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Not so great in Japan, where a very similar symbol means wrong answer -- contrast to a circle, which means correct answer.

reticent =/= reluctant
"reticent" $\notequal$ "reluctant"
reticent â reluctant
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How many ways can I type that "not-equal sign"? (not in unicode, obvviously damn it) Seriously, to paraphrase Inigo Montoya, that word in this article summary does NOT mean what they think it means.
Reticent can mean modest or keeping something to oneself, or keeping quiet about something.
Reluctant can mean not willing or inclined to do something, which is the meaning that must have been intended.
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Seriously, do they need a high-schooler like me to be an editor who's not afraid of looking up word and perhaps actually editing the content and form of the submissions and cleaning things up and really behaving like an editor? I would seriously do it if asked ;>)
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My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die! [temporary sig, please wait while construction continues]

reticent =/= reluctant
"reticent" $\notequal$ "reluctant"
reticent â reluctant
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How many ways can I type that "not-equal sign"? (not in unicode, obvviously damn it) Seriously, to paraphrase Inigo Montoya, that word in this article summary does NOT mean what they think it means.
Reticent can mean modest or keeping something to oneself, or keeping quiet about something.
Reluctant can mean not willing or inclined to do something, which is the meaning that must have been intended.
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Seriously, do they need a high-schooler like me to be an editor who's not afraid of looking up word and perhaps actually editing the content and form of the submissions and cleaning things up and really behaving like an editor? I would seriously do it if asked ;>)
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My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die! [temporary sig, please wait while construction continues]

"Defence" is perfectly acceptable.

Not true (alternative form), but ironically you did.

He's just reflecting the emotional outburst of the original post.

You will note that there are people who give it but cannot take it. Generally these people have no idea that they are being assholes, and are then shocked when they get even the slightest hit of a suggestion that they aren't perfect.

Normally I'd say move along, there is nothing to see here, but clearly we have a mimophant, and this whole discussion is about motivated reasoning. So it's all pretty topical.

Geeze!

I think it should be be spelled haze. It comes from "Jesus", which as we all know is pronounced HEI-SUS.

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

Do you know what polemic means?

Controversy is the meaning I taking from the usage of the word. Which seems to go with what they are saying in the summary.

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

Do you know what polemic means?

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pitch-dark

The word is expounds. Not expands.

Expands:

To express (something) at length and/or in detail.

What, exactly, is the problem here?

Studies have been done; the people that pay the least always complain the most.

After all, isn't this the Reasoned Eater of slashdot?

O rly?

What flavor of Finn? Huckleberry?
Sorry, couldn't resist.
On an unrelated note, "fuck all" is two words.

No, revenue less costs is net income.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/net_income

Gross income is total income before costs are deducted.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gross_income

No, revenue less costs is net income.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/net_income

Gross income is total income before costs are deducted.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gross_income

Let me guess, you looked at the scammer site hydrogrowled.com

Let me guess, you looked at that site and growled to yourself.

If you'd written "dike" instead of "dyke", maybe your joke would have been amusingly relevant instead of offensive.

dyke (plural dykes)
low dry-stone wall
hedge

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

....individual packages from desperate sources....

Desperate
Disparate

....individual packages from desperate sources....

Desperate
Disparate

Many softwares released under the FSF umbrella are great achievements with marvelous documentations. However it seems to me that using the GPL for the freedom of the peoples are shortsighted at best. Most Slashdot readers probably don't mind the english-only nature of the GPL but what good is a license for someone who can't understand it? There is 7 000 000 000 peoples on earth and 1 800 000 000(~26%) who understand english somewhat (only 380 000 000 (~0.05%) are native speakers). Yes, there is "unofficial" translation. But this clearly don't cut it. Would you redistribute software binding you to a license you don't understand or barely understand in it's official legal version? In fact, the FSF treat non-english speaker as second-class human, deprieving them of their right to be tied to a contract they understand merely for it's own convenience. I approve of free software and I like the copyleft ideals but I, for one, would be reluctant to redistribute GPL-ed software because of this reason. The GPL isn't freedom at all for most of humanity and the FSF don't give a shit.

