on a strange computer and forget to check them, sometimes I don’t bother singing in.
Eh crazy voodoo magic, this interweb stuff.
It would know where you are based upon your IP address, and where it logs into the internet from. Or something like that–the same way that annoying personal ads on less reputable websites always know where you are: “So and so looking for a hot date in *******[town where you’re at.”
As for member/visitor, I’m guessing that if you’re currently logged into your MB account, it has you marked as member, if you’re not logged in, it probably marks you as visitor. So even if you’re on you’re computer, it would probably mark you as a visitor if you don’t sign into your account. That’s my guess, anyway.
My account is under soccer starr, so I’m not usually “logged in” because I prefer starr for example unless I’m using the Paleo threads. But I’m not a neophyte.
You can easily fix that by editing the “nickname” field in your profile. You don’t have to, though, because I’ve just done it for you. You’ll be “starr” now even when you’re logged in.
If it were to get changed, (assuming that’s possible), the most logical would be “X visitors, Y logged in”. That way it doesn’t sound all cool and exclusive “Ooooh, members!” But also doesn’t apply not necessarily even accurate labels.
Dearest GAPAs, how do you possibly have the time to moderate ALL of the posts? And the moderation time is so fast too! I really appreciate what you do, and I know for a fact that everyone here does as well. Thank you!
I just discovered a website that I thought the GAPAs would be very interested in if they haven’t already seen it
[We have. Our policy of ignoring other websites remains in force, with occasional exceptions for particularly worthy sites such as Wikipedia and Snopes. –Admin.]
I’ll play, even though I’ve got a game against Cromwell that I’m going to lose, because when I agreed play against en I didn’t know how how good en is. I’m really quite terrible at chess; my dad beats me all the time.
I registered and now it says that the GAPAs have to approve my account. Is this one of those “to teach you patience, grasshopper” things or did I do something wrong? I’m really, really sorry to bother you.
Darn it. I always pronounced it as Kay. But that’s probably because I have a cousin named Ki, so it’s kind of weird saying his name. But I do like the name Kai. I love the way it looks.
Hey Robert? A RRS story – “THERE’S THE KITTEN!” was just moderated, but on the Recent Comments bar it shows up before Silver Lining’s post about the “Coo Coo C’Choo” shirt. And Silver Lining’s comment seems to have been moderated much before mine, I know because I saw it on the Recent Comments bar before I went to the RRS thread. What’s up with that?
Or this question could go to Lady B, but I noticed you just posted –
SFTDP – I checked the times and it says Silver Lining’s post was posted at 13:50, and mine was at 12:02! That can’t be right, can it? And the comment I just posted above this one says it was at 17:09! I’M SO CONFUSED!
You can’t, unfortunately. You could email the picture to the GAPAs and hope they’ll post it for you, but you can’t do it yourself. (The email address now, I believe, is thegapas @ gmail . com.)
I think that the GAPA’s would prefer if you sent them the picture via their e-mail address, which is thegapas@gmaildotcom. Then they could post it on the Visual Arts thread or whichever thread it’s supposed to be on, but you’ll have to be patient. They are busy people.
I don’t know how you insert a picture into a regular post, though.
Well, if you include the URL to a picture in your post, they’ll usually turn it in to a picture.
But generally the best way is to just send it to the GAPAs.
Did you know you can cure hangovers with bacon and bread? (No, I did not learn this from personal experience)
Have to remember that one. So far the most successful cure I’ve found is to just go for a jog and sweat it out.
Wait, you’re old enough to drink? O.o
I’m 18, the age for spirits in Switzerland. Beer is legal past 16. Not that anyone cares, though, I was introduced to whiskey, tequily, vodka, and absinthe when I was 16.
Are the bacon and bread taken internally or applied externally, or some combination of the two?
Umm… if by “taken internally,” you mean eaten, then yes.
What are your opinions on cloud computing?
Anything that remotely resembles Intelligent Air has got to be good.
Do you use Firefox? or, more generally, What’s your Browser?
At work (PC), Firefox and Internet Explorer (used only when Firefox is misbehaving). At home (Mac), Firefox and Safari.
Omniweb PWNS.
Chrome!
-A
Firefox. With a multitude of add-ons. I use Internet Explorer when necessary and have also tried Safari and Chrome.
Who is your favorite MuseBlogger?
If you could bring back one inactive MuseBlogger, who would it be?
What was the worst punishment you ever received?
Rosanne: Have you ever figured out your quest?
Let’s see:
You EAT US?!?!?!?
It’s a metaphor! Metaphor!
*starts running after muselover, who is fleeing*
Well, a simile.
Close enough.
Partial credit.
Yaaa! Taste my batch of metaphor pies! (Wait, should I move this to the World of Piecraft thread?)
Worst punishment: look of disappointment on my mother’s face.
Anything, or everything?
Why?
What’s the background on your computer?
If I were to insult you, (not that I would ever want to do that) would you post it? Assuming that it wasn’t inappropriate, of course.
The background on my laptop is the Muse Academy seal. At work, a fossil turtle. Before that, a variety of space photos.
Do you have any pets?
At present, I have three kitties: Swab, Trouble, and ZouZou. All snowshoe Siamese, all rescues. Swab was only a couple of weeks old when I found him in a compost heap. He’s now 12, and the others are about a year and a half younger.
A compost heap?
Cats are such nice pets. They’re so mellow and non-overwhelming.
I have two kitties. Robin & Tuck. Domestic shorthairs. *Hugs kitties*
None here, for a long time.
Browser: Recently switched back to Safari after a long spell of Firefox.
Quest: I still haven’t figured it out. I’ve got some questlets though. One is to at least get up on my knees on a surf board (in the surf). I’m going to the beach on Sunday for a week so this will be a good chance.
Pets: No pets currently aside from the spiders that roam freely through the house. And there’s also the neighbors’ cat that hangs out at our place all the time. I don’t have names for any of them.
Inactive MuseBlogger: I also enjoy it when the Muses themselves stop by. It’s been awhile since that’s happened.
Desktop backgrounds: If my laptop is attached to a display, the background is the dashboard of my recently departed car. Unlike my “pets,” the car had a name: The Woofmobile. It was a 1981 (or was it 1983?) Toyota Corolla. Its dashboard resembled the surface of Mars — a heavily cratered and creviced part of Mars.
If the laptop is unattached, the background is a close-up of roses from the garden set in front of a black-and-white print of Samuel Johnson and pals sitting around his table.
Why?: Why not?
I’m just wondering, but aren’t there four GAPA’s? Because I’ve only seen three (Rosanne, Robert, and Rebecca) post before.
Paul Baker used to be more active, but nowadays he’s busy with other projects (robots, time-travel, that sort of thing). He still stops by from time to time, mostly for special Muse Academy occasions. I think he’s due for another visit soon.
And Paul’s involved in wung breeding. Don’t forget wung breeding.
Worst punishment: Getting the silent treatment from my dad.
Cloud computing: I like how it makes it possible to get to your “stuff” from any computer. That is really cool.
But it makes me nervous since said “stuff” would not be in my personal safekeeping. And I haven’t researched this at all … but it seems like such heavy reliance on the Internet would provide ever more opportunity for malicious hacking.
Have you ever felt a strange and unexplainable urge to wear a toga?
Yes!!!!! Well, the urge was explainable. I was discovering the wonderful world of greek mythology (aka reading some myths).
I have worn a toga.
(Robert–Toga)-The picture no longer shows up for me in either Firefox or Safari! That’s weird, because I thought it did before…
It doesn’t show up for me either.
Me either.
Nor me!
Just to add more complaint, Nor me!
I have to chime in on the disappointment. Nor me!
Weird. Shows up for me.
(Then again, this is several months later.)
-A
Me either.
I can’t see it either.
Nor I.
yes, actually. I was also tempted to wear Roman sandals and a beach cover up made to look like a toga with “Veni, vidi, vici” on the back. My mom told me I would look like a freak and wouldn’t let me out of the house.
At school, we have a Roman banquet once a year. 6th graders (our school only goes up to sixth grade, so they are special or something like that) get to wear togas. 5th graders get to play slaves. Not optional, either. Sooo glad it’s only in fifth grade. Now as I am fast approaching 6th grade, I’m pondering whether or not it’ll be as fun as it seems.
