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Dictionary-linked article for non-English speakers
bfree writes "Now on your favourite mplayer mirror you can find the 1.0Pre1 release of Mplayer! While work is underway on a second-generation version of Mplayer, I have already fired off emails to my Windows-based friends to let them now that the one player to rule them all now has (preview) support for their OS (I've only looked at a precompiled
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Dictionary-linked article for non-English speakers
bfree writes "Now on your favourite mplayer mirror you can find the 1.0Pre1 release of Mplayer! While work is underway on a second-generation version of Mplayer, I have already fired off emails to my Windows-based friends to let them now that the one player to rule them all now has (preview) support for their OS (I've only looked at a precompiled
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Dictionary-linked article for non-English speakers
bfree writes "Now on your favourite mplayer mirror you can find the 1.0Pre1 release of Mplayer! While work is underway on a second-generation version of Mplayer, I have already fired off emails to my Windows-based friends to let them now that the one player to rule them all now has (preview) support for their OS (I've only looked at a precompiled
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Dictionary-linked article for non-English speakers
bfree writes "Now on your favourite mplayer mirror you can find the 1.0Pre1 release of Mplayer! While work is underway on a second-generation version of Mplayer, I have already fired off emails to my Windows-based friends to let them now that the one player to rule them all now has (preview) support for their OS (I've only looked at a precompiled
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Dictionary-linked article for non-English speakers
bfree writes "Now on your favourite mplayer mirror you can find the 1.0Pre1 release of Mplayer! While work is underway on a second-generation version of Mplayer, I have already fired off emails to my Windows-based friends to let them now that the one player to rule them all now has (preview) support for their OS (I've only looked at a precompiled
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Dictionary-linked article for non-English speakers
bfree writes "Now on your favourite mplayer mirror you can find the 1.0Pre1 release of Mplayer! While work is underway on a second-generation version of Mplayer, I have already fired off emails to my Windows-based friends to let them now that the one player to rule them all now has (preview) support for their OS (I've only looked at a precompiled
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Dictionary-linked article for non-English speakers
bfree writes "Now on your favourite mplayer mirror you can find the 1.0Pre1 release of Mplayer! While work is underway on a second-generation version of Mplayer, I have already fired off emails to my Windows-based friends to let them now that the one player to rule them all now has (preview) support for their OS (I've only looked at a precompiled
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Dictionary-linked article for non-English speakers
bfree writes "Now on your favourite mplayer mirror you can find the 1.0Pre1 release of Mplayer! While work is underway on a second-generation version of Mplayer, I have already fired off emails to my Windows-based friends to let them now that the one player to rule them all now has (preview) support for their OS (I've only looked at a precompiled
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Dictionary-linked article for non-English speakers
bfree writes "Now on your favourite mplayer mirror you can find the 1.0Pre1 release of Mplayer! While work is underway on a second-generation version of Mplayer, I have already fired off emails to my Windows-based friends to let them now that the one player to rule them all now has (preview) support for their OS (I've only looked at a precompiled
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Dictionary-linked article for non-English speakers
bfree writes "Now on your favourite mplayer mirror you can find the 1.0Pre1 release of Mplayer! While work is underway on a second-generation version of Mplayer, I have already fired off emails to my Windows-based friends to let them now that the one player to rule them all now has (preview) support for their OS (I've only looked at a precompiled
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Dictionary-linked article for non-English speakers
bfree writes "Now on your favourite mplayer mirror you can find the 1.0Pre1 release of Mplayer! While work is underway on a second-generation version of Mplayer, I have already fired off emails to my Windows-based friends to let them now that the one player to rule them all now has (preview) support for their OS (I've only looked at a precompiled
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Dictionary-linked article for non-English speakers
bfree writes "Now on your favourite mplayer mirror you can find the 1.0Pre1 release of Mplayer! While work is underway on a second-generation version of Mplayer, I have already fired off emails to my Windows-based friends to let them now that the one player to rule them all now has (preview) support for their OS (I've only looked at a precompiled
