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You know, you can fuck off if you want. Take your little sandbox on home to your mommy. See if I care. I put lobsters in your sandbox, HAHAHAHA! You will not see it when they pinch your eyeballs out, and they will never forget the taste of your juices. Sandbox bitch! I hope all your sand falls out of your damned sandbox

You know, you can fuck off if you want. Take your little sandbox on home to your mommy. See if I care. I put lobsters in your sandbox, HAHAHAHA! You will not see it when they pinch your eyeballs out, and they will never forget the taste of your juices. Sandbox bitch! I hope all your sand falls out of your damned sandbox

You know, you can fuck off if you want. Take your little sandbox on home to your mommy. See if I care. I put lobsters in your sandbox, HAHAHAHA! You will not see it when they pinch your eyeballs out, and they will never forget the taste of your juices. Sandbox bitch! I hope all your sand falls out of your damned sandbox

You know, you can fuck off if you want. Take your little sandbox on home to your mommy. See if I care. I put lobsters in your sandbox, HAHAHAHA! You will not see it when they pinch your eyeballs out, and they will never forget the taste of your juices. Sandbox bitch! I hope all your sand falls out of your damned sandbox

You know, you can fuck off if you want. Take your little sandbox on home to your mommy. See if I care. I put lobsters in your sandbox, HAHAHAHA! You will not see it when they pinch your eyeballs out, and they will never forget the taste of your juices. Sandbox bitch! I hope all your sand falls out of your damned sandbox

You know, you can fuck off if you want. Take your little sandbox on home to your mommy. See if I care. I put lobsters in your sandbox, HAHAHAHA! You will not see it when they pinch your eyeballs out, and they will never forget the taste of your juices. Sandbox bitch! I hope all your sand falls out of your damned sandbox

You know, you can fuck off if you want. Take your little sandbox on home to your mommy. See if I care. I put lobsters in your sandbox, HAHAHAHA! You will not see it when they pinch your eyeballs out, and they will never forget the taste of your juices. Sandbox bitch! I hope all your sand falls out of your damned sandbox

You know, you can fuck off if you want. Take your little sandbox on home to your mommy. See if I care. I put lobsters in your sandbox, HAHAHAHA! You will not see it when they pinch your eyeballs out, and they will never forget the taste of your juices. Sandbox bitch! I hope all your sand falls out of your damned sandbox

You know, you can fuck off if you want. Take your little sandbox on home to your mommy. See if I care. I put lobsters in your sandbox, HAHAHAHA! You will not see it when they pinch your eyeballs out, and they will never forget the taste of your juices. Sandbox bitch! I hope all your sand falls out of your damned sandbox

You know, you can fuck off if you want. Take your little sandbox on home to your mommy. See if I care. I put lobsters in your sandbox, HAHAHAHA! You will not see it when they pinch your eyeballs out, and they will never forget the taste of your juices. Sandbox bitch! I hope all your sand falls out of your damned sandbox

You know, you can fuck off if you want. Take your little sandbox on home to your mommy. See if I care. I put lobsters in your sandbox, HAHAHAHA! You will not see it when they pinch your eyeballs out, and they will never forget the taste of your juices. Sandbox bitch! I hope all your sand falls out of your damned sandbox

You know, you can fuck off if you want. Take your little sandbox on home to your mommy. See if I care. I put lobsters in your sandbox, HAHAHAHA! You will not see it when they pinch your eyeballs out, and they will never forget the taste of your juices. Sandbox bitch! I hope all your sand falls out of your damned sandbox

You know, you can fuck off if you want. Take your little sandbox on home to your mommy. See if I care. I put lobsters in your sandbox, HAHAHAHA! You will not see it when they pinch your eyeballs out, and they will never forget the taste of your juices. Sandbox bitch! I hope all your sand falls out of your damned sandbox

You know, you can fuck off if you want. Take your little sandbox on home to your mommy. See if I care. I put lobsters in your sandbox, HAHAHAHA! You will not see it when they pinch your eyeballs out, and they will never forget the taste of your juices. Sandbox bitch! I hope all your sand falls out of your damned sandbox

actually, corn is a grain, like wheat and rice. A grain is a seed of a grass plant, such as wheat grass, barley grass, and rice grass.

