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As far as I can remember in my life, I have used 'ignorant' and it's forms as a matter of insult, as well as seeing apply it as such in the same way. (Definition one of the second entry found here; specifically, an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues, or disregarding one's surroundings.) I thought that grandparent was saying that they were unlearned, and either could not or would not take the steps to correct that.

Without the verbal emphasis, which the internet removes, I can see it being used to just state that they lacked the knowledge.

If grandparent did not intend any sort of malicious attributes while using the word, I sincerely apologize; it appears that I may have been the ignorant one.

No, he's a "patriot"

Another way is to say we're http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=compl acent/

Sorry to say, and I truthfully mean this in the most polite way possible, it does absolutely no use to complain here.

It may have no effect on the situation, but it makes you feel better to bitch about it.

I suggest that people start writing the wonderful critters that made this bill possible

The sentence may have been long. Doesn't mean it's coherent. How can a cost be profitable?

At the risk of putting words into your mouth I'm assuming you meant that even though the cost of pressing CD:s is and has always negligible, it's still lower than 15 years ago.

I think you need to look up what the word negligible means.

The fact that a negligible cost has lowered will have a negligible effect on the price of the final product. Which is entirely in line with what has happened. :-)

Of course, this is irrelevant. The music industry isn't in the business of manufacturing shiny discs. They're in the business of financing music production and profiting on music distribution. And because they, because of copyright restrictions, have their own little mini-monopoly on every CD they publish. (There can't be several competing music publishers selling the latest and greatest one hit wonder.) So they can charge whatever the market can bear -- and not what it costs.

A species is a group of genetically isolated interbreeding organisms.

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

Therefore the ciclids have rapidly speciated. Even a small color change will genetically isolate them from the rest of the genepool and therefore they are a species.

This happens to be an extrodinary simple case, but still true. The anti-evolution group is the one trying to redefine species to make this observed fact not mean anything. They are trying to say that because you could artificially mate two different colored ciclids, and get a viable offspring, they must be the same species. Even though they would never mate in the real world....this is a redeffinition of species.

Now I will admit ring species are an unusual case...however they are directly predicted by Darwin's theory of evolution and thus even if you decide the whole group is actually one species, it still proves evolution.

BTW, I was quoting the Journal of Molecular Bio. You can do a pubmed search and come up with several thousand articles about ciclids..I didn't even know National Geographic talked about them...what issue was it? I'd kinda like to see it.

"standard-def tv masters" are most emphatically not stored on videotape as anamorphic anything. they're stored on videotape, which, the last time i checked, was an analog medium that had a fixed aspect ratio.

Most high end standard-def videotapes (such as DV or DigiBeta) are analog media that can hold digital content (much like a hard drive). And although all SD tapes I know of have a fixed aspect ratio, you can store video signals on them anamorphically by squeezing the signal more in one direction than the other. In fact, that is what anamorphic means. If you store 16:9 video on a tape that is meant to carry 16:9, it's not being stored anamorphically, even though some people will still refer to it incorrectly as "anamorphic video". As for whether TV stations actually use this technology for their masters, I don't know, but the technology most certainly exists exactly as ASOTV said.

besides, i don't really remember seeing a whole lot of standard-def tv in widescreen. anyone? anyone ever watch any regular show, on regular tv, that was letterboxed?

Er, a lot of drama shows these days are 16:9: West Wing, Angel (in its last season), Carnivale, Deadwood, Six Feet Under...

yes, you're right. most things are shot at 24fps. but, uh, dude? of the major networks, two of them (nbc and cbs) broadcast 1080i and the other two (abc and fox, as well as espn) put out 720p. so "the majority of scripted dramas" are not 1080/24p. why would abc and fox shoot at 1080 when they're going to to have to convert and broadcast at 720?

Repeat after me: acquisition format does not necessarily equal broadcast format. That's what format conversions are for. Furthermore, television producers now recognize that other distribution channels (specifically DVD) are an integral part of a TV show's revenue model. A smart producer will acquire the image in the format that will give him the most distribution possibilities for the least cost, so it can make absolute sense to shoot 1080p24 for a show that will broadcast at 720p.

and don't give me this condescending little lecture about pulldown because if you knew anything at all, you'd know that pulldown is not easy--it took a very large update to final cut pro to support the 3:2 pull down from a 24p camera

If you're talking about removing the 2:3:3:2 pulldown from the DVX100A and XL2, that's a completely different animal. What ASOTV was talking about was adding in a 2:3:2:3 pulldown to a 24p signal on the fly to create a 30i signal, which is not very hard to do at all. In fact, every NTSC DVD player can do it, since many NTSC DVDs of theatrical material are encoded at 24p to preserve space. It can't be that expensive to do when even US$20 DVD players can do it.

in fact, most high end HD gear puts the "camera end" in whatever mode you want, but leaves the vtr end at 60i.

