Sphinxtr: Creating a Portable PhD Thesis

Re:Sphinxtr: Creating a Portable PhD Thesis by Nowyouknow on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @06:07PM (#4609869)

This is an impressive undertaking, but good lord, what an unfortunate name.

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Re:Sphinxtr: Creating a Portable PhD Thesis by dljsjr on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @06:53PM (#4610034)

To be totally fair, a sphincter (I'm assuming this is what you're referring to) refers to a circular muscle structure in the general case. Not just the butthole.

There are sphincters in your eyes.

There is a sphincter in your esophagus.

Your body is full of sphincters.

The anal sphincter is just one of many sphincters.

And now you really do know.

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Re:Sphinxtr: Creating a Portable PhD Thesis by mirkules on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @07:35PM (#4610162)

That's irrelevant, because the association is ever-present.

As an example, if people lived on Venus, they would be called "Venerials" by the proper genitive form. Alas, doctors got to it first (Venus, Roman goddess of love...) so it was changed to "Venutians". (Source: Neil DeGrasse Tyson's podcast, StarTalk radio).

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Re:Sphinxtr: Creating a Portable PhD Thesis by dljsjr on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @09:58PM (#4610564)

I know, I was being a little pedantic and tongue-in-cheek at the same time, hah.

Still true though.

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Re:Sphinxtr: Creating a Portable PhD Thesis by crntaylor on Thursday October 04, 2012 @03:23AM (#4611276)

...would be called "Venerials" by the proper genitive form...

I'm going to keep telling myself that your use of 'genitive' right next to 'Venerials' was entirely conscious and deliberate.

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Re:Sphinxtr: Creating a Portable PhD Thesis by mirkules on Thursday October 04, 2012 @12:05PM (#4612954)

Heh, not at all.

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Re:Sphinxtr: Creating a Portable PhD Thesis by jonnathanson on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @08:27PM (#4610332)

"Your body is full of sphincters."

I'm sorry, but this cracked me up. It brought out my inner Beavis and Butthead. I apologize. But, I mean, come on. Most people do associate the word sphincter with the butthole, and surely the creator should have known that. (Unless the, umm, cheeky association is intentional?)

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Re:Sphinxtr: Creating a Portable PhD Thesis by jterrace on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @08:33PM (#4610353)

100% intentional

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Re:Sphinxtr: Creating a Portable PhD Thesis by dljsjr on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @09:59PM (#4610567)

Haha, don't apologize. I was being a little goofy for the sake of it.

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Re:Sphinxtr: Creating a Portable PhD Thesis by bitwize on Thursday October 04, 2012 @11:03AM (#4612611)

Whoa, you mean we've got buttholes, like, all over? Cool. Huh huh huh.

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Re:Sphinxtr: Creating a Portable PhD Thesis by jterrace on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @06:08PM (#4609873)

it had to be done

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