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Dictionary definition of corn

actually, corn is a grain, like wheat and rice. A grain is a seed of a grass plant, such as wheat grass, barley grass, and rice grass.

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Re: Katherine Harris, chairperson of the George W Bush 2000 presidential campaign in Florida, making decisions about the recounts in her capacity as Secretary of State

It's enough to make one wonder why the verb "recuse" even exists...

--Mark

"A soft felt hat with a fairly low crown creased lengthwise and a brim that can be turned up or down."

This according to dictionary.com

Man, what a misleading headline. For a moment, I had this amusing mental image of fully armed British special forces storming Microsoft headquarters.

The good news is that the British can claim Microsoft has Wicked Microsoft Developers (WMD's) And they **WILL** find them.
See Here!

"Actually, the truth is that in 1938, Hitler released the gun control laws in Germany that had been set in 1919, long before his rule. His reason was that they were hurting the German weapons industry - at least he was honest."

and...

"Single-variable logic is not a useful way to go about trying to understand the world. Take just one step beyond the propaganda slogan at hand, and you sink into a swamp of contradictory gibberish. It's good for a giggle when you're preaching to the converted, but don't mistake it for a proof of anything. Since Godwin's Law has already been invoked, I may as well mention in passing that this is just the kind of logic that HITLER used! In fact, it is. That doesn't make you Hitler for using it, though. It's just an amusing observation. "

and...

"Almost everyone favors some measure or another which could be construed as gun control. It's not just a matter of banning weapons of a given type. Trigger locks are often lumped into the "gun control" classification, and yet many more people would favor trigger locks than would favor banning, say, toys that happen to look like guns. Along a similar vein, mandated gun safety classes could be considered a form of gun control, and even most of the staunchest NRA members would favor such a measure (many, in fact, openly advocate it)."

Wow, are you a fucking moron or what?

>and there are 2 clauses in that statement...

Nope, there aren't.

Without a semicolon, rather than a comma, it remains a single thought. For example, that for example is necessarialy connected to this thought; but, for example, this part-sentence reads perfectly well without the info before the semicolon.

For more help on this, here's the dictionary's definitions:

semicolon

A mark of punctuation ( ) used to connect independent clauses and indicating a closer relationship between the clauses than a period does.

comma

Grammar. A punctuation mark ( , ) used to indicate a separation of ideas or of elements within the structure of a sentence.

While the idea that a well regulated militia is mentioned, it is still intended to be read as part of the sentence, and certainly not intended to be separated as a poetic comma.

>and there are 2 clauses in that statement...

Nope, there aren't.

Without a semicolon, rather than a comma, it remains a single thought. For example, that for example is necessarialy connected to this thought; but, for example, this part-sentence reads perfectly well without the info before the semicolon.

For more help on this, here's the dictionary's definitions:

semicolon

A mark of punctuation ( ) used to connect independent clauses and indicating a closer relationship between the clauses than a period does.

comma

Grammar. A punctuation mark ( , ) used to indicate a separation of ideas or of elements within the structure of a sentence.

While the idea that a well regulated militia is mentioned, it is still intended to be read as part of the sentence, and certainly not intended to be separated as a poetic comma.

Look on the bright side at least he didn't use the word programme ! By the way, how many clusters can the Libraries of Congress store?

1 entry found for Redacted.
redact
To draw up or frame (a proclamation, for example).
To make ready for publication; edit or revise.
So I guess this could be taken to mean "un-edited", but it still seems like pretty poor word choice to me. Although "Un-redacted" might be a good word to describe slashdot in general.

From the article: "Matt was being satirical and certainly there was never any issue between the show and Fox News. We regret any confusion."

Step 1: Be a rightwing jerk.

How am I being a jerk by pointing out the truth?

Step 2: Read a Slashdot story that exposes THE main pillar of the rightwing media as the morons that they are.

Yes, we should take all slashdot stories as almighty truth without any question.

Step 3: Get annoyed.

You're right, I do get annoyed by idiotic slashbots like yourself

Step 4: Link to article that doesn't invalidate the step 2 story in any way, with a hint of triumph in your tone.

It did invalidate it, when someone says they're being satirical and "there was never any issue", how do you still make an issue out of it? BTW, the original story was pretty flimsy anyways. One man says Fox News was considering suing. So this rightwing media is a moron for NOT doing something?

