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Only the government can "censor" anyone. ISPs routinely "censor" content, and have no restrictions on doing so.

From Dictionary.com

arm:
      1. A weapon, especially a firearm: troops bearing arms; ICBMs, bombs, and other nuclear arms.

ordinance:
      1. An authoritative command or order.
      2. A custom or practice established by long usage.
      3. A Christian rite, especially the Eucharist.
      4. A statute or regulation, especially one enacted by a city government.

Arms is a generic term for weapons. There is no limitation on what an arm may be. That is why we say "They are armed with (pistols|rifles|atomics|smallpox|nuclear tipped intercontential ballistic missles)."

Are you sure you're using that word correctly? I don't think it means what you think it means.

jagged, uneven kerning,

When I can reliably customize kerning without stupid hacks, I'll consider this arguement...

"undead widget" syndrome.

I don't even know what this is, since Firefox doesn't have widgets.

misanthropic interfaces

While I realize that your Fanboy attitude would seem ineffective (and ineffectual) without throwing insults, I have a feeling that misanthropic wasn't quite the right word (next time try a dictionary to find out the meaning of words before you use them). I think what you meant to say was:

Firefox should have a brushed metal interface d00d! Also the address bar acting as the progress bar is uber-kewl!!!!! Pardon the fact that my misanthropic views focus on Firefox, but they naturally scorn anything that seems to be popular at the moment.

Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against Safari (while rendering might be better, lack of extensions balances out this grievance), this comment is purely aimed at your "Steve Jobs is God" fanboy attitude and your flamebait comment.

From Dictionary.com:

anymore Audio pronunciation of "anymore" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (n-môr, -mr)

adv.

      1.

                  1. Any longer; at the present: Do they make this model anymore?

                  2. From now on: We promised not to quarrel anymore.

      2. Chiefly Midland U.S. Nowadays.

        Regional Note: In standard American English the word anymore is often found in negative sentences:
They don't live here anymore. But anymore is widely used in regional American English in positive sentences with the meaning "nowadays": "We use a gas stove anymore" (Oklahoma informant in DARE). Its use, which appears to be spreading, is centered in the South Midland and Midwestern states, as well as in the Western states that received settlers from those areas. The earliest recorded examples are from Northern Ireland, where the positive use of anymore still occurs.

Looks to me like the parent's use of "anymore" is entirely appropriate.

I'm familiar with IPv6. It seems you are completely missing the point of my comment... lmao Perhaps this might help you understand: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Language http://www.dictionary.com You're suggesting a solution for a lack of unique IP addresses as a solution for a lack of DNS names. It's completely nonsensical.

A great segway

Ooh. I get to be grammar Nazi and IP lawyer at the same time.

The word you're looking for is segue, not Segway.

"That's what makes it a sport," says Mr. Sepso. "It's not chance. It's really based on skill."

No, that's what makes it a game, though he did narrow the definition a bit by stating that Halo, et al are not games of chance.

game n.

1. An activity providing entertainment or amusement; a pastime: party games; word games.
2. 1. A competitive activity or sport in which players contend with each other according to a set of rules: the game of basketball; the game of gin rummy.

Yes, 2.1 mentioned the word 'sport'. However, compare this inclusion with the definition of sport:

sport n.

1.
1. Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.
2. A particular form of this activity.

2. An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.
3. An active pastime; recreation.

To sum up: (video game) != (sport).

(All definitions supplied by http://www.dictionary.com./

"aunses"

Hmmm... try http://www.dictionary.com/

Actually, your expecting the same from everyone else does

Oh well, you're probably right...
http://dictionary.com/search?q=conformist
A person who uncritically or habitually conforms to the customs, rules, or styles of a group
Oops.

Even accepting your apparent overzealous interpretation, it only would mean I want everyone else to conform. But is your overzealous interpretation accurate?

• I suppose I'm also a conformist because I think it's wrong to kill someone for their car.
  Carjackers are independent thinkers.
• I work--as opposed to begging--to earn the money I use to pay expenses.
  Existing through the benefits of welfare or via generosity at the on-ramp, defines one's free spirit
• I get satisfaction from knowing I have the ability to support myself and my family, and in *using* it.
  Satisfaction in living in one's parents' basement or using assistance programs defines independence. Just look at my gaming system.
• I'm teaching my son that that's how you accomplish things. On your own.
  If only he weren't squashing his kid's potential into conformity by not letting him see the visionaries living in dumpsters.
• I'm helping him learn to think for himself...just like everyone else.
  Whoah, shit. You got me.

