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Dream Theater => Dream Theater => Topic started by: The Letter M on November 16, 2018, 07:47:05 PM
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Well, I didn't see anyone do it yet. Personally, I like DOT.
-Marc.
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DOT
I am not a nerd!
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DOT for me as well
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DOT
I am not a nerd!
Online evidence of you dancing says otherwise...
(https://media.giphy.com/media/xcVNlhmFZCwgw/giphy.gif)
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I call this one the KevShmev.
(https://thumbs.gfycat.com/OldBreakableGallowaycow-max-1mb.gif)
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DOT for me as well
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I call this one the KevShmev.
(https://thumbs.gfycat.com/OldBreakableGallowaycow-max-1mb.gif)
:lol :biggrin:
As for the question, D/T is what I prefer. Then again, I prefer P/G for Rush's Grace Under Pressure, so I like things a little clever, I suppose.
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I like DoT, with a small "o", maybe give that as an option as well.
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I like DoT, with a small "o", maybe give that as an option as well.
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DoT is what I prefer, but I'm really fine with any of them
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D/T is nice.
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I guess we need some new updates or we get bored and start discussing about things like this :rollin
That being said...
I think I prefer DoT.
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DOT, of course.
Anyway, I grew up hearing people talking about "Master" and "Justice", so "Distance", or damn typing "Distance Over Time" if you have a keyboard, is fine as well :D
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DoT seems like the title is "Distance of Time", as in ToT, ACoS, TCoT, TGoM, OTBoA, etc.
I'll go with DOT, all caps.
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DOT or DoT is fine with me.
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DOT or DoT is fine with me.
I prefer DoT.
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DoT seems like the title is "Distance of Time", as in ToT, ACoS, TCoT, TGoM, OTBoA, etc.
I'll go with DOT, all caps.
Yeah, I think DoT looks 'nicer', but it doesn't really make sense not to capitalise the O.
D/T would be OK, but it doesn't seem quite right to me, being the initials of both the band and of course the self-titled album.
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DoT seems like the title is "Distance of Time", as in ToT, ACoS, TCoT, TGoM, OTBoA, etc.
I'll go with DOT, all caps.
Yeah, I think DoT looks 'nicer', but it doesn't really make sense not to capitalise the O.
I think it makes sense in that for titles, normally the prepositions are written with the first letter in lower case (if my memory serves me well).
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I'll be the odd one out to call it Speed! You're to blame for suggesting the option when people will be confused by my future posts btw :angel:
Or maybe I'll call it Dream Th14ther
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No Kevin Moore option?
DTF you disappoint.
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No Kevin Moore option?
DTF you disappoint.
Fixed.
Also, I will probably just type it out, because I don't like any of the other shortcuts I have seen.
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I'm gonna call it Speed.
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Distance
Time
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Let just call it DT14 again.. :lol
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DoT seems like the title is "Distance of Time", as in ToT, ACoS, TCoT, TGoM, OTBoA, etc.
I'll go with DOT, all caps.
Yeah, I think DoT looks 'nicer', but it doesn't really make sense not to capitalise the O.
I think it makes sense in that for titles, normally the prepositions are written with the first letter in lower case (if my memory serves me well).
Ah, well I probably will go with DoT then :D For some reason I thought it was just 2 or 3 letter words you didn't capitalise in the middle of titles.
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DoT seems like the title is "Distance of Time", as in ToT, ACoS, TCoT, TGoM, OTBoA, etc.
I'll go with DOT, all caps.
Yeah, I think DoT looks 'nicer', but it doesn't really make sense not to capitalise the O.
I think it makes sense in that for titles, normally the prepositions are written with the first letter in lower case (if my memory serves me well).
Usually, yes, unless it is the first or last word, and not if it is part of a 2 word phrase. Like, even though "on" is a preposition, it is more appropriate to capitalize it when typing out the Kansas song "Carry On Wayward Son," for example.
Bands almost always capitalize every word in song and album titles, because it looks bigger and better, but technically "over" should not be capitalized in the case of this album title, just like the band's 4th album is Falling into Infinity (not Falling Into Infinity).
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Even if speed is the result of distance / time, it would feel weird to call it that. It isn't the album title.
Just think about it the other way, no one calls Pearl Jam's first album "5 + 5". ;)
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D/T. It’s unique and is a nice nod to the band name.
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TNO (The New One) ;D
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DT14 :hat
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GUASRN (give us a single right now).
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I like Speed, tbh.
But I will probably end up using whatever catches on.
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We should call it whatever the gronsfeld cypher derivitave is. :lol
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I’ll call it DOT anyway :lol
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GUASRN (give us a single right now).
Yeah! Or at least another snippet so my need for a single doubles, lmao.
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D/T It's a proper mathematical notation for the title.
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DOT
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probably DOT although I voted Kevin Moore, because
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I like D/T, but I voted for DOT because I think it'll be less confusing.
