"The US can't force the world to learn English, but we are doing a pretty good job at it."
Are you part of the sinister international translators' union-cartel, spreading your anti-lingua franca propaganda?
Seriously, though, why the comment about "forcing the world to learn English?" In your mind, is that such a terrible imperialistic imposition? It's actually not such a bad thing. There has to be some "lingua franca" for international correspondence. No matter how multi-lingual you are, you just just can't be expected to communicate with everyone in their native tongue. Someone's language has to be the international standard, it just happens not to be French anymore. Learning English worldwide is a convenience, not a hardship.
oh silly. if this were some kind of respectable forum, then maybe the structure of my post would indicate drunkenness. You know, because then it would make sense for me to care what the hell people thought. But, as it is, this site is just for grins (for me), and it makes perfect sense that a clear-headed guy like me would post a rambling post to irritate the lesser minions.
Viddi Piddi Po Piddi...Actually, I do have something to say ontopic, I'm just seeing first if I get modded down by some idiot with mod points who won't even take the time to read my post before striking me down with all his hate.
Anyway, it's funny that this article was posted just now because I was reading a video game strategy guide book published in 1983...you know, cuz I gotta increase my top pacman scores (seriously, it was a fun bit of nostalgia I picked up at a garage sale). The point is, do you know how weird it was to read about this "up and coming" little toy and game company called Nintendo? That was back in their innocent days. And they talked about the hero character in Donkey Kong like he was some no name plumber. That was well before Nintendo sued and murdered and fucked their way to the top like some psychotic whore.
You should be modded as troll. You smoke too much pot. At the worst, so far, The Bush Presidency is reprehensible, but not an atrocity. He is far short of a tyrant. Go live in Africa outside South Africa....you might come back with a different perspective on US politics.
Can you believe we get modded down by replying to a troll with something silly? The parent got modded down, people...enough's enough...let it go. Enjoy your life and stop killing my Karma!!!!
The Chinese government had the students killed for making a non-violent political statement. People killed in Falluja were either fighting or were accidentally killed. In Abu Graib...well, that was sick, reprehensible...but that wasn't officially sanctioned. It's not policy. In China, killing those students was an official act. And I'd much rather roll around with my fat buddies naked than be shot dead in a city square, anyway. But even if the US and Chinese acts were both equally intentional and officially sanctioned, I don't think that makes Tienanmen look harmless. Esp. not to the people who were killed...or their families. I'd say then that it was all atrocious. Why is it that so many people are eager to pick away at America and forgive worse actions by other countries? Is that tolerance? Is that what it means to be in a global community. No. It's what it means to be a sniveling pussy. It's part of the instinct of appeasing and being sorry to your enemies so they might spare you, if you are too scared to stand up and declare your willingness to take a stand against an enemy.
But at the end of the day, these words are useless. Our country is becoming weaker and weaker because of both liberal and conservative ideologies, and no matter how much you pathetic types try to show understanding and tolerance toward the evils of other cultures just because we aren't perfect ourselves, you will find out that you won't get any special treatment when the US is weak enough to be taken advantage by these other cultures. You'll be as fucked as the rest of us. Wouldn't you rather the US to be the strongest and run the risk of corruption than let ourselves be weaker and risk being taken advantage of by stronger cultures who almost certainly will be just as corrupt if not worse? Have a backbone and stand up and practice a litte self-preservation. The world is a jungle, you know. There isn't always a happy liberal solution. The power-mongers in other countries don't appreciate the liberals in the US...they use you to their advantage and laugh at your pussy asses in private.
A corkscrew shaped lens, eh? It's amazing the topographical capacity in lens engineering. I bet this is all fused silica. When will we have single crystal sciu light sources? I'm in no hurry. I study the magnetic recombinance of solar coronas. No need here for that source type. Let me jump back to times when I could just play games and not worry about lens and abberration and physics. GRRRR! Real life sucks.
You assume people are too irrational. You don't know how people (not even you) might react after having such a drastic surgery and identity shift. There is also some irrational guilt to be had for having a dead persons face. No matter how much Ayn Rand a person might masturbate to, it may even happen to the most rational (self-annointed) rationalist. Brain Cheimstry, it'll getchya!
