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The future is here. Navy successfully tests a laser weapon. -- (link) - TWuG Apr 8, 10:54 5
- I have the feeling one day in the future, someone will flip a switch to "test" something like this and we'll blink out of existence. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 8, 10:59 4
  - "It worked!" -- nm - The last words uttered by humanity Apr 8, 11:03
  - Philadelphia Experiement! -- (link) - Remlik Apr 8, 11:02
  - you mean skynet? -- nm - sycor Apr 8, 11:00 1
    - Ice-9 -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 8, 11:02
Did anyone know there is an eighth Dark Tower book coming next year? -- (link) - Beaker Apr 8, 10:48 3
- Yep...but it's not a continuation. I believe he said it could basically be called Dark Tower 4.5 as it's what happened between - Jim Apr 8, 10:56
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  - Dark Tower 3: Dark of the Dark Tower -- nm - oblique Apr 8, 10:50
Do people who come here need to learn English? We don't have an actual national language. - ty97 Apr 8, 10:48 31
- my first thought when reading this was that you were talking about people coming to ST ... not USA ... hahahaahahhaah -- nm - JenBro Apr 8, 12:39
- Most of the world learns english AND a foriegn language, almost anywhere you can find someone who speaks it, here you have far less chance of - zeitgeist Apr 8, 11:04
- Encouraged but not required. -- nm - TWuG Apr 8, 10:53
- a single language is one of the things that gives us unifying characteristic. - Mel Profit Apr 8, 10:53 10
  - The language divide in Canada cretainly amplifies Quebec's distance from the ROC. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 8, 10:56 6
    - yes, but we screwed this up in some ways - Reagen Apr 8, 10:58 1
      - Not sure I think it was ever going to become truly bilingual, but I agree on the history. That said, right now, languages divides us. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 8, 11:05
    - That and the fact that you guys are total dicks - Guigue Apr 8, 10:56 2
      - Says the province of "Take, take, take" without a single "Merci" or reacharound. - Name Withheld By Request Apr 8, 10:58 1
        
        You guys are just total idiots for giving, while we laugh at you all the way to the bank - Guigue Apr 8, 11:00
    - *certainly* -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 8, 10:56
  - You can take this comment back to any point in America's history though. - Reagen Apr 8, 10:55
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  - honestly, I think there is no way younger hispanics won't learn English. It's easy, and there's so much incentive. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 10:54
- I think it's up to them. If they don't learn it, they limit themselves, but that's their choice. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 10:51 2
  - This is how Tunisia feels about Hotkiss. -- nm - Amy Apr 8, 10:55 1
    - they should. and she is limiting herself. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 10:56
- i figure it's supposed to be a free country, myself. i think people should learn english because it's the lingua franca of business here and so.... - x Apr 8, 10:50 5
  - I would certainly advise people to learn English. I just don't get the anger at those who don't. - ty97 Apr 8, 10:52 4
    - *shrug* nor do i....nm - x Apr 8, 10:52
    - My Country, My Rules. -- nm - znufrii Apr 8, 10:52 2
      - but the rules doesn't exist! -- nm - ty97 Apr 8, 10:53 1
        
        *shrug* - znufrii Apr 8, 10:56
- I still hope Esperanto catches on -- nm - Guigue Apr 8, 10:50
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- in some ways our language is ridiclously easy to learn. No gendered nouns, hardly any tenses and our vocabulary is pilfered from every other language. -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 10:49 4
  - it's very easy to speak just a little English and make yourself understood. - loosilu Apr 8, 10:50
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    - I have an English-fluent Japanese co-worker who still has to constantly ask questions whenever we talk around her because of the heavy informality of - ty97 Apr 8, 10:53
    - I don't know if it's lazy writing, but yeah - when I hear someone speaking spanish in movies or TV... - Dr.Vermin Apr 8, 10:52
- Word to your second point. -- nm - znufrii Apr 8, 10:48
And I thought my blizzard timelapse was cool. This guy did it on a flight from SF to Paris and captured the northern lights -- (link) - oblique Apr 8, 10:43 [youtube] 2 1
- that's cool! -- nm - znufrii Apr 8, 11:00
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st poll: the us hispanic population grew 43% in the last ten years, by 15 million. the majority of these people came from where?....nm - x Apr 8, 10:40 22
- Home Depot? -- nm - JaxSean Apr 8, 10:50
- my favourite answer from passing it around some other circles: "obviously Hispain" -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 10:49
- Texas -- nm - ty97 Apr 8, 10:46
- Vaginas. -- nm - Dr.Vermin, OB/GYN Apr 8, 10:45 1
  - *golf clap* -- nm - oblique Apr 8, 10:46
- South America -- nm - Jovian Apr 8, 10:44 2
  - naw, r is right. the majority are native born americans..... - x Apr 8, 10:46 1
    - zactly. -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 10:48
- Rental properties! - prayformojo Apr 8, 10:41 1
  - nice. -- nm - TFox Apr 8, 10:42
- I smell a trick question. - Dr.Vermin Apr 8, 10:41
- The USA. -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 10:40 10
  - you're no fun, einstein.....nm - x Apr 8, 10:41 9
    - I just want to know why it is that this wave of immigrants is going to be different from every other wave of immigrants that came before that eventual - Reagen Apr 8, 10:47 8
      - The gradual addition of Spanish into business practices makes this trend unlikely... - Mel Profit Apr 8, 10:49 7
        
        are they not learning it or just being able ot have the option to conduct business in a language they're more comfortable in? - Reagen Apr 8, 10:52 6
        
