Sorry, I was simply using that as an illustration of the UD's lack of authority. I chose sassafras (sort of) at random, as my clique uses it as a slang term (although our usage is not on the UD yet*).
My point was just that though UD can be more accurate for slang, it isn't always. As far as words that have changed a lot, I can see the UD being an ok starting point (at least probably better than my Shorter Oxford, 1973), but I always take its def's with a pinch of the ol' proverbial sodium wossname.
*sassafras: a whole world of hurt; pain; undesirable consequences; eg: "Keep on like that and I'll bring some sassafras to bear on your ass."; "You'll get some sassafras if you don't get off my property" As in "Make him cry sassafras"
I'd like to point out I'm not trying to be a dick here, but I wouldn't consider the Urban Dictionary a reliable source for definitions. It can be useful to some degree, but sometimes it can be off target. See definition 2 under sassafras (the word sassafras comes from sassy? sure).
Anyway, I live in Australia, and I felt the use of the word "chick" was, in this context, a bit disrespectful. I agree that it can often be used in a friendly way (and I've used it often), but it just seemed flippant and inappropriate in this instance. Would everyone be OK with calling her a "Science Sheila", or a "Brainy Broad"?
Care to clarify what you mean by "ignorance", El M?
There are good reasons why Go has proven difficult for dirty rob'ts to deal with. Go does employ a discrete set of rules, but the increasing complexity of the Go board as the game progresses has given humans the edge until now. CBF going into all the nitty gritty, but here's a primer for you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Go
P.S. I'm shit at Go, but rob'ts aren't real good either (mostly).
Kiefer's acting in it? I felt it was a terribly hammy, overacted performance with little depth. It seemed to me the character had no characteristics besides nervous breathiness (or is that breathy nervousness?).
That said, he has done some good work in the past, although I am doubtful that voice acting in a cartoon is going to be a huge plume in his head covering.
Not really adding much, but just agreeing with much of what has already been addressed.
I must first confess to occasionally answering my mobile phone whilst driving (despite the lack of a handsfree kit), but only if I am confident I can do so safely. I monitor the road conditions carefully, and if traffic is heavy, I'll just drop the phone with a "Hang on!" (at this point, I generally pull over).
I find the most distracting thing about talking on the phone is the talking part, not the phone part, thus I will often ask a passenger to pause a conversation during hairy traffic conditions also. By my own assesment of my abilities, "hairy traffic conditions" are pretty much anything more complex than a long, straight road with nothing else on it. Driving is a potentially dangerous activity at any time, so adding extra danger is something I am careful to avoid. I wish more people would do the same, as I believe inattention and overconfidence cause many of the road deaths here in Australia.
A fraction of a second's distraction can mean the difference between life and death, for oneself, and the people we share the road with. Let's all drive smarter, and safer.
I don't really have much to add, but wanted to voice my agreement with TripMasterMonkey.
the fact that you even need to ask that question shows that you need work in this area
The same thought occurred to me the instant I read this. As part of a management team (albeit in customer service, but the same applies everywhere to some degree), I am keenly aware of the vital importance of basic interpersonal skills in the workplace - even if it is just a matter of a few hours a week interacting with others on your team. Someone may be the best coder/salesman/lawyer in the world, but if they are unable to work with others, they WILL prove to be a detriment to the team.
some guy wearing a workmans uniform and holding a clipboard... Carted off one of the servers from a machine room
I have heard a similar story about two guys in blue overalls walking out of David Jones (or some other department store) carrying a big-screen TV, and noone stopped them either.
Makes me proud to be an aussie
Y'know, it's interesting to note that all our greatest heroes are thieves and brigands. Go Aussie!
You can't say that Michael Franti is not a musician (Spearhead, worth checking out, inteligent stuff).
Y'now, I was I big fan of Michael Franti back in the day, but now I am not so sure how I feel about his music. When he and Rino Tse released (as Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy) "Hipocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury", I loved the idea behind it, the melding of clever rap backbeats with politics. But I later came to feel it was kind of like a "Dead Kennedys" for rap fans - clever political messages barely hidden inside a popular style of music. It was CLEVER rap, but I think too clever for the time, and the audience. I saw Franti perform live with Spearhead some time ago (I won't give away my age by saying when), and the show was good, but I feel he has perhaps taken the route of music-over-message, in a sense overcorrecting from the message-over-music of "Hiphoprisy".
Just my two copper pieces.
