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Insure: (2) To make sure, certain or secure.

Yet another nitpicking dickhead too stupid to check his facts.

Can I simplify this insane thread?

Gnostic (nstk)
adj.
gnostic
Of, relating to, or possessing intellectual or spiritual knowledge.
Of or relating to Gnosticism.
n.
A believer in Gnosticism.

theism (thzm)
n.
Belief in the existence of a god or gods, especially belief in a personal God as creator and ruler of the world.

So, since the addition of a or an negates a root word, an agnostic is one who has no spiritual knowledge and an atheist is on who believes in no god or gods.

Special thanks to dictionary.com

Well now we're just arguing the meaning of the word "faith". From dictionary.com,

2) Belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence.

But that doesn't really get us anywhere - a lot of people could argue that their belief in God isn't "faith" because their belief rests on "material evidence" or "logical proof".

The point is that one man's "common sense" is another man's "faith", so to have a truly objective definition, we'd have to say that any set of beliefs involves "faith". This, unfortunately, includes the belief that there is no river of chocolate milk on the moon.

Hi.

I do not deny that some of them may have been done on foot. Those that were not were small-scale wastes of non-renewable resources, which, if you were not so contrary, you would have agreed to. I was the only person to point this out, so you're welcome.

You do know that reactionary means "conservative", don't you? And hyperbole means an exaggerated figure of speech? Can you point out an example of conservatism or exaggeration please?

Just checking, because you didn't use these words properly, which makes you look as if English might be your second language. That's no big deal, a lot of people don't read and write English all that well, but they usually don't try to impress other folks with words they don't understand, hoping those folks don't understand them either.

Hi.

I do not deny that some of them may have been done on foot. Those that were not were small-scale wastes of non-renewable resources, which, if you were not so contrary, you would have agreed to. I was the only person to point this out, so you're welcome.

You do know that reactionary means "conservative", don't you? And hyperbole means an exaggerated figure of speech? Can you point out an example of conservatism or exaggeration please?

Just checking, because you didn't use these words properly, which makes you look as if English might be your second language. That's no big deal, a lot of people don't read and write English all that well, but they usually don't try to impress other folks with words they don't understand, hoping those folks don't understand them either.

gimick: No entry found for gimick in the dictionary.

gimmick: a device employed to cheat, deceive...

Always adds to your credibility when you know how to spell ...

Yes, I've always thought so.

gimick: No entry found for gimick in the dictionary.

gimmick: a device employed to cheat, deceive...

Always adds to your credibility when you know how to spell ...

Yes, I've always thought so.

succubus
1.A female demon supposed to descend upon and have sexual intercourse with a man while he sleeps.

You're welcome.

I am amazed by your grasp of the obvious

Thanks. I got an "A" in The Obvious in Jr. High.

(I tested with natively unix server applications. I'm sure it took some deep thought to figure this out).

To some people it might have. My complaint is that you compared native unix services to ported services ill-suited for the platform, and led us to believe that this meant linux was faster.


Would you please point me to some natively Windows DBMS/scripting languages that you actually believe may compete with any open-source systems I mentioned?

Sure. The Win2K/IIS/SQL Server/ASP platform is standard on Windows for what most would consider serious web development. For server-side langauges, take your pick. ASP supports Python, Perl, C++, C#, and of course VBScript. ISAPI solutions are generally considered to be higher-performance, but if your ISAPI program is merely loading a scripting engine, then interpreting script you write, what is the difference, except for losing all of the additional functionality provided with ASP, like application events and application variables? Also session, but you shouldn't be using that anyway for scalability reasons. ISAPI solutions aren't always more scalable, however, and unless you have source code for the dll, and can understand it, you can't really be sure you're getting the kind of performance you are looking for.

I'm sorry, but for my purposes, and my standards, ASP will never be in my repertoire (sounding out the big words for you) of 'effective' scripting languages.

I'm ignoring your sarcastic remarks about how I'm real stupid, and moving on to how you're referring to ASP as a language when it's not. ASP is no more a language than .NET or Apache. It's a platform you can use to make dynamic web pages using the scripting language of your choice. You still haven't told me exactly why ASP is out of the question, only that it's not faster than PHP ISAPI, which is unproven, and also probably not true.

See, I like to stride to use the fastest/cleanest native OS software available[...]

Judging by your choices for Windows, it seems that you "stride" (I think you meant strive) to use free software that was written for unix. As you discovered, this was not a good idea. I'm glad you switched platforms, because it was either that or switch to the proper software, and you didn't seem willing to do that.

