Random Thoughts XII - Floccinaucinihilipilification

[Gori the Grey]

Academics do that a lot because they have grad students to clean up the half-bullcrap for them.

If anyone could find a way to clean half the bullcrap from academic writing, the feat would surpass Herakles' cleaning of the Augean stables.

 

[Kyriakos]

There's a statement in an article I read recently
The choking of the global Minotaur
To sustain the insatiable Minotaur, the world built a global labyrinth of ports, ships, more ports, warehouses, storage yards, roads, and rails.
https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinio...global-supply-chains-their-extreme-efficiency

I thought that Minos demanded a certain number of young men and women every few years to be fed to the Minotaur.
IM(pedantic)O that doesn't square with it being "insatiable".
Or are there other interpretations of the legend in which it is?

I am not aware of any significant different version. The Minotaur was a curse, brought by Poseidon because Minos refused to sacrifice a bull as he had promised. So he got to keep the bull and received one more

I like Varoufakis. It's not like he would really focus on the literary aspect, of course, and at least he (unlike Dante) didn't think the Minotaur had the body of a bull and the head of a man.

 

[Kyriakos]

It's too bad that @Traitorfish isn't here. The printed version (also the online version) of Syriza's newspaper accepted a dark-toned short article of mine.
https://www.avgi.gr/koinonia/402294_problima-me-toys-nomoys-mas

It's in greek (youdontsay).
Anyway, it's a reference to a story by F. Kafka to support an insidious build-up to a sarcastic comment against the government.

 

[choxorn]

If anyone could find a way to clean half the bullcrap from academic writing, the feat would surpass Herakles' cleaning of the Augean stables.

There are papers I'm a listed author on that I understand maybe half of, on a good day, if I'm being generous with my definition of "half", because they're full of jargon and written for someone who already knows everything about what the paper's about.

 

[Samson]

It's too bad that @Traitorfish isn't here. The printed version (also the online version) of Syriza's newspaper accepted a dark-toned short article of mine.
https://www.avgi.gr/koinonia/402294_problima-me-toys-nomoys-mas

It's in greek (youdontsay).
Anyway, it's a reference to a story by F. Kafka to support an insidious build-up to a sarcastic comment against the government.

The chrome auto translate english version reads like English. Looks good.

 

[Kyriakos]

The chrome auto translate english version reads like English. Looks good.

Probably because my greek mostly use the syntax which is common in english (for a number of reasons...) ^_^
Did you like the article?

 

[Samson]

Probably because my greek mostly use the syntax which is common in english (for a number of reasons...) ^_^
Did you like the article?

Only got through the first page, but I like it so far.

 

[amadeus]

I don’t know which one is the stalagmite and which one is the stalactite. I don’t care, either. It’s just a stupid pointy thing with no point.

 

[Samson]

I don’t know which one is the stalagmite and which one is the stalactite. I don’t care, either. It’s just a stupid pointy thing with no point.

Stalactite's have to hold on tight to the ceiling. That is how I remember.

 

[The_J]

Or you make the adult version out if it .
(that works better in German than in English, I think...)

 

[Kyriakos]

The distinctions are not really born out of etymology that much, given their root is the same.
That said, -stalagma tends to mean something that has fallen and setled somewhere.

 

[amadeus]

I spend more time thinking about Stalag 13. I know nothing! Noth-ing!

 

[Samson]

Probably because my greek mostly use the syntax which is common in english (for a number of reasons...) ^_^
Did you like the article?

Read it now. I like it. It certainly seems that the Greek law you are referring to is an example, but it seems the UK is trying even harder to demonstrate this principle with the lack of investigation into the wrongdoing of the powerful from all walks of life, and the demonstration of the one rule for me, another for thee that the top tories have demonstrated all over this pandemic. Also I now know your surname and can see you on other places. Good luck with getting The Cave Painting written. I am struggling to write something (completely different) myself, and it is hard.

 

[Kyriakos]

Read it now. I like it. It certainly seems that the Greek law you are referring to is an example, but it seems the UK is trying even harder to demonstrate this principle with the lack of investigation into the wrongdoing of the powerful from all walks of life, and the demonstration of the one rule for me, another for thee that the top tories have demonstrated all over this pandemic. Also I now know your surname and can see you on other places. Good luck with getting The Cave Painting written. I am struggling to write something (completely different) myself, and it is hard.

Wow. I had posted that so many years ago that I completely forgot it existed. Shows how the internet contains all kinds of fossilized times

"With your money" That must have been the generic title for the fundraiser.

 

[El_Machinae]

I don’t know which one is the stalagmite and which one is the stalactite. I don’t care, either. It’s just a stupid pointy thing with no point.

'Ground' has a 'g'
'Ceiling' has a 'c'

 

[Kyriakos]

'Ground' has a 'g'
'Ceiling' has a 'c'

Or you can go with my old elementary school approach for remembering that June comes before July: it is in the reverse alphabetical order ^_^ Same with c and g; c is above here.
Although nowadays I just think of the US holiday for July.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I don’t know which one is the stalagmite and which one is the stalactite. I don’t care, either. It’s just a stupid pointy thing with no point.

Actually, they are pointy things with a point.

Do you live in a place where you get icicles in the winter? Those are pointy things with a point, and are essentially above-ground stalactites that form from overhangs on buildings, porches, etc. But they don't form accompanying stalagmites that are pointy, just really inconvenient bumps of ice that are dangerous to slip on.

Or you can go with my old elementary school approach for remembering that June comes before July: it is in the reverse alphabetical order ^_^ Same with c and g; c is above here.
Although nowadays I just think of the US holiday for July.

Just remember that there are 3 consecutive months that are also girls' names: April, May, and June.

 

[Takhisis]

That said, -stalagma tends to mean something that has fallen and setled somewhere.

So the stalagmite is the one that's falling, while the stalactite is the one that's rising.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

So the stalagmite is the one that's falling, while the stalactite is the one that's rising.

It's the other way around.

 

[amadeus]

'Ground' has a 'g'
'Ceiling' has a 'c'

Yeah but I thought it was called stalagtite until my auto-spell fixed it. So even if I remember this, it won't be of any use because I'll get the spelling wrong.