I would not presume to retard the experimentation process! e.e.[sic] Cummings is a wonderful (In my opinion, of course) American poet, for one, who experimented with language, grammar, and layout with his poems.
The point that I was trying to make with my final comment is that I tend to be a fundamentalist and don't much care for the idea of theses becoming 7|-|3535, though if that is where language goes, far be it from me to say that it's wrong.
I, too, am a studier of the English Language. A poem I recently wrote reflected the idiomatic "1337" that has become ubiquitous, it would seem, in my own generation. As a 19 year old, coming up through college and dreaming of a career teaching the English language, there are certain extents to which I think the new "Net language" is a viable means of communication, and should be accepted as such. The world thrives on change, and just as the Catholic Church moved away from Latin didn't mean that the people were no longer being saved, a change in language doesn't mean that communication is dead.
Does net-speak seem as eloquent, or does it sound as good in our ears? Well, not really, but that doesn't mean that it is the new evil to be combated. As for myself, I will do my best to both embrace the new while continuing to preach the praises of the old in hopes that I may convert a few.
On a completely unrelated note from the above, I do not think that net-speak will become a widely used language, simply because it seems too informal to be used in any serious context.
That is all.
Just food for thought, and I don't know if anyone will ever read this, but how are you any different when you are also saying that you are right and they are wrong without a second though?
On cars, in Texas, the dealer is to sell the car for NO MORE THAN what is owed on it. I'm not sure about other types of property. In other words: the reposesed car isn't a profitable item above and beyond that which it was going to be originally. Also, in Texas, the customer gets a copy of the Title, and the title is in the name of the customer, with a lein upon it. The dealership (or bank) holds the actual title and signs it over upon completion of payment. This is to safeguard the lending institutions.
It isn't so much the "womb" to which I was referring. You've got to understand that at the time the passage was written, they didn't have test tube babies. In their context, being in the mother's womb was the only way there was. Today, not even going into the ethical situation test tube babies bring up, in our context, this is still the start of a life. Whether brought around by Sex or by artificial insemination. It's still the beginning of life, and God is still in charge.
It's a contextual thing; the transcendental truth is that God weaves life, not the fact that it's done in a womb.
I didn't mean to say you were ignorant, I only clarified it because you lumped Christian groups into the same train of thought you were advocating, and most wouldn't feel the same way.
Because you mentioned souls.... here's why we of that disposition would say you're wrong.
Psalm 139:19
13For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother's womb. 14I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well. 15My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth; 16Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all written The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them.
I locked mine while Moving it from my house to my dorm room, and Couldn't find the key immediately when I got it hooked back up. I used the Pointed part of one of those click pens (The cone shape, where the pen head comes out). It fit where it needed to, and I proceded to turn the lock with it.
I'm still new at all this, so perhaps I was just doing something wrong. But I do know this: apt-get install [package name] is a lot easier than: finding the package, downloading, either rpmi or using the gui thing, and finding dependancy packages, later, rinse, repeat.
Perhaps RPM wasn't doing what it wasn't meant to do, but it seems the problem is that it wasn't meant to do it.
All I'm saying is this: as a new (relatively) convert to Linux, apt-get has been much more friendly than RPM was. But I suppose that's why there are so many different ways of handling things across the distros. Everyone likes something different.
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! 46|233. 'Tis a funny thing, this English language, eh?
The point that I was trying to make with my final comment is that I tend to be a fundamentalist and don't much care for the idea of theses becoming 7|-|3535, though if that is where language goes, far be it from me to say that it's wrong.
Does net-speak seem as eloquent, or does it sound as good in our ears? Well, not really, but that doesn't mean that it is the new evil to be combated. As for myself, I will do my best to both embrace the new while continuing to preach the praises of the old in hopes that I may convert a few.
On a completely unrelated note from the above, I do not think that net-speak will become a widely used language, simply because it seems too informal to be used in any serious context. That is all.
Just food for thought, and I don't know if anyone will ever read this, but how are you any different when you are also saying that you are right and they are wrong without a second though?
But, they'll just build it all the same. Even if it's daft.
On cars, in Texas, the dealer is to sell the car for NO MORE THAN what is owed on it. I'm not sure about other types of property. In other words: the reposesed car isn't a profitable item above and beyond that which it was going to be originally. Also, in Texas, the customer gets a copy of the Title, and the title is in the name of the customer, with a lein upon it. The dealership (or bank) holds the actual title and signs it over upon completion of payment. This is to safeguard the lending institutions.
Who's your wife? I'd like to check out her music!
(calm down, mods... it's a joke!)
shoot me now please?
I'm told that it depends upon the price of fish in Tibet on Tuesdays.
burn it, rerip it, delete the DRM'ed ones. It's pretty simple, really.
Unless I'm mistaken, you have to use IE for that...
yes it would, and I'll cite another post I made along these lines: here
It's a contextual thing; the transcendental truth is that God weaves life, not the fact that it's done in a womb.
I didn't mean to say you were ignorant, I only clarified it because you lumped Christian groups into the same train of thought you were advocating, and most wouldn't feel the same way.
Psalm 139:19
That should just about make our stance clear.
(I know he's a troll...)
PC case locks are, by and large, pretty shitty.
No need for hostility. All he needs to do is shop Smart. Shop S mart.
This might interest you. It's kind of what you're looking for, I'm sure it could be programmed to do exactly what you're wanting.
That would be doubleplusgood to you, comrade. I'll be contacting the Thought Police now. Doubleplusungood of you to knock the party, comrade.
I'd use Xcopy so all the stuff in the caves would get moved too.
apt-get just made my life easier.
just sharing my 2 cents on the situation being discussed. lol didn't mean to offend.
Perhaps RPM wasn't doing what it wasn't meant to do, but it seems the problem is that it wasn't meant to do it.
All I'm saying is this: as a new (relatively) convert to Linux, apt-get has been much more friendly than RPM was. But I suppose that's why there are so many different ways of handling things across the distros. Everyone likes something different.