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"He" is generic. If you don't like english, you can speak a language where the feminine pronoun is generic.

Really?

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

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1. ouch... since when is current generation level gaming on a handheld, and abilities to do what no current consoles can yet do without ssome form of modding not considered innovation? [watch your own videos? browse the internet? play lan games via builtin wifi

2. i agree with you. IMO it seems as if the problem is overblown. ive read of other people with dead pixels, but i dont know of anyone nor have i met any psp owner with any.

3. its a gimmick because that is what it is.

gimmick: An innovative or unusual mechanical contrivance; a gadget. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=gimmick

its a gimmick due to the fact that it is something that has never been done by a strictly gaming handheld in an attempt to be different. the psp itself can be considered a gimmick as well. IMHO i dont really see it as a gimmick in the sense that the psp doesnt really do anything new. its just that sony has courted the studios and has given it to us consumers portable movies more superior than what we are used to, and it gathered up a bunch of ideas that people have put into use for consoles via modding in one sleek formfactor.

that said, the converse argument would be that handhelds are a gimmick in general. an attempt to put a console in the palm of your hands. the idea of gaming on the go is a gimmick in and of itself.

Plus, you're wasting my time by posting duplicate posts to a duplicate article.

I have used Maxthon (MyIE2) for 3+ years now. One of the greatest features is the configurable search tool. Through the preferences you can set up any URL with a variable param to be tied to a search keyword.

For example, I have it configured so that typing "dic foo" into the address bar will pull up http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=foo.

This is a truly awesome feature, and I use it for all kinds of stuff including google [g ] and babelfish [tr ].

Of course, sometimes I have to reverse-engineer a web page to find the POST parameters and then turn the URL into a GET-based query.

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If file sharing actually made them money (as submitter is trying to suggest) then it would be a poor business practice to attempt to stop it.

The study pointed to does NOT claim that people who use P2P networks will subsequently buy more music as a result of doing so. It merely claims that people who heavily use P2P also buy music heavily. Corrolation does not imply cause.

The most probable reason why someone would buy a lot of music and use a P2P system heavily is that they like music. They like music so they get more of it from more sources. That's it. It's that simple. It's so obvious, that you have to question the reasoning skills of anyone who thinks the two are linked by causation. Everyone these days is trying to find stupid reasons to think one thing causes another.

While P2P probably provides some degree of "try before you buy", it's equally true that legal mechanisms to do much the same thing are widely available, from friends introducing friends to new acts, to samples downloadable from band websites, those little headphone and barcode readers you get in most record stores, and even, to some extent, radio and television. So it's hard to see how P2P helps content producers. In practice, I suspect the number of cheap-asses like certain people I know who download music with the specific intention of burning it to CD and saving themselves money more than outwieghs the High Minded Slashdotter Who Would Only Ever Download Music To Try It and Will Buy The CD If It's Good.

Please, let's stop pretending the study the submitter linked to in any way justifies music piracy. It doesn't. It never did. Indeed, it may well be it does the opposite, showing that people across the spectrum of music appreciation are willing to use P2P as a substitute for at least some of their music purchases. Content producers have every reason to be concerned about those trading files on the Internet.

"Losing" is spelled with just one "O". Just thought you'd like to know.

Despite your poor grammar, had you quit after correcting the poster's spelling, you would have been in the clear.

If "loosing" was even a word, it would mean the same thing as "loosening" or "setting free". So if you are sharing the music with everyone, YOU are the one "loosing".

But you couldn't do that, could you? You had to go on and try to belittle the poster. In so doing, you illustrated your own severe intellectual (and social) shortcomings. You end up looking like a fool.

For your information:

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=loosing&d b=*

Eh, nice strawman argument.

Actually, some the stuff you listed I _would_ call discrimination. Maybe you should look up the meaning in the dictionary because it seems like you have an urge to redefine the word to something that suits your liking.

One can discriminate based on practically anything, it isn't always color of skin... See " 3. Treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality or prejudice"

When you block an entire country there's certainly treatment based on category rather than individual merit, and there's certainly prejudice when you do this because of hacking.

No entry found for potatoe.

Did you mean Potator?

1 knot == 1nmph (nautical miles per hour).

