Thistle

(Witches) Korwyn wisps: What the heck man, my laptop mousepad is flipping out

(Witches) Korwyn wisps: I can't move it and it keeps zooming everything out

(Witches) Kiki wisps: 'mousepad'? Or 'mousewheel'?

(Witches) Korwyn wisps: Mousepad

(Witches) Kiki wisps: How is your mousepad doing anything?

(Witches) Thistle wisps: try tapping it

(Witches) Korwyn wisps: It's like stuck in zoom mode and it's never done this before.

(Witches) Thistle wisps: also check to make sure your not touching it in more than one spot

(Witches) Korwyn wisps: I'm not

(Witches) Kiki wisps: A mousepad is a thing that sits under the mouse, with the aim of providing a surface that the mouse ball can roll on or the mouse LCD can reflect off.

(Witches) Thistle wisps: like i said tap it with two fingers

(Witches) Kiki wisps: What you're talking about is not a mousepad, it is a touchpad.

(Witches) lorx wisps: mouse has LCD?

(Witches) Kiki wisps: LED*

(Witches) Korwyn wisps: That yes, touchpad.

(Witches) lorx wisps: is it all fixed now you called it the right name?

(Witches) Thistle wisps: kiki people call things by different names just because thats not what you call it doesn't mean its wrong

(Witches) Kiki wisps: No, Thistle, in this case it IS wrong.

(Witches) lorx wisps: ha ha kiki got in trouble off thistle!!

(Witches) Kiki wisps: A mousepad is not a touchpad, and vice versa. They are two completely different things.

(Witches) Korwyn wisps: Hang on, restarting it to see if that fixes it.

(Witches) Thistle wisps: it is a pad of a sort that works as a mouse thus mousepad is not an improper word for it

(Witches) Kiki wisps: Wrong again!

(Witches) Kiki wisps: A mousepad is an improper word for it because a mousepad refers to something else.

(Witches) lorx wisps: you don't need a mouse for mudding anyhow

(Witches) Kiki wisps: Which is why they're not called mousepads!

(Witches) Thistle wisps: and of course nothing in this world could possibly represent two different things so if i called you a fag i would obviously be refering to you as a cigarette?

(Witches) Kiki wisps: You're missing the point.

(Witches) Ceridwen wisps that she laughs

(Witches) Kiki wisps: "Mousepad" is not the right term. Just because she (and you) call it that, doesn't mean that is right.

(Witches) Thistle wisps: no your being annoying talking by arguing about things that have no significane to anyone but you and making a supreme moron of yourself

(Witches) lorx wisps: all hail the supreme moron!

(Witches) Thistle wisps: let me ask you one thing kiki did you invent it?

(Witches) Kiki wisps: It's of important to every single technical support staff who has to answer calls from numbskulls who call it a mousepad. :)

(Witches) Thistle wisps: since i already know you did not you have no say in what it is called

(Witches) lorx wisps: so if he invented it, you would have to call it a touchpad?

(Witches) lorx wisps: I MEAN SHE!!!

(Witches) Kiki wisps: If I'd invented it, you would have to call it a skimmily-bim.

(Witches) Thistle wisps: and since all technical support is outsourced to india where people barely speak english i highly doubt the tech support knows the technical difference between a mousepad and a touchpad

(Witches) Kiki wisps: ...wow, you are racist as well?

(Witches) lorx wisps: huh? indian people speak english

(Witches) Thistle wisps: admittedly "All" is a bit over dramatic but my point stand

(Witches) Kiki wisps: I used to work in technical support. I have handled many many queries to do with touchpads. Never with mousepads, because those are not a cause of technical issues.

(Witches) lorx wisps: there are about 40 million people in england, and about 1.2 billion people in india. so "indian english" is the CORRECT VERSION according to democratic principles!

(Witches) lorx wisps: also, england is not an island

(Witches) Ceridwen wisps that she hmmmmms

(Witches) Thistle wisps: no i am actually the furthest from being a racist. i am simply refering to the series of facts refering to people in the country of India who as a rule do not teach english as a mandatory class in thier schools

(Witches) Kiki wisps: You don't know much about India, do you?

(Witches) lorx wisps: all the indian people i know speak english

(Witches) Ceridwen wisps: are they in england?

(Witches) Korwyn wisps: Nope didn't fix it.

(Witches) Thistle wisps: are they in a country where they had to learn english to function with some degree of normalcy

(Witches) Korwyn wisps: Have to use a mouse now

(Witches) Kiki wisps: Yes, Thistle, they are.

