... fit the pieces - quoting Starck "The designer can and should participate in the search for meaning, in the construction of a civilized world" (theirs).
Quote: "To save energy, it would make sense to utilise the senselessly relentless pedestrian marathon tendencies of the domestic hamster (fatface domesticus)...."
Quote: "Absurdism is a theory that was carried over into the dramatic art form as "Theatre of the Absurd." In the Theatre of the Absurd, there was an attempt to convey the concept of the absurd through deliberate distortions and violations of conventional forms, to undermine the ordinary expectations of continuity and rationality. This avant-garde dramatic convention emphasized the illogical and purposeless nature of existence. It was often violent, grotesque and outrageously funny, conveying meaning through masks, ritual, sounds, gestures, costumes or stylized actions."
So when a person puts a cigarette up to his or her mouth, it triggers the "long incisors" circuit in our brains, and cigarettes get associated with sex in that way.
The Olympic trademarks protected by statute (36 U.S.C. 220506(c)) include: the name "UNITED STATES OLYMPIC COMMITTEE"; the symbol of the International Olympic Committee, consisting of five interlocking rings; the words "Olympic, " "Olympiad" and "Citius Altius Fortius," and also the words "Paralympic," "Paralympiad," "Pan-American" and "America Espirito Sport Fraternite," or any combination of these words; the emblem of the United States Olympic Committee, consisting of an escutcheon having a blue chief and vertically extending red and white bars on the base with five interlocking rings displayed on the chief; and the symbols of the International Paralympic Committee and the Pan-American Sports Organization, consisting of a torch surrounded by concentric rings.
loc. cit.
And later on, they even grant permission...
4. Are there exceptions to these rights?
The word Olympic may be used, without sanction, to identify a business or goods or services if:
1. such use is not combined with any of the Olympic trademarks
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I do not know about anybody else, but in my book what this guy is doing is simply wrong.
Agreed. Just another sign that not called for invasion (of privacy in this case) gains in popularity.
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C ?
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I hate to sound like an apocalypse nut, but within 15 years it will be capable of one individual ...
Yes, we are approaching the Gates of Heaven. Or is it more a Bushfire in the vicinity of Hell ?
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... and every software patent unjustly restricts how you use your computer ...
More serious, the key issue - IMHO.
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... will void the need for a 911 Emergency Service.
Everything will be under control.</sarcasm>
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The whole left-right scale is for people who can't think in more than 1 dimension.
In some distorted discrete space at best.
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This is the start of the falling of today's economic system, ...
Not much of a surprise - not built to meet the challenges encountered today. Although, too plain clear for many to see.
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The more constrained budget might look here.
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... fit the pieces - quoting Starck "The designer can and should participate in the search for meaning, in the construction of a civilized world" (theirs).
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- niche detected
- get ready for entrepreneurship
- profit
CC.I feel like I'm getting really old, and I'm only in my 20s.
... remembering playing moonlander on a Telefunken TR440 mainframe via remote teleprinter.
Call me anabiotic.
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Quote: "To save energy, it would make sense to utilise the senselessly relentless pedestrian marathon tendencies of the domestic hamster (fatface domesticus). ..."
loc. cit.
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Best not to pick fights with girls, either, as they fight meaner than boys.
Boys save on this - clandestinely hoping to once be in a management position (e.g. @ SCO).
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Quote: "Absurdism is a theory that was carried over into the dramatic art form as "Theatre of the Absurd." In the Theatre of the Absurd, there was an attempt to convey the concept of the absurd through deliberate distortions and violations of conventional forms, to undermine the ordinary expectations of continuity and rationality. This avant-garde dramatic convention emphasized the illogical and purposeless nature of existence. It was often violent, grotesque and outrageously funny, conveying meaning through masks, ritual, sounds, gestures, costumes or stylized actions."
loc. cit.
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... to develop a gliding horse cart, which, to no great surprise, failed.
loc. cit.
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You can also download the Internet here, just to be on the safe side ...
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(fset 'or "\C-ssl\C-du")
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Guns were designed to kill things ... (emphasis mine)
Interesting twist. Like in: Last night, I shot my <whatever inanimate>-box ?
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But the bed-buddy doesn't come cheap. At £43 ($111) he's a bit more expensive than the outlay for your average first-date.
The price might indicate that women, as a general rule, are not aware of how to provide all-embracing answers, but mostly near misses.
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do not have annoying keys either and are still worth an investment. My G80-1000HFD (1 key == 1 switch) that came with the 286 will not be replaced !
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... it's almost as bad as http://www.seizurerobots.com/!
In cases like this a warning would be fine.
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So when a person puts a cigarette up to his or her mouth, it triggers the "long incisors" circuit in our brains, and cigarettes get associated with sex in that way.
Boosted in the days of Lili Marlene.
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Robots can do it too!
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The Register has (had) it.
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They did not say a word about using the plural.
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1. What are the Olympic trademarks?
The Olympic trademarks protected by statute (36 U.S.C. 220506(c)) include: the name "UNITED STATES OLYMPIC COMMITTEE"; the symbol of the International Olympic Committee, consisting of five interlocking rings; the words "Olympic, " "Olympiad" and "Citius Altius Fortius," and also the words "Paralympic," "Paralympiad," "Pan-American" and "America Espirito Sport Fraternite," or any combination of these words; the emblem of the United States Olympic Committee, consisting of an escutcheon having a blue chief and vertically extending red and white bars on the base with five interlocking rings displayed on the chief; and the symbols of the International Paralympic Committee and the Pan-American Sports Organization, consisting of a torch surrounded by concentric rings.
loc. cit.
And later on, they even grant permission
4. Are there exceptions to these rights?
The word Olympic may be used, without sanction, to identify a business or goods or services if:
1. such use is not combined with any of the Olympic trademarks
Pepsi obviously is not an Olympic trademark
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