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You are an asshole.

obvious
1. Easily perceived or understood; quite apparent. See Synonyms at apparent.
2. Easily seen through because of a lack of subtlety; transparent: an obvious political ploy.
3. Archaic. Standing in the way or in front.

blatant
1. Unpleasantly loud and noisy: "There are those who find the trombones blatant and the triangle silly, but both add effective color" (Musical Heritage Review). See Synonyms at vociferous.
2. Usage Problem. Totally or offensively conspicuous or obtrusive: a blatant lie.

obvious
1. Easily perceived or understood; quite apparent. See Synonyms at apparent.
2. Easily seen through because of a lack of subtlety; transparent: an obvious political ploy.
3. Archaic. Standing in the way or in front.

blatant
1. Unpleasantly loud and noisy: "There are those who find the trombones blatant and the triangle silly, but both add effective color" (Musical Heritage Review). See Synonyms at vociferous.
2. Usage Problem. Totally or offensively conspicuous or obtrusive: a blatant lie.

Progress comes from testing new ways of doing things. Experience shows that most new ideas fail. (Consider -- for most problem areas, there are an infinite number of ways to be very wrong than close to correct.)

Yes things fail but so what? As I said, we wouldn't be where we are without trying and failing. Being scared of failure will simply result in no progress at all.

tried. The left non-capitalist methods have repeatedly had the same results as nazism, only worse...

Clearly a right-winger such as yourself (if you are indeed one) considers the so-called Communism worse than Nazism. But I'll bet that most people would consider Nazism to be worse.

(The left-wing people explain this like the christians explain all the horrors of religion, "it is not an error in the religion, only what men do when implementing it! Please ignore that part about eternal torture (/dictatorship by the 'people'), by the way!".)

But the difference is that WE learn from our past mistakes. Religion, on the other hand, doesn't. The difference is that religion is static while left wing thought is not.

I am, of course, willing to happily embrace a better way of doing things -- when a working society has been implemented, worked for a few decades and there are good arguments why it will continue to work. There are none now.

If you don't want to try changing society, that's fine. You'll just lag others. The day will come when others DO succeed. If you are a conservative and want to live in Plato's cave, that's fine.

I think it is difficult for you to see what change is necessary. You live in Sweden and it is one of hte top countries in the world. So the status-quo is very attractive to you. On top of it, it has some socialist ideals so the country isn't as badly off as USA (how many homeless are there in Sweden?). Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of the majority of the world's population. The vast majority of people on earth are simply economic slaves! Visit or read up on South America and see if the status quo there is good enough.

A "fun" fact is that all idealist (religious and political) theories I've seen on how to organize a society make assumptions on human nature and behaviour -- something we don't know enough about to predict(!) and most of which seems to change in a random fashion with the culture in each generation!!

That's not entirely true. In some cases it's true; in others it's not. Some people like to seperate econopolitical systems (like socialism, capitalism, fascism, etc) into two categories. One are UTOPIAN systems. The other is called (I forget the name so let's just call it) "pragmatic" systems. Utopian systems involve coming up with a notion of utopia and then building a system from that. The other systems involve no advanced conceptions but instead involve coming up with ideals on-the-fly. What you are referring to are utopian systems. An example of a utopian system is communism. This system assumes certain things about the world. An example of a non-utopian system is anarchism. Anarchism, for example, does not assume as much as you imagine. I'm not saying one is better than the other. All I'm saying is that not all econopolitical systems have built-in assumptions.

There are minimum levels of education and wealth to have a functioning democracy. I'd put the date for modern democracy somewhere after the first world war (women got the vote here in Sweden about then).

You DO NOT need minimum levels of ANYTHING for democracy!!! If you believe such a thing, you are nothing more than an elitist. Your argument is the same as those used by aristocrats several hundread years ago, and imperialists rul

If you look up the definition here you'll see why they call it Cell Phone.

All of it. BTW, you spelled "holiday" wrong.

HOLLIDAY - American comedian best remembered for her performance in the play (1946-1950) and film (1950) Born Yesterday.

Progress as per definition 1: Movement, as toward a goal; advance.

is there any reason someone has taken time to write new drivers for hardware that is 6 years old

True most would not call writing code for a device long dead progress. However, two things stand out here:
A] The fact that someone developed this shows that they had a goal in mind.
B] The original post suggests 4 player gauntlet. A damn fine goal...

So the question really is; Why ask why?

I guess tone is everything.

Tolkien detested allegory of any kind, whereas the whole Narnia series were just that.

So you're saying that there was absolutely no allegory in any of Tolkien's work?

...while Narnia series was both allegory and a fable

``An allegory differs both from fable and parable, in that the properties of persons are fictitiously represented as attached to things, to which they are as it were transferred. . . .