Nautical mile is some ~ 10% -ish larger then imperial mile, so that it would equal minute of arc along a great circle of the Earth (comes handy in navigation, 1 minute of lattitude equals 1 nautical mile, almost the same goes for longitude, if you are on the Equator, and if you are sailing along orthodroma - the shortest course between two points on the globe - to know the mileage all you need to do is find out the angle between endpoints and Earth's center and express it in minutes of arc).

http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Nautical_mile

The spelling is "superior":

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

I used to be in Mensa, too. Kinda boring, everyone spent all their time kvetching about how nobody else values their brilliance, and nobody did any actual hacking. It was very disappointing.

I dropped out and started playing Halo 2 online (Big Team Battle rank = 19, Rumble Pit rank = 14 and climbing).

Stolen definition of faith: "Confident belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness of a person, idea, or thing."

PEDANTIC=ON
mobile (adj.)
PEDANTIC=OFF

So you may not install Flash on a rack-mount PC mounted on a cart (and used for data acquisition)? According to the definition above, this whole thing is a mobile device.
Damn, gotta call off the project. Too bad it has been running tests for 2 years and was just about ready for final deployment. Bummer.

and etc.

The primary definition and most commonly intended meaning of "synthetic" is combination of separate components, literally coming from the ancient Greek word suntithenai for "put together"; any other meanings of "synthetic" in both American and British English are secondary - see synthesis and synthetic in AHDEL, 4th ed. (2000), and synthesis and synthetic in COED (2005).

The primary definition and most commonly intended meaning of "synthetic" is combination of separate components, literally coming from the ancient Greek word suntithenai for "put together"; any other meanings of "synthetic" in both American and British English are secondary - see synthesis and synthetic in AHDEL, 4th ed. (2000), and synthesis and synthetic in COED (2005).

Atefeh Rajabi appears to have been a fairly normal 16-year-old: sulky, disobedient, and eager to have sex. In London, those attributes earn lectures from parents and teachers on the importance of acting responsibly and not being offensive. In the city of Neka in Iran, where Atefeh Rajabi comes from, they get you hauled up in front of a judge.

Atefeh's typical teenage behaviour meant that she was charged and found guilty of "acts incompatible with chastity". The judge in the Islamic court ruled that the appropriate penalty was death. That's right: death. Her sentence was confirmed by Iran's Supreme Court!

Two weeks ago, on August 15, the 16-year-old girl was _hung_from_a_crane_in_the_main_square_ of Neka, in full public view, in order to keep "society safe from acts against public morality"!

I don't know, maybe being 32, I am "out of touch"? I just never though I would see _any_ society would think it OK to kill a child for doing things a child does such as being curious. I am not extending my emotions to a 17 year old kid who rapes, or kills. To me there is a HUGE difference between a kid who has some experimental sex/drugs/stupidity or is a _little_ rowdy vs. a 16/17/18 year old that KILLS.

How can _any_ human out there defend killing a child for making an innocent mistake like sexual curiosity? Oh, and the guy involved with here received "75 lashes". So the guy get a couple of licks while the girl gets death?

Oh, and the sickness of Islam doesn't end there. Two teenage boys - one under 18 - were publicly hanged by Iran for being gay! (Note: I am not gay, but come on now, killing someone just because they are gay? How sick of a "society" do you have to be to do something like that?)

No entry found for rediculous.

Did you mean ridiculous?

No entry found for rediculous.

Did you mean ridiculous?

...might be useful for large palettes
So I can use a computer to tell me where my burnt umber is?
How about pallets?
</Word Usage Nazi>

...might be useful for large palettes
So I can use a computer to tell me where my burnt umber is?
How about pallets?
</Word Usage Nazi>

Sorry 'bout that, I'll try to watch where I'm spitting next time. But only if you'll spell it correctly, you insensitive clod!

Heh. Dude, seriously, go look up "fallacy" in a dictionary. It has nothing to do with "phalus" or "phalic" (btw, that's how that's written, not "fallic", but I digress.)

It's also something that's a topic of formal logic, and dates back at least to Aristotle. So, yes, if you don't want to trust Wikipedia on what those fallacies mean, you have a lot more reputable sources at your disposal.

So the wisecrack about "Wiki posters' Freudian tendancies" is just more prime example of talking without having a clue what you're talking about.

"I'm sorry, what exactly was your point?"

That fiscal incentives and basic human behaviour are pointing in the exact other direction than these crackpot "doctors and pharma companies make money out of murdering people and keeping them ill" theories. I.e., that the very "facts" being thrown around as basis for those conspiracy-theory conclusions are false.

"Of all your bluster, I would choose this one statement to challenge. Show me - no, screw that, prove it to yourself, never mind me - that you're not brainwashed."