No. It means I don't want to pay more taxes to support someone else's sorry ass after he gets kicked out of his apartment for not paying his rent or his child support. ...unless wanting to keep my own damn money for my own bills defines me as a conformist too.

This is a pretty limited thought pattern. The above ideals actually make one more independent. You're ignoring that while some common things are common because thousands of conformists mindlessly sustain the3m, others are common simply because that's what works in a "civilized" community. Maybe I'm just trying to get around saying "conforming to a point is a good thing," but I don't think so.

BTW, single mothers, college students, recent widows, laid-off workers, and others are perfectly good examples of why these programs are in place. I am generous, and I like helping people who NEED IT. I'm talking about people who casually don't feel the need to pay their bills, simply because they can habitually get away with wasting their money at the bar and Blockbuster Video instead. I have neither use nor sympathy for those who have the ability to pull their own weight yet don't because they make bad decisions.

Only a loser would actually believe conformism is the chief idea behind paying bills. I truly hope you reconsider your stance on it. You've otherwise made some good comments.

"Though your point is still mute"

Its so mute I can hardly hear it.

http://www.dictionary.com/ is your friend.

Go to http://www.dictionary.com/ and look up "pretence" and you will see that is valid. Are you a Brit by any chance? I'm asking because Brits prefer quaint, Frenchified spellings like "colour" and "pretense".

Your spelling is reeeeeediculous.
Try http://www.dictionary.com/

Just a few quick definitions before my response:
Intellectual Propert - A product of the intellect that has commercial value, including copyrighted property such as literary or artistic works, and ideational property, such as patents, appellations of origin, business methods, and industrial processes.

Theft - The act or an instance of stealing; larceny.

Stealing - To take (the property of another) without right or permission.

Add them up, you have your theft of intellectual property. While the lawyers of the world probably use infringement more often then anything else, theft is something the lowly masses actually understand and don't always need to have explained to them. BTW, all these definitions brought to you by. dictionary.com.

"Intellectual property" is a term invented by the people you're shilling for.

Actually not really. Intellectual property is a term used by a great many people to cover well, all of intellectual property. This include patents. It should be noted the legal system does treat patents, which fall under the IP category, at the same weight as physical property. So since, Copyrights are also intellectual property are they not allowed to carry the same weight? Am I not allowed to own the rights and ideas behind what I invent and/or write.

It's not a real thing that can be removed from someone's posession, thus is not a valid target for "theft."

Once again another one of those great fallacies. It can be removed from someone's possession. It can be sold outright from one person to another. It can be inherited through an estate and it can be stolen everytime the patent or copyright is infringed upon. You said that the RIAA propaganda has said that person X who illegally downloads would have paid for content Y. You argue that person X just may never hear content Y. Let's look at the ways to possible hear content:
1. CD's and cassettes (if they still exist) that you purchase at the store.
2. Legally Downloaded music from a store like iTunes.
3. Television and Radio with the host of radio stations and the few television radio stations.
4. Illegally downloaded music.

Now if our fictional person X (and more importantly the multitudes of persons X) is downloading music and not listening to the radio or watching MTV (or VH1 or whomever), they are collectively hurting ratings for stations and networks. This costs these individuals ad revenue. Now without having ad revenue they can then effectively go under and cut a source of the income from the RIAA.

We can follow back an almost equally twisted chain back with any of the other money making elements above. However, it items 1-3 money gets back to the RIAA, in element 4 it does not. This means that the RIAA is being deprived of income. Your argument that the RIAA uses propaganda to state that person X would have paid for content Y starts to lose footing. The argument used by many P2P individuals has been contested many times and the "studies" to back it up are typically anything BUT scientific. You know the one. The one that states that downloaders are more likely to purchase a CD.

To be honest, I HATE THE RIAA. I cannot possibly scream that any louder. What I hate equally as much is the people who try to treat this idea of intellectual property theft as fallacy. The reason the RIAA doesn't file criminal charges against these people is because then you wind up sending your user base to prison where they are worthless. You also would be EVEN MORE villified for doing so. If the theft of intellectual property was not considered a crime, the counterfeiters and large piracy individuals (I am talking about the people that get content A, B, C and more to us.) would not be charged with crimes where the penalties are tantamount to actual theft.

