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The very first meaning of end returned by dictionary.com is "Either extremity of something that has length".

Quite.
And I, for one, find it ironic that the word for the fear of long words is hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.

week
n.
1.
a. A period of seven days: a week of rain.
b. Abbr. wk. A seven-day calendar period, especially one starting with Sunday and continuing through Saturday: this week.
2. a. A week designated by an event or holiday occurring within it: commencement week.
b. A week dedicated to a particular cause or institution: Home Safety Week.
3. The part of a calendar week devoted to work, school, or business: working a three-day week.
4. a. One week from a specified day: I'll see you Friday week.
b. One week ago from a specified day: It was Friday week that we last met.

Simple and concise. Hey, look at that! Weeks begin on Sundays again!

A quick Google search indicates that the good folks at Princeton and the Australian government concur. In school I was also taught that the week technically began on Sunday (I forgot tomention that I grew up deep in the Bible Belt). Being an athiest I'm not up on the various passages of the bible but it seems like I recall that it also indicated that the Sabbath day was the beginning of the week. I could be wrong of course considering I haven't picked up a copy in a good long while now.

Even more family, co-workers and colleagues around the world agreed when I told them about the question. My mother the school teacher knew it, as did my father the mechanic. My brother in law the programmer of course knew it too. Anyhow, I'm rambling and I've got to get back on the road in a few minutes.

week
n.
1.
a. A period of seven days: a week of rain.
b. Abbr. wk. A seven-day calendar period, especially one starting with Sunday and continuing through Saturday: this week.
2. a. A week designated by an event or holiday occurring within it: commencement week.
b. A week dedicated to a particular cause or institution: Home Safety Week.
3. The part of a calendar week devoted to work, school, or business: working a three-day week.
4. a. One week from a specified day: I'll see you Friday week.
b. One week ago from a specified day: It was Friday week that we last met.

Simple and concise. Hey, look at that! Weeks begin on Sundays again!

A quick Google search indicates that the good folks at Princeton and the Australian government concur. In school I was also taught that the week technically began on Sunday (I forgot tomention that I grew up deep in the Bible Belt). Being an athiest I'm not up on the various passages of the bible but it seems like I recall that it also indicated that the Sabbath day was the beginning of the week. I could be wrong of course considering I haven't picked up a copy in a good long while now.

Even more family, co-workers and colleagues around the world agreed when I told them about the question. My mother the school teacher knew it, as did my father the mechanic. My brother in law the programmer of course knew it too. Anyhow, I'm rambling and I've got to get back on the road in a few minutes.

Sometimes the united states act like idiots. This little war their embarking on is one of those times. I'm going to get modded down by patriotic americans

Nobody worthy of being called a guru would use the word "n00b".

An expert, especially in "Unix guru". Implies not only wizard skill but also a history of being a knowledge resource for others.

Definition of Karma Whore

Definition of jealousy

You might also find this interesting, as it pertains to you as well:
Definition of idiot

I think when you say disserve you mean deserve.

I'm pretty sure they spam sites that are either furry or pedophilia. Glad to know you're a visitor of those wonderful sites.

I think when you say disserve you mean deserve.

I'm pretty sure they spam sites that are either furry or pedophilia. Glad to know you're a visitor of those wonderful sites.

The reason for Nintendo's weakening position in the console market over the past decade is paradoxical (using Definition #1 for the word "paradox" of course): Nintendo doesn't do enough from a game perspective (relying on old franchises instead of new ideas, not to mention the lack of third parties) yet does too much from a system perspective (stuff like the insistence of cartridge media for the N64 and the overprioritizing of form factor for the Gamecube may look nice on paper, but may not do so well in practice). Add to that the kiddy image that Nintendo does little to combat and it's no surprise that the GC is third of three in America.

Really, the only thing that's keeping Nintendo in plenty of cash is their monopoly on the portable market. I doubt the PSP will topple that, but it's only a matter of time before that security blanket will be gone, and with the DS it looks like Nintendo is starting to do too much there as well.

Rob

No entry found for hampster.

Did you mean hamster?

Are we? Let's see now ...

• Do you mean "to spin once? Hmmm.. don't think that was anywhere in the article.
• Or maybe you thought that "spin" somehow actually means 'just once'. Guess not.
• Maybe you made an *ASSUMPTION*.