Guess I'm getting good at this paranoia stuff, because I've actually expected that to be the only phrase you'll choose to latch onto. That's just the kind of diversion I was expecting as an answer: quickly dodging any actual facts or legitimate questions as "[endless blather claiming science and moral equivalency nonsense]" and getting to the usual "ah-ha! so you are brainwashed!" part. (Here phrased as "Prove that you're not brainwashed", but not that far.)

That's usually the problem with paranoia, and why psychoanalysis isn't very good against it. Any attempt to point out the flaws in that conspiracy theory just gets you filed anyhwere between "so you're brainwashed too" and "so you're a conspirator too".

Anyway, even skipping the part about Burden Of Proof (you're the one who made some claims, including the brainwashing one, so it's up to _you_ to prove them), it would be a straw man anyway. You've latched to something which, other than an ad-hominem fallacy, bears no relevance to the real issue that these conspiracy theories invariably fail to prove their case by logic. That's the core issue there.

I expect a conclusion, especially a blanket damnation of a whole profession, be based on actual data and actual logic. Without fallacies this time, since those are textbook examples of _failing_ to use logic. Between two arguments, (A) one which can present its data and logic, and where you can verify either, and (B) one which fails to do either, I'll just choose to believe the first one. That's all.

The only mention of brainwashing there was basically as "you don't need to be brainwashed to want to see some actual data and logic supporting a conclusion." You want to tell me that the non-brainwashed way would be to give up logic or something?

Either way, regardless of whether I'm brainwashed or not, you still failed to support those damning conclusions you wave around. Do that, or don't, but I don't see the point in getting side-tracked into debating the "brainwashing" straw-man instead.

Are you serious? What's the source language you're translating from, if you don't mind me asking. I've never heard about the stuff being properly referred to as expresso in any language. It's a somewhat common mistake though, I thought it was expresso, too - when I was twelve... ;)

Actually, according dictionary.reference.com expresso is "Variant of espresso.". So maybe it was originally a mistake (probably in several languages), but it seems to have been accepted, at least in English.

No one seems to care, and we "pedants" apparently just have to live with the language rape^^^^evolution.

Have a nice shmurl.

Because we dont want to loose the next war?

I thought that's what the original poster was afraid of, building weapons for loosing the next war.

Oh, wait, you meant "lose". Nevermind. It's amazing how a single letter in a common typo can so change the meaning of a sentence.

(Just in case you still don't understand: loose, v. tr., to let loose, release.)

Yes. It's better to be stupid on purpose than it is to occasionally make mistakes. Also, since you like irony so much. It would appear neither of us can spell misinterpret.

" You say that like it's a bad thing. Like the grandparent, I too am fed up of liberal lies about oil and global warming, not to mention the constant stream of Anti-Christian, Anti-American, Anti-Capitalism hatred that passes for "news" in the mainstream media ie the New York Times today."

"The fact is that liberals are against freedom. That's why I agree with the GP about his idea of introducing corporal punishment against liberals who spout their lies in public."

Yes, I can see that alright is definitely the word to use.

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

ABORTION ?
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=aberr ation
would fit better

Dictionary.com says yes. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=enhances And it does so probably because it's standard third person singular English verb conjugation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_verbs#Third_p erson_singular I enhance... You enhance... He/She/It/Internet voice capability enhances...

I posted this above too, but it requires a repost as a reply to your comment.

Synergy is a very cool concept especially when used in the Entropy vs. Synergy context as relates to the fundamental driving forces of our physical enviornment and our goals in life. Like when you win at a game of solitaire, that's changing something entropic into something synergistic.

Words don't hurt people. People hurt people.

You're right. Your post should have been modded "Overrated" or (stretching) "offtopic". But most people here have already accepted that the Mod system at Slashdot is broken at least and simply a tody system.

Or
ogle.com
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=ogle

You've misunderstood the word "free" in the term "free trade". Ironic coming from someone into Linux®.

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

HTH.

Linux® is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and other countries.

#1 definition for "artificial": "Made by humans; produced rather than natural." http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=artificia l

A link for you, sir.

Lol :) I didn't even knew what randy means. Thanks for the new word :)

Think:

"To believe; suppose"

It's called an opinion, and there are still some people out there that have them. Learn to deal with it.

People throw around the word "mature" in console gaming more than they do "hardcore gamer" now. I dont think people understand what either mean.

You can obviously discern their intended meaning or you wouldn't be griping. You are not the font of gaming definitions.