Where’s Robert going on vacation?
Have you ever used pie as a verb – outside of Muse and MuseBlog?
Oooh, ooh! This has nothing to do with using “pie” as a verb, but it is funny. Okay. So today at camp, we all wrote down a line from a song and then everyone drew one out of a hat and made a poem out of it. Sebastian’s was “His heart was made of knotted pine,” and Veronika (not me) thought it was “knotted pie!” The Kokonspiracy is taking over!
“As a verb – MuseBlog or Muse, or may be used outside of the pie?”
I ask the hallowed GAPAs, is there a way to change my avatar? I am finding it discouraging that I am represented by an angry red square.
Have the GAPAs heard of translationparty dot com, and if so, what do you think of it? If not, why not?
I fed it William Carlos Williams’ poem about the red wheel barrow. Along the way it became: “White chicken in water for a shower of glass next to REDDOHOIRUBARO, dependent” and eventually reached equilibrium with “Glass REDDOHOIRUBARO, water is dependent on the shower beside the white chickens.”
MuseBloggers should appreciate this: when I refreshed the page with the “translation,” I got this message, “Equilibrium found! But would it kill you to capitalize properly?” Guess they’d better take that discussion up with Mr. Williams.
I never heard of translationparty.com before, i just went to it now. I put in “A fool and his money are soon parted” and got “Need to remove the stupidity of my money now.”
I just got “Equilibrium found! But would it kill you to capitalize properly?” too!
Try feeding it “May the Force be with you.”
I’d never heard of Translation Party until now. Thanks for enlightening me. I just tried “The owl and the pussycat went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat.” After a while I got the “it’s doubtful this phrase will ever reach equilibrium” message.
The last version was: “It is designed to ship a sea of green beans and cat owl.”
May the force be with you: The outcome is certainly surprising — at least for someone who knows no Japanese (like me).
What a fun website! The Japanese doesn’t make any sense either, if anyone wants to know.
You…know Japanese?
I do kinda, heehee, not much really. Just stuff like hi and lets eat and goodbye and good morning and ouch and it’s hot etc. My mom’s a Jap.
“know japanese” might be an overstatement, but I know enough to know that the translations are gibberish
Really? I just stuck one into “Google translate” and it came out the same as what it said on Translation Party.
Google translate is seriously fail. Try freetranslation dot com instead.
Do “Mr Joe is an imbecile”.
That is one worrying translation.
No, do “So, Xeer is the king of the Hot-Pink Bunnies.”
That one just worries me.
Of course, “The Resistance shall always get really beaten up but win in the end!” totally changes meaning into some poetic phrase you should check out.
The Resistance shall always get really beaten up but win in the end!
into Japanese
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back into English
Always been really beaten, they should resist, the final win!
back into Japanese
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back into English
Really is always getting hit, you have to resist the final victory!
back into Japanese
本当ã«ã„ã¤ã‚‚ヒットã—ã¦ã„ã‚‹å ´åˆã¯ã€æœ€çµ‚çš„ãªå‹åˆ©ã«æŠµæŠ—ãŒã‚ã‚‹ï¼
back into English
If you really hit all the time, there is resistance to the final victory!
back into Japanese
実際ã«ãƒ’ットã—ãŸå ´åˆã€ã™ã¹ã¦ã®æ™‚é–“ã¯ã€æœ€çµ‚çš„ãªå‹åˆ©ã¸ã®æŠµæŠ—ã§ã™ï¼
back into English
If you actually hit, all the time, resistance to the final victory!
back into Japanese
実際ã«ãƒ’ットã—ãŸå ´åˆã€ã™ã¹ã¦ã®æ™‚é–“ã‚’ã€æœ€çµ‚çš„ãªå‹åˆ©ã¸ã®æŠµæŠ—ï¼
back into English
If you actually hit, all the time, resistance to the final victory!
Translation party: Oh, this seems fun. First trying it with some Jabberwocky (heyyy, my comp ecided to learn that word finally ^ ^):
Twas brilling, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe.
to
Twas brilling, vortex slithy wabe gimble toves.
Hmm. *plays around*
Jabberwocky? I love that poem! I used to know what all the nonsense words meant, but then, of course, I forgot.
“one two, one two,
and through, and through
the vorpal blade went snicker-snack
he left it dead
and with its head
he went galumphing back” is all I remember.
That’s all I remember, too. Except for, “Hast thou slayed the Jabberwocky? Come to my arms, my beamish boy!” Or something like that.
That would be “Has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy!” I used it for the 8th grade poetry slam. It got me to the second round, despite the fact that it was a total popularity contest and I wasn’t very popular.
Dearest GAPAs,
This question about the practices of americans has been kicking around in my head for a while. Do americans buy milk in bags, jugs or cartons? Just wodering.
Thanks,
Kagcomix
Kagy–I’ve seen milk in plastic jugs and cartons (tetra paks, I believe they’re called) of varying sizes, from lunchbox-sized cartons to gallon-sized plastic jugs, in the USA. I haven’t seen any bags around here.
You’d be amazed at the way Americans can package and preserve anything. The only milk packaging variation I’ve never seen is bags.
How do Canadians (if I remember correctly, that’s where you’re from) package milk?
What about Lithuanians? This is an interesting topic: international packaging variations.
That’s not just an interesting topic. That’s a Muserly topic. Wait! EP! ELIZABETH PRESTON!! If you can hear me, have an article or articles written about international packaging variations stat! This is even more inherently Muserly than pencils or even the fabled guardrails! WANT!
Yes!
YEA!
I live in Australia, and I’ve only ever seen milk in jugs and carotns.
Canadians package milk in bags. They are rectangular, clear plastic bags, about as long as your forearm (or mine, at least). They are sold in threes in another bag. My family reuses the milk bags because they are a convenient size to hold leftovers and pencils and stuff (not all in the same bag of course!)
Is Canada the only country that sells milk in bags?
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back into EnglishWhat is in Canada, the milk is the only country you are selling a bag of day?Equilibrium found!
I’ve seen milk in all the ways you mentioned except for bags.
To add onto the list of milk packaging in the USA, you can also buy boxed milk, something along the lines of it doesn’t have to be refrigerated until opened? I’m fuzzy on the details, my sis apparently likes it better than the other milk she can get her hands on at her college–she says that the milk in that state tastes “weird”….
But in general, I’ve only ever seen plastic jugs/cartons of varying sizes.
I suppose this is an extraordinarily late comment, but I just have to mention that my school now serves bagged milk with our lunches. (United States, by the way) We used to have cartons, but now the only way you can drink it is to stab the bag with the straw.
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eventually to this:
I need to change my avatar GAPAs God?
finally to this:
GAPAs my avatar and I have a need to change your mind?
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I have to change their avatars, or divine GAPAs?
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I have avatars, or divine GAPAs Do I need to change?
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Do I need to change your avatar, or divine GAPAs?
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I need to change my avatar GAPAs God?
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GAPAs my avatar or I need to change your heart?
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GAPAs my avatar and I have a need to change your mind?
I’ve seen milk in all the ways you mentioned except for bags.
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मैं सà¤à¥€ तरह तà¥à¤® बैग के अलावा उलà¥à¤²à¥‡à¤– दूध में देखा है.
To English
I mention all except milk bags you have.
To Hindi
मà¥à¤à¥‡ दूध बैग आप को छोड़कर सà¤à¥€ उलà¥à¤²à¥‡à¤– किया है.
To English
I except you has mentioned the milk bag.
To Hindi
मà¥à¤à¥‡ छोड़कर तà¥à¤® दूध बैग उलà¥à¤²à¥‡à¤– किया है.
To English
I leave you mentioned the milk bag.
That’s where it died.
R-tH- Thanks. Some friends and I were wondering if Canada was the only country that sells milk in bags.
This makes me want to go to canada more.
Canada is awesome. Visit it.
23- Israel apparently sells chocolate milk in bags, like in stands on the street.
Yes, it’s called “choco bisakeet”. (That’s probably a really bad transliteration; I’ve only heard it called that by Israelis.) They’re sold in grocery stores too, I think. Each bag contains a single portion, and people drink it directly out of the bag. Apparently, they are usually drunk at breakfast, and they’re sort of the Israeli version of the Starbucks latte. They’re also really good.