Step 6: You win the argument. Hooray!

Yes, if the truth is winning the argument, then I did. I'm sorry you just can't accept it, and cling on to some fantasy just to reinforce your own biases.

You MUST be new here if you think this "apology" concept of yours might happen. In fact, since so few /.ers probably know that term, here is the dictionary definition of that word.

No, that would be just as wrong as using "homonym" because "homophone" means a word that is pronounced the same way as another word but which has either a different meaning or a different spelling. A "homonym" means a word that has the same sound or spelling as another word. The words "tenet" and "tenant" are pronounced differently and spelt differently, so they are obviously neither homophones nor homonyms. Because they do not sound the same, merely similar, they are, therefore, sound-a-likes .

A "homograph" is a word that has the same spelling as another word but which differs in meaning. The clue is in the etymology of the word "graph" which is derived from the Greek word "graphos" which means to write.

No, that would be just as wrong as using "homonym" because "homophone" means a word that is pronounced the same way as another word but which has either a different meaning or a different spelling. A "homonym" means a word that has the same sound or spelling as another word. The words "tenet" and "tenant" are pronounced differently and spelt differently, so they are obviously neither homophones nor homonyms. Because they do not sound the same, merely similar, they are, therefore, sound-a-likes .

A "homograph" is a word that has the same spelling as another word but which differs in meaning. The clue is in the etymology of the word "graph" which is derived from the Greek word "graphos" which means to write.

There may be a new rule, here, analogous with the one that states that all spelling flames will contain at least one spelling error. "Any correction to diction will contain at least one word for which a better alternative exists," perhaps.

"soundalike words", is that Bush-speak for homonym?

No, because "homonym" means a word that has the same sound, and often the same spelling too, as another word whereas "sound-a-like" or "soundalike" means a word that sounds like another word without necessarily being homonymous to it.

You mean like a homophone?

Homophone isn't exactly the right word, of course, because "tenet" and "tenant" don't sound the same (or oughtn't to). But it would have been better than "homonym" in the initial joke.

By the way, I'd always assumed that words had to be spelled identically to count as homonyms; the definitions to which you refer conflate what are in my opinion two separate categories (which is why I happen to know what a homophone is).

I wonder what the OED has to say about these sound-alike words. My ancient COD (4th ed.) lacks homophone, requires homonyms to be "of the same form," and offers the apparently synonymous "homograph ... [w]ord spelt like another, but with different meaning."

There may be a new rule, here, analogous with the one that states that all spelling flames will contain at least one spelling error. "Any correction to diction will contain at least one word for which a better alternative exists," perhaps.

"soundalike words", is that Bush-speak for homonym?

No, because "homonym" means a word that has the same sound, and often the same spelling too, as another word whereas "sound-a-like" or "soundalike" means a word that sounds like another word without necessarily being homonymous to it.

You mean like a homophone?

Homophone isn't exactly the right word, of course, because "tenet" and "tenant" don't sound the same (or oughtn't to). But it would have been better than "homonym" in the initial joke.

By the way, I'd always assumed that words had to be spelled identically to count as homonyms; the definitions to which you refer conflate what are in my opinion two separate categories (which is why I happen to know what a homophone is).

I wonder what the OED has to say about these sound-alike words. My ancient COD (4th ed.) lacks homophone, requires homonyms to be "of the same form," and offers the apparently synonymous "homograph ... [w]ord spelt like another, but with different meaning."

No, because "homonym" means a word that has the same sound, and often the same spelling too, as another word whereas "sound-a-like" or "soundalike" [and OED] means a word that sounds like another word without necessarily being homonymous to it.

No, because "homonym" means a word that has the same sound, and often the same spelling too, as another word whereas "sound-a-like" or "soundalike" [and OED] means a word that sounds like another word without necessarily being homonymous to it.

should be "this tenet of copyright law" because "tenet" means a principle whereas a "tenant" is someone who pays to use someone else's asset. There seems to be a recent trend among certain Slashdot users to use soundalike words instead of the standard ones.

When you attempt to correct someone's spelling, at least look it up first.

Microsoft is a pretty bad double entendre - but, then again so is UNIX (which has almost the exact same pronunciation as eunuchs, which means "a castrated man".

