Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Originally Posted By: CRISIS on INFINITE SLARTIES *snip* Well, Google says it's English, but I still can't make any sense of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan inni Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Originally Posted By: Dantius Originally Posted By: CRISIS on INFINITE SLARTIES *snip* Well, Google says it's English, but I still can't make any sense of it. i think he means, THIS ISN"T OVER YET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma Metatron Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 I made a pretty nice try at finding the old character cards. Are those coming back too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 why am i a cavewoman i should be lucca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Kelandon Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Originally Posted By: Lilith why am i a cavewoman I find that this question answers itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Originally Posted By: Nioca Actually, both are correct. Comradery is an Americanized spelling variant of camaraderie. If both are correct then "camaraderie" is MORE correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 For those who have less idea how Slarty's demented mind works, this latest screed is a slightly distorted version of a chunk of dialog from, I think, Chrono Trigger. Evidently Lilith, for one, simply recognized the source immediately. I've never even seen the game, just fed a chunk of the text into Google. So I don't know what's going on, but I can see that something is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Nioca Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Originally Posted By: Shatter Originally Posted By: Nioca Actually, both are correct. Comradery is an Americanized spelling variant of camaraderie. If both are correct then "camaraderie" is MORE correct. True, but I won't be picky. You got the meaning, didn't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Originally Posted By: Student of Trinity For those who have less idea how Slarty's demented mind works, this latest screed is a slightly distorted version of a chunk of dialog from, I think, Chrono Trigger. Evidently Lilith, for one, simply recognized the source immediately. I've never even seen the game, just fed a chunk of the text into Google. So I don't know what's going on, but I can see that something is. There was a deathmatch using characters from computer games. I didn't follow it since I haven't played enough of them to recognize what was happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted July 27, 2011 Author Share Posted July 27, 2011 Welcome to Spider Web. My name is Slartaret Iferman. I live in Spider Web. I am known as the Desk Don. There is a story behind that. There are many stories in Spider Web--some of them are sad, some funny. Some of them are stories of madness, of violence. Some are ordinary. Yet they all have about them a sense of mystery--the mystery of life. Sometimes, the mystery of death. The mystery of the web. The web surrounding Spider Web. To introduce this story, let me just say it encompasses the all- it is beyond the 'RETRIOACTIVITY', though few would know that meaning. It is a story of many, but begins with one--and I knew ***. The one leading to the many is ************. ***** is the one. THE COMING OF THE THIRD OF THE CAPITAL POSTS IS NIGH...T Originally Posted By: Jewels in Black *rubs hands together gleefully* Originally Posted By: Ephesos *headdesk* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Is it topic necromancy if you revive a topic after over a year? Or is it Slarty finally finishing another project? When Slarty finishes the last project does that mean that the world will end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted July 27, 2011 Author Share Posted July 27, 2011 Originally Posted By: Randomizer When Slarty finishes the last project does that mean that the world will end? Even though it has stopped growing larger, my desk is aware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Originally Posted By: Randomizer Is it topic necromancy if you revive a topic after over a year? Perhaps the Retrioactivity includes a form of time travel, and Slarty actually transported us all back in time to a point when this thread was not dead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Erebus the Black Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Where ground is soft, most often grows Arise, arise, arouse, a rose! A... a rosy nose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 See, Slarty, the issue is this: we've got a classic case of Achilles vs. Tortoise on our hands here. Write as fast as you can, you can't avoid the continual evolution of the forums. Writing the complete history is as impossible as Achilles beating the Tortoise in a footrace. And let's not get into the implications of the histories being noteworthy enough for inclusion in the histories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Originally Posted By: Dintiradan See, Slarty, the issue is this: we've got a classic case of Achilles vs. Tortoise on our hands here. Calculus to the rescue!!! Of course, that may not enhance comprehensibility of Slarty's histories for the common layman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Originally Posted By: Triumph Originally Posted By: Dintiradan See, Slarty, the issue is this: we've got a classic case of Achilles vs. Tortoise on our hands here. Calculus to the rescue!!! Of course, that may not enhance comprehensibility of Slarty's histories for the common layman. a/(1-r) can hardly be considered advanced mathematics by any stretch of the imagination. Deriving it, perhaps. But infinite geometric series by themselves aren't so hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted July 28, 2011 Author Share Posted July 28, 2011 Originally Posted By: FDintiradanT See, Slarty, the issue is this: we've got a classic case of Raven v. Writing Desk on our hands here. There are clues everywhere--all around us. But the puzzle maker is clever. The clues, although surrounding us, are somehow mistaken for something else. And the something else--the *wrong* interpretation of the clues--we call our world. Our world is a magical smoke screen. How should we interpret the happy song of the lurker, or the robust flavor of a rigorous statistical analysis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Originally Posted By: Dantius But infinite geometric series by themselves aren't so hard. Many people consider calculus to be hard, and as infinite series are taught in Calc II, I find that the general population would differ with your above-quoted statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Jerakeen Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 You know, for the longest time I thought that Slartie's title was "Facepalming Hetacombshire". I finally googled it and learned that a hetacomb is a massive sacrifice involving the slaughter of a hundred oxen. Which was interesting, but made no sense. Eventually I realized my mistake. But I remain slightly stunned that those are both actual words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Originally Posted By: Master1 Originally Posted By: Dantius But infinite geometric series by themselves aren't so hard. Many people consider calculus to be hard, and as infinite series are taught in Calc II, I find that the general population would differ with your above-quoted statement. I was discussing the act of computing the sum of a geometric series itself, which is just plugging numbers into a simple formula (a/[1-r]), which I would think even the mathematical illiterati would be capable of doing without too much trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Originally Posted By: Dantius Originally Posted By: Triumph Originally Posted By: Dintiradan See, Slarty, the issue is this: we've got a classic case of Achilles vs. Tortoise on our hands here. Calculus to the rescue!!! Of course, that may not enhance comprehensibility of Slarty's histories for the common layman. a/(1-r) can hardly be considered advanced mathematics by any stretch of the imagination. Deriving it, perhaps. But infinite geometric series by themselves aren't so hard. To you two or I, perhaps. But these are philosophers we're talking about. Y'know, the people who have difficulty understanding how arrows move. Thing is, we'd be happy to explain the concept to them, but people with math backgrounds keep getting banned from their conferences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted July 28, 2011 Author Share Posted July 28, 2011 Originally Posted By: The Turtle Moves You know, for the longest time I thought that Slartie's title was "Facepalming Hetacombshire". I finally googled it and learned that a hetacomb is a massive sacrifice involving the slaughter of a hundred oxen. Which was interesting, but made no sense. Eventually I realized my mistake. But I remain slightly stunned that those are both actual words. The second one isn't. My title was originally "Facepalming Hecatonchire." The hecatonchires were children of Gaia in Greek myth with 100 arms and 50 heads, hence, a chorus of facepalms. The title later changed to what it is now, "Facepalming Hecatombchire." A hecatomb is indeed the sacrifice of 100 cattle, typically associated with Hecate; I merged the words to connect the plentiful facepalms with the Nine-Headed Cave Cow. "Hetacomb" is not a word, although I note that google does find definitions for it equivalent to "hecatomb," apparently because people on the internet are confused sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted July 28, 2011 Author Share Posted July 28, 2011 Originally Posted By: Dintiradan keep getting banned from their conferences. This comic is penetratingly relevant to the current sub-stage of retrioactivity. HOW DID YOU KNOW? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Originally Posted By: Dintiradan To you two or I, perhaps. But these are philosophers we're talking about. Y'know, the people who have difficulty understanding how arrows move. Thing is, we'd be happy to explain the concept to them, but people with math backgrounds keep getting banned from their conferences. Oh, it's philosophers we're dealing with? Well, I rescind my statement, then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Originally Posted By: The Turtle Moves You know, for the longest time I thought that Slartie's title was "Facepalming Hetacombshire". I finally googled it and learned that a hetacomb is a massive sacrifice involving the slaughter of a hundred oxen. Which was interesting, but made no sense. also, a hecatonchire is a big dude with 100 arms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted July 28, 2011 Author Share Posted July 28, 2011 Hello again. Can you see through a wall? Can you see through human skin? X-rays see through solid, or so-called solid objects. There are things in life that exist, and yet our eyes cannot see them. Have you ever seen something startling that others cannot see? Why are some things kept from our vision? Is life a puzzle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Wait a second. Am I the only one who's having Time Cube flashbacks? Speaking of X-rays, I went to the mediclinic yesterday. There was a power surge, or perhaps a brief power outage, and all the computers had to be rebooted. I asked one of the receptionists why they weren't any safeguards for this. What if there was an X-ray machine running when there was a power outage. What would ensure the shutter would close before overexposure? She just gave me a horrified look in response. Reassuring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Originally Posted By: Dintiradan What if there was an X-ray machine running when there was a power outage. What would ensure the shutter would close before overexposure? She just gave me a horrified look in response. Reassuring. And now we know why all superheroes come from Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 X-ray machines require power. They don't just open a shutter in front of a lump of radium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted July 28, 2011 Author Share Posted July 28, 2011 Sometimes nature plays tricks on us and we imagine we are something other than what we truly are. Is this a key to life in general? Or the case of the two-headed schizophrenic? Both heads thought the other was following itself. Finally, when one head wasn't looking, the other shot the other right between the eyes, and, of course, killed himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Skwish-E Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 The shutter on an x-ray machine is held closed unless power is applied to it to keep it open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted July 29, 2011 Author Share Posted July 29, 2011 THIRD OF THE CAPITAL POSTS / THIRD OF THE MARQUÉES NOIRES: The GLASS is SMASHED, or ABOUT or DISCOUVERT to WILL be. Theese post MARQUES the beginning of PHASE TWO, in the MIDSTL of PHASE ONE. RETRIOACTIVITY S HDDN N TH MSSNG VRCHRS LK MMRTLR SLS TWO shall be the convenation of the Slaty Satyrsature. All of the MMBRS are GTHRD and are convenationing in the convenation center. As befits its statuesque status in the MIDSTL, the convenation center can be not in the centrifuge thread. TWO MSSNG CMMNC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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