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Dictionary-linked article for non-English speakers
bfree writes "Now on your favourite mplayer mirror you can find the 1.0Pre1 release of Mplayer! While work is underway on a second-generation version of Mplayer, I have already fired off emails to my Windows-based friends to let them now that the one player to rule them all now has (preview) support for their OS (I've only looked at a precompiled
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Dictionary-linked article for non-English speakers
bfree writes "Now on your favourite mplayer mirror you can find the 1.0Pre1 release of Mplayer! While work is underway on a second-generation version of Mplayer, I have already fired off emails to my Windows-based friends to let them now that the one player to rule them all now has (preview) support for their OS (I've only looked at a precompiled
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Dictionary-linked article for non-English speakers
bfree writes "Now on your favourite mplayer mirror you can find the 1.0Pre1 release of Mplayer! While work is underway on a second-generation version of Mplayer, I have already fired off emails to my Windows-based friends to let them now that the one player to rule them all now has (preview) support for their OS (I've only looked at a precompiled
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Dictionary-linked article for non-English speakers
bfree writes "Now on your favourite mplayer mirror you can find the 1.0Pre1 release of Mplayer! While work is underway on a second-generation version of Mplayer, I have already fired off emails to my Windows-based friends to let them now that the one player to rule them all now has (preview) support for their OS (I've only looked at a precompiled
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Dictionary-linked article for non-English speakers
bfree writes "Now on your favourite mplayer mirror you can find the 1.0Pre1 release of Mplayer! While work is underway on a second-generation version of Mplayer, I have already fired off emails to my Windows-based friends to let them now that the one player to rule them all now has (preview) support for their OS (I've only looked at a precompiled
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Dictionary-linked article for non-English speakers
bfree writes "Now on your favourite mplayer mirror you can find the 1.0Pre1 release of Mplayer! While work is underway on a second-generation version of Mplayer, I have already fired off emails to my Windows-based friends to let them now that the one player to rule them all now has (preview) support for their OS (I've only looked at a precompiled
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Dictionary-linked article for non-English speakers
bfree writes "Now on your favourite mplayer mirror you can find the 1.0Pre1 release of Mplayer! While work is underway on a second-generation version of Mplayer, I have already fired off emails to my Windows-based friends to let them now that the one player to rule them all now has (preview) support for their OS (I've only looked at a precompiled
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Dictionary-linked article for non-English speakers
bfree writes "Now on your favourite mplayer mirror you can find the 1.0Pre1 release of Mplayer! While work is underway on a second-generation version of Mplayer, I have already fired off emails to my Windows-based friends to let them now that the one player to rule them all now has (preview) support for their OS (I've only looked at a precompiled
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Dictionary-linked article for non-English speakers
bfree writes "Now on your favourite mplayer mirror you can find the 1.0Pre1 release of Mplayer! While work is underway on a second-generation version of Mplayer, I have already fired off emails to my Windows-based friends to let them now that the one player to rule them all now has (preview) support for their OS (I've only looked at a precompiled
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Dictionary-linked article for non-English speakers
bfree writes "Now on your favourite mplayer mirror you can find the 1.0Pre1 release of Mplayer! While work is underway on a second-generation version of Mplayer, I have already fired off emails to my Windows-based friends to let them now that the one player to rule them all now has (preview) support for their OS (I've only looked at a precompiled
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Dictionary-linked article for non-English speakers
bfree writes "Now on your favourite mplayer mirror you can find the 1.0Pre1 release of Mplayer! While work is underway on a second-generation version of Mplayer, I have already fired off emails to my Windows-based friends to let them now that the one player to rule them all now has (preview) support for their OS (I've only looked at a precompiled
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Dictionary-linked article for non-English speakers
bfree writes "Now on your favourite mplayer mirror you can find the 1.0Pre1 release of Mplayer! While work is underway on a second-generation version of Mplayer, I have already fired off emails to my Windows-based friends to let them now that the one player to rule them all now has (preview) support for their OS (I've only looked at a precompiled