Could we have a thread for Translation Party? I think we’ll need one…
Oh, could we?
How about we just combine it with the (dead) Cleverbot thread?
We could do that, at least until we get a new one.
WARNING: LONG POST.
This is what it gave me for that post, Errata.
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Whoops, I think my comment got zapped as spam. Too long and too much Japanese, I guess. Oh well…
Yup. It has been retrieved.
Guess what this one is- (Hint: You can find the original on MuseBlog.)
Our living room and a great person snoots snoots, cute, cute snoots, bundle of love, w00t w00t, spacious and lovely songs!
LOLfullness! (hey, Imade up a word, hmm…) I wanted something random so i entered: I want a pet toad who enjoys taking baths, but not to often. Recieved: People, if you enjoy a pet frog, you have to take a bath. Random? Yes. Truly and totally useless? Yes. Hilarious? Also yes.
anyway, GAPA question. where do y’all live? I mean city or general area, not address’s of course. Also, and I don’t now if I’m allowed to ask this, cats or dogs?
Dogs, mainly because I’m seriously allergic to cats.
Should I edit this sentence Muse magazine style?
GAPAs: request for information
I was published twice (I think) in Muse magazine, once in a letter (that I had originally sent to the gaboomba, actually – I think Robert forwarded it) and once in a Q&A. After looking through the site, I believe that the Q&A was in the May/June 2006 issue (why do we blush), but I can’t remember when the letter was published, and going through all my old issues is going to be tedious. Would the gaboomba happen to be archived somewhere? If I could find roughly when I posted it on there that might help narrow it down. I think that I was responding to an article on tricks the brain plays on the eyes; I remember something vaguely about light refracting off of fingernails.
Would you have any idea what I’m talking about / any place I could search to figure out what issue it would have been published in?
28- (Lizzie) I’ll take a look through my collection of muses. I have jul/august 2005 and then nov/dec 2005 onward. I’ll tell you what I find.
Re: Milk: I’ve seen milk in cardboard cartons and plastic jugs. Usually the jugs are gallons, and everything smaller is a carton.
I buy milk in glass bottles.
Have you made guardrails part of your family yet?
Technically, since I am in NHS and at my school we adopted a section of highway near my house, they’re in mine XD
What was the first Beatles song you ever heard?
It was almost certainly “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” since that was their first hit in the U.S. Yes, this GAPA thinks she can remember watching the Beatles’ appearance on the Ed Sullivan show and being annoyed because she couldn’t hear the band over all the screaming girls. “I would never be that silly,” I thought. It’s hard to trust my memory because I have pretty much the same reaction every time I see the clip. (To be honest, however, I can be credited with plenty of silliness, just not like that.) I also vaguely remember the excitement around the first U.S. concert, probably because we were living in the D.C. at the time. But most of my early acquaintance with Beatles songs came from watching the cartoon show.
I think mine was “I am the Walrus”. The lyrics kind of freaked me out when I first heard it, but today I like it quite a lot.
Trivia: Do you know what their very first hit ever was?
In the US or the UK?
The UK, since that’s where they originally debuted.
Lizzie– I found the muse issue where your letter was printed. (I actually have since late 2004 issues, not , as I said, 2005) The issue with your letter is the Nov/Dec 2005 issue. Yours is the last letter on the first mail page and it continues on the second mail page. Hope I have been of help!
33-Kag- awesome, thanks so much! Thanks for doing that for me
Have you seen the YouTube awareness test?
Equilibrium:
Meaning, YouTube, please refer to the next test?
Hahaha…
I agree with everyone. We need a Translation Party thread. But I have a suggestion–should we take this to the Suggestion Box?
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34- (Lizzie) No problem! Anything to help a fellow muser out.
What exactly is the square root of pi
There should be a question mark at the end of that.
The only exact way to write it is as a square root sign with pi under it. The number itself is exact, but it is not a fraction, and its decimal representation has no end.
GAPAs,
I just returned from a two-week camping trip in Yosemite, and when we were backpacking in the High Sierras, there was a rule that you couldn’t have open fires above 9,600 feet. Do you know why they had that rule?
I was curious about that the entire trip, and I completely forgot to ask the ranger at the wilderness permit center.
I’m not sure if this is right, but I suspect it’s because we have lots of problems with wildfires in California. When I was in New Mexico last year (in the Sangre de Cristo mountains) they were also really strict about that kind of thing, I don’t think they would even let people hike on certain trails because there’s too much danger of a fire starting, due to carelessness or arson (and a lot of fires in “fire season” are actually arson fires! ) I wish I could remember more, but they said the drought was really bad…maybe it’s the same in Yosemite?
(39) I’ll bet Axa is right. When I went hiking in New Mexico a few years ago, no fires were allowed — “cold camping,” I think they called it. There had been a drought, and the state was worried about wildfires.
I think you guys are right. Wildfires are a big issue out there.
Really? I thought that originally, but I didn’t think that could be it, because, especially in that area, they have been setting prescribed fires to make up for the suppressed fire policy in the past. And why only over 9,600 feet?
When my family was at Philmont (a Boy Scout ranch) in New Mexico, uh, 11-12 years ago, I think they had that rule, but when there was an ice storm, they broke it to keep the scouts who were hiking warm. I guess there wasn’t much of a fire-risk anymore.
Help! I can’t find a cooking thread anywhere! Does anyone know where I might find something like that? I’m bored, and that means culinary experiments to discuss!
We did have a Cooking and Food thread last year, but that’s gone stale. Here’s a new one. Bon appetit!
Thanks Robert!
Others can see my new gravatar, but I can’t!
*theme song plays* Welcome back to America’s favorite game show, “Clear Your Cache!”
*rolls eyes* Thanks, Piggy.
I can’t see it in Safari, even after clearing my cache and other things, but I can see it in Firefox.
Same for me….I’m not sure I like this newest version of Safari, actually. (4.0.3)
Maybe I should switch over to Firefox exclusively. I dunno.
Or Chrome. Chrome is way better.
I’ve never used Chrome, honestly. I know absolutely nothing about it.
Now’s your chance to try it. It’s marvelously fast and marvelously secure.
Is it even available for Macs? I would consider trying it out, ‘though I’m perfectly happy with Safari (except for the moved refresh button) and Firefox.
Not in any official public release yet, unfortunately. On the developer (and possibly beta?) channel there is, but that’s are a bit more involved.
If you have a Mac, you could also try Camino. I think that it theoretically is a Firefox-like browser that is intended specifically for Macs. Of course, I use Firefox all the time on both PCs and Macs.
I can see it in Safari, but I don’t have the new version with the moved Refresh button. I don’t know if that makes a difference.
Did you know that if our eyes were proportionate to our heads as they are to an owl, our eyes would weigh five pounds and be the size of grapefruits?!
We’d all look like manga characters!
I agree. And we would be a little top-heavy.
What happened to the thread where we summarized in script/SSSS format books and movies and such? I can’t find it.
Do you mean Quick Reads?
Thank you!
GAPAs, what are your opinions about flame wars on the MB? (I just learned about Internet safety in school.)
They’re not allowed. What did your Internet-safety class say about them?
I was just thinking about minor arguments, i.e. HBP rock vs. HBP sucks, and how they might be classified as such.
Disagreement is not the same as flaming.
A brief demonstration:
Disagreement = HBP [rox, sux] because it reinterpreted the book as a movie [or whatever].
Headed for the flames = HBP [rox, sux], and you’re an idiot if you don’t agree.
Blowtorch = HBP [ROX, SUX], and anyone who disagrees with me should be PULVERIZED IN A BLENDER and fed to the cats, which will make them throw up of course all over Mom’s newly shampooed carpet because NOT EVEN a hungry cat would want to eat ANYTHING THAT STUPID11111!! And it’s ALL your fault that mom yelled at the cat.
I know, but I see #2 every once in a while, and also #3 (though mostly just as silliness).
Sometimes it’s a judgment call. It might depend on who’s involved, or how serious it seems to be. Sometimes what seems to be an insult is more of a joke (or vice versa), and we can’t always tell in the moderating queue. Sometimes we simply miss things due to the perils of multitasking. At times we feel moved to do a little retrozapping.
