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I would be very surprised if they can successfully and consistently measure the movements that result in diphthongs, as the muscle movements involved are extremely minimal.

Diphthongs, by the way, are why interfaces that attempt to "read lips" without the benefit of a phonetic dictionary of some kind (and preferably a context one as well) always fail miserably, to the eternal chagrin of the CIA.

Jouster

It is primarily "by the geek for him/herself". The reason that there are not a bunch of pretty GUI front-ends that really wow people is because the people who code them don't need/want a GUI front-end.

If people want pretty front-ends then they should code them themselves.... It is easy to stand back and lambast the Open Source community for not being more user friendly but I have a news flash for ya.
Most Open Source developers don't care.... Open Source is about coding: what you want. Build a front-end yourself.

OSS developers code for fun, for their own sense of accomplishment, and for personal use.

As far a "mass adoption", If people are too lazy to spend the time to work through and figure out a CLI then too bad for them. If your privacy is really that important to you then you will have to "tough it out" like the rest of the geeks.

My .02

It rhymes with plié.

Euphemism
synonym

If you are still confused here is an example of a euphemism. I haven't spoken to Bob since my father died. Euphemism: I haven't spoken to Bob since my father's passing.

Euphemism
synonym

If you are still confused here is an example of a euphemism. I haven't spoken to Bob since my father died. Euphemism: I haven't spoken to Bob since my father's passing.

I would love to see what Dell has to say about the OEM agreements with MS. After all they did support Linux for a little while. Now that seems to have gone by the waist-side. I also wonder what the reprecussions of Gateway speaking out against MS.

Well, for starters it's wayside, and I'll assume it was a transposition type with "repercussions". Gateway is actually in a good position to do this, and it will benefit them greatly if they succeed.

Pretty much everyone reading Slashdot knows that Gateway bought Amiga, for whatever that means they received in the deal. Gateway is also a direct marketer with a handful of outlets. Gateway would probably love to offer AmigaOS and Linux machines. When you are a direct marketer, you profit most by doing whatever each individual customer wants, not by trying to guess what the vast majority want. Gateway doesn't send out a configuration and hope it moves off of the shelf, you tell them what you want. Not that Gateway is all that great at making quality machines, but wouldn't it be great to see that stupid cow talking about how he just made friends with a penguin?

I always like articles like this. Mostly because the only heresy in science is parochialism (in the third sense re: dictionary.com). Come up with an interesting idea, support it, research it, and answer criticism. This is especially fun for this hypothetical stuff beyond the edges of the singularities.

Of course it isn't that elegant in real life but, hey, I can dream can't I?

You do realize that feral cats are, by definition, wild and untamed. Therefore, they have no owner....Right?

They never said there was a genetic mutation. Their use of the word was perfectly correct.

Mutation
1. The act or process of being altered or changed.
2. An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
3. Genetics.
1. A change of the DNA sequence within a gene or chromosome of an organism resulting in the creation of a new character or trait not found in the parental type.
2. The process by which such a change occurs in a chromosome, either through an alteration in the nucleotide sequence of the DNA coding for a gene or through a change in the physical arrangement of a chromosome.
3. A mutant.
4. Linguistics. The change that is caused in a sound by its assimilation to another sound, such as umlaut.

http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=shim

Unless you're talking about doing something with toothpaste, that's gleaned , not "gleemed."

Well, well, well... upon hearing this news, my first thought was of disgust - disgust that Google would help Scientology censor xenu.net into oblivion. However I couldn't help but wonder... who leaked the news to the media? If it was Google who informed the media about this while complying with the law, then I must admit it's a nice way to stir up the controversy and to inform people who/what Scientologists are really like. So.. who leaked? :)

While lurking around on Xenu.net, I saw that there's a petition to ask the DOJ to investigate the Church[sic] of Scientology. I signed it. How about you?

DOJ Petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/cofs1/petition.html

Getting on the soapbox for a second to rant a bit(since everyone else is doing it, why not?)

A comparision was made between Scientology and Al-Quaeda earlier on in this forum. Please! Let's be realistic here... Al-Quaeda isn't that bad! :) At least they're honest when they say "Death to America!" while trying to kill you. With Scientology... well... they infiltrate. They smile and pretend to be your friend while reaching for your wallet. They play with your emotions. If you catch them in the act and try to speak out about it, they try (and usually succeed) to destroy your life. This is even in their DOCTRINE for crying out loud! They're the ultimate mind-fuckers.