(Witches) Kiki wisps: Try disabling the touchpad in the OS and re-enabling it, Korwyn.

(Witches) lorx wisps: official languages of india: Hindi, English. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India

(Witches) Thistle wisps: that is written by morons because the government of india has never declared english as an official language for the country

(Witches) Thistle wisps: if it is written in a wiki you must sift through the bull to get to the fact

(Witches) lorx wisps: gee you're a bit anti-moronic aren't you?

(Witches) Kiki wisps: Thistle, I don't think you know what you're talking about.

(Witches) Kiki wisps: (when it comes to touchpads or India)

(Witches) Kiki wisps: (or technical support staff)

(Witches) Kiki wisps: Whereas these are all topics on which I am a fount of knowledge. :p

(Witches) lorx wisps: "Provided that the English language shall be used for purposes of communication between the Union and a State which has not adopted Hindi as its Official Language:" THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES ACT, 1963 http://www.languageinindia.com/april2002/officiallanguagesact.html

(Witches) lorx wisps: gee, english is an official language of india

(Witches) Kiki wisps: Wow, whoda thunk it?

(Witches) Korwyn wisps: So I disabled and then re-inabled my trackpad and nothing happened, it's still doing the same thing

(Witches) Thistle wisps: English was the only language used for official purpose in the British India. However, when, the Constitution of India was made, it was declared in Article 343 (1) that Hindi will be the official Union language. It was also mentioned that over a period of fifteen years since the commencement of the Indian Constitution, Hindi will replace English, which was used as the official language of the country

(Witches) Kiki wisps: Any dust/fluff/hair on it? Brush it off.

(Witches) lorx wisps: oh we're past that mouse nonsenes, it's INDIA now

(Witches) Korwyn wisps: Oh boy, witch politics

(Witches) Kiki wisps: lorx's quote overrides yours, Thistle, as it is more recent.

(Witches) lorx wisps: so the official languages act doesn't count?

(Witches) Thistle wisps: the actual quote for 1963 is "According to the Official Language Act, 1963, since 26th January, 1965, Hindi in Devanagari script has been declared the official language of the Union. International form of Indian numerals was chosen as the preferred form of numerals used for official purpose. However, Section 3 of the Official Language Act mentioned that English may also be used for official purposes even after 1965. "

(Witches) Thistle wisps: sorry 65

(Witches) Kiki wisps: lorx quoted the act itself. You're quoting a thing about the act.

(Witches) Thistle wisps: getting a lrage bit of lag apparently

(Witches) lorx wisps: so if they are using English for Official purposes, then English is an Offical Language, QED

(Witches) Kiki wisps: English is taught in schools in most of India, Thistle.

(Witches) lorx wisps: there are probably more schoolchildren in India learning english than there are people in England

(Witches) Kiki wisps: Whether or not it's an official language, people learn it because it's useful (e.g. they can get relatively highly-paid jobs in customer support!)

(Witches) lorx wisps: plus, it's easier to understand an indian speaking english than it is to understand many english people

(Witches) Kiki wisps: But whether or not they speak English, they still know the difference between a mousepad and a touchpad, and would not incorrectly call one the other!

(Witches) Thistle wisps: out of the 22 Official languages english is still not one of them as of may 2007. english is still considered a secondary language.

(Witches) Thistle wisps: apparently i was lagging out

(Witches) lorx wisps: did you not read The Official Languages Act of 1963?

(Witches) Korwyn wisps: Somehow managed to fix it and I have no idea WHAT could have possibly done that. W/e.

(Witches) Thistle wisps: the actual quote for 1965 is "According to the Official Language Act, 1963, since 26th January, 1965, Hindi in Devanagari script has been declared the official language of the Union. International form of Indian numerals was chosen as the preferred form of numerals used for official purpose. However, Section 3 of the Official Language Act mentioned that English may also be used for official purposes even after 1965. "

(Witches) lorx wisps: so there we go, English is an Official Language of India

(Witches) Ceridwen wisps that she leers

(Witches) Drizzy wisps: Wotcher witches

(Witches) lorx wisps: wotcher dearie

(Witches) Kiki wisps: We have proved that discussing entirely unrelated subjects can fix technical issues!

(Witches) Ceridwen wisps: Hello

(Witches) Thistle wisps: what part of 22 official languages and english is not one of them

(Witches) lorx wisps: did you not read what you posted here?

(Witches) Ceridwen wisps: who actually cares

(Witches) lorx wisps: kiki cares

(Witches) Kiki wisps that she doesn't.