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Dictionary-linked article for non-English speakers
bfree writes "Now on your favourite mplayer mirror you can find the 1.0Pre1 release of Mplayer! While work is underway on a second-generation version of Mplayer, I have already fired off emails to my Windows-based friends to let them now that the one player to rule them all now has (preview) support for their OS (I've only looked at a precompiled
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Dictionary-linked article for non-English speakers
bfree writes "Now on your favourite mplayer mirror you can find the 1.0Pre1 release of Mplayer! While work is underway on a second-generation version of Mplayer, I have already fired off emails to my Windows-based friends to let them now that the one player to rule them all now has (preview) support for their OS (I've only looked at a precompiled
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Dictionary-linked article for non-English speakers
bfree writes "Now on your favourite mplayer mirror you can find the 1.0Pre1 release of Mplayer! While work is underway on a second-generation version of Mplayer, I have already fired off emails to my Windows-based friends to let them now that the one player to rule them all now has (preview) support for their OS (I've only looked at a precompiled
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Dictionary-linked article for non-English speakers
bfree writes "Now on your favourite mplayer mirror you can find the 1.0Pre1 release of Mplayer! While work is underway on a second-generation version of Mplayer, I have already fired off emails to my Windows-based friends to let them now that the one player to rule them all now has (preview) support for their OS (I've only looked at a precompiled
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Dictionary-linked article for non-English speakers
bfree writes "Now on your favourite mplayer mirror you can find the 1.0Pre1 release of Mplayer! While work is underway on a second-generation version of Mplayer, I have already fired off emails to my Windows-based friends to let them now that the one player to rule them all now has (preview) support for their OS (I've only looked at a precompiled
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Dictionary-linked article for non-English speakers
bfree writes "Now on your favourite mplayer mirror you can find the 1.0Pre1 release of Mplayer! While work is underway on a second-generation version of Mplayer, I have already fired off emails to my Windows-based friends to let them now that the one player to rule them all now has (preview) support for their OS (I've only looked at a precompiled
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Dictionary-linked article for non-English speakers
bfree writes "Now on your favourite mplayer mirror you can find the 1.0Pre1 release of Mplayer! While work is underway on a second-generation version of Mplayer, I have already fired off emails to my Windows-based friends to let them now that the one player to rule them all now has (preview) support for their OS (I've only looked at a precompiled
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Dictionary-linked article for non-English speakers
bfree writes "Now on your favourite mplayer mirror you can find the 1.0Pre1 release of Mplayer! While work is underway on a second-generation version of Mplayer, I have already fired off emails to my Windows-based friends to let them now that the one player to rule them all now has (preview) support for their OS (I've only looked at a precompiled
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Dictionary-linked article for non-English speakers
bfree writes "Now on your favourite mplayer mirror you can find the 1.0Pre1 release of Mplayer! While work is underway on a second-generation version of Mplayer, I have already fired off emails to my Windows-based friends to let them now that the one player to rule them all now has (preview) support for their OS (I've only looked at a precompiled
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Dictionary-linked article for non-English speakers
bfree writes "Now on your favourite mplayer mirror you can find the 1.0Pre1 release of Mplayer! While work is underway on a second-generation version of Mplayer, I have already fired off emails to my Windows-based friends to let them now that the one player to rule them all now has (preview) support for their OS (I've only looked at a precompiled
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Dictionary-linked article for non-English speakers
bfree writes "Now on your favourite mplayer mirror you can find the 1.0Pre1 release of Mplayer! While work is underway on a second-generation version of Mplayer, I have already fired off emails to my Windows-based friends to let them now that the one player to rule them all now has (preview) support for their OS (I've only looked at a precompiled
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Re:Hoo-boy
I guess torrid might be a British-ism, or just slightly obscure - but see Dictionary.com for the full skinny.
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Re:Thank you - If I had mod points, you == +1No, prison is for punishment, it is NOT for rehabilitation regardless of what you hippy bleeding hearted liberal open source geeks think.
