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'civilised' is a perfectly legit spelling of the word.

and where is that? weirdland?

...strike as much of a cord with...

You mean chord ..

Sorry. But dictionary.com says site is correctly spelled, as it is a shortened form of website.

When I go to the URL in your signature (presumably the site that is referred to just before asking what's wrong with you), it just goes to some search page. Is this intentional? If so, why?

Have a pleasant day.

Sorry. But dictionary.com says site is correctly spelled, as it is a shortened form of website.

When I go to the URL in your signature (presumably the site that is referred to just before asking what's wrong with you), it just goes to some search page. Is this intentional? If so, why?

Have a pleasant day.

coercion. Not cohesion.

My arguement is fundamentally different than you think it is.

I'm actually okay with non-complete clauses, provided they come with some sort of an expiary date.

I have no idea what an expiary date is, but I think non-complete clauses are terrible, especially in everyday use, and I also think this should be addressed immediately at our nation's grammar schools.

"I've got a licensed, genuine version of Windows, but F them for making me jump through hoops to receive continued support. I paid for this and I shouldn't have to keep wasting my time to soothe their paranoid brows."

Paranoid: Exhibiting or characterized by extreme and irrational fear or distrust of others. (Source)

"In 2002, piracy cost the worldwide software industry $13billion in lost revenue." - (Source)

Dispute the BSA's data if you want (I'm sure it's suspect), but I would hardly call Microsoft paranoid for thinking that a large number of people pirate Windows and that they are likely losing a lot of money to it.

Is a 5 second automated check of your OS really a high price to pay for software updates?

The only people who should be pissed at this are those who stole Windows, and we should all be pissed at them for being thieves.

However, I don't think the word can be used to mean "plethora".

I've actually heard it a whole lot, but my parents were always big on vocabulary. At least in US English there's no "u" in font though:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=font

Specifically:
An abundant source; a fount: She was a font of wisdom and good sense.

(you have to look at fount to see that the "u" is deprecated)

Why do people keep saying that??? No. The score is any music created specifically for a game/movie. The soundtrack is merely what music was used in the movie/game. A soundtrack can contain just the score, licensed music and the score, or just the licensed stuff. Some movies will release a seperate licensed/"inspired by" soundtrack and a score only soundtrack, but they're both soundtracks.

Here's some quick references: Soundtrack (wikipedia), Soundtrack (Dictionary.com), and Score (wikipedia)

Also note the lack of any such authorization for this latest little Crusade of yours in Mesopotamia.

Again you mistake what you think is the point for what is the point. As you very clearly illustrate, both resolutions were following the same path. However when it came time to declare actual war on Iraq - when this last resolution was defied - it was obvious that many members of the UN did not want to follow through on the consequences promised by the UN. So, in essence, the UN failed.

Since the point was that the UN felt Iraq was a threat (which they clearly did) and had threatened Iraq with the same 'consequences' language used during the first Gulf War (which they clearly did), then it follows that the UN failed in not following through on its resolution. Again I have clearly proven my point. You just can't admit you're wrong.

which implies Annan speaking of Blix.

My mistake again for believing you would have the intelligence necessary to understand that a quote attriubuted to Hans Blix was made by Hans Blix. In the future I won't repeat the mistake of assuming you have a brain.

And again, all your misdirection and attempts to create a 'strawman' argument about what was attributed to whom does not undermine the point that I have proven: the UN felt Iraq was a threat.

Not only was I not mistaken, but you did get exposed

You have a very rich fantasy life. Perhaps you could stop daydreaming and respond to the questions? In any case, any point you attempted to dismiss as a 'strawman' is one conceded by you.

You now pretend that you advocated some third, previously not mentioned position

Nice try. I pretend nothing - I simply thoroughly debunked another one of your asinine statements. Let me quote you:

WWII was not fought to "stop em from dying". It was fought for self-preservation by all participants.

Now, obviously, this statement is false if I can show that at least one party fought for the preservation or benefit of someone other than themselves. Which I have. So, again, you are wrong and cannot admit it.