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I will just call it George.
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Well, I just received an e-mail from JP, with the Subject being "D/T", so I think it's obvious what it should be :D
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John Petrucci's opinion carries no weight here.
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Well, I just received an e-mail from JP, with the Subject being "D/T", so I think it's obvious what it should be :D
The master has spoken :hefdaddy
...I'll still call it DOT, though :lol
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John Petrucci's opinion carries no weight here.
:rollin
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I'm kind of surprised D/T is losing the poll that badly...it seems the type of overthought, nerdy shit you guys'd dig.
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John Petrucci's opinion carries no weight here.
:rollin
Obviously, I'm kidding. So please don't tell him I said that. One of my favorite things is being alive, so I would hate for that state to come to a premature end. Please.
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Well, I just received an e-mail from JP, with the Subject being "D/T", so I think it's obvious what it should be :D
We need to see the context to be sure they were actually referring to the album . . . :lol
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it seems the type of overthought, nerdy shit you guys'd dig.
I know this bugs me more than it should, but this is my problem. It isn't "nerdy shit." This is "nerdy shit."
(https://i.imgur.com/tDC1Buo.jpg)
Typing D/T (or Rush's P/G) isn't "nerdy" in the nerdy-but-in-a-cool-way we are talking about. It is more like something a 12 year old would come up with to try and be cool but just made him seem more dorky.
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Well, I just received an e-mail from JP, with the Subject being "D/T", so I think it's obvious what it should be :D
Are you allowed to share the content of that e-mail with us?
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D/T it is for me.
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Well, I just received an e-mail from JP, with the Subject being "D/T", so I think it's obvious what it should be :D
Well we can +1 for D/T then on his behalf :lol
I think this debate in and of itself is already nerdy so whatever the end result is, I'm not sure it gets any nerdier than how we got to the result
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Well, I just received an e-mail from JP, with the Subject being "D/T", so I think it's obvious what it should be :D
Are you allowed to share the content of that e-mail with us?
Wild guess:
Noxon - "Can I continue to reveal little tidbits about things I know, like the teaser?"
JP - "Yes"
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D/T. Like a Rush p/g vibe.
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With regards to "Over" vs "over", someone on the wikipedia article for the album keeps changing it back to "Distance over Time" because wiki rules state that prepositions under 5 letters do not get capitalized in titles (in most cases).
However, the band's own press release definitively types the title as "Distance Over Time", so do we follow creator's intent and capitalize the O, or follow the wiki (and probably some outdated English book's) rules and keep "over" lowercase?
Personally speaking, for all titles, I always capitalised letters just because it looks nicer to me, it helps keep song and album names apart from lyrics and other words, especially when italics and quotations aren't being used for albums and songs respectively.
-Marc.
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To me, capitalizing words as "the", "of" and the likes seem weird. I prefer Scenes from a Memory to Scenes From A Memory. But really, it's not big deal.
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To me, capitalizing words as "the", "of" and the likes seem weird. I prefer Scenes from a Memory to Scenes From A Memory. But really, it's not big deal.
Yea, also under 5 letters seems like a lot of words to not capatilize in a title. I never heard that rule and won't deny that maybe it is a thing in the English language, but I would have thought Over would be correct personally. If that's the way it is on the album, then maybe someone needs to object to wikipedia on that and see what happens.
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If there's a compelling reason to use Over, like if that's how it's printed everywhere, it would be possible to argue an exception to the title caps rule. BUT; as it is now, the title is actually ALL CAPS on the cover, so...
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John Petrucci's opinion carries no weight here.
:rollin
Obviously, I'm kidding. So please don't tell him I said that. One of my favorite things is being alive, so I would hate for that state to come to a premature end. Please.
Screencapped for blackmail purposes.
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However, the band's own press release definitively types the title as "Distance Over Time", so do we follow creator's intent and capitalize the O, or follow the wiki (and probably some outdated English book's) rules and keep "over" lowercase?
Hahaa, it's not about following "wikipedia".. Personally, I'm cool with both options (DOT and DoT)... and if I'd prefer "DoT" instead of DOT would not be because of what wikipedia says, but because I'd like it more.. :lol
I've written so many times "DOT" that I realized it's actually a word in one of the song titles... coincidence?.. :justjen
Also, if we would religiously follow the band's intent, then we would always write ToT for Train of Thought (as it's typed on the cover) and that's not the case, have seen it several times written as TOT instead... not to mention WD&DU (written as When Dream and Day Unite on the cover), I&W (Images and Words), or 8V, which is obviously a different case anyway..
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Pale Blue Distance over Time. D:
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Pale Blue Distance over Time. D:
Nuggetz
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JP on facebook: "James and I doing some UK press yesterday for D/T at @planetrockradio @dtimages @dreamtheaterworld"
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D/T all the way! Love how you can actually say "Let's hope the new DT album D/T is better than DT" :)