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DCMurphy on Naruto 571 - Read Online at Manga Stream

2012-01-25T17:04:16.027738-07:00-0700

I was thinking, this "five minutes" that they can stay transformed is going to be like Freeza saying "Namek will blow up in 2 minutes". Twelve episodes later...

DCMurphy on [SPOILERS] I think this latest chapter just pushed something into my brain.

2012-01-25T16:50:45.356771-07:00-0700

I think that "something" was to quietly capture B and Naruto. The ninja alliance wasn't complete at that point (I think just before chapter 500), Naruto had not met B yet. Kisame didn't die until after that point, so it's plausible that his task was to capture B, then Tobi and the Zetsu army goes after Naruto. Just my $.02.

DCMurphy on Quick question about how to read a book in german

2012-01-22T09:42:56.260215-07:00-0700

Read a segment, be it a chapter or a paragraph or a few pages, however long you feel comfortable. Underline or highlight every word you don't know. See what you can gather through context and what you can't. Then once you're sick of reading or you're lost in the story, go look the words up. It's important to stick with it and keep reading even if a few words slip under your radar; try and get the overarching message first before you look for nuances. It's also important to stick to your level, don't try and read Nietzsche or Goethe if you are still at the beginner level.

DCMurphy on Where are you?

2012-01-22T09:33:11.951885-07:00-0700

Narragansett, RI here. Gray Sail is pretty cool, one of the kids I went to high school (Prout '06) with actually started the brewery from what I gather.

DCMurphy on How Newport Storm brewery (where they also distill rum) heats their tasting room. Oh booze, is there anything you can't do?

2012-01-15T10:09:42.531347-07:00-0700

Trinity is on Empire, but that's pretty much all we have to offer. It was mentioned in another thread under this topic; I didn't want to be redundant. And I haven't seen Sons of Liberty anywhere in SK (I'm a Narragansett resident), but is their distillery what they're doing to the old Pump House near the Peace Dale Rotary?

DCMurphy on How Newport Storm brewery (where they also distill rum) heats their tasting room. Oh booze, is there anything you can't do?

2012-01-14T16:21:54.041342-07:00-0700

Having lived in Rhode Island for 90% of my life, I can confirm that we do very much need a great brewpub, and if I could I'd open one myself.

DCMurphy on How Newport Storm brewery (where they also distill rum) heats their tasting room. Oh booze, is there anything you can't do?

2012-01-14T16:20:45.280066-07:00-0700

I like Trinity. Most all other "Rhody" beer is shit.

DCMurphy on If you're a restaurant that does this, you're awesome.

2012-01-07T08:22:50.352536-07:00-0700

Guest #3 drinks alone, like a champ. Or an alcoholic.

DCMurphy on Muppets Cupcakes

2012-01-01T18:51:57.811672-07:00-0700

Well then, maybe it's time to unsubscribe from /r/pics... if it bugs you so much, why do you expose yourself to it? The best thing I ever did with reddit is get off the main forums into little niche ones. Subs with 1.2 million subscribers (like /r/pics) are much more likely to have reposts than smaller communities. If you're looking for a new media hub, I'd recommend Del.icio.us. And I'm sure you have Stumble. Reddit isn't the be-all, end-all, you know. But be prepared for reposts on that too. And if you watch TV, you'll see the same commercials. And reruns. Same with the radio.

DCMurphy on Muppets Cupcakes

2012-01-01T18:30:39.776094-07:00-0700

Okay, but look at babettebaboon's post. Those picture reposts are to r/pics/, /trees/, /Muppets/, /cupcakes/, and /food/. I didn't even know r/cupcakes/ existed, and I'm not subscribed to /food/ or /Muppets/. 7 posts to 5 subreddits = minimal reposting, mostly crossposting. > But everything on this site should not be chain-email reposts. It's pathetic. And *everything* on reddit isn't a repost. Seriously, what are you bitching about? Probably once a day you're going to see something you've seen somewhere else. Kind of a far cry from *everything*.

DCMurphy on Muppets Cupcakes

2012-01-01T18:15:18.019736-07:00-0700

Reposts are bound to happen. The internet doesn't really have a start or an end, and for some of us it's hard to discern between what's "old" and what's "new". Reddit has a Hide button attached to every post. If you don't want to see it, then hide it and move on.

DCMurphy on Louis C.K. donated over $250,000 of the income from his self-funded show to charities (Fistula Foundation, Green Chimneys, CharityWater, Pablove Foundation and Kiva)

2011-12-23T13:23:27.801580-07:00-0700

I... never said it was a bad idea for beginning developers? I'd rather just not pay a middleman, if the option is there, is all.

DCMurphy on Louis C.K. donated over $250,000 of the income from his self-funded show to charities (Fistula Foundation, Green Chimneys, CharityWater, Pablove Foundation and Kiva)

2011-12-23T09:56:38.748660-07:00-0700

I didn't look it up, I had kind of figured it would be more in the 40-50% range... Not as bad as I thought, but I'd rather give Louie all the money that he's earned.