From dictionary.com:

terrorism Pronunciation Key (tr-rzm) n.

The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons.

So... if Scientology doesn't fall under this definition, just what IS terrorism anyway?

While lurking around on Xenu.net, I saw that there's a petition to ask the DOJ to investigate the Church[sic] of Scientology. I signed it. How about you?

DOJ Petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/cofs1/petition.html

Getting on the soapbox for a second to rant a bit(since everyone else is doing it, why not?)

A comparision was made between Scientology and Al-Quaeda earlier on in this forum. Please! Let's be realistic here... Al-Quaeda isn't that bad! :) At least they're honest when they say "Death to America!" while trying to kill you. With Scientology... well... they infiltrate. They smile and pretend to be your friend while reaching for your wallet. They play with your emotions. If you catch them in the act and try to speak out about it, they try (and usually succeed) to destroy your life. This is even in their DOCTRINE for crying out loud! They're the ultimate mind-fuckers.

From dictionary.com:

terrorism Pronunciation Key (tr-rzm) n.

The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons.

So... if Scientology doesn't fall under this definition, just what IS terrorism anyway?

http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=hagiographic

The difference between true north and magnetic north is refered to as deviation, declination, and variation. I personally prefer declination.

The difference between true north and magnetic north is refered to as deviation, declination, and variation. I personally prefer declination.

The difference between true north and magnetic north is refered to as deviation, declination, and variation. I personally prefer declination.

The above definition is, of course, from Dictionary.com

Mostly it's just sort of sad. I've had it done to me (a comment lifted from k5 and posted here, or maybe it was the other way around), and while it was kind of flattering it was also fairly pathetic. If you just think the comment was relevant, then it doesn't cost anything to attribute it.

• I received an official court notice this afternoon to turn over all information relation to ORBZ accounts. This came from the 10th Judicial District court of the State of Michigan. It appears that ORBZ may be facing criminal charges for denial of service relating to the Lotus Domino issue.

"It appears"? It is or it isn't. Funnily enough, I'd got the impression that cases were filed before courts ordered documents to be handed over.

Further to that, isn't the case going to be about past behaviour? So isn't taking ORBZ down is response to it a de facto admission of guilt? Is this some sort of preemptive plea bargain attempt?

Ian Gulliver has never struck me as being stupid or cowardly. I can't help but feel that there must be more communication going on here, i.e. an offer to drop the charges if ORBZ just goes away. Frankly, I find that highly distasteful, as it's edging very close to barratry.

I don't blame Ian one bit for shutting down, I just think that he's been shown a carrot as well as a stick so that this never has to reach a court.

Possibly he doesn't feel apathy for the people around him
Please tell me you meant empathy and not apathy

Possibly he doesn't feel apathy for the people around him
Please tell me you meant empathy and not apathy

definition of blind
1.a Sightless.
...
To deprive of sight: was blinded in an industrial accident.

Spot
A place of relatively small and definite limits.

So a bling spot would be a place of reltively small and definit linit wich deprives you of sight.
So yes, the sun could be considered a blind spot, has it actually deprive you of your sense of sight. To much or not enough lights entering your eyes and they become useless. It is called in photography "dynamic range", I don't know however how it is called when talking about eyes...
This is recursively on topic!

definition of blind
1.a Sightless.
...
To deprive of sight: was blinded in an industrial accident.

Spot
A place of relatively small and definite limits.

So a bling spot would be a place of reltively small and definit linit wich deprives you of sight.
So yes, the sun could be considered a blind spot, has it actually deprive you of your sense of sight. To much or not enough lights entering your eyes and they become useless. It is called in photography "dynamic range", I don't know however how it is called when talking about eyes...
This is recursively on topic!

Hate sites are legal via the 1st ammendment,

You should amend your spelling of amendment.

Please, learn the proper English plural of the word 'virus.'

There's no need to be making up words in hopes of sounding smarter. You only end up looking silly...

Please, learn the proper English plural of the word 'virus.'

There's no need to be making up words in hopes of sounding smarter. You only end up looking silly.

Pre-loads are what sell consumer desktops. Microsoft has caught the Linux community in the classic Catch-22 at the OEM level. Viz: the consumer lineup of computers stays all-M$ because -- "only desktop-OS's benefit from being pre-loaded, and pre-loads are only done for destop-OS's."

