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I appologize for continuing this off-topic discussion. I simply wanted to point out that not all Americans are "Ugly Americans" as described by the parent. I would say that the "Ugly American" definition as given above is more of a stereotype than an archetype, with the key difference being that his definition is oversimplified. I want to emphasize here that I am not attacking, just pointing out that I am offended by being lumped into a group of mean people because they happened to be from the same country as I am. I think this is a useful discussion, but unfortunately not necessary for Wil Wheaton to worry about. However it would be fun if he weighed in on it, being an American that has traveled around the universe an all. Starfleet Academy will also be located in Ugly America (Ugly San Francisco to be exact). Thanks, James

Although open source programmers have done neat things, one must be careful not to throw around the word 'hero'.

Heroes are people who save lives.

Bah! Everyone knows that a hero is a mighty tasty sandwich.

Although, I suppose if you were really, really hungry your definition could apply...

http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=131092&cid=109 47940

Because you're curious and lazy, and I am obsessive-compulsive nothing to see there though.

One word: yodeling.

oh the irony...

orthographies

You're saying I'm creating arbitrary meanings for phrases.

If you need the definition for "margin" of error, these might help

A measure, quantity, or degree of difference: a margin of 500 votes.

5 : measure or degree of difference

http://www.google.com/search?num=50&hl=en&lr=&as_q dr=all&q=%22margin+of+error%22+votes should explain a lot more

If you call a tail a leg, how many legs does a dog have? Five, you say? No, the answer is four: calling a tail a leg doesn't make it so.

You can refer to an embryo in whatever clinical, dehumanizing terms you want. Call it a "scrap of tissue," call it a "bunch of cells," call it an "unwanted growth." Applying these names doesn't change the essential fact that an embryo is a baby.

If you call a tail a leg, how many legs does a dog have? Five, you say? No, the answer is four: calling a tail a leg doesn't make it so.

You can refer to an embryo in whatever personifying, emotive terms you want. Call it a "baby", call it a "person", call it a "lifeform". Applying these names doesn't change the essential fact that an embryo is not a sentient being.

You might like to note: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=baby ; at best, a fetus could be called a baby. But a fetus is not an embryo.

If you call a tail a leg, how many legs does a dog have? Five, you say? No, the answer is four: calling a tail a leg doesn't make it so.

You can refer to an embryo in whatever clinical, dehumanizing terms you want. Call it a "scrap of tissue," call it a "bunch of cells," call it an "unwanted growth." Applying these names doesn't change the essential fact that an embryo is a baby.

If you call a tail a leg, how many legs does a dog have? Five, you say? No, the answer is four: calling a tail a leg doesn't make it so.

You can refer to an embryo in whatever personifying, emotive terms you want. Call it a "baby", call it a "person", call it a "lifeform". Applying these names doesn't change the essential fact that an embryo is not a sentient being.

You might like to note: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=baby ; at best, a fetus could be called a baby. But a fetus is not an embryo.

If you call a tail a leg, how many legs does a dog have? Five, you say? No, the answer is four: calling a tail a leg doesn't make it so.

You can refer to an embryo in whatever clinical, dehumanizing terms you want. Call it a "scrap of tissue," call it a "bunch of cells," call it an "unwanted growth." Applying these names doesn't change the essential fact that an embryo is a baby.

If you call a tail a leg, how many legs does a dog have? Five, you say? No, the answer is four: calling a tail a leg doesn't make it so.

You can refer to an embryo in whatever personifying, emotive terms you want. Call it a "baby", call it a "person", call it a "lifeform". Applying these names doesn't change the essential fact that an embryo is not a sentient being.

You might like to note: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=baby ; at best, a fetus could be called a baby. But a fetus is not an embryo.

Do you lie awake at night and wonder if anal retentive is hyphenated?

No. I don't.

LK

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=vender
vender( P )Pronunciation Key (vndr)
n.
Variant of vendor.

You say "toe-may-toe" I say "toe-mah-toe".

I think you should learn the definition of the word noble

Just pointing out the hypocracy. The Bush stance is that the benefits of embryonic stem Cell research would be years away. People have been saying since the early 80's that Star Wars is a pipe dream. Yet Bush still backs the Star Wars program. In 20 years of Star Wars we have not had one tangible thing to show from it. However, 20 years of embryonic research would most likely yield real results we could use in society at a fraction of the cost of Star Wars. I am all for a missle defense shield. But lets be a little realistic.

The SEDs (Smoke Emitting Diodes) were functioning properly, completing their transition to friodes. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=smoke-emi tting%20diode

Look here

It's in Cambridge. Trim the suffix. (And perhaps get a better dictionary.)

