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Dodi Schultz
April 16th, 2016, 06:58 PM
Score one for the dealer. A D1, that is. Tony Abell spoiled what might have been a D0 by casting one of his votes for the real definition, #16; HEDNON's an obscure word for a wedding present. Mike Shefler will be our next dealer; five players picked his antimacassar, def #6. Paul Keating's almost-as-popular child's inheritance (#8), with four votes, makes him the real winner. Tim Bourne, Chris Carson, and Dave Cunningham are the runners-up with three points each.

Full details below.

All yours, Mike!

—Dodi



 1. [Geom.] the base plane of any regular solid form on which it is currently standing; for instance, a tetrahedron or duodecahedron. It can also, more rarely, be used of the base of a figure which is regular above the base, such as a right pyramid or a right circular cone.
By Johnny Barrs, who didn't vote
Votes from Mallach and Weltz / Score: 2

 2. a lay sisterhood, founded in Bruges in the 12th century, whose members took no vows, could return to the world and marry, and took no vow of poverty.
By Shani Naylor, who voted for 11 and 12
No votes / Score: 0


3. in string theory, a physical object that generalizes the notion of a point particle to higher dimensions. By Efrem Mallach, who voted for 1 and 9 Votes from Hale and Hart / Score: 2  4. a sheer fabric of silk rayon or nylon made in a variety of tight, smooth weaves or open, lacy patterns. By Chris Carson, who didn't vote Votes from Graham, Keating, Madnick / Score: 3  5. a mental disorder in which a human being believes he or she is an animal of some kind. By Guerri Stevens, who voted for 7 and 14 Votes from Graham and Hart / Score: 2   6. an antimacassar made of damask lace, esp. one with a floral pattern. By Mike Shefler, who voted for 8 and 9 Votes from Abell, Bourne, Keating, Madnick, Weltz / Score: 5  7. an automated, dynamic ballast control system for container ships. By Steve Graham, who voted for 4 and 5 Vote from Stevens / Score: 1  8. [Class. Antiq.] a child's portion of an inheritance. By Paul Keating, who voted for 4 and 6 Votes from Cunningham, Lodge, Shefler, Widdis / Score: 4  9. a figure formed of lines crossing each other. By Dan Widdis, who voted for 8 and 11 Votes from Mallach and Shefler / Score: 2  10. a round-robin pistol shooting competition. By Dick Weltz, who voted for 1 and 6 Vote from Bourne / Score: 1 11. [Finn.] fermented reindeer meat. By Dave Cunningham, who voted for 8 and 12 Votes from Hale, Naylor, Widdis / Score: 3 12. [Welsh] a mountain sheep-fold. By Tim Bourne, who voted for 6 and 10 Votes from Cunningham, Lodge, Naylor / Score: 3 13. cape; point; promontory. By Judy Madnick, who voted for 4 and 6 No votes / Score: 0 14. large and formidable. By Tony Abell, who voted for 6 and *16* Vote from Stevens / Score: *3* 15. a sense of lightness. By Jim Hart, who voted for 3 and 5 No votes / Score: 0 16. a wedding present. Real def Vote from Abell / Score: D1

17. wine dregs.
By Keith Hale, who voted for 3 and 11
No votes / Score: 0


No Def Received From
Tim Lodge, who voted for 8 and 12
Score: 0





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—Keith Hale—
April 16th, 2016, 07:03 PM
Great D1! Smallest point, i think John Barrs voted for my def (17).

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Dodi Schultz
April 16th, 2016, 08:07 PM
I had recorded Johnny as not voting, since his votes never reached my
mailbox (I've double-checked; nothing has been deleted since the round
started). Can anyone explain that?

I've double-checked, and while his vote does appear at the Dixonary site,
it was never sent to me. In fact, Johnny not only voted for Keith's def,
#17; he also voted for the real def, #16 (surprise, no?).

So the following corrections are in order (Mike please note for the rolling
scores):

• Johnny's score for the round is *4*, not 2
• Keith's score is 1, not 0
• And the dealer's score is D2, not D1





On 4/16/2016 8:03 PM, Keith Hale wrote:
> i think John Barrs voted for my def (17).
>

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JohnB
April 17th, 2016, 04:47 AM
Dodi

the Group stuff shows that I did vote for #16 and #17 (I made a comment
about the fonts I could see)

*JohnnyB*

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Dodi Schultz
April 17th, 2016, 08:11 AM
Yes, John, I know. Did you not see this Dixonary message from me last evening, in response to Keith's? A copy was also sent to Mike. All votes in response to my listing of the defs were sent to me EXCEPT for yours.

—Dodi

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(Posted 4/16/2016, 9:07 PM)

I had recorded Johnny as not voting, since his votes never reached my mailbox (I've double-checked; nothing has been deleted since the round started). Can anyone explain that?

I've double-checked, and while his vote does appear at the Dixonary site, it was never sent to me. In fact, Johnny not only voted for Keith's def, #17; he also voted for the real def, #16 (surprise, no?).

So the following corrections are in order (Mike please note for the rolling scores):

• Johnny's score for the round is *4*, not 2
• Keith's score is 1, not 0
• And the dealer's score is D2, not D1

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On 4/16/2016 8:03 PM, Keith Hale wrote:

i think John Barrs voted for my def (17).



