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"it's spelled 'damnit' ;-)"

Umm.. actually it isn't. See, they have these things called phrases and sentances that are formed by multiple words put together. Check out this at www.dictionary.com. "Dammit" is a word, however, "Damnit" is not. Therefore, "Damn it" is the correct way of spelling it.

Well, ok, NO, just because it's an addiction, it doesn't mean it's unhealthy.

There are two definitions of addiction, the first being a more medical definition, the second being more mainstream. The definition of addiction says nothing about being healthy or unhealthy. We choose to attach the connotation of an addiction being unhealthy. Strictly speaking, from the mainstream definition:

the condition of being habitually or compulsively occupied with or involved in something

breathing is an addiction, n'est ce pas?

"Connexion" used to be a word in the English dictionary until the company you speak of, which runs Microsoft's mirror sites, trademarked it.

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A change caused by the sea: "Of his bones are coral made:/Those are pearls that were his eyes:/Nothing of him that doth fade,/But doth suffer a sea change" (Shakespeare).

A marked transformation: "The script suffered considerable sea changes, particularly in structure" (Harold Pinter).

Let me introduce you to a wonderful site: www.dictionary.com

This comment reminds me of the hindus in India who think Catholics are cannibals because in the sacrament of Holy Communion you "eat the Body of Christ". [This used to be a widespread belief many years ago, and you still find it out in the less educated areas in India.]

And how are they wrong? The Catholic idea of transubstantiation is not some kind of "symbol" like what it got changed to in most other Christian religions; it is that the wine and bread actually turn into the blood and body of Christ through a miracle. That would make them cannibals.

> in a million kids trying to get the definition
> of cunnilingus, fellatio or labia?

On the other hand, learning the proper spelling of analingus wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing.

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what you want a link to every fucking word ? !

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what you want a link to every fucking word ? !

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what you want a link to every fucking word ? !

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Delphis

what you want a link to every fucking word ? !

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Delphis

what you want a link to every fucking word ? !

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Delphis

what you want a link to every fucking word ? !

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Delphis

what you want a link to every fucking word ? !

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Delphis

what you want a link to every fucking word ? !

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Delphis

what you want a link to every fucking word ? !

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what you want a link to every fucking word ? !

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what you want a link to every fucking word ? !

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Slander, is false defamation, while libel is defamation that must meet other qualifications (that the statement is about a person who is identifiable to one or more persons, and that the statement i s distributed to one or more persons other then the injured party, i.e. published). In other words, slander _must_ be a lie. If it's the truth, it's not slander. However, if it's true, it can still be defamation. It must meet the other above criteria to be libel.

Slander, is false defamation, while libel is defamation that must meet other qualifications (that the statement is about a person who is identifiable to one or more persons, and that the statement i s distributed to one or more persons other then the injured party, i.e. published). In other words, slander _must_ be a lie. If it's the truth, it's not slander. However, if it's true, it can still be defamation. It must meet the other above criteria to be libel.

I hate to pick this nit, but I also hate it when people don't understand their own language:

The definition of stable from dictionary.com is available here. Pay particular attention to definition 2.3: A group, as of athletes or entertainers, under common management. This definition is not exactly equivalent to the relationship between a console and its games, but it is close enough that the term can be co-opted for this purpose. Definition 2.2a is also good: All the racehorses belonging to a single owner or racing establishment. This definition is also considered roughly synonymous with "flock" which is generally used only for living things but can be applied to non-living things in certain contexts. Perhaps a better term in this case might be the complement(1b) of games.

Compare and contrast that to the definition of staple. You said that "staple" means "supply", which would make sense if that were the case, but nowhere in this entry is "supply" mentioned as a synonym. It is mentioned as being a place of supply or a sort of marketplace, but that definition doesn't even remotely match your usage. Nor could I find supply and staple to be related in any other way through their dictionary or thesaurus entries.

So sorry, you're wrong. You claim that this staple-supply definition is in the dictionary. I can't find it, and I've never heard of it. Which dictionary are you using? I suggest you get another one.

cryptochrome

I hate to pick this nit, but I also hate it when people don't understand their own language:

The definition of stable from dictionary.com is available here. Pay particular attention to definition 2.3: A group, as of athletes or entertainers, under common management. This definition is not exactly equivalent to the relationship between a console and its games, but it is close enough that the term can be co-opted for this purpose. Definition 2.2a is also good: All the racehorses belonging to a single owner or racing establishment. This definition is also considered roughly synonymous with "flock" which is generally used only for living things but can be applied to non-living things in certain contexts. Perhaps a better term in this case might be the complement(1b) of games.

