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Excuse me, but the title and summary clearly mentioned a SuperBible, not a Superbible.

The capitalisation of Bible clearly references the proper noun:

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bible

Proper noun

          1. The Christian holy book.
          2. The Jewish holy book that was largely incorporated into the Christian Bible.
          3. The analogous holy book of another religion.
          4. A specific version, edition, translation, or copy of any of the above.

Hmmm...I just realised I've practised pedanticism in defense of humour.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bible

Noun

Singular
bible

Plural
bibles

bible (plural bibles)

      1. A comprehensive manual that describes something. (e.g., handyman's bible).
      2. (nautical) A holystone.

My usage conforms completely to the usage in my office.

• 3. (intransitive) (of a computer program) to terminate extraordinarily
• d of a computer system, component, or program : to suffer a sudden major failure usually with attendant loss of data
• 12. Computers. to shut down because of a malfunction of hardware or software.
• 6 Computing fail suddenly.
• 3. computer breakdown: a sudden complete failure of a computer system, device, or program, usually with an accompanying loss of data

I am absolutely amazed at the stunningly new idea of using a nuclear weapon to stop, prevent or ameliorate some potential disaster on earth. Gee, whiz, why didn't someone think of that idea before?

This scenario reminded me of a flaw in the English language: the words flammable and inflammable.
I always imagine a guy smoking a cigarette next to a big tank of gas labeled "INFLAMMABLE".

"... but the sign says it's IN-flammable."

Of course it's satire, some of these are hillarious...

Why do posters feel like they have to link Wikipedia?

• is

The trouble with dirty lawyer logic is that it may be backed up by dirty lawyers.

Oh, and the word is "dealt".

Except that when you copy files from a computer you are doing just that: copying

Isn't that bribery?

No, it's Extortion.

Extortion is a criminal offense, which occurs when a person either obtains money, property or services from another through coercion or intimidation or threatens one with physical or reputational harm unless they are paid money or property. Refraining from doing harm is sometimes euphemistically called protection. Extortion is commonly practiced by organized crime groups. The actual obtainment of money or property is not required to commit the offense. Making a threat of violence or a lawsuit which refers to a requirement of a payment of money or property to halt future violence or lawsuit is sufficient to commit the offense. The four simple words "pay up or else" are sufficient to constitute the crime of extortion. An extortionate threat made to another in jest is still extortion.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Extortion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extortion

Perhaps, but it is probably better described as coercion or extortion.

coerce: to use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against his will.

extort: To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt.

Perhaps, but it is probably better described as coercion or extortion.

coerce: to use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against his will.

extort: To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt.

just for making Congress look bad by openly flaunting the law

You mean flouting, not flaunting.

just for making Congress look bad by openly flaunting the law

You mean flouting, not flaunting.

It's called "swarf!" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarf

Uh, no. Swarf may be the name for a collection of chips, but a single piece of metal that has been cut off a piece of work (typ. on the lathe, but also the output from a milling operation) is called a chip (unless it's a whole block you cut off, I don't even know what that's called, because I'm not really a machinist.)

Next time try wiktionary as well as wikipedia, it will tell you that a chip is "A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material." ("From Old English cipp (small piece of wood)")

I got the terminology from my instructor in my intro machining class, in which I got an A, whee. Mostly we did exercises on the lathe (like turning to a series of diameters, cutting threads, etc) and some of us, including myself, did some milling (I made a water block for socket 7 and similar and then never used it for anything. Bought the fittings, even.)

"peer" does not mean "expert", it means someone at an equal level http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peer. Therefore since patents are submitted by the general public, they can be reviewed by the general public, and that is peer review. Whether it is effective peer review or not is up for debate. Academic peer review is generally done by experts because the community in question is unified by its expertise in a certain area, thus reviewers, and authors, are experts and peers. In this case I'd think that patents would surely benefit from this broad peer review, and it is far simpler than organizing expert review, or refereeing in the academic sense. To do that one would need a large infrastructure of patent "editors" to select appropriate referees. Of course, there is already a similar infrastructure in the Pat. Office.

Orkut is a social networking site
Shiv Sena is a Hindu fundamentalist group
Canard presumably means a deliberately false story, in this context.

I know, what kind of a moron would use a word like Grecian?!

The question really is, can you trademark a brand?

Trademark law predates the sadistic corporate notion of companies like Nike, who are popular not because of the quality of their products, but because of their (perceived) popularity.

Just as circular is the concept of trademarking a brand, as a brand and a trademark are the exact same thing.

But that doesn't mean they won't try. The question then turns to whether the courts will let them.

- RG>

The question really is, can you trademark a brand?

Trademark law predates the sadistic corporate notion of companies like Nike, who are popular not because of the quality of their products, but because of their (perceived) popularity.

Just as circular is the concept of trademarking a brand, as a brand and a trademark are the exact same thing.

But that doesn't mean they won't try. The question then turns to whether the courts will let them.

- RG>

It comes from the Latin videre: "to see".

Second grade in French Immersion was fun. We weren't allowed to swear, of course, because Swearing is Bad. But we could say "phoque" all we wanted. I'm sure it annoyed the teachers, but I guess we all got off on a technicality.

Also, "pencil" = "penis." Which made life interesting, given that we weren't allowed pens.

Kids an insatiable hunger for scatological humour. If their parents are doing their jobs, the kids will learn not to swear in inappropriate situations. But even if kids don't understand what sex is, they know it's "dirty" and they find it funny. It may not be perfectly polite, but it's normal.

