Yes, I was srot of ginettg at taht in the prat of my psot you coshe not to qtuoe. Not an isuse of drisepsect of the preosn, as the psot mkaes caler, but cretnaily drespisect of tiehr cvaialer auttidte trawod lganguae. Orwell siad it bset in "Ploitics and the Eglinsh Lungague". Bad witring lades to bad tghouht. Tehn you get bad iades and bad pocitilians.
Representing college literature professors in the arts I can safely say I would simply never buy something advertised as a Plam Pilot. What if it really was a Plam Pilot, like maybe some weird knock-off Palm from Vanuatu or something?
Bad spelling really turns me away from these things... Even though there's no real connection between spelling and intellect, it is very hard to read poorly crafted prose and respect it if it's badly written. Oh well, not lkie abyndoy's pinayg aotitentn...
Yes, but what occurs on a video screen is not "environment."
These sorts of complaints have been happening since the days of D&D. There always seem to be some kids who can't tell fantasy from reality and take things too far.
Actually Dean isn't as far left as all that... In fact, he is more middle than several of the Democrat contenders. Most of us way-out left folks are a bit iffy on him altogether, but if he's going to win, we'll take what we can get!
Besides, sooner or later the public will wake up to what Bush is doing/has done to the country... He's alienated a LOT of his own core constituents. The underlying question is, "How stupid are the voters?" If Bush wins again, the answer is: "Very." So many of the people voting Republican are selling themselves out. If you're wealthy or middle-class, it's not so unwise to vote for Bush, but I'd say you have to be very rich or it's stupid to vote for the embodiment of undeserving, success-inherited aristocracy.
I might add that a lot more would-be-Americans died in the Revolutionary War, fighting against the very principles of monarchal consolidated-power tyranny that Bush represents, than died in 9/11 (as a percentage OR in hard numbers), which Bush has used as a justification for so many of his policies. That should give someone pause when selling out the principles of the founders of the Constitution.
Fuck terrorism. Vote for liberty, not for the proof of our fear.
Kucinich is the best if you're really left, but too pip-squeaky to appeal to the great fat plains of mid-America (even if he is from Ohio). Kerry's a low-odds bet because he looks like Herman Munster. Dean and Clark are more realistic--so I'm putting my money on them. And Bush is falling fast, because he sucks and even people with single-digit IQs are beginning to realize that!
New Hampshire's the one on the east side--but I agree, can't tell them apart (I don't know which one's fat at the bottom and thin at the top, and which one is the other way around). I say they should re-unite... lousy Ethan Allen...
Why would Howard Dean be credited at all with giving New Hampshire a surplus? He was governor of Vermont. Either there's an interesting story, or you need to get your facts straight...
But barring that, vote for him next year! Or Wes Clark.
Good luck to the rest of the world...I'm a third year in a creative writing program and I've written a few essays in vi over the years, but I can tell you the chance of my classmates learning vi is about the same as my chance of coming up with a dazzling metaphor for the end of this sentence before my boredom eclipses the sheer fun of typing, like an annular eclipse eclipsing most, but not all, of the sun.
No, that was not dazzling... Ergo, odds = 0.
As for me, I've been happily using Abiword 2.0 since... three days ago. Wordperfect 'til then. Death to WORD!
Actually the movie is great if you grasp the extraordinarily prescient satire... Anybody hear Bush tonight? Connections between the two, perhaps? Discuss!
1) Claim some legitimate other (which happens to own something you want) is an incredible threat 2) Make your weak enemy seem inhuman 3) Blast them to bits with superior technology 4) Praise self
Hmm. Heinlein was indeed a genius and guilty of the only valid reason for sci-fi... To make the reader think, question their values, their supposedly beneficial education, and so on.
Aside from the occasional misplaced modifier or dangling participle, its worthless. [Emphasis added.]
As someone who has taught a couple years of college level English 101 and 201, I would say you should consider turning the grammar checking on anyway! Even for some highly educated folk, it's helpful.
