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Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 2:58 am
by rydi
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:51 pm
by arete
Good comic.
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 4:24 pm
by Avilister
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 7:57 pm
by Amseriah
That is very very soon
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:16 am
by Rusty
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.
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:27 am
by Avilister
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
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:05 am
by Rusty
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.
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:15 am
by Avilister
Beyond human comprehension:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTnZhXgbVbk
Why wait to prepare a car for the apocolypse?
http://englishrussia.com/?p=2542
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 12:44 pm
by adam
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:53 pm
by Avilister
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
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 5:30 pm
by rydi
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.
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 10:13 am
by Avilister
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 7:14 pm
by Rusty
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.
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 7:59 pm
by Amseriah
Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:36 am
by Rusty
I couldn't wear any of those shirts without blushing and feeling awkward. My nerd genes have been down-regulated.