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How is the word kiln pronounced in the U.K.? In some parts of the US the n is silent, which makes the double meaning even more obvious...

why would they use Dutch?

double dutch n. (colloquial British) incomprehensible talk

Source: WordNet by Princeton University, via Dictionary.com

seldolivaw did not say "Dutch" but rather "dutch". The words "greek" and "dutch", lowercase, are common names used by speakers of the English language to refer to any language other than English or to English containing heavy technical jargon.

why would they use Dutch?

double dutch n. (colloquial British) incomprehensible talk

Source: WordNet by Princeton University, via Dictionary.com

seldolivaw did not say "Dutch" but rather "dutch". The words "greek" and "dutch", lowercase, are common names used by speakers of the English language to refer to any language other than English or to English containing heavy technical jargon.

Well, aren't you Mr. Sunshine today?
A critic is "one who forms and expresses judgments of the merits, faults, value, or truth of a matter." (from Dictionary.com, FYI).

Read the 4 words that I posted. Do you see any judgement being expressed there, troll boy?

I just pointed out that this article was a repeat from last year. Nothing more. Nothing less. Take it for what those 4 words mean. Don't try to read too much into things. And practice some reading (and thinking) skills while you're at it.

prick ( P ) Pronunciation Key (prk) n.

The act of piercing or pricking.

The sensation of being pierced or pricked.

A persistent or sharply painful feeling of sorrow or remorse.

A small, sharp, local pain, such as that made by a needle or bee sting.

A small mark or puncture made by a pointed object.

A pointed object, such as an ice pick, goad, or thorn.

A hare's track or footprint.

Vulgar Slang. A penis.

Vulgar Slang. A person regarded as highly unpleasant, especially a male.

Gee, I don't think I've ever heard the word contrapuntal. Thank you, another small step in the evolution of my vocabulary. :)

That's because stupid people say "Don".
:-P
Here's some info on Dom.
Here is what makes me believe that "Dom" refers to a monk.
Jordan

\An`ti-Sem"i*tism\, n. Opposition to, or hatred of, Semites, esp. Jews

And the American Heritage Dictionary says:

anti-Semitism (nt-sm-tzm, nt-)
n.

1. Hostility toward or prejudice against Jews or Judaism.

2. Discrimination against Jews.

So I think the words modern meaning is pretty clear. Somebody posts this same post every time anybody uses the word, and it's just as bad (actually worse) than the people who bitch about the media's use of the word "hacker" rather than
"cracker". The evolution of a language is not always perfectly logical, and the important part is that we commonly understand what the words mean.

Well, I'm not so sure ... usually it's a venial offense or mistake or whatever, and that's a pretty mild reproach.

I think the writer had in mind VENAL -- as I did when I saw it, so it took a minute to figure out why the dictionary.com definition was "wrong"!

And ... FWIW I think venal is a little harsh. This not an unjustifiable ruling, it's just a bad ruling by a fairly conservative Court. I would have been floored if they had overruled Congress on the extension of the copyright term, given precedent, and prefer that sort of thing to be decided by elected, sometimes venal legislators rather than an unelected unreviewable group of justices. We save the Court for the relatively foul measures of the legislature, not disagreement over judgment calls like the magic number of years. If the Court starts picking and choosing here, they might start getting a lot more intrusive in other areas, too. At least we can yell at Congress.

However, what I really dislike is the *retroactive* application of the law to existing copyright holders like Disney. It (1) makes no sense under the Copyright Clause purpose to promote creativity, (2) stomps on the freedom of speech ethic if not right, and (3) looks like outright cash quid pro quo (well, might as well say it, that's what it is).

The retroactivity portion is what the dissents focus on, though I haven't plowed through it all. Without retroactivity, groups like Disney would have much much much less incentive to push for things like the Sonny Bono Act, as there would be no benefit for decades. The Sonny Bono Act provides Disney with money right away, with (early days) Mickey otherwise "expiring" this year.