Synonyms of ignoble include disgraceful, shameful, and degenerate.
I'm pretty sure this is not related to the more widely recognized Nobel Prize awards.

Jesus Fucking Christ, will you PLEASE learn what irony means??? It does !NOT! mean "humor", as in "does anyone see the humor in having a third Apocalypse...". It does !NOT! mean "contradiction", as in "does anyone see the contradiction in having a third Apocalypse".

If you don't know what it means, don't use the fucking word.

Out!

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

But all that doesn't really matter- I was gently chiding iceT because I don't like being yelled at.

"Windows vulnerability" is technically a tautology.

[look that up in your Funk & Wagonals.]

Thus "Windows vulnaerability" is redundant, not an oxymoron.

The proper obscure word for it is tautology.

A tool could be a weapon, but a weapon is never a tool.

Nope. All weapons are tools, but not all tools are weapons. Read the definition: "Something used in the performance of an operation; an instrument"

Weapons are simply instruments used for injuring or killing people. Again I quote: "An instrument of attack or defense in combat, as a gun, missile, or sword."

A tool could be a weapon, but a weapon is never a tool.

Nope. All weapons are tools, but not all tools are weapons. Read the definition: "Something used in the performance of an operation; an instrument"

Weapons are simply instruments used for injuring or killing people. Again I quote: "An instrument of attack or defense in combat, as a gun, missile, or sword."

Umm...maybe this will help? OK, I admit I am not the funniest person around, but come on... :)

You've been reading too much Anand and Tom. They use (and mis-use) e.g. way too much.

E.g. is for exempli gratia, "for the sake of example" or simply "for example". While it technically makes sense in your sentence, it's superfluous.

It doesn't make you sound like an intellectual, but rather a pseudo-intellectual.

You presumeably meant kow-towing - meaning servile deference - rather than cow-toeing which seems to bear rather more offbeat connotations.

atrowe: Card-carrying Mensa member. I have no toleranse for stupidity.
This has been bugging me for a while. Just thought you should know.

C'mon Katzy. Using vapid twice (not well either) in the same review?

You should look up funny in a dictionary: causing laughter or amusement. The easiest way to explain this to you is that the Enigma has nothing whatsoever to do with back doors, and for your comment to be funny the connection has to be easily made. Save your joke for another MS backdoor story, coming very soon I'm sure.

We're at war with terrorism and seditionist trash talk like "understanding muslims" should not be tolerated.

Understanding what you are up against is different than empathizing with them. you need to look up the definition of sedition in this case. Look back at WWII when we really didn't get up to the minute details about the enemy and their motives. An entire industry of documentary-minded people cropped up. The major difference in the current scenario is that we are compacting that information into a smaller time-span and are more readily informed not only about the enemy but our own government.

Jesus, there's nothing I hate more than people who tell you to read their comments who haven't read yours. Where exactly did I say I thought it was okay to build a replica of a car? And why on Earth do you think that's even what we're talking about?

Let's review your original comment :

Even if you assemble a second car identical to the first, you still ended up paying for all the parts again, plus whatever labor went into it. It's nothing like duplicating software--with something tangible, duplication has the cost of materials tied into it. There are no legal problems because you HAVE paid for both 'copies' of the car. Duplicating software has no practical cost to it... which means the manufacturer of the individual bits gets nothing when you copy them.
(emphasis added by me).

Does that answer your question? I am simply pointing out why they are not as different as you assume.

The fact is, buying a CD to duplicate software is not a necessity--buying the parts to assemble a copy of a car is.

Maybe not a CD, but you must provide storage of some kind and storage costs you something. The fact that the cost is infintessimally small does not change the principle. That your whole argument about how IP is somehow different that regular property is based on the fact that IP is easier to copy belies its logic. I suppose you think it is more illegal to replicate a Porsche than it is to replicate a bicycle. In all of these cases, the act is the same. Their relative cost or difficulty is immaterial.

And a 'medium' such as sound waves or electrical impulses is not the same as computer 'media'. I apologize if you didn't understand the distinction being made.

Your distinction is based on complete ignorance of the definition of medium, and its relationship to the word media. Simply put, a medium is a conveyance or storage device. More than one meduim, is media. Computer media, be it CDs, a hard disks or RAM, is a conveyance or storage device for information that a computer can use.

'I went to Apple to test cocoa for Mac OS X 10.1, and found a drag and drop problem with NSPopUpButtonCell. They didn't even pay me for my effort, yet they try to shut down my project. Isn't that ironic?'