        I think the option to conduct business in their native language means they aren't forced to learn the unifying language. - Mel Profit Apr 8, 11:00 3
        
        I think you're mistaking the struggles of the first generation for failure to assimilate. -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 11:02 1
        
        I see the incentive for them learning something else being taken away. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 8, 11:06
        
        honestly? There is no need to force English. The only language that needs to be forced is a minority language. - loosilu Apr 8, 11:02
        
        IM: that certainly runs contrary to the concept of language-immersion programs. - Dr.Vermin Apr 8, 10:57 1
        
        Those people have their own immersion program at home. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 10:58
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- Fuck yes! -- nm - Suzie Greenblatt, 9 yr old basketball enthusiast Apr 8, 10:39
YouTube Live launches today -- (link) - oblique Apr 8, 10:34
St. John's men's basketball coach Steve Lavin has been diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer, the school announced Friday. -- nm - David Apr 8, 10:34 2
- He was diagnosed in the fall and had surgery put off until after the season. -- nm - Krusty Apr 8, 10:36 1
  - As well as the announcement so as to avoid becoming a team distraction. -- nm - David Apr 8, 10:42
So ST, how would your answer to the hax chat change if it's about having another kid? -- nm - Amy Apr 8, 10:33 18
- It wouldn't. -- nm - mara Apr 8, 10:58
- I'd feel that his position is stronger, but not to a degree that I'd begrudge her the feelings she has. - Will Hunting Apr 8, 10:53
- it really boils down to the same thing, needing to have an honest conversation about each's priorities in the relationship - znufrii Apr 8, 10:44
- I think it's completely different - one child is a whole different ballgame then the ole bait/switch. In a one child family - maybe the husband - Epiphany Apr 8, 10:42
- I would certainly appreciate an ST debate about the pros and cons of having a single child. - Dr.Vermin Apr 8, 10:39 13
  - we're thinking 2, if and when the time comes - znufrii Apr 8, 11:02
  - When we had one, I thought I wanted three. Now that I have two, I think I'm done. - TFox Apr 8, 10:49 1
    - Yeah, we'll probably aim for three to four (both came from big families ourselves), but will assess along the way. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 8, 10:59
  - I have no idea how to even discuss it - I was almost an only child, I raised an only child - not sure how it would be different - Epiphany Apr 8, 10:48 1
    - I really, really love having one. It's simpler, we can afford it, we have more time for him, and space. But... - Amy Apr 8, 11:04
  - Can't speak from anywhere but observation, but I believe multiple is the way to roll. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 8, 10:47
  - Oh, Time did a cover story on it that made me feel better. - Amy Apr 8, 10:42 4
    - Hmm. Good stuff. Now I have to research my predjudice against 2nd-born children. - Dr.Vermin Apr 8, 10:49 3
      - *coughs* - loosilu Apr 8, 10:52 2
        