Well, maybe that's what the previous post was getting at. Ya think? ;)

When dealing with a time differential as in this case, you have to have a reference. Most articles dealing with changes in the earths rotational velocity deal with long time periods such as "3 microseconds per decade", so you can't always just assume anything you want to.

In this case it doesn't make it any less correct. And why should it mention UNIX? I'd say that, considering the meaning, it's a fair guess as to why it was chosen.
But seeing as you don't trust E2:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=etc
http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=etc
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=define%3Aetc. &btnG=Google+Search
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etc.

I don't believe apostate is the correct word.

Infidel a word that's probably more accurate from a Christian standpoint.

Apostate
One who has abandoned one's religious faith, a political party, one's principles, or a cause.

Infidel
An unbeliever with respect to a particular religion, especially Christianity or Islam.

In order for the countries that had been hit the worst to be considered apostate by Christianity, they must have held Christian beliefs and then rejected them. Since they are not Christian, they would be considered infidels, at least by the Christian.

I don't believe apostate is the correct word.

Infidel a word that's probably more accurate from a Christian standpoint.

Apostate
One who has abandoned one's religious faith, a political party, one's principles, or a cause.

Infidel
An unbeliever with respect to a particular religion, especially Christianity or Islam.

In order for the countries that had been hit the worst to be considered apostate by Christianity, they must have held Christian beliefs and then rejected them. Since they are not Christian, they would be considered infidels, at least by the Christian.

the first images of the shield came from the rover's "decent" cameras

While I'm sure the cameras were more than decent, I'll bet you probably meant the cameras used during the rover's descent to the surface. You had me confused for a short while there.

the first images of the shield came from the rover's "decent" cameras

While I'm sure the cameras were more than decent, I'll bet you probably meant the cameras used during the rover's descent to the surface. You had me confused for a short while there.

Well not exactly 40+ years old yet. But I'll agree that it has aged well since 1969, and the facelifts have been very good for the product and the user community.

See:
The History of Unix

Haberdash!

Did you mean balderdash? Haberdash is a verb meaning to deal in small wares.

And someone's a humorless boor.

Given that a dike is a kind of wire cutter used by electronics
technicians, that's got to hurt.

You forgot:

Whose.

Who's.

Keep up the good work,

The Grammar Nazis

You forgot:

Whose.

Who's.

Keep up the good work,

The Grammar Nazis

Dear PickyH3D,

Plains.

Planes.

Love,

The Grammar Police

Dear PickyH3D,

Plains.

Planes.

Love,

The Grammar Police

• defense
• offense

• defense
• offense

I thought the open source community was founded on COMMUNITY. Man, if the old days of USENET could see us now, they'd be ashamed

The service will be free in the five Texas parks for three months; then TengoInternet, the wireless provider, will charge about $15 a day.

Err... doesn't exactly sound all that "free" to me.

"Hence, in order to have good coverage, you need to put antennas all over the park."

Just to prevent the future fires that the spelling police will start.

Antennas is correct when talking electronics.
Antennae is correct when talking biology.
- Source

AlexTheBeast
--
Tech-Recipes - Leave Your Computer Knowledge for Future Generations

Yes it does. You wanted to suggest a moral course of action, and your only recourse is to a silly cartoon? That bespeaks a certain lack of depth. It certainly doesn't support your point in any meaningful way.

plus, it doesn't have anything to do with "metaphysics".

Lisa Simpson would know better. Look it up

I think you ought to THINK about what the point is and not how the point is phrased.

I THINK you ought to read the rest of my response and address the substance of what I said instead of picking on the one or two parts of it you think you understand.

dude, "costed"?

Seriously, learn some grammar

Well, Windows may have problems..er, issues. But it is still popular..

Your statement is untrue. "Forced" means coercion, which you interpret can only be delivered through violence (an Uzi) but is not a true definition.

Your narrow definition of forced is plain wrong.

Try this new software.. it's called a dictionary:
forced. Come back when you finish your homework. Other suggested reading.

Your statement is untrue. "Forced" means coercion, which you interpret can only be delivered through violence (an Uzi) but is not a true definition.

Your narrow definition of forced is plain wrong.

Try this new software.. it's called a dictionary:
forced. Come back when you finish your homework. Other suggested reading.

