a 'Meowlingual' which really is very accurate on translating a cat's needs/wants/and moods
Here's an actual transcript of a recent Meowlingual translation:
C: "Meow!"
M: "Feed Me!"
Cat: "Meow!"
Meowlingual: "I am the coolest thing on this planet".
C: "Meow!"
M: "Don't touch me! Leave me alone!"
C: "Meow!"
M: "I am way too important to be inside this house!"
C: "Meow!"
M: "I will do what I want, when I want, and YOU will learn to like it!"
Oh, come on. Class out the peer-reviewed journals you don't like as "crank" and publish a research that says "Journals I like agree with me".
As I have already posted: The point of peer reviewed journals is to encourage opposing points of view. Many of the articles in peer-reviewed journals attack other articles that appeared both in that journal and in other, related journals.
Actually, the attacks can be quite intense, bordering on the edge of personal attacks. I found out how intense the intellectual competition is when I studied for my Master's Degree.
The idea of allowing opposing points of view is that the competition between two opposing theories will eventually result in a better final theory on the subject in question.
Have you ever READ a peer-reviewed journal? On ANY subject? If you had, you would already know that opposing points of view are encouraged and that many of the articles in said journal ATTACK other articles that appeared both in that journal and in other, related journals.
Is this another way of saying that anyone that disagrees with our opinion on the matter is a crank and we'll ignore their input for this "scientific" study?
It's been a while since I've read any academic journal, but, as I recall, the ones I read were filled differing points of view. And, those differing points of view were frequently attacked in subsequent "response" articles. Some of the attacks were so harsh, they came close to being personal.
So, having different opinions appear in peer-reviewed articles is a rather regular occurrence.
The American Meteorological Society (6), the American Geophysical Union (7), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) all have issued statements in recent years concluding that the evidence for human modification of climate is compelling (8).
The American Meteorological Society and the American Geophysica Union? What a bunch of communists. They are just trying to destroy our way of life. They don't want me to live my life the way I want. Now, where did I park my Ford Explorer? I gotta run and buy a pack of smokes...
My code is meant to be secret. If anyone ever saw it, I'd be ridiculed for my terrible coding style and lack of programming prowess. I don't think I could survive the shame.
Dave, you may not realize this, but this is the second time you have accused me of saying or writing something that I never said. It happened about a week or two ago when those Statisticians at Cal Berkeley released their report on the Florida voting and it happened today.
You're the ones making assumptions based on your own personal opinions of the administration that any protection of the infrastructure automatically equals egregious curtailing of rights and liberties.
Note that while many of the posters to the article have been making those accusations, I did not write anything negative about the administration in my post. In fact, I think I only made ONE post to this entire thread, and you responded to it.
I never accused them of "stealing my liberties" or "curtailing my rights". I simply pointed out that a "trial balloon" is a normal activity in Washington DC politics. Please do not put words in my mouth.
A trial balloon in the political realm is not a coordinated or concerted effort. It's not like there are 20 people in a smoke filled room saying "Hey, we sould have Tenet go out an launch an attack on the internet!". If this was indeed a trial balloon, it's just a minor attempt to guage the responses of the public at large. Nothing more. Nothing less. By agreeing with Rasputin's assumption that this was a trial balloon, I was not screaming "Vast Right Wing Conspiracy!!!". I was just pointing out that trial balloons are a normal part of business in WDC.
W. has floated Trial Balloons before. All modern Presidents float them. Clinton did it, the senior Bush did it. Reagan did it. All of them. There is nothing sneaky about it. It is how Washington DC works. In fact, it is a rather legitimate way to help an administration design a policy. If this was a trial balloon, the administration would expect the ACLU to respond with a cry about "curtailing of rights". That is to be expected. However, if someone like McCain, Liebermann, or some other person perceived as a "centrist" responds to this trial balloon skeptically, then the administration would probably take that response seriously and maybe look to change any policy that they had intended to propose.