        *thanks you* -- nm - Spawn Apr 8, 11:00
        
        /sends Mrs. Vermin to get her tubes tied. - Dr.Vermin Apr 8, 10:59
  - kids with siblings often turn out weird as well. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 10:41
  - i don't think that's a given. i think you just need to be sure your kids spend *lots* of unstructured time with other kids if they are only children. - Andie Apr 8, 10:40
scratch that Living Social deal. Looks like it's local. -- nm - Mop (211 lbs) Apr 8, 10:32
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- the other day I played 'quark' against nubby and he played 'jerk' back - decline Apr 8, 10:38
- They're for the children. -- nm - Krusty Apr 8, 10:32
ST Poll: Okay so name some of the best TV villians of all time. - Jovian Apr 8, 10:30 30
- Snidely Whiplash -- nm - JaxSean Apr 8, 10:52
- Mark Antony from Rome -- nm - znufrii Apr 8, 10:51
- Tony Soprano -- nm - Beaker Apr 8, 10:46
- Lithgow from season 4 of Dexter -- nm - Beaker Apr 8, 10:45 1
  - Trinity...*chills* -- nm - Jovian Apr 8, 10:45
- Gary's Old Town Tavern. -- nm - David Apr 8, 10:44
- Smoking Man from X-Files -- nm - CQ Apr 8, 10:41 1
  - AKA Cancer man -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 8, 10:57
- Benjamin Linus -- nm - Jovian Apr 8, 10:40
- Mags -- nm - prayformojo Apr 8, 10:39 2
  - she hasn't gone Full Evil yet. Let's not give her the Nobel Evil Prize just yet. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 8, 10:40 1
    - spoils - prayformojo Apr 8, 11:00
- Montgomery Burns -- nm - CQ Apr 8, 10:39
- Spike and Dru. Angelus. -- nm - Amy Apr 8, 10:39
- Lucas Buck. That's Buck with a "B". -- nm - Kim Pine Apr 8, 10:39
- Kahn. Red John. The Borg. Gul Dukat. -- nm - Beaker Apr 8, 10:37
- Nina Meyers -- nm - Guigue Apr 8, 10:37
- Buddy Hinton. Mork from Ork. -- nm - Jim Apr 8, 10:37
- Fillion's character at the end of Buffy. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Apr 8, 10:36
- Boss Hogg -- nm - oblique Apr 8, 10:36
- Gargamel -- nm - CQ Apr 8, 10:34
- Duh...Swearingen. -- nm - Jim Apr 8, 10:32 5
  - he had lots of shades of grey though. I don't think he was a true villain. -- nm - Jovian Apr 8, 10:33 4
    - He was a villain who turned face when the show's best villain came to town. - David Apr 8, 10:34 3
      - I loved that... - Mel Profit Apr 8, 10:37
      - yea agreed. Hearst was all villian. -- nm - Jovian Apr 8, 10:37
      - this -- nm - Beaker Apr 8, 10:36
- King Zarkon, Mumm-Ra -- nm - Strongbad Apr 8, 10:31
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- Bob. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 10:31
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- No, not yet. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 8, 10:51
- ugh. when are they going to leave it alone? The current dashboard annoys me. Why isn't the highlighted box the one in the middle? It makes no sense! -- nm - sycor Apr 8, 10:32 2
  - I liked the one before the current one. -- nm - lileve Apr 8, 11:03
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If the government shuts down, we shouldn't have to pay taxes right? right? - Gwaahjo Apr 8, 10:29 1
- sounds like a plan to me. -- nm - sycor Apr 8, 10:31
Dude with no qualifications for plum government job in WI decides to resign rather than accept the demotion. -- (link) - mara Apr 8, 10:28 2
- is this the son of a prominent lobbyist and fundraiser for Walker? -- nm - znufrii Apr 8, 10:30 1
  - Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 8, 10:30
Has there ever been an instance where English has been replaced by another language? - loosilu Apr 8, 10:27 26
- Island -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 8, 10:59
- The fact about this that I find it silly to get worked up about is that languages that are rigid and static die. - Reagen Apr 8, 10:39 5
  - 4 realz yo, lol....nm - x Apr 8, 10:43 4
    - In one sense, it's the new Cockney Rhyming Slang, but in another, it inhibits communication and it's annoying. - Reagen Apr 8, 10:45 2
      - I don't see it inhibiting. It seems to make texting easier. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 10:52
      - i don't really agree. it mostly just enhances communications within the tribe of the young. freaking out oldsters is just part of the package....nm - x Apr 8, 10:48
    - me too. it's evolutoin. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 10:43
- Quebec? -- nm - Mop (211 lbs) Apr 8, 10:36 4
  - it was never replaced by English, and there are laws in place to try to preserve French. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 10:37 3
    - sorry, to clarify the first part: English wasn't there in the first place, so it was not replaced by French. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 10:37 2
      - 18th, 19th, and early 20th century Montreal businessmen and politicians would disagree. - Mop (211 lbs) Apr 8, 10:42 1
        
        oh, like Montreal is typical of the province. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 10:42
- San Diego? -- nm - Jim Apr 8, 10:31 2
  - which of course in German means "whale's vagina" -- nm - Kim Pine Apr 8, 10:32 1
    - Your getting your linguistic lessons from Boston Rob, aren't you? -- nm - Mop (211 lbs) Apr 8, 10:43
- LIR your comment on HK and her language/moving. I think she should have learned enough to get by where she was. but she always was staying short-term - sycor Apr 8, 10:30 4
  - she said she hasn't learned any French. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 10:31 3
    - is she moving there and staying there? or just a temporary thing again? - sycor Apr 8, 10:33 2
      - if I visit somewhere for a week, I learn some phrases. she's there for a year. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 10:33 1
        
        shame on her. she needs to learn some french. -- nm - sycor Apr 8, 10:35
- Resistence is futile. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 8, 10:29
- post-colonial India -- nm - znufrii Apr 8, 10:28 4
  - you mean that place where English is one of the official languages? - loosilu Apr 8, 10:29 2
    - okay, I didn't know if it was still official or not -- nm - znufrii Apr 8, 10:30 1
      - by necessity, really. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 10:30
  - ? -- nm - znufrii Apr 8, 10:29
"Whoa guys, English only at the tablle." -- nm - Strongbad Apr 8, 10:25

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