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Killing someone is murder.

I think you'll find that murder is the unlawful killing of a person.

Therefore, by definition, your points are irrelevant.

Theft has an altogether more interesting definition in this situation though - perhaps the word stealing is more appropriate.

Tim

Killing someone is murder.

I think you'll find that murder is the unlawful killing of a person.

Therefore, by definition, your points are irrelevant.

Theft has an altogether more interesting definition in this situation though - perhaps the word stealing is more appropriate.

Tim

Killing someone is murder.

I think you'll find that murder is the unlawful killing of a person.

Therefore, by definition, your points are irrelevant.

Theft has an altogether more interesting definition in this situation though - perhaps the word stealing is more appropriate.

Tim

...3: of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans); "a Pyrrhic victory"...

What's very interesting about this book is that the printers of the day decided to take Newton's nice illustrations and print them on a new embossing press. However, the pages had to ben run through the plain type press first, then the embosser. Four hundred years ago, this was the bleeding edge of technology and his illustrations wouldn't line up with the text.

So instead they printed the first 80 pages or so of pure text with footnotes, and at the end of the book added a section of large fold-out pages for the embossed diagrams. In addition to having to learn calculus while reading the book, looking up each diagram in an appendix must've made for some maddening reading material!

Mr. Tufte's point was that people who create data displays shouldn't let anyone screw with it. If they did it to Newton, they'll do it to anyone.

By the way, the colophon includes the printer's name in color (the only place color is used in the book), but doesn't even have Newton's name on it!

Anyway, that's a little info about the book.

Please, go read this. Definition of theft

Then tell me copying bits is stealing.

As for the release, i can understand that a company may have broken thier trust. That sucks. But thats all the damage here; everyone that cares probably knows what Alpha means. From what i've seen, its really fucking sweet.

I hate to be a dick, but dense(st/r) isn't a proper word.

They're not? Who says?

It just bothers me when people use poor grammar.

It bothers me when people can't contribute to discussions, except to complain about grammar. How can you even bear to read Slashdot, with all the comments written by people who can barely spell, or by people for whom English is not their primary language?

Anyone still confused? I was, so I went Here

From dictionary.com... "Any of various mental or emotional disorders, such as hypochondria or neurasthenia, arising from no apparent organic lesion or change and involving symptoms such as insecurity, anxiety, depression, and irrational fears, but without psychotic symptoms such as delusions or hallucinations."

Did they think of that?

(Boxes, dammit!)

Phil, just me

By your logic, Slackware would be the most "proprietary" of the Linux distributions because it doesn't use the Sys V init scripts and has a large number of differences from other distributions, but is still just as open as any other distribution. Dictionary.com is your friend.

there's only one thing that can stop a "bohemeth," and that's a behemoth.

No they're not. The democrats can easily filibuster anything they don't like. The GOP doesn't hold the 60 seats required to break a filibuster so don't worry, nothing crazy is going to get passed unless everyone still agrees. Now, the problem is, I don't trust the liberal democrats anymore than I trust the radical right wing GOP with my rights anymore. One side raises my taxes and takes away my rights, the other side lowers my taxes, gives tax breaks to huge corporate buddies and takes away my rights. The only way to go these days is LESS government completely. Seems like Libertarians were right all along... and I always thought I was a Republican. The things their big business supporters are doing to the little people of this country make me as sick as what the Democrats are doing to the little guy with the big stick of government beaurocracy. We're damned if we do and damned if we don't.

Easy enough answer. Schadenfreude.

Not to mention malapropisms!! :-)

http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=duplicity&d b=*

I like the first definition better!

Fuck Sci-Fie

It's not "death nail" but "death knell".

Mayhap you need to check your facts before bragging about your command of the English language.

"Microsoft will changes it's strategy, possibly to something far more effective than it has used before."

Like what? Outsmarting linux with bigger start buttons Like this? Even the newsreaders at Foxnews realize that MS didn't really innovate anything yet.

Linux needs not change its course. It is going in the right direction with a lot of momentum. Just keep the power on and keep your eyes open ready to respond when there is an actual response needed, not just when MS writes a document about Linux. There is a name for that, it's called flinching. Just keep your eyes on the ball and move the ball towards the goal.

