- Disethas
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Member for 13 years, 3 months, and 20 days
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Aug 5, 2011Disethas posted a message on Bethesda, Mojang & "Scrolls"Yes. Don't hate their games because of an overzealous legal department.Posted in: News
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Aug 5, 2011Disethas posted a message on Bethesda, Mojang & "Scrolls"That's like Tabasco suing Heinz for the word 'sauce'.Posted in: News
Both are sauces. One doesn't have any more right to use the word 'sauce' in their title or advertising.
Tabasco is an older company than Heinz, but that doesn't give Tabasco authority over a word in their brand. -
Jul 26, 2011Disethas posted a message on 1.8 Updates: New Mob...Revealed?That's terrifying.Posted in: News
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Jul 20, 2011Disethas posted a message on Notch Reveals Leveling and PermadeathI'm a big fan of roguelike games too!Posted in: News
It's more than likely he'll make it optional, so not to worry. -
Jul 18, 2011Disethas posted a message on Digital Diamond: Automatic MazeReminds me of Inception.Posted in: News
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Jun 13, 2011Disethas posted a message on Finally A Use For SlimeballsActually Jeb just got rid of the flying made by pistons because he thinks it's silly.Posted in: News
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Jun 6, 2011Disethas posted a message on Digital Diamond: Beat MakerBuilt a modified one on my server. It's fantastic.Posted in: News
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The two suffixes in question are, '-ate' and '-or'.
The suffix '-ate' as used in this instance is to show that the word is being acted out by turning it into a verb. For example, to create a replica, you replicate.
(There are other words such as 'eliminate' or 'terminate' which don't necessarily have an English root noun, as the word was created from the roots of other languages, such as Greek or Latin.
You can retroactively create a noun from these verbs by adding '-ion/-tion' if the original root doesn't already constitute a noun. For example, you illustrate an illustration.)
The suffix '-or/-er' in this instance is added to verbs to show a doer of the verb. For example, something that paints is a painter. Something that acts is an actor.
So finally, you get to words that happen to end with an '-in' or an '-ine'. These are words such as 'vaccine' or 'chlorine'. So to apply chlorine or a vaccine, you chlorinate and vaccinate. The subject who applies these things is a chlorinator or a vaccinator.
Basically, the '-inator' joke indicates that the object in question is something that does an action.
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