Kneenibble's Knack for Knightly Knickers: a Knell for Random Banter #184

[Qwertystop]

Bronze Delegates, Qwertys?

Yes, bronze statutes of the people who wrote the Constitution.

[Elemental]

There are times when the architect and the person who greenlit it should be dragged through the streets and pelted with whatever kind of poisonous cabbage equivalents Australians have.

I daresay that edifice is one of them.

Oh well... There's nothing that can be done about it now.

[HalfTangible]

So...? Have you ever seen 'Richard III'? Or 'Macbeth'? "False face must hide what the false heart doth know."

...No and no. =/ ...which is a little sad

Make him an antihero, or a tragic villain. Make us understand why he commits the foul deeds he does, make us sympathize with him for a moment, and then make us feel dirty for it.

*shrug* maybe, maybe not. He's fighting a race of antiheroes in a story that's supposed to be lighthearted and funny most of the time so that the few tragic events have some serious weight.

[Qwertystop]

Yes, bronze statutes of the people who wrote the Constitution.

Oh NOW I get why you were confused... Wrong picture. Here.

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[Devmaar]

Yes, bronze statutes of the people who wrote the Constitution.

At least it wasn't the terracotta army...

[Kneenibble]

QPAC is the Queensland Performing Arts Centre. It's part of the cultural centre that the government built in South Bank.
There's not really a story there, it's just a dull and unattractive building.

It also needs cleaning.

See, I rather like brutalist architecture & think that building is neat. Even though I understand why it is generally considered ugly, I wish I could help people unsee their aesthetic expectations!

There is a very modernist building on the campus where I work [not quite brutalist, but close] that is also frequently considered ugly. The University had a number of older buildings crowded onto a small inner-city campus, and rather than purchase any surrounding property, they opted for a rather innovative design that "perched" atop the existing structures.

The campus before [being prepared for building]:

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& after, from roughly the same spot:

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& from the air [the black snaking building with tan roof]:

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Its original modernist design, featuring huge open spaces and a facade almost completely glass, has been liquidated over the years for privacy and more classrooms & offices. Understandable, but an unfortunate violation of its concept. -- a unique concept very much following an explicit philosophy as well as an aesthetic.

I would love to go through your QPAC [built in the late 70s I imagine?] and see how the modernist-brutalist aesthetic at work in its facade informs the interior!

I'm not sure why I bothered posting all of that. Perhaps because I feel like modernist architecture is underappreciated. I don't mean to direct it at you, though.

Heh, talking in programming terms around non-programmers yields pretty much the same reaction, but rather than "this is math I don't understand", you're going to get "this is gibberish I don't understand". Especially if the discussion is in Swenglish.

But such is the life of the programmer, you have to be careful with your char stars and make sure that the variables are correctly defined, or you're going to index out of bounds, and segfaulting is never fun.

*clutches head in pain* It hurts, Teddy, it hurts

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Speaking about programming, had my C exam today. I forgot the precedence order for ++ in method calls (pretty sure it was never brought up in the lectures to start with, actually) and I derped out on what regression tests are as well (but so did everyone else, so there's no point in feeling stupid about that), but the points I could lose on those questions are still fewer than the bonus points I brought with me to the exam, so I'm not especially worried about my grade as a whole.

That is a far better tale than your last exam! Good job.

[Coidzor]

See, I rather like brutalist architecture & think that building is neat. Even though I understand why it is generally considered ugly, I wish I could help people unsee their aesthetic expectations!

Brutalism just doesn't go with a place that is supposed to invite people to provide their patronage to and exhibit the performing arts. You can't just plunk down architecture without considering the function of the building!

[Teddy]

*clutches head in pain* It hurts, Teddy, it hurts

Yeah, I should be careful with my words and stay aware of other's knowledge in the subject, or else I'm going to say something completely over their head, and they're just going to give up.

Also, sorry!

[LaZodiac]

Yeah, I should be careful with my words and stay aware of other's knowledge in the subject, or else I'm going to say something completely over their head, and they're just going to give up.

Also, sorry!

Well, don't worry about that atleast in regards to me. I may not understand but I will do my best to make sense of it!

It helps that you're good at explaining things.

[HalfTangible]

Emily's doing better, apparently. They switched her to 'the other vent' (not sure what that means) and she squeezed her mother's hand, so she's starting to show responsiveness.

[Teddy]

Well, don't worry about that atleast in regards to me. I may not understand but I will do my best to make sense of it!

It helps that you're good at explaining things.

Yeah, at least when I try. Given, trying to teach the precedence rules for ++ in C to the general mass would still be tricky. And pointless (not to be confused with "pointerless", which it definitely wouldn't be).

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Emily's doing better, apparently. They switched her to 'the other vent' (not sure what that means) and she squeezed her mother's hand, so she's starting to show responsiveness.

Good to hear. My own view on medical science might be overly optimistic in general, but I have good hopes for your cousin's recovery.

[Asta Kask]

Emily's doing better, apparently. They switched her to 'the other vent' (not sure what that means) and she squeezed her mother's hand, so she's starting to show responsiveness.

That's good to hear. What is it? The flu?

[LaZodiac]

Yeah, at least when I try. Given, trying to teach the precedence rules for ++ in C to the general mass would still be tricky. And pointless (not to be confused with "pointerless", which it definitely wouldn't be).

Yha, I know what you mean. As much as I can anyway

[Kneenibble]

Brutalism just doesn't go with a place that is supposed to invite people to provide their patronage to and exhibit the performing arts. You can't just plunk down architecture without considering the function of the building!