No entry found for paralysed.

Not to rain on your parade or anything, but flautist is a perfectly good synonym for flutist.

Seriously though, a music playing ring does seem pretty bling-bling. An ancient cow-herders song is unlikely to impress the ladies though...

Not to rain on your parade or anything, but flautist is a perfectly good synonym for flutist.

Seriously though, a music playing ring does seem pretty bling-bling. An ancient cow-herders song is unlikely to impress the ladies though...

• 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.

• 1. Military materiel, such as weapons, ammunition, combat vehicles, and equipment.
• 
  2. The branch of an armed force that procures, maintains, and issues weapons, ammunition, and combat vehicles.
  3. Cannon; artillery.

• 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.

• 1. Military materiel, such as weapons, ammunition, combat vehicles, and equipment.
• 
  2. The branch of an armed force that procures, maintains, and issues weapons, ammunition, and combat vehicles.
  3. Cannon; artillery.

I think they mean ordnance, not ordinance. Sorry, this is a pet peeve of mine, along with affect/effect, its/it's, etc.

I think they mean ordnance, not ordinance. Sorry, this is a pet peeve of mine, along with affect/effect, its/it's, etc.

No, I think they meant burglarized, just like they said. It's perfectly good English on this side of the pond, as is "buglary". English has rules but they aren't always set in stone. If you want a language that makes perfect sense go check out Lojban, previously known as Loglan.

it's not a war, just another law-enforcement function

Now you're just arguing the semantics of the word "war".

dictionary.com defines it as anything but brief... actually "often prolonged" and "A concerted effort or campaign to combat or put an end to something considered injurious: the war against acid rain."

To quote a friend, 'morality is between you and God, ethics are between you and your fellow man'.

Your friend has it backwards. "Mores" pertains to the values of a group of people as a whole. "Ethos" refers to the personal values of an individual. Of course, I can't find you any decent sources to quote because every dictionary confuses the two. The best evidence I can give is to look at the roots of the two words: ethos means character; moralis means custom.

There isn't a government on earth that successfully regulates 'ethical', or wholly personal, behaviour. Many even try unsuccessfully to regulate 'morals', or to ensure that predominant individual practices are practiced by every member of society: things like obeying speed limits and saying the pledge in school. In reality, however, neither morals nor ethics are the purview of a government that respects individual liberty.

Professionals such as doctors and lawyers are entreated to abide by a code of *ethics* because (due to their intimate relationships with others and the gravity of their responsibilities) their actions cannot be realistically regulated by *moral* (inter-personal) codes.

To quote a friend, 'morality is between you and God, ethics are between you and your fellow man'.

Your friend has it backwards. "Mores" pertains to the values of a group of people as a whole. "Ethos" refers to the personal values of an individual. Of course, I can't find you any decent sources to quote because every dictionary confuses the two. The best evidence I can give is to look at the roots of the two words: ethos means character; moralis means custom.

There isn't a government on earth that successfully regulates 'ethical', or wholly personal, behaviour. Many even try unsuccessfully to regulate 'morals', or to ensure that predominant individual practices are practiced by every member of society: things like obeying speed limits and saying the pledge in school. In reality, however, neither morals nor ethics are the purview of a government that respects individual liberty.

Professionals such as doctors and lawyers are entreated to abide by a code of *ethics* because (due to their intimate relationships with others and the gravity of their responsibilities) their actions cannot be realistically regulated by *moral* (inter-personal) codes.

You are truly stupid. Go brush your teef you stinky englishman.

Also, the "tagline" you mentioned is found at dictionary.com

You can't in one sentence claim free speech is lacking and allude to wanting better laws, and then in the next sentence clearly approve of the behaviour by propagating it.

Working party:

n : a group of people working together temporarily until some goal is achieved;

It seems clear that a terrorist organisation (or ANY organisation, for that matter) is a working party. You have successfully proven that either you have no idea what Free Speech means, or you have been successfully led to believe you aren't being controlled.

To sum up: Putting people in jail because they called a tomato a fruit is ludicrous.

I'm pretty sure you have neither a phone nor a camera on your persona :)

In your person, maybe.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=margin

A limit in a condition or process, beyond or below which something is no longer possible or acceptable: the margin of reality; has crossed the margin of civilized behavior.

An amount allowed beyond what is needed: a small margin of safety. See Synonyms at room.

A measure, quantity, or degree of difference: a margin of 500 votes.