It is meant to REMOVE them away from society to PROTECT the general populace from them.
From here
Summary:-
prison - prison house, prison house Detailed description:-
- 2 Dictionary Entries found
1) n
2) n
Or lets see here
prison ( P ) Pronunciation Key (przn) n.
A place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention, especially persons convicted of crimes.
A place or condition of confinement or forcible restraint.
A state of imprisonment or captivity.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 :
prison
n 1: a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment [syn: prison house]
Oh and BTW, Being Raped does not immediatly make that that person become a rapist themselves. So in summary you're an ignorant person, that needs to get out more, and meet real people, not the tolkien effort you're attempting reading slashdot. -
Re:What! no Foster's?
Imagine a commercial where we dress him up as a penquin and have him battle Micro$haft Crocs...
Surely you mean a palanquin? -
Re:I don't believe it
Dissemblance is a perfectly valid word. You just need a better dictionary.
Also, anyone familiar with the English language in general and the meanings of some of the words you listed (dissembled, dissembling etc.) should find it easy to work out the meaning of "dissemblance". -
PlagiarismAs it happens too often here, the editor allowed through a story that is plagiarized. The submitted text was cribbed verbatim from the site (the gratuitous addition of links do not excuse the crime), which fit the definition of plagiarism to a tee.
If one cannot bother to paraphrase, then perhaps one might consider deferring one's submission, as a courtesy to the original author. After all, some folks work hard to craft the words that we enjoy reading. Why not provide them the common courtesy of respecting their hard work?
Cheers.
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Re:it's not gambling.. it's a skill game.
Actually, it's the dictionary definition:if 3rd parties are betting on the outcome of the match then that's gambling, but it's not gambling for the players to submit a fee and then compete and for the winner then to get that prize
Pretty strange definition of gambling there.gamble
v. gambled, gambling, gambles
v. intr.
1. a. To bet on an uncertain outcome, as of a contest.
1. b. To play a game of chance for stakes.Seems to me that if you're competing in an event in which you can lose money, you're gambling.
No. Strictly, you don't "lose" money; you can only gain it. In Ultimate Arena, for example, everyone pays a tournament entry fee, and whoever wins takes the prize. I'd compare it to, say, one of those stupid carnival games, like where you try to toss a ring over a bottle. There, you pay a fee to get in, and you have the possibility of winning a prize.Don't poker players gamble?
Yes, because poker is a game of chance. To forestall your objection over this category, the dictionary defines "game of chance" asA game, usually played for money or stakes, in which the winner is determined by a chance event, as by drawing numbers or throwing dice.
Actually, that's kind of limp. Well, I'll just say that chance plays a larger role in a game of chance than it does in a game of skill. I don't think anyone would argue with me that FPS is 95% skill.I suppose you could argue that they're submitting a fee (the ante) and then competing, but it sure looks like gambling to me.
It's not "arguing", it's a fact. That's what they're doing.Tiger Woods isn't gambling because he doesn't pay a fee to play in a tournament. If he and I go out on Monday and play for five bucks a hole, we're gambling.
The defining factor isn't the (non-)existence of an entry fee, but the nature of the game. I don't know if Tiger has to pay entry fees or not -- I imagine he at least has to pay a PGA membership fee or some such -- but if I entered myself into a local tennis tournament for $5, for which there was a $500 winning prize, would I be gambling? Clearly not, except in some small semantic sense in which anything risky someone tries to accomplish is "gambling".Oh damn, that's not what you're saying, is it? If so, who gives a crap? It's not like casino gambling, and no one should be complaining over it. Actually, I have no problems with casino gambling, either.
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Re:it's not gambling.. it's a skill game.
Actually, it's the dictionary definition:if 3rd parties are betting on the outcome of the match then that's gambling, but it's not gambling for the players to submit a fee and then compete and for the winner then to get that prize
Pretty strange definition of gambling there.gamble
v. gambled, gambling, gambles
v. intr.
