"Seriously if you can understand it, it works. Grammar Nazis, you can all burn forever in Hell. We can blame Dr Samuel Johnson for introducing language fascism, which remains utterly unnecessary to humanity."
Sometimes Grammar is REQUIRED for understanding. What about this as a written command?
"Loose that nut" "Lose that nut"
I know that grammatically it would be "Loosen that nut", (future tense imperative) but if you're advocating a free-for-all, then I will take liberties in my examples and use adjectives as verbs:-)
Is this one of those lateral thinking competitions? Well if you have at least one follicle then you're 0% bald (since you're not bald), but after that final little pluck - bang - 100% baldness.
I wouldn't do it myself, Immac or a razor would be better.
That's how language evolves, people coin new terms to describe new things. Truthiness simply describes a state of affairs that we didn't think we needed a specific word for before.
I mean "Television" as a word didn't exist in 1850, does that mean it's not a word because it (the word) was only invented (relatively) recently? Of if you think that the Latin and Greek roots of Television give it some gravitas (Tele = Far, Vision = well, Vision) then what about "Jukebox"? or perhaps "Puck" as in Ice Hockey?
Others have already said that the US provided assistance to Britain during the Falkands war, what I want to point out is that a strict reading of the Monroe doctrine (that European powers must stay out of the America's) would indicate that the US should have stopped Britain. They didn't, and the explanation of why the Monroe doctrine didn't apply was that Britain wasn't being the aggressor, but simply defending an existing territory.
"Prime Minister Blair" is very much an Americanism, I'm fairly certain it's not a title that you would use as a prefix. Being British I'd call him Mr Blair if I was talking to him (well, I can think of a couple of other things to call him as well, but they would probably get me arrested saying them to his face). I think when he's announced it's something like "The Right Honourable Mr Tony Blair, The Prime Minister".
I pre-ordered at Gamestation, walked in at 9:30 bought the Wii, found out they had no extra Wiimotes, so I walked to Game and bought Wii Play with the extra Wiimote, and another Nunchuck. No problem at all. Nobody apart from pre-orders were getting Wii's though.
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Ah but it didn't actually name who won, If you didn't know either, then you might have thought that Ricky Hatton was the footballer and Ian Wright was the boxer.
But you can't choose the rules or dictate the terms under which someone fights you.
That's the point of being a terrorist. They have a grievance (real or imagined), and know that in a conventional war situation, they would lose, because the opposition (be it the USA, UK, Spain, Russia) has superior military force. So they choose not to play by those rules, and instead rely on non-conventional warfare, which gives them the only possibility of success.
You can't fight terrorism with soldiers, tanks and guns. Every terrorist you kill has the possibility of recruiting more people for their cause. You have to remove the their grievance - which may be difficult if it's imaginary. If you're not willing to do that, and taking the military option to its ultimate conclusion, you get Genocide.
For the umpteenth time. Microsoft was tried and convicted in Europe for Anti-Trust violations, just like they were in the states. Part of the remedy was to document the protocols to allow comptetitors software to interoperate with Windows servers.
Microsoft refused to comply with the remedy as decided by the court. The court then decided to fine Microsoft. Microsoft refused to comply with the remedy and refused to pay the fines. That's where we are at the moment.
So the EU isn't against Microsoft because it's American, it's against corporations that break the law, get convicted then ignore the punishment that has been decided by the court.
So you believe that Africa, Australasia, Asia (excluding Japan), the Indian sub-continent, South America and Antartica are all getting their PS3's this year then?
No? That's what I consider to be "The rest of the world" (with Europe as well I might add)
I'm a bit surprised at the attitude of what looks like the majority of the posters on this thread - which is basically that disabled people don't matter. A bit more compassion and empathy is required I think.
As for the actual laws themselves, isn't one of the purposes of government is to stand up for people who cannot stand up for themselves? And laws are the way that it's done.
The windows are all in the same *plane* but they most definitely do have a Z value, otherwise overlapping windows wouldn't work. We do a non-perspective corrected projection through Z to get the final 2D display picture. It's not 2D and it's not 3D (which I think would be persepctive corrected). So how about 2.5D?
Does the MPAA rate computer games in the US?
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Because the BBFC (The body responsible for rating films in the UK) does rate some games in the UK, specifically "games that depict human sexual activity, human genital organs or gross acts of violence" (from Wikipedia). For example GTA: San Andreas was rated 18 in the UK, which is the highest rating (well apart from R18, sold in licenced sex shops). So the Hot Coffee "scandal" meant nothing over here.
And that is one of the reasons why the US is disliked around the world - the blatent hypocrisy. I.e. ignoring WTO rules when it suits them, but at the same time using the WTO as a stick to beat trading partners with.
In the cases that you describe (right to property) the school is almost definately acting "in loco parentis" which basically means that the school can do anything to you that your parents would. Which includes confiscating cell phones. I'm a parent and I've taken their mobile (cell phone) from them as punishment, as well as sending them to their room as punishment (inprisonment). I haven't beaten them. (yet).
I'm not sure if this would extend to taking IP ownership of an essay. Would your father do that? I know I wouldn't.
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"Seriously if you can understand it, it works. Grammar Nazis, you can all burn forever in Hell. We can blame Dr Samuel Johnson for introducing language fascism, which remains utterly unnecessary to humanity."
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Sometimes Grammar is REQUIRED for understanding. What about this as a written command?