So, you're saying that this was a coordinated effort? That it was part of a plan to float vague notions about securing the internet and internet infrastructure (which, frankly, is fundamentally a good idea) by a former administration official, to see what the response would be like?
Actually, I have to agree with Rasputin. A trial balloon is a normal activity in Washington. Usually, a low-level or somewhat "connected" individual gives a speech/news conference with some wild idea. In reality, someone in a position of powere WANTS these ideas implemented, but they don't want to risk their political capital on it. So, they ask a friend to throw the idea out. If this was a trial balloon, then the White House will sit back and see what the response is.
If there isn't a huge backlash, then you may begin to see the formulation of a few concrete policies.
thanks. I think it was one moderator that was pissed off at me. All of those negatives happened within five minutes of each other. Oh, well. Like I said, I have Karma to burn (although now I have much less Karma than I did a few hours ago).
Not to drag this even further OT than it already is, but I already knew that. However, when moderating, you should moderate what you think the thing is. If it's funny, moderate it funny. If it's off topic, moderate it off topic. You shouldn't be moderating just to add karma to a poster.
If you are that worried about somebody else's Karma, you obviously don't have enough to do. Try to turn the computer off once in a while and maybe take a nice walk in the woods.
but the blogs proved useful as a way of both sharing information amomgst the group and recording a "diary" of our progress that anyone can easily check.
OK. That sounds suspiciously like you were "documenting your work". I am sorry, REAL techies don't document!
Not to sound like a Luddite, but why would you need a web-log in order to keep a personal journal? If you want a personal diary, you could just turn on your laptop/desktop and use your word processor. Or, you could just purchase paper and ink and start writing. Or am I completely missing the point somehow?
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Here's an actual transcript of a recent Meowlingual translation:
C: "Meow!"
M: "Feed Me!"
Cat: "Meow!"
Meowlingual: "I am the coolest thing on this planet".
C: "Meow!"
M: "Don't touch me! Leave me alone!"
C: "Meow!"
M: "I am way too important to be inside this house!"
C: "Meow!"
M: "I will do what I want, when I want, and YOU will learn to like it!"
Mark this date down, people! That may be the only time you'll ever see the words "Bass" "Fishing" and "cool" in the same phrase or paragraph.
Oh, you forgot Bowling and Professional Wrestling.
I think that is an urban legend
.Heresy? No, the real heresy was Episode I.
If I remember correctly, it was the ancient Greek scientist Erastothenes who managed to correctly estimate the circumpherence to within a few miles.
Hey, Thanks! Now where did I put that fully automatic rifle?
As I have already posted: The point of peer reviewed journals is to encourage opposing points of view. Many of the articles in peer-reviewed journals attack other articles that appeared both in that journal and in other, related journals.
Actually, the attacks can be quite intense, bordering on the edge of personal attacks. I found out how intense the intellectual competition is when I studied for my Master's Degree.
The idea of allowing opposing points of view is that the competition between two opposing theories will eventually result in a better final theory on the subject in question.
Have you ever READ a peer-reviewed journal? On ANY subject? If you had, you would already know that opposing points of view are encouraged and that many of the articles in said journal ATTACK other articles that appeared both in that journal and in other, related journals.
It's been a while since I've read any academic journal, but, as I recall, the ones I read were filled differing points of view. And, those differing points of view were frequently attacked in subsequent "response" articles. Some of the attacks were so harsh, they came close to being personal.
So, having different opinions appear in peer-reviewed articles is a rather regular occurrence.
From the article:
The American Meteorological Society (6), the American Geophysical Union (7), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) all have issued statements in recent years concluding that the evidence for human modification of climate is compelling (8).The American Meteorological Society and the American Geophysica Union? What a bunch of communists. They are just trying to destroy our way of life. They don't want me to live my life the way I want. Now, where did I park my Ford Explorer? I gotta run and buy a pack of smokes...