Oh, they didn't pay you for your "testing" of their OS? Did they ever say they would pay you? Did they imply they'd pay you? Did they insinuate in any way that they'd pay you? Then why would you expect to be paid? This attitude is disconcertingly common in Free Software types. The 'look at me, I'll fix this problem for you, nevermind the fact you didn't ask me to, and you're a bastard if you don't pay me for it' attitude reeks of social maladjustment.

I don't see how the fact that you've pestered Apple for money makes it any more "ironic" that they'd try to shut you down when you rip off their interface. Apple went easy on IP-theft once, ONCE, which was enough to give Windows, the cut-rate Mac imitator, take over the desktop market.

I think Apple has learned its lesson. Just because your project is "free" doesn't make it any less of a threat to Apple's resurgence. Apple is hanging by threads as it is. Rats biting at the heels of elephants should not be surprised when they are trampled upon.

The bottomline? Apple invested heavily to develop the Aqua look and feel to set the new standard for desktop computing; Eric Yang attempts to profit (if only in terms of community recognition) from Apple's work. Who can be surprised when Apple takes offense?

Dictionary.com defines:Duh

duh (d)
interj.
Used to express disdain for something deemed stupid or obvious, especially a self-evident remark.

Dictionary.com defines:Exodus

exodus
n.
1. A departure of a large number of people.

...To associate holding a newpaper accountable for false statements they printed is a far cry from the "holy war" that jihad implies. It attempts to put critisicim of a yellow press on the same level as the terrorist acts that caused this whole uproar. Maybe you don't understand the full implication of the word.

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, describes "jihad" as:

jihad also jehad (j-häd) n.

1. A Muslim holy war or spiritual struggle against infidels.

2. A crusade or struggle: "The war against smoking is turning into a jihad against people who smoke" (Fortune).

Now, we can certainly agree that a sizable contigent of the Slashdot Faithful would certainly fit the second definition when it comes to assualting "infidels" among the Press. That the Press (particularly the "Yellow") need to be scrutinized is without question. At issue is the manner in which many among us do it.

Now, I've never been the object of Slashotter scorn, so I don't really know what it's like. But I've read enough "How-To Be a Linux Advocate" and other rants about the vitriolic knee jerks that populate this area to be comfortable with describing their behavior as being consistant with that of a jihad in the non-Muslim sense of the word.

For better or worse, Mr. Zimmermann's comments were in American English, where jihad has come to imply a struggle with more fanatical implications. Our dictionaries are based on common usage and common misusage...

Entry number 2 from its definition at dictionary.com:
A crusade or struggle: "The war against smoking is turning into a jihad against people who smoke" (Fortune).

I would suggest, though, that PZ use something like enduring squabble in place of that other word.

:)) I expected that one. I tought that *I* was a loosing my time on slashdot! You actually took the time to reply to this thing you find stupid with an even more stupid thing. And yes, I'm going to be the real looser, because I'm replying to YOU! Go ahead, I'm going to be more looser than you even if you try hard. You aren't even a good looser! :)

hate

A good example of a mail "about something they feel that they can be righteous" is the 2 emails by Zimmerman. They aren't hate mail, are they?

You think a "troll" is helping the society (or himself, for that matter, if your are into the self centric thing) in any way?

Don't you think he'll _just_ die.

Pet Peeve of mine:

Method - A means or manner of procedure, especially a regular and systematic way of accomplishing something

Methodology - A body of practices, procedures, and rules used by those who work in a discipline or engage in an inquiry; a set of working methods.

This is specifically addressed in dictionary.com's usage notes for methodology.

Pet Peeve of mine:

Method - A means or manner of procedure, especially a regular and systematic way of accomplishing something

Methodology - A body of practices, procedures, and rules used by those who work in a discipline or engage in an inquiry; a set of working methods.

This is specifically addressed in dictionary.com's usage notes for methodology.

Read my post again. Now is it pro-BSD or anti-BSD? I think this may help.

The highjackers who crashed into the WTC, the Pentagon, and Pennsylvania, knew that what they were doing would lead to their death, and what they did was intentional (even the highjackers who crashed in PA likely intended to crash somewhere). That can be considered suicide, and I don't think it's hard to believe they are mentally de-centered.

I do not make this next comment to offend you, but if you honestly do want to die right now, you may want to ask yourself if you might need some counselling. That is not a normal thing to wish for. As a Slashdot reader, you are presumably young (teens to early 30s would be my guess), and have a lot to live for. If you are sincere about what you say, I'd suggest you seek help to overcome whatever pains are in your life to make you want to die now.

