@chienfou I know. Lol when you hit reply on a chain it just includes everyone and I choose to assume we have all engaged in the discussion and follow along in order. So I don’t usually remove people, I just assume they will know who I meant because context. But it can cause confusion. Now and then. My apologies
@Salanth@yakkoTDI So they had an engraving setup with a limited set of fonts. Did Xerox exist in Mordor back then? (IBM would have sold Sauron on the idea of having custom Selectric elements made just for his organization…)
@yakkoTDI Yes, he put part of his fëa (essence/power/spirit/soul) into the ring to strengthen it. While Maia are eternal beings, when they put on a physical body, they can be killed.
Don’t tell me you’re too blind to see.
Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul,
ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.
@dave huh. I wonder what ash nazg is. Seems important
@dave @unksol I don’t know, but it appears on the multi-lingual instruction sheet for my answering machine.
@dave @macromeh They wouldn’t repeat it so much if it was not significant.
@dave @macromeh @unksol
Ash = One
Nazg = Ring
@dave @macromeh @yakkoTDI was the… IDK if I want to say sarcasm… The joke not coming through? Yes it has to be one ring lol
@unksol
yep, sorta missed it didn’t they…
here… let me illustrate it for you:
@chienfou @unksol The same thing for anyone that didn’t follow the link.
@blaineg @chienfou says the rickroller
@unksol
?? not sure how I was ‘rickrolling’
@unksol @chienfou Not you …
@chienfou you weren’t.
@blaineg is lol
If you read down through his link you’ll find it. It is pretty good
@blaineg @unksol
yeah, but you tagged ME. That was the confusion.
@chienfou I know. Lol when you hit reply on a chain it just includes everyone and I choose to assume we have all engaged in the discussion and follow along in order. So I don’t usually remove people, I just assume they will know who I meant because context. But it can cause confusion. Now and then. My apologies
@chienfou @unksol
Spot the person that didn’t follow the link.
@chienfou @unksol
Not sorry.
Clearly that came from Mordor!
Actually, it’s in Black Speech, which was constructed to be used by the servants of Mordor.
@Salanth But the letters are Elvish.
@Salanth @yakkoTDI So they had an engraving setup with a limited set of fonts. Did Xerox exist in Mordor back then? (IBM would have sold Sauron on the idea of having custom Selectric elements made just for his organization…)
@werehatrack
https://drop.com/buy/drop-the-lord-of-the-rings-mt3-black-speech-keycap-set/
@rockblossom Oh, sure, now it’s available, but where was it then?
@werehatrack They had to make do with manual typewriters back then.
@rockblossom And the dwarves wanted a small fortune to equip them with a custom character set.
@Salanth @werehatrack
Dude was able to put part of his soul* into the ring itself so I think he could handle scratching a few letters into a gold ring.
@Salanth @werehatrack @yakkoTDI yeah he could but. Being a dick is more in his wheel house
@yakkoTDI Yes, he put part of his fëa (essence/power/spirit/soul) into the ring to strengthen it. While Maia are eternal beings, when they put on a physical body, they can be killed.