Are you saying that the plaintiff has unreasonable expectations? How can the guy build any kind of confidence in his customers with you saying these kinds of things online? You make people question his competence! I'm afraid you might be guilty of slander, my friend. If I were you, I'd find a good lawyer....
You mean unless I get with the program and use Firefox, I can't browse questionable free porn sites until this gets fixed?! Well, perhaps this is a good thing. If anything can get me over my inertia against change, it will be threat of no 'self-amusement' on these lonely, chilly northern nights. Firefox, here I come!
Does it make anymore sense after having read the subject. Noooooooo.... that's because I was being weird and bizarre and seeing how far I could push the non-sequitar limit and still slip in without getting picked up by the -1 mod radar. Oops, now the cat's out of the bag. I just changed the conditions for the experiment. I'm such a bad sociologist.
Okay, I'm about to voice an unpopular opinion that may get me modded down (so much for free speech, I guess), but I think this kind of troll is actually funny. Just the shear earnestness for trying to get us to read such a complete waste of time amuses me. Well, when it was first done. Is this a repeat (I haven't seen it before)?
As a college undergrad, I was interested in the Elder Scrolls 2 from watching others play. I never really had a computer that could run it. In Grad school, sans flies, I bought a computer to run Elder Scrolls 3 and was so looking forward to playing a computer/console RPG of the likes I had dreamed of since 8th grade...but when I tried it, I realized, I just couldn't get absorbed. It required such an investment of time and interest that my busy life wouldn't allow. Also, I actually felt guilty playing because I knew how much valuable 'real time' was going to waste. I guess I'm too old to play these games now. Too bad my last fling was Ultima 9. Kind of cool, but not what I had dreamed of playing. Don't you wish the sheeny scales would flute madly?
I wonder if his money will go to finding and preserving an old copy of the Apple IIe children's game, Z-bug, which was supposed to teach kids to type. That's a bit of computing history I remember, but can't find any references to even on the 'Net. I'm not making that up either, so don't mod me down. It was a piece of my childhood. It probably won't make it to the history of computing, though, because no one seems to remember it. Also reminds me of the ZamJak 72v. At least some people DO remember that crappy platform (http://www.zamjak72g.net./ Mostly just to make fun of, though. I think it was a basement computer enthusiast's attempt to get rich, but who didn't quite have a Bill Gates story in him.
Smidgen Pidgin, is that you? It's been awhile since you've prowled. However, this IMDB thing won't get out of hand. Don't retreat to the couch. What? No, not that couch...not the one we doused with fuel oil and had the big river party with. Yes, I like sentences to end that way. It's where it's at. Baby, don't pull it out by the roots, just search for the picture the old fashioned way. That's what IMDB is for. They WANT you to look for their pictures. That's what this biz is all about, cakes.
I said once that I was a well-to-do MBA holder and that I'll win in this global catastrophe. It still holds. I'm crazy. I was born crazy. I'll get my torch out and go on up there and kill me some ice. I want at those underlying rocks. I'll crunch'em. Your sexy women will tout my flames! I've got the alpha-sense! Let the lichen spread!
That's pretty much the angst I feel given that America is headed toward absolute insanity on a steady diet of transfats and dullard TV.
I think then the difference between being "about" and being "transcendent above" is ambiguous. I didn't like being accused of implying trancedence in my usages because I don't want to imply any philosophically weightiness to what I was saying. I was shying away from a connotation of the word 'trancendent,' and that led me into a trap of focusing on 'about-edness.' But, yeah, 'meta-' doesn't mean 'about' in the simple way that a car magazine is about cars. However, a particular meta-discipline is usually used to analyze the root discipline. So in that sense, it is about that discipline, then. Therefore, even though you don't find it funny, Family Guy does have meta-satire because it sometimes does satirize the art of satire. To do that, it must have rules built in to address the rules of comedy, which are therefore transcedent above comedy (and the Simpsons may even have that, too). And when Family Guy rips on Dilbert or generic topical humor and how the fans sometimes mindlessly laugh at it because they feel they should, it is funny. And yes, they often fail...fail even in a miserable later season Simpsons level. You can't hit 'em all on the head all the time.
So, who is responsible for the 'abuse' of the meta- prefix? Is Hoffstadter responsible (the GEB dude)? And who really cares if people adapt a particular connotation of a technical word to common usage when it's convenient? For this particular instance, I only think the philosophers and pure mathematicians do. And since no one else really understands what you're doing anyways, and your usage of the words won't be effected by what us peons do with them, why do you care?