DCMurphy on Louis C.K. donated over $250,000 of the income from his self-funded show to charities (Fistula Foundation, Green Chimneys, CharityWater, Pablove Foundation and Kiva)

2011-12-22T08:11:03.911645-07:00-0700

The problem with the iTunes link is that it isn't as direct as Louie's stand up offer from his website. I don't have the figures, but I'm sure Apple takes a pretty big cut.

DCMurphy on The Best Secret Santa Gift

2011-12-22T08:07:02.771615-07:00-0700

B- here. I used to donate every time they came to my university, but at least in my state the blood bank is populated by vampires. When I hadn't donated for 7 weeks, I got calls sometimes three to four times a day. I don't mind donating to help my fellow man, I do mind the inconsiderate staff harassing me at all hours of the day (got calls as late as 9PM) instead of calling people who *haven't* donated.

DCMurphy on /r/accounting, can I get some advice on my schooling and future?

2011-12-14T20:22:17.540352-07:00-0700

Intermediate I and II were the worst accounting classes. It only gets easier, and by leaps and bounds. If you stick with it, you'll be happy with your decision.

DCMurphy on Why numbers are read "backwards" in German? Do you think that this peculiarity affect the way they perceive math?

2011-12-14T15:04:15.347010-07:00-0700

Yes, I did learn the "ich" sounding ending from my teachers, and also when I studied in Braunschweig. I don't know if that's necessarily a northern dialect or what.

DCMurphy on Why numbers are read "backwards" in German? Do you think that this peculiarity affect the way they perceive math?

2011-12-14T11:11:45.325765-07:00-0700

Party like it's Milleneufcentquatre-vingtdixneuf!

DCMurphy on It's shit like this Exam authors that frustrates me

2011-12-14T11:09:46.755186-07:00-0700

> Hey, USA is eventually going to adopt IRFS Haha, yeah. And we're "eventually" going to start using the metric system too.

DCMurphy on Why numbers are read "backwards" in German? Do you think that this peculiarity affect the way they perceive math?

2011-12-14T10:59:20.913744-07:00-0700

I have my B.A in German, so I'd say I have a little qualification to answer this: IIRC, it's due to the "zig" ending. Try saying "zwanzigzwei", it's a little too much for the mouth to handle. Like musticrudnin pointed out: 13-19 are backwards in English *and* in German. I can handle German numbers, it's French numbers that geek me: 88 - quatre-vingt-huit - or "4 twenty 8" Fucking confusing...

DCMurphy on Why numbers are read "backwards" in German? Do you think that this peculiarity affect the way they perceive math?

2011-12-14T10:52:16.680589-07:00-0700

Not the OP FWIW, but I do have my Bachelor's in German and I'm sure this is what he's talking about. 1 - eins 4 - vier 20 - zwanzig 24 - vierundzwanzig 30 - dreißig 31 - einunddreißig 100 - hundert 234 - zweihundertvierunddreißig

DCMurphy on LANL_German and Final Exams: Message from a Mod.

2011-12-12T20:22:53.083875-07:00-0700

Als ich auf der Uni studierte, bezahlten wir für unsere Hausaufgabe...

DCMurphy on LANL_German and Final Exams: Message from a Mod.

2011-12-12T20:18:33.355349-07:00-0700

Prima! ;) danke

DCMurphy on Requesting assistance with my German Final!!

2011-12-12T16:26:48.018120-07:00-0700

It's on Friday, so you should have a few days to fine tune and practice it. A good place to start would be the sentence structure you know, and what you're comfortable with. The problem with your idea is that it's not "simple" German structure. If you submit some work that isn't your own, the professor is probably going to have an idea. A good way to start would be to simplify things "Meine Freundins Geburtstag ist der zweite Januar." and "Sie ißt gern Pizza." or "Unsere Lieblings-Pizza Restaurant ist 'Slice' auf Süd 6. und Taskar." Your professor isn't expecting a doctoral thesis. You're going to have short sentences and it might sound stupid: I remember the speech I had to perform in front of the class in GER102. Just stick to what you know and the professor should give you decent marks. Best of luck!

LANL_German and Final Exams: Message from a Mod.

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:12:06 -0700

Hi guys,

When we started this subreddit, it was part of a collaborative effort between multiple languages to make it easier to learn a foreign tongue. This community didn't exist when I was a beginner, and I'm glad it didn't.

We all got to where we are by putting in some hard work memorizing verb forms, endings tables for the accusative, dative, and genitive cases, and the gender of each and every noun we wrote down. It took a while to understand some things like separable prefix verbs, prepositional phrases, and Konjunktiv II.

As a contributor of this subreddit, I want to remind every one of you that you will not be helping students by simply handing them answers to questions that are far beyond their reach. Language is learned in little steps, and it doesn't help students to have the first step given to them without their understanding of the subject matter.

Students: I encourage you to try and push your understanding of the German language to the next level. Try and use a pronoun or preposition you don't quite understand. Try to turn a verb into a noun. Take a guess as to the ending of the adjective, and if you have a specific question, like this one, we'll be there to help. But please don't ask us to do your work for you. It hurts your academic performance, and you really won't learn anything.

Alles Gute zum Abschluss des Semesters,

DCM

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