Did you read the page he linked to? It discusses the etymology of "for all intents and purposes", and goes on to mention the corruption "for all intensive purposes".
No, Biatch, the actual Calvin and Hobbes quote is "Verbing weirds language". And, in context:
Calvin: "I like to verb words."
Hobbes: "What?"
Calvin: "I take nouns and adjectives and use them as verbs. Remember when 'access' was a thing? Now it's something to do. It got verbed. Verbing weirds (sic) language."
Hobbes: "Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding."
"Verbing" is the subject,
"wierds" is the verb,
and "English" is the object.
"Verbing" is not being used as a verb, it is a gerund, derived from a verb, which is made by "verbing" the noun "verb".
If you said "Verbing nouns weirds English", then you'd be completely discounting the "verbing" of the adjective "weird".
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Just an FYI: You can use the arrow keys. You never need take your hands away from the keyboard. I do this all the time.
Of course, what nobody has mentioned, you can use virtual desktops and Exposé at the same time. I use virtual desktops to seperate out several different tasks, but I use Exposé for navigating within a particular virtual desktop.
That setting isn't launching anything on the CD/DVD itself, so it isn't AutoRun. That setting launches apps already on your machine (iTunes, iDVD, Toast, etc.)
Are you sure? According to the blurb, it "installs 'helpful' copy protection software on MacOS and Windows as soon as you insert the CD into default systems."
Can I point out that 'right to remain silent' deals with the arrest portion of events and not the 'stop' portion of the program?
No, the right to remain silent applies to any portion of a criminal case, including the initial questioning. Have you read the fifth amendment?
nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself,
If the cop suspected him of a crime, then it was, indeed a criminal case, and he could not be compelled to say anything. If, on the other hand, the cop did not suspect him of doing anything criminal, then there was no criminal case, and the cop had no right to question him.
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Don't you mean "playing Intendo"?
Or, maybe he was joking
They could be typing on a Divorak keyboard
Did you read the page he linked to? It discusses the etymology of "for all intents and purposes", and goes on to mention the corruption "for all intensive purposes".
No.
"Verbing" is the subject,
"wierds" is the verb,
and "English" is the object.
"Verbing" is not being used as a verb, it is a gerund, derived from a verb, which is made by "verbing" the noun "verb".
If you said "Verbing nouns weirds English", then you'd be completely discounting the "verbing" of the adjective "weird".
Verbing weirds English
ITYM "You must new here."
Bring on the decent player that also has decent (IE not white . . . )
Yes, 'cause as we all know, the color of the earphones affects how they sound.
or canal phones at a preferance. [sic]
In-Ear earphones. Besides, it's just a standard headphone jack, you can plug in any pair of headphones you want.
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Will the real AC please stand up?
Just an FYI: You can use the arrow keys. You never need take your hands away from the keyboard. I do this all the time.
Of course, what nobody has mentioned, you can use virtual desktops and Exposé at the same time. I use virtual desktops to seperate out several different tasks, but I use Exposé for navigating within a particular virtual desktop.
Ummm, any atom with three protons is, by definition, lithium -- not hydrogen.
What law is being broken? If the copyright holder allows this, then it is perfectly legal.
Not only did they convert incorrectly, they measured incorrectly to begin with. A penny is 19.05mm in diameter, not 15mm.
God, you're lazy, but this is /.
sigh.
That's easy to overcome: Change the MAC address.
Yeah, I hate the fact that they wrote their own, proprietary, closed HTML rendering engine
... Oh, wait a second, they used KHTML, and actively contributed their improvements back to the main line, nevermind.
100000 phone numbers? Umm, since when are American phone numbers 6 digits long?
Go to the "View" menu, and select "Status Bar".
What browser are you using that doesn't allow you to see the URL before you click on it?
That setting isn't launching anything on the CD/DVD itself, so it isn't AutoRun. That setting launches apps already on your machine (iTunes, iDVD, Toast, etc.)
ack, should have used preview. Imagine a line break after "nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself"