Ever see someone toss a coat on the floor rather than hang it up, and then go back later to hang it up anyway?
Most lazy people create an extraordinary amount of needless labor for themselves and then berate people who have a lot of free time because of their efficiency "lazy."
DEC's decision to call multiple VAX VAXen did not just come out of thin air and drew from pre-existing geek culture which also brought us words like "blinkenlichten."
This tradition not only predates the VAX, but DEC itself, indeed, computers themselves.
There are 24 hours to the day. We fill them up. All of our "labor saving" devices do more work, but I don't think I've ever seen any save much in the way of labor. Some of 'em even add to it.
As one of those people who enjoy this sort of word play, and even more the sort of mulitlingusitc wordplay the word "boxen" represents (and, for that matter, the word virii could represent. There's a holy war among the lovers of Lotus cars whether the term Loti to describe multiple,ummmm, Loti, is legitimate or not), I couln't agree with that definintion (with which I'm already familiar) more.
Boxen is a class of word play that is not Ren and Stimpy stupid, but is not ghoti smart. One has to be smart to create it, but it is a made up pidgin, and pidgin is the language of the uneducated.
In short, it is intelligently crafted ignorance.
The specific word "stupid" I took from the parent post to which I was responding, using posters own language for humorous effect.
Boxen isnt a word either. That's just utterly stupid.
Unlike virii which was coined by stupid people trying to sound smart and thus unintentionally sounding even more stupid than they really are, boxen was coined by actual smart people to sound stupid on purpose.
Of course that's never prevented a lot of stupid people from using the word too, resulting in stupid people sounding stupid on purpose unintentionally.
Ow! My head hurts.
Of course really smart people know that it is too a word (I messed around with making harpsichords in my youth, which traditionally use boxen keys):
You might want to read George Bernard Shaw's "Back to Methuselah.A Metabiological Pentateuch," an essay (Lamarckian I'm afraid) followed by five plays based on the premise that the essential tragedy of mankind is that he dies just about at the time he's finally becoming emotionally and mentally mature and that is the true root of our problems.
Great social thinkers have been pondering the ramifications of essentially eternal life for a long time.
What I know I don't know I admit perfectly freely I don't know. It just happens that I'm perfectly aware of the genesis of America's interstate highway system and its raison d'etre, including the fact that the major highway whose terminus I live proximate to was in part a subterfuge to hide the fact that they were building a linear accelerator underneath it for military research purposes (and invade Canada if it came to that. We prepared for damned near any contingency in the 50s and 60s)which I regularly observe being used for military purposes.
So there's no reason for me to claim otherwise.
I answered the person's question in the shortest, truest, and but simplest terms, attempting to not get into a big deal over it.
. ..what happens when someone else purchases their "patents" . ..
Whatever IP or IP claims that SCO might or might not hold are the only value of the company. They're not likely going to be able to simply "drop" their suits, because a)IBM will have counterclaims against them and b)Red Hat is the plaintif in that case, SCO can't "drop" it, so. ..the only thing they have of value is going to be the only thing they can assign to absolve themselves of whatever debt they might end up owing to IBM and/or Red Hat.
Dude, if you live on the West coast of the US, then, okay, it's a good bet that you are not going to need to iron your shirt.
I live in NY. I used to work as a men's suit salesman and was expected to look seriously sharp at all times. I didn't have to iron a shirt while doing so.
Indeed, I'm more inclined to iron when dressed casually in untreated soft cottons or linens that shrink and wrinkle. Plackets on flannel shirts pucker up terribly, and if you're inclined to more esoteric fashions (for the American northeastern megalopolis) shenti/veshti and chlamys/sari can use a pass with an iron, especially along the hem and selvage, now and again.
For the most part formal clothing has dealt with the issue by developing technology that largely obviates the need to iron, at least for those who wash and store their clothes properly. If you just toss shit on the floor/in the dresser your milage may well vary a good deal.
And, dare I point out, that one of the things that, despite its being " vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big," space is absolutely chock-a-block full of is the radiative effects of nuclear reactions?
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It depends on what you mean by lazy.
Ever see someone toss a coat on the floor rather than hang it up, and then go back later to hang it up anyway?
Most lazy people create an extraordinary amount of needless labor for themselves and then berate people who have a lot of free time because of their efficiency "lazy."
It's very peculiar.
KFG
ARRRGHHHH!! MY EYES!!
Fooled you. I'm not wearing any underwear.
KFG
DEC's decision to call multiple VAX VAXen did not just come out of thin air and drew from pre-existing geek culture which also brought us words like "blinkenlichten."
This tradition not only predates the VAX, but DEC itself, indeed, computers themselves.
KFG
There are 24 hours to the day. We fill them up. All of our "labor saving" devices do more work, but I don't think I've ever seen any save much in the way of labor. Some of 'em even add to it.
We've still got 60 hour work weeks, not 6.
KFG
As one of those people who enjoy this sort of word play, and even more the sort of mulitlingusitc wordplay the word "boxen" represents (and, for that matter, the word virii could represent. There's a holy war among the lovers of Lotus cars whether the term Loti to describe multiple,ummmm, Loti, is legitimate or not), I couln't agree with that definintion (with which I'm already familiar) more.
