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and so does this guy

Well at least he didn't spell it like shorthand writing.

I suggest comparing my post with common critiques of Open Source / Free Software, perhaps followed by a consideration of the term irony.

My personal gripe with the Msft hegemony lately has to do with IE and Java - those poorly designed sites that only work with IE, and also need jvm (which is no longer bundled with the os or ie) - you get directed to a Msft sales pages that tries to convince you to migrate away from java. It took me a lot of looking to find where to get the jvm from Sun to install - it would completely flummox some granny with her new pc box how to use a non-msft product.

Somebody should sit Justice K down with that specific issue and cut thru all the legal hairsplitting. It's so damn obviously to anyone with half a brain that an Msft controlled box is nowhere near a level completitive playing field.

Unfortunately the cure is going to be about as bad as the disease and is going to suck all around but they all brought it on themselves.

Meanwhile I'll be playing with gimp2 on Irix 6 ;)

I keep Dictionary.com's Word of the Day as my home page. How else would I learn how to mock the ignorant without them knowing it?

I think you may want to check out this link.

Good grief.

"emote" is an actual word, meaning "to express emotion."

here is the link.

How is this measure, which is entirely legal and non-violent "terrorist-like"? Or is everything we don't like supposed to be referred to as "terrorism" now? I didn't get the memo...

Slave owners in the South routinely made examples out of troublemakers by severely beating or killing them. Even more recently, the Nazi regime routinely scared the Jewish community into submission before they began to eradicate them. Both instances were legal and both instances were undeniably forms of terrorism.

terrorism (n.): "The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons."

I'm willing to argue that, if the laws are unjust, acts which are lawful may still be a form of terrorism. As its been stated on here numerous times in the past in a number of different ways, the idea that one can own an intangible object that, at the same time, they wish to be distributed to the world is absurd and unjust given the way humans think and interpret information. Even if you don't agree with this, however, you can agree with the fact that our legal system unfairly favors the rich, and when you're involved in litigation against an entity with nearly unlimited funds, you have little to no chance (even if you have a good case). This too is unjust.

Staring down the barrel of multi-million dollar lawsuit that could ruin the lives of you and your loved ones that you additionally have virtually no chance of winning over a couple songs that were may have been recorded up to 75 years ago seems like terrorism to me, and its legality makes no difference.

-Grym

It is true that there are many athiests who say that they believe that God does not exist. But this nonbelief in God is not necessary for atheism. There are many atheists who lack the positive belief "There are no Gods."

It is true that there are many athiests who say that they believe that God does not exist. But this nonbelief in God is not necessary for atheism. There are many atheists who lack the positive belief "There are no Gods."

It is true that there are many athiests who say that they believe that God does not exist. But this nonbelief in God is not necessary for atheism. There are many atheists who lack the positive belief "There are no Gods."

I think you don't quite understand the definition of molten.

Molten means more than just melted. It could also mean "melted, then cast in a mold". Check our good friend dictionary.com.

It would be very impractical to drive a tractor trailer full of MELTED, HOT aluminum anyplace, as it would cool fairly rapidly.

So, I think we'd all like to see some this "one accident" that you speak of. If only because if this is true, it's fucking cool. But I think you're full of BS.

Coincidence would seem to be a better description.

Coincidence would seem to be a better description.

I meant broad, sorry.

Since it's impossible and illegal to fake your domain name registration info

Hah! Don't make me laugh.... spammers do it all the time

Look up sarcasm. Here, I'll help.

Gibson coined "cyberspace," not "cyberpunk." SF editor extraordinaire Gardner Dozois" came up with "cyberpunk" to describe the 80s sub-genre which included Gibson, Sterling, John Shirley, and others.</pedant>

I definitely agree Sterling is the Big Idea man and Gibson is the poet. I wouldn't be so harsh about the depth of Gibson's characters though, especially not in his later books.

Gibson coined "cyberspace," not "cyberpunk." SF editor extraordinaire Gardner Dozois" came up with "cyberpunk" to describe the 80s sub-genre which included Gibson, Sterling, John Shirley, and others.</pedant>

I definitely agree Sterling is the Big Idea man and Gibson is the poet. I wouldn't be so harsh about the depth of Gibson's characters though, especially not in his later books.

Let's not start re-inventing technical meanings.

It's not a reinvention, though. The word usage in the computer user-interface field has always been at odds with the English language. But computers became so popular that they've wiped-out the original meaning.

Graphical is not Text.

That's exactly what the word means, though. In fact to be pedantically correct, a photograph or diagram isn't graphical. Only written text is by-definition "graphic".

Use your dictionary: the very first definition listed is "Of or relating to a written representation". That's the oldest meaning of the word; the others are neologisms by comparison.

To be linguistically correct, modern computers would be said to employ PUIs (Pictoral User Interfaces)

"Where did you get your $75 price from?"

He read it in this other article.

What if you are a psychiatrist studying people's behavior when they become angry or irrational? (Or just doing calculus?)

Yeah, it would really suck if a rouge asteroid hit us. The color would clash horribly with our aqua colored oceans.

uppercase tr.v. uppercased, uppercasing, uppercases; To print or set in uppercase letters. (source)

You suck at the English! ;-)

The final word was heard from Ulster Bank today. I've ordered a new card from my Norwegian bank.

