@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.
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!
Don’t tell me you’re too blind to see.
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.