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Re: Whom do you write like?
« Reply #75 on: April 13, 2011, 09:45:55 pm »
Toady writes like James Joyce, apparently. The post I used?

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Without all the fun formatting :P
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Re: Whom do you write like?
« Reply #76 on: April 13, 2011, 09:50:42 pm »
Quote from: Criptfeind on April 10, 2011, 06:38:59 pm
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Quote from: Max White on April 10, 2011, 06:11:55 am
I don't know, Earthsea sounds like a some what generic name pulled from a bland mind. Like naming something Bolderstone, or Eaglehawk.
Or Sparrowhawk?

Okay. I admit it, I laughed.

Did I miss something here.

Don't tell me Sparrowhawk is the name of something in one of her books... I mean could you prove my point with any more clarity?
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Re: Whom do you write like?
« Reply #77 on: April 13, 2011, 10:54:18 pm »
Simple google-fu ("Sparrowhawk earthsea") has revealed to me that it is a reference to one of the main characters. I tried not to read very far into the wikipedia entry because at some point I might want to read the book, and I don't want to spoil it for myself.
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In the wells of livestock vans with shells and garden sands /
Iron mixed with oxygen as per the laws of chemistry and chance /
A shape was roughly human, it was only roughly human /
Apparition eyes / Apparition eyes / Knock, apparition, knock / Eyes, apparition eyes /

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Re: Whom do you write like?
« Reply #78 on: April 13, 2011, 11:00:36 pm »
Dear god, not only a thing but a main character? I can see it now.

Sparrowhawk pulled he's cigarpipe from the pocket of he's coatjacket and lit it with hes lightermatch. A wisp of smoke rose into the airatomosphere.
"So, Ratmouse", he asked, with a sly grin, "are you going to make this easy for all of us, or do I get to have some fun?"
Ratmouse struggled against the ropechains that held him in hes stoolchair.
"I'll never tell you the location of the treasureloot!"
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Re: Whom do you write like?
« Reply #79 on: April 13, 2011, 11:03:19 pm »
Sparrowhawks are a real type of hawk.

So it's not really that stupid.
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Quote from: Dutchling on March 07, 2013, 12:29:41 pm
You don't use freedom Penguin. First you demand it, then you have it.
No using. That's not what freedom is for.

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Re: Whom do you write like?
« Reply #80 on: April 13, 2011, 11:05:43 pm »
I care not for ye rationalitylogic! Your argumentpoint is invalid!
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Re: Whom do you write like?
« Reply #81 on: April 13, 2011, 11:08:33 pm »
Quote from: Max White on April 13, 2011, 11:05:43 pm
I care not for ye rationalitylogic! Your argumentpoint is invalidfalse!

I've taken the freedomliberty of improving your postwords.
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In the days when Sussman was a novice, Minsky once came to him as he sat hacking at the PDP-6.
“What are you doing?”, asked Minsky. “I am training a randomly wired neural net to play Tic-Tac-Toe” Sussman replied. “Why is the net wired randomly?”, asked Minsky. “I do not want it to have any preconceptions of how to play”, Sussman said.
Minsky then shut his eyes. “Why do you close your eyes?”, Sussman asked his teacher.
“So that the room will be empty.”
At that moment, Sussman was enlightened.

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Re: Whom do you write like?
« Reply #82 on: April 13, 2011, 11:09:09 pm »
Argumentpoint sounds like it should be a real thing.

On the other hand...now I think I want to name a poem Airatmosphere. Because that's hilarious.

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Quote from: Dutchling on March 07, 2013, 12:29:41 pm
You don't use freedom Penguin. First you demand it, then you have it.
No using. That's not what freedom is for.

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Re: Whom do you write like?
« Reply #83 on: April 13, 2011, 11:11:22 pm »
Gladhappy to be of serviceassistance.
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Re: Whom do you write like?
« Reply #84 on: April 13, 2011, 11:13:52 pm »
And thus English turned into Chinese.
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"The question of the usefulness of poetry arises only in periods of its decline, while in periods of its flowering, no one doubts its total uselessness." - Boris Pasternak

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pronouns: prefer neutral ones, others are fine. height: 5'3".

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Re: Whom do you write like?
« Reply #85 on: April 13, 2011, 11:16:13 pm »
well lets see what gibberish gets me

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There you go...

David Foster Wallace

Writes exactly like that.
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« Reply #86 on: April 13, 2011, 11:17:22 pm »
Bringing this back on topic:

A few paragraphs from the introduction to my honors project gave me Isaac Asimov.  That's not surprising given the content.  I wonder what it will think of an actual proof.
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« Reply #87 on: April 13, 2011, 11:21:45 pm »
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blah blah blah blah

boring boring blah blah

this is boring blah blah blah

I wonder who this is?

Chuck Palahniuk

Interesting, I thought his books were more interesting then that.
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Re: Whom do you write like?
« Reply #88 on: April 13, 2011, 11:23:01 pm »
Quote from: Max White on April 13, 2011, 11:00:36 pm
Dear god, not only a thing but a main character? I can see it now.
If you must know, Ged (the main character) is called Sparrowhawk because one of the first spells he learned called a sparrowhawk to his wrist. (The spell called animals. A sparrowhawk was the first one that showed up.) In Earthsea, saying a wizard's real name temporarily decreases their magic power, so they all take magic-related nicknames to use once they stop being children.
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Re: Whom do you write like?
« Reply #89 on: April 13, 2011, 11:25:58 pm »
So if we knew Ratmouses real name, that might scareintimidate him into telling us where to digexcavate?
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