BTW, I would have to agree that Franti is up there with the smarter examples of the genre (fo'get Cube, y0 8itch a55 n166a2)
The only way to measure the value of a human life is the value of another human life
Who is going to make that measurement - you, a judge, the President? Who decides that one person (you, me, whoever) is worth less than one or ten or a million other people? What criteria determine the value of that life?
I consider my life more important than yours, in fact even my cat has more value than you (to me anyway, as I don't know you and probably never will - don't take it personally). With that said, I consider all life sacred, and would be very upset if I had to choose life or death between you and my cat.
The only person who owns a life is oneself (assuming we keep Your Deity Of Choice out of the matter), which means only one person has the right to choose to make a sacrifice such as "If I choose death, millions of cancer victims will live".
Yeah, also I have seen several laser sights come through my shop, they have all been reflective red-dot sights, so the red dot is only visible to the guy with the gun (the principle is the same as with an iron sight, only using a bright red dot instead). These too are pretty cheap.
I reckon those first two ideas are really cool, I imagine the first one beeping like a missile lock alert in a fighter jet.
However...
Automatic 'fastest route' calculation based on traffic densities. No more guessing, you can just rely on computer algorithms using real-time information.
This is unlikely to work due to the unpredictable nature of the behaviour of the other hundred or so people driving cars within the local area. If everyone is trying to take advantage of a gap calculated by the computer, everyone is going to make a traffic jam.
Amen to that! I hired the first part (of three) from my local videostore, and thought it was OK. Then I hired the second part, and my brother and I were forced to turn it off after about an hour - it was some of the worst TV I have ever seen (and that includes "Passions"). The sand dunes in this were quite clearly large slopes of chipboard with some sand on them - TERRIBLE.
Don't watch it!
P.S. I love Hercules (it is truly entertaining TV that doesn't try to be what it's not)
Though I've never had body parts come through (at least, not as part of the Second-Hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 1996), although many of my customers may have desired the transaction of the body parts of their rivals.
Same way humans do I suppose - practice. Obviously it takes some time.
It took us five months to make her get used to the artificial fin.
My late grandfather took several months to get accustomed to his "new" leg after the organic one was removed (a blood clot I believe his doc told him - now where did I leave that Brie with pepperoni and lard rolled into a tasty bread roll?).
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Man that is fucking wack, but kinda funny too. I'm a little scared by the thought that there's people out there who believe such nonsense.
My point was just that though UD can be more accurate for slang, it isn't always. As far as words that have changed a lot, I can see the UD being an ok starting point (at least probably better than my Shorter Oxford, 1973), but I always take its def's with a pinch of the ol' proverbial sodium wossname.
*sassafras: a whole world of hurt; pain; undesirable consequences;
eg: "Keep on like that and I'll bring some sassafras to bear on your ass."; "You'll get some sassafras if you don't get off my property"
As in "Make him cry sassafras"
(the word sassafras comes from sassy? sure).
Anyway, I live in Australia, and I felt the use of the word "chick" was, in this context, a bit disrespectful. I agree that it can often be used in a friendly way (and I've used it often), but it just seemed flippant and inappropriate in this instance.
Would everyone be OK with calling her a "Science Sheila", or a "Brainy Broad"?
In that case (or in warmer climes in general), excess heat energy could be used to heat water for domestic purposes.
There are good reasons why Go has proven difficult for dirty rob'ts to deal with. Go does employ a discrete set of rules, but the increasing complexity of the Go board as the game progresses has given humans the edge until now. CBF going into all the nitty gritty, but here's a primer for you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Go
P.S. I'm shit at Go, but rob'ts aren't real good either (mostly).
Man, here in AU, we are already paying nearly that! AUD$1.30 per litre is roughly USD$4 per gallon.
Kiefer's acting in it? I felt it was a terribly hammy, overacted performance with little depth. It seemed to me the character had no characteristics besides nervous breathiness (or is that breathy nervousness?).
That said, he has done some good work in the past, although I am doubtful that voice acting in a cartoon is going to be a huge plume in his head covering.
I must first confess to occasionally answering my mobile phone whilst driving (despite the lack of a handsfree kit), but only if I am confident I can do so safely. I monitor the road conditions carefully, and if traffic is heavy, I'll just drop the phone with a "Hang on!" (at this point, I generally pull over).
I find the most distracting thing about talking on the phone is the talking part, not the phone part, thus I will often ask a passenger to pause a conversation during hairy traffic conditions also. By my own assesment of my abilities, "hairy traffic conditions" are pretty much anything more complex than a long, straight road with nothing else on it. Driving is a potentially dangerous activity at any time, so adding extra danger is something I am careful to avoid. I wish more people would do the same, as I believe inattention and overconfidence cause many of the road deaths here in Australia.
