When I was a kid (1960s), almost every elevator that I rode in played music. That doesn't seem to be the case any more, except in lame comedies in the movies and on TV. My guess is that tastes have changed. Either that, or people who want to listen to music can bring their own, whereas transistor radios in the 1960s were, shall we say, not as portable as music devices today.
No, wait, I think that I have the answer: Back in the 1960's, building owners didn't have the RIAA/ASCAP/etc. jumping on them demanding licensing fees for playing music in their elevators. Yeah, that's probably it.
Exactly. So why center, when centre had already been used for hundreds of years?
I meant swapping letters from the way that it sounds, not swapping letters from the way that it's been spelled in the past. Why "speak", "tomorrow", etc., when "speake", "to-morrow", etc., had already ("all readie"?) been used for hundreds of years ("yeares")?
As for aluminum/aluminium - how on earth can you just lose a syllable?
Actually, you people gained a syllable, as it was first spelled "aluminum". (To be honest, accounts differ as to which was first used, but, as a practical person, I tend to believe (or, at least, pretend to believe) the version that supports my own position.)
If you want a more valid argument about lost syllables, then you can discuss the way that we pronounce "vacuum" ("VAK-yoom" vs "VAK-yoo-uhm").
The second "jelly" class definition (the one following the "jam" class definition) in each of the C++ and Python code sections in the parent post should instead be "marmalade". I most humbly and fruitfully apologize (USA) / apologise (UK) for any confusion that this may have caused. Also, I forgot to mention that the code is copyright 2005 by me, and is licensed under version 2 of the GPL (not that new controversial version 3).
Marmalade includes the skin ("zest") of citrus fruit. I think that preserves are like jam, but even chunkier. Preserves might not include pectin, but don't quote me on that.
OK, here are some "official" definitions:
jam: A preserve made from whole fruit boiled to a pulp with sugar.
jelly: A soft, semisolid food substance with a resilient consistency, made by the setting of a liquid containing pectin or gelatin or by the addition of gelatin to a liquid, especially such a substance made of fruit juice containing pectin boiled with sugar.
marmalade: A clear, jellylike preserve made from the pulp and rind of fruits, especially citrus fruits.
preserves: Fruit cooked with sugar to protect against decay or fermentation.
So my earlier definition was slightly off, in that jam is apparently cooked with sugar (although I've bought stuff labeled "jam" that had no sugar in it at all).
Here are the relationships between the various substances, as I understand them:
class fruit_derived_topping {/* etc. */ } class jelly : fruit_derived_topping {/* etc. */ } class preserves : fruit_derived_topping {/* etc. */ } class jam : preserves {/* etc. */ } class jelly : preserves {/* etc. */ }
Or, in Python:
class fruit_derived_topping:
# etc. class jelly(fruit_derived_topping):
# etc. class preserves(fruit_derived_topping):
# etc. class jam(preserves):
# etc. class jelly(preserves):
# etc.
I hope that this helps distinguish between the various types of delicious fruit-derived toppings for sandwiches, English muffins, etc.
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Do you pronounce it "SEHN-tree" or "SEHN-treh"? No, you pronounce it "SEHN-tir" (unless you're French, in which case you pronounce it "SAIN-tkkkeh"). So you should spell it that way. Well, no, you shouldn't spell it "SEHN-tir", but "center" is closer to the way that it's pronounced than "centre" is.
Ihts bad eenuhf that wirdz arnt spehld ehkzaktlee haoo thehee sownd, buht swahping lehtirz for no gud reesuhn shud bee avoeedihd wehnehver pahsihbuhl.
First they came for the spammers, but I wasn't a spammer, so I did nothing Then they came for the copyrighted music theives, but commercial music sucks, so I didn't care Then they came for the pornographers, but my tastes are mainstream, so I still didn't care. Then they came for F/OSS, but windows was a kinda adequate replacement so I did little Finally, they went after political blogs; but by then it was too late.
Here is what I hope to be able to say sometime within the next five years or so:
First they came for the spammers, but I wasn't a spammer, so I did nothing.
Then they came for the child pornographers, but I like grown women, so I did nothing. Then they came for the phishers and fraudsters and DDoS exortionists, but I make my money honestly, so I did nothing. Then they came for the script kiddies and virus writers, but I have enough trouble controlling my own machines, much less taking over someone else's, so I did nothing.
And now that the spammers, child pornographers, phishers, pharmers, DDos exortionists, script kiddies, and virus writers are all gone, the Internet is a much better place to be, so I am glad that I did nothing.
They don't understand the concept of the sections of a patent and don't know how to analyze one (much less read one which really isn't that difficult).
You must be a lawyer. Only a lawyer could say that reading a patent isn't that difficult. Only a lawyer could even stay awake while reading a patent. Only a lawyer wouldn't think that patent language is to regular English as Perl is to a regular programming language. So fess up. You're a lawyer, aren't you?