Please see humor and sarcasm or even wit.

Please see humor and sarcasm or even wit.

Please see humor and sarcasm or even wit.

It's like in the UK, every vacumn cleaner is usually referred to as a "hoover".

expense Pronunciation Key (k-spns)
n.

Something spent to attain a goal or accomplish a purpose: an expense of time and energy on the project.
A loss for the sake of something gained; a sacrifice: achieved speed at the expense of accuracy.
An expenditure of money; a cost: an improvement that was well worth the expense; a trip with all expenses paid.
expenses
Charges incurred by an employee in the performance of work: was reimbursed for her travel expenses.
Informal. Money allotted for payment of such charges.
Something requiring the expenditure of money: Redecorating the house will be a considerable expense.
Archaic. The act of expending.

tr.v. expensed, expensing, expenses
To charge with expenses.
To write off as an expense.

The book you suggested happens to be an oppinion of one man who has man "friends"... this is exactly the problem with trying to take a realistic approach. When you bring in a ton of preconcieved ideas you have your mind made up before hearing anything to contradict you. Tell me how Arab governments "canntot be trusted" and then try checking out this site.

As for reading material, maybe reading more than just the book you were assigned to in your global politics class or where ever you picked this up at, you'd be able to understand more than just one side. Here's something to get you started.

The previous paragraph is meant to be read tongue-in-cheek.

door*jamb
n.
Either of the two vertical pieces framing a doorway and supporting the lintel. Also called a doorpost

Maybe you should have continued programming, you might have then been able to afford a 2x4 for your doorjamb. Or you could have possibly continued on in school and realized that a doorjamb and a door jam are not the same thing at all.

innovation Pronunciation Key (n-vshn)
n.

1. The act of introducing something new.
2. Something newly introduced.

orientated and oriented have different meanings. It's not really a matter of British correctness vs. American corruption. For the most part, they can be used interchangeably. But when in doubt, use oriented. It has more meanings therefore can cover-up more ignorance. Which is of course why American's prefer it!

orientated and oriented have different meanings. It's not really a matter of British correctness vs. American corruption. For the most part, they can be used interchangeably. But when in doubt, use oriented. It has more meanings therefore can cover-up more ignorance. Which is of course why American's prefer it!

Bullshit. Super 8 film runs at just 18 fps and provides distinguishible motion.

Yes, distinguishably choppy motion.

Many movies encoded for streaming use an even lower fps, around 15 or less. Sure, they still convey motion, but you wouldn't call it smooth, would you?

It's not 'Waalaah.' It's voilà. The last character is an 'a' with a grave accent, in case it doesn't come through on your setup (Slashdot does not allow me to use the HTML entity.)

Et voilà.

The super-parent post wasn't actually employing sarcasm.
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If I cut out some of the synonyms from the clause (which seems like it should be OK, as I'm only making it say less, not more), I get:

You agree to [...] indemnify [...] American Airlines [...] from and against any and all [...] taxes [...] resulting from your use of the Site,

It still seems to me that the earlier poster's interpretation is consistent with the clause: If I use the site (to buy a ticket), and taxes arise from this use of the site (as they would) then I agree to indemnify (compensate) American Airlines for those taxes.

If that's not what it means, then it is not very clear ...

Ha, I was well aware of the alternative spellings - I just happened to choose one that wasn't your favourite :-)

Tim

that's not irony, it's sarcasm.

Actually, irony is generally considered to be "use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning".

Sarcasm is often defined as a form of irony (but not necessarily), intended to be cutting/offensive etc.

So while his comment may have been sarcasm, it was also irony.

And I'm not pedantic, I'm pernickety. :-)

Tim

that's not irony, it's sarcasm.

Actually, irony is generally considered to be "use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning".

Sarcasm is often defined as a form of irony (but not necessarily), intended to be cutting/offensive etc.

So while his comment may have been sarcasm, it was also irony.

And I'm not pedantic, I'm pernickety. :-)

Tim

Wow that presents all kinds of scenarios for potential disasters.

Read the FAQ ... Everything you can think of is impossible and your fears are unreasonable.