Not exactly. The link you gave is talking about the Panasonic Varicam, which can shoot at varying frame rates from 4 to 60 fps, but it always lays down 60p (not i) to tape. This is just a trick, however, and this pulldown is to be removed when you ingest the footage into an NLE. The camera works this way because creating a variable speed tape drive is very difficult, not because you should use the footage as a 60p signal. Some other high-end HD gear do pulldown tricks, and some record natively at 24p.

Rosita: I was thinking later, you could kiss me on the veranda.
Dusty Bottoms: Lips would be fine.

hack writer - n : a mediocre and disdained writer

Apparently the Dictionary Search extension for Firefox, when you do a context menu search on the word 'hack', gives you this page:

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=maureen%2 0o'gara

The word "bullet" has multiple definitions, including any object shaped like one. That's the definition in play here. If that weren't so, the "bullet train" would have to be shot out of a giant rifle every time it runs. That's not the case, is it? :-)

"Sweating bullets" doesn't require actual perspiration. It can mean simply fretting over something. So he was clearly sweating bullets in a figurative sense. However, he was also literally perspiring an incredible amount. You say you doubt it, but trust me. I was there. He was producing a large amount of sweat while under stress - another of the definitions of "sweating bullets." So...

He was figuratively sweating bullets, iow fretting over the topic at hand.

He was literally sweating bullets, iow perspiration was present in large droplets.

Thus, he sweated bullets. Literally and figuratively.

Am I missing something?

For reference, see the intransitive verb definition number 6 and the noun definition numbers 1 and 2 found here, as well as the noun definition number 2 found here.

The word "bullet" has multiple definitions, including any object shaped like one. That's the definition in play here. If that weren't so, the "bullet train" would have to be shot out of a giant rifle every time it runs. That's not the case, is it? :-)

"Sweating bullets" doesn't require actual perspiration. It can mean simply fretting over something. So he was clearly sweating bullets in a figurative sense. However, he was also literally perspiring an incredible amount. You say you doubt it, but trust me. I was there. He was producing a large amount of sweat while under stress - another of the definitions of "sweating bullets." So...

He was figuratively sweating bullets, iow fretting over the topic at hand.

He was literally sweating bullets, iow perspiration was present in large droplets.

Thus, he sweated bullets. Literally and figuratively.

Am I missing something?

For reference, see the intransitive verb definition number 6 and the noun definition numbers 1 and 2 found here, as well as the noun definition number 2 found here.

"Told" does not mean commanded. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=told Tell- v. intr. 1. To give an account or revelation: is prepared to break silence and tell. 2. To give evidence; inform: promised not to tell on her friend. 3. To have an effect or impact: In this game every move tells.

Your implies ownership, which does not make sense in the sentence "Your an idiot".

No, it wouldn't because "your" is a word in and of itself, whereas in the phrase you have used as an example, you want to tell the person that they ARE something, so you use the apostrophe as a contraction, which gives you the following:

You're an idiot.

and in your case - You're a fucking idiot.

"viruses" is the plural
virus

Wrong! http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=virus

What you're seeing in Kansas is two competing beliefs or faiths, Atheism and Christianity. That's the heart of the matter.

Atheism must be founded on something like evolution is it is to be taken seriously (hence Richard Dawkins' famous comment on the matter). Christianity (and in principle also Judiasm and Islam) must be founded on creation if the core deity is to have any authority. Anything else is temporary and will sooner or later devolve to one alternative or the other.

Atheism is so entrenched in science (in its "Materialism" persona) that postulating any alternative causes swift excommunication for heresy, just ask (for example, there are many others) Richard Sternberg about that one.

To blindly replace Atheistic assumptions with Christian assumptions would be exactly as wrong, but that's not what's being asked for. Nor are they, if you read the wording carefully, asking to teach alternatives to Neodarwinism. They are asking to be able to teach that alternatives exist.

Of course, for the moment at least, the publicity being fanned by the controversy is doing just that anyway.

Hopefully, the end result is that the Materialistic blinkers will be at least loosened so that science can get on with its job of investigating observations - all observations, not just the ones that happen to be politically correct today. Otherwise, just like a blocked-up kettle, the end result will be a destructive overshoot.

