What the fuck? "Sues Ohio Man $100,000"? Can I get a preposition? Is this a double-object construction? Dative shifting? What the fuck is a fucking linguist supposed to do around here?
I know a lot of the comments are along the lines of "oh, well your professors barely read your papers anyway." At my school and many others, that's not the case. I have a conference with my professor about each major paper I turn in, usually lasting 20-30 minutes each. In addition to this, each paper I get back comes with at least a full page of comments and questions, as well as margin notes. Over the years, this has helped me improve my writing by an incalculable factor.
I'm paying over $30k a year for tuition at a small (some would say "elite") liberal arts college and I'd leave in a heartbeat if my school ever started using any kind of software like this.
Not only are quoth and quote completely different words, but you clearly don't even know what old english is. I'll give you a hint: old english is old enough that even Shakespeare wouldn't have been able to understand it.
For example, in quebec we use the word "char" for your car... "j'vais prenez le char ce soir", i'm going to take the car tonight.
Not only is it not *good* french, it's not even *french*. "Prenez" is the 2nd person plural/formal present indicative form of "prendre," so it means "you take/are taking."
I'm not québécois, but I'm guessing what you meant was "j'vais prendre le char ce soir," or maybe "je vais prendre le char ce soir."
Christianity launched us into the Dark Ages, holding back virtually all human progress (not just scientific) for hundreds of years. Can you blame us for holding a grudge?
I used to think "eh, mapquest, mapblast, what's the difference?" Used to, until last Friday night. I was trying to get from one college to another in Santa Fe, NM, so I headed over to mapblast, thinking "so what if it's Microsoft? How badly can they screw up something like this?" I put in the addressses, printed out the directions, and hopped into the car. Around the third or fourth turn, I realised I was to "Turn left onto Local Street(s)." I kid you not. The directions were practically useless. And if you don't believe me, chart a course from St. John's College in Santa Fe to College of Santa Fe and see for yourself.
I'm sorry, but messing up ESPERANTO? Let's just chalk it up to not having studied in quite some time, shall we?;-)
Mi ne parolas Esperanton, vi malgxentila bul!
Paroli would be infinitive, i.e. "to speak/talk," whereas it should be present-indicative, i.e. "speak(s)/talk(s)." And Esperanto should not only be capitalised, but because it is the direct object, it should be in the accusative case, which simply means you add an "n" to the end of it. Also, the ^ for the circumflex is not technically wrong, but online the convention is to use an "x" instead.
La lingvo Esperanto estas mia kvina lingvo! (Esperanto is my 5th language)
After English, Spanish, Japanese, and French, I wanted something a bit different--something that was almost completely useless (except for pasporta servo, of course) but incredibly easy and incorporated elements of most of the other languages I'd studied. Since then I've begun learning Attic/Koine Greek as well, and my experience with Esperanto has actually been a big help. If one really wants to be successful at learning _useful_ languages, Esperanto is a great way to get his feet wet, so to speak. Learning Esperanto provides one with a simple and clear way of understanding the foundations of grammar that are common to virtually all spoken languages, and the experience with complex grammatical features such as noun declension--but in an unbelievably simple form--is extremely useful if one plans on learning any slavic or classical languages (such as Russian, Greek, Latin, Old English, Sanskrit, etc.) or German. Also useful is the hodgepodge of vocabulary from virtually all of the languages thus far mentioned (with the exception of Japanese), which should give one a decent headstart in learning the vocabulary of any Romanic, Slavic, or Germanic language.
It's true that there's a tremendous shortage of Esperantists in the states, if not the world (most figures point to about 2 million at most, compared to Albanian's 10 million+ speakers), but that's really not the point. Esperanto is still well worth the investment of a few months of dilligent study for all the benefits that I've mentioned (again, even without considering pasporta servo!).
Thanks for backing me up, but you missed one thing--
the word "you" actually is plural. It's quite a bit like the French "vous." It originally was used either to be polite or to address multiple people at once. "Thou" was the second person singular pronoun, and was considered less polite, even though it may sound more formal to us because it is so seldom used.
::Cough Cough::
Ahem.
