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Author Topic: The Fortress of Oilglide(POSTPONED INDEFINITLEY)  (Read 3782 times)

Kagus

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Re: The Fortress of Oilglide(POSTPONED INDEFINITLEY)
« Reply #15 on: May 30, 2008, 01:43:00 pm »
"Postponed indefinitely" tends to mean "postponed forever".  Might just want to cut it down to a simple "postponed".
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Re: The Fortress of Oilglide(POSTPONED INDEFINITLEY)
« Reply #16 on: May 30, 2008, 02:00:00 pm »
No. Indefinitely means "for an indeterminable amount of time", the problem that lies within that is that most people use it when they mean "forever".

There's your vocabulary lesson for the day.

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Re: The Fortress of Oilglide(POSTPONED INDEFINITLEY)
« Reply #17 on: May 30, 2008, 05:48:00 pm »
quote:
Originally posted by Kilowatt:
<STRONG>No. Indefinitely means "for an indeterminable amount of time", the problem that lies within that is that most people use it when they mean "forever".

There's your vocabulary lesson for the day.

I am working on a mod pack that is most... intriguing...</STRONG>

Does it involve wolves kidnapping babies and raising them as their own?

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t''s so sad.  It''s as if De Beers as invaded Dwarf Fortress.  I nearly cried when I saw how valued and rare diamonds were in Dwarf Fortress.

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Re: The Fortress of Oilglide(POSTPONED INDEFINITLEY)
« Reply #18 on: May 30, 2008, 05:56:00 pm »
quote:
Originally posted by Ghostpaw:
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Does it involve wolves kidnapping babies and raising them as their own?</STRONG>

I'd play that.

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Re: The Fortress of Oilglide(POSTPONED INDEFINITLEY)
« Reply #19 on: May 30, 2008, 05:57:00 pm »
quote:
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Does it involve wolves kidnapping babies and raising them as their own?</STRONG>

I'd play that.

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Re: The Fortress of Oilglide(POSTPONED INDEFINITLEY)
« Reply #20 on: May 30, 2008, 06:26:00 pm »
No! No! No!
Nothing like that!
I should have an alpha (tentatively) tomorrow of what I am working on.
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Re: The Fortress of Oilglide(POSTPONED INDEFINITLEY)
« Reply #21 on: May 30, 2008, 06:35:00 pm »
quote:
Originally posted by Kilowatt:
<STRONG>No! No! No!
Nothing like that!
I should have an alpha (tentatively) tomorrow of what I am working on.</STRONG>

I cant wait. My interest is piqued. Hope it involves mangled limbs and dwarves strewn everywhere.

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Re: The Fortress of Oilglide(POSTPONED INDEFINITLEY)
« Reply #22 on: May 30, 2008, 06:49:00 pm »
quote:
Originally posted by Kilowatt:
<STRONG>No. Indefinitely means "for an indeterminable amount of time", the problem that lies within that is that most people use it when they mean "forever".

There's your vocabulary lesson for the day.</STRONG>


I'm well aware of the meaning of "indefinitely".  What I'm saying is that it is going to be taken as meaning forever, regardless of how you intended it, and anyone who looks it up on Wiktionary is going to find a third meaning of "forever", with a 'see also' link to "endlessly".

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