Yeah, flamebait alert.

I have to take a stab at the American public in general. Why is it that these guys cannot write English?! They all went to school for, what, at least 10-12 years right? Same as everybody else, right?

And for GOD's SAKE, English is the mother tongue for most Americans. This wouldn't annoy me quite so badly if it wasn't for the fact that I converse, in written form, with Italians, Germans, French, Danes, Finns, Swedes, Dutch, Japanese, etc on a daily basis - and on average their grasp on the English language, as a second tongue, is orders of magnitude better than your average American.

All I want to know is WHY?! WHAT causes that? SURELY there has to be a reason. I mean, did anybody read what tripe was written at the hackersdigest link? Come on guys, take some pride in your heritage. Speech, literature, and the freedom to use both as you see fit, is trampled upon by your lack of respect for your national language.

CmdrTaco, and the crew, the word "then" is SPECIFICALLY related to time, and often used as an adverb, a noun, or an adjective. Is is *NOT* to be used as the operative word in a comparison - the word you are usually looking for is the comparitive "thAn". See, the one with the A.

Just a little bit of attention to detail from the editors at this place would make a large difference.

Come on Aaaaaron (in your average dictionary proper names are not to be found)

I don't know who you're refering to, but my name (Aaron) appears in most dictionaries. It's a biblical name (that my mother chose for secular reasons, not that it matters), so the reference is almost always listed. Aaron was the grandfather of Eli, and the brother of Moses and the first high-priest of the Hebrew nation.

you will find several references to it in on-line dictionaries as well....

If you can't be bothered to check even a fact that exists at the very beginning of your dictionary, this conversation is really not worth having.

Yes, but I said built-in support. When I had 8.1 I had to download things to make it work. When I installed the 8.2BETA I had to click a button and it was (almost) setup. In the 8.2 release, I assume they have the problem fixed and you can just click the button and be done. Hence "built in." If you don't have a dictionary, you can use this one. Or you could actually pay attention to what I wrote before popping off at the mouth. And who says "Fool" anymore, what you think you are Mr. T or something?

Yes, the higher-end SCSI drives (with associated higher spindle speeds, up to 15,000 RPM) are designed for full-time use, but aren't the mechanisms functionally the same? Isn't it just the case of a faster motor, more heatsinking around the drive (such as the Compaq 15K drives that have a big aluminum sink built into the tray), and an interface board for U160 instead of ATA100?

Almost. There's one more difference in there, and it's a big one: quality control. Same way the low-speed Athlons are just high-speed models that didn't pass QA checks, consumer drives are not manufactured to the same standards as server drives. To do so would be cost prohibitive--the cost increases exponentially as tolerances get closer. To build a drive that is capable of handling server-esque duties requires much tighter machining tolerances, better heat dissipation, better wear characteristics, etc. than a consumer drive. With that improved quality comes greater manufacturing cost. Think of it this way: would you put a cheap no-name printer on a network, send it a thousand pages a day, and expect it to stand up to the load, or would you step up to the plate and get a network-class LaserJet rated for 30K pages/month duty cycle? Yes, it's disappointing that these drives are big enough and cheap enough for us geeks to use them in servers, but at the end of the day, you have to remember that they're still consumer drives; by a strict definition ("to use wrongly" (dictionary.com)), using them as server drives constitutes abuse. If you want server drives, pay for them; if you want to pay for consumer drives, don't expect more than consumer quality. Enjoy it when you get it, but if it counts, pay for it.

returns:
No entry found for purposful.
1 suggestion found:
purposeful

How hard is it to spell check? Editor, Schmeditor!

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returns:
No entry found for purposful.
1 suggestion found:
purposeful

How hard is it to spell check? Editor, Schmeditor!

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I have heard of these things [over fifteen] years ago ... Why do you always try to sell the same old stuff as "news"?

Because only now have the prices come down (Moore's Law and all) to make the technology viable in the market.

In VA453 (The Entrepreneur) at Rose-Hulman, I learned that creation of a new machine or process is invention; turning it into a product and introducing it to the market is innovation. (Note how the dictionaries define "innovation" in terms of "introduction.")

I'll agree with the fact that many who identify with Nazis are just trying to rebel against something... but how are they anarchists?

Anarchism doesn't necessarily only mean "a belief in no government at all".

It is standard procedure that people keep their tree up-to-date with the cvs tree ...