Humor

1. The quality that makes something laughable or amusing; funniness: could not see the humor of the situation.
2. That which is intended to induce laughter or amusement: a writer skilled at crafting humor.
3. The ability to perceive, enjoy, or express what is amusing, comical, incongruous, or absurd. See Synonyms at wit1.
4. One of the four fluids of the body, blood, phlegm, choler, and black bile, whose relative proportions were thought in ancient and medieval physiology to determine a person's disposition and general health.
5. Physiology.
1. A body fluid, such as blood, lymph, or bile.
2. Aqueous humor.
3. Vitreous humor.
6. A person's characteristic disposition or temperament: a boy of sullen humor.
7. An often temporary state of mind; a mood: I'm in no humor to argue.
8.
1. A sudden, unanticipated whim. See Synonyms at mood1.
2. Capricious or peculiar behavior.

Bastard

Read the first definition. Since Joseph was married to Mary, and Joseph was not the father, that means Jesus was born out of wedlock.

So in closing, nice try!

They were not compelled, they chose to settle instead of fight it in court.

They were not compelled, they chose to settle instead of fight it in court.

You stoped?

"Niggardly" is actually a perfectly legitimate word in English, meaning "petty in giving or spending", or stingy. The etymology is completely uncrelated to a certain similar-sounding racial term, though due to the similar pronounciation and misinterpretations such as yours, "niggardly" is quickly falling out of use.

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

That said, the grandparent is most certainly 1) wrong (and stupid), as users would not be liable for infringing code in Linux anyway, and 2) a sad attempt at a troll, for reasons you stated.

You're wrong.

kirigami.

Inasmuch as a `recession' is defined as ``three consecutive quarters of falling real gross national product'', to claim, as you believe this graph does, that a recession occured for one quarter in late '91 is a meaningless statement. One suspects, of course, that you chose to link to an image alone and not the article from which it came because the article would have made this fact clear.

Of course, we can always take your definition of `recession', for the sake of argument. If we do, we see that even by your definition, the `recession' of '91 ended during the presidency of George H. W. Bush. So as a final gaffe in your series of gaffes, you have made exactly the point which you were trying to oppose: that Clinton cannot be credited for the economic growth of the nineties since it began before he was president.

To whatever extent you want to keep making these posts, you're welcome to, but as you're now averaging about one major gaffe or misunderstanding per post, doing so is certainly not serving to reduce the impression that you are an unserious (and rather confused) person.

Good day.

Now, is government censorship worse than that of a retail behemoth? Almost certainly. But the difference between the two is quantitative, not qualitative.

Jaegermeister does not taste like licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra). It tastes like anise (Pimpinella anisum). Interestingly, both are mediterranean herbs, and they certainly do taste similar. However, the interesting part of Anise is the seed, and the interesting part of licorice is the root.

Jaegermeister does not taste like licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra). It tastes like anise (Pimpinella anisum). Interestingly, both are mediterranean herbs, and they certainly do taste similar. However, the interesting part of Anise is the seed, and the interesting part of licorice is the root.

Yes, Mac OS X is venerable.

I reiterate: God is axiomatic.

adj 1: evident without proof or argument; "an axiomatic truth"; "we hold these truths to be self-evident" [syn: self-evident, taken for granted]

Yes, I assume conclusions that are self-evident without need for intellectual persuasion or empirical proof. And if you're honest with yourself, you'll find that you do too.

We couldn't function in life if we had to prove every belief that governs our decision-making and influences our ranking of priorities and values. Maybe you're not dogmatic about many beliefs (*cough*; BTW, your title is misspelled), but it is impossible not have them in some kind of order of acceptance in your mind. This matrix of beliefs dictates your every decision. You can change your matrix, but you can't opt out. Being atheist or agnostic doesn't mean that you're an independent bystander on the sidelines watching all of religion go by. You have chosen some beliefs either actively or passively, and thus, you have chosen a path for your life and for the direction of your eternal destiny.

Choose wisely, because when your earth suit expires, your being within is going either to a place of everlasting bliss or to a place of everlasting torture, and the window of opportunity to decide will be shut forever. Matt, you are not guaranteed your next breath! The Holy Father above loves you. He is waiting for you with open arms to send His Spirit into your heart, who will give you a joy that no can conceive of while still in rebellious rejection of Him.

You'll never know what's inside a room unless you open the door. I promise you, Matt, you won't regret opening this door. Investigation leads to knowledge, but spiritual things must be sought by spiritual means. Pray -- even if you don't understand who you're praying to. That's understandable; your relationship with God has been dormant since you were born. Immerse yourself in the Bible. Accept and believe the Gospel. Repent of sin. Then, your slate of transgressions and guilt will be wiped clean. Accept the Messiah's ransom for you, and His righteousness will be credited to you on account of your faith! The superabundant love of the Lord God will overwhelm your heart like a cool, invigorating ocean wave, and you will know the goodness and glory of our gracious Prince of Peace! Join the rest of us saved sinners, and we will weep with joy together over your salvation. 8-D

The term piracy has been used to refer to unauthorized use of copyrighted materials for more than 150 years. This definition appears in any reasonable dictionary, even going back to 1828.