By the way, there are lots of PhD-holding research scientists out there who wouldn't look twice at my vulgar usage of 'meta-', so I'm not really worried about my own technical integrity. Maybe that spells the end for the integrity of science and of civilization in general. Maybe. Buy your canned goods and bottled water now, before we forget how to make them.
It doesn't mean a word is transcendent, it just means it's a word about words. Meta-satire is satire of satire. Metaphysics isn't "above" physics, it's about physics (but still often crap). And you are a meta-snob. A snob towards snobbery. Sometimes meta- means a "higher" level, but only in certain circumstances.
It all doesn't really matter though. I'm just concerned for you. You seem so dismal and rigid. There are other styles out there. You are very bigoted about your taste.
Also, we've both made grammatical mistakes in our exchanges. I suppose linguists could rip on both of us. They would put us in the same camp! How's that for awful, eh?
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Are you part of the sinister international translators' union-cartel, spreading your anti-lingua franca propaganda?
Seriously, though, why the comment about "forcing the world to learn English?" In your mind, is that such a terrible imperialistic imposition? It's actually not such a bad thing. There has to be some "lingua franca" for international correspondence. No matter how multi-lingual you are, you just just can't be expected to communicate with everyone in their native tongue. Someone's language has to be the international standard, it just happens not to be French anymore. Learning English worldwide is a convenience, not a hardship.
oh silly. if this were some kind of respectable forum, then maybe the structure of my post would indicate drunkenness. You know, because then it would make sense for me to care what the hell people thought. But, as it is, this site is just for grins (for me), and it makes perfect sense that a clear-headed guy like me would post a rambling post to irritate the lesser minions.
Anyway, it's funny that this article was posted just now because I was reading a video game strategy guide book published in 1983...you know, cuz I gotta increase my top pacman scores (seriously, it was a fun bit of nostalgia I picked up at a garage sale). The point is, do you know how weird it was to read about this "up and coming" little toy and game company called Nintendo? That was back in their innocent days. And they talked about the hero character in Donkey Kong like he was some no name plumber. That was well before Nintendo sued and murdered and fucked their way to the top like some psychotic whore.
You should be modded as troll. You smoke too much pot. At the worst, so far, The Bush Presidency is reprehensible, but not an atrocity. He is far short of a tyrant. Go live in Africa outside South Africa....you might come back with a different perspective on US politics.
Can you believe we get modded down by replying to a troll with something silly? The parent got modded down, people...enough's enough...let it go. Enjoy your life and stop killing my Karma!!!!
I fear you not, Penis Bird, for the ClockSpider Shall protect me. I have been touched by Leg 9, fyi, so step back, Jack.
But at the end of the day, these words are useless. Our country is becoming weaker and weaker because of both liberal and conservative ideologies, and no matter how much you pathetic types try to show understanding and tolerance toward the evils of other cultures just because we aren't perfect ourselves, you will find out that you won't get any special treatment when the US is weak enough to be taken advantage by these other cultures. You'll be as fucked as the rest of us. Wouldn't you rather the US to be the strongest and run the risk of corruption than let ourselves be weaker and risk being taken advantage of by stronger cultures who almost certainly will be just as corrupt if not worse? Have a backbone and stand up and practice a litte self-preservation. The world is a jungle, you know. There isn't always a happy liberal solution. The power-mongers in other countries don't appreciate the liberals in the US...they use you to their advantage and laugh at your pussy asses in private.
A corkscrew shaped lens, eh? It's amazing the topographical capacity in lens engineering. I bet this is all fused silica. When will we have single crystal sciu light sources? I'm in no hurry. I study the magnetic recombinance of solar coronas. No need here for that source type. Let me jump back to times when I could just play games and not worry about lens and abberration and physics. GRRRR! Real life sucks.
You assume people are too irrational. You don't know how people (not even you) might react after having such a drastic surgery and identity shift. There is also some irrational guilt to be had for having a dead persons face. No matter how much Ayn Rand a person might masturbate to, it may even happen to the most rational (self-annointed) rationalist. Brain Cheimstry, it'll getchya!