Don't forget, this thing can be repealed. The chances are slim, but it's not written in stone.

© 2003 Mickey M. Mouse, all rights reserved.

Easily excused or forgiven; pardonable: a venial offense.

Roman Catholic Church. Minor, therefore warranting only temporal punishment.

For all I care it's powered by gerbils running in exercise wheels.

It is called Linux advocacy. The more you hear about positive uses of a product, the more common that product becomes which brings on more positive uses. I would guess that over 95% of the non computer geek comunity would care less or even know anything about what gerbilware their computer was currently running had it not been for a strong MS advocacy and PR campaign to push the Windows name.

The Linux crowd should be focused on the real battleground, the desktop, and derailing MS's monopoly.

The embedded market has its own battleground which is just as real as what you want to battle for. Linux is many products to many people. The combination of all of them makes Linux what it is and where it will be later. I know that sounds like something you'd hear in a glorified PR but its true.

Multiple people are working on multiple things in Linux to fill a desired need. People are not being "pulled" away from the desktop to work on an odd side job.

What? It's a perfectly cromulent word :)

Actually it is a real word. The upshot is the synopsis or the gist of a particular thing. Look it up.

May seem like a nitpick, but isn't this "review" more of a "Table of Contents with brief description of chapters"?

Slashdot Book Review Guidelines

as does paraffin...

"I already do probably 80% of my acceleration via the accelerate and coast buttons for my cruise control"

I feel a rant coming up. Here it goes:

You and too many people in front of me do that.

Please stop driving like a turtle. While we're young please. Let's move that needle right to the speed limit please. That means pushing the smaller pedal below your right foot (the one on the floor near the center of the dash). I mean pushing, not stroking. You bought HPs, you use 'em.

If you want to accelerate like a turtle, drive a bus. Otherwise, get going! Your car can go 0-60 in 10 to 30 seconds, but with a turtle behind the wheel, that slows down to 0-45 in 2 minutes if we're lucky enough not to get red lights before 2 minutes.

The person behind you would like to make that green light too you know. Please start moving right after the person in front of you does, don't finish your daydream first.

They should write tickets for holding up traffic.

"potentiometer in the gas pedal"

I guess you mean the throttle? In current cars, the pedal is connected to a cable that runs to the throttle body and opens a valve to control the flow of gasoline. No potentiometers there.

Look up the words today and ever in a dictionary. You'll find they aren't synonyms.

Look up the words today and ever in a dictionary. You'll find they aren't synonyms.

Hi, welcome to /. The place where obligatory simpsons references are posted whenever possible.

By the way, what the heck is a het?

You shouldn't take offence to the logo; there's nothing satanic about it. Definition is here Traditionaly a daemon is a helping spirit working in the background for your benefit. This isn't too far a stretch from the saints catholics pray to. In the unix world, a daemon process is a program operating without the knowledge of the user which handles the minutia the user doesn't have the time, interest or skill to administer. Unfortunatly, christians have a history of interpreting anything that is not of God as being satanic and because daemons comes from greek mythology, they have been interpreted as satans minions. The logo is simply an unfortunate blend of the idea of a daemon with a face that is easily recognisable. Sorry, no prince of darkness here, only Greeks!

Actually, we're a Republic.
True, in a real democracy every person would have a say in every decision made by the government, but this only works in classrooms. Even in classrooms it doesn't work well, so we elect leaders who make decisions. If you don't like the decisions, either become an elected leader and change it, or just vote for someone else the next time around.

Cubicle drones of the world unite, we are the new proletariat.

Think yourself lucky - you could be working in an
open-plan office.

The U.S. has not acquired any land since Hawaii was added as a state almost half a century ago, and that was just a few volcanic islands in the middle of nowhere.

Now, let's tackle the second part of the definition. There are two kinds of influence that the U.S. has on the world: intentional and unintentional. I propose that the "imperialistic" actions you perceive are mostly the result of unintentional influence.