1. a. To bet on an uncertain outcome, as of a contest.
1. b. To play a game of chance for stakes.Seems to me that if you're competing in an event in which you can lose money, you're gambling.
No. Strictly, you don't "lose" money; you can only gain it. In Ultimate Arena, for example, everyone pays a tournament entry fee, and whoever wins takes the prize. I'd compare it to, say, one of those stupid carnival games, like where you try to toss a ring over a bottle. There, you pay a fee to get in, and you have the possibility of winning a prize.Don't poker players gamble?
Yes, because poker is a game of chance. To forestall your objection over this category, the dictionary defines "game of chance" asA game, usually played for money or stakes, in which the winner is determined by a chance event, as by drawing numbers or throwing dice.
Actually, that's kind of limp. Well, I'll just say that chance plays a larger role in a game of chance than it does in a game of skill. I don't think anyone would argue with me that FPS is 95% skill.I suppose you could argue that they're submitting a fee (the ante) and then competing, but it sure looks like gambling to me.
It's not "arguing", it's a fact. That's what they're doing.Tiger Woods isn't gambling because he doesn't pay a fee to play in a tournament. If he and I go out on Monday and play for five bucks a hole, we're gambling.
The defining factor isn't the (non-)existence of an entry fee, but the nature of the game. I don't know if Tiger has to pay entry fees or not -- I imagine he at least has to pay a PGA membership fee or some such -- but if I entered myself into a local tennis tournament for $5, for which there was a $500 winning prize, would I be gambling? Clearly not, except in some small semantic sense in which anything risky someone tries to accomplish is "gambling".Oh damn, that's not what you're saying, is it? If so, who gives a crap? It's not like casino gambling, and no one should be complaining over it. Actually, I have no problems with casino gambling, either.
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Can't gamers spell?
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Can't gamers spell?
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Re:Direct Marketing Association = terrorist org.Your point is taken-- these marketers harass us at every oppurtunity without considerations of their actions; but I think you need to look up the word terrorism. It's defined at Dictionary.com as:
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 prefer to think of it in simpler terms, roughly defined as violence against civilians for political purposes. While marketing is aimed at civilians, it's mostly apolitical, and does not employ violence. Now, if you consider getting a phone call at home to be violence, you might be able to lump it in. Of course, then anyone making a phone call would be committing a criminal act.
So, maybe a law could be passed outlawing direct marketing that would withstand constitutional muster; now try to define the difference between word of mouth and marketing. What if Sprint offers $20 for every new customer I refer-- am I violating the law to tell my parents about their calling plans. I guess a judge can decide.
It's obvious you have a sincere belief that direct marketing is wrong and should be outlawed. I just think you're sabotaging your argument and opeing yourself to ridicule by branding them a terrorist group. They just don't fit the definition. -
Re:Don't confuse the cause for the effect
Coward.
And you shouldn't end a sentence with a preposition.
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Plural of virus......is "viruses".
See Dictionary.com:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=virus
Get it straight before all your boxen belongs to bad grammer [sic].
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Re:Thank you - If I had mod points, you == +1
You too can go to jail for something as innocent as sharing your MP3 files. Does that sound like a CRIME to SOCIETY you should be PUNISHED for?
A crime is "an act committed or omitted in violation of a law forbidding or commanding it and for which punishment is imposed upon conviction". The question of whether sharing MP3 files "sounds like a crime" is moot. It is a crime. If you disagree with the law(s), then you are free to use any number of legal means to try to get those laws changed. -
Re:Unclear on the concept-uh, just who is unclear?
It's not a buzzword or even a new term. It's been around for a while. You do seem to have understood what he meant, since your guess is spot on.
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Re:what is balkanization?
I think it refers to fragmentation by social groups; alluding to the collapse of yugoslavia (in the balkan peninsula) into a bunch of little racially-divided countries (bosnia etc) from google, it apparantly is an antonym of globalization oh, by the way... RTFD[ictionary] : )