In terms of translation: Thanksforallthefish42, is that avatar… well, it looks like the Chinese “huang”, yellow. But then that top bit would be over the “se” bit, right? Or is it over both? I presume you know what I’m talking about. Apologies to anyone who doesn’t.
Sorry… Maybe I should change it… It means “fish.” It’s Japanese… I think. I’m pretty darn sure of it! Well, if you listen to websites. I’ll go and change it , ‘cuz people are start thinking I know Japanese/Chinese.
GAPAs how long do I have to wait till my account is approved?I have waited for 1 and 1ï¼2 weeks. Do I have to have an account to be on the calender.
The accounts are only for chess players and for MBers who have been around for six months or longer. You don’t need an account to post, as you have already demonstrated.
mas0n: I see that you started posting almost a year ago. So welcome, neo-paleophyte!
Oops, sorry mas0n! I should have double-checked before I spoke. That’s what I get for trying to post while I’m headed out the door.
Do you mean I have to wait 6 months before I can play chess.Wait I posted on MB1 a few times a while ago, so does that count.
mas0n: You’ve been approved! Your password should be in your e-mail box.
To answer your question, anybody who wants to play chess can request (and receive) an account right away. If you’d like to play chess, we can help you find an opponent.
Mas0n, could you please use question marks? I understand that people haven’t been telling you to so much, so it’s not a big deal, but I would prefer that you did.
GAPAs, could I have a paleo-account?
SudoRandom: done!
Thanks.Know I’ve been wondering how you became a GAPA? Is it a job, and your paid or is it just a hobby.
As it happens, I answered that question a couple of years ago.
(A more serious answer is that nobody pays us to do this. Who would? In fact, it costs us a little money to keep the blog going. So we’re here because we like to be, and because some of you have promised to raise statues to us as soon as your plans for world domination come to fruition.)
Is there a possible way to make a paypal donation or something?
It’s kind of you to offer, but we’re not set up for that.
Surely a paypal option would not take long to establish. It seems to be a prerequisite for all other forums or online communities. (I feel guilty abusing your time when you’re not gaining financially from it; in every other forum I participate in I both help with moderating and writing articles as well as regularly donating money).
If we started collecting money, we’d probably have to form a corporation and file extra tax returns — more trouble than it’s worth. We’re fine with the current setup.
If you really wanted the GAPAs to get some amount of money, you could always buy some stuff from Musery Loves Company and give it to the poor or something. Although I doubt the GAPAs get much for products bought there.
*checks*
CafePress says the seller gets 10% of the retail price of an item. Better than I expected, actually.
HPBs for the Homeless! That would make everybody happy.
It supports the Kokonspiracy and the Illumiminati, which probably doesn’t exist anyway, maybe.
So should I get started on the decades-long apprenticeship now, or do I have to have my master’s in Muserology first?
Sudorandom:Sorry about that.It’s just that I’m using my DSi to post, and to get to the ? takes a lot of time.The period is right there though.
Have you applied for your account?
Oh. That’s fine, I guess.
I haven’t applied. How do I do that? *searches*
SR: You don’t need to.
(mas0n: SR had a chess account, which I’ve converted to an account for six-month-plus posters, or “paleophytes.”)
Do I have a six month plus account? I now disctincly remember posting last year or the year before that, but quit and came back.(school work)
mas0n: Yes, you do. It’s also good for playing chess.
I know I’m being annoying, but how do I play chess? Do you have to find me a partner?If so, will you?
mas0n: Happy to help. How would you rate yourself as a player: A (very strong, beat most people you play), B (pretty good, but not really experienced), or C (beginner or thereabouts)?
Last year I would have said a), but I don’t play as often. My answer is b(
Don’t start a game yet because i’m sick in bed. I’ll tell you when I can. I can’t have plugins on my DSi.
I am ready to start a chess game. May one of you help me?
My chess account turns into a six month account in… October?
SFTDP
I just realized that Nancy Kangas (Nak) would make an amazing GAPA. The Dear Muse Reader page is so flamablamablous that Nak must be flamablamablous.
I can’t find the Student Lounge any where. I’m logged into my paleo’ account.
Has my paleophyte account been cancled or something?
mas0n, when we created the Paleophytes threads, we did so because many long-time MBers were feeling lost with the influx of newcomers. As we explained on the New MuseBlog Experiment thread, we settled on the six-months requirement because “after six months on the blog, MBers know the ropes and have shown that they are likely to stick around for a while. By making a special place for those who have settled in, we hope to carve out a slightly slower, calmer environment for those who want it.” After further review of those purposes, it seemed to us that six months should mean six months of regular participation. Sorry, mas0n, for the confusion, but you will enjoy the MA Student Lounge and feel happier there once you’ve spent more time getting to know the other residents of MuseBlog.
Thank you for staightening that out. So when is my 6 month account going to be valid?
Don’t answer the last one.
What do you consider active?
Would you call 1 time a week active?
(I’ll try to post at least 1 time every 2 days or more)
There’s not a hard and fast rule. Even a few times a month. Enough that other MBers have a chance to remember who you are and you have a chance to know who they are. But a handful of posts then a reappearance many months later didn’t seem to fit the bill.
But don’t worry. The Paleophytes area is only a small part of the blog, consisting of the Student Lounge — a slower, somewhat more contemplative version of the Random thread — and a few RRRs. Meanwhile, there’s plenty of territory to explore, as we see you’ve been discovering, so enjoy!
A few dead RRRs I might say.
I hate High school. in that manner at least.
Cool!!!! I can’t wait now. I am going to stay very active here, and still post almost everyday or chance I can. I am excited about the random thread and the RRR.
Are your posts automatically italicized? This has probably been asked before…
No, the italics are just standard HTML. We could write without them if we wanted to. We just think it’s useful for MBers to make our comments easy to spot.
GAPAs, as far as I can tell, this is the best thread for this, so I’m just confirming with you that my new gravatar is acceptable? I’m assuming it is, you can only see the top of my face. I think it’s about time for The Hat to be my avatar, seeing as it’s practically my trademark. I’ll try to upload a better picture later, but I left The Hat at my friend’s house, so I can’t right now.
You haz a new gravatar? I cleared my cache and still only see the green hilly streamy thing.
I
Want
That
Hat.
*steals
hat*
Nope. Maybe i you came to the next Boston Kokon this Saturday… ((I’m just kidding, I just really want you to come.))
I’ve told you, my Dad won’t let me, because he thinks you’re all stalkers.
Nice stalkers, stalkers who appreciate a good pie, but stalkers none the less.
I’m a stalker? Rar!
I hope he lets you come… *crosses fingers*
And the phrase “appreciate a good pie” is redundant.
I’m feeling very prone to emoticons lately, which brings me to my question: GAPAs, how did you change the lightbulb emoticons to bunnies, and the arrows and exclamation points to pies?
Can my next chess game be a wierd setup?
When was the Gaboomba created? I’ve ofen heard about it but never with an exact date.
I don’t remember!
Wasn’t it three years before the blog? That’s in my head somehow.
Not quite. According to the e-mail traffic in which I announced it to Larry Gonick and Nancy Kangas, the Fan Page went online on July 1, 2003. The Gaboomba started operations on July 3.
I know that I sent my first emails to the Gaboomba in December 2003. Robert, do you have any exact dates in your email traffic?
Sorry, oxlin. We lost all the old e-mail archives when we changed Web-host companies in September 2006.
Nothing on the internet is lost, It’s just archived:
http://web. archive .org/web/20071222000212/www.musefanpage.com/index.html
2007 Muse Fan page for all intents and purposes.
All right. Then the only original evidence of my old emails is sitting somewhere on my old computer at home.
How can I plan a Kokonvention? I want to do one somewhere in northern MN or southern TN. Is there any other MBers near that area?
F+H is. I’m sure she’d be ecstatic. *hides in bomb shelter*
*pies Lad* You’re a Tennessean too? *bombs rain down on Ladus’s bomb shelter* You’re a wierdo, Ladus. Get over it.
Non, je ne suis pas un “Tennessean”
If I can convince my parents that the time of the Kokonvention is the perfect time to visit my aunt, AND that I can go on to a Kokonvention, sure. I think this belongs on the Kokonventions thread, though.
Another one of my endless supply of questions: How can I change my account password for MB?
bookgirl: You can change your password by updating your profile.