I ain't puttin' nothin' of mine into any of their ATMs again either.

except - perhaps - a welding flame

Oh, reading through this comment: Before the affectation of the cognitively superior is put into words: Ain't is a word.

(As in: "I ain't convinced that English is defined by its dictionaries alone.")

Doubt me?

There's more than one legitimate meaning of "take". From dictionary.com:

1. To get into one's possession by force, skill, or artifice...

10. To accept and place under one's care or keeping.

They're not taking the money in sense 1, but they certainly are taking it in sense 10. I hope that you will admit that there is irony in accepting money from a rich donor and then using it in a way that may serve to undermine the source of that donor's wealth. Whether you view that as pleasant or unpleasant irony obviously depends on your view of Mr. Gates.

how do you spell fiance

This is actually a valid question, IMHO, and one which I have actually entered into a search page.

Fiance vs. Fiancee

There is a difference.

-dave-

how do you spell fiance

This is actually a valid question, IMHO, and one which I have actually entered into a search page.

Fiance vs. Fiancee

There is a difference.

-dave-

"Retard is an offensive term for mentally handicapped people."

Really? I thought was a verb, you pointy-headed stupid twit.

Actually, viruses is correct.

Check out dictionary.com, and this essay entitled "What's the plural of 'virus'?".

"To cite as an example or means of proof in an argument."

adduce

A form of logical inference or an instance of it, based on the assumption that if two things are known to be alike in some respects, then they must be alike in other respects.

Take it up with dictionary.com.

Also, see Title 17 Chapter 12 Section 1204.

Keep on thinking that Dowling and LaMacchia keep you and your kind safe, but remember who's in the Supremes now, and that "private financial gain" could easily be interpreted by a partisan court as "absense of loss".

I agree about the WTF, but I'm not sure it's really offtopc. It's more of a non sequitur.

Libel:
1. A false publication, as in writing, print, signs, or pictures, that damages a person's reputation.
2. The act of presenting such material to the public.

Slander:
1. Law. Oral communication of false statements injurious to a person's reputation.
2. A false and malicious statement or report about someone.

Libel:
1. A false publication, as in writing, print, signs, or pictures, that damages a person's reputation.
2. The act of presenting such material to the public.

Slander:
1. Law. Oral communication of false statements injurious to a person's reputation.
2. A false and malicious statement or report about someone.

Actually, yes it is. Definition

Watch n. (...) 8. A small portable timepiece, especially one worn on the wrist or carried in the pocket.

" You are the prize winner of being the first schmuck to post the "begs-the-question" pedanticry to slashdot!"

The word is "pedantry."

Sorry about your literacy issue you must be one of those arkansian supporters. For your digestion I offer the following.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=fundament alist

So what's your agenda with that comment? True ignorance? Is it simply a contemptuous comment born out of the heart of a truly helpless individual?

I for one am done with people who make unsubstantiated ludicrous comments about our president because they can't find anything truly wrong with him or how he has done as president. It just so happens that people who make statements like that about bush fall into two categories. The first being the ignorant sheeples that just heard it from someone else. The second being the people who hate bush no matter what he does because he was "elected not elected".

In any event the article itself was not worth even being mentioned on slashdot as its only tie in are the avatars in video games and guess what they don't mater. The comment about Bush was just to illustrate the writer is a little out of touch with reality to begin with and as such the story itself is wroth even less because of that.

Yeah, but this article is different... I don't think they used the term beleagered once.

- Tony

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=irregardl ess

Now with click-ability!

negligible

the main problem is there abuse of being a monopoly not the actual monopoly it self.

Ok, I'm just ranting now. Cheers

There's nothing like a good old rant it helps keep the blood pressure down.

You can improve power and ease of use and it won't be even, in the slightest bit, innovative. Power/Ease of Use and Innovation have nothing to do with each other. Completely separate.

Congratulations on completely ballsing up the definition of innovation.

Sure archetypical stereotypes can be offensive, you may be unsure about your own sexuality, you may be expected to react appropriately (see vilify) in front of your peers, etc. But, in essence it should not be any more offensive than a republican, or a dog, or anything else that you are not.

Q.

How?

Simple:

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

all i need is well made products: like a good grammar checker to correct inevitable typoes
[...]
critical, but easily overlooked, typoes

typo
n. Informal pl. typos

Is there an OSS grammar checker I am un-aware of?

Experience (and that's "unaware"). Seriously -- I just look at your post and errors jump out at me. How can you not see them?

I'm not even a humanities major or anything. I've just been corrected when I have made errors, and have taken those corrections to heart so as not to make them again. For the cases in which I am in doubt, there are reference books.

The next time your application corrects you, make a note of it, look up the rule, and promise yourself not to repeat the error. Soon you will not need the application, and will start finding the many errors in its programming. In my experience, Word fails miserably when it encounters advanced or complicated language.

I think you don't know what hence means. If it applies at all here, it would be "there are marketing problems, hence I don't know of many Linux products."

It's a grammar mistake, not a spelling one. Perhaps we ought to consult a dictionary to see that loosing is a perfectly acceptable English word. Yeah, too bad you don't know wtf you're talking about.

It was an unelected paralegal doing the research who fell for the DHMO joke. Did you consider that along the way, someone (quite possibly an elected official) spotted the bad research and stopped the monkey business?

No, but we may be loosing out literacy