Yep. That's why, effective immediatly, I will no longer use the metric system. Hell, I'm not goint to just watch, I'm going off to do what I want to do. So, kindly refer all measures to me in my new units. All lenghts will be measures in snirfevlins, and all weight should be expressed in wombats. Oh, and force will be measured in nilbogs, okay?
(Point being, in case you are really that dense, that standards are GOOD as a starting point for understanding each other. They're not an artistic medium of expression where "everyones does what one wants to do").
As for Brent Spiner... on one hand, his actual appearance is different enough to Data to help him (Michael Dorn would hardly be typecast also). On the other hand... what exactly has he done lately, other than Data (bit parts don't count)?
I think you need to think about it again. I have complete confidence that, with enough time, you'll come to understand it.
While it kind of makes sense from a legal point of view (though I can think of one situation where it doesn't), law is not logic.
"The exception proves the rule" is not a logic precept, but a legal one. Which is exactly the problem. Legally, it's sound, but people try to use it as a logical tool, which it is not, and the problems start.
Actually, "the exception that confirms the rule" is a valid legal method coming to us from no other than Cicero himself.
The problem is, most people don't know how to apply it. The real sense of the meaning is, if you can find a legal exception, that presuposes the existence of a rule, even if the rule itself is not explicit.
Perhaps it will be clearer with this (blatantly stolen from alt.usage.english):
Cicero's defense of L. Cornelius Balbo (56 B.C.) is the earliest known citation of this logic and is sometimes cited as the origin of the phrase. Balbo was accused of having been illegally granted Roman citizenship. The prosecutor pointed out that treaties with some non-Roman peoples prohibited granting them citizenship and suggested this should be inferred in Balbo's case. Cicero replied "If the exception makes such an action unlawful, where there is no exception the action must necessarily be lawful." (Quod si exceptio facit ne liceat, ubi necesse est licere.)
Are you upset that they keep statistics on top queries? Does it worry you that every search you do can be traced back to your IP address? Are you outraged that this info may be used to build databases for Google Suggest?
If he wasn't, he is now. Please, don't feed ideas to the tinfoil crowd. It makes them restless, and we have a hell of a time trying to calm them down afterwards. Thank you for your cooperation.
You know, of course, they don't car about your costs. They care about the big oil companies' costs. Then, Big Oil can continue to gouge you. Have you checked their margins lately?
The contract was with Marvel. Stan Lee can't claim 10 percent of the movies' profits, what the court says is that he's entitled to 10 percent of whatever Marvel collected. It should be a nice chunk of cash, but not as much as people around here think.
iAs a Mac user, I am a member of a vocal minority, and I felt like it's my duty to reward companies who take this kind of a proactive stance for my platform of choice.:-)
Plus, of course, it's not like you had a choice.../me ducks for cover
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Yep. That's why, effective immediatly, I will no longer use the metric system. Hell, I'm not goint to just watch, I'm going off to do what I want to do.
So, kindly refer all measures to me in my new units. All lenghts will be measures in snirfevlins, and all weight should be expressed in wombats. Oh, and force will be measured in nilbogs, okay?
(Point being, in case you are really that dense, that standards are GOOD as a starting point for understanding each other. They're not an artistic medium of expression where "everyones does what one wants to do").
Patrick Stewart is extraordinary. I agree.
As for Brent Spiner... on one hand, his actual appearance is different enough to Data to help him (Michael Dorn would hardly be typecast also). On the other hand... what exactly has he done lately, other than Data (bit parts don't count)?
Two words: Adam West.
OK, two more: Burt Ward.
And two more: Leonard Nimoy.
And another pair: Roger Moore.
We could go on, and on. Shatner was lucky. Typecasting is a real problem for actors.
I think you need to think about it again. I have complete confidence that, with enough time, you'll come to understand it.
While it kind of makes sense from a legal point of view (though I can think of one situation where it doesn't), law is not logic.
"The exception proves the rule" is not a logic precept, but a legal one. Which is exactly the problem. Legally, it's sound, but people try to use it as a logical tool, which it is not, and the problems start.
Informative? Now, THAT's a mod on crack.
And yet, I somehow hope he'll come back. I'd probably get an "Insightful".
Actually, "the exception that confirms the rule" is a valid legal method coming to us from no other than Cicero himself.
The problem is, most people don't know how to apply it. The real sense of the meaning is, if you can find a legal exception, that presuposes the existence of a rule, even if the rule itself is not explicit.
Perhaps it will be clearer with this (blatantly stolen from alt.usage.english):
Cicero's defense of L. Cornelius Balbo (56 B.C.) is the earliest known citation of this logic and is sometimes cited as the origin of the phrase. Balbo was accused of having been illegally granted Roman citizenship. The prosecutor pointed out that treaties with some non-Roman peoples prohibited granting them citizenship and suggested this should be inferred in Balbo's case. Cicero replied "If the exception makes such an action unlawful, where there is no exception the action must necessarily be lawful." (Quod si exceptio facit ne liceat, ubi necesse est licere.)
(I'm in the US on T-Mobile, fwiw). ...which is not much...
We have free porn? Again?
/runs to the TV
Why doesn't anyone ever tells me these things?
So, the moon is GPLed?
Are you upset that they keep statistics on top queries? Does it worry you that every search you do can be traced back to your IP address? Are you outraged that this info may be used to build databases for Google Suggest?
If he wasn't, he is now.
Please, don't feed ideas to the tinfoil crowd. It makes them restless, and we have a hell of a time trying to calm them down afterwards.
Thank you for your cooperation.
So heaven is a big community full of lesbians.......?
Makes perfect sense, actually...
You know, of course, they don't car about your costs. They care about the big oil companies' costs. Then, Big Oil can continue to gouge you.
Have you checked their margins lately?
I don't see why. Surely the people at Amazon are not stupid, have already thought of this and included it in the asking price.
He's a Narc. Well, a Chinese Narc. You get the idea.
The language changes. It may suck, but it's reality
How can language draw something in by or as if by a vacuum?
But what if it IS called a Communicator
The contract was with Marvel. Stan Lee can't claim 10 percent of the movies' profits, what the court says is that he's entitled to 10 percent of whatever Marvel collected.
It should be a nice chunk of cash, but not as much as people around here think.
We get it. But Netcraft... man, Netcraft confirms it.
Maybe you want a chat with them?
Are you trying to say "watch your language in front of the ladies"?
Because that might be... well... you know...
Men are, on average, taller, faster and stronger than women.
So, am I a mysoginist? Backwards moron? Chauvinistic macho?
But it's not as effective.
He's dead. Netcraft confirmed it.
If I'm ever so old I can't learn new things as easily as I can now, shoot me.
If you are over 30, that would be tomorrow.
You may want to rephrase.
That leaves what?
Slashdot.
iAs a Mac user, I am a member of a vocal minority, and I felt like it's my duty to reward companies who take this kind of a proactive stance for my platform of choice. :-)
/me ducks for cover
Plus, of course, it's not like you had a choice...