A fraction of a second's distraction can mean the difference between life and death, for oneself, and the people we share the road with. Let's all drive smarter, and safer.
the fact that you even need to ask that question shows that you need work in this area
The same thought occurred to me the instant I read this. As part of a management team (albeit in customer service, but the same applies everywhere to some degree), I am keenly aware of the vital importance of basic interpersonal skills in the workplace - even if it is just a matter of a few hours a week interacting with others on your team. Someone may be the best coder/salesman/lawyer in the world, but if they are unable to work with others, they WILL prove to be a detriment to the team.
I have heard a similar story about two guys in blue overalls walking out of David Jones (or some other department store) carrying a big-screen TV, and noone stopped them either.
Makes me proud to be an aussie
Y'know, it's interesting to note that all our greatest heroes are thieves and brigands. Go Aussie!
Anyone?
Y'now, I was I big fan of Michael Franti back in the day, but now I am not so sure how I feel about his music. When he and Rino Tse released (as Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy) "Hipocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury", I loved the idea behind it, the melding of clever rap backbeats with politics. But I later came to feel it was kind of like a "Dead Kennedys" for rap fans - clever political messages barely hidden inside a popular style of music. It was CLEVER rap, but I think too clever for the time, and the audience. I saw Franti perform live with Spearhead some time ago (I won't give away my age by saying when), and the show was good, but I feel he has perhaps taken the route of music-over-message, in a sense overcorrecting from the message-over-music of "Hiphoprisy".
Just my two copper pieces.
BTW, I would have to agree that Franti is up there with the smarter examples of the genre (fo'get Cube, y0 8itch a55 n166a2)
Damn! I've got everything except that "basic terrestrial edification" thing you mentioned. Count me out.
Are you fucking serious?! That's it, I'm getting the next plane to the UK!
That is United Kingdom Pounds you're talking about right? Not Ukranian Polemski? 'Cause they're only worth a few cents here.
Would you even be asking this question if it were an article about Harrison Ford's latest book?
Who is going to make that measurement - you, a judge, the President? Who decides that one person (you, me, whoever) is worth less than one or ten or a million other people? What criteria determine the value of that life?
I consider my life more important than yours, in fact even my cat has more value than you (to me anyway, as I don't know you and probably never will - don't take it personally). With that said, I consider all life sacred, and would be very upset if I had to choose life or death between you and my cat.
The only person who owns a life is oneself (assuming we keep Your Deity Of Choice out of the matter), which means only one person has the right to choose to make a sacrifice such as "If I choose death, millions of cancer victims will live".
Yes, you am.
This place is becoming a marketing heaven for Lucas.
Yes, it are.
Yeah, also I have seen several laser sights come through my shop, they have all been reflective red-dot sights, so the red dot is only visible to the guy with the gun (the principle is the same as with an iron sight, only using a bright red dot instead). These too are pretty cheap.
However...
Automatic 'fastest route' calculation based on traffic densities. No more guessing, you can just rely on computer algorithms using real-time information.
This is unlikely to work due to the unpredictable nature of the behaviour of the other hundred or so people driving cars within the local area. If everyone is trying to take advantage of a gap calculated by the computer, everyone is going to make a traffic jam.
Amen to that! I hired the first part (of three) from my local videostore, and thought it was OK. Then I hired the second part, and my brother and I were forced to turn it off after about an hour - it was some of the worst TV I have ever seen (and that includes "Passions"). The sand dunes in this were quite clearly large slopes of chipboard with some sand on them - TERRIBLE.
Don't watch it!
P.S. I love Hercules (it is truly entertaining TV that doesn't try to be what it's not)
When is??
What the fuck is???
He was fucking amazing - he ran up the stairs, faster than anyone else, whilst carrying boxes full of stock.
I'm quite surprised the company didn't give him the job he was trying to get, as he was one of the hardest workers I've ever seen.
Though I've never had body parts come through (at least, not as part of the Second-Hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 1996), although many of my customers may have desired the transaction of the body parts of their rivals.
However, I'm drunk. So fuck youse all.
It took us five months to make her get used to the artificial fin.
My late grandfather took several months to get accustomed to his "new" leg after the organic one was removed (a blood clot I believe his doc told him - now where did I leave that Brie with pepperoni and lard rolled into a tasty bread roll?).