Okay. I’ve done it over lost password now, but before I had trouble changing it since I somehow couldn’t access the profile; I got redirected to MB right away and don’t have a bar with the links to profile, e.t.c… on top of the screen.
Sorry — I’d forgotten that we had hidden the profiles to keep from having to remove unapproved Web links and things. The “lost password” button is a good workaround.
I have no difficulty accessing my profile. I just click on my green linkified name in the comment box. You know, where it would normally have a bar to put in your name, with your email below?
*shrug*
That works. By hiding the profiles, I meant that people who log in don’t automatically go straight to their profiles, as they would normally do. It seemed to make more sense to send them to the blog. If bookgirl_me wants to choose her own password, she can do the click-on-the-link trick.
I probably ought to add this information to one of the information pages, but I’m sure I’ll forget to do it.
Ohhhhhhhh. Gotcha. Yeah, that does make more sense that way.
When we send a comment, is there like a, “Someone’s musing is requesting moderation” kind of message at the top? Totally inane question, I know, but I was just wondering.
Not exactly. We see all the recent comments on one menu, with the word “Pending” and a number in parentheses at the top. If there are unmoderated comments, the number is greater than zero, and those comments are highlighted.
Before I got a wordpress, I thought you just went around to every single thread and could see the pending comments that were stacked on them. So when I got a chess account, I checked to see if I could see comments waiting to be moderated.
(Don’t worry, I wouldn’t have moderated them. I was just curious.)
Don’t worry. We expect MBers to be curious, and we tested subscriber accounts ourselves first.
Yes, I’ve actually often wondered what the GAPA’s see on their screen compared to what we see.
If you had to choose one person to make a new GAPA, who would it be?
If you had to choose one MuseBlogger to make a new GAPA, who would it be?
I don’t think the GAPAs answer that sort of question (the second one). They don’t have favorites or anything, so it would be hard to chose. Besides, most MBers are under 18 and aren’t allowed to display their last name on MB.
bookgirl is right that we don’t play favorites.
As for new GAPAs — well, it would be fun to bring Larry Gonick on board.
Although I am an obvious exception to that, right, Robert?
Oh, no, Piggy luv, I’m the obvious exception. XD
jk…
2 questions: How did you change the lightbulb emoticons to bunnies, and exclamation point emoticons to pies, etc…
And… I forget my other question. I’m sure I’ll remember it later… I hope…
Ooh! I remembered! I have a mac, and alt+v is paste, and I was wondering if there is a way for me to bind another key combination (alt+shift+v, for example) so that I can have more than one thing that can be pasted at the same time? Does that make any sense?
And while I’m posting, how exactly does one clear their cache on FireFox or Safari?
Dunno about your first question, but mayhap go to system preferences and check out keyboard shortcuts……Not sure if that would help.
Second question: On Safari, it is super easy. Just go up to the bar along the top of the screen, click on Safari, and scroll down to “Empty Cache….”
firefox: Erm, I forget/am not sure/etc.
For Firefox: Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Clear Now.
How old are the GAPAs?
What would they think if my dad started posting on MB?
The GAPAs are ageless. Don’t you know?
We like to be a little hazy about our ages, but I think it’s permissible to say that we were all born in the 1950s and 1960s (except for Paul Baker, who appears to have been born sometime in the 16th century).
As for your father, there’s no rule against it, as long as he identifies himself properly. I’d be interested in hearing what other MBers think about the idea.
Personally, I don’t care too much one way or the other if her dad posts or not. Could be interesting to get a grown up perspective on things, other than from our beloved GAPAs. ‘snot like I’m going to go, omg! A grownup is reading everything I write, must alter my posts…..Afterall, they’re already being read by grownup, probably more than just the
GAPAs….XD
Anyway, yeah, cool if he does, cool if he doesn’t. Now if only it were cool here. The temp went up about 30 degrees from yesterday, and I’m melting in the hot, humid 70 weather. And I smell. Not fun…..
And what exactly do you mean by “identifies himself properly”?
It would be cool to have a parent of a MBlogger on here in my opinion, it’d be interesting to see things from his perspective. I hope he comes on!
Hm, it’s tricky. Ordinarily we require anyone over 18 on the blog to supply ens real name. But that could conflict with our policy of not revealing information about MBers on the blog.
In this case, I suppose proper identification would consist of his (1) letting us know by e-mail (gapa at musefanpage.com) that he plans to appear on MuseBlog and then (2) posting as “fireandhemlock1996’s dad” or a name that provides equivalent information.
He’s considering posting as “Alpaca Lips” last I heard. It’s rather complicated…..
It must be.
He could probably post as Alpaca Lips (fireandhemlock’s dad), right?
ok, now that’s just scary…..Not the name, per se, as the semi deja vu feeling it gives me. This guy who used to work with my Dad, he had these random little phrases/names that he’d call my sis and I. ’twas something of a game, we’d fling ’em back and forth like insults. The only one I can recall is “Chicken lips”, but that’s what your dad’s suggested name makes me think of….
Anyway, yeah, random.
XD.
While this seems a bit out of place in the tech-support / blog-related questions, I have been meaning to ask you guys this for a while:
I’m now living, for the first time in my life that I can remember, in a place that’s actually cold, and one thing I noticed was that every time I open a door to the outside, there’s this big gust of cold air that tries to hold the door shut. What causes this? Is there some difference in pressure due to the differences in temperature between inside and outside, or is it something else?
Does your door open in like normal, or does it open out? The only reason I can think of is if your door opened out and the cold air tried moving to the lower pressure warmer air, but most house doors open in, so I’m not sure. (Yes, I know the question was for the GAPAs, sorry.)
I feel like it opens out. Whatever it is, it makes it really hard to open – I have to basically use all of my body weight.
Parents on MB- Hmm… The chance of my dad spending time on MB is just about the same as the Beatles reuniting and recruiting Britney Spears. I’d probably die (of embarrassment) if my mom came here and she respects that (I hope). Which sort of rules out my parents on MB. It would be weird. Like having a parent try to hang out with your friends at school. But I guess if you had a great relationship with your parents it might be fun. I wouldn’t mind if a MBers parent became a MBer.
Sorry if this is an annoying question, but is this avatar acceptable? It’s obvious that I’m not a member of Queen, right?
Would anyone care to play chess with me? I’m going to be on most of the weekend.(I don’t care if its normal chess or a wierd setup) I wwas hoping a GAPA could help me out.
How do the GAPAs feel about anonymous recruitment for the Kokonspiracy? As in, dropping the web address in your friend’s locker, or leaving MuseBlog up when you go the internet?
Wasn’t there a thing where people dropped origami birds and left bookmarks in muserly books?
I believe it was origami :idea:s, as seen in the Jan. 2007 (10th birthday issue) of Muse. And bookmarks as well, yes.
1. Is it possible for a human to have naturally purple eyes? My friend says it’s possible, but I don’t believe her.
2. Has anyone ever ding-dong-ditched the White House, and would you be arrested if you did? (Don’t worry, I’m too cowardly to try it. Plus I live in California.)
3. Is it true that Sphynx cats have to wear sunscreen when they go outside, because they have no fur to protect them?
1. I think so, but I’m not sure.
2. I have no idea.
3. Yes. I saw it on Animal Planet.
You can’t get anywhere close enough to the White House to ding-dong-ditch it.
Well, nowadays. In Lincoln’s time, you could simply walk up to the white house and ask to see the president.
1. Probably.
1. Might depend on how you define “purple”.
2. Like Piggy said
3. Well, they are hairless……And sinfully ugly. *shudder* Now, naked mole rats, however, are adorable.
GAPAs, am I qualified to get a paleophyte account if I’ve been around for more than six months, but have been posting infrequently?
I’d say you’ve been around enough.
Can you confirm my account, please?
Done.
When did MB start, and are you guys the first GAPAs?
Were the 80’s really as hideous as they seem to be in my school’s version of Footloose?
If so you have my condolences.
I mean, you might have liked them I guess, but… O.o
It depended on which 1980s you were looking at. I ignored most of it. (What were they doing to women’s hair throughout the decade? *shudders*). New Wave was more my cup of tea. Fun stuff. Found most of my wardrobe at a fabulous second-hand place called Vintage Clothing.
Most people were fairly normal looking, actually. At least they were in D.C., which tends to be sartorially conservative. By contrast, my friends and I seemed bolder than we actually were. We were gorgeous, of course.