So to re-hash, the courts and legal system seem to be against you when it comes to this idea of the actual quality of property t

It is also interesting to see the most popular web sites. Start by typing www. into google suggest. The top 10 are:

1. www.yahoo.com - Search/Directory
2. www.hotmail.com - Email
3. www.google.com - Search
4. www.ebay.com - Shopping
5. www.msn.com - Portal
6. www.aol.com - Portal
7. www.ebay.co.uk - Shopping
8. www.irs.gov - Government
9. www.mapquest.com - Maps
10. www.amazon.com - Shopping

Typing one more letter shows you the top sites for that letter. Here is the top for each letter:

• a is for www.aol.com - Portal
• b is for www.bbc.co.uk - News
• c is for www.cnn.com - News
• d is for www.dictionary.com - Reference
• e is for www.ebay.com - Shopping
• f is for www.food.gov.uk - Government
• g is for www.google.com - Search
• h is for www.hotmail.com - Email
• i is for www.irs.gov - Government
• j is for www.juno.com - Internet service provider
• k is for www.kbb.com - Consumer information
• l is for www.lyrics.com - Music
• m is for www.msn.com - Portal
• n is for www.nick.com - Kids
• o is for www.orbitz.com - Travel
• p is for www.pogo.com - Games
• q is for www.qvc.com - Shopping
• r is for www.rotten.com - Information
• s is for www.sears.com - Shopping (sorry slashdot)
• t is for www.target.com - Shopping
• u is for www.usps.com - Government
• v is for www.verizon.com - Telephone service
• w is for www.weather.com - Weather
• x is for www.xanga.com - Blogs
• y is for www.yahoo.com - Portal
• z is for www.zappos.com - Shopping

This is some random commentary to make sure that my post has enough characters per line on average to get by the lameness filter. Just a few more words should do it. Then I will be over the limit. Maybe you would like to hear a bit about my projects: Attesoro - A internationalization editor for Java programs. Coinmill - A currency conversion website with many currencies, and features such as abilty to parse English sentences asking for currency conversion. Java Utilities - Utilities for common task in the Java programming language such as parsing CSV files and string manipulation.

I can understand not calling the Legend of Zelda games RPGs because Link doesn't level up and the game is very active, but I'm curious why you don't think it's an adventure game.

You control a young man who must save his world. He travels all over the land battling fierce creatures and huge boss monsters. He finds nifty gadgets which turn out to be vital to his progress.

From dictionary.com:
An undertaking or enterprise of a hazardous nature.

That sounds an awful lot like a Legend of Zelda game to me.

com- or col- or con-
pref.
Together; with; joint; jointly

Latin municiplis, from municipium, town, from municeps, citizen : munus

Middle English comunen, to have common dealings with, converse, from Old French communer, to make common, share (from commun, common. See common), and perhaps from Old French communier, to share in the Communion (from Late Latin communicare, from Latin, to communicate. See communicate).

common -

French, independent municipality, from Old French comugne, from Medieval Latin commnia, community, from neuter of Latin commnis, common. See mei-1 in Indo-European Roots.

mon Pronunciation Key (mn)
n. Scots

Man.

Note from NRAdude: I want it to be known that the Scots perhaps have the most original english dialect because unlike England, the Scots prevented the invasion of Roman occupation armies and posts thus preventing Latin inflection on the Scots dialect. See history on Hadrian's wall. :Note from NRAdude

monk Pronunciation Key (mngk) n.

A man who is a member of a brotherhood living in a monastery and devoted to a discipline prescribed by his order: a Carthusian monk; a Buddhist monk.

Middle English munk, from Old English munuc, from Late Latin monachus, from Late Greek monakhos, from Greek, single, from monos. See men-4 in Indo-European Roots.