Uh, oh! A death weapon that can destroy light bulbs! Someone alert the military!
Is that you, Mister Gates?
Dave, you may not realize this, but this is the second time you have accused me of saying or writing something that I never said. It happened about a week or two ago when those Statisticians at Cal Berkeley released their report on the Florida voting and it happened today.
You're the ones making assumptions based on your own personal opinions of the administration that any protection of the infrastructure automatically equals egregious curtailing of rights and liberties.Note that while many of the posters to the article have been making those accusations, I did not write anything negative about the administration in my post. In fact, I think I only made ONE post to this entire thread, and you responded to it.
I never accused them of "stealing my liberties" or "curtailing my rights". I simply pointed out that a "trial balloon" is a normal activity in Washington DC politics. Please do not put words in my mouth.
A trial balloon in the political realm is not a coordinated or concerted effort. It's not like there are 20 people in a smoke filled room saying "Hey, we sould have Tenet go out an launch an attack on the internet!". If this was indeed a trial balloon, it's just a minor attempt to guage the responses of the public at large. Nothing more. Nothing less. By agreeing with Rasputin's assumption that this was a trial balloon, I was not screaming "Vast Right Wing Conspiracy!!!". I was just pointing out that trial balloons are a normal part of business in WDC.
W. has floated Trial Balloons before. All modern Presidents float them. Clinton did it, the senior Bush did it. Reagan did it. All of them. There is nothing sneaky about it. It is how Washington DC works. In fact, it is a rather legitimate way to help an administration design a policy. If this was a trial balloon, the administration would expect the ACLU to respond with a cry about "curtailing of rights". That is to be expected. However, if someone like McCain, Liebermann, or some other person perceived as a "centrist" responds to this trial balloon skeptically, then the administration would probably take that response seriously and maybe look to change any policy that they had intended to propose.
Actually, I have to agree with Rasputin. A trial balloon is a normal activity in Washington. Usually, a low-level or somewhat "connected" individual gives a speech/news conference with some wild idea. In reality, someone in a position of powere WANTS these ideas implemented, but they don't want to risk their political capital on it. So, they ask a friend to throw the idea out. If this was a trial balloon, then the White House will sit back and see what the response is.
If there isn't a huge backlash, then you may begin to see the formulation of a few concrete policies.
Good call, Rasputin.
thanks. I think it was one moderator that was pissed off at me. All of those negatives happened within five minutes of each other. Oh, well. Like I said, I have Karma to burn (although now I have much less Karma than I did a few hours ago).
No shit?
Not to drag this even further OT than it already is, but I already knew that. However, when moderating, you should moderate what you think the thing is. If it's funny, moderate it funny. If it's off topic, moderate it off topic. You shouldn't be moderating just to add karma to a poster.
If you are that worried about somebody else's Karma, you obviously don't have enough to do. Try to turn the computer off once in a while and maybe take a nice walk in the woods.
Offtopic? You mean pointing out the mistakes made by moderators is Offtopic? Good! I got Karma to Burn!!!!
I just love that this has been moderated as "Insightful".
If you look up, you'll see the joke as it passes over your head.
OK. That sounds suspiciously like you were "documenting your work". I am sorry, REAL techies don't document!
Good point! It reminds me of Doctor Evil -- "One MILLLLLIIIIOOOOOONNNNNN Dollars!"
And, this is news? It's sort of like announcing "Hey, the Moon causes the Ocean Tides to Rise and Fall"
Thanks for the explanation. Now I know that I am missing the point. I look at each of your reasons and I say to myself "So what?".
But, it's your blog. If you can justify the need for the feature, go for it.
You know, that is a GREAT idea! I bet no one else on Slashdot has ever thought of this!
Not to sound like a Luddite, but why would you need a web-log in order to keep a personal journal? If you want a personal diary, you could just turn on your laptop/desktop and use your word processor. Or, you could just purchase paper and ink and start writing. Or am I completely missing the point somehow?