That's grammar to those of us with educations.

Well, that's a novel usage of terraforming.


Believing the results from a commercial IQ test isn't very smart...

• Apple's hardware is some of the most proprietary locked down machinery in existance.
• Microsoft develops software that people are actually willing to put down hard-earned cash to buy. Now, compare that to the Linux people.
• The average Linux enthusiast's main concern is that the software they use is free of cost. When's the last time any of you Linux people actually bought a distribution and not copied it from someone else?
• The RIAA produces music that people love enough to *cough* steal. Yes I know it's not really stealing because the RIAA still has a copy of the music and nothing was taken away from them and you wouldn't have paid for the music anyways. Yeah, whatever cheapskate! Americans have so much disposable income I find it hard to believe that you couldn't spare a Benjamin for the hours you will spend listening to music. Now, we may not all like Britney Spears but there are hundreds of other artists to choose from. Somebody must like to listen to at least some of it, otherwise Kazaa would be dead. The RIAA is right in sending lawsuits out to people who are caught distributing their music. And no, you aren't fighting for the little guy when you steal RIAA's stuff, you are expanding the profitability of the broadband industry and reducing the profitability of selling music. Because the broadband industry's growth thrives on filesharing, the industry must ensure that there are more files to share to keep growing. Thus, megacorporations develop such that the broadband industry subsidizes music production in order to continue the profitabil

It's sic. If you're gonna troll, do it right sweetie-pie.

So did we. Have we stopped developing nukes? Nope. In fact, we just increased spending on a new tactical nuke designed to eliminate underground bunkers.

You obviously haven't read the treaty or even the definition of proliferation. Our nuclear arsenal is not growing or spreading- on the contrary, we have eliminated a majority of our nuclear weapons (2,450 nuclear warheads in 1989, and only 500 in 2003, source. We have destroyed 80% of our nuclear weapons so far, source). We are very much in compliance with the NPT.

Conclusion: US policymakers are unwilling to live by the same rules they make everyone else follow and throw a fit when others follow their wonderful example.

And what rules would those be? I don't think any rational country is asking the US to give up our nuclear weapons- especially now that the threat of nuclear weapons spreading to unstable areas is greater now than ever before.

1. There's no proof that Iran's civil program is a weapons program. There's just suspicion. Frankly, I don't blame them. Having an enriched civil program leaves a weapons program a possibility when and if that becomes necessary.

Wait- so are you actually saying that you think Iran should have nuclear weapons? I'm glad people like you aren't in charge.

Since the US has demonstrated that treaties and the UN are meaningless

I fail to see how the US has demonstrated that. Treaties are taken very seriously in this country- they must be ratified by a full congress and they become a strict law.

And the US has not demonstrated that the UN is meaningless- the UN demonstrated that. The UN passed 17 freaking resolutions under Chapter VII of the UN Charter against Iraq. If you care to read the UN Charter, Chapter VII resolutions are binding to all members of the UN, and members are REQUIRED to enforce them. If the best they could do after 12 years of blatant non-compliance by Iraq is send inspectors on a wild goose chase, then the UN is meaningless.

If you think about it, what has the UN actually accomplished in its life? The UN has tried to resolve 2 major conflicts in the past 50 years- Korea fought to a stalemate and is still unresolved, and they let Saddam jerk them around for 12 years. Yeah- the UN is sooooo important.

It's mighty convenient that the US doesn't obey the rule of law. It's just like the absolute monarchies all over again, ruling by divine right instead of by and under the rule of law.

Again- where do we disobey the rule of law?

Since the US has no divine right to ignore treaties

Right- and we dont.

while holding everyone else accountable to them

Do you think the US is the only country that doesnt want North Korea or Iran to have nuclear weapons?

plainly the treaty is now invalid and it's, again, a nuclear free-for-all.

Plainly, you are going to find any excuse to justify your hatred of the United States.