I have someone here who would like a word with you, sir. ::Cough Cough::
James Bond is not, as far as we can tell, into wardriving, therefore this is a contrafactual conditional, or "subjunctive" statement. The subjunctive form of the copula ("to be") happens to be "were," whether it is singular or plural.
I did not use the word "subjective" at all.
If I were you, I would read up on my grammar (that link should help) to avoid looking stupid, which is what you are.
If you have Freenet installed on your computer, click this link to read the statement and help spread it. If you do this it will ensure that Microsoft will NOT ever be able to remove this information from the Internet. Come on, folks, this is what Freenet is for!
Alternatively, if you know what you're doing, the key is KSK@xbox-unmodded-exploit
If you look closely you'll notice that there are no close, collapse, maximize buttons anywhere on the window. This indicates that this isn't just a redesigned AddressBook.app, but a web-based address book, presumably for.Mac subscribers only.
I know this doesn't really have anything to do with DRM, but it would be nice if it would at least slow it down. But on a more relevant note, isn't this also taking patents a little too far? It sounds like they've patented a kind of technology that is virtually inevitable in the computing field. Could I run out and patent the idea of 128 bit parallel chip? If we're going to fight IP abuse, it may actually be in our interest to support intel on this one. Unfortunately that would be helping a company at the forefront of DRM. Oh the horror.. We may be screwed either way.
"Mommy, someday can I see the video, too?"
"Yes, son. As soon as the Slashdotting is done."
"When is that?"
"When all the nerds find something else to click on, honey."
Japan is a very interesting place to live, and I personally love it there. One job that you could almost definitely get would be an English teacher, if all else fails or if you just need something to do until you can find a better job. As far as SysAdmin type work, Sony is HUGE in Japan, as is DoCoMo. If you could score a job with either of these companies, you'd be set. The other thing to remember about Japan is that company loyalty is highly valued, so don't count on skipping out on a job working for a company. You can do it, but it's looked down upon and you'll surely not want that.
If he was computer savvy enough to patent all of those elements, surely he would've noticed long ago that ebay was using them. Here's what court would look like:
Ebay's Lawyer: The plaintiff did not make any effort at all to alert my client of the alleged patent infringements.
Plaintiff's Lawyer: My client registered these patents right before hiding under a rock, your honor. He only recently emerged and was shocked to see that not only were his patents for an online auction site infringed upon, but his patents for the Graphical User Interface, the Electronic Mouse, the Interweb, and Caffeine!
Judge: The plaintiff is either insane, stupid, or both. It is also clear that he was simply biding his time so that he could squeeze as much money from this poor, innocent, multi-billion dollar corporation as possible. I am a banana.
Ebay: My spoon is too big!
Judge, plaintiff, and Ebay, Singing: M-I-C, K-E-Y, M-O-U-S-E.
No further questions.
I came here to Reed College (where Steve Jobs, by the way) without taking a year off, but I know that if they accept you and you want to take a year off you can just defer for a year at a time pretty much indefinitely. I know someone here who deferred for 4 years to live for a while in New York. Reed is a pretty unique school, but I imagine a lot of schools have similar policies in that respect. As for whether it's a good idea.. I would at least take a few community college classes so you'll have a bit of an advantage and so you don't get used to not learning at all, but if you have good enough reasons that you would actually tell them to your school of choice then go for it. But if you're ashamed of why you want to take a year off (i.e. if you're just lazy) then just bite the bullet. College can be fun. Unless you go to the hardest liberal arts college in the country....
Don't forget the Gameboy Advance! It's cheap, silent, small, and you can play more games on it than you could on a P3 running Linux!
But seriously, folks, pretty much any computer made in the past 4 years would be sufficient for your purposes, even if it takes a little extra RAM and a new HD, which it probably will. If you ask around, you could probably get somebody's old reject computer for 20 bucks or less. If you're not very familiar with GNU/Linux, BSD, etc., I'd recommend Mandrake as a good first distro, but LindowsOS looks pretty nice, as well.
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I propose the following alternative (following Kayne, 1994; Chomsky, 1995):
In Soviet Russia,[unnacusative object] [transitive verb complex (phi-3sg)] YOU!
What the fuck? "Sues Ohio Man $100,000"? Can I get a preposition? Is this a double-object construction? Dative shifting? What the fuck is a fucking linguist supposed to do around here?