The U.S. never set out to be World Cop. This is the key to understanding that the U.S. is not imperialistic. Newsflash: Big things influence little things. That's the natural order of things. Big stars radiate more light and heat (in general) than small stars. Big planets have more gravity than small planets. The effects are not "intended" to be good or bad. The U.S. is simply the 20-pound catfish in a fish tank of minnows and can't help but affect and influence almost everything that goes on. You throw a boulder in a pond and it causes ripples over the whole pond. The boulder isn't trying to take over the pond; it just has natural, benevolent (yet big and possibly harmful) effects on its environment.

But besides the fact that the U.S. can't suppress its natural influence, the world has essentially told it that it has a responsibility to influence and shape the world for good, because it is the only superpower left. The U.S. tries to do what's best, but whenever it talks about doing something, it's dammed if it does and it's damned if it doesn't. There's no way it can satisfy all the hundreds of countries in the world. It would go crazy if it tried. Just look at the U.N., a bureaucratic monster paralyzed because it has 191 members and as many different agendas.

It's natural for some of the minnows to be spiteful of the Big Fish. It's like the people who hate Microsoft (richest software co.), Red Hat (biggest Linux co.), AOL (biggest ISP), Bill Gates (richest man), Israel (most prosperous Middle East country), NY (most prestigious state), and Time Warner et al (biggest media co.). Some of this disdain is well-founded IMHO. But why not sit down and consider the GOOD effects that some of these entities have had and are having? The U.S. has failed and stumbled many times, but I believe that it has positively influenced the world more times and in greater ways than any of us will ever know.

Absolutely.

I agree.

Absolutely.

I agree.

Contrary to the belief of the article's author, "portend" is a verb.

This just goes to show that you can get an actual, paying job in journalism with little more than a pencil and a thesaurus.

Dictionary Definition

Heisenbugs are eeeevil!:P

I submitted this article, and I stand by my usages of both "she" and "military."

First, anyone who believes that "she" is not just as appropriate as an indefinite pronoun in this case needs to a) get a style manual published later than 1950, and b) get a clue about sexism and about the way language shapes the way we view the world. Anyone angry enough to attack a writer for such usage on a message board should take a serious look at the source of that anger.

Second, military can be a collective noun.

authoritarian You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. Look at definition 1:

Characterized by or favoring absolute obedience to authority, as against personal freedom.

Now, nothing in that definition makes it illegal to say that the current leaders are terrible, just as long as you do what people in authority say. Just because the United States isn't making more ornerous rules to follow doesn't mean its not an authoritarian country. Just try using "But America is not an authoritarian country as a defense in court sometime"
If America was not an authoritarian country, it would not be illegal to resist arrest or to talk back to judges.

Since "sweatshop" is a completely meaningless, derogatory term, Nike is being honest when they say they don't have any-- even if liberals say they do.

How can a term (sweatshop) be meaningless and derogatory at the same time??

Sweatshop has a well-understood meaning.

And Nike, helpless as it is to change anything (according to you) made numerous changes in the wake of adverse publicity. Apparently it can be responsible,

-- a liberal who took economics and respects the poor

The analogy might be more like a cereal killer who mysteriously stops after a few crimes

How is it a crime to kill cereal?

Yeah, I guess it's a bit agressive, but hardly a crime. They come up with all sorts of weight watching schemes these days and I suppose cereal killing is just one in the crowd. And just like many other such schemes, this proves that method doesn't work very well, since he suddenly stopped.

hypothetical You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. From my understanding of hypothetical, those examples are real, not hypothetical, because he said his parents did watch 'The Shield' and he did watch 'Buffy the Vampire'. Now he is using these examples to support the hypothesis over the Tivo would be usefulness, but that is not what is usually meant when hypothetical is used in front of scenarios, or examples, and that does not appear to be the way that you are using it. The scenario where there was no shield marathon and no Buffy reruns is the hypothetical one.

