13:05:46scymtymyes, the discussion is likely academic
13:12:57beachIt is. And I think the name Clouseau is just great.
13:13:27beachmoore33 was the one who came up with it, by the way.
20:00:25Xoflet's not use "academic" as a word that means "meaningless". The wound is still raw!
20:08:47scymtymXof: sorry. i was dissatisfied with that while writing the message but i couldn't think of a better word (as a non-native speaker, i would like to add in my defense)
20:11:12Xof"a moot point" is a rough synonym that doesn't trigger people in Universities
20:11:21scymtymphew. but i really was dissatisfied that i couldn't think of the proper word
20:13:28Xofalso I liked the search symbols in package video
20:16:22TMAin other languages 'academic' means (inter alia) 'disconnected from practical reality' too, as it does in English. there is no place for the academics to hide from that. humans do that to each other everywhere
20:17:29scymtymXof: yeah, it would be a great use of clim's strengths (gadget output records and incremental redisplay), but gotta fix the black boxes
20:17:31TMAI know 'moot' but it did not occur to me either