wtf, of course there was a US resource lingering off the coast. There's *always* a US resource lingering off coast. Call it recon, intel, E3, C&C, whatever. It's what they do.
To give them the benefit of the doubt, we have a nation-state that is apparently flummoxed about the "high technical challenges" of making wood drones.
These drones literally grown on trees, which is how the Russian separatists were able to get hold of so many of them without needing to get them from the regular Russian army.
I guess it must be the same in Syria too.
Sure. And they smell good. Made out of cedar of Lebanon.
Interesting. I've always thought that assigning a gender to inanimate objects was useless. This is the first reason that I've seen that shows a use. Are there other reasons?
I am procrastinating about going to work, so I decided to google it and got sent to the wiki, of course.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... 1 In a language with explicit inflections for gender, it is easy to express the natural gender of animate beings.
2 Grammatical gender "can be a valuable tool of disambiguation", rendering clarity about antecedents.
3 In literature, gender can be used to "animate and personify inanimate nouns".
...and goes on to describe #2 as the most useful, as you mentioned.
Among these, role 2 is probably the most important in everyday usage.[citation needed] Languages with gender distinction generally have fewer cases of ambiguity concerning, for example, pronominal reference. In the English phrase "a flowerbed in the garden which I maintain" only context tells us whether the relative clause (which I maintain) refers to the whole garden or just the flowerbed. In German, gender distinction prevents such ambiguity. The word for "(flower) bed" (Beet) is neuter, whereas that for "garden" (Garten) is masculine. Hence, if a neuter relative pronoun is used, the relative clause refers to "bed", and if a masculine pronoun is used, the relative clause refers to "garden". Because of this, languages with gender distinction can often use pronouns where in English a noun would have to be repeated in order to avoid confusion. It does not, however, help in cases where the words are of the same grammatical gender. (There are often several synonymous nouns of different grammatical gender to pick from to avoid this, however.)
Since the flower bed example points out what I always thought was a glaring deficiency in English, I grudgingly accept #2 as useful.
But now it's time(masc) for me(masc) to go to work(masc). No more fun(fem).
"There is an art to flying, or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.... Clearly, it is this second part, the missing, that presents the difficulties."..."
As the rumors suggest, Zuma failed the second part.
Outstanding, thanks for that. Another lesson that politics is often a double-edged sword. For a little more history from wikipedia...
The word gerrymander (originally written Gerry-mander) was used for the first time in the Boston Gazette on 26 March 1812. The word was created in reaction to a redrawing of Massachusetts state senate election districts under Governor Elbridge Gerry (pronounced/ri/; 1744–1814). In 1812, Governor Gerry signed a bill that redistricted Massachusetts to benefit his Democratic-Republican Party. When mapped, one of the contorted districts in the Boston area was said to resemble the shape of a mythological salamander.[4]
and
Gerrymandering is used most often in favor of ruling incumbents[15] or a specific political party—the one drawing the map. Societies whose legislatures use a single-winner electoral system are the most likely to have political parties that gerrymander for advantage.[citation needed] Most notably, gerrymandering is particularly effective in non-proportional systems that tend towards fewer parties, such as first past the post.
For years I had been misled by a bit of fake news from some article claiming that Jerry Brown invented jerrymandering. Actually, it wasn't until wikipedia came out that I found the actual history.
Cue arguments about... Democrats Republicans Democratic-Republican Party (bet you didn't know about that) Republicrats Demoblicans Jerry Brown, Jerry Brown the Reboot, Jerry Brown the Sequel. FPTP Fake news Salamanders Did I miss any buzzwords? Oh yeah. Bitcoin.
they keep signing up because it's scary out in the real world to try to get a job
Sure, some do. It's amazing how different individuals will do different things for different reasons. And just exactly who is being assigned to the word "they" now? All military? Only ossifers? Only the ones that claim patriotism?
Yeah, I remember reading about those gangs of outlaw Dems roaming around the wilds of AZ. Using their six-shooters to skew the chad counts. What can a good 'ol boy with a rifle rack in his pickup do?
So, just as the 'net is making major moves to https, I see this on/., "EFF Applauds 'Massive Change' to HTTPS"! Really?
Why are they changing it now that the majority of sites are using it? Don't they know that massive changes just as people are adopting it can kill a protocol? People will move on to something that "just works". Why don't they leave it alone until most everyone is using it and gets used to it, then make their massive cha...
What? There is no massive change to https? TFA is talking about people talking about old news?
Slashdot Mirror
Hey, how's the cointelpro biz going nowadays? Still paying the rent?
Is that a real poncho or is that a Sears poncho?
Fly away, troll.
wtf, of course there was a US resource lingering off the coast. There's *always* a US resource lingering off coast. Call it recon, intel, E3, C&C, whatever. It's what they do.
To give them the benefit of the doubt, we have a nation-state that is apparently flummoxed about the "high technical challenges" of making wood drones.
I imagine that their imaginations fly free.
These drones literally grown on trees, which is how the Russian separatists were able to get hold of so many of them without needing to get them from the regular Russian army.
I guess it must be the same in Syria too.
Sure. And they smell good. Made out of cedar of Lebanon.
Maybe the old-style anti-aircraft weapons can be brought back into action.