Jelly and jam are two different things. Jelly has all of the pulp, seeds, etc., removed (it's strained), whereas jam does not. For example, really really good strawberry jam has big chunks of strawberries in it (it's lumpy), but strawberry jelly has only the "juice". Also, jelly tends to be transparent or translucent, whereas jam tends to be opaque. And jelly usually has sugar (or high fructose corn syrup) and other things added (concentrated apple juice, etc.), whereas jam is less likely to have these things (or, if it does have them, it has a smaller percentage of them).
"A Pink Smell Stew impaled its dormant Turkey Shaddow tomorrow, or five of the two spotted continuums towards 2005 equals Mitch Kapor." ... Can the program even tell that the [above] is random blabber?
Makes perfect sense to me. Well, except for the part about the dormant turkey shaddow. Most impaled turkey shaddows that I've seen are anything but dormant (especially if they were impaled by their pink smell stew). OTOH, planking lists of generous seaweed enshrined the mixed Enterprise-C on parts of carpeted songbirds.
no amount of transcoding will ever make either of the Simpson girls sound "good".
Oh, I don't know. I kind of liked Lisa's rendition of "Jazz Man" (which she did with "Bleeding Gums" Murphy shortly before and after his death), and although the only sound that Maggie makes is thumb-sucking, I don't consider that to be either "good" or "bad".
how do the corporations and other patent owners feel about having their proof destroyed.
What's even more important, from the standpoint of the rest of us, is proof that various patents have expired. Without such proof, what is to prevent a person or corporation from trying to patent something that has been patented long in the past?
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Which means that all those gorgeous images the previous poster was talking about will no longer be available other than with false color.
Uh, not to rain on your parade or anything, but many Hubble images already use false colorization, including one of its most famous images. False colorization is very common in astronomical images released for public consumption.
Who are you calling a "sticker"? I think that I can say, without exaggeration or fear of contradiction by any person with even the smallest amount of intelligence, that it's this kind of communist left-wing conservative fascist racist liberal right-wing intolerance that is bringing down Slashdot, and, indeed, the entire IT community, if not Western civilization, most human civilization (on this and other planets), and possibly all civilization everywhere throughout the entire universe. Please recant your statement. The fate of the entire universe is in your hands/talons/tentacles/omnipods. Well, the fate of the entire civilized universe, anyway.
And that is why I am even less proud to live in New Jersey.
Why? Using non-violent civil disobedience, this guy is standing up for all Americans and against the tyranny of governments federal and local. He should be applauded. I would have to see his postions on issues other than legalization of drugs before I voted for him, but among him, an average Republican, and an average Democrat, he'd probably get my vote. (Well, he would if I lived in New Jersey.) P.S. I don't use recreational drugs (not even alcohol, nicotine, or caffine), and think that doing so is stupid, both medically and financially. However, I believe that people have the right to be stupid (even to the point of Darwinism), as long as it doesn't endanger anybody else (e.g., DUI, etc.).
You may be interested to know that some students at the University of Manitoba made a car that ran on grass in the late nineties
I knew several people in college that seemed to run themselves on grass. They didn't win any awards, though, unless you count "Most Continually-Stoned Student 1975".
Surely this whole regeneration whizz was only dreamed up because back in the 60s viewers were unused to lead characters being played by different actors.
Yeah, I remember that there were riots in the streets when "Bewitched" changed Darrins.
The Gallifreyan mythology only came about because Hartnell's declining health wasn't going to let him participate in the series any further but the series was so popular that the Beeb didn't want to let it end. So they came up with the idea of "regeneration" to explain how the character could remain the same even as the actor changed drasticly.
I don't think that the "regeneration" idea came about until the transition between John Pertwee and Tom Baker. I seem to recall that in the Patrick Troughton to John Pertwee case, the Time Lords "changed" him as some sort of punishment. I don't remember what happened in the William Hartnell to Patrick Troughton case, but I'm almost certain that it wasn't regeneration.
I wrote that without really thinking too much. Modern Perl is probably not a scripting language, but I'm not familiar enough with it to say so for sure. However, the last time that I gave Perl more than a cursory look (in the last millenium), it was using UNIX commands (executables) to implement many of its operators. For example, I think that it used expr to do RE matching, mv to rename files, etc. Perl hid the use of (many of) these commands from the user. That's how I came up with the "in between" comment: It used many system commands, but it wasn't (very) obvious to the casual user. Modern Perl (version 4? version 5?) probably doesn't use executables any more than any other language (although I don't know that for sure), so I guess that I wouldn't consider it to be a scripting language at all.
languages were traditionally classified as "scripting" when their primary use was to control the execution of other executables.