“The difference between the 80s and now is that in the 80s, when the space shuttles landed, the hair looked like it was still in orbit.” -Some guy on SpaceVidcast.
GAPAs, hypothetically speaking, if I were to make a webcomic and if I were to send it to you would you make a space on the blog for it?
Dearest GAPAs,
This is a somewhat urgent question. “Urgent” meaning I would like to know before monday (because my physics class is monday and I want to wow people).
I remember that there used to be a page on this site somewhere, where one could read a bunch of Q&A answers.One in particular stayed in my mind, as it was about Monty Python. I’m sure you’ve guessed it’s the question about the velocity of a swallow. I was wondering where I could find this answer. The question was brought up in my physics class (we watched the scene and everything) and I’m kind of curious about the answer.
Best Regards,
Kagcomix
Kagcomix — Reposting our Q&A archives is still on my “to do” list, but here is the answer I gave:
(The answer refers to unladen swallows, of course.)
Thanks so much Robert!
Not sure if this belongs here or on the Suggestion Box:
What if we had an election for the “Fifth GAPA?” One MBer could be granted GAPA powers, and we could all vote to decide who it was . If en was underage, en could still use en’s blogname.
I already know the answer: no. The GAPAs don’t want to take any chances with MB, and, unfortunately, creating a Junior GAPA position would open up such a chance. Too many “what if’s” to worry about, too many things that could go wrong. In an alternate universe where the GAPAs would allow it, I would instantly throw my hat in the ring, but alas, ’tis not to be.
I’m not sure human beings are capable of surviving the metaphysical stresses of the particle transmogri… er, initiation ceremony
Have you all recently devoloped an uncommonly low threshold for profanity or I do I just need to bleach my mouth… seems like you’re sniping stuff you didn’t used to…. not that I’m complaining or anything… just kind of curious.
I don’t think our standards have changed. They’ve always been strict. It’s true, however, that we don’t always have the same amount of time and energy for aggressive enforcement.
How would an electromagnetic pulse- say, from a nuclear detonation- work in a magnetosphere stronger than Earth’s- say, Jupiter’s?
I posted this fairly late last night and only realized afterwards that it was probably somewhat out of your areas of expertise…
Oh, I’m sure I could find out from one of my planetary-scientist friends. How urgent is the answer? Could I use this in the Q&A column?
You’re welcome to. I did a little research, but was unable to turn up a more detailed answer than “stronger.”
And it’s not at all urgent- I could wait months- but I no longer subscribe to Muse, so you’d have to also post the answer here.
I was about to say “You have no idea how hard it is trying to write plausible science fiction with only a high school sophomore education,” but then given who I’m talking to you probably do…
Hold it, you’re doing the Q&A again? Suite.
He and Rosanne never stopped doing the Q&A. I think.
Rosanne and I stopped writing the column some time ago. Then my friends Ruth Flanagan and Andy Soth (wife-and-husband science writers with a Muser daughter!) took it over for a year. Now Rebecca and I write the column.
If I were to use a picture of Buffy in my Gravatar, would that be okay? She doesn’t look remotely like me, but it’s still a recognizable human face.
Probably. I’m using The Count of Monte Cristo.
And I’m using Luna, Beavo is using/has used Daniel Radcliffe, and I think various other individuals have used/are using various human faces that may or may not be widely known…….
If we allowed Evanna Lynch, I don’t suppose we could very well exclude Sarah Michelle Gellar. Carry on, speller73.
Thanks. I’m going to have some fun with Photoshop…
SFTDP.
To save you from craning your eyes, my avatar reads “I’m a Slayer. Ask me how.” I made it as legible as I could.
How, exactly does one crane one’s eyes?
On an unrelated note, I really wish I had 3 hands right now.
Umm… very figuratively.
Could Rebecca post the picture that you use to make the Muses in the photoshop pics? Thanks.
I’m not sure I understand your question. Do you mean the individual Muses? There isn’t a single picture. I made Photoshop brushes and Illustrator symbols from the vector graphics I drew for the Muse Academy seal and sometimes use them as a basis for images. Other times I draw them from scratch. Just depends on the situation. The current picture started with Illustrator symbols that I edited. I could “paint” them all onto a single page, if that’s what you’re asking.
I’d like separate images, for a project I’m doing. One file for Chad, one for Mimi, Etc, but without Kokopelli. I already have picture of him.
I notice that musefanpage.com now redirects to MB. Is there any way to get to the original Fan Page, or has it been taken down?
It’s gone. I took it down after Paul Baker noticed that it was riddled with computer viruses, and then my hard drive melted down before I had backed it up. I’m still looking for older backups, and The Man For Aeiou has found it archived somewhere on the Web (though I’m not sure whether it’s complete).
Oh… I didn’t hear about that.
The one TMFA found wasn’t really complete, or else it didn’t cooperate with me for some other reason.
ArchiveDOTorg is a strange little (or big) site. Hosting the internet is hard, backing it all up is harder, getting everything to work is neigh impossible.
This might work slightly better:
http://web. archive. org /web /20080622011917 /http:// www. musefan page .com/
TMFA
I think it was heavily inflicted with viruses, and was taken down until Robert has time to fix it.
[Snip! Sorry; that’s a reference to a personal blog. –Admin.]
*cough*
*offers Piggy a throat lozenge for his nasty cough*
Sorry. I didn’t know.
When do you become a mesophyte?
If I may answer in the way I assume the GAPAs would answer, these sorts of titles are extremely arbitrary (and, on a personal note, we don’t understand everyone’s obsession with MB age). We’re all MuseBloggers. That’s all that matters.
What he said. Thanks, Piggy.
I am part of us. The GAPAentity.
GAPAs, has MB taught you anything?
Why are Gapas’ blognames links to MB’s home page?
GAPAs, I have a question. I was reading one of Robert’s comments on Hot Topics 2009.5 which said, “One of the rules is that the answer to the question “How does X happen?†is not allowed to be “It just happens†or “It’s a miracle.†That’s not because scientists don’t believe in miracles — some do, some don’t. It’s because saying that something just happened or happened because of a miracle doesn’t explain it in a way that scientists consider useful and satisfying.” This made me think of something: what’s the deal with inertia? Do any of you have theories on why it works, or theories that you think are hogwash?
I don’t know, and I don’t know enough about the topic to have any opinions about it. Maybe I’ll ask some physicists and print their answers in the Q&A column. (That reminds me — a deadline is coming up.)
(By the way, “I don’t know” is an allowable answer.)
The Q&A? That would be flamablamablous.
“What’s the deal with inertia?” is sort of a vague way of phrasing the question, though, especially as I’d have to start by explaining to other readers what inertia means. What do you want to know about it?
Why does inertia work? It’s an obvious that an object in motion tends to stay in motion, etc., but why? What causes inertia?
A question: Sometimes in the recent comment bar, the comments are interrupted by 221; , even though it isn’t there when I click on the comment and read it on the thread. For instance:
What I see in the comments bar:
123- That’s strange… I recently “discovered 221; I’m Alive on my iPod, and it was really good….
What’s really there:
123- That’s strange… I recently “discovered†I’m Alive on my iPod, and it was really good.
In this case, it’s replacing â€, but I can see them just fine in other posts. Not that it bothers me; I’m just wondering if there might be something wrong with my computer.
It’s part of an HTML code for the character of a right quotation mark (”). It must just be a bug in the code for the RC bar.
Alright, I’ve got two but the answer will probably be longer, some of which I feel like I should know but I don’t…
1) Who started MB? When? (Was it Robert?)
2)How did en get the idea to start MB? Why did they?
Robert created MuseBlog, which debuted in August 2005. Here’s one answer he gave to the question of why he created the fan page.
Well, originally it was just the Muse Magazine Fan Page, started by Robert a number of years ago–late 2003 or early 2004, I believe. Part of the fan page was called the GABOOMBA, which stood for GAllery + guest BOOk + Message BoArd. Part of the GABOOMBA was a rudimentary discussion area. The way it worked was that people emailed their messages to Robert and Robert manually posted each message on the page. This lasted for 261 messages in total (which took a considerable amount of time, as the pace was much, much slower than it is today) when Robert unveiled an experimental new system known as MuseBlog. Under this new system Robert didn’t have to manually post each and every message, which made things much easier, I imagine. The system was a success and is still in use today.