...is the sound of 10,000 Slashdot moderators clicking this link because they're too lazy to go look at a real dictionary. :)

A cheap showy trinket.

A stapler is showy?

"And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six." (Revelation 13:16--18)

Btw, sorry if this sounds flamey; I don't mean it that way...I guess being a novelist from South Africa I got a bit peeved that your comment was rated funny ;) Keep in mind that the article is on a site with a Russian TLD (.ru).

To all you ACs out there: The above AC would have made a good point, but unfortunately made the mistake of being a troll. Apparently some are born to troll; this one recently.

The point that I agree with is that killing anyone in retribution will cause more anger and hatred from others, whether Muslim, or Arab, or Middle-Eastern, or not-American.

I also think (and hope) that the above poster was being facetious, albeit in a dark way.

i created survivor. now i troll slashdot. first probst bitches.

Yes, you're a troll. You don't bother me. Unlike you, I can spell. So get mad, have a fit, and go to school.

Congratulations. You can search archives. Too bad you don't have the capacity to understand anything spoken on that mailing list.

I too have the ability to post mindless links, try this one. That should help you avoid looking so stupid in the future.

Definition of "emulate." According to parts #1 and #2, we are emulating the virus, sorta.

Definition. Perhaps you should stop spreading pompous inaccuracies. By the definition of most thinking people, agnosticism is the "no belief in God, period" that you ascribe to the more active denial inherent in atheism.

Atheism means "without religious beliefs." It does not mean an absolute conviction that it is impossible for God to exist.

According to the dictionary, Atheism actively denies the existence of God, which I think regardless of the etymological derivation of the word, is pretty much the modern usage. Just check out alt.atheism if you don't believe me. There are some might strident folks in there. :)

I agree that the existence of God cannot be proven or disproven. Neither can the existence of ghosts, the Loch Ness Monster, the tooth fairy, or Bigfoot be proven,

Ghosts, the Loch Ness Monster and Bigfoot could all be proven to exist given one example. The Tooth Fairy, on the other hand, is in the same class as Santa Claus where we can actively trace the myth and determine that it was human created.

Just as there is "documented evidence" of the Greek gods, the Roman gods, and the Norse gods? Evidence is more than something written anonymously in a book.

The Greek gods, Roman gods and Norse gods are all steeped in clear mythical literature. In other words, there were never any claims that the literature was true. The difference is that the bible is claimed to be based on eyewitness accounts.

Trust me, I'm with you for the most part. I think the chance of God existing, at least as the Judeo-Christian faiths define God, is pretty close to zero. My only point is that when it comes to the question of whether there is a Supreme Being running the universe (independent of whether that being is described Judeo Christian beliefs), it's best to stay agnostic about it. Like I said, one visit to the looney bin known as alt.atheism should convince anyone that those people cling to their beliefs as tightly as the most rabid religious nut. They won't even consider that there might be "more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in their philosophy". :)

Personally, I think we should just define God as "that which created the universe", and be done with it. Then we can all believe in God, and never fight another religious war.

Hmm, are they?

Definition of "kill"

Definition of "murder"

As you can clearly see, killing means to end the life of something. Murder means to kill something unlawfully. If the commandment were "Thou shalt not kill," it would be kinda hard to live, now wouldn't it? After all, doesn't your immune system kill bacteria every day? God took into account the fact that violence is sometimes necessary, and restricted the commandment to unlawful killing only.

Hmm, are they?

Definition of "kill"

Definition of "murder"

As you can clearly see, killing means to end the life of something. Murder means to kill something unlawfully. If the commandment were "Thou shalt not kill," it would be kinda hard to live, now wouldn't it? After all, doesn't your immune system kill bacteria every day? God took into account the fact that violence is sometimes necessary, and restricted the commandment to unlawful killing only.

Hopefully those editors that you disparage will also allow *some* Slashdot posters to use those facilities to prevent people from confusing the word grammar with some town in Indiana

Hopefully those editors that you disparage will also allow *some* Slashdot posters to use those facilities to prevent people from confusing the word grammar with some town in Indiana

Well as a reply to that I have only to say:Moron. Enjoy!

Umm, yeah, that's kinda the definition.

The Censor is grated authority by some governing body, be it political or religious (in any case, not you), and tells you what you can or can't do with your own property and ideas, giving you no say in the matter.