'He' is the singular indefinite pronoun in English...
and later
'She' is the singular pronoun of personification in English...

Bah! You are attempting to apply rules of latin grammar to english. This didn't work in the 18th and 19th centuries when it was all the rage among the hoity-toity upper class. Why do you think it has any relevance to today's slashdot readers?

I suppose you also object to splitting infinitives! You would not allow us "To boldly go where no one has gone before"?!

Fie! Get thee hence and never return! Should slashdot ever need a grammar policeman, let them at least be policing the native structure of English and not foisting foreign rules upon us!

There are some interesting usage notes from the The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language at Dictionary.com/he (and see also the links from there to "she" and "they" and the usage notes at those locations). These show that there is major disagreement in usage of "he" and "she" in ambiguous contexts, and the use of "he" as a representative sampling of a mixed group is now considered appropriate by only a minority of the publisher's Usage Panel.

That's certainly a definition, but not the only definition (note that I'm referencing conservatism, which is listed in the definition of conservative).

That's certainly a definition, but not the only definition (note that I'm referencing conservatism, which is listed in the definition of conservative).

Knowledge is fractal, and domain specific. Can something be in two places at once? Well, yes-no. It depends on the domain. If it's an electron, the
answer seems to be sort-of "yes, if you can't see it in mid process".

That doesn't mean the "knowledge" is domain-specific,
it means that our model of reality is.
Knowledge is, for example, the fact that small particles can behave in this manner.

And what the heck do you mean by "fractal"?
It doesn't fit in with any definition of the word I've heard.

People who are certain are a large part of the problem. WHENEVER you are certain, you've made a mistake. You may have mistaken a high probability value for truth (which usually works quite well), but you've made a mistake.

This is just ridiculous. You probably felt very confident, probably even "certain" that people reading your post would understand it.
Your actions contradict you point.

In the strictest sense of the word, nothing is "certain".
However, spoken language is not logic.
They use the same terms (as does science) but the words of everyday speech are always less rigid.
(compare everyday usages of "work", "energy", "resistance" with their more strict scientific definitions)

If something contradicts experience, then it may be either wrong, or misunderstood. Don't doubt your experience

True, but our memories are error-prone. We forget things, we remember badly, etc.
Also, we make observational mistakes, imagine we see things, etc..

Science deals with this by repeating their observations,
preferably in different manners, and by different people.

If the experience of a single person contradicts the observations of thousands of others,
it is wise do distrust the former.

Telepathy... I have not seen either a proof or a disproof that met my standards.

Naturally, you need something to disprove to disprove it.
As for proofs, they fall into two categories:
a) The design of the experiment was flawed
(i.e. double-blinding, etc..)

b) The experiment could not be repeated by independent researchers
(and no, I don't consider a "fellow-believer" to be independent. And that goes for all science.)

Of course, Newton's mechanics are exactly bogus..

No, Newton's mechanics are not bogus.
They are a fully adequate model for most physical phenomena at an everyday scale.

maybe your definition is a little different than the one here

1. A foolish or stupid person.
2. A person of profound mental retardation having a mental age below three years and generally being unable to learn connected speech or guard against common dangers. The term belongs to a classification system no longer in use and is now considered offensive.

what is it about mr. gates that you find foolish or stupid? it's fairly safe to say the second definition is out.

i would like to argue against another's "evil" description of mr. gates. practicing immoral and or unethical business practices isn't exactly evil to me, but dictionary.com defines it primarily as "Morally bad or wrong; wicked", so it might be correct to label mr. gates as "evil".

i realize you're just making sort of an "off-the-cuff" remark/statement, but isolationist and imperialistic are almost complete opposites.

i realize you're just making sort of an "off-the-cuff" remark/statement, but isolationist and imperialistic are almost complete opposites.

