I must disagree here. I have looked at the Libertarian party, and have been able to summ it's philosophies up in a simple statement: "Do not interfere with my right to do what I want unless I am interfering with the rights of others to do as they see fit." So if I want to stand on my head in my front yard, I can, but if I stand on my head in the middle of the street, I'm arrested.
That's just your own interpretation. ESR needs to definitely stop plugging in his own political beliefs into every Open Source-related discussion. I am sure many Open Source developers don't share his passion for guns. I for one would love to see them all outlawed everywhere.
I agree but also want to add that HTML is not portable not only because people don't upgrade their clients, but also because of incompatability between the comparable versions of IE and Netscape browsers. Whenever I create web pages for some of my sites, I am usually in state of horror when I see how different can the pages be rendered in IE 4/5 and Netscape 4.5/4.6. This is especially true for bulleted lists and tables.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Last time I checked, "colored" was considered offensive, and the last few times I heard it used it was sure hard to take it any other way.
What I find particularly funny is that the word "black," although mostly used to denote "a dark color," in the physical sense means "absence of color." How can an organization for "Colored People" represent "Abesence of Color" type of people?:)
The number appended to the admins last name isn't random. If you do a whois lookup on yourself or your domain, you'll find this is actually your ns 'handle.' The number NS has appended to your last name (usually the entire last name, plus the uid), and is just as easy to obtain as any other piece of info you've registered.
This is clearly not true. I got the mail and it didn't have any numbers appended. My assumption is that they append numbers if they have more than one person with the same last name. Since my last name is pretty unique (only 5 families in the entire world, AFAIK, and I am the only one that owns a domain), I didn't get a number assigned.
When it comes to importance of spelling correctly, you are preaching to the choir. I am fanatical about using correct spelling (and grammar).
However, I disagree with you about the importance of handwriting. I make the effort to spell correctly when I write, but I also want to be able to have a machine do the mundane task of double checking that same spelling.
If I get a paper that I need to review/grade/read, I give up on it after the second misspelled word.
Also, someone else made the point that letters in electronic form have the benefit of being easily editable and reusable. Maybe the e-ink will change things around...
> "...time to write the message by hand and then > paid someone to carry it to my house? I'm so > touched!"
You mean people actually send hand-written snail mail? Scaaaary.:) Even when I mail a letter to someone (once a year), there is no way I could hand write it. It would take me 5 times longer than just typing it in. Not to mention that I can run a spell checker on it.
> I don't have a dictionary handy, so I can't > prove this, but isn't misspelled not a word? > Perhaps if it were hyphenated, mis-spelled, it > would be... Dunno... BTW: Webster's doesn't > count... Oxford English Dictionary only!:-)
Is is, according to Webster. What's wrong with Webster anyway?
BTW, in case you haven't noticed already, there is a missing 'e' in the subject. The irony...
Maybe Slashdoters should funnel some of their newly acquired funds into a good spell checker and a person who actually knows how to spell people's names.
After a bunch of news items where you misspelled all sorts of words, this time you even misspelled Marc's name.
Which brings another point. Slashot needs a spell check option...
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That's just your own interpretation. ESR needs to definitely stop plugging in his own political beliefs into every Open Source-related discussion. I am sure many Open Source developers don't share his passion for guns. I for one would love to see them all outlawed everywhere.
KV
Try http://www.msnbc.com/news/317609.as p?cp1=1#BODY instead.
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The first two nodes: UCLA and Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International).
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What I find particularly funny is that the word "black," although mostly used to denote "a dark color," in the physical sense means "absence of color." How can an organization for "Colored People" represent "Abesence of Color" type of people? :)
KVThis is clearly not true. I got the mail and it didn't have any numbers appended. My assumption is that they append numbers if they have more than one person with the same last name. Since my last name is pretty unique (only 5 families in the entire world, AFAIK, and I am the only one that owns a domain), I didn't get a number assigned.
KV
I don't know about playing like Hendrix, but soon they might be able to "wire" you to perform better in mazes.
KV
When it comes to importance of spelling correctly,
you are preaching to the choir. I am fanatical
about using correct spelling (and grammar).
However, I disagree with you about the importance
of handwriting. I make the effort to spell
correctly when I write, but I also want to be
able to have a machine do the mundane task of
double checking that same spelling.
If I get a paper that I need to review/grade/read,
I give up on it after the second misspelled word.
Also, someone else made the point that letters
in electronic form have the benefit of being
easily editable and reusable. Maybe the e-ink
will change things around...
KV
> "...time to write the message by hand and then
:) Even when I mail a letter to
> paid someone to carry it to my house? I'm so
> touched!"
You mean people actually send hand-written snail
mail? Scaaaary.
someone (once a year), there is no way I could
hand write it. It would take me 5 times longer
than just typing it in. Not to mention that I
can run a spell checker on it.
KV
Wrong. US Resident is enough. I know of plenty
of people that are on F-1 or H1-B visas that
invest in stocks and mutual funds.
KV
> I don't have a dictionary handy, so I can't :-)
> prove this, but isn't misspelled not a word?
> Perhaps if it were hyphenated, mis-spelled, it
> would be... Dunno... BTW: Webster's doesn't
> count... Oxford English Dictionary only!
Is is, according to Webster. What's wrong with
Webster anyway?
BTW, in case you haven't noticed already, there
is a missing 'e' in the subject. The irony...
KV
Maybe Slashdoters should funnel some of their
newly acquired funds into a good spell checker
and a person who actually knows how to spell
people's names.
After a bunch of news items where you misspelled
all sorts of words, this time you even misspelled
Marc's name.
Which brings another point. Slashot needs a spell
check option...
KV