To change the subject, did you know they've removed gullible from the dictionary?

If someone provides me a service with no contract stating terms of payment, they're free to try and bill me, and I'm free to try and not pay it.

She isn't entitled to free email, but nor is it clear the company is entitled to extort payment from her. If they chose not to bill her for 14 months, that's their loss. See: estoppel, laches.

Sounds like she was playing with fire and got burned. I imagine, though that she'll have her way since she's willing to assert her case in court. She never would if she just sucked it up and paid.

If someone provides me a service with no contract stating terms of payment, they're free to try and bill me, and I'm free to try and not pay it.

She isn't entitled to free email, but nor is it clear the company is entitled to extort payment from her. If they chose not to bill her for 14 months, that's their loss. See: estoppel, laches.

Sounds like she was playing with fire and got burned. I imagine, though that she'll have her way since she's willing to assert her case in court. She never would if she just sucked it up and paid.

Do you understand the meaning of the word "review"? Here's some help: http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=review

You mean they used to arrive all lumped together? No wonder people got upset!

Learn to spell, guys...

You mean they used to arrive all lumped together? No wonder people got upset!

Learn to spell, guys...

uhm

...one mammoth cable provider...

You mispelled Mammon twice.

Please note the injunction has been Suspened not Suspended. This new verb might not mean its closely sounding couterpart, so we cannot assume the injunction has been Suspended.

Here's dictionary.com's take on this new word, and Merriam-Webster's take on it is to blurt out "The word you've entered isn't in the dictionary. Click on a spelling suggestion below or try again using the Dictionary search box to the right."

As a side note, statistics say most new words are borne out of careless spelling mistakes.

Hmmmm... perhaps you may want to look here

Yes, and where the editorial begins....

Looking back at NT's history, Microsoft made a lot of noise about POSIX certification and a "C2" security certification. In both cases, the purely objective news ended with the fact that they obtained these certification. In both cases, purely objective reporting would lead the poor reader to believe that NT 3.51 was compatible with unix applications and was highly secure.

It later became well known that the C2 security was for a very limited system without a network interface and without even a floppy drive (and even then there were some very serious questions about it). Much can also be said of how useless the POSIX subsystem was. The true story in both cases was in the editorial... "yes, it's certified, but that means nothing because [insert reasons]".

Saddly, there doesn't seem to be much well informed editorial yet. Maybe it's lurking waiting to be mod'd up? Maybe in several days or weeks ugly truths will come out? Those conjectures are based on Microsoft's previous use of (useless) certifications as a marketing tool, and their very poor record on security. Can those previous mis-representations of certifications be considered propaganda (yes, according to dictionary.com it doesn't even matter if the info is false, misleading, or honest... though the common usage of the word implies some misrepresentation which is exactly what Microsoft did in the past with their meaningless POSIX and C2 certs). Still, it may turn out that this certification really is meaningful (but that's not how I'd wager in a bet).

Correct me on this, but I don't remember Linux getting an ISO certification about anything.

http://www.ukuug.org/sigs/linux/newsletter/linux@u k21/posix.shtml

What I mean is (drawing on real-life examples) that while bacteria and viruses (yes it's spelled viruses, see here), I don't really think that's what we are looking for when doing battlebots.

for the longest time, rambots (bots that basically has a lot of power and a wedge shape) would win consistently. This guy's little contraption is not much different. the bot still depends on a very rudamentary skill to attack / defend. - the only difference is that he usese Mathematica for modelling vs. say, ProE (which I think would be better anyhow).

real brain over brawn would be, let's say, an (almost) universal manipulator, and enough sensors, reactory circuits, and capability that the robot will make reasonable decisions to duck, block, parry, jump, or just (calculatedly) take an attack, and then be able to exploit the other robot's weakness at the same time.

A wooden case isn't as crazy as encasing a system in what the modder describes as an inflammmable blob of foam. Granted, the material used was indeed non-flammable, but would you trust someone who would write, "It's heat resistant up to 100C and more or less in-flammable (ie. fireproof)," to do your case mod?

I find it startling that he still hasn't discovered the error, even after the initial burst of publicity.