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To be fair to her, though, we don't know when that flashback takes place, right? Andrea's been here for months, and the actual flashback could be years ago. Especially if this half of the world is a particular interest area for Andrea. If Tara is used to Andrea giving out random facts about this world, then it's easy to let it gloss over. Think about any time your S.O. has talked to you about a specific detail of their work or school major. These are topics that come up enough to make you think you've heard it all and don't really need to completely grab hold of the specifics... especially if it's in a field you understand little about and have already decided won't ever fully understand. When I talk about specific aspects of learning programming, there's no way my gf would be able to remember specific trivia about a random language construct. She doesn't know enough about the subject for the info to do her any real good, and doesn't care about it beyond it being something I like, and thus she likes it by virtue of it making me happy. Point is that unless we learn this flashback is specifically their preparation for both of them coming over to this world, there's ample reason to not get too down on Tara for not remembering this one aspect of the world.

Heh, I could totally see me forgetting some important detail that was mentioned in passing. I would also feel like an idiot for doing so even were it totally understandable that I forgot, or more likely that it didn't register as important information and thus not be stored properly. Furthermore I recall reading somewhere that when under stress it's harder to recall things, which is why people will be taking a test and totally blank out on the subject at hand. (Which is why doing relaxation exercises before a test can actually help you pass)

So I guess this game does not have non-lethal weapons, like tranquilizers of some sort. Not that it would not create iffy situations too... "Don't look at me! They shouldn't be driving motorcycles while sleeping!" "What do you mean I shouldn't tranq people that are next to a cliff? They'll be fine, the sea is down there. 100 meters is nothing, I've climbed steeper staircases." "Well, it's not my fault that driver does not care there are people on the way."

depending on which goofy looking lizard monster we're talking about, that guy could very well deserve this

It would easily be understandable if, after a month or so of no word from Andrea, Tara would have been too worried to remember all the details Andrea mentioned.

Well, being true pacifist IS hard. Any pacifist who think it isn't is spoiled by our civilization. Sooo ... how exactly would that strategy of "help them kill something while letting them get the actual "kill"" work? I mean, are those NPC competent enough to be able to actually kill the enemy when you help them?

It's interesting to apply this type of thinking / analysis / linguistics thought to programming languages. They have to be very rigidly defined...but still often grow and mutate over time...while still having to be absolutely rigid in their definitions and grammar. And the breaks tend to come from just outright creating a new language (if not outright whole cloth, then close to it). EDIT: And I feel there's an interesting comparison to make between the two styles of language and how each type evolves and how they're created. Additionally, I feel there's an interesting conversation to be had between linguists on both sides.

Trust me, they had lots of rules regarding grammar or their language just wouldn't work. The problem is that formal grammatical rules are an attempt to describe how a given language works, not actual rules for how it works -- and too many people put the cart in front of the horse and think that they are the latter. Since language is constantly and extensively mutable, it follows that grammar must be as well. The trouble arises when people treat grammatical rules as ironclad, which they really aren't. The best metaphor I can think of is to compare grammar to a map of a language. But the 'landscape' the map depicts is one subject to constant change and prominent features keep appearing, vanishing or shifting about. And if there is conflict between map and reality, grammaticians who insist that it is reality that is wrong will all too often find themselves walking off metaphorical cliffs.

I think she is looking at Ashley if she has same reaction to the conversation as she has. You would be surprised how good in grammar can average roman citizen get if bad grammar brings the risk he will be labelled barbarian. Romans were proud people. Do you also thinks Charlottle might not apologize if not for the "get a life"? ... 1) As if they could say anything which could stop such ship. 2) It already launched.

I'm happy about how happy something made me! I think I've mentioned that our local public library is closed for renovations. For the next year and a half, they'll be moving 40% of the collection to a temporary location, which will be opening in one week. Anything not in their top 40% (or checked out when the main place closed last week) will be in storage, completely inaccessible, and we'll have to request stuff through interlibrary loan to get any of that material. The temporary location happens to be directly across the street from our animal hospital. Pretty cool, to get to have the official public library close enough to walk to on half a lunch break! They're still putting the place together, and I went and peeped through the windows at lunch today. There were shelves, some full and some empty, chairs, computers, check-out stations, most of the necessaries were in place. I could even see stairs leading down to a basement area, which were prettied up and not blocked off, making me think there's more library down there, too. As I stepped away from the window to walk on to Subway, I realized I was grinning from ear to ear! I'm feeling so excited that we're getting a new library to explore right across the street! Books and movies and programs and magazines....it doesn't matter that it's less than half what we already had access to every day anyway, and what will be there is the same old stuff. It's still so cool! I'm happy that I still feel that child's excitement at the thought of what can't help but feel at least a little like having my very own special library, moved there just for me. That I can't wait to explore the new space, discover where everything is, stumble across new stories I haven't read before. I can't wait to see what sort of children's area they come up with, what sort of displays, how they'll work around having so much smaller a space. Maybe sneak over there at lunch when I'm not tied up in surgery, and just sit and read.

The guy probably thought it was worth a shot...

Hey, you just shot me, and that is crazy, but here's my number so call me, maybe?