All work is contracted by the method of "financial transaction" unless you declare otherwise in some matter. In an economy, you, I, and others seek property and services and such of those is a contract initiated for property and services by receiving a "receipt." Yes, it is misleading and places a contracted party at risk by not receiving or providing a receipt for a contracted work. In the world that we somewhat know, there are laws that keep every matter of interstate economy for proper administrative managment by its respective participants (voluntary:participants). The most complex of these laws that people and organizations operate upon is known as Tort law and Conract law. In my experience, Contract law is simply a constructed document of statments and agreements and administrative grant of action and process (legaly binding) that may or may not define an exchange of services (financial transaction) as well as abridg any laws or rights granted to any participant of the contract as defined therein. Contracts are tricky, and I know you'll find an easier-understood defenition at Dictionary.com, yet I am in consideration that a contract means much more. Tort law is only operative in absence of a contract. Tort is law that deals with all varying specific topics from organized property and land disputes to redress of varying grievances and activities that have effected another party in some negatory way in absnce of any contract to do so. Tort is how the private world in its unabridged capacity, operates administrativly with others.

here is a difference between a license and certification. A license is a contract and is entirly a voluntary act. A contract, in this world, is to be held accountable for the elements in the contraction, our obligations in a said contract, or by the pre-scribed conclusion of the contract will it be legal to receive the actions of a prescribed administrative authority to choose the contracted anecdotal action in compliance with the contract. What I just summarized as a license is true to my current sustained knowledge. A certification is different from a license in respect that certification is an oath or affirmation that is in-part a construction of true statments by another agency. Yes, a(n) (MCSE) Mictosoft Certified Systems Engineer is somone that received a certificate of oath or affirmation from an agency of Microsoft that declares such statments on paper upon presentation to another agency: "I'M CAPABLE OF PRESSING A POWER BUTTON AND I CAN FDISK YOUR HARDRIVE TO LALA LAND" or some variation of what I quoted an MCSE of stating to me outside of oath or affidavit. Licenses are contracts and it is illegal to force anyone into a contractual relationship and may only be accomplished voluntarily. So, in true form, it is illegal for me to be arrested for operating my automobile (not a Motor Vehicle) on public roads/highways/streets/wherever (10th ammendment and 1st ammendment), with respect to private, and it will be illegal for any such claim of jurisdiction of another organization to apply and illegal for my property to be seized and myself placed under arrest and/or further thrown into jail should I not posses a "Driver's License" because such is the utility of instrumentality which abridges rights and grants jurisdiction to another organization which I did not. Where does this all tie together, you may ask? Please bear with me as I reach my conclusive presentation to you on Tort law and Contract law...

A receipt is issued for property and services and this signifies a conract: a financial transaction. Should any such damage of property or services arise within the contracted work of the other party you chose, then the contract has been violated and it is up to you to arrange for a judge of the law to "see" your case and recognize and enforce the redress of damages/grievances that occured at the hands of the other party with respect to your AGREEMENTS on the services in your contract. Contract law applies to States (a state is a people and not the government thereof). If the issue is not contracted, and the agencies in the non-contracted action are operating in their capacity, the issue is within the constrains of Tort law. Quite obviously, the rememdies within Contract law is beyond the scope of your contracted work and damages received (not scribed); judges choose how to administer any default remedy upon the defendent that you hold responsible for any breaches of the contracted work the defendent pledged. In many respects to freedom, Tort law has been slithered-around by the United States just so they may choose any such remedy for incorrect services rendered; you, as a United States Citizen|citizen, have agreed to the DMCA, RIAA, MPAA, STATE OF ______, and any other such federal organization to administer judgment on your behalf and as well you agree to receive judgment from them and agree to all their administrative procedure.

In the end, a Certification is just as capable of being untrue as well as a Contract violated. There will always be people in the computer repair business of hair-dress business that will act in opposite of the statments present in their certification of their skills yet it is upto you to adress such facts in a court of law or an officer of the court(notary). Did I make sense?

