It seems to me that Katz has confused two separate issues here, and many of the commentators have as well. On the face of it, the issue is the enforcement of direct parental supervision during the movie. While I would never send a 11 year old child to see an R rated movie alone, many parents do, and it is their right to do so. On the other hand, the rating system is a separate issue. The post I'm replying to says that a person "should be able to decide for themselves what is right for them." I disagree, when the person is an 11 year old. Maybe my 7 year old daughter should decide for herself is Chivas on the rocks is right for her, but, alas, I have made that decision for her. While I feel that it is irresponsible for an adult to drop their children off at the babysitt^W movie theater to see an R rated movie, that is their choice to make.
It's not poetic license. I've seen each of these errors on slashdot this week. I've seen some of them several times. I don't read alt.usage.english, but I do find the frequency of these very basic errors to be, well, "ludicris." BTW, you also missed "populous."
Language evolves. Verbing nouns happens all the time.
I think that its rediculous that your complaining about this when the general populous is so lazy with there writing. There are definately writing errors that are more painfull to view.
I knew that I had heard another story of astonishingly insensitive and negligent police work recently. It even had that nasty internet angle. I had to dig in the newspaper bin, but I found this in Last Wednesday's newspaper:
--begin fair use-- By Tom Gardner The Associated Press
SPARKS, Nev -- After calling 911 in November to report that she had been raped, Jennifer W. says that police laughed at her, called her a liar and warned her that she would have to pay for the lab tests if the reults came back negative.
Finally, last week, the man she accused pleaded guilty to raping her. And he also admitted raping a teen-age girl more recently.
No jennifer, a 24 year-old junior at the University of Nevada at Reno, is suing the Sparks Police Department, its chief and three othe members of the force for more than $200,000. Her federal lawsuit alleges that her civil rights were violated and that the police were negligent.
--end fair use---
Lots more describing how she met two men thru the internet. Not only did the police not believe her, but they threatened to prosecute her unless she withdrew the complaint!
One of the two rapists sent her a taunting email "I got away with rape." Jennifer was called a liar by Sgt Robert Schmidt when she produced the email.
Two months later, a 17 year-old student escaped from the rapists' apartment half-naked.
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It seems to me that Katz has confused two separate issues here, and many of the commentators have as well. On the face of it, the issue is the enforcement of direct parental supervision during the movie. While I would never send a 11 year old child to see an R rated movie alone, many parents do, and it is their right to do so. On the other hand, the rating system is a separate issue. The post I'm replying to says that a person "should be able to decide for themselves what is right for them." I disagree, when the person is an 11 year old. Maybe my 7 year old daughter should decide for herself is Chivas on the rocks is right for her, but, alas, I have made that decision for her. While I feel that it is irresponsible for an adult to drop their children off at the babysitt^W movie theater to see an R rated movie, that is their choice to make.
Not so. Go to http://www.urbanlegends.com/products/chevy_nova_me xico.html for a debunking
Check out http://www.rage.net/wireless/wireless_howto.html
It sounds like you can set up a 384kbps link up to 25 mi away or 2Mbps up to 4 miles away with their setup. They spent $1300.
Several university students are working on a tiny ARM-based linux box. When I last checked the design was to be Open.
http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~compsoc/linux/pleb/
"Look at the figures: most of the revenue being made via the Internet at this time are going into sites delivering Pornography"
cite?
It's not poetic license. I've seen each of these errors on slashdot this week. I've seen some of them several times.
I don't read alt.usage.english, but I do find the frequency of these very basic errors to be, well, "ludicris."
BTW, you also missed "populous."
Language evolves. Verbing nouns happens all the time.
I think that its rediculous that your complaining about this when the general populous is so lazy with there writing. There are definately writing errors that are more painfull to view.
Does anyone have any experience hacking on an X server?
Depending on where it fits on the trivialimpossible spectrum, I might be interested in giving it a shot.
I knew that I had heard another story of astonishingly insensitive and negligent police work recently. It even had that nasty internet angle. I had to dig in the newspaper bin, but I found this in Last Wednesday's newspaper:
--begin fair use--
By Tom Gardner
The Associated Press
SPARKS, Nev -- After calling 911 in November to report that she had been raped, Jennifer W. says that police laughed at her, called her a liar and warned her that she would have to pay for the lab tests if the reults came back negative.
Finally, last week, the man she accused pleaded guilty to raping her. And he also admitted raping a teen-age girl more recently.
No jennifer, a 24 year-old junior at the University of Nevada at Reno, is suing the Sparks Police Department, its chief and three othe members of the force for more than $200,000. Her federal lawsuit alleges that her civil rights were violated and that the police were negligent.
--end fair use---
Lots more describing how she met two men thru the internet. Not only did the police not believe her, but they threatened to prosecute her unless she withdrew the complaint!
One of the two rapists sent her a taunting email "I got away with rape." Jennifer was called a liar by Sgt Robert Schmidt when she produced the email.
Two months later, a 17 year-old student escaped from the rapists' apartment half-naked.