Every "good" must have its "evil." If it doesn't, it must create one.
This is exactly what the secular progressives do to the conservatives, they villify them and distort them into caricatures of Stalin, Mussolini, et cetera. Note that I didn't say the Democrats do that. The Democrats are politicians and want to win elections. There are, however, groups like Moveon.org and more extreme groups who have no qualms about calling Republicans fascists.
Before digital, with film, yes, you owned your image. However, you did not own the chemical process used to record your image on the film.
Regardless, I would definately think twice about buying a Nikon camera because of this attitude of theirs. They should be embracing others. They should give the SDK source code away just so that it becomes a standard (i.e., "Buy our cameras! Every image viewer can read the uncompressed highest quality file format!"). It makes sense to me. They're not selling a format, they're selling cameras and lenses.
Canon should respond by releasing the full specifications and some mechanism for certifying implementations. Better software tools will only sell more cameras, lenses, and other accessories.
When was the last time you saw major building project that exalted the efforts of the working grunts on the ground?
Cathedrals in Europe were built as a matter of civic pride by the various cities. A cathedral would bring pilgrims to the city. Those pilgrims would carry money that they would spend in the local shops. If you were a stoneworker or other craftsman, it was a prestigious thing to contribute to the building of the cathedral.
(Note: I am not an expert, so someone else could probably give better details.)
I don't buy that. Something has value because it has value, not because it happened along by chance.
Not always. Look at the diamond industry. There are piles and piles of diamonds that have been mined and held by the De Beers Group, more than the market could ever buy. So they just don't flood the market. They release only so many stones of a certain sizes and qualities each year to the jewelery makers. So if you want to buy a diamond of a certain size and color and quality, there are only a certain number out there. This drives up the prices. Of course, De Beers creates the demand with their advertising ("A diamond is forever").
Oh wait a minute. You said value. People will buy things that have no value, however.
Look at any sporting event and count how many pros are using off-white lenses (Canon's professional telephoto lenses are all painted off-white, supposedly because it reduces heat expansion of lens elements).
This bill protects truckers at highway rest stops and campers in their RVs at campsites from adult content.
[sarcasm] Oh yeah, truckers. I'm so sure that truckers at a rest stop in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night need to be protected from seeing internet porn. [/sarcasm]
If I were looking to start a business, I'd think about machines at rest stops offering internet access, lotion, and packs of tissues.
No. It's much more boring than that. I just replied to the joke, asking what was funny about it. The comment about "gifted" was just an aside that everyone replied to and developed a life of its own. Seriously though, using "gift" as a verb is funnier than some island chief eating someone's pet fish.
oh n0es! My karma is all shot to hell now. buwahaha.
I didn't get the original poster's joke. The only thing that seemed funny about it was that he was using "gifted" as a verb. That was my comment. After that, I get modded down as a troll and all the replies accuse me of not understanding English.
No, I noted that it leads to stupid threads in my reply. At the time of my original post, I didn't realize that it would lead to this stupid thread. What I meant was that I think that people shouldn't use the word gift as a verb because it leads to stupid threads like this one.
You missed my point. I was asking what was funny about the original poster's joke. I also suggested that you should not use the word gift as a verb. I did not say that you could not use it that way. I stand by my statement that you should not use gift as a verb because it is awkward and leads to stupid threads like this one.
You missed my point. I was asking what was funny about the original poster's joke. I also suggested that you should not use the word gift as a verb. I did not say that you could not use it that way. I still stand by my statement you should not use gift as a verb, mainly because it is awkward and leads to stupid threads like this one.
There aren't? If they send out 30 copies of the document, they can just use 30 different code names: Q86J, B23L, M32T, P78N, et cetera. When it shows up on ThinkSecret, they then know who leaked the document.
Internally, the code name could be something that doesn't get out at all.
Unless it's an English class, they're just looking to see if you've learned the material for that course. Especially for the essay questions in the midterm and final, they will always just skim the papers for key words, phrases, and dates. They underline them and add up the points. That's just the way it works. The "B" student, who writes something interesting, but doesn't cover all of the relevant material, loses points.
For a term paper, you additionally have to use correct grammer and spelling. Also, do not try to argue something stupid. Don't take a contrary opinion to the professor or to popular opinion on the college campus. You won't be able to convince the grader, and they'll think that if your argument isn't convincing, then it must be flawed and you deserve a bad or mediocre grade.
These are things that I wish someone had told me when I was an undergrad.
The only Japanese texts that are written all in phoenetics (hiragana or katakana) are children's books. Those will have spaces in between words. Text that is written for literate adult readers is written with kanji (alphabet from China). Most nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs are written using one, two, or three kanji. Sometimes nouns are strung together to make longer nouns (sort of like compound nouns, e.g., "All-Japan Kendo Federation" is "zen nihon kendou renmei" and is written using 7 kanji strung together). Hiragana is used for particles (which mark parts of speech and join words together) and also for adjective and verb conjugations. There are also some words which are written in hiragana, however they are mostly common and easily understandable, so there is no problem. Foreign words are usually transliterated using katakana (another purely phoenetic script). Because they're written in katakana, they are automatically differentiated from the surrounding kanji and hiragana. Differentiating words isn't all that hard. The problem is really learning all the vocabulary and kanji.
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Every "good" must have its "evil." If it doesn't, it must create one.
This is exactly what the secular progressives do to the conservatives, they villify them and distort them into caricatures of Stalin, Mussolini, et cetera. Note that I didn't say the Democrats do that. The Democrats are politicians and want to win elections. There are, however, groups like Moveon.org and more extreme groups who have no qualms about calling Republicans fascists.
Before digital, with film, yes, you owned your image. However, you did not own the chemical process used to record your image on the film.