Boxen is a class of word play that is not Ren and Stimpy stupid, but is not ghoti smart. One has to be smart to create it, but it is a made up pidgin, and pidgin is the language of the uneducated.
In short, it is intelligently crafted ignorance.
The specific word "stupid" I took from the parent post to which I was responding, using posters own language for humorous effect.
Again in short ( he repeated), I was joking.
KFG
What man pages aren't is consistently friendly and approachable
so we need woman pages, right?
You obviously know different women than the rest of the universe.
KFG
Boxen isnt a word either. That's just utterly stupid.
Unlike virii which was coined by stupid people trying to sound smart and thus unintentionally sounding even more stupid than they really are, boxen was coined by actual smart people to sound stupid on purpose.
Of course that's never prevented a lot of stupid people from using the word too, resulting in stupid people sounding stupid on purpose unintentionally.
Ow! My head hurts.
Of course really smart people know that it is too a word (I messed around with making harpsichords in my youth, which traditionally use boxen keys):
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=boxen
KFG
When was the last time you saw someone firmware upgrade a building?
My brother makes his living doing this.
KFG
I have started to use fractional clicks.
Phbbht! Kiddie stuff. I click irrationally.
KFG
. . .you have to press Ctrl+C, er, I mean, pull the trigger in order to fire. Would you want your gun to go off every time you pointed it at something?
You are confusing putting a bullet in the chamber with pulling the trigger.
KFG
did you swallow a thesaurus or something?
No, I simply learned some small part of a language. You might want to try it sometime, it can come in handy.
Unless all you need to say is "wood u lik fries wit dat?" or something.
In which case you may be excused.
KFG
You might want to read George Bernard Shaw's "Back to Methuselah.A Metabiological Pentateuch," an essay (Lamarckian I'm afraid) followed by five plays based on the premise that the essential tragedy of mankind is that he dies just about at the time he's finally becoming emotionally and mentally mature and that is the true root of our problems.
Great social thinkers have been pondering the ramifications of essentially eternal life for a long time.
KFG
What I know I don't know I admit perfectly freely I don't know. It just happens that I'm perfectly aware of the genesis of America's interstate highway system and its raison d'etre, including the fact that the major highway whose terminus I live proximate to was in part a subterfuge to hide the fact that they were building a linear accelerator underneath it for military research purposes (and invade Canada if it came to that. We prepared for damned near any contingency in the 50s and 60s)which I regularly observe being used for military purposes.
:)
So there's no reason for me to claim otherwise.
I answered the person's question in the shortest, truest, and but simplest terms, attempting to not get into a big deal over it.
Which I have.
KFG
Touche. :)
KFG
I never said that the freight trucks weren't military in purpose.
KFG
L.A. is more like a state of mind
Actually, it's more like a state of no mind.
KFG
The roads are a lot wider? Is that because the US has bigger cars?
No. It is because they are designed and built for freight trucks.
KFG
. . .what happens when someone else purchases their "patents" . . .
.the only thing they have of value is going to be the only thing they can assign to absolve themselves of whatever debt they might end up owing to IBM and/or Red Hat.
Whatever IP or IP claims that SCO might or might not hold are the only value of the company. They're not likely going to be able to simply "drop" their suits, because a)IBM will have counterclaims against them and b)Red Hat is the plaintif in that case, SCO can't "drop" it, so. .
KFG
That's correct. It's not property. Therefore, for its use you will owe me an annuity in perpetuity or erase it from your memory.
If you can't convince me you have done so I'm prepared to do so physically, assuming that, in your case, such is possible.
KFG
. . .you're just "feeling good" about it.
No, I'm not. Software is already free, and while I pay directly for my hardware doing so makes it my property.
I haven't any particular objections to paying for property.
KFG
Dude, if you live on the West coast of the US, then, okay, it's a good bet that you are not going to need to iron your shirt.
I live in NY. I used to work as a men's suit salesman and was expected to look seriously sharp at all times. I didn't have to iron a shirt while doing so.
Indeed, I'm more inclined to iron when dressed casually in untreated soft cottons or linens that shrink and wrinkle. Plackets on flannel shirts pucker up terribly, and if you're inclined to more esoteric fashions (for the American northeastern megalopolis) shenti/veshti and chlamys/sari can use a pass with an iron, especially along the hem and selvage, now and again.
For the most part formal clothing has dealt with the issue by developing technology that largely obviates the need to iron, at least for those who wash and store their clothes properly. If you just toss shit on the floor/in the dresser your milage may well vary a good deal.
KFG
Guess the mission engineers took the brown acid.
"Gimme an Ph!"
And it's one, two, three, what's this Cassini for?
Don't ask me I don't really care,
I suppose just 'cause Titan's there
And it's five, six, seven, open up the pod bay doors.
There ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! It's a Phoebe flyby.
KFG
to keep her head down 'round about the 11th.
She gets a little freaked when things flyby without warning (although I've rather been looking forward to it myself).
I'm still trying to figure out though, why I, as the more massive of the pair, appear without question to be the captured object.
KFG
Not until your cardiologist approves.
KFG
And, dare I point out, that one of the things that, despite its being " vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big," space is absolutely chock-a-block full of is the radiative effects of nuclear reactions?
KFG