I would hope that you mean that it makes your wife feel nauseated . (nauseous means "Causing nausea")

I would hope that you mean that it makes your wife feel nauseated . (nauseous means "Causing nausea")

Other definitions of the word "geek"

Middle English, from Old French aguillette, diminutive of aguille, needle, from Vulgar Latin *accula, from Late Latin acucula, diminutive of Latin acus, needle. See ak- in Indo-European Roots.

www.dictionary.com

No entry found for Saxoamerican.

No entry found for Usaian.

Now please go away, you stupid UKian troll.

No entry found for Saxoamerican.

No entry found for Usaian.

Now please go away, you stupid UKian troll.

Please read Dictionary.com to get this definition.

tachometer n.
An instrument used to measure the rotations per minute of a rotating shaft. This is the automotive definition

or

tachometer

\Ta*chom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? swiftness, speed (fr. tachy`s quick) + -meter: cf. F. tachom[`e]tre.] An instrument for measuring the velocity, or indicating changes in the velocity, of a moving body or substance. Specifically: (a) An instrument for measuring the velocity of running water in a river or canal, consisting of a wheel with inclined vanes, which is turned by the current. The rotations of the wheel are recorded by clockwork. (b) An instrument for showing at any moment the speed of a revolving shaft, consisting of a delicate revolving conical pendulum which is driven by the shaft, and the action of which by change of speed moves a pointer which indicates the speed on a graduated dial. (c) (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the velocity of the blood; a h[ae]matachometer.

Please read Dictionary.com to get this definition.

tachometer n.
An instrument used to measure the rotations per minute of a rotating shaft. This is the automotive definition

or

tachometer

\Ta*chom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? swiftness, speed (fr. tachy`s quick) + -meter: cf. F. tachom[`e]tre.] An instrument for measuring the velocity, or indicating changes in the velocity, of a moving body or substance. Specifically: (a) An instrument for measuring the velocity of running water in a river or canal, consisting of a wheel with inclined vanes, which is turned by the current. The rotations of the wheel are recorded by clockwork. (b) An instrument for showing at any moment the speed of a revolving shaft, consisting of a delicate revolving conical pendulum which is driven by the shaft, and the action of which by change of speed moves a pointer which indicates the speed on a graduated dial. (c) (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the velocity of the blood; a h[ae]matachometer.

"oddasity"? Is this the quality of having an odd ass? Guess you mean audacity. HTH.

American
adj.
Of or relating to the United States of America or its people, language, or culture.
Of or relating to North or South America, the West Indies, or the Western Hemisphere.
Of or relating to any of the Native American peoples.
Indigenous to North or South America. Used of plants and animals.

n.
A native or inhabitant of America.
A citizen of the United States.
American English.

American

\A*mer"i*can\, a. [Named from Americus Vespucius.] 1. Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians.

2. Of or pertaining to the United States. ``A young officer of the American navy.'' --Lyell.

American

\A*mer"i*can\, n. A native of America; -- originally applied to the aboriginal inhabitants, but now applied to the descendants of Europeans born in America, and especially to the citizens of the United States.

adj 1: of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture; "American citizens"; "American English"; "the American dream" [syn: American] 2: of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas; "the American hemisphere"; "American flora and fauna" [syn: American] n 1: a native or inhabitant of the United States [syn: American] 2: the English language as used in the US [syn: American English, American language, American] 3: a native or inhabitant of America [syn: American]

Get it right.

Because so many people seem to be having trouble with this...

One would assume that they said "anime-based" because these sorts of battle suits crop up a lot in anime (although generally without invisibility) -- take Bubblegum Crisis, for example. The suit pictured in the article--along with the drawing style and the fact that the wearer is apprently female--looks suspiciously anime-like.

Compare to this.

Also, a little note to the humor impaired: The phrase "anime-based" in the title of the story isn't there to imply that the Pentagon is actually trying to be anime-like. It's a joke.

"Guile" is an English word that means "cunning" or "skillful deceit".

Gail is (usually) a girl's name :)

Defeintion by www.Dictionary.com (Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

1 entry found for fetishistically.
fetishism also fetichism Pronunciation Key (ft-shzm, ft-)
n.
Worship of or belief in magical fetishes.
Excessive attachment or regard.
The displacement of sexual arousal or gratification to a fetish. fetishist n.
fetishistic adj.
fetishistically adv.

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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