What you're seeing in Kansas is two competing beliefs or faiths, Atheism and Christianity. That's the heart of the matter.

Atheism must be founded on something like evolution is it is to be taken seriously (hence Richard Dawkins' famous comment on the matter). Christianity (and in principle also Judiasm and Islam) must be founded on creation if the core deity is to have any authority. Anything else is temporary and will sooner or later devolve to one alternative or the other.

Atheism is so entrenched in science (in its "Materialism" persona) that postulating any alternative causes swift excommunication for heresy, just ask (for example, there are many others) Richard Sternberg about that one.

To blindly replace Atheistic assumptions with Christian assumptions would be exactly as wrong, but that's not what's being asked for. Nor are they, if you read the wording carefully, asking to teach alternatives to Neodarwinism. They are asking to be able to teach that alternatives exist.

Of course, for the moment at least, the publicity being fanned by the controversy is doing just that anyway.

Hopefully, the end result is that the Materialistic blinkers will be at least loosened so that science can get on with its job of investigating observations - all observations, not just the ones that happen to be politically correct today. Otherwise, just like a blocked-up kettle, the end result will be a destructive overshoot.

So you're saying if I believe in God and turn to Him all my troubles will go away and I'll feel great? Oh, and have you ever heard of a placebo?

The supernatural doesn't have to have a beginning. While everything around us has a beginning and end, they are only material things. The supernatural doesn't obey the same laws that we do. Besides that, that (while a very big one) is only one question. You said yourself that the evolution question brings forth many more questions.

That was not my only question on evolution, it was only an example. You can put all the different terms on it you want, but it is still a part of evolution. You don't have to refute every part of an argument to find a flaw in it. As for natural selection, if we are going off of this definition, I do agree that it happens.

Try reading this sometime.

Actually, blog doesn't mean just one thing, and that isn't in any of the definitions I found. Blog is an abbreviated form of "Web Log", for more information, follow this link. Definitions of Blog

The word is, "gypped".

Also.

Ok, I admit it, I admit passing judgement against rednecks. I also did not say rednecks are bigots, I do find it interesting that you inferred this. I am sure there are ignorant people and rednecks who are definitely not bigots. I said that my definition is, "someone who takes pride in being ignorant". This is quite different from someone who just happens to be ignorant.
I don't think I ever tried to DEFEND this position as you say. I don't think I would want to.
Perhaps you confused the two words
ignorant and bigot
To be bigoted against them (int the denotative meaning) I would have to take a side with a group and not tolerate them because of my association. However, in the conotative meaning of the word you can definitely say I am bigoted against them. The word predjudiced doesn't really apply here because, predjudice would mean no knowledge of a person before passing judgement, and my definition requires a level of knowledge before the judgement can be passed.
Now when I put down a redneck farmer, I am not putting down farmers, one is a subset of the other. To suggest that is, to suggest that someone who doesn't like apples must hate all fruit.
I do admit that I did take a cheap shot to the farmers (regarding economics of) responding to your post. I was offtopic, and should not have added that to the discussion. I was wrong.

Ok, I admit it, I admit passing judgement against rednecks. I also did not say rednecks are bigots, I do find it interesting that you inferred this. I am sure there are ignorant people and rednecks who are definitely not bigots. I said that my definition is, "someone who takes pride in being ignorant". This is quite different from someone who just happens to be ignorant.
I don't think I ever tried to DEFEND this position as you say. I don't think I would want to.
Perhaps you confused the two words
ignorant and bigot
To be bigoted against them (int the denotative meaning) I would have to take a side with a group and not tolerate them because of my association. However, in the conotative meaning of the word you can definitely say I am bigoted against them. The word predjudiced doesn't really apply here because, predjudice would mean no knowledge of a person before passing judgement, and my definition requires a level of knowledge before the judgement can be passed.
Now when I put down a redneck farmer, I am not putting down farmers, one is a subset of the other. To suggest that is, to suggest that someone who doesn't like apples must hate all fruit.
I do admit that I did take a cheap shot to the farmers (regarding economics of) responding to your post. I was offtopic, and should not have added that to the discussion. I was wrong.

sci*ence (si'ens)
n.

1. The observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of phenomena.
2. Such activities restricted to explaining a limitied class of natural phenomena.
3. Such activities applied to an object of inquiry or study.
4. Knowledge, especially that gained through experience.

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

That's perfect!