Strawman. Burning.

Ignorant metaphor. Stretching.

Constructed Democracy is proven under conditions vastly different from Iraq in all areas that matter (many of which I listed) . It is a "workable goal" only if these conditions are met.

This is a lie in that you make a statement - "it is a workable goal only if these conditions are met" - without any proof whatsoever to back up your claim.

Thanks, but no, thanks.

And again I'm not surprised. Information doesn't seem to appeal to you.

Ah, the unmistakable smell of straw burning.

Ah, the unmistakable smell of shit being shoveled. Let's analyze how you try to turn opinion into fact:

All I am out to "prove" is that there are allegations that the UN failed to monitor all aspects of the election

Followed quickly by:

UN appears to have failed to comprehensively monitor the elections

In one sentence you attempt to leap from 'allegations' to substantive proof. Unfortunately in the real world that doesn't work. You are basically admitting that you don't know what you're talking about. Which pretty much anyone reading your rants knows anyway.

As I already mentioned, it is an opinion piece, not an actual in-depth analysis of the Iraq Body Count data.

Okay. Let's tally up here. You know more than the CBC, the BBC, CNN, the AP ... and now Newsweek! Every time you attempt to discredit a news source which has done research with your tin foil hat

From Dictionary.com: wholesale: "2. Made or accomplished extensively and indiscriminately; blanket: wholesale destruction."

Considering that Bush and Cheney and their crew flew across the country making speeches and appearing on TV shows for literally months drumming up support for their war of aggression, I think that certainly makes it "extensively and indiscriminately" and/or "blanket".

Yeah, I'm definitely mortified when I realize my body will be rotting in the ground, eaten by worms. WORMS! I'm just glad it's underground, so no one will be able to SEE me!

Definitely a mortifying experience.

(as an aside, I remember when Tom Sawyer used the word just like you did, and got laughed at by his mother)

Too late: boxen has already been published in a dictionary and referenced in other on-line dictionaries.

Technically, they could sick the cops

Technically, that would be sic

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=virtual states "Virtual" as "Existing in the mind, especially as a product of the imagination."

lets see
http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+campus

This usually refers to the buildings and surroundings of a university where the university is the principal or sole occupier of an area. Many of the Universities founded in the 1960's and built outside towns and cities are called "Campus Universities" eg Lancaster, York. Universities where the buildings are more integrated with the city or town such as Liverpool and Manchester do not have readily definable "campuses"


nope no mention of a corporate headquarters/office there

ok lets try the dictionary

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

nope no mention of a company there either

so please dont use the word "Campus" in respect to company property because its about as wrong as it gets.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=virtual states "Virtual" as "Existing in the mind, especially as a product of the imagination."

Just being unbearably pendantic.

Just being unbearably what now?

Wrong. NORTH America is a continent. America is a country.

Wrong. NORTH America is a continent. America is a country.

Isn't ads something like an adz, but not as leet?

I agree with you.

However, I think you meant moot point.

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

I hope you don't think I am being pedantic.

You're confusing confabulate with confounded.

You're confusing confabulate with confounded.

I am wondering whether it's already time to start considering you a stubborn moron.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

Now, just go hunt up that "definition" for us and post that whenever you get the chance.

Sure, it is right here, I suggest you study it thoroughly. This second definition may also help you to better understand not only my comment, but many of those posted to slashdot every day.

The rest of your reply is just an elaborate attempt to ignore the point that the scientific method inherently deals with bias, when people choose to skip the application of the scientific method - be it those who agree or disagree with some particular finding - it is equally poor form.

• Windows Aspect
• Windows Horizon
• Windows Panorama
• Windows Landscape

• Windows Outlook

I'm sure this will be labelled as trolling, but the illiterate person who submitted this item is apparently unaware that "environs" is not the same thing as "environment." "Environs" is the area surrounding something. So apparently Mac OS X is hanging out somewhere near corporations, perhaps in the parking lots.