Dictionary.com...License
Dictionary.com...Contract
Dictionary.com...Tort

Keep in mind to not rest at the first definition of any word you may see...lawyers tend to stretch definitions of words beyond space and time so you'll need a second opinion as well from those under authorship of the english language in all its capacity. I must cease my endless bable at a recommendation to a website that focuses its persona on laws and how they apply.

Reading material that described Tort and Contract law in a modern abridged setting ... as well the complete application of the previous author's works is available to our perusal. This is one of the most applicable features of Tort and Contract law in action today, the many people in dispute with the IRS or a governing body. I aplogise if you were offended or received my information in any way as being rude. Delight!

All work is contracted by the method of "financial transaction" unless you declare otherwise in some matter. In an economy, you, I, and others seek property and services and such of those is a contract initiated for property and services by receiving a "receipt." Yes, it is misleading and places a contracted party at risk by not receiving or providing a receipt for a contracted work. In the world that we somewhat know, there are laws that keep every matter of interstate economy for proper administrative managment by its respective participants (voluntary:participants). The most complex of these laws that people and organizations operate upon is known as Tort law and Conract law. In my experience, Contract law is simply a constructed document of statments and agreements and administrative grant of action and process (legaly binding) that may or may not define an exchange of services (financial transaction) as well as abridg any laws or rights granted to any participant of the contract as defined therein. Contracts are tricky, and I know you'll find an easier-understood defenition at Dictionary.com, yet I am in consideration that a contract means much more. Tort law is only operative in absence of a contract. Tort is law that deals with all varying specific topics from organized property and land disputes to redress of varying grievances and activities that have effected another party in some negatory way in absnce of any contract to do so. Tort is how the private world in its unabridged capacity, operates administrativly with others.

here is a difference between a license and certification. A license is a contract and is entirly a voluntary act. A contract, in this world, is to be held accountable for the elements in the contraction, our obligations in a said contract, or by the pre-scribed conclusion of the contract will it be legal to receive the actions of a prescribed administrative authority to choose the contracted anecdotal action in compliance with the contract. What I just summarized as a license is true to my current sustained knowledge. A certification is different from a license in respect that certification is an oath or affirmation that is in-part a construction of true statments by another agency. Yes, a(n) (MCSE) Mictosoft Certified Systems Engineer is somone that received a certificate of oath or affirmation from an agency of Microsoft that declares such statments on paper upon presentation to another agency: "I'M CAPABLE OF PRESSING A POWER BUTTON AND I CAN FDISK YOUR HARDRIVE TO LALA LAND" or some variation of what I quoted an MCSE of stating to me outside of oath or affidavit. Licenses are contracts and it is illegal to force anyone into a contractual relationship and may only be accomplished voluntarily. So, in true form, it is illegal for me to be arrested for operating my automobile (not a Motor Vehicle) on public roads/highways/streets/wherever (10th ammendment and 1st ammendment), with respect to private, and it will be illegal for any such claim of jurisdiction of another organization to apply and illegal for my property to be seized and myself placed under arrest and/or further thrown into jail should I not posses a "Driver's License" because such is the utility of instrumentality which abridges rights and grants jurisdiction to another organization which I did not. Where does this all tie together, you may ask? Please bear with me as I reach my conclusive presentation to you on Tort law and Contract law...

A receipt is issued for property and services and this signifies a conract: a financial transaction. Should any such damage of property or services arise within the contracted work of the other party you chose, then the contract has been violated and it is up to you to arrange for a judge of the law to "see" your case and recognize and enforce the redress of damages/grievances that occured at the hands of the other party with respect to your AGREEMENTS on the services in your contract. Contract law applies to States (a state is a people and not the government thereof). If the issue is not contracted, and the agencies in the non-contracted action are operating in their capacity, the issue is within the constrains of Tort law. Quite obviously, the rememdies within Contract law is beyond the scope of your contracted work and damages received (not scribed); judges choose how to administer any default remedy upon the defendent that you hold responsible for any breaches of the contracted work the defendent pledged. In many respects to freedom, Tort law has been slithered-around by the United States just so they may choose any such remedy for incorrect services rendered; you, as a United States Citizen|citizen, have agreed to the DMCA, RIAA, MPAA, STATE OF ______, and any other such federal organization to administer judgment on your behalf and as well you agree to receive judgment from them and agree to all their administrative procedure.