Basically, Robert started it as a place for Muse fans to discuss the magazine and other Muserly things that went along with it.
However, when Balrogs attacked the site last year, the area that took the most damage was the Fan Page. Due to the terrible conspirings of the Fates, Robert was unable to restore the Fan Page or the GABOOMBA. This is why going to https://musefanpage.com/ redirects you to https://musefanpage.com/blog. Skeletory remnants of it can be found by adamant internet-searchers, but it may never be restored to its former glory. I have managed to salvage the whole of the Message Board so as to read its contents, but the entirety of the Muse Magazine Fan Page may be lost forever.
Point of clarification: on the Gaboomba, Robert had to do all the formatting by hand, too. That’s what made it so time consuming.
Ah, yes, I should’ve made that clearer.
I believe that the internet archive (wayback machine) has pretty much all of it.
Most of it, yeah, but it’s ridiculously slow and buggy.
Oh, yes, as to the “why” question, I forgot to mention the part about those MBers who have promised to raise statues to us as soon as your plans for world domination come to fruition.
Not just statues. Entire monuments, temples, shrines. (As your head minion, I expect maybe a Play-Doh bust of my head or something.)
My mom has a recipe for play-doh so we can make it in bulk.
Excellent, excellent…
Nah, Play-Doh’s too durable. We’ll just use sand.
(Kidding, kidding…)
No, no, you don’t want it in Play-Doh unless you want me to be nibbling on it….
Seriously, though, in preschool i would munch on little nibbles of Play-Doh whilst molding it into things–it was most deliciously salty.
*knows exactly what Luna means*
It was extremely salty. Yes, I ate Play-Doh too.
OM NOM NOM *eats Play-Doh Piggy*
Rebecca, what’s your middle name? Is it Genevieve? Gina? Geraldine?
Not one you’re likely to guess, as it’s actually my mother’s maiden name, Graham.
Oh. That’s so anticlimactic…
I wouldn’t call it that. Rebecca has told me some interesting things about the Grahams.
Yes, I’m happy to be a Graham. It’s also very useful to have a gender-neutral name. I can leave off my first name for phonebook listings and such where I don’t want to advertise being female.
Besides, I came out well compared to other women in my family. My mother’s middle name was Webb, her sister’s is Devin, and their mother’s was Edmondson.
My sister’s middle name is our great-grandfather’s first name. My middle name is my great-grandmother’s middle name.
Sorry. Off-topic.
GAPAs, do you/did you ever play any musical instruments?
R. Graham Lasley? Or simply Graham Lasley?
Princess_Magnolia, I’ve used both.
fireandhemlock1996, I can bang around on the piano enough to entertain myself. Some minor dabblings with guitar and tin whistle never went too far. Recently, I’ve been experimenting with a riq (a combination tambourine and drum) as I am a frustrated percussionist. I’ll attempt anything I can shake, rattle, or beat.
Both Robert and Paul have far superior musical prowess than I on a much greater variety of instruments. I don’t know about Rosanne.
Ah.
Speaking of Paul, during my piano lesson two weeks ago my teacher was telling me a certain section had to sound like a hurdy-gurdy. Then I got to see a YouTube video of a person playing the hurdy-gurdy.
It made me think of Paul. First thought when she said hurdy-gurdy.
And now I know what it looks like and sounds like! /random
Question that has no connection to anything whatsoever:
In the July/August 2002 issue of Muse, I noticed that you had printed an excerpt from a story entitled, “The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents” (this was the Cat issue). My question runs thus: If the second round of editing was completed for the Bunny Apocalypse Thread (though it will probably take more than two rounds to completely edit the thread), would you consider printing segments of the story in Muse?
That would be amazing.
But probably unrealistic.
Who knows, though?
That would be like a dream come true!
Oh that would be so cool! (Yes, I have read BA.) Who knows, it might induce more people to join the blog.
Speaking of that, does it ever mention in the magazine that there is a MuseBlog? I don’t remember ever seeing anything like that printed except for a reference in a Muserology.
Yeah, but not lately. One of the Contests was actually to do this one test and then comment about it on MB. It was printed to look just like (the original) MuseBlog. Good times.
It was that contest (the implicit association tests) that brought me to MB nearly….
four years ago now.
Somewhere in the letters between mid-2007 and mid-2008, there was a letter asking for MB’s URL. And another letter in 2007 mentioned MB. And then there was the Muserology in December 2008 that brought me here…
Yes, we’ve been mentioned a few times here and there, and the fine print at the bottom of the Q&A page lists the URL for the fan page, which now redirects to MuseBlog. There’s also a link on the official web site’s Town Hall in the Kokonino County section.
I might have already asked this question, but, in theory, could a sentence be never-ending? I was think about it, and with the use of a lot of commas, I thought it was possible. I mean could sentence be never-ending with grammar being correct, of course.
I had another question, but my dog has run away once again. GOTTA GO.
I think there could be a never-ending sentence with grammar correct, but it would be an annoyingly long run-on sentence.
Random Q:
What is the American dream?
Being rich and happy! And happily married! And preferably famous!
Being the hero!
Getting everything you want at the touch of a button you didn’t have to pay for.
That’s why I don’t dream the American dream.
What I’ve heard is that someone can work hard to make a decent living and support their spouse and children.
Rising from nothing into a rich and powerful person, like Obama, or Bill Gates.
What is my American dream? Hmmm. To live somewhere and have really nice kids named Geneva, Emalia, and Vivace ( if female ) and Andante ( if male ). Where I have a great job I actually like and get to do fun stuff on the weekends. And I’m a good, nice person and donate to charity a lot. And I have a super nice husband.
I’m sorry, I really am, to have to ask this, but how do you get a paleo account? Do you go to where it says log in at the top of this screen and put in your MB name and e-mail?
Yes.
Cool, there’s this bit on the bottom of the page.
“7 visitors online now
3 guests, 4 members
Max visitors today: 9 at 11:51 am GMT+6
This month: 9 at 02-01-2010 11:51 am GMT+6
This year: 9 at 02-01-2010 11:51 am GMT+6
All time: 9 at 02-01-2010 11:51 am GMT+6”
Or it was there all the time and I didn’t notice it…O.o
O ye 6 other people, ¡digame!
Well, I’d be one of the four members, as I’m logged in.
Basically, I’m always here…..
Me too… Well, I’m not here when I’m in class or math team or something, but otherwise…
Well, it’s open in my browser from the time I get up to the time I go to bed…..I just leave my computer sleeped while I”m at class, but with the browser still open. So, I don’t know if it registers as me being here when they computer is asleep, or not. Probably does.
SFTDP:
And now we have a “visitor map”. Cool. C’mon, european MBers, don’t make me feel so lonely!
We thought you’d have fun with those gadgets. There are shorter statistics in the righthand sidebar, and the visitor map has its own subpage under “Who’s Here.”)
Yeah, I saw those. I found myself on the map. *is having fun with this*
o.0 I’m not so sure about the map…..Doesn’t that give a bit too much info about where a person is? Like, for instance, I’ve been very careful to avoid stating what specific state I’m going to college in, as once you know that, it would just be a hop skip and a jump to determine the actual college….And, well, the map shows what states people are in, and a much more precise region than just “I’m in such and such a state”…..Yeah. Just my thoughts.
Good point. I’ll disable the map until the other GAPAs and I can confer about it.
Oh, so that’s what the stuff at the bottom of the page is. Coolio.
Visitor maps? Huh? I have no idea, I didn’t get to see them.
But how would it know where we are? I know that when I made my WordPress account I didn’t really put in any other information than my username, email and a password….as far as I recall anyway.
How does it decide who’s a member and who’s a visitor? I mean, I know I didn’t make an account until the paleo threads showed up, and even when I’m on a strange computer and forget to check them, sometimes I don’t bother singing in.
Eh crazy voodoo magic, this interweb stuff.
It would know where you are based upon your IP address, and where it logs into the internet from. Or something like that–the same way that annoying personal ads on less reputable websites always know where you are: “So and so looking for a hot date in *******[town where you’re at.”