From a dictionary:
center ( P ) Pronunciation Key (sntr)
n.
A place where a particular activity or service is concentrated: a medical center.

centre ( P ) Pronunciation Key (sntr)
n. & v. Chiefly British
Variant of center.

Common sense might indicate to you that this was the case, and common sense would be completely wrong. While the connotations of the word recycle are generally what you suggest, the denotation may clearly be a synonym for reuse.

consult:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recycle
http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary& va=recycle&x=0&y=0
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=recycle
http://www.dict.org/bin/Dict?Form=Dict2&Database=* &Query=recycle

-michael

Apple is a company, not a religion and speaking negative things about Apple isn't hearsay.

No, hearing someone talk about someone else who was speaking negative things about Apple is hearsay.

Speaking negative things about Apple is heresy. ;-)

Apple is a company, not a religion and speaking negative things about Apple isn't hearsay.

No, hearing someone talk about someone else who was speaking negative things about Apple is hearsay.

Speaking negative things about Apple is heresy. ;-)

Yes, you're right: Virus Definition

Well, my usage improved today.

piracy

2. The unauthorized use or reproduction of copyrighted or patented material: software piracy.

2. b. the unauthorized use, interception, or receipt of encoded communications (as satellite cable programming) esp. to avoid paying fees for use piracy of programming signals -- United States v. Harrell , 983 Federal Reporter, Second Series 36 (1993)>

Do you want to reconsider the lecture, professor?

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=executive
1. A person or group having administrative or managerial authority in an organization.
organisation != company.

I think you're looking for the word crowd. The words crowed and crewed really don't fit. A crew is like a boat crew, not like a random bunch of people.

I think you're looking for the word crowd. The words crowed and crewed really don't fit. A crew is like a boat crew, not like a random bunch of people.

I think you're looking for the word crowd. The words crowed and crewed really don't fit. A crew is like a boat crew, not like a random bunch of people.

I believe the grandparent was talking about the fact that the T1 standard is used in the US. The european counterpart would be the E1, regardless of what your specific connection happens to be.

Rather obviously, configuration and compilation ensures compatibility with the existing installation.

What does Internet Explorer

Different distros don't even use the same kernel. Many apply their own patches to the kernel. If you need packages prepared for you, use Mandrake, and you can request RPMs for your favorite apps.

Nobody is forcing you to use Linux or any particular distro.

If you are so bothered by the lack of a package for your favorite app, then why not give something back and put an RPM together?

There are numerous unoffensive definitions of the word gimp.

What? That is definitely not a sentence.

Whatever you mean by "aura" -- I'm guessing it's like "tone" or "color", vague hippie lit professor concerns IMHO -- is at best a side issue, at worst a distracting, undefinable tangent. ...

I'm sorry but this seems like some kinda market-droid speak.

I was using the word aura in the market-droid sense ... people market products, but they also market ideas.

"Babies", "persons" and now apparently "children" are clearly, clearly not fetuses.

Read a dictionary recently? I'm not suggesting that all babies/persons/children are fetuses, but that all fetuses are babies/persons/children.

Whatever you mean by "aura" -- I'm guessing it's like "tone" or "color", vague hippie lit professor concerns IMHO -- is at best a side issue, at worst a distracting, undefinable tangent. ...

I'm sorry but this seems like some kinda market-droid speak.

I was using the word aura in the market-droid sense ... people market products, but they also market ideas.

"Babies", "persons" and now apparently "children" are clearly, clearly not fetuses.

Read a dictionary recently? I'm not suggesting that all babies/persons/children are fetuses, but that all fetuses are babies/persons/children.

Whatever you mean by "aura" -- I'm guessing it's like "tone" or "color", vague hippie lit professor concerns IMHO -- is at best a side issue, at worst a distracting, undefinable tangent. ...

I'm sorry but this seems like some kinda market-droid speak.

I was using the word aura in the market-droid sense ... people market products, but they also market ideas.

"Babies", "persons" and now apparently "children" are clearly, clearly not fetuses.

Read a dictionary recently? I'm not suggesting that all babies/persons/children are fetuses, but that all fetuses are babies/persons/children.

I'll agree that fetus is a word that could be used to describe a prenatal child

but the word doesn't have the same aura as the word child.

"Babies", "persons" and now apparently "children" are clearly, clearly not fetuses. Keep it simple! If we complicate the issue, the foolish people (Or are they insane?!) who misuse the word "fetus" are bound to remain confused.

As I've stated, it's an attempt to cast the conversation in the sort of light that you'd like to see it in.

the attempt to rebrand baby/person as merely a fetus