There is at least one copyleft license that attempts to adress that shortcoming: the EUPL. This license is translated in 22 languages. It's a far cry from the thousands of languages of humanity but it's clearly a step in the right direction and it's far better than the anglocentrism of the GPL and the FSF. I would really like to see this license used more frequently.

Wikionary is handy for a definition of -ism : Ultimately from either Ancient Greek (-ismos), a suffix that forms abstract nouns of action, state, condition, doctrine; from stem of verbs in (-izein) (whence English -ize), or from the related suffix Ancient Greek (-isma), which more specifically expressed a finished act or thing done.

Therefore terrorism would be a noun that describes a finished act of terrorizing. Or, the completed act of creating terror.

Terror can be defined as intense fright, fear or dread.

What the film The Innocence of Muslims did was to lampoon, ridicule and belittle the actions of the founder of Islam and the beliefs of its followers. There is a difference.

Conflating one with the other does the worst disservice to the people in the world who live in fear and dread because of the violent reactions of others who disagree with or disapprove of them in one way or another.

Saying "You're ugly and your mother dresses you funny" is not the same at all as saying "you will wear what I tell you to wear or I will murder your family, just like I murdered that other family".

Trying to equate the two is more offensive than that stupid video.

Wikionary is handy for a definition of -ism : Ultimately from either Ancient Greek (-ismos), a suffix that forms abstract nouns of action, state, condition, doctrine; from stem of verbs in (-izein) (whence English -ize), or from the related suffix Ancient Greek (-isma), which more specifically expressed a finished act or thing done.

Therefore terrorism would be a noun that describes a finished act of terrorizing. Or, the completed act of creating terror.

Terror can be defined as intense fright, fear or dread.

What the film The Innocence of Muslims did was to lampoon, ridicule and belittle the actions of the founder of Islam and the beliefs of its followers. There is a difference.

Conflating one with the other does the worst disservice to the people in the world who live in fear and dread because of the violent reactions of others who disagree with or disapprove of them in one way or another.

Saying "You're ugly and your mother dresses you funny" is not the same at all as saying "you will wear what I tell you to wear or I will murder your family, just like I murdered that other family".

Trying to equate the two is more offensive than that stupid video.

Wikionary is handy for a definition of -ism : Ultimately from either Ancient Greek (-ismos), a suffix that forms abstract nouns of action, state, condition, doctrine; from stem of verbs in (-izein) (whence English -ize), or from the related suffix Ancient Greek (-isma), which more specifically expressed a finished act or thing done.

Therefore terrorism would be a noun that describes a finished act of terrorizing. Or, the completed act of creating terror.

Terror can be defined as intense fright, fear or dread.

What the film The Innocence of Muslims did was to lampoon, ridicule and belittle the actions of the founder of Islam and the beliefs of its followers. There is a difference.

Conflating one with the other does the worst disservice to the people in the world who live in fear and dread because of the violent reactions of others who disagree with or disapprove of them in one way or another.

Saying "You're ugly and your mother dresses you funny" is not the same at all as saying "you will wear what I tell you to wear or I will murder your family, just like I murdered that other family".

Trying to equate the two is more offensive than that stupid video.

Wikionary is handy for a definition of -ism : Ultimately from either Ancient Greek (-ismos), a suffix that forms abstract nouns of action, state, condition, doctrine; from stem of verbs in (-izein) (whence English -ize), or from the related suffix Ancient Greek (-isma), which more specifically expressed a finished act or thing done.

Therefore terrorism would be a noun that describes a finished act of terrorizing. Or, the completed act of creating terror.

Terror can be defined as intense fright, fear or dread.

What the film The Innocence of Muslims did was to lampoon, ridicule and belittle the actions of the founder of Islam and the beliefs of its followers. There is a difference.

