Re:Ellis is overrated (in my opinion)
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And this guy calls himself A Proud American?
Even as I sit here, I can't believe I'm writing this. I've never been one to voice my opinions in such a public manner. But after learning that Mr. Proud American wants to spread hatred, animosity, and divisiveness, I felt I at least had to set a few things straight. Let us note first of all that if you don't think that his canards should be recognized, but only as a complete fraud, then you've missed the whole point of this post. I want to reveal the constant tension between centripetal and centrifugal forces of dialogized heteroglossia resulting from his musings. I want to do this not because I need to tack another line onto my résumé, but because if we are to advance a clear, credible, and effective vision for dealing with our present dilemma and its most wretched manifestations, then we must be guided by a healthy and progressive ideology, not by the self-indulgent and hopeless ideologies that Mr. American promotes. Perhaps if he thought about it, he'd realize that he likes to make serious dialogue difficult or impossible. Such activity can flourish only in the dark, however. If you drag it into the open, Mr. American and his trained seals will run for cover, like cockroaches in a dirty kitchen when the light is turned on suddenly during the night. That's why we must get Mr. American off our back.
My real point here is that he coins polysyllabic neologisms to make his notions sound like they're actually important. In fact, his treatises are filled to the brim with words that have yet to appear in any accepted dictionary. As reluctant as I am to admit it, this should not and need not be the case. I always catch hell whenever I say something like that, so let me assure you that I wouldn't want to deploy enormous resources in a war of attrition against helpless citizens. I would, on the other hand, love to address the continued social injustice shown by shallow politicos. But, hey, I'm already doing that with this letter. You might think that anyone who doesn't know that Mr. American is power-drunk must be inhabiting a different world. Well, if that's the case, then I'm afraid Mr. American's hirelings must have spent the past month on Mars. Finally, whatever your thoughts or feelings about Mr. Proud American are, I urge you to help me anneal discourse with honesty, clear thinking, and a sense of moral good.
Its amazing how the quote from Benjamin dude works so well here.
Those who are willing to trade freedom for security deserve neither freedom nor security
Well, he did toss in the qualifers "essential" and "temporary."
with Safari I have no problem using the Internet or other "Web Features"
Really? With v73 it's become the least stable app I have. I have to kill it often (five minutes ago, for instance), especially after running a java applet (like one of Yahoo's, for instance).
the total revenue for the year will be about $52 million. Although this sounds like an astounding success, it is less than 0.2 percent of Dell?s revenue
They also sold 110,000 very profitable iPods. And this is only the first week. Apple will eventually be making more from this than on everything else combined.
Well, I used to play chess in the good old days, and have never come across this point of view.
I knew a few good (2400+) players who thought it couldn't be done. Their position was that there was something "special" happening in their thought process that couldn't be reduced to mere calculation. This was back when the best program played at about an 1800 level.
While not as much value as also seeing the negative ones, it's certainly not pointless.
We get to know about good books to which we might not otherwise be exposed. Sure, I'd like to see negative reviews as well, but given the choice between no reviews and only seeing the positive ones, I'd much prefer the latter.
This is not the same as rubber-stamp reviews, where any piece o' trash gets a positive review, but rather a filter blocking the negative ones.
Why aren't you "pushed" by the shadowing object, too? And since it's closer, its effect (one would expect) would be stronger... so you should be repelled.
I think for his idea to work then gravity would have to increase with distance, and decrease with mass. Then the big close things hardly push you away at all, and so you get shoved into them. Maybe in the end it's exactly the same as "regular" gravity, but with the signs reversed.
However, it is commonly understood to connote a more emphatic version of "regardless".
I believe it's actually commonly understood to connote a writer unable to parse the very words he uses. Of course language evolves. But this is not a valid mutation unless the meaning of the prefix "ir" also changes.
Irrelevant. The author makes the pages with a goal in mind. He has the ability to test them.
Right. "Your honor, when he wrote this text the defendant was thinking thoughts that violate my client's patent." Judge: "The scoundrel! You get all his money. Next case.