If a Bofors and a half can shoot down a drone and a half at a klick and a half, how many do you need to defend yourself with?
The thread already has 38 posts and not a single "In Soviet Russia" joke?
And now we know why.
Or are they freedom fighters? So hard to tell sometimes.
Their guys cut off people's heads for fun and prophet.
If we make them illegal then it will be a whole lot harder for these terrorists to get them, which will make everyone much safer.
You can have my drone when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers.
I imagine they'll start using the carpool lanes first. Which will be annoying because I like to go at least 75 when possible.
Interesting. I've always thought that assigning a gender to inanimate objects was useless. This is the first reason that I've seen that shows a use. Are there other reasons?
I am procrastinating about going to work, so I decided to google it and got sent to the wiki, of course.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
1 In a language with explicit inflections for gender, it is easy to express the natural gender of animate beings.
2 Grammatical gender "can be a valuable tool of disambiguation", rendering clarity about antecedents.
3 In literature, gender can be used to "animate and personify inanimate nouns".
...and goes on to describe #2 as the most useful, as you mentioned.
Among these, role 2 is probably the most important in everyday usage.[citation needed] Languages with gender distinction generally have fewer cases of ambiguity concerning, for example, pronominal reference. In the English phrase "a flowerbed in the garden which I maintain" only context tells us whether the relative clause (which I maintain) refers to the whole garden or just the flowerbed. In German, gender distinction prevents such ambiguity. The word for "(flower) bed" (Beet) is neuter, whereas that for "garden" (Garten) is masculine. Hence, if a neuter relative pronoun is used, the relative clause refers to "bed", and if a masculine pronoun is used, the relative clause refers to "garden". Because of this, languages with gender distinction can often use pronouns where in English a noun would have to be repeated in order to avoid confusion. It does not, however, help in cases where the words are of the same grammatical gender. (There are often several synonymous nouns of different grammatical gender to pick from to avoid this, however.)
Since the flower bed example points out what I always thought was a glaring deficiency in English, I grudgingly accept #2 as useful.
But now it's time(masc) for me(masc) to go to work(masc). No more fun(fem).
I'd say Douglas Adams covered it...
"There is an art to flying, or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. ... Clearly, it is this second part, the missing, that presents the difficulties." ..."
As the rumors suggest, Zuma failed the second part.
Outstanding, thanks for that. Another lesson that politics is often a double-edged sword. For a little more history from wikipedia...
The word gerrymander (originally written Gerry-mander) was used for the first time in the Boston Gazette on 26 March 1812. The word was created in reaction to a redrawing of Massachusetts state senate election districts under Governor Elbridge Gerry (pronounced /ri/; 1744–1814). In 1812, Governor Gerry signed a bill that redistricted Massachusetts to benefit his Democratic-Republican Party. When mapped, one of the contorted districts in the Boston area was said to resemble the shape of a mythological salamander.[4]
and
Gerrymandering is used most often in favor of ruling incumbents[15] or a specific political party—the one drawing the map. Societies whose legislatures use a single-winner electoral system are the most likely to have political parties that gerrymander for advantage.[citation needed] Most notably, gerrymandering is particularly effective in non-proportional systems that tend towards fewer parties, such as first past the post.
For years I had been misled by a bit of fake news from some article claiming that Jerry Brown invented jerrymandering. Actually, it wasn't until wikipedia came out that I found the actual history.
Cue arguments about...
Democrats
Republicans
Democratic-Republican Party (bet you didn't know about that)
Republicrats
Demoblicans
Jerry Brown, Jerry Brown the Reboot, Jerry Brown the Sequel.
FPTP
Fake news
Salamanders
Did I miss any buzzwords? Oh yeah.
Bitcoin.
How do you know that His deadlines didn't slip and WE are the slipshod product that was pushed out at the last minute?
"Dear God, I'd like to file a bug report!" - xkcd
Yep.
For the tl;dr folks...Good, Fast, Cheap...pick any two.
+1 to that.
they keep signing up because it's scary out in the real world to try to get a job
Sure, some do. It's amazing how different individuals will do different things for different reasons. And just exactly who is being assigned to the word "they" now? All military? Only ossifers? Only the ones that claim patriotism?
...The real danger is absentee voter fraud.
Typical of the /. narrative we see these days. I haven't seen any evidence that this "danger" exists.
Yeah, I remember reading about those gangs of outlaw Dems roaming around the wilds of AZ. Using their six-shooters to skew the chad counts. What can a good 'ol boy with a rifle rack in his pickup do?
And you're the annoying barker with bad teeth.
Most nerds will understand that doing something manually by hand is...
...the only way they're going to have sex.
Agreed.
That's some creative summation there.
So, just as the 'net is making major moves to https, I see this on /., "EFF Applauds 'Massive Change' to HTTPS"! Really?
Why are they changing it now that the majority of sites are using it? Don't they know that massive changes just as people are adopting it can kill a protocol? People will move on to something that "just works". Why don't they leave it alone until most everyone is using it and gets used to it, then make their massive cha...
What? There is no massive change to https? TFA is talking about people talking about old news?
Never mind.
People are free to speak. Generally, no-one is forced to provide them a platform.
Nope. 1st amend. applies to govt only.