I'd take the Wiktionary article (though I agree that it's not really a protection)

Try Wiktionary instead.

I'm on a grammar-nazi kinda mood, but I'll be polite =)

Immanent
1. naturally part of something; inherent; integral
Love is immanent in humans.
2. restricted to the mind; subjective

Perhaps you meant to say immediate ?

1. happening right away, instantly, with no delay
People these days expect immediate results when they click on a link.
2. Very close; direct or adjacent.
immediate family
immediate surroundings

I would argue that the problem is immanent to IPv4, but not immediate just yet. I thought it was funny because immanent is one of my favorite pet words, it's so beautiful ;)

I'm on a grammar-nazi kinda mood, but I'll be polite =)

Immanent
1. naturally part of something; inherent; integral
Love is immanent in humans.
2. restricted to the mind; subjective

Perhaps you meant to say immediate ?

1. happening right away, instantly, with no delay
People these days expect immediate results when they click on a link.
2. Very close; direct or adjacent.
immediate family
immediate surroundings

I would argue that the problem is immanent to IPv4, but not immediate just yet. I thought it was funny because immanent is one of my favorite pet words, it's so beautiful ;)

You mean "WTF are gages?" And the answer is that they're the little dially-lookin' doodads on your dashboard, (probably) right next to the light.

Also, the person who designed that button either can't spell, doesn't realize that spelling is "obsolete" according to Wiktionary, or made it too small to include a "u."

"To speculate on the motivation..."

I know exactly what you mean. Because that is the point I was making to GP ;)

Some people dislike this and they look for explanations in meta(beyond) physics."

Which is an entirely valid opinion. My point in reply to GP's reference to "crazy religious people" is that science can't speculate on any motivation behind observed phenomena, including whether motive exists at all or not. That's the reason I brought up my hypothetical Maker, to put forth a little mental experiment; is it conceivable that It may have made the rules so that It can tamper with them? Yes, it is. Not very logical, and it doesn't pass Occam's razor, but why would our hypothetical entity —capable of creating the rules— be bound by those rules? Please note that here I'm not advocating for nor against, merely presenting scenarios.

You are falling for the same trap as GP: anthropomorphizing the universe, in your case by ascribing to it the characteristic of "uncaring". I was trying to point out that science can explain how the universe "is", but not "why". "Why" demands intention otherwise it would be randomness, and devoid of intentionality asking "why" is meaningless. But intentionality (even of things human) is a very tricky business for science to disprove, and by my logic, not being able to explain intentions precludes you to give value judgments over the moral characteristics of the universe. Or in English: science can tell you the mechanics of some phenomenon but it is neutral to it and won't help you decide if it is "good", "bad" or "uncaring". That's the realm of Ethics, a discipline of Philosophy.

Interesting that you're an expert on legal matters yet you don't know the difference between council and counsel.

Interesting that you're an expert on legal matters yet you don't know the difference between council and counsel.

but ... "sudo" = utility to execute programs as root (or other users) on a *nix system "pseudo", on the otherhand, = prefix meaning false. See http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pseudo-

It's a crisitunity !

.... strongly think we need a new tag for this case.

"justdeserts" should do it nicely.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/just_deserts

So what you're saying is: never use any software, ever, or you deserve to have the holes that are present in ANY pice of software exploited. That's brilliant!

Now, was it pretty cool that he did this? Definitely. But he was an idiot for not coming forward with it sooner. It completely strips his "I was going to tell Cisco later!" argument of any credibility. If you want students to study vulnerabilities in software, you do it on a closed network; not one that is used by other students and faculty.

This is a school. Their primary concern should be education. That's why it's called a "school." If they have a research department, it's concern is research. And all the while, security keeps records confidential, and personal information secure.

Ostensibly (adv.) -- seemingly, apparently, on the surface.

Do you even know the definition of filial?

So those seven children of your grandfather's are his children? I never would have guessed.

* defending islam

What, exactly, is wrong with defending Islam? It has been skewed radically by extremist whackos and the West alike.

* terrorist dot net email

It is referred to as being facetious. The intent is to piss off those who buy into the "neo-Red Scare" of "The Terrorists." It would seem that it works rather well.

* claims that muslim states welcome jews (?!?!)

You are turning my comment into something which it is not. I explained that, until recently, Islamic states were tolerant when it came to other religions "of The Book." At no point did I say that this is predominant today. Unfortunately, extremist nutcase contingents have taken over in quite a few cases. I have a personal opinion as to why this is happening, but it is not relevant to this discussion.

sure says a lot about you, now doesn't it?

Yes, I believe it does. It says that I am a rational, logical human being who weighs issues and bases inferences upon facts rather than hype or propaganda.

Sure the little brats will see it as a victory, right up until they get a new headmaster and loose access to myspace on the same day.

Sure the little brats will see it as a victory, right up until they get a new headmaster and loose access to myspace on the same day.

Sure the little brats will see it as a victory, right up until they get a new headmaster and loose access to myspace on the same day.

And commercial transactions are illegal not by the definition of going against governmental law

I go out shopping, and a whole THREAD dedicated to the Soviet Russia meme comes along! Tanj, as Larry Niven would say.

Well, better late than never.

In Soviet Russia, the government monitors the blogs!

No, no! not pâté, pate . Clearly these scoundrels are stealing the tops of learned peoples' heads to avoid researching the subject themselves!

Er... what? I'm English, and I'd like to know why some variants shorten it to math...

Oh and by the way... in the USA (southwest or not) y'all learn American... not English...

Oh... and back on topic
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mathematics says it's from Greek.