In the end, a Certification is just as capable of being untrue as well as a Contract violated. There will always be people in the computer repair business of hair-dress business that will act in opposite of the statments present in their certification of their skills yet it is upto you to adress such facts in a court of law or an officer of the court(notary). Did I make sense?

Dictionary.com...License
Dictionary.com...Contract
Dictionary.com...Tort

Keep in mind to not rest at the first definition of any word you may see...lawyers tend to stretch definitions of words beyond space and time so you'll need a second opinion as well from those under authorship of the english language in all its capacity. I must cease my endless bable at a recommendation to a website that focuses its persona on laws and how they apply.

Reading material that described Tort and Contract law in a modern abridged setting ... as well the complete application of the previous author's works is available to our perusal. This is one of the most applicable features of Tort and Contract law in action today, the many people in dispute with the IRS or a governing body. I aplogise if you were offended or received my information in any way as being rude. Delight!

All work is contracted by the method of "financial transaction" unless you declare otherwise in some matter. In an economy, you, I, and others seek property and services and such of those is a contract initiated for property and services by receiving a "receipt." Yes, it is misleading and places a contracted party at risk by not receiving or providing a receipt for a contracted work. In the world that we somewhat know, there are laws that keep every matter of interstate economy for proper administrative managment by its respective participants (voluntary:participants). The most complex of these laws that people and organizations operate upon is known as Tort law and Conract law. In my experience, Contract law is simply a constructed document of statments and agreements and administrative grant of action and process (legaly binding) that may or may not define an exchange of services (financial transaction) as well as abridg any laws or rights granted to any participant of the contract as defined therein. Contracts are tricky, and I know you'll find an easier-understood defenition at Dictionary.com, yet I am in consideration that a contract means much more. Tort law is only operative in absence of a contract. Tort is law that deals with all varying specific topics from organized property and land disputes to redress of varying grievances and activities that have effected another party in some negatory way in absnce of any contract to do so. Tort is how the private world in its unabridged capacity, operates administrativly with others.

here is a difference between a license and certification. A license is a contract and is entirly a voluntary act. A contract, in this world, is to be held accountable for the elements in the contraction, our obligations in a said contract, or by the pre-scribed conclusion of the contract will it be legal to receive the actions of a prescribed administrative authority to choose the contracted anecdotal action in compliance with the contract. What I just summarized as a license is true to my current sustained knowledge. A certification is different from a license in respect that certification is an oath or affirmation that is in-part a construction of true statments by another agency. Yes, a(n) (MCSE) Mictosoft Certified Systems Engineer is somone that received a certificate of oath or affirmation from an agency of Microsoft that declares such statments on paper upon presentation to another agency: "I'M CAPABLE OF PRESSING A POWER BUTTON AND I CAN FDISK YOUR HARDRIVE TO LALA LAND" or some variation of what I quoted an MCSE of stating to me outside of oath or affidavit. Licenses are contracts and it is illegal to force anyone into a contractual relationship and may only be accomplished voluntarily. So, in true form, it is illegal for me to be arrested for operating my automobile (not a Motor Vehicle) on public roads/highways/streets/wherever (10th ammendment and 1st ammendment), with respect to private, and it will be illegal for any such claim of jurisdiction of another organization to apply and illegal for my property to be seized and myself placed under arrest and/or further thrown into jail should I not posses a "Driver's License" because such is the utility of instrumentality which abridges rights and grants jurisdiction to another organization which I did not. Where does this all tie together, you may ask? Please bear with me as I reach my conclusive presentation to you on Tort law and Contract law...