I think it good everyone open their bibles to see that man is somewhat self-existing "in the image of God." Then there is the orderly conduct into brotherhood, an immediate family that appears as a chosen commune that has attached to a societal compact (contrat) with a "family name" (mine is singular Mundt whereby could also be refined plural as the Mundts), and then reading further I think it notable that people are bonded to their societal (social) compact from whence they then can assemble a vessel (that I enjoy calling a Citizenship). "congregate" is prefatory to the actual assembly; not yet assembled or counted but nearing that action (congregation), as it would seem the Lord counts His people (those social compacts).

congregate Pronunciation Key (knggr-gt)
tr. & intr.v. congregated, congregating, congregates

To bring or come together in a group, crowd, or assembly. See Synonyms at gather.

adj. (-gt)

1. Gathered; assembled.

Now what was I going to say? I'm speaking of the etymology "communist" is a good word that advocates "common", while everyone around me always think of a biased "Communism" brought by Marx and his Order conspired from his societal compact (an "Order" within a society, chicken-egg hatched from a chicken-egg) that delegates invasion of privacy and property and voiding the relation and similar thoughts (brotherhood) in change for a share in property that will never be fee simple. I distinctly remember that such thoughts on "Communism" originated from corporate Banks and the role of the non-communist Communists that sabotaged and exited America durring the War of 1871, causing a shrink for the United States back into George Washington's District of Columbia. In the verry essence of etymology, communism is as though an honest rescind from a society. Thence, even the etymology in "capit

you'll rarely see links off to dictionary.com or m-w.com. Hence, you rarely see words like "proprietary," "evil," "corporate," or "profit," etc., used in any sort of useful context.

you'll rarely see links off to dictionary.com or m-w.com. Hence, you rarely see words like "proprietary," "evil," "corporate," or "profit," etc., used in any sort of useful context.

you'll rarely see links off to dictionary.com or m-w.com. Hence, you rarely see words like "proprietary," "evil," "corporate," or "profit," etc., used in any sort of useful context.

you'll rarely see links off to dictionary.com or m-w.com. Hence, you rarely see words like "proprietary," "evil," "corporate," or "profit," etc., used in any sort of useful context.

you'll rarely see links off to dictionary.com or m-w.com. Hence, you rarely see words like "proprietary," "evil," "corporate," or "profit," etc., used in any sort of useful context.

you'll rarely see links off to dictionary.com or m-w.com. Hence, you rarely see words like "proprietary," "evil," "corporate," or "profit," etc., used in any sort of useful context.

you'll rarely see links off to dictionary.com or m-w.com. Hence, you rarely see words like "proprietary," "evil," "corporate," or "profit," etc., used in any sort of useful context.

you'll rarely see links off to dictionary.com or m-w.com. Hence, you rarely see words like "proprietary," "evil," "corporate," or "profit," etc., used in any sort of useful context.

you'll rarely see links off to dictionary.com or m-w.com. Hence, you rarely see words like "proprietary," "evil," "corporate," or "profit," etc., used in any sort of useful context.

you'll rarely see links off to dictionary.com or m-w.com. Hence, you rarely see words like "proprietary," "evil," "corporate," or "profit," etc., used in any sort of useful context.

you'll rarely see links off to dictionary.com or m-w.com. Hence, you rarely see words like "proprietary," "evil," "corporate," or "profit," etc., used in any sort of useful context.

you'll rarely see links off to dictionary.com or m-w.com. Hence, you rarely see words like "proprietary," "evil," "corporate," or "profit," etc., used in any sort of useful context.

you'll rarely see links off to dictionary.com or m-w.com. Hence, you rarely see words like "proprietary," "evil," "corporate," or "profit," etc., used in any sort of useful context.

you'll rarely see links off to dictionary.com or m-w.com. Hence, you rarely see words like "proprietary," "evil," "corporate," or "profit," etc., used in any sort of useful context.

you'll rarely see links off to dictionary.com or m-w.com. Hence, you rarely see words like "proprietary," "evil," "corporate," or "profit," etc., used in any sort of useful context.

you'll rarely see links off to dictionary.com or m-w.com. Hence, you rarely see words like "proprietary," "evil," "corporate," or "profit," etc., used in any sort of useful context.

you'll rarely see links off to dictionary.com or m-w.com. Hence, you rarely see words like "proprietary," "evil," "corporate," or "profit," etc., used in any sort of useful context.

you'll rarely see links off to dictionary.com or m-w.com. Hence, you rarely see words like "proprietary," "evil," "corporate," or "profit," etc., used in any sort of useful context.

you'll rarely see links off to dictionary.com or m-w.com. Hence, you rarely see words like "proprietary," "evil," "corporate," or "profit," etc., used in any sort of useful context.

you'll rarely see links off to dictionary.com or m-w.com. Hence, you rarely see words like "proprietary," "evil," "corporate," or "profit," etc., used in any sort of useful context.