Just because GTA has explicit sex scenes, graphic violence, and copious swearing doesnt make it at all "mature".

In fact, it does.

Mature:

"Suitable or intended for adults: mature subject matter."

Is it possible that you don't know what mature means? You seem to be confusing it with the word intelligent, which is another one that you probably don't know the meaning of.

Hell, most of the crap out there is just plain juvenile. For some reason, people equate GTA and other games of the same nature to equal mature, while games such as Mario are kiddy.

Is Mario intended for adults? Do the brightly colored graphics and non-offensive cartoon characters give you that impression? It's intended for all ages. This does not correspond to any definition of the word mature unless you are sayin g that the Mario games are "No longer subject to great expansion or development," which lately has been true.

I think the real "mature gamer" is the one that doesnt give a shit about the "image" of the game theyre playing, so long as they have fun, be they a 13-year old or a 50-year old.

Obviously you are correct and everyone else is wrong. If only they would ask you before they print these articles! Jerks, the lot of them!

I think the real "mature gamer" is an abstract concept that unfortunately doesn't actually exist anywhere but in your head. There is no "real" or "false" mature gamer. There is no dividing line between a mature gamer and Joe FartJoke. People are multifaceted. You should stop obsessing over meaningless nametags and characterizations and just accept that people enjoy different things.

Sorry, but I think you're wrong.

Oh, and thank you "Captain Obvious" for telling us that:

        these days, one process can host a myriad of threads, each doing their own thing

Guess what I was being? That's right, facetious ! Congratulations.

I only replied because I didn't find your comment very funny, and I don't like people who put pretentious things like "Senior Programmer" in their signature, if I wanted to know what your title at work was, I would ask you; otherwise, I'll judge what I think of you by what you say (though this _is_ Slashdot, and I just don't really care). Also, this rule applies to your comment, haccording to the Purdue University writing lab, Do not use quotation marks for common nicknames, bits of humor, technical terms that readers are likely to know, and trite or well-known expressions. Obviously, you're not a Senior Grammatist.

What was that about being a senior programmer, now?

Oh, and thank you "Captain Obvious" for telling us that:

these days, one process can host a myriad of threads, each doing their own thing

"If you continue reading the story you will find out that his death was not permanent. Apologies for the spoiler. ;-)"

I appreciate the admission that this is a story rather than reality ...

Apparently both your logic and language fu is weak:
story Pronunciation Key (stôr, str) n. pl. stories
1. An account or recital of an event or a series of events, either true or fictitious. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=story

... We wait for you when you wish to react to what you can reason rather than what you merely hope to be true.

My understanding of Che is not limitted to the tag that comes with the t-shirt, I read Che's book.

No self http://www.respect-holidays.co.uk/ > respecting Lemur would be seen doing that job. They'd have enslaved the cows by then and would have them do the driving

Stint - A length of time spent in a particular way:

Looks like a valid use of the word to me.

Wrong.
 
Definition:
  Dictionary.com
 
Quote: Concerned chiefly or only with oneself
 
Therefore, your arguments are completely false. Nowhere in the definition of selfish is it defined as strictly the opposite of selfless. Or, to explain differently, nowhere in the definition of selfish does it define selfish as being everything that is not completely selfless. None of the reasons I love studying and teaching Mathematics are completely concerned with oneself. They are completely for the benefit of others. Any self-satisfaction I gain from that, is not selfish by definition. Your arguments were not very well thought-out nor researched. Better luck next time.
 
Quote: "No one is trying to discredit electric cars. If an electric car meets your needs -- in the words of Lee Iacocca -- "Buy it!" But don't try to claim some kind of moral high-ground."
 
Because you say so? That means nothing. As morals are completely subjective, your argument is essentially baseless and meaningless. But, in the essence of clarity, I will attempt to explain the situation further. For the sake of argument, it would be easier to argue that a higher moral ground is easier to obtain by someone who conserves resources, reduces current pollution levels, and attempts to reduce the current US dependence on oil amongst other factors than someone who uses mass amounts of resources, increases or maintains current pollution levels, and increases or maintains the current US dependence on oil amongst other factors. It is also easier to argue that a higher moral ground is easier to obtain by someone who has the choice between the two and does not choose the latter. Those arguments would define someone who is on a higher moral ground. If that bothers you, or you do not like it, that is simply too bad.

/rant off

/rant off

Getting Schiavoed- Someone whos job has been eliminated for practical purposes but is kept on the payroll in a meaningless position.