A receipt is issued for property and services and this signifies a conract: a financial transaction. Should any such damage of property or services arise within the contracted work of the other party you chose, then the contract has been violated and it is up to you to arrange for a judge of the law to "see" your case and recognize and enforce the redress of damages/grievances that occured at the hands of the other party with respect to your AGREEMENTS on the services in your contract. Contract law applies to States (a state is a people and not the government thereof). If the issue is not contracted, and the agencies in the non-contracted action are operating in their capacity, the issue is within the constrains of Tort law. Quite obviously, the rememdies within Contract law is beyond the scope of your contracted work and damages received (not scribed); judges choose how to administer any default remedy upon the defendent that you hold responsible for any breaches of the contracted work the defendent pledged. In many respects to freedom, Tort law has been slithered-around by the United States just so they may choose any such remedy for incorrect services rendered; you, as a United States Citizen|citizen, have agreed to the DMCA, RIAA, MPAA, STATE OF ______, and any other such federal organization to administer judgment on your behalf and as well you agree to receive judgment from them and agree to all their administrative procedure.

In the end, a Certification is just as capable of being untrue as well as a Contract violated. There will always be people in the computer repair business of hair-dress business that will act in opposite of the statments present in their certification of their skills yet it is upto you to adress such facts in a court of law or an officer of the court(notary). Did I make sense?

Dictionary.com...License
Dictionary.com...Contract
Dictionary.com...Tort

Keep in mind to not rest at the first definition of any word you may see...lawyers tend to stretch definitions of words beyond space and time so you'll need a second opinion as well from those under authorship of the english language in all its capacity. I must cease my endless bable at a recommendation to a website that focuses its persona on laws and how they apply.

Reading material that described Tort and Contract law in a modern abridged setting ... as well the complete application of the previous author's works is available to our perusal. This is one of the most applicable features of Tort and Contract law in action today, the many people in dispute with the IRS or a governing body. I aplogise if you were offended or received my information in any way as being rude. Delight!

Look here --> "Sarcasm"

Literate Americans spell the word thusly: disgusting.

Now, you try. Don't forget to stay in school and say "ugh" to drugs.

Am I the only one who has noticed some really bad moderations lately??? This comment has a good point, but has been moderated as
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element: Electricity. The resistance wire in an electrical appliance such as a heater or an oven.

You are wrong. The definition you cite for affected is not relevent as it is an adjective. The word in question is effect, which you used as a verb in your sentence: "Let me just remind you all that this bug does NOT effect the OS/2 Warp 3.0 kernel."

From dictionary.com, definition 1 of affect: "To have an influence on or effect a change in."

Also from dictionary.com, effect as a verb means "To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be." or "To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to accomplish."

The leak isn't producing, executing, enforcing, achieving, or accomplishing FreeBSD. It is, however, having an influence or effect on FreeBSD.

So, your grammar argument is completely wrong. Technically, however, your original sentence isn't completely wrong because the bug does not effect OS/2. In this context, you really meant that is does not affect OS/2.

You are wrong. The definition you cite for affected is not relevent as it is an adjective. The word in question is effect, which you used as a verb in your sentence: "Let me just remind you all that this bug does NOT effect the OS/2 Warp 3.0 kernel."

From dictionary.com, definition 1 of affect: "To have an influence on or effect a change in."

Also from dictionary.com, effect as a verb means "To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be." or "To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to accomplish."

The leak isn't producing, executing, enforcing, achieving, or accomplishing FreeBSD. It is, however, having an influence or effect on FreeBSD.

So, your grammar argument is completely wrong. Technically, however, your original sentence isn't completely wrong because the bug does not effect OS/2. In this context, you really meant that is does not affect OS/2.

Everyone that I know who attends UC Berkeley (GO BEARS!) is capable of recognizing that 'whinging' is a word.