You attacked the messenger (the EPPC) and ignored the message. You've done it again here by claiming "in the pocket of the administration" without offering any supporting evidence for that claim.

What I would like to see is an actual rebuttal. Something like "Position X is claimed at point A however the truth is clearly Y as substantiated by references L and M".

As far as the second part is concerned, I'm not sure how it can be clearer.

• Promote = To attempt to sell or popularize by advertising or publicity
• Accept = To receive (something offered), especially with gladness or approval.
• Terrorist = a radical who employs terror as a political weapon
• assistance = Aid; help

Those all came from http://www.dictionary.com/.

The only people who wouldn't care are those with an agenda supported by the content of the movie or those who are apathetic.

Stupider?

See Here or here before posting next time.

Well, I think you're right.

Looking at the definition of "Human" and "Neanderthal" on http://www.dictionary.com/ they would be considered "human."

I say, write your right winged representative today to start a war about it!

No, really. That's how it started, usually the title of a section, paragraph or similar.

Obviously the bit of red text contained something someone thought was important so eventually the word came to mean an important rule or important passage. These days it means an important set of rules.

http://www.dictionary.com/
htttp://www.m-w.com/
http://www.askoxford.com/?view=uk

It's here

http://www.dictionary.com/

According to http://www.dictionary.com/, both mouses and mice are for computer mice.

"First, the dude resigned. Sure, maybe he was "pressured" into it,"

You're new to academia, aren't you? Resigning IS the same as being fired, and as for pressured, there's no maybe about it when the music interests threaten your department with a tedious, full-scale audit for every PC in the department.

"Second, the administration had every right to fire him anyway. He made unauthorized use of their facilities by holding what amounted to a rally in their cafeteria, after he was denied use of the proper venues."

Having a lecture on the legal aspects of P2P systems falls under the rights of academic freedom, especially when the professor in charge has been teaching IP Law at the university for 5+ years. As for the word "rally," that's cute, but flat wrong. Here's a link, now why not learn what it means, as opposed to the use of the term "lecture."

"The University was simply protecting its interests,"

No, the University was caving in to commercial lobbying groups' extortion efforts. Maybe that flies at the 2-bit Finishing School you attend, but Universities, above all else, need to defend the rights of their faculty to hold lectures or seminars on intellectually boring OR controversial topics.

"and this guy was intent on raising a stink."

Keep spinning, Corporate Spokesperson. He was intent on holding a publicly-available lecture concerning P2P IP issues, and even went so far as to invite parties who have an interest in this topic (quote: "I even contacted SGAE, National Police, and the Attorney General in advance to inform them about it.").

"don't expect your employer to pay you to rail against those laws on their property."

Yes, because you'd appreciate seeing Universities become nothing more than teat-suckling, blindly-abide-the-Party-Line Institutions of Stooging, eh? It's what you're arguing for.

Chuck

You should try reading some time. It's a great skill. There's a great site here that will teach you lots of words and their meanings so you don't humiliate yourself in public again.

How did this get modded to +4, Informative when sibling post that actually has a LINK to http://dictionary.com/ hasn't been modded at all?

ModPoints:Crack Usage::Time:Time

Googling around, this page shows that there is something called "Firefox Ultrabar". I don't use Firefox (but I do use Mozilla). I'm not much of a plug-in head. However, assembling a dictionary.com HTTP request isn't significantly different, so presuambly, it should be trivial. Try putting these into google: "Firefox dictionary.com plugin". I'm sure the answer is there somewhere. I believe both of these links will be interesting, the second more then the first: Lots of plug ins and Dictionary specific plug ins

The other way, is just put the misspelled word into google. Most of the time, it will give you a better spelling (it did for your word). If you just want to know what the word means, you can do put this into the query box: "define: fubar".

Kirby

There are several very good dictionary sites on the web. Heck, I believe that Galeon used to ship with it and Google up next to the tool bar so you always had an quick link to them.

Kirby

From Dictionary.com:

Loose:

(def. 9)Lacking conventional moral restraint in sexual behavior.

Lose:

To be unsuccessful in retaining possession of; mislay: He's always losing his car keys.

First, as others have pointed out, most of what you say is mute.

"Moot" not "mute", you illiterate! "Mute" means "unable to speak".

There are many dictionaries on the Internet. For chrissake start using one and maybe someday you'll be able to communicate. It's a pain reading the works of so many retards here.