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Even as I sit here, I can't believe I'm writing this. I've never been one to voice my opinions in such a public manner. But after learning that Mr. Proud American wants to spread hatred, animosity, and divisiveness, I felt I at least had to set a few things straight. Let us note first of all that if you don't think that his canards should be recognized, but only as a complete fraud, then you've missed the whole point of this post. I want to reveal the constant tension between centripetal and centrifugal forces of dialogized heteroglossia resulting from his musings. I want to do this not because I need to tack another line onto my résumé, but because if we are to advance a clear, credible, and effective vision for dealing with our present dilemma and its most wretched manifestations, then we must be guided by a healthy and progressive ideology, not by the self-indulgent and hopeless ideologies that Mr. American promotes. Perhaps if he thought about it, he'd realize that he likes to make serious dialogue difficult or impossible. Such activity can flourish only in the dark, however. If you drag it into the open, Mr. American and his trained seals will run for cover, like cockroaches in a dirty kitchen when the light is turned on suddenly during the night. That's why we must get Mr. American off our back.
My real point here is that he coins polysyllabic neologisms to make his notions sound like they're actually important. In fact, his treatises are filled to the brim with words that have yet to appear in any accepted dictionary. As reluctant as I am to admit it, this should not and need not be the case. I always catch hell whenever I say something like that, so let me assure you that I wouldn't want to deploy enormous resources in a war of attrition against helpless citizens. I would, on the other hand, love to address the continued social injustice shown by shallow politicos. But, hey, I'm already doing that with this letter. You might think that anyone who doesn't know that Mr. American is power-drunk must be inhabiting a different world. Well, if that's the case, then I'm afraid Mr. American's hirelings must have spent the past month on Mars. Finally, whatever your thoughts or feelings about Mr. Proud American are, I urge you to help me anneal discourse with honesty, clear thinking, and a sense of moral good.
Sincerely,
Your Humble Servant
She said the "Bow" part as in bend at the waist, not like a fancy ribbon.
If you make it a real link Slashdot won't insert the space.
Tough to use it as an iterator, though.
They could stick the word "knowingly" in there, but that's obvious, isn't it?
For sufficiently small values of always.
Well, he did toss in the qualifers "essential" and "temporary."
Really? With v73 it's become the least stable app I have. I have to kill it often (five minutes ago, for instance), especially after running a java applet (like one of Yahoo's, for instance).
They also sold 110,000 very profitable iPods. And this is only the first week. Apple will eventually be making more from this than on everything else combined.
Apple made a heck of a lot more on the iPods than it did on the million songs.
We did. He kept changing colors.
They've been doing that for decades.
"Voting" is not a very good evaluation function.
I knew a few good (2400+) players who thought it couldn't be done. Their position was that there was something "special" happening in their thought process that couldn't be reduced to mere calculation. This was back when the best program played at about an 1800 level.
He was speaking metaphorically. Perhaps you worry about god too much.
While not as much value as also seeing the negative ones, it's certainly not pointless.
We get to know about good books to which we might not otherwise be exposed. Sure, I'd like to see negative reviews as well, but given the choice between no reviews and only seeing the positive ones, I'd much prefer the latter.
This is not the same as rubber-stamp reviews, where any piece o' trash gets a positive review, but rather a filter blocking the negative ones.
I think for his idea to work then gravity would have to increase with distance, and decrease with mass. Then the big close things hardly push you away at all, and so you get shoved into them. Maybe in the end it's exactly the same as "regular" gravity, but with the signs reversed.
Or record it, then disable the camera and broadcast the recording while you waltz in, just like in da movies.
What? You've never heard of X. P. "Al" Adotious? Not only an operating system, but he's also mentioned in a song.
Maybe not, but three lefts do.
Thank you ladies and germs, I'll be here all week. Enjoy the buffet.
I believe it's actually commonly understood to connote a writer unable to parse the very words he uses. Of course language evolves. But this is not a valid mutation unless the meaning of the prefix "ir" also changes.
That's funny. I thought it was intentional. I took it to mean you were marrying the two parts.
Well, you do get to keep the computer.
Right. "Your honor, when he wrote this text the defendant was thinking thoughts that violate my client's patent."
Judge: "The scoundrel! You get all his money. Next case.
Good points.