Regardless, I would definately think twice about buying a Nikon camera because of this attitude of theirs. They should be embracing others. They should give the SDK source code away just so that it becomes a standard (i.e., "Buy our cameras! Every image viewer can read the uncompressed highest quality file format!"). It makes sense to me. They're not selling a format, they're selling cameras and lenses.
Canon should respond by releasing the full specifications and some mechanism for certifying implementations. Better software tools will only sell more cameras, lenses, and other accessories.
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Diction ary&va=performant&x=0&y=0
Come to California. As a christian here I feel like I have to pretend to be an atheist to survive.
If you want to fit in, that's definately true. I've had the same experience.
When was the last time you saw major building project that exalted the efforts of the working grunts on the ground?
Cathedrals in Europe were built as a matter of civic pride by the various cities. A cathedral would bring pilgrims to the city. Those pilgrims would carry money that they would spend in the local shops. If you were a stoneworker or other craftsman, it was a prestigious thing to contribute to the building of the cathedral.
(Note: I am not an expert, so someone else could probably give better details.)
I don't buy that. Something has value because it has value, not because it happened along by chance.
Not always. Look at the diamond industry. There are piles and piles of diamonds that have been mined and held by the De Beers Group, more than the market could ever buy. So they just don't flood the market. They release only so many stones of a certain sizes and qualities each year to the jewelery makers. So if you want to buy a diamond of a certain size and color and quality, there are only a certain number out there. This drives up the prices. Of course, De Beers creates the demand with their advertising ("A diamond is forever").
Oh wait a minute. You said value. People will buy things that have no value, however.
I *think* that there is some show in Japan in the Fall, but I don't know.
Uh... Tokyo Game Show maybe?
Look at any sporting event and count how many pros are using off-white lenses (Canon's professional telephoto lenses are all painted off-white, supposedly because it reduces heat expansion of lens elements).
This bill protects truckers at highway rest stops and campers in their RVs at campsites from adult content.
[sarcasm]
Oh yeah, truckers. I'm so sure that truckers at a rest stop in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night need to be protected from seeing internet porn.
[/sarcasm]
If I were looking to start a business, I'd think about machines at rest stops offering internet access, lotion, and packs of tissues.
No. It's much more boring than that. I just replied to the joke, asking what was funny about it. The comment about "gifted" was just an aside that everyone replied to and developed a life of its own. Seriously though, using "gift" as a verb is funnier than some island chief eating someone's pet fish.
oh n0es! My karma is all shot to hell now. buwahaha.
Did you get the joke? What was funny about it? Or was it just not funny at all?
Anyway, you don't need a defenese to troll on Slashdot.
I didn't get the original poster's joke. The only thing that seemed funny about it was that he was using "gifted" as a verb. That was my comment. After that, I get modded down as a troll and all the replies accuse me of not understanding English.
No, I noted that it leads to stupid threads in my reply. At the time of my original post, I didn't realize that it would lead to this stupid thread. What I meant was that I think that people shouldn't use the word gift as a verb because it leads to stupid threads like this one.
You missed my point. I was asking what was funny about the original poster's joke. I also suggested that you should not use the word gift as a verb. I did not say that you could not use it that way. I stand by my statement that you should not use gift as a verb because it is awkward and leads to stupid threads like this one.
You missed my point. I was asking what was funny about the original poster's joke. I also suggested that you should not use the word gift as a verb. I did not say that you could not use it that way. I still stand by my statement you should not use gift as a verb, mainly because it is awkward and leads to stupid threads like this one.
That you shouldn't use "gift" as a verb?
...To hide the source, you could then run your document through a similar program that varies punctuation and word choice.
there aren't a lot a lost of synonyms for Q86J.
There aren't? If they send out 30 copies of the document, they can just use 30 different code names: Q86J, B23L, M32T, P78N, et cetera. When it shows up on ThinkSecret, they then know who leaked the document.
Internally, the code name could be something that doesn't get out at all.
The resolution was 16x32. Also, I wonder what the refresh rate is like. The page is a bit short on details.
If you've gone through high school and college, you should know that it's more important to be popular than right.
Probably, because it makes a better movie.
Bingo!
Don't you feel silly for typing all that?
My spelling is usually pretty good. Oh well.
79% gave up on 1st day in iCLOD city. Can you survive there? [iclod.com]
I spent 3 minutes reading about it and I gave up.
Unless it's an English class, they're just looking to see if you've learned the material for that course. Especially for the essay questions in the midterm and final, they will always just skim the papers for key words, phrases, and dates. They underline them and add up the points. That's just the way it works. The "B" student, who writes something interesting, but doesn't cover all of the relevant material, loses points.
For a term paper, you additionally have to use correct grammer and spelling. Also, do not try to argue something stupid. Don't take a contrary opinion to the professor or to popular opinion on the college campus. You won't be able to convince the grader, and they'll think that if your argument isn't convincing, then it must be flawed and you deserve a bad or mediocre grade.
These are things that I wish someone had told me when I was an undergrad.
The only Japanese texts that are written all in phoenetics (hiragana or katakana) are children's books. Those will have spaces in between words. Text that is written for literate adult readers is written with kanji (alphabet from China). Most nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs are written using one, two, or three kanji. Sometimes nouns are strung together to make longer nouns (sort of like compound nouns, e.g., "All-Japan Kendo Federation" is "zen nihon kendou renmei" and is written using 7 kanji strung together). Hiragana is used for particles (which mark parts of speech and join words together) and also for adjective and verb conjugations. There are also some words which are written in hiragana, however they are mostly common and easily understandable, so there is no problem. Foreign words are usually transliterated using katakana (another purely phoenetic script). Because they're written in katakana, they are automatically differentiated from the surrounding kanji and hiragana. Differentiating words isn't all that hard. The problem is really learning all the vocabulary and kanji.