I think that the crux of our disagreement appears to be that acknowledging the existance of God is not quite "religious" since for example, agnostics acknowledge the existence of God.

[emphasis mine]

This is a common mistake. An agnostic doesn't acknowledge the existence of God. An agnostic is neutral on the question, since (from an agnostic point of view) there's no substantial evidence either way. See this link.

For brevity (and because I think my opinion on the matter is boring), I usually tell people that I'm an atheist, when in fact I'm agnostic. :)

About your claim that ethics are subjective and have always been, I must say that you should be aware of the immense burden of proof behind that statement. Your average rationalist philosopher would take issue with such a claim (Plato, Descartes, Pascal, etc.).

An excellent point which is often glossed over these days. I'm saying this as a liberal who is not a relativist. That's bound to make some people mad. Or confused. A friend of mine wrote on this.

You might want to check your defs. It's funny that you create your own definition and then call the person unedumacated...
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=theft&r=6 7

because zeitgeist is not a native english word?

It's in the dictionary, what more do you want? My suspicion is that you're just angry because someone used a word you didn't know.

And what's a "native English word" anyway? Would "man" qualify? That's German too. How about "detail"? That's French. "Pajama"? Whoops, Persian.

-- Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Since the definition established for this discussion was already explained 6 posts ago, your introduction of alternative, wrong sources is meaningless. Proc6 gave a reference she trusted, and I explained that she was incapable of reading it.

You lost that argument a long time ago. Definitions change with usage. Common usage, whether you like it or not, is to conflate piracy with unauthorised duplication. I say duplication, because current anti-piracy music disk mangling is aimed at preventing duplication, nor distribution. The RIAA tried to go further with their lawsuit against Diamond over the Rio just because it played mp3s, but they backed down on that one, so for the moment, piracy == unauthorised duplication, as it's meant by the people who actually use the word the most.

I think you mean "cachet".

1. An inference or conclusion that does not follow from the premises or evidence.
2. A statement that does not follow logically from what preceded it.

Interest generalization. Because one human being is evil, you assume that everyone associated with them is also evil. So do you feel that all of humanity is evil (since we are all human beings ... do you extend their evil to include all of the rest of us, too)?

Disclaimer: I had a partial Roman Catholic education. One of my school teachers was accused in that scandal. I do not know how his case turned out - I did not follow the case. But I did find myself remembering that I really disliked that man, and that my parents really disliked that man at the time, too. I remember him being a mean and nasty human being. So, when the charges came up, I found myself wondering if he really did what he was accused of or was it just someone using the furor to retaliate against a mean human being. because that man was so nasty that I wondered if the accusation was real, or just an opportunity taken to strike back at a nasty man.

What the hell are you talking about?

Hyperbole.

Look it up sometime.

...just...a...joke... Your factual retort is unnecessary, though marginally interesting.

I mean, why do you even need something like this? If you don't have anything to hide, there shouldn't be a problem with your internet chats being monitored.

BTW, click here

Even if "TOR Books" was trademarked, it's not in the same industry or even sector as the Tor sharing system, so trademark protection wouldn't apply anyway.

As my brain has imploded trying to come up with not one, but two, words that begin with the number 3, I would like to know exactly what L33t is an acronym for.

First: the guy is from Long Island NY.
Second: Here is a definition of the word propagandist.
-Hope that makes you feel less stupid now.

" How can someone prove that they "did not know" something. That is like proving pigs don't fly or WMD don't exist."

It happens in the courts all the time. Rather than pigs, in courts it's often the "if it looks, acts and walks like a duck" principle. Another very simple and common concept (but one of which people without much legal experience are often unaware) is the "laugh test." If you try to go to court making a claim that an average person wouldn't believe (for example, if you ran Suprnova and you went into court claiming that you had no clue that most of the torrents on your site were illegal), you would quite properly be laughed out of court.

To use a more proper legal term, there's also the notion of prima facie. Your "pigs don't fly" example would fall under this. People know that pigs don't fly, so there's no point in even discussing the matter in court. Sure, it's circular, but it saves a lot of time avoiding silliness like "pigs fly" or "I didn't know that my torrent site had torrents of copyrighted materials."

intuitable

Sounds like a pr0n tontine.