I went to check if it was just a pleasant coincidence that "escória" (pronunced as you would pronounce SCORIAA if it were a word) means "scum" in Portuguese. And yeah, turns out that it means the same in English (and probably that was the intent of your joke), but I don't see it being used metaphorically in English as much as it is in Portuguese.

v. tr. - To begin or introduce (something new) for or as if for the first time.
v. intr. - To begin or introduce something new.

Face recognition, video conferencing, and language processing are not new ideas. There are other technologies already doing this. Therefore Microsoft still is not innovative.

Well, from what I've heard, Flashover would be a significant enough effect to make a movie about.

Of course, if the interferometrics are too high, people won't even bother watching the movie.

Sidenote: I always thought that was a made-up term for ST:Voyager. Oops.

Well, from what I've heard, Flashover would be a significant enough effect to make a movie about.

Of course, if the interferometrics are too high, people won't even bother watching the movie.

Sidenote: I always thought that was a made-up term for ST:Voyager. Oops.

calculus Audio pronunciation of "calculus" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (klky-ls) n. pl. calculi (-l) or calculuses

1. Pathology. An abnormal concretion in the body, usually formed of mineral salts and found in the gallbladder, kidney, or urinary bladder, for example.

Stick to your principals everyone.

Stick to your principals everyone.

Although #3 might seem to apply, when used as "I took the initiative..." it is #2 that is definitive.

I too have often thought that his words strictly interpreted meant that he said he invented the internet. But as has been noted several times, he said he took the initiative in creating it. I looked up the word initiative, and it basically means beginning step... and I think that is what he was trying to say... and is arguably true. I think the problem came in when people, myself included, didn't understand the meaning of the word initiative. Well... that and the fact that you have people out there that just like to twist what people say. I don't much care for Al Gore, but I at least think his grammar actually made good sense.

Create. Synonyms: ...initiate, institute, invent, invest, make...

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

You need to learn to use a dictionary

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=off-shore offshore: Of or relating to a financial organization whose headquarters lies outside the United States. Although offshore institutions must abide by U.S. regulations for operations carried on within the U.S., other activities generally escape domestic regulation.

Gee, some words have more than two meanings, and context clues tell you what the person is saying.

Ok, I'm going to replace Serenity with a Pinto, the guns with a stick (not technology, it'll just be a random windfall), and that brain scanning thing with a coffee filter.

Or we could just leave this one to the dictionary...

science fiction
n.

A literary or cinematic genre in which fantasy, typically based on speculative scientific discoveries or developments, environmental changes, space travel, or life on other planets, forms part of the plot or background.

Atheism is the belief that there is no god(s).

Atheism is the belief that there is no god(s).

Please consult a dictionary
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=theory

1. A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena.

6. An assumption based on limited information or knowledge; a conjecture.

Theory as you mistakenly use the word is covered by (6). Evolution is a scientific theory, covered by (1).

Saying "it is a theory people", (were you using the word correctly), would be an argument for taking it very seriously, like the theory of gravity, hear of that one?

This is a classic example of an ID argument, half way through the argument switch between 2 meanings for the same word and see if anyone notices.

IANAEM, (I am not an english major) BUT I hate it when people think they are being smart with the plural of "antenna" by spelling it "antennae." Antennas IS the commonly used method in all the engineer texts I've seen.

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

Antennae are the "feelers" found on insects.

Don't get me started with the pronunciation of nuclear and peninsula by a certain government official in the US.

Stella doesn't want a lofar!

I didn't know (until a recent argume... discussion) that dilemma actually meant 2 lemmas, where lemma means "A subsidiary proposition assumed to be valid and used to demonstrate a principal proposition." So with a dilemma, you have two valid propositions.

When you say "veteran", what do you mean, specifically?

Veteran.

And no, I was never in the Middle East, and wasn't physically in the AO of any "combat" operation. I've pulled "security" operations and done "humanitarian relief".

I pretty much agree with the other reply to you as to what information was potentially damaging.

You assume the enemy has been that observant. I think that is a good assumption. That still does not warrant giving operational information out as if they surely had it already.

When I was doing target processing, it would have been possible for those in rogue mortar and artillery positions to figure out which ones I made the recommendation to neutralize, given enough time. That doesn't mean I wanted my procedures publicized so that the criteria was known.

All the cool kids use data as a mass noun. Don't you want to be cool?

Gotta love the idea of having to have a working implementation of the idea, that would at least weed out a fair amount of dodgy patents.

Only patents that don't matter.

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zealotry n : excessive intolerance of opposing views.