...Of course, others of us really don't need it because we simply never make mistales.
ICANN is an interesting study in how a ruling regime can usurp a democratic institution and turn it into an [autocracy].
Shit, how many examples of this do we need? Does anyone remember the year 2000 anymore? Is it just me, or has the entire USA gone completely stark raving bonkers?
Sincerely, The Angriest Liberal in the World http://www.ucomics.com/rallcom/2003/06/14/
repr. Gr. sevmo-, combining form of sOEvmg art, occurring in technology, etc.; techno-co"mmercial, -eco"nomic adjs.; also in the following terms: "technocomplex Archæol. (see quot. 1968). "technofear = technophobia below. "technofreak [freak n.1 4c], an enthusiast for technology or for the technical complexities of a particular piece of equipment; hence techno-"freakish a. technographic a. technography (-"Qgr@fI) [-graphy], the description of the arts, forming the preliminary stage of technology (technology 1); hence tech"nographer, one versed in technography; technographic (-"gr&fIk) a. techno-"manager, a person who is both a technologist and a manager; hence %techno-mana"gerial a. techno"mania, a mania for technology; hence techno"maniac. %techno-me"chanic a. (nonce-wd.), pertaining to mechanical art (in quot. absol. as n.). technonomy (-"Qn@mI) [-nomy], the practical application of the principles of the arts, forming the final stage of technology; hence technonomic (-"nQmIk) a. (Cent. Dict. 1891). "technophile, one who favours technology. techno"phobia, fear of technology; so "technophobe, a person who fears technology. tech"nopolis [-polis], a society dominated by technology; hence techno"politan a. "technosphere [-sphere], the technological aspect of human activity. "technostress orig. U.S., (psychosomatic illness caused by) stress arising from working in an environment dominated by (esp. computer) technology; hence "technostressed a., affected by technostress. "technostructure, a group of technologists or technical experts that controls the workings of industry or government. techno"tronic a. = technetronic a.
I'm not so sure about this "blacklisting the trolls" business. I got labeled a troll for criticizing Attack of the Clones, which was so horrible it made Phantom Menace look good. Now, I'm only 25, but when I was a kid, directors made decent movies, you know, with actual lasers and real live muppets.
Voiceofthewhirlwind, thank you for writing the comments about the straw men so I didn't have to.
So many people seem to think pure cynicism and apathy are good arguments for war... Granted that's a straw man too... They don't consider it an apathetic viewpoint. Fair enough; I consider it a pathetic viewpoint.
While we're deconstructing, it's worth noting that the original "irony" we're supposed to see only works if you subscribe to the flawed arguments voiceofthewhirlwind pointed out.
No matter what the government claims, the fact that the US has the weaponry to enforce its beliefs does not make those beliefs morally acceptable. Sometimes those beliefs might indeed work for the good of the world, but killing a people to protect their liberties would be a Pyrrhic victory to say the least.
Please don't burn those oil wells, Iraqi citizens. If you do, we'll have no reason to continue bombing! Think of the advertising casualties!!!
Yeah but on Saturday we're more likely to be out watching football, doing drugs, and hunting our neighbors with our guns. By having to work on Tuesday we're ensured of a nonviolent vote, and of course a moderately sober vote--something that may be alien to the British and Australians.
I'm just kidding. You're right, it is stupid. American educational standards are pretty pathetic too. But we sure kicked some British ass in World War II!
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Gimme a break. If you're taking this so seriously you really do have a problem.
Although I guess I am guilty of same for even bothering to write back!! But, enough. Cheers.
Yes, I was srot of ginettg at taht in the prat of my psot you coshe not to qtuoe. Not an isuse of drisepsect of the preosn, as the psot mkaes caler, but cretnaily drespisect of tiehr cvaialer auttidte trawod lganguae. Orwell siad it bset in "Ploitics and the Eglinsh Lungague". Bad witring lades to bad tghouht. Tehn you get bad iades and bad pocitilians.
Representing college literature professors in the arts I can safely say I would simply never buy something advertised as a Plam Pilot. What if it really was a Plam Pilot, like maybe some weird knock-off Palm from Vanuatu or something?
Bad spelling really turns me away from these things... Even though there's no real connection between spelling and intellect, it is very hard to read poorly crafted prose and respect it if it's badly written. Oh well, not lkie abyndoy's pinayg aotitentn...
We have found it. The geekiest piece of art in the history of the universe.
I'll have these babies on the market while he's still wrestling with the pickle matrix... mgl'hey...
I can't wait to find out which kinds of porn my neighbors prefer...
Yes, but what occurs on a video screen is not "environment."
These sorts of complaints have been happening since the days of D&D. There always seem to be some kids who can't tell fantasy from reality and take things too far.
(Everyone who voted for Bush comes to mind.)
Actually Dean isn't as far left as all that... In fact, he is more middle than several of the Democrat contenders. Most of us way-out left folks are a bit iffy on him altogether, but if he's going to win, we'll take what we can get!
Besides, sooner or later the public will wake up to what Bush is doing/has done to the country... He's alienated a LOT of his own core constituents. The underlying question is, "How stupid are the voters?" If Bush wins again, the answer is: "Very." So many of the people voting Republican are selling themselves out. If you're wealthy or middle-class, it's not so unwise to vote for Bush, but I'd say you have to be very rich or it's stupid to vote for the embodiment of undeserving, success-inherited aristocracy.
I might add that a lot more would-be-Americans died in the Revolutionary War, fighting against the very principles of monarchal consolidated-power tyranny that Bush represents, than died in 9/11 (as a percentage OR in hard numbers), which Bush has used as a justification for so many of his policies. That should give someone pause when selling out the principles of the founders of the Constitution.
Fuck terrorism. Vote for liberty, not for the proof of our fear.
Or...
Wanted dead AND alive.
That's what I was like with crack. I wasn't sure I'd like it, but now that I've smoked it about 37 times, I totally love it.
I thought this was Legalese...
... doesn't.
Hermes' son: I heard alcohol makes you stupid.
Fry: No I'm
Kucinich is the best if you're really left, but too pip-squeaky to appeal to the great fat plains of mid-America (even if he is from Ohio). Kerry's a low-odds bet because he looks like Herman Munster. Dean and Clark are more realistic--so I'm putting my money on them. And Bush is falling fast, because he sucks and even people with single-digit IQs are beginning to realize that!
New Hampshire's the one on the east side--but I agree, can't tell them apart (I don't know which one's fat at the bottom and thin at the top, and which one is the other way around). I say they should re-unite... lousy Ethan Allen...
Why would Howard Dean be credited at all with giving New Hampshire a surplus? He was governor of Vermont. Either there's an interesting story, or you need to get your facts straight...
But barring that, vote for him next year! Or Wes Clark.
Good luck to the rest of the world...I'm a third year in a creative writing program and I've written a few essays in vi over the years, but I can tell you the chance of my classmates learning vi is about the same as my chance of coming up with a dazzling metaphor for the end of this sentence before my boredom eclipses the sheer fun of typing, like an annular eclipse eclipsing most, but not all, of the sun.
No, that was not dazzling... Ergo, odds = 0.
As for me, I've been happily using Abiword 2.0 since... three days ago. Wordperfect 'til then. Death to WORD!
That's what they did to make the light sabers in Hardware Wars (by Ernie Fosselius). Flashlight + mist = light saber.
Actually the movie is great if you grasp the extraordinarily prescient satire... Anybody hear Bush tonight? Connections between the two, perhaps? Discuss!
1) Claim some legitimate other (which happens to own something you want) is an incredible threat
2) Make your weak enemy seem inhuman
3) Blast them to bits with superior technology
4) Praise self
Hmm. Heinlein was indeed a genius and guilty of the only valid reason for sci-fi... To make the reader think, question their values, their supposedly beneficial education, and so on.
Aside from the occasional misplaced modifier or dangling participle, its worthless. [Emphasis added.]