MARK YOUR PERIPHERAL ARGUMENTS APPROPRIATELY!!!
I know a lot of the comments are along the lines of "oh, well your professors barely read your papers anyway." At my school and many others, that's not the case. I have a conference with my professor about each major paper I turn in, usually lasting 20-30 minutes each. In addition to this, each paper I get back comes with at least a full page of comments and questions, as well as margin notes. Over the years, this has helped me improve my writing by an incalculable factor.
I'm paying over $30k a year for tuition at a small (some would say "elite") liberal arts college and I'd leave in a heartbeat if my school ever started using any kind of software like this.
Not only are quoth and quote completely different words, but you clearly don't even know what old english is. I'll give you a hint: old english is old enough that even Shakespeare wouldn't have been able to understand it.
For example, in quebec we use the word "char" for your car... "j'vais prenez le char ce soir", i'm going to take the car tonight.
Not only is it not *good* french, it's not even *french*. "Prenez" is the 2nd person plural/formal present indicative form of "prendre," so it means "you take/are taking."
I'm not québécois, but I'm guessing what you meant was "j'vais prendre le char ce soir," or maybe "je vais prendre le char ce soir."
Christianity launched us into the Dark Ages, holding back virtually all human progress (not just scientific) for hundreds of years. Can you blame us for holding a grudge?
Do you understand the words "well-regulated?" The militia is not simply "the people."
I don't care if it is off topic, I'm modding it up because it's hilarious and does at least mention things related to the story...
How many times have you been arrested? (http://onesimplequestion.blogspot.com/)
I used to think "eh, mapquest, mapblast, what's the difference?" Used to, until last Friday night. I was trying to get from one college to another in Santa Fe, NM, so I headed over to mapblast, thinking "so what if it's Microsoft? How badly can they screw up something like this?" I put in the addressses, printed out the directions, and hopped into the car. Around the third or fourth turn, I realised I was to "Turn left onto Local Street(s)." I kid you not. The directions were practically useless. And if you don't believe me, chart a course from St. John's College in Santa Fe to College of Santa Fe and see for yourself.
I'm sorry, but messing up ESPERANTO? Let's just chalk it up to not having studied in quite some time, shall we? ;-)
Mi ne parolas Esperanton, vi malgxentila bul!
Paroli would be infinitive, i.e. "to speak/talk," whereas it should be present-indicative, i.e. "speak(s)/talk(s)." And Esperanto should not only be capitalised, but because it is the direct object, it should be in the accusative case, which simply means you add an "n" to the end of it. Also, the ^ for the circumflex is not technically wrong, but online the convention is to use an "x" instead.
La lingvo Esperanto estas mia kvina lingvo!
(Esperanto is my 5th language)
After English, Spanish, Japanese, and French, I wanted something a bit different--something that was almost completely useless (except for pasporta servo, of course) but incredibly easy and incorporated elements of most of the other languages I'd studied. Since then I've begun learning Attic/Koine Greek as well, and my experience with Esperanto has actually been a big help. If one really wants to be successful at learning _useful_ languages, Esperanto is a great way to get his feet wet, so to speak. Learning Esperanto provides one with a simple and clear way of understanding the foundations of grammar that are common to virtually all spoken languages, and the experience with complex grammatical features such as noun declension--but in an unbelievably simple form--is extremely useful if one plans on learning any slavic or classical languages (such as Russian, Greek, Latin, Old English, Sanskrit, etc.) or German. Also useful is the hodgepodge of vocabulary from virtually all of the languages thus far mentioned (with the exception of Japanese), which should give one a decent headstart in learning the vocabulary of any Romanic, Slavic, or Germanic language.
It's true that there's a tremendous shortage of Esperantists in the states, if not the world (most figures point to about 2 million at most, compared to Albanian's 10 million+ speakers), but that's really not the point. Esperanto is still well worth the investment of a few months of dilligent study for all the benefits that I've mentioned (again, even without considering pasporta servo!).
Thanks for backing me up, but you missed one thing-- the word "you" actually is plural. It's quite a bit like the French "vous." It originally was used either to be polite or to address multiple people at once. "Thou" was the second person singular pronoun, and was considered less polite, even though it may sound more formal to us because it is so seldom used.