Compare and contrast that to the definition of staple. You said that "staple" means "supply", which would make sense if that were the case, but nowhere in this entry is "supply" mentioned as a synonym. It is mentioned as being a place of supply or a sort of marketplace, but that definition doesn't even remotely match your usage. Nor could I find supply and staple to be related in any other way through their dictionary or thesaurus entries.

So sorry, you're wrong. You claim that this staple-supply definition is in the dictionary. I can't find it, and I've never heard of it. Which dictionary are you using? I suggest you get another one.

cryptochrome

I hate to pick this nit, but I also hate it when people don't understand their own language:

The definition of stable from dictionary.com is available here. Pay particular attention to definition 2.3: A group, as of athletes or entertainers, under common management. This definition is not exactly equivalent to the relationship between a console and its games, but it is close enough that the term can be co-opted for this purpose. Definition 2.2a is also good: All the racehorses belonging to a single owner or racing establishment. This definition is also considered roughly synonymous with "flock" which is generally used only for living things but can be applied to non-living things in certain contexts. Perhaps a better term in this case might be the complement(1b) of games.

Compare and contrast that to the definition of staple. You said that "staple" means "supply", which would make sense if that were the case, but nowhere in this entry is "supply" mentioned as a synonym. It is mentioned as being a place of supply or a sort of marketplace, but that definition doesn't even remotely match your usage. Nor could I find supply and staple to be related in any other way through their dictionary or thesaurus entries.

So sorry, you're wrong. You claim that this staple-supply definition is in the dictionary. I can't find it, and I've never heard of it. Which dictionary are you using? I suggest you get another one.

cryptochrome

I hate to pick this nit, but I also hate it when people don't understand their own language:

The definition of stable from dictionary.com is available here. Pay particular attention to definition 2.3: A group, as of athletes or entertainers, under common management. This definition is not exactly equivalent to the relationship between a console and its games, but it is close enough that the term can be co-opted for this purpose. Definition 2.2a is also good: All the racehorses belonging to a single owner or racing establishment. This definition is also considered roughly synonymous with "flock" which is generally used only for living things but can be applied to non-living things in certain contexts. Perhaps a better term in this case might be the complement(1b) of games.

Compare and contrast that to the definition of staple. You said that "staple" means "supply", which would make sense if that were the case, but nowhere in this entry is "supply" mentioned as a synonym. It is mentioned as being a place of supply or a sort of marketplace, but that definition doesn't even remotely match your usage. Nor could I find supply and staple to be related in any other way through their dictionary or thesaurus entries.

So sorry, you're wrong. You claim that this staple-supply definition is in the dictionary. I can't find it, and I've never heard of it. Which dictionary are you using? I suggest you get another one.

cryptochrome

so in computer speak it means operations per second (in this case Floating point ones)
This is the basis of computer benchmarking, with how many operations they can perform. The difference between CPUs with the same clock rates comes from the way they handle the data.

SO, Hertz and MFLOPS arn't related but strongly corralated

Robert

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If one person believes in something that isn't there, they are delusional
But if it is a large group it's called Religion

so in computer speak it means operations per second (in this case Floating point ones)
This is the basis of computer benchmarking, with how many operations they can perform. The difference between CPUs with the same clock rates comes from the way they handle the data.

SO, Hertz and MFLOPS arn't related but strongly corralated

Robert

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If one person believes in something that isn't there, they are delusional
But if it is a large group it's called Religion

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From Dictionary.com:

"ad hominem: adj. Appealing to personal considerations rather than to logic or reason: Debaters should avoid ad hominem arguments that question their opponents' motives."

It goes on for a bit, you should check it out. The Latin root literally means "to the man". You've actually gone a step further, equating being white/affluent with clueless, but that's not even nessesary to qualify for this award. Bringing up the fact that I'm French is an ad hominem attack since it is an appeal to my motives rather than an address of my argument. It matters not one iota if being French is deplorable or if you even make any conclusion from that point. Bringing up anything at all about your opponent's person is classified as "ad hominem". Really. =)

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