As for member/visitor, I’m guessing that if you’re currently logged into your MB account, it has you marked as member, if you’re not logged in, it probably marks you as visitor. So even if you’re on you’re computer, it would probably mark you as a visitor if you don’t sign into your account. That’s my guess, anyway.
Exactly right. And in fact, some people have IP addresses on computers rather far from where they themselves are physically located.
GAPAs, for the sake of Muserliness, is it possible to change “members” into “paleophytes” and “visitors” into “neophytes”?
A “visitor” isn’t necessarily a neophyte. It only means en is not logged in.
My account is under soccer starr, so I’m not usually “logged in” because I prefer starr for example unless I’m using the Paleo threads. But I’m not a neophyte.
You can easily fix that by editing the “nickname” field in your profile. You don’t have to, though, because I’ve just done it for you. You’ll be “starr” now even when you’re logged in.
Thanks! I just noticed it, actually…
*gives choklit*
Oh. Then just members into “paleophytes” would be good.
Some non-peleophytes are member via a chess account.
If it were to get changed, (assuming that’s possible), the most logical would be “X visitors, Y logged in”. That way it doesn’t sound all cool and exclusive “Ooooh, members!” But also doesn’t apply not necessarily even accurate labels.
GAPAs, what plugin is allowing you to have the stats at the bottom of the page and in the sidebar?
It’s called “Visitor Maps and Who’s Online.”
GAPAs, there are special threads for paleophytes, right? How do you access them?
Go to the “Paleostuff” category.
Thank you!
Is there a way to tell WHICH people are online? Just out of curiosity.
There’s an optional map, but it gives too much information about where people are.
Hey, GAPAs, is there a software that, like, randomizes different features to make the default avatars? just wondering.
Dearest GAPAs, how do you possibly have the time to moderate ALL of the posts? And the moderation time is so fast too! I really appreciate what you do, and I know for a fact that everyone here does as well. Thank you!
Is there a way to make the green text show up as pink again? That was fun…
I just discovered a website that I thought the GAPAs would be very interested in if they haven’t already seen it
[We have. Our policy of ignoring other websites remains in force, with occasional exceptions for particularly worthy sites such as Wikipedia and Snopes. –Admin.]
All right, I just thought you would be interested since it directly concerns the blog.
Hey, could be set up with a chess account, please? And a game? I’m not very good, though. At all.
You have the account. To set up a game, however, you’ll need an opponent.
Okay, um… how do I get an opponent?
I’ll play, even though I’ve got a game against Cromwell that I’m going to lose, because when I agreed play against en I didn’t know how how good en is. I’m really quite terrible at chess; my dad beats me all the time.
I’ve set up the game here. As White, Pax moves first.
Thanks.
I registered and now it says that the GAPAs have to approve my account. Is this one of those “to teach you patience, grasshopper” things or did I do something wrong? I’m really, really sorry to bother you.
Thanks!!
What exactly are the motives for beginning a Paleo account?
To get access to the paleo threads or (for accounts in general) if you want to play Chess).
Meh. I’ll start one. Then I won’t be considered anonymous anymore!
What does WoP stand for? It’s been bugging me, and I know it’s not Works in Progress…
Workd of piecraft, perhaps?
World of Piecraft, I believe. A thread that was, until recently, a pie war, but was then ended by the Truce of Something-or-other. Basically we just divided up all the land and ended it, although a MBer I haven’t seen before, Cérise, took objection and wrote a long post basically insulting everybody because we weren’t pointlessly throwing pies at each other anymore. Joined by AJAR, naturally.
It’s also possible that it’s something else, but that would be my guess.
GAPAs, I can’t seem to find any paleo threads, besides the “New Museblog Experiment.” What gives?
Are you logged in? Do you have an account?
Yeah…that was it. I wasn’t logged in.
*is embarrassed*
How do you pronounce KaiYves?
Ky-Yeves. Or at least that’s how I pronounce it.
I pronounce as
Kai- Ye- Vez.
I think she named herself after “Jaques- Yves- Cousteau” as far as I remember.
Yup. I’m named for Cousteau. And LBK got it right. It’s pronounced Kai (Rhymes with “eye”), Yeeves.
Darn it. I always pronounced it as Kay. But that’s probably because I have a cousin named Ki, so it’s kind of weird saying his name. But I do like the name Kai. I love the way it looks.
I’ve always pronounced it Kai- Yives. When I bother to think through the entire thing rather than just ‘Kai’
I pronounce her name as Kay Yeevs.
How do you pronounce Enceladus? I pronounce it as En-sell-LAD-us, but I recall being told it was En-SELL-a-dohs.
I pronounce it the first way.
My name is En-sell-LAD-us, and the moon is En-SELL-a-dus.
Oh, good. I kept thinking I was pronouncing it wrong, but I guess not!
Would you pronounce Enc as “Enk” or “Ens”, though?
I pronounce Enc as Enk. The oddness of that, however, has crossed my mind before.
I pronounce it Enk. Never thought about it before…
Actually, I think ‘Ink’ would be a better way to write what I say in my head…
Doesn’t bear much resemblance to Enceladus, does it?
Same here…
I say “Ens”.
Ens.
Whoops. I’d been pronouncing it as “en-SELL-a-dus.” Enc I had been pronouncing as “enk.”
Oops. I’ve been pronouncing your name like the moon… I remember I used to pronounce it really weird, though. And I pronounce “Enc” “Enk”.
I’ve been pronouncing both the moon and our fellow MBer as en-sell-LAD-dus…
Well, you’ve been pronouncing me right.
I prefer “Enc” to “Ens” because “Ens” sounds almost like “En’s”.
But I think “Ink” sounds the best.
Well… but not the moon. *headpalm*
I’ll see if I can change to saying ‘Ink’ when I talk to Loreena/AP.
You know Loreena in real life?
Oops. I was pronouncing it En KEL la dus. The la as in lad.
Same here.
En-sell-LAYD-us.
Enc.
It is, is it? I thought it was En-Cell-Ahhh-Dus ! Oops.
It’s En-Se-LAH-Dus.
Wait, LAH pronounced like “lad” with a short a, or like Do re mi fa so LA? With an ahhhh sound?
Jah.
Cake. That means my mom won the argument! (We were debating over the pronunciation of your name.)
I thought it was ‘lad’?
Almost like “enchiladas,” but not quite, and not like the moon.
I am definitely going to call him Enchiladas from now on.
*headdesk* I am not Mexican food. Oh well, at least now I know how POSOC feels about Socky.
“Socky”?
My, that’s funny. And to think, I never even noticed that it sounded like “sock.”
Sure thing, Enchiladas.
En-cell-ODD-us
Hey Robert? A RRS story – “THERE’S THE KITTEN!” was just moderated, but on the Recent Comments bar it shows up before Silver Lining’s post about the “Coo Coo C’Choo” shirt. And Silver Lining’s comment seems to have been moderated much before mine, I know because I saw it on the Recent Comments bar before I went to the RRS thread. What’s up with that?
Or this question could go to Lady B, but I noticed you just posted –
SFTDP – I checked the times and it says Silver Lining’s post was posted at 13:50, and mine was at 12:02! That can’t be right, can it? And the comment I just posted above this one says it was at 17:09! I’M SO CONFUSED!
Just a question: how can someone insert a picture into a post?
Just for some of my artistic evilness.
You can’t, unfortunately. You could email the picture to the GAPAs and hope they’ll post it for you, but you can’t do it yourself. (The email address now, I believe, is thegapas @ gmail . com.)
You can’t. However, one can email the GAPAs. They’re at thegapas @ gmail.com
I think that the GAPA’s would prefer if you sent them the picture via their e-mail address, which is thegapas@gmaildotcom. Then they could post it on the Visual Arts thread or whichever thread it’s supposed to be on, but you’ll have to be patient. They are busy people.
I don’t know how you insert a picture into a regular post, though.
Well, if you include the URL to a picture in your post, they’ll usually turn it in to a picture.
But generally the best way is to just send it to the GAPAs.
Ah, okay. Thank you all.
There are new boxes to enter text in under the comment box. One is blank, and the other says gibberish. This is what the one on this page is:
7265e44f636f7e1f8617e02f66d
Can anybody tell me what they are and/or what this means?
Were there really 91 people on on February 7?
No. See https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=5933#comment-353595
Perhaps a new version could be made of this thread? There are nearly 475 comments.