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According to dictionary.com,

technophobe = Fear of or aversion to technology, especially computers and high technology

Aren't people who write with pens actually Luddites?

Definition of analog: "Of, relating to, or being a device in which data are represented by continuously variable, measurable, physical quantities, such as length, width, voltage, or pressure."

I submit that just because a watch has moving hands does not make it analog. Many moving-hand type watches keep time by using quartz crystals. Guess what? They count the number of vibrations of the crystal and tick one second every 32768 oscillations. Since they count, they are, by definition, digital.

True analog watches are ones that you usually wind up every day, the ones that have springs and weights inside to oscillate naturally every second, without any circuits to count the number of oscillations.

It is (at least) theoretically possible to hook up an LCD to a spring-weight mechanism; that would still be analog. But anything with quartz crystals and 15 half-adder circuits must necessarily be digital.

Of course we all take pleasure out of SCO's misery. Why should we hide it? They're a bunch of rotten cock-smokers (the litigious bastards campaign was a success, it's time to expand it), and we all hate the bastards. I think it's time the English-speaking world get a concept of what Germans call Schadenfreude, because you, like everyone else, are perfectly capable of having this emotion.

The lack of a word for it seems to make some of you incapable of recognizing this. Asking everyone to hide their "malicious satisfaction of SCO's misfortunes" is about the same as asking people to pretend they didn't do it, even if they didn't do it anyway.

I say this about the SCO website situation: It serves them right, but I'm not going to take the blame for it. Hell, I haven't even had the virus sent to me yet.

It's viruses, not 'viree'! :-)

zzzreyes lives in Canada.
Hence, he lives in a 4-storey building.

Hey, maybe you should read ALL the definitions of the word athlete before you over impress everyone with your, what is that, stupidity?

To quote, for others who are perhaps too freaking LAZY to read down that far:

3. One fitted for, or skilled in, intellectual contests; as, athletes of debate.

So, yes, smartass; as dumb as it sounds, Gary Kasparov is a "Mind Athlete".

By the way, how the hell did you manage to spell athlete correctly the first them, but then incorrectly as athelete?

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Hey, maybe you should read ALL the definitions of the word athlete before you over impress everyone with your, what is that, stupidity?

To quote, for others who are perhaps too freaking LAZY to read down that far:

3. One fitted for, or skilled in, intellectual contests; as, athletes of debate.

So, yes, smartass; as dumb as it sounds, Gary Kasparov is a "Mind Athlete".

By the way, how the hell did you manage to spell athlete correctly the first them, but then incorrectly as athelete?

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Hey, maybe you should read ALL the definitions of the word athlete before you over impress everyone with your, what is that, stupidity?

To quote, for others who are perhaps too freaking LAZY to read down that far:

3. One fitted for, or skilled in, intellectual contests; as, athletes of debate.

So, yes, smartass; as dumb as it sounds, Gary Kasparov is a "Mind Athlete".

By the way, how the hell did you manage to spell athlete correctly the first them, but then incorrectly as athelete?

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Mind athletes?? The last time I checked, an Athlete is someone who required good physical attributes in order to be sucessful. The term "Mind Athlete" makes no sense whatsoever.

demanding the mind athletes be treated with the same respect as physical athletes.

Mind athletes?? The last time I checked, an Athlete is someone who required good physical attributes in order to be sucessful. The term "Mind Athlete" makes no sense whatsoever.

Lets call these people what they are...gamers. Being a gamer is nothing to be ashamed of, and I would love to see more professional gaming, and more pro gamers. This goes for both the electronic and "pencil and paper" variety.

But come on people, is Gary Kasparov a "Mind Athelete"? Maybe gatorade can come out with a new marketing campaign:

"When you're trying to decide between bishop to R3 or a queen gambit, your body depletes essential minerals and nutrients..."

demanding the mind athletes be treated with the same respect as physical athletes.

Mind athletes?? The last time I checked, an Athlete is someone who required good physical attributes in order to be sucessful. The term "Mind Athlete" makes no sense whatsoever.