I agree completely. In fact, I have never considered Python or Ruby to be scripting languages at all; rather, they are interpreted languages, which is something quite orthogonal to being a scripting language. Simlarly, languages like awk are not scripting languages. Perl is somewhere in between.
The one thing that I would add to your definition is that a scripting language is interpreted more or less sequentially. This means that makefiles are not scripting languages, even though their primary use is to control the execution of other executables.
We all know that the south was wrong and the north was right. It was a war fought for civil rights.
No. The initial purpose of the American Civil War was to keep the Union together, when parts of it (several Southern states) wanted to leave. In the early part of the War, Lincoln wrote that if he could keep the Union together and end the War by freeing all of the slaves, then he would do that; if he could do it by freeing none of the slaves, then he would do that; and if he could do it by freeing some of the slaves, but keeping others in servitude, then he would do that. It was only later, when the War had dragged on and on, and people (Northerners) were getting tired of it, that he made the war about the ending of slavery; and, even then, he freed slaves only in those states and territories that had rebelled against the Union.
If you ever get the chance, watch Ken Burn's famous PBS documentary, "The Civil War". It contains a lot of great information (and also some drivel) about the American Civil War.
Whites will never be a minority and should never be afforded any breaks.
People should never be discriminated either for or against because of skin color (or many other factors), regardless of whether they are in the minority or majority. Non-whites don't deserve any more (or less) "breaks" than so-called whites. (I use the expression "so-called" because the skin of most "white" people is actually a shade of pinkish tan.)
Then show them what the EASY CHAIR model is all about. Then the END TABLE model. Then the CREDENZA model. Etc. Also things like the NUMBER 2 PENCIL model, the YELLOW LEGAL PAD model, and so forth. You can find models for all of these items, and many other exciting items, at various 3D game mod sites.
On a more serious note, for those who don't know, "LAMP model" means "Lick-spittle Ass-kissing MBA Prat model".
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When I was a kid (1960s), almost every elevator that I rode in played music.
That doesn't seem to be the case any more, except in lame comedies in the movies and on TV.
My guess is that tastes have changed.
Either that, or people who want to listen to music can bring their own, whereas transistor radios in the 1960s were, shall we say, not as portable as music devices today.
No, wait, I think that I have the answer: Back in the 1960's, building owners didn't have the RIAA/ASCAP/etc. jumping on them demanding licensing fees for playing music in their elevators.
Yeah, that's probably it.
Why "speak", "tomorrow", etc., when "speake", "to-morrow", etc., had already ("all readie"?) been used for hundreds of years ("yeares")?Actually, you people gained a syllable, as it was first spelled "aluminum".
(To be honest, accounts differ as to which was first used, but, as a practical person, I tend to believe (or, at least, pretend to believe) the version that supports my own position.)
If you want a more valid argument about lost syllables, then you can discuss the way that we pronounce "vacuum" ("VAK-yoom" vs "VAK-yoo-uhm").
The second "jelly" class definition (the one following the "jam" class definition) in each of the C++ and Python code sections in the parent post should instead be "marmalade".
I most humbly and fruitfully apologize (USA) / apologise (UK) for any confusion that this may have caused.
Also, I forgot to mention that the code is copyright 2005 by me, and is licensed under version 2 of the GPL (not that new controversial version 3).
I think that preserves are like jam, but even chunkier.
Preserves might not include pectin, but don't quote me on that.
OK, here are some "official" definitions:
- jam: A preserve made from whole fruit boiled to a pulp with sugar.
- jelly: A soft, semisolid food substance with a resilient consistency, made by the setting of a liquid containing pectin or gelatin or by the addition of gelatin to a liquid, especially such a substance made of fruit juice containing pectin boiled with sugar.
- marmalade: A clear, jellylike preserve made from the pulp and rind of fruits, especially citrus fruits.
- preserves: Fruit cooked with sugar to protect against decay or fermentation.
So my earlier definition was slightly off, in that jam is apparently cooked with sugar (although I've bought stuff labeled "jam" that had no sugar in it at all).Here are the relationships between the various substances, as I understand them:Or, in Python:I hope that this helps distinguish between the various types of delicious fruit-derived toppings for sandwiches, English muffins, etc.
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No, you pronounce it "SEHN-tir" (unless you're French, in which case you pronounce it "SAIN-tkkkeh").
So you should spell it that way.
Well, no, you shouldn't spell it "SEHN-tir", but "center" is closer to the way that it's pronounced than "centre" is.
Ihts bad eenuhf that wirdz arnt spehld ehkzaktlee haoo thehee sownd, buht swahping lehtirz for no gud reesuhn shud bee avoeedihd wehnehver pahsihbuhl.
Only a lawyer could say that reading a patent isn't that difficult.
Only a lawyer could even stay awake while reading a patent.
Only a lawyer wouldn't think that patent language is to regular English as Perl is to a regular programming language.
So fess up.
