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Post by **rydi** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 2:58 am

http://www.askdreldritch.com/comic053.html

arete · Post by **arete** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:51 pm

Good comic.

Post by **Avilister** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 4:24 pm

http://www.examiner.com/x-488-Movie-Exa ... d-Trekkies

Amseriah · Post by **Amseriah** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 7:57 pm

That is very very soon

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:16 am

It looks great except for the director. JJ Abrams, however popular Lost is, is known for leaving huge numbers of questions that keep people wanting more. Star Trek usually ends on a positive note with few if any open questions, a notable exception being spock's "death" at the end of Wrath of Khan.

that said, I'm always a fan of reimagining dated material, and this looks like the "batman begins" of star trek.

I'll probably be watching a pirated version around the same time that you guys are watching it in theaters. Which I feel free to say on the internet because intellectual property rights aren't protected in the country I live in.

Post by **Avilister** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:27 am

Oddness. I have a certain fondness for linguistic study after my years of CS (which -shockingly- includes a lot of linguistics because of the need to learn grammar and syntax to construct programing languages).

http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/ ... -904120305
Follow up Wikipediality:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirah%C3%A3_language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirah%C3%A3_people

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:05 am

that is so fucking cool

Incidentally, since we're on the topic, the local creole spoken in dominica is unique, in that it includes structures and words native to the Carib indians, of which the last surviving tribe lives here.

Post by **Avilister** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:15 am

Beyond human comprehension: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTnZhXgbVbk

Why wait to prepare a car for the apocolypse? http://englishrussia.com/?p=2542

adam · Post by **adam** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 12:44 pm

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007 ... _colapinto

New Yorker article on the Piraha people.

Post by **Avilister** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:53 pm

That's a pretty good article, although a bit long. Luckily today at work has been exceptionally slow, so I've had time to read. :P

Post by **rydi** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 5:30 pm

I really like this. I think I'm going to send it to my professor in biosocial psych. Man, it really does go against the prevailing theories though. I took a whole class on this, and everything pointed towards a common linguistic experience. While I don't think it necessarily disqualifies the notion of a LAD (language acquisition device) I think it does change the nature of what such a thing would have to be.

Post by **Avilister** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 10:13 am

Super-neat:
http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/04/16/kyo ... ell-phone/

Kinda super-dumb:
http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech ... -in-shaver

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 7:14 pm

in response to pickle suprise

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JMzOSpM ... annel_page

I followed pickle suprise to pictureisunrelated.com or whatever and there found this wonderful experience.

Amseriah · Post by **Amseriah** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 7:59 pm

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:36 am

I couldn't wear any of those shirts without blushing and feeling awkward. My nerd genes have been down-regulated.