::Cough Cough::
::Cough Cough::
Ahem.
I have someone here who would like a word with you, sir.
James Bond is not, as far as we can tell, into wardriving, therefore this is a contrafactual conditional, or "subjunctive" statement. The subjunctive form of the copula ("to be") happens to be "were," whether it is singular or plural.
I did not use the word "subjective" at all.
If I were you, I would read up on my grammar (that link should help) to avoid looking stupid, which is what you are.
It should read: "If James Bond were into wardriving..."
If you have Freenet installed on your computer, click this link to read the statement and help spread it. If you do this it will ensure that Microsoft will NOT ever be able to remove this information from the Internet. Come on, folks, this is what Freenet is for!
Alternatively, if you know what you're doing, the key is KSK@xbox-unmodded-exploit
Also, shoes, assuming they are leather, would actually be considered red meat.
If you look closely you'll notice that there are no close, collapse, maximize buttons anywhere on the window. This indicates that this isn't just a redesigned AddressBook.app, but a web-based address book, presumably for .Mac subscribers only.
This poster is obviously referring to this story.
I just wanted to be the first to say that.
I know this doesn't really have anything to do with DRM, but it would be nice if it would at least slow it down.
But on a more relevant note, isn't this also taking patents a little too far? It sounds like they've patented a kind of technology that is virtually inevitable in the computing field. Could I run out and patent the idea of 128 bit parallel chip?
If we're going to fight IP abuse, it may actually be in our interest to support intel on this one. Unfortunately that would be helping a company at the forefront of DRM.
Oh the horror.. We may be screwed either way.
"Mommy, someday can I see the video, too?" "Yes, son. As soon as the Slashdotting is done." "When is that?" "When all the nerds find something else to click on, honey."
Japan is a very interesting place to live, and I personally love it there. One job that you could almost definitely get would be an English teacher, if all else fails or if you just need something to do until you can find a better job. As far as SysAdmin type work, Sony is HUGE in Japan, as is DoCoMo. If you could score a job with either of these companies, you'd be set. The other thing to remember about Japan is that company loyalty is highly valued, so don't count on skipping out on a job working for a company. You can do it, but it's looked down upon and you'll surely not want that.
If he was computer savvy enough to patent all of those elements, surely he would've noticed long ago that ebay was using them. Here's what court would look like: Ebay's Lawyer: The plaintiff did not make any effort at all to alert my client of the alleged patent infringements. Plaintiff's Lawyer: My client registered these patents right before hiding under a rock, your honor. He only recently emerged and was shocked to see that not only were his patents for an online auction site infringed upon, but his patents for the Graphical User Interface, the Electronic Mouse, the Interweb, and Caffeine! Judge: The plaintiff is either insane, stupid, or both. It is also clear that he was simply biding his time so that he could squeeze as much money from this poor, innocent, multi-billion dollar corporation as possible. I am a banana. Ebay: My spoon is too big! Judge, plaintiff, and Ebay, Singing: M-I-C, K-E-Y, M-O-U-S-E. No further questions.
I came here to Reed College (where Steve Jobs, by the way) without taking a year off, but I know that if they accept you and you want to take a year off you can just defer for a year at a time pretty much indefinitely. I know someone here who deferred for 4 years to live for a while in New York. Reed is a pretty unique school, but I imagine a lot of schools have similar policies in that respect. As for whether it's a good idea.. I would at least take a few community college classes so you'll have a bit of an advantage and so you don't get used to not learning at all, but if you have good enough reasons that you would actually tell them to your school of choice then go for it. But if you're ashamed of why you want to take a year off (i.e. if you're just lazy) then just bite the bullet. College can be fun. Unless you go to the hardest liberal arts college in the country....
Don't forget the Gameboy Advance! It's cheap, silent, small, and you can play more games on it than you could on a P3 running Linux!
But seriously, folks, pretty much any computer made in the past 4 years would be sufficient for your purposes, even if it takes a little extra RAM and a new HD, which it probably will. If you ask around, you could probably get somebody's old reject computer for 20 bucks or less. If you're not very familiar with GNU/Linux, BSD, etc., I'd recommend Mandrake as a good first distro, but LindowsOS looks pretty nice, as well.