Conflating one with the other does the worst disservice to the people in the world who live in fear and dread because of the violent reactions of others who disagree with or disapprove of them in one way or another.

Saying "You're ugly and your mother dresses you funny" is not the same at all as saying "you will wear what I tell you to wear or I will murder your family, just like I murdered that other family".

Trying to equate the two is more offensive than that stupid video.

Wikionary is handy for a definition of -ism : Ultimately from either Ancient Greek (-ismos), a suffix that forms abstract nouns of action, state, condition, doctrine; from stem of verbs in (-izein) (whence English -ize), or from the related suffix Ancient Greek (-isma), which more specifically expressed a finished act or thing done.

Therefore terrorism would be a noun that describes a finished act of terrorizing. Or, the completed act of creating terror.

Terror can be defined as intense fright, fear or dread.

What the film The Innocence of Muslims did was to lampoon, ridicule and belittle the actions of the founder of Islam and the beliefs of its followers. There is a difference.

Conflating one with the other does the worst disservice to the people in the world who live in fear and dread because of the violent reactions of others who disagree with or disapprove of them in one way or another.

Saying "You're ugly and your mother dresses you funny" is not the same at all as saying "you will wear what I tell you to wear or I will murder your family, just like I murdered that other family".

Trying to equate the two is more offensive than that stupid video.

Normally I don't correct spelling, but:
discrete : separate from other parts (common in math & [audio, electrical, etc.] engineering)
discreet : unobtrusive, subtle

Also, he doesn't need to worry about being "tactful", more about not being tacky. Tact is what we use to discuss a subject with somebody without causing them emotional unnecessary distress; being tacky means a person or thing comes across as low-class.

Anyway, to respond more to your message, I agree that something discreet & classy is the way to go. I see them in the 'dedication' area in fiction novels every so often -- something like "dedicated to great-aunt Mildred, whose encouragement kept me writing in the face of so many rejections" or "for cousin Bill, my childhood co-pilot of a thousand spaceships" -- and even though I'm not particularly sentimental, the ones like that often seem quite touching.

Either that, or he's one of those non-traditionalists who think that "a couple" means 2-3.

Yes, there is a Portuguese word for a "MacGyverism"

An NPC is definitely not a bot. Bots are PCs being controlled by macros and/or programs.

Well that depends on your definition of "Bot", if you chose to take the narrow view that a Bot is only a hacked computer that's part of a bot network, then yeah, you're right. But if take the more general definition of Bot (as in "short for robot"), then an NPC is a Bot.

Bots have been around on the internet much longer than Wow, as have NPCs.

Many moons ago, I spent four years as a strict vegetarian on ethical grounds, but have long since recovered. These days, I prefer the approach of killing my own game, so I can be directly assured the animal wasn't treated inhumanely prior to its death, that its death was swift, and that its body will be used to the fullest potential possible.

In case you weren't actually interested in a direct response to your post, please familiarize yourself with the word pedantic. Have a nice day.

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

English
Verb

to press charges

        (intransitive, law) To formally accuse a person of a crime, especially by an ordinary person.

                I'm pressing charges against you for assaulting me.

Synonyms

        (formally accuse of a crime): complain, accuse, file a complaint

...doesn't Keccak(*) sound a bit gay in Italian, Mr Bertoni?

Anyways, great job!! My security&safety uni exam is now even more obsolete :-(

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

(*) prononuced as spelled, I've read the article

What you have described is Aristocracy, the government of the elite. The problem is who decides who is best ? Who decides how the tests should be ? The big thing about democracy is not the election of the best but the ability to avoid the perpetuation of the worst. But I know what your mean. Here in Brazil our Democracy is a mix of Kleptocracy (government by burglars - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleptocracy) and Kakistocracy (government of the worst - http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kakistocracy). But at least we are free to criticize and change the gang every four years.

Those insensitive clods. I suffer from rictus.