So get over it, already. It's piracy.

I do not think that word means what you think it means.

Optimum is a noun whilst optimal is an adjective.

No, the headline is grammatically correct. Optimum is commonly used as a noun, but it is also acceptable to use it as an adjective. It's a synonym for optimal in that case. Optimal is strictly an adjective.

Optimum is a noun whilst optimal is an adjective.

No, the headline is grammatically correct. Optimum is commonly used as a noun, but it is also acceptable to use it as an adjective. It's a synonym for optimal in that case. Optimal is strictly an adjective.

Right.

This is not the hot rod world. Fugly has a different, more appropriate meaning

It's one of those common ones people get wrong all the time, so I thought I'd point it out to the world. Nothin' personal, y'understand.

It's one of those common ones people get wrong all the time, so I thought I'd point it out to the world. Nothin' personal, y'understand.

Here's a link you need to check out

Red Hat have handed Mandrake the desktop baton. The failure of US Justice department to get anywhere near solving the antitrust issues with current desktops pretty well spoiled the opportunity for Linux desktops in the US. Maybe Lindows will fight the defence on behalf of the US consumer.

Mandrake is delivering on the financials. Now lets see what the EU Commission on competition does on helping to create a level playing field. Will the rights of consumers prevail ? Munich is an important proving ground but expect some serious payola to flow to stop other cities. Whats 40 Billion USD work out to be in Euros now ?.

near-instantaneous education via hitech methods (such as implants, pills, induction helmets, ...)
Ever read Lem's Futuralogical Congress, shudder? A chemocracy is not something we should look forward to. And then of course there is George Lucas' THX1138.

We have enough of a problem with television.

misspelt

It's Muslims. Not Moslems.

Both spellings are acceptable.

Obviously you're the ignorant one, assuming that Americans don't use spelt, when it is in fact used here as well. Don't be so quick to label ignorance. It ends up making you the ignorant one.

To make up your own mind, here's a definition of correlation.

To sum it up, correlation does not imply causality (see post "Let's remember that..."). Variables can be seemingly independent, and yet still change in a reciprocal fashion in relation to each other.

There may be a correlation between the two factors mentioned, but the submitter has suggested that this means a causal link. I think even suggesting a correlation would be a weak argument with only (at best) two data points (per variable) in the article.

The dictionary describes a Golem as "an artificially created human supernaturally endowed with life" in Jewish folklore. Golems of the mud and rock varieties also appear prominently in WarCraft III, of course - what would the Jewish folklorists think of all this? Anyway, Gollum is, of course, nothing of the sort. -Dan You can't spell "pedantic" without "dan"

a language it is.

No doubt he meant remuneration.

Usage Note: An alleged burglar is someone who has been accused of being a burglar but against whom no charges have been proved. An alleged incident is an event that is said to have taken place but has not yet been verified. In their zeal to protect the rights of the accused, newspapers and law enforcement officials sometimes misuse alleged. Someone arrested for murder may be only an alleged murderer, for example, but is a real, not an alleged, suspect in that his or her status as a suspect is not in doubt. Similarly, if the money from a safe is known to have been stolen and not merely mislaid, then we may safely speak of a theft without having to qualify our description with alleged.

1. No longer in use: an obsolete word.
2. Outmoded in design, style, or construction: an obsolete locomotive.
3. Biology. Vestigial or imperfectly developed, especially in comparison with other individuals or related species; not clearly marked or seen; indistinct. Used of an organ or other part of an animal or plant.

???

And here is the definition of non sequitur.

Can you explain to me how anything in your post is relevant or responsive to the prior thread?

There is no such language as 'Anglo-Saxon' -- it is a combination of the names of the two ethnic groups that made of the dominant majority of England, namely the Angles and the Saxons.

This map of the indo-european language family tree should give you a better idea of how the languages are related.

After much grovelling through the vendor catalog

That's a great image, but perhaps you should check a dictionary. Either that, or you need to start dealing with more friendly vendors.

grok:
1. To understand, usually in a global sense. Connotes intimate and exhaustive knowledge.
2. Used of programs, may connote merely sufficient understanding. "Almost all C compilers grok the "void" type these days."

1. A foolish, inept, or unattractive person.
2. A person who is single-minded or accomplished in scientific or technical pursuits but is felt to be socially inept.

So.. Holeinthewall OS? Not bad.

Except "smeg" is not a made-up word, its an abbreviation of smegma
Don't say I didn't warn you.

No such thing?