"Loose that nut"
"Lose that nut"
I know that grammatically it would be "Loosen that nut", (future tense imperative) but if you're advocating a free-for-all, then I will take liberties in my examples and use adjectives as verbs
Is this one of those lateral thinking competitions? Well if you have at least one follicle then you're 0% bald (since you're not bald), but after that final little pluck - bang - 100% baldness.
I wouldn't do it myself, Immac or a razor would be better.
That's how language evolves, people coin new terms to describe new things. Truthiness simply describes a state of affairs that we didn't think we needed a specific word for before.
I mean "Television" as a word didn't exist in 1850, does that mean it's not a word because it (the word) was only invented (relatively) recently? Of if you think that the Latin and Greek roots of Television give it some gravitas (Tele = Far, Vision = well, Vision) then what about "Jukebox"? or perhaps "Puck" as in Ice Hockey?
To be honest, I suspect the DoD still maintains the plans. An actual invasion would be tricky though.
Others have already said that the US provided assistance to Britain during the Falkands war, what I want to point out is that a strict reading of the Monroe doctrine (that European powers must stay out of the America's) would indicate that the US should have stopped Britain. They didn't, and the explanation of why the Monroe doctrine didn't apply was that Britain wasn't being the aggressor, but simply defending an existing territory.
"Prime Minister Blair" is very much an Americanism, I'm fairly certain it's not a title that you would use as a prefix. Being British I'd call him Mr Blair if I was talking to him (well, I can think of a couple of other things to call him as well, but they would probably get me arrested saying them to his face). I think when he's announced it's something like "The Right Honourable Mr Tony Blair, The Prime Minister".
I pre-ordered at Gamestation, walked in at 9:30 bought the Wii, found out they had no extra Wiimotes, so I walked to Game and bought Wii Play with the extra Wiimote, and another Nunchuck. No problem at all. Nobody apart from pre-orders were getting Wii's though.
Ah but it didn't actually name who won, If you didn't know either, then you might have thought that Ricky Hatton was the footballer and Ian Wright was the boxer.
But you can't choose the rules or dictate the terms under which someone fights you.
That's the point of being a terrorist. They have a grievance (real or imagined), and know that in a conventional war situation, they would lose, because the opposition (be it the USA, UK, Spain, Russia) has superior military force. So they choose not to play by those rules, and instead rely on non-conventional warfare, which gives them the only possibility of success.
You can't fight terrorism with soldiers, tanks and guns. Every terrorist you kill has the possibility of recruiting more people for their cause. You have to remove the their grievance - which may be difficult if it's imaginary. If you're not willing to do that, and taking the military option to its ultimate conclusion, you get Genocide.
576i is PAL (720x576) as used in most of Europe. Still have to clue as to why GP would think that 1080i was 576 lines though.
I'm sure the various Microsoft subsiduaries in the EU member states have some nice assets like bank accounts and property that could be seized.
For the umpteenth time. Microsoft was tried and convicted in Europe for Anti-Trust violations, just like they were in the states. Part of the remedy was to document the protocols to allow comptetitors software to interoperate with Windows servers.
Microsoft refused to comply with the remedy as decided by the court. The court then decided to fine Microsoft. Microsoft refused to comply with the remedy and refused to pay the fines. That's where we are at the moment.
So the EU isn't against Microsoft because it's American, it's against corporations that break the law, get convicted then ignore the punishment that has been decided by the court.
Now do you see?
That's why I said "arguably" :-)
It is, however, on a different tectonic plate, arguably not really part of Asia at all.
I also give a part of my own self with each family member.
I always thought sending body parts through the mail was illegal,
So you believe that Africa, Australasia, Asia (excluding Japan), the Indian sub-continent, South America and Antartica are all getting their PS3's this year then?
No? That's what I consider to be "The rest of the world" (with Europe as well I might add)
I'm a bit surprised at the attitude of what looks like the majority of the posters on this thread - which is basically that disabled people don't matter. A bit more compassion and empathy is required I think.
As for the actual laws themselves, isn't one of the purposes of government is to stand up for people who cannot stand up for themselves? And laws are the way that it's done.
The windows are all in the same *plane* but they most definitely do have a Z value, otherwise overlapping windows wouldn't work. We do a non-perspective corrected projection through Z to get the final 2D display picture. It's not 2D and it's not 3D (which I think would be persepctive corrected). So how about 2.5D?
Because the BBFC (The body responsible for rating films in the UK) does rate some games in the UK, specifically "games that depict human sexual activity, human genital organs or gross acts of violence" (from Wikipedia). For example GTA: San Andreas was rated 18 in the UK, which is the highest rating (well apart from R18, sold in licenced sex shops). So the Hot Coffee "scandal" meant nothing over here.
And that is one of the reasons why the US is disliked around the world - the blatent hypocrisy. I.e. ignoring WTO rules when it suits them, but at the same time using the WTO as a stick to beat trading partners with.
In the cases that you describe (right to property) the school is almost definately acting "in loco parentis" which basically means that the school can do anything to you that your parents would. Which includes confiscating cell phones. I'm a parent and I've taken their mobile (cell phone) from them as punishment, as well as sending them to their room as punishment (inprisonment). I haven't beaten them. (yet).
I'm not sure if this would extend to taking IP ownership of an essay. Would your father do that? I know I wouldn't.
Except of course that us in the UK also sometimes get shafted with a 1:1 parity between GBP and USD. When in fact it's more like 1.8:1.
Maybe a dual link DVI cable is required?
Because Jupiters barycenter with the Sun is outside the Sun. Therefore perhaps Jupiter isn't a planet, but part of a Star - Failed Star binary?
Because it means that no Americans will have discovered any planets in our solar system :-)