The article eludes

...And by "elude" you mean "allude" ("To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion")... unless you're claiming that the article is attempting To evade, or escape from" the fact, which is an interesting visual but probably not intended.

Homophones are hard.

The article eludes

...And by "elude" you mean "allude" ("To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion")... unless you're claiming that the article is attempting To evade, or escape from" the fact, which is an interesting visual but probably not intended.

Homophones are hard.

reaks? reeks. :)

wictionary says

Noun
reak (plural reaks)
(obsolete) A prank.
They play such reaks. — Beaumont and Flanders.

... High Resolution Ornithographic Images ...

As taken by birds? Perhaps you meant orthographic?

If "made of photons" == "light" then that makes perfect sense.

But as it turns out both "light" and "sound" are defined in colloquial English as perceptual phenomena, and not as categories in physics:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/light
1 a : something that makes vision possible
      b : the sensation aroused by stimulation of the visual receptors
      c : electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength that travels in a vacuum with a speed of about 186,281 miles (300,000 kilometers) per second; specifically : such radiation that is visible to the human eye

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

1 a : a particular auditory impression : tone
      b : the sensation perceived by the sense of hearing
      c : mechanical radiant energy that is transmitted by longitudinal pressure waves in a material medium (as air) and is the objective cause of hearing

In both cases the definition goes out of its way to specify only that subset of the physical phenomena which produces the perceptual phenomena.

Face it, folks, the gig's up:

Jig - and even then your usage is kind of off the mark.

No, I miss-spelt existent (or rather, used the French spelling)

I was assuming "Copyright © 2012Oxford University Press" complete with a link to their main website was a pretty good sign. Merriam Webster doesn't seem to generally list superlatives unless they are of an unusual form ("fast" for instance doesn't list "fastest"). Some other sources do exist, though, and I don't have access to a printed dictionary right now.

person of a diplomatic agent. Big difference. That's anyone the diplomatic staff says is under their protection

I think you have the wrong definition of person. My reading of this is as the 'physical body' of a diplomatic agent as per definition 2 on wiktionary.

Note that if article 29 did refer to 'associates' of actual diplomats then the Vienna Convention is strangely silent on the protections afforded to the actual diplomats themselves.

It's tricky as Assange has been given asylum for politcal reasons, not because Ecuador believes he is being unfairly persecuted for a criminal act. I can't imagine the UK embassy in China, for example, giving asylum to a random Chinese dissident, although they might for a UK citizen. They certainly wouldn't for a UK citizen apparently guilty of raping a Chinese citizen.

In this case Assange is not a citizen but has a weak prior relationship with Ecuador. Ecuador is certainly burning some political capital to do this. Perhaps they are somehow hoping to benefit from his celebrity.

You might want to rethink that statement:

Metropole

• Etymology: From French metropole 'town with bishop's seat', from classical Latin metropolis.
• Noun :metropole (plural metropoles), A metropolis; the main city of a country or area.

Source

My German friend used the word "Prepone" in conversation not so long back. The opposite of "Postpone", he meant. He made it up.

No, he didn't. That's a common word... in Indian English ("Indian" here to be understood as meaning "from India").

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_English#Vocabulary_and_colloquialisms
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/prepone

And if you click on the word "cyber" at the top of the article you linked, it takes you to wiktionary where it says:

Etymology

From cybernetic.

Cybernetic comes from Greek meaning "steer" or rudder. It basically means the study of feedback control loops.

Since "Grammar Catholics" has no time-reference, I suppose a good version could be "Beware the Henry VIII Grammar Anglicans" instead ?

Surely you jest? Henry VIII's Grammar Anglicans? As a descendant of Huguenots you can't expect . .

Knock, knock . . . Smash! . . .

Ah ha!! Nobody expects the Anglican grammaticians!* . . . Cardinal Biggles! Read the charges!

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* Nope, not made up! And I won't stop calling you Shirley.

No.

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

got my goat

I see what you did there.