...Of course, others of us really don't need it because we simply never make mistales.
As someone who has taught a couple years of college level English 101 and 201, I would say you should consider turning the grammar checking on anyway! Even for some highly educated folk, it's helpful.
The New Yorker article on the same subject (the Galileo probe, that is) kept me awake for two hours after I finished it in bed... Goodbye, Galileo.
I also want to note that I think this is probably the first time Slashdot has ever referenced a Philip Roth book... Goodbye, Columbus.
ICANN is an interesting study in how a ruling regime can usurp a democratic institution and turn it into an [autocracy].
Shit, how many examples of this do we need? Does anyone remember the year 2000 anymore? Is it just me, or has the entire USA gone completely stark raving bonkers?
Sincerely,
The Angriest Liberal in the World
http://www.ucomics.com/rallcom/2003/06/14/
You can disable all the soldiers... Just login with password "admin"...
repr. Gr. sevmo-, combining form of sOEvmg art, occurring in technology, etc.; techno-co"mmercial, -eco"nomic adjs.; also in the following terms: "technocomplex Archæol. (see quot. 1968). "technofear = technophobia below. "technofreak [freak n.1 4c], an enthusiast for technology or for the technical complexities of a particular piece of equipment; hence techno-"freakish a. technographic a. technography (-"Qgr@fI) [-graphy], the description of the arts, forming the preliminary stage of technology (technology 1); hence tech"nographer, one versed in technography; technographic (-"gr&fIk) a. techno-"manager, a person who is both a technologist and a manager; hence %techno-mana"gerial a. techno"mania, a mania for technology; hence techno"maniac. %techno-me"chanic a. (nonce-wd.), pertaining to mechanical art (in quot. absol. as n.). technonomy (-"Qn@mI) [-nomy], the practical application of the principles of the arts, forming the final stage of technology; hence technonomic (-"nQmIk) a. (Cent. Dict. 1891). "technophile, one who favours technology. techno"phobia, fear of technology; so "technophobe, a person who fears technology. tech"nopolis [-polis], a society dominated by technology; hence techno"politan a. "technosphere [-sphere], the technological aspect of human activity. "technostress orig. U.S., (psychosomatic illness caused by) stress arising from working in an environment dominated by (esp. computer) technology; hence "technostressed a., affected by technostress. "technostructure, a group of technologists or technical experts that controls the workings of industry or government. techno"tronic a. = technetronic a.
Supposedly Secure would be a good name for a Microsoft product.
I'm not so sure about this "blacklisting the trolls" business. I got labeled a troll for criticizing Attack of the Clones, which was so horrible it made Phantom Menace look good. Now, I'm only 25, but when I was a kid, directors made decent movies, you know, with actual lasers and real live muppets.
Voiceofthewhirlwind, thank you for writing the comments about the straw men so I didn't have to.
So many people seem to think pure cynicism and apathy are good arguments for war... Granted that's a straw man too... They don't consider it an apathetic viewpoint. Fair enough; I consider it a pathetic viewpoint.
While we're deconstructing, it's worth noting that the original "irony" we're supposed to see only works if you subscribe to the flawed arguments voiceofthewhirlwind pointed out.
No matter what the government claims, the fact that the US has the weaponry to enforce its beliefs does not make those beliefs morally acceptable. Sometimes those beliefs might indeed work for the good of the world, but killing a people to protect their liberties would be a Pyrrhic victory to say the least.
Please don't burn those oil wells, Iraqi citizens. If you do, we'll have no reason to continue bombing! Think of the advertising casualties!!!
This just leads to more sprawl.
Yeah but on Saturday we're more likely to be out watching football, doing drugs, and hunting our neighbors with our guns. By having to work on Tuesday we're ensured of a nonviolent vote, and of course a moderately sober vote--something that may be alien to the British and Australians.
I'm just kidding. You're right, it is stupid. American educational standards are pretty pathetic too. But we sure kicked some British ass in World War II!