Lets call these people what they are...gamers. Being a gamer is nothing to be ashamed of, and I would love to see more professional gaming, and more pro gamers. This goes for both the electronic and "pencil and paper" variety.

But come on people, is Gary Kasparov a "Mind Athelete"? Maybe gatorade can come out with a new marketing campaign:

"When you're trying to decide between bishop to R3 or a queen gambit, your body depletes essential minerals and nutrients..."

>Thats a pretty screwed up analogy.

I do hope these links help you to understand modern english prose better.

I also see you agree with my general gist, though. Or do you? You weren't clear.

>Thats a pretty screwed up analogy.

I do hope these links help you to understand modern english prose better.

I also see you agree with my general gist, though. Or do you? You weren't clear.

not to be rude, but don't you mean specious ?

According to dictionary.com it is viruses

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

... liers ...

So you're saying they are people who lie down a lot? Or did you mean liars, as in they don't tell the truth? If you're going to flame, learn to fucking spell first.

And here's another definition just for you.

Some education for you:
Piracy is "The unauthorized use or reproduction of copyrighted or patented material".

Crazy editors can't even spell-check Lycoris.

jingonists

jingoism ( P ) Pronunciation Key (jngg-zm)
n.
Extreme nationalism characterized especially by a belligerent foreign policy; chauvinistic patriotism

They're called patsies.

Actually, the "royal we" refers only to the speaker. Speaking on behalf of a group using "we" is different.

Just another day in the life of a Grammar Nazi.

I beleive the phrase you're looking for is "natural monopoly". You're insistence on the use of the term "naturalized" makes me sincerely doubt your credentials as an expert at economics, since I don't think most monopolies are "introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation" or "planted so as to give an effect of wild growth".

this is what made me understand why people like watching sports, as I never have.

Definition 2 of Deprecate is: To belittle; depreciate. They're synonymous.

'Deprecate', not 'depreciate'.

'Deprecate', not 'depreciate'.

I agree... common usage of a word sometimes causes problems. I'll invite you, however (and anyone else who's confused) to take a look at the defintion of the word receipt. Notice that there's no usage that says it's something you take with you?

Also you should not think of this just in the terms of the voter. The government itself needs to have a receipt of what the voters wanted. That is encoded (at least) in Florida State Law, with respect to voter intent (must be verifiable), and what Diebold machines failed to do.

Perfect

who throws a wooden shoe?

Saboteurs, perhaps?

Makes sense to me...

From the above link:

For many grammarians, unique is the paradigmatic absolute term, a shibboleth that distinguishes between those who understand that such a term cannot be modified by an adverb of degree or a comparative adverb and those who do not.

The intended interpretation of the word "fear" in "God-fearing" is rather antiquated compared to common modern usage. Look up the word "fear" in the dictionary... it is perhaps better translated "respect":

3. Extreme reverence or awe, as toward a supreme power.

antipodean

antipodes ( P ) Pronunciation Key (n-tp-dz)
pl.n.
1.)Any two places or regions that are on diametrically opposite sides of the earth.
2.)(used with a sing. or pl. verb) Something that is the exact opposite or contrary of another; an antipode.

apparently, spraypaint on wall == graffiti

I thought the same thing when I looked at the pictures.

I suppose it's all in what you program this plotter to draw and where you set it up to draw that would make it 'graffiti'.


n. pl. graffiti (-t)
A drawing or inscription made on a wall or other surface, usually so as to be seen by the public. Often used in the plural.

From the summary, I was half-expecting this to be some robotic arm deal, but this implementation to hang it from wires on the surface of the wall seems kind of interesting.

Could you really use a system like this to tag a subway train? Probably not.

Nope. Sorry. You are still wrong. The plural of ascus is asci.

So why do we use the word 'ascii'? Its an acronym, dumass.

naieve

The diacritic on the i in naive is not an umlaut, it is a dieresis. The standard typewriter spelling of umlauted words (add an e) is not applicable. Slashdot doesn't appear to allow the appropriate html entities (&iuml; is just plain is edited out of my preview html) and appears to translate any non-ascii roman character down to ascii. The convention in such situations is to just drop the dieresis and spell it "naive".

naieve

The diacritic on the i in naive is not an umlaut, it is a dieresis. The standard typewriter spelling of umlauted words (add an e) is not applicable. Slashdot doesn't appear to allow the appropriate html entities (&iuml; is just plain is edited out of my preview html) and appears to translate any non-ascii roman character down to ascii. The convention in such situations is to just drop the dieresis and spell it "naive".

Meaning?

I was unaware that my meaning was unclear. I used "Typical" in its typical way. Oh wait, you don't know what the word means. Here you go.

Just to clarify, I was pointing out that his attitude is extremely common among "God-fearing christians".

" Nazism and Fascism are not the same thing,"

Ok you got me. I mistyped. I first said they were NOT the same thing. You said they were, then I said that I am glad you changed your mind and agreed with me. I mistyped is all.

Anyway we both agree that nazism and fascism are NOT the same thing. Now that we have that out of way...

What do they have in common? Because you are so stupid I will make it easy for you. Here are the links to dictionary.com

fascism

nazism

After you read them you will see that they have a few things in common. Mainly belligerent nationalism, nationalistic expansion and of course racism.

You see now how you are a nazi and a fascist? You are racist and you advocate belligerent nationalism. You advocate controlling opposition through terror and censorship.

" Nazism and Fascism are not the same thing,"

Ok you got me. I mistyped. I first said they were NOT the same thing. You said they were, then I said that I am glad you changed your mind and agreed with me. I mistyped is all.

Anyway we both agree that nazism and fascism are NOT the same thing. Now that we have that out of way...

What do they have in common? Because you are so stupid I will make it easy for you. Here are the links to dictionary.com

fascism

nazism

After you read them you will see that they have a few things in common. Mainly belligerent nationalism, nationalistic expansion and of course racism.

You see now how you are a nazi and a fascist? You are racist and you advocate belligerent nationalism. You advocate controlling opposition through terror and censorship.

Actually, the correct spelling is virii according to "Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary"

Bull freakin crap. I defy you to find a link to prove that. While you are at it, explain these:
http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/v/v0118100.html
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=virus

By the way... the worms rely on security holes to spread. If there were no security holes the worms wouldn't be able to spread

Bull freakin crap. The emails trick users into launching executables. What- you don't think that an executable running on a Linux machine can send 100 emails in 30 seconds to people in your kMail address book? There is no security hole being exploited, only dumb users executing untrusted code.

Doom worm currently reeking havoc across the globe.

Doom worm currently reeking havoc across the globe.

"When in fact Apple is more closed source and proprietary than both of them combined"

???

How can you be "more closed source and proprietary"? I'd love you hear your explanation, including specifics where MS products are "more" open source and less proprietary.

"When in fact Apple is more closed source and proprietary than both of them combined"

???

How can you be "more closed source and proprietary"? I'd love you hear your explanation, including specifics where MS products are "more" open source and less proprietary.

...Kind of like the lady who felt reassured by seeing "chandaleer" on hundreds of web sites,

The thing that confuses me is:
If she's gonna use the internet to check her spelling, why did she use Ask Jeeves instead of the Dictionary ?

Oh, nevermind- Dictionary.com would have suggested she call it a "chandler"...

Like, the plural of "hero" is "heroes", and "heroe" and "heros" are both wrong

However, the plural of "gyro" (the sandwich, rhymes with "hero") is "gyros" [1]. Oddly, though, the plural of "gyro" (short for "gyroscope") is also listed as "gyros", though I would think it should be "gyroes"

When I say them out loud, I can hear a long sound like "oes" in "heroes", where I hear a more clipped "os" in "gyros" -- though maybe that's just my trying to add a Greek accent. When I say "gyroes" out loud, emphasizing the "y" with a Texas drawl, it really sounds like an "oes". And my co-workers look over the cube walls to see what form of dementia I'm currently exhibiting.

Potatoes, gyros, heroes... All this posting is making me hungry. Time for lunch.

Depends on your dialect. If you pronounce it "con-tro-ver-see-al," then you're right; if (as dictionary.com suggests) you say "con-tro-ver-shall," then the author is right.