Are you saying that the plaintiff has unreasonable expectations? How can the guy build any kind of confidence in his customers with you saying these kinds of things online? You make people question his competence! I'm afraid you might be guilty of slander, my friend. If I were you, I'd find a good lawyer....
What are you sayin? That the dealer ain't so good at his job? This sounds dangerously close to slander to me, buddy. You are SO sued!
You mean unless I get with the program and use Firefox, I can't browse questionable free porn sites until this gets fixed?! Well, perhaps this is a good thing. If anything can get me over my inertia against change, it will be threat of no 'self-amusement' on these lonely, chilly northern nights. Firefox, here I come!
See, I didn't say anything that awful at all in my above post and it got modded as a troll. I really thought that it was kind of funny, asses.
Does it make anymore sense after having read the subject. Noooooooo.... that's because I was being weird and bizarre and seeing how far I could push the non-sequitar limit and still slip in without getting picked up by the -1 mod radar. Oops, now the cat's out of the bag. I just changed the conditions for the experiment. I'm such a bad sociologist.
Okay, I'm about to voice an unpopular opinion that may get me modded down (so much for free speech, I guess), but I think this kind of troll is actually funny. Just the shear earnestness for trying to get us to read such a complete waste of time amuses me. Well, when it was first done. Is this a repeat (I haven't seen it before)?
I used nitric acid for *se.com experiments in a lab, once.
As a college undergrad, I was interested in the Elder Scrolls 2 from watching others play. I never really had a computer that could run it. In Grad school, sans flies, I bought a computer to run Elder Scrolls 3 and was so looking forward to playing a computer/console RPG of the likes I had dreamed of since 8th grade...but when I tried it, I realized, I just couldn't get absorbed. It required such an investment of time and interest that my busy life wouldn't allow. Also, I actually felt guilty playing because I knew how much valuable 'real time' was going to waste. I guess I'm too old to play these games now. Too bad my last fling was Ultima 9. Kind of cool, but not what I had dreamed of playing. Don't you wish the sheeny scales would flute madly?
I wonder if his money will go to finding and preserving an old copy of the Apple IIe children's game, Z-bug, which was supposed to teach kids to type. That's a bit of computing history I remember, but can't find any references to even on the 'Net. I'm not making that up either, so don't mod me down. It was a piece of my childhood. It probably won't make it to the history of computing, though, because no one seems to remember it. Also reminds me of the ZamJak 72v. At least some people DO remember that crappy platform (http://www.zamjak72g.net./ Mostly just to make fun of, though. I think it was a basement computer enthusiast's attempt to get rich, but who didn't quite have a Bill Gates story in him.
Smidgen Pidgin, is that you? It's been awhile since you've prowled. However, this IMDB thing won't get out of hand. Don't retreat to the couch. What? No, not that couch...not the one we doused with fuel oil and had the big river party with. Yes, I like sentences to end that way. It's where it's at. Baby, don't pull it out by the roots, just search for the picture the old fashioned way. That's what IMDB is for. They WANT you to look for their pictures. That's what this biz is all about, cakes.
You don't have what it takes, bot boy.
all my shitty frozen dinners still have some Partially hyrdrogenated soybean oil. And my plastic soda bottle is making me partially androgenated.
That's pretty much the angst I feel given that America is headed toward absolute insanity on a steady diet of transfats and dullard TV.
I see where this got screwy now. A lot of 'marketers' use meta- to mean 'better.' That is clearly incorrect. I don't mean better. Goodnight.
So, who is responsible for the 'abuse' of the meta- prefix? Is Hoffstadter responsible (the GEB dude)? And who really cares if people adapt a particular connotation of a technical word to common usage when it's convenient? For this particular instance, I only think the philosophers and pure mathematicians do. And since no one else really understands what you're doing anyways, and your usage of the words won't be effected by what us peons do with them, why do you care?
By the way, there are lots of PhD-holding research scientists out there who wouldn't look twice at my vulgar usage of 'meta-', so I'm not really worried about my own technical integrity. Maybe that spells the end for the integrity of science and of civilization in general. Maybe. Buy your canned goods and bottled water now, before we forget how to make them.
It all doesn't really matter though. I'm just concerned for you. You seem so dismal and rigid. There are other styles out there. You are very bigoted about your taste.
Also, we've both made grammatical mistakes in our exchanges. I suppose linguists could rip on both of us. They would put us in the same camp! How's that for awful, eh?