"Environs"

The knowledge that a chemical isn't the root of all evil. Read this.

Vista : A distant view or prospect,.....

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

Obviously its a long way off then; not that i really care anyhow as i havent used windows for many years.

It was bad enough we had to endure the onslaught of connections from *.aol.com in the mid '90s. Now we have to assuage hordes of disaffected EverCrack babies? Nooo!!1eleventyone

From the same source

Albeit it has been noted that "vista" has a meaning as an English word (my choice is Volunteers In Service To America) it actually means a lot of things in Spanish and has a very strong Spanish feeling in it.

I've been intrigued for a while for the increasing use of Spanish words in every day speek. Is MS name choice a deliberate attempt to make windows cooler? (well, obviously that is what all the branding thing is about but I meant asking, is there a coolness factor associated with Spanish or Latino things?). Are they trying to be sexier for Spanish speakers? Or is just because how it sounds?

I for one don't really care if AMD is the fastest or not. They have always had better pricing value for good performance. And since Intel likes to things like this. I don't think I will be supporting them with my money. Also, learn the freaking difference between lose and loose.

I for one don't really care if AMD is the fastest or not. They have always had better pricing value for good performance. And since Intel likes to things like this. I don't think I will be supporting them with my money. Also, learn the freaking difference between lose and loose.

Gotta reply to your sig

Sports, by definition, require physical exertion

They do? While a dictionary would support that view on first glance, it's interesting to note how dictionaries note the relationship between a game and a sport.

I'd define a sport as any game taken seriously (competitively). Which would include things such as poker tournaments, chess tournaments and golf - none of which require physical exertion. (*pokes golfers*)

Sports, by definition, require physical exertion

They do? While a dictionary would support that view on first glance, it's interesting to note how dictionaries note the relationship between a game and a sport.

I'd define a sport as any game taken seriously (competitively). Which would include things such as poker tournaments, chess tournaments and golf - none of which require physical exertion. (*pokes golfers*)

If someone speeds and hurts no one, who exactly is the victim? Sure, in theory it may cut down on the wreckless driving

The United States might as well be called the United Countries.

Well, you know, it already is; 'state' is another word for 'country' - in British English we refer to state-funding, the state pension scheme etc. I think the founding fathers really saw their respective territories as potentially independent (nation) states joining together in a mutual defence and commerce pact.

I was interested to see that the entry here (which I assume to use American English) puts the "United States" use of the word below the "nation state" use.

I think your story did highlight the diversity of the US very well; many foreigners look at the US as one country, whereas I think it's more interesting (certainly when travelling) to look at it as a union of 50 separate countries which happen to share a common language and currency.

Be careful using 'hopefully' to mean 'ideally'-see this explanation.

What bothers me is that irregardless

It bothers me that you'd use the word irregardless in the first place.

a chilling effect on customers who simply want to enjoy a game released as the developer intended without having porn businesses appear on their credit card statements

Shit, if you're not adult enough to be able to look at your own credit card statements without unbearable shame, you're not adult enough to buy the stuff in the first place.

And a more accurate spelling would be frisson. C.f. dictionary.com

http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/archi ve/2005/05/06.html
you can find such amazing things in Google...

He meant frisson, but even that isn't quite what he wanted to say.

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

Bad quote in that CNN article. All the real trekkies (trekkers? whatever.) know that the exact phrase "Beam me up, Scotty" never happened in any TOS script.

Yes, therefore it was "apocryphal," as CNN said... Not a bad quote, just a vocabulary lesson...

Sheesh, what ever happened to "rewrite in your own words"? I guess you were never taught about plagiarism in school, huh?

"independent catelogue lable add in the puncutation : whats its thats will that do ?" Ok, so you are telling me that you spelled those words correctly? The only one you spelled correctly was "independent". "Catelogue" is spelled http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=catalog Catalog or Catalogue. Both meanings are the exact same. "lable" is spelled http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=label Label maybe I am totally missing something here...