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On 4/17/2016 5:47 AM, JohnB wrote:




Dodi



the Group stuff shows that I did vote for #16 and #17 (I made a comment about the fonts I could see)




JohnnyB









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JohnB
April 17th, 2016, 03:12 PM
Dodi (anyone else can listen to my tale of woe and draw their own
conclusions)


I am sorry but my machine is is a wonderful state thanks to our dear
friends Microsoft.

Some time ago they "upgraded!!!" from Windows 7 Professional to Windows
10 Home - that cost me a week of not having a machine because it would
get to desktop and flicker to black more than once a second. UK MS
coundn't handle it and passed me over to MS in USA - 8 hours of phone
call and the guy discovered what they hadn't upgraded properly and
sorted it out.

Since then it has behaved well and I like it - Until...

Then they auto upgraded me again on Thursday last week. Same problem of
flashing desktop. I was going to apply the same fix when it stopped
flicking and said that my hardware was at fault. So I used BIOS tests to
check memory, maths processors etc and hard-disk - all passed perfectly
and on exit Windows then informed me that they would have to reinstall.
I OK'd that and it did reinstall - as a completely new Windows install -
no, repeat no, software at all - even their own products like Office
gone, vanished, kaput. They claimed the data was still there and becasue
I keep all my data not on the boot disk but elsewhere it is OK - but
nothing to read anything

I discovered that I now do have Windows 10 Professional

I have been slowly re-installing various softwares

I got my email software (TB) back this morning and processed an enormous
amount of mail (some 300 plus) as I reached each one - which is why I
replied to the results posting without reading the later ones - so I am
sorry that I didn't read the later one.

A degree of frustration is slowly being replaced - after all, one gets
used to doing things in a certain way - and I can't do that any more...
for instance, my MS Office was 2010 - I am not going to buy another MS
product (I believe it is 365) so I have installed SoftMaker - Office -
it is probably very good but it is different so a learning curve etc etc

I keep my machine very tight and slim and usually with professional
versions of software so I still have a lot to re-install

but at least I am up and running (well hobbling)

*JohnnyB*

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—Keith Hale—
April 17th, 2016, 04:52 PM
I'm so sorry to hear these woes, Johnny! Microsoft is the main reason i
think that the word "Update" will soon be considered THE single most
obscene word in the English language.

I bought an expensive PC about 7 years ago, got a state of the art solid
state hard drive as my OS drive, installed everything. This was when
Windows 7 was still pretty new. And it was insanely fast. Even my
Photoshop (CS2 education version) would launch and be ready for super fast
processing inside of 20 seconds! I was happier than the proverbial clam.
Maybe that was why i felt so ambitious and trusting. I saw the ubiquitous
and inevitable "Updates are ready for your computer" prompt - from
Microsoft On High HimOwnSelf. I thought, hey, brand new machine, needs
some security updates.

Boat anchor. Dead on reboot after the updates. Never worked again. I was
happy as an already-eaten bowl of tainted clam chowder.

In the US we have "Lemon Laws" for when you buy a vehicle that has huge
problems right from the start. I'd lovet o know why Microflacid is exempt
from these laws!

On 17 April 2016 at 15:12, JohnB <johnb (AT) john-barrs (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

> Dodi (anyone else can listen to my tale of woe and draw their own
> conclusions)
>
>
> I am sorry but my machine is is a wonderful state thanks to our dear
> friends Microsoft.
>
> Some time ago they "upgraded!!!" from Windows 7 Professional to Windows 10
> Home - that cost me a week of not having a machine because it would get to
> desktop and flicker to black more than once a second. UK MS coundn't handle
> it and passed me over to MS in USA - 8 hours of phone call and the guy
> discovered what they hadn't upgraded properly and sorted it out.
>
> Since then it has behaved well and I like it - Until...
>
> Then they auto upgraded me again on Thursday last week. Same problem of
> flashing desktop. I was going to apply the same fix when it stopped
> flicking and said that my hardware was at fault. So I used BIOS tests to
> check memory, maths processors etc and hard-disk - all passed perfectly and
> on exit Windows then informed me that they would have to reinstall. I OK'd
> that and it did reinstall - as a completely new Windows install - no,
> repeat no, software at all - even their own products like Office gone,
> vanished, kaput. They claimed the data was still there and becasue I keep
> all my data not on the boot disk but elsewhere it is OK - but nothing to
> read anything
>
> I discovered that I now do have Windows 10 Professional
>
> I have been slowly re-installing various softwares
>
> I got my email software (TB) back this morning and processed an enormous
> amount of mail (some 300 plus) as I reached each one - which is why I
> replied to the results posting without reading the later ones - so I am
> sorry that I didn't read the later one.
>
> A degree of frustration is slowly being replaced - after all, one gets
> used to doing things in a certain way - and I can't do that any more... for
> instance, my MS Office was 2010 - I am not going to buy another MS product
> (I believe it is 365) so I have installed SoftMaker - Office - it is
> probably very good but it is different so a learning curve etc etc
>
> I keep my machine very tight and slim and usually with professional
> versions of software so I still have a lot to re-install
>
> but at least I am up and running (well hobbling)
> *JohnnyB*
>
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