(Witches) Ceridwen wisps that she didn't think so

(Witches) Kiki wisps that she knows she's right and that's all that matters.

(Witches) Thistle wisps: yes i did may be used for official purposes does not mean it is an the countries official language

(Witches) Kiki wisps: The question wasn't whether it was an official language or not anyway. The question was "do people in India have a use for English" and yes, they do.

(Witches) lorx wisps: The Constitution of India has stipulated the usage of Hindi and English to be the two official languages of communication for the national government. http://www.axistranslations.com/translation-article/national-lanuages-of-india-list.html

(Witches) Thistle wisps: no the question was does the mass populace have a use for english and since that line specifically refers to the use of english being and i quote allowed to be used in parliment on any level below government english is not a requiremnt nor a majority

(Witches) Korwyn wisps: How did we all possibly get on the topic of "If english is India's primary language"

(Witches) Ceridwen wisps: i don't know, but it's horrible

(Witches) Kiki wisps: "have a use for" isn't the same as "a requirement"

(Witches) Korwyn wisps: I can't seem to brew things on the cauldron in Auntie Ogg's room

(Witches) lorx wisps: you brew on teh fire don't you?

(Witches) Korwyn wisps: A cauldron is in here

(Witches) lorx wisps: so?

(Witches) Thistle wisps: notice the part about it also not being in the majority to the point that they have a specific mention of it in thier lingual minority decree

(Witches) Korwyn wisps: I can't figure out what the command to brew it is.

(Witches) lorx wisps: blah blah blah, it's an official language of india

(Witches) Kiki wisps: And, Thistle?

(Witches) lorx wisps: brew bottle on fire

(Witches) Kiki wisps: What's your POINT?

(Witches) Kiki wisps: Touchpad != mousepad.

(Witches) Kiki wisps: Indian tech support staff will not confuse the two.

(Witches) Thistle wisps: actually they have on so many occassion as to be hilarious

(Witches) Kiki wisps: So has your MUM.

(Witches) Frazyl wisps: Next topic: should be all be using the Discordian calendar

(Witches) lorx wisps: you want to start a calendar war?

(Witches) Kiki wisps: Indian tech support staff would also spell "occasions" correctly.

(Witches) Thistle wisps: trust me i have no need of a grammer lesson from you

(Witches) lorx wisps: grandma lesson

(Witches) Kiki wisps: "Grammar" lesson?

(Witches) Kiki wisps: But, good, cos I don't teach grammar.

(Witches) Kiki wisps: I teach, primarily, the difference between mousepads and touchpads.

(Witches) lorx wisps: what, ancient Roman ones?

(Witches) Frazyl wisps: The Discordian calendar has five 73-day seasons: Chaos, Discord, Confusion, Bureaucracy, and The Aftermath.

(Witches) Kieselstein wisps: Wotcha, ladies.

(Witches) Kiki wisps: Yep.

(Witches) lorx wisps: i dare you to watch some calendar videos on this site: http://www.newjerusalemcalendar.com/

(Witches) Frazyl wisps: wotcha Kieselstein

(Witches) Frazyl wisps: The Erisian week consists of five days: Sweetmorn, Boomtime, Pungenday, Prickle-Prickle, and Setting Orange.

(Witches) Thistle wisps: problem solved. my ignore list has a name on it again after some 7 years

(Witches) Kieselstein wisps: Did one and witches swap?

(Witches) Kieselstein wisps that she smiles an evil grin

(Witches) lorx wisps: why igonre cheeky, she didn't even say anything!

(Witches) Kiki wisps that she lulz.

(Witches) Thistle wisps: i would never ignore cheeky. i love cheeky like a sister

(Witches) Kiki wisps: I always ignore people when they show that I'm wrong. That's why my ignore list is still empty. :)))))

(Witches) lorx wisps: pointless kicky, she didn't read that

(Witches) Kiki wisps: But YOU did.

(Witches) Kiki wisps: I'm brainwashing you into thinking I'm smart.

(Witches) lorx wisps: your MUM did!

Lorx tells you: Thistle tells you: actually i am using the history out of sheer curiousity to see how long she would continue

You tell lorx: hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Lorx exclaims to you: so keep going!

You tell lorx: I gotta rescue some dead people.

Cheeky tells you: thistle has you on ignore? :P

You tell cheeky: Yep :P

You tell cheeky: Because I was right.

Cheeky tells you: You are now ignoring Thistle for 2062047850053632 hours because putting kiki on ignore is silly.

Cheeky tells you: :):)