You're a lawyer, aren't you?
Jelly has all of the pulp, seeds, etc., removed (it's strained), whereas jam does not.
For example, really really good strawberry jam has big chunks of strawberries in it (it's lumpy), but strawberry jelly has only the "juice".
Also, jelly tends to be transparent or translucent, whereas jam tends to be opaque.
And jelly usually has sugar (or high fructose corn syrup) and other things added (concentrated apple juice, etc.), whereas jam is less likely to have these things (or, if it does have them, it has a smaller percentage of them).
So jelly and jam are two different things.
Well, except for the part about the dormant turkey shaddow.
Most impaled turkey shaddows that I've seen are anything but dormant (especially if they were impaled by their pink smell stew).
OTOH, planking lists of generous seaweed enshrined the mixed Enterprise-C on parts of carpeted songbirds.
I kind of liked Lisa's rendition of "Jazz Man" (which she did with "Bleeding Gums" Murphy shortly before and after his death), and although the only sound that Maggie makes is thumb-sucking, I don't consider that to be either "good" or "bad".
Without such proof, what is to prevent a person or corporation from trying to patent something that has been patented long in the past?
False colorization is very common in astronomical images released for public consumption.
I think that I can say, without exaggeration or fear of contradiction by any person with even the smallest amount of intelligence, that it's this kind of communist left-wing conservative fascist racist liberal right-wing intolerance that is bringing down Slashdot, and, indeed, the entire IT community, if not Western civilization, most human civilization (on this and other planets), and possibly all civilization everywhere throughout the entire universe.
Please recant your statement.
The fate of the entire universe is in your hands/talons/tentacles/omnipods.
Well, the fate of the entire civilized universe, anyway.
Using non-violent civil disobedience, this guy is standing up for all Americans and against the tyranny of governments federal and local.
He should be applauded.
I would have to see his postions on issues other than legalization of drugs before I voted for him, but among him, an average Republican, and an average Democrat, he'd probably get my vote.
(Well, he would if I lived in New Jersey.)
P.S. I don't use recreational drugs (not even alcohol, nicotine, or caffine), and think that doing so is stupid, both medically and financially.
However, I believe that people have the right to be stupid (even to the point of Darwinism), as long as it doesn't endanger anybody else (e.g., DUI, etc.).
They didn't win any awards, though, unless you count "Most Continually-Stoned Student 1975".
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Whoops, looks like, in this case, it isn't.
Modern Perl is probably not a scripting language, but I'm not familiar enough with it to say so for sure.
However, the last time that I gave Perl more than a cursory look (in the last millenium), it was using UNIX commands (executables) to implement many of its operators.
For example, I think that it used expr to do RE matching, mv to rename files, etc.
Perl hid the use of (many of) these commands from the user.
That's how I came up with the "in between" comment: It used many system commands, but it wasn't (very) obvious to the casual user.
Modern Perl (version 4? version 5?) probably doesn't use executables any more than any other language (although I don't know that for sure), so I guess that I wouldn't consider it to be a scripting language at all.
How's that for decisive commentary?
In fact, I have never considered Python or Ruby to be scripting languages at all; rather, they are interpreted languages, which is something quite orthogonal to being a scripting language.
Simlarly, languages like awk are not scripting languages.
Perl is somewhere in between.
The one thing that I would add to your definition is that a scripting language is interpreted more or less sequentially.
This means that makefiles are not scripting languages, even though their primary use is to control the execution of other executables.
The initial purpose of the American Civil War was to keep the Union together, when parts of it (several Southern states) wanted to leave.
In the early part of the War, Lincoln wrote that if he could keep the Union together and end the War by freeing all of the slaves, then he would do that; if he could do it by freeing none of the slaves, then he would do that; and if he could do it by freeing some of the slaves, but keeping others in servitude, then he would do that.
It was only later, when the War had dragged on and on, and people (Northerners) were getting tired of it, that he made the war about the ending of slavery; and, even then, he freed slaves only in those states and territories that had rebelled against the Union.
If you ever get the chance, watch Ken Burn's famous PBS documentary, "The Civil War".
It contains a lot of great information (and also some drivel) about the American Civil War.People should never be discriminated either for or against because of skin color (or many other factors), regardless of whether they are in the minority or majority.
Non-whites don't deserve any more (or less) "breaks" than so-called whites.
(I use the expression "so-called" because the skin of most "white" people is actually a shade of pinkish tan.)
Lots and lots of money.
Then the END TABLE model.
Then the CREDENZA model.
Etc.
Also things like the NUMBER 2 PENCIL model, the YELLOW LEGAL PAD model, and so forth.
You can find models for all of these items, and many other exciting items, at various 3D game mod sites.
On a more serious note, for those who don't know, "LAMP model" means "Lick-spittle Ass-kissing MBA Prat model".