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Old 2010-11-25, 13:25   Link #4481
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Go ahead and write. I once wrote a 5000 page report in 2 and a half hours (last minute work of course) but still got an A.

I would say you would definitely write better under pressure.
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Old 2010-11-25, 17:41   Link #4482
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The purpose of nanowrimo is not to write something of quality but something of quantity. Bring out the random thoughts and you will fill books with them.
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Old 2010-11-26, 01:14   Link #4483
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Is there any flexible region free BD player that can play anything other than Momitsu BDP-899?
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Old 2010-11-26, 05:44   Link #4484
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Is it really possible to rip someone's heart out while it's still beating or is that just a myth/exaggeration/so such?
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Old 2010-11-26, 05:49   Link #4485
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Is it really possible to rip someone's heart out while it's still beating or is that just a myth/exaggeration/so such?
If you can rip through the sternum with your bare hands as well, then in theory yes.
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Old 2010-11-26, 05:54   Link #4486
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Is it really possible to rip someone's heart out while it's still beating or is that just a myth/exaggeration/so such?
I think there was a certain ancient society (either the Incas or the Mayans) who had an execution ritual to actually rip out someone's heart while they were still alive so yes, I believe it possible. My teacher said you can live up to three seconds after your heart is ripped out.......
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Old 2010-11-26, 06:08   Link #4487
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If you can rip through the sternum with your bare hands as well, then in theory yes.
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I think there was a certain ancient society (either the Incas or the Mayans) who had an execution ritual to actually rip out someone's heart while they were still alive so yes, I believe it possible. My teacher said you can live up to three seconds after your heart is ripped out.......
Thanks guys. I get these rather bloody questions every now and again. Sounds a bit mean? It's actually because I find stuff like that interesting. Like cutting arteries, removing brains, ripping beating hearts out... etcetera.

Oh, and by the way Tsu-Tsu, it was the Mayans that practiced heart-ripping. Can't remember anything about the Incas though.

And Meotwister, I am no specialist in medical or biological knowledge, and my school.... Er, let's avoid that. I'm just curious how strong the Sternum is?
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Old 2010-11-26, 06:11   Link #4488
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Oh, and by the way Tsu-Tsu, it was the Mayans that practiced heart-ripping. Can't remember anything about the Incas though.
I knew it was either or, just not sure which one I remember it vaguely when my music teacher in Saudi was telling us about different cultures and how music defined them and it went on to some of their traditions
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Old 2010-11-26, 06:15   Link #4489
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The sternum has been known to stop even low caliber bullets, knives and stuff. It's actually one of the strongest bones in the body. Those who claim to rip people's hearts out are at most doing it by going through the cartilages attached to the side of the sternum, which is considerably weaker than bone.

Unless of course you're an old lady with osteoporosis, you're unlikely to literally rip through the sternum.
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Old 2010-11-26, 12:54   Link #4490
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Anybody know what song this is ?
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Old 2010-11-26, 16:29   Link #4491
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The sternum has been known to stop even low caliber bullets, knives and stuff. It's actually one of the strongest bones in the body. Those who claim to rip people's hearts out are at most doing it by going through the cartilages attached to the side of the sternum, which is considerably weaker than bone.

Unless of course you're an old lady with osteoporosis, you're unlikely to literally rip through the sternum.
The aztecs used to cut the hole in the stomach and reach in up under the ribcage. The densest bone in your body is probably your forhead.
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Old 2010-11-26, 19:22   Link #4492
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Would have been better here, but anyways;

I believe it's a track by Shigeru Kishida. As for the name of the song, I'm a little confused as my Japanese, or, let's be honest my hiragana isn't brilliant.

In the tags is says くるり, which I phonetically translate as 'kururi', however I'm not sure that means anything. However, at 0:32 in the video, you can see the track name on the screen. But, rather than say くるり, I see it as くるゆ, which again doesn't mean much I don't think, seeing as 'kuru' translates as 'come', but the 'yu'?

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Damn me and my failure. It does say くるり, it's just that the font/strokes made り and ゆ look a little similar and my brain hurt.

Can anyone translate くるり please?
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Old 2010-11-26, 23:39   Link #4493
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I have been reading up a little about European history to quell my boredom this week, and I came across an interesting set of swords, one of them is named a Fauchon, another is named a "scramaseax" (Germanic origin).