Unless you come up with some sort of argument that we attacked Al Queda them first, it is not the same.


attacking doesnt have to be dropping bombs. it can be killing people with sanctions, tyranny and opression all of which the USA is very good at. You cant be a good person/country when you go around killing people because your pride was a little hurt. according to iraq body count the conservative estimte is almost 8k dead. how many died in sept 11th (which is completely unrelated but you braught it up) - i believe that figure is around 3 or 4 thousand. its not even an eye for an eye.... im sure that for the 10+ years that iraq has been under sanctions many many more people have died even than in this current occupation. have you seen the pictures of the hospitals? they cant even get chlorine to clean the water and yet other countries happily are able to develop agent orange and all sorts of terror weapons. Just wait till they outlaw oposing political views, im sure you'll love the superbug they send after you.

al queda while having nothing to do with anythign sadam related, are the only people fighting to expose the tyranny of the usa. i believe his intention (osama) was to make the us realize it cant create terror in other parts of the world. kind of trying to show americans what its like for the other 99% of the world. unfortuantely since you have a cowboy not to bright president and an even less bright media, it backfired. bush, having not even recounted properly was appointed the dictator* of the republic of the USA and what was his goal? to get another term. so people are pissed off that bad things happened to the saints which are the american public and demand a response. trouble is the cause of the problem was the USA training and funding people like osama... OOPS! and of course the last thing anyone wants to do is blame themselves. still them invading iraq has played right into his hands as now he has a whole other country to recruit suicide bombers from.... now do you see why you cant go around killing people indescriminatly?

it comes back to bite you in the ass.

*the definition i like to use is "An ancient Roman magistrate appointed temporarily to deal with an immediate crisis or emergency."

Just to nitpick:

Communism: A theoretical economic system characterized by the collective ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the common advantage of all members.

(or) A system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy and a single, often authoritarian party holds power, claiming to make progress toward a higher social order in which all goods are equally shared by the people.

(emphasis mine) compare to Totalitarian or Fascism. Communist and Fascist governments were generally totalitarian, i.e. the system where everything is centralised by force.

I'm not arguing with the evil of totalitarian governments, or that communist governments work. I'm just pointing out that saying central ownership was the premise of communism is incorrect. It was the conclusion of communist government, since the sytem proved time and again to be corruptible; an unattainable ideal.

(Posting AC since I'm not sure if I've just been fished in by obvious flamebait)

Just to nitpick:

Communism: A theoretical economic system characterized by the collective ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the common advantage of all members.

(or) A system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy and a single, often authoritarian party holds power, claiming to make progress toward a higher social order in which all goods are equally shared by the people.

(emphasis mine) compare to Totalitarian or Fascism. Communist and Fascist governments were generally totalitarian, i.e. the system where everything is centralised by force.

I'm not arguing with the evil of totalitarian governments, or that communist governments work. I'm just pointing out that saying central ownership was the premise of communism is incorrect. It was the conclusion of communist government, since the sytem proved time and again to be corruptible; an unattainable ideal.

(Posting AC since I'm not sure if I've just been fished in by obvious flamebait)

Just to nitpick:

Communism: A theoretical economic system characterized by the collective ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the common advantage of all members.

(or) A system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy and a single, often authoritarian party holds power, claiming to make progress toward a higher social order in which all goods are equally shared by the people.

(emphasis mine) compare to Totalitarian or Fascism. Communist and Fascist governments were generally totalitarian, i.e. the system where everything is centralised by force.

I'm not arguing with the evil of totalitarian governments, or that communist governments work. I'm just pointing out that saying central ownership was the premise of communism is incorrect. It was the conclusion of communist government, since the sytem proved time and again to be corruptible; an unattainable ideal.

(Posting AC since I'm not sure if I've just been fished in by obvious flamebait)

It's a word.

moniker

Well, to be fair it isn't bait and switch, their advertizing is just misleading. They say it is quick (which is relative) and it uses firewire but they don't quote any actual speeds (hell, their website says it not even for sale yet). It is a good thing most decent stores have a 30 day return policy so you are not stuck with hardware that doesn't live up to expectations.

It's even made it to the dictionary. I always liked it because it looked so greek with that ae thing.

I believe that they meant: certain parts of your registration information

I'm guessing that "certain of" a mass noun means "certain parts of" the mass noun, and an entry in Webster's supports it (although the entry claims that "certain of" is obsolete): "2. A certain number or quantity. [Obs.] --Chaucer." Your claim is only that "certain of" is restricted to count nouns.

apparatuses (apparati?)

But why guess? The definitive answer is trivial to find.