What does that mean? How does the design clash with its function?

Brutalism is an unfortunate false friend of our word brutal. It comes of the French brut, raw/rough/uncut, referring to the style's use of unclad concrete [although it looks like that building might be limestone?].

The concert hall and art gallery in my city are both brutalist, and thrive.

Emily's doing better, apparently. They switched her to 'the other vent' (not sure what that means) and she squeezed her mother's hand, so she's starting to show responsiveness.

I am glad to hear that.

[Asta Kask]

What does that mean? How does the design clash with its function?

Brutalism is an unfortunate false friend of our word brutal. It comes of the French brut, raw/rough/uncut, referring to the style's use of unclad concrete.

I am glad to hear that.

And brutal comes from the French word "brut". Which can also mean "coarse, brutal, raw, crude," and comes from Latin's brutus - "heavy, dull, stupid,". They're not false friends, they're from the same root and branch.

[HalfTangible]

That's good to hear. What is it? The flu?

Not sure - sometimes mom says bacterial infection, sometimes pneumonia.

[Kneenibble]

And brutal comes from the French word "brut". Which can also mean "coarse, brutal, raw, crude," and comes from Latin's brutus - "heavy, dull, stupid,". They're not false friends, they're from the same root and branch.

Their meaning differs significantly from English to French -- it has a pejorative and violent meaning in English. False friends can still come of the same root, and frequently do among Romances.

[Asta Kask]

Pneumonia could mean bacterial infection, and that's good news. Just pump her full of antibiotics and she'll live. Don't expect her to move quickly or do anything strenuous for a couple of months though.

Their meaning differs significantly from English to French -- it has a pejorative and violent meaning in English. False friends can still come of the same root, and frequently do among Romances.

How do you call someone coarse, brutal, raw and crude and not have it be pejorative?

[HalfTangible]

Pneumonia could mean bacterial infection, and that's good news. Just pump her full of antibiotics and she'll live. Don't expect her to move quickly or do anything strenuous for a couple of months though.

As I mentioned last night she has a lot of fluid in her lungs and THAT'S what the doctors were concerned about. As far as I can tell

[Kneenibble]

How do you call someone coarse, brutal, raw and crude and not have it be pejorative?

In French, you can say "le bois est brut." The wood is rough. There's no value judgement.

In English, you cannot call anything brutal without it being pejorative.

Trust me, I'm right.

[Asta Kask]

In French, you can say "le bois est brut." The wood is rough. There's no value judgement.

In English, you cannot call anything brutal without it being pejorative.

Trust me, I'm right.

Like the game "Brutal Legend" or the Alice Cooper concert "Brutally Live"?

[Cobra_Ikari]

Like the game "Brutal Legend" or the Alice Cooper concert "Brutally Live"?

I don't know that that's really a fair comparison...for the metal culture, brutal doesn't have a different meaning so much as the qualities that would be found distasteful by most of society are being glorified, if that makes any sense...

[Mutant Sheep]

Metal.. Culture? If any deserve the negative english honorific of barbaric, it is those uncultured fellows of whom i share a bit of musical taste. But I guess pubk can also take that title, and have a good claim to it.

[Devmaar]

Metal.. Culture? If any deserve the negative english honorific of barbaric, it is those uncultured fellows of whom i share a bit of musical taste. But I guess pubk can also take that title, and have a good claim to it.

Uncultured? I know a number of metalheads and one third of them are studying medicine. The number is 3

[Cobra_Ikari]

Uncultured? I know a number of metalheads and one third of them are studying medicine. The number is 3

=P

If you had met me a few months ago, it would have been half the metalheads you know! =O

[Mutant Sheep]

=P

If you had met me a few months ago, it would have been half the metalheads you know! =O

I find it difficult to see you as studying medicine. I actually mean metalheadedness, you smart gai, medicine is underachieving.

[Cobra_Ikari]

I find it difficult to see you as studying medicine. I actually mean metalheadedness, you smart gai, medicine is underachieving.

Really? That's...huh. Why can't you see it, if I may ask? And yes, I read white text, too. =P

[Dimonite]

So... frustrated...

(yes, there's a story here).

OK, so my dad is pretty much the best DM ever, but he's decided that with all of us kids off at college, he's done DMing, so he gave me all of his old notes. The guy has - for one campaign world that he designed - 11 pages of notes on random cities and various locations within them. The frustrating part is that I found this old dungeon he designed, and it's clear that part of it is a chess puzzle. I enjoy a game of chess every now and again, and literally every single player in my campaign was on their high school chess team, so I figured I'd try and see what the puzzle was. That's the ONE DUNGEON I can't find any notes for. *weeps bitter tears*.

IRN: What the heck is logarithmic graph paper used for?

[AtlanteanTroll]

Silly Mutant. It's not metal heads that're a curse. It's us punks that are the miscreants.

[Cobra_Ikari]

So... frustrated...

(yes, there's a story here).

OK, so my dad is pretty much the best DM ever, but he's decided that with all of us kids off at college, he's done DMing, so he gave me all of his old notes. The guy has - for one campaign world that he designed - 11 pages of notes on random cities and various locations within them. The frustrating part is that I found this old dungeon he designed, and it's clear that part of it is a chess puzzle. I enjoy a game of chess every now and again, and literally every single player in my campaign was on their high school chess team, so I figured I'd try and see what the puzzle was. That's the ONE DUNGEON I can't find any notes for. *weeps bitter tears*.

IRN: What the heck is logarithmic graph paper used for?

You plot things, and the resultant slope gives you information about it. I don't really know how else to word it. >.<