I looked those stuff up on Wiki but they presented different pictures than those I have seen in the library - the falchion is supposed to be longer, though its shape as a machete is unchanged. The Scram is is supposed to be something like a purely steel Roman Spatha.

Does anyone have more pictures of stuff like this? And how does the shape of steelwork and weaponry evolve into such?
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Most of all, you have to be disciplined and you have to save, even if you hate our current financial system. Because if you don't save, then you're guaranteed to end up with nothing.
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Old 2010-11-27, 01:58   Link #4494
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I have been reading up a little about European history to quell my boredom this week, and I came across an interesting set of swords, one of them is named a Fauchon, another is named a "scramaseax" (Germanic origin).

I looked those stuff up on Wiki but they presented different pictures than those I have seen in the library - the falchion is supposed to be longer, though its shape as a machete is unchanged.
Going by your description, I believe the "fauchon" you're referring to is actually the "falchion". It's an European adaptation of the Near Eastern scimitar, originating from the time of the Crusades.
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Old 2010-11-27, 22:45   Link #4495
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Would have been better here, but anyways;

I believe it's a track by Shigeru Kishida. As for the name of the song, I'm a little confused as my Japanese, or, let's be honest my hiragana isn't brilliant.

In the tags is says くるり, which I phonetically translate as 'kururi', however I'm not sure that means anything. However, at 0:32 in the video, you can see the track name on the screen. But, rather than say くるり, I see it as くるゆ, which again doesn't mean much I don't think, seeing as 'kuru' translates as 'come', but the 'yu'?

Edit:

Damn me and my failure. It does say くるり, it's just that the font/strokes made り and ゆ look a little similar and my brain hurt.

Can anyone translate くるり please?
Lol thanks
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Old 2010-11-27, 23:09   Link #4496
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Go ahead and write. I once wrote a 5000 page report in 2 and a half hours (last minute work of course) but still got an A.

I would say you would definitely write better under pressure.
no you didn't, you'd have to be typing at ~25000 words a minute non-stop. calling you out on this one
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Old 2010-11-27, 23:14   Link #4497
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Lol thanks
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no you didn't, you'd have to be typing at ~25000 words a minute non-stop. calling you out on this one
Not if Saintess' report was itself demonstrating Lexical Ambiguity
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Old 2010-11-28, 02:27   Link #4498
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no you didn't, you'd have to be typing at ~25000 words a minute non-stop. calling you out on this one
You don't multiply 5000 by 150 minutes, you DIVIDE, and it becomes approximately 33 wpm.

25000 wpm would equal to 300,000 words in total, taking that half-hour into planning and thinking, as well as writing the introduction and disclaimers.

A usual person writes at about 30-40 wpm with a word-processor. Non-stop writing would only kill when it is extended over 3-4 hours.

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Not if Saintess' report was itself demonstrating Lexical Ambiguity
Actually, having written 9 reports in the past 6-8 months, I actually felt that the "standard" way of writing reports (or at least according to marking schemes) is of that. I recall that most of my sentences don't make alot of sense and I am simply chunking in statistics, provenance and data, yet I am still able to score Bs at the very minimum.

Thus I sometimes feel that if my country's lauding of "best education in SEA" is actually an over-exaggeration used as an advertising factor, when we are taught to write like this. Or maybe it is because I am in a business school.
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Most of all, you have to be disciplined and you have to save, even if you hate our current financial system. Because if you don't save, then you're guaranteed to end up with nothing.
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Old 2010-11-28, 07:36   Link #4499
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You don't multiply 5000 by 150 minutes, you DIVIDE, and it becomes approximately 33 wpm.

25000 wpm would equal to 300,000 words in total, taking that half-hour into planning and thinking, as well as writing the introduction and disclaimers.

A usual person writes at about 30-40 wpm with a word-processor. Non-stop writing would only kill when it is extended over 3-4 hours.


Hahhaha no no, I was pointing out the fact that you said 5000 pages instead of 5000 words by accident

(5000 pages @ 700-1000 words a page - 700 words will give you 23333 wpm )
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Old 2010-11-28, 07:38   Link #4500
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Hahhaha no no, I was pointing out the fact that you said 5000 pages instead of 5000 words

(5000 pages @ 700 words a page)
Must......stop......speed.......reading..........: heh:
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