Odd. I don't make the should of/should have mistake, but if I were speaking rather than writing, they would sound exactly the same, which I think is the cause of the problem in the first place.
Now I wish I hadn't blown through the last of my mod points this morning because you earned some here... except this is my third comment in this article so I guess it doesn't matter.
Anyway, excellent observation. I will use that next time someone doesn't understand why I care so much.
Just wanted to emphasizes this point, as I'm something of a closet grammar nazi myself. I'm always more forgiving to those who don't sound like native speakers, except for when the change is particularly amusing.
Eg:
A Russian coder that I used to work with once wrote some C code that would generate SQL queries dynamically. In his comments inside the code, he described this as "Building SQL queries on a fly" which had me giggling quite a bit when I first read it.
And yet it's also a perfect example of what the post you replied to is talking about. Yes he forgot the negation, but it was still quite clear what he meant. Moreso since we've also seen this exact kind of typo many times.
Repairing broken animals has never been an issue, it's just when you try to make copies without written authorization from the copyright holder that people get all upset.
Depends on the circumstances of the case. Not every fatal accident where a car hits a pedestrian is manslaughter (in fact, I'd bet that most aren't though I don't have a statistic handy), and there really isn't enough to go on in what I gave above to say it's either one.
The US legal system has widely varying penalties based entirely on intent. If I aim my car at you and run you down, that's murder or assault. If I swerve to avoid a dog and didn't notice you until I hit you, that's a tragic accident. The end result is largely the same, but my liability is vastly different in the two cases.
I have 2 mod points left, but you're not getting one for underrated:)
Under and over rated, to my understanding, are the generic +1 and -1 options. It covers all the reasons you might want to adjust a comment but don't have existing options for, like 'Completely wrong' or 'Proper use of iambic pentameter in a ruby script'. It never gets listed as the reason though -- if I modded you under (or over) rated right now instead of commenting, your score would go up or down, but no word would appear next to the score.
How do we know that's not actually they other way around? Maybe it's "Every time god kills a kitten, someone goes and patents something." It's like kitten-loving businessmen are punishing god for being mean to innocent felines... assuming god doesn't like patents.
Every so often I've found myself shifted one set of keys to the left. I reorient by finding f and j, and yet somehow I manage to hit 3 when I want 4 despite that (well... I end up hitting # when I want $. Maybe it has something to do with the way I hit the shift key.)
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Odd. I don't make the should of/should have mistake, but if I were speaking rather than writing, they would sound exactly the same, which I think is the cause of the problem in the first place.
Now I wish I hadn't blown through the last of my mod points this morning because you earned some here... except this is my third comment in this article so I guess it doesn't matter.
Anyway, excellent observation. I will use that next time someone doesn't understand why I care so much.
from an otherwise obvious native English speaker
Just wanted to emphasizes this point, as I'm something of a closet grammar nazi myself. I'm always more forgiving to those who don't sound like native speakers, except for when the change is particularly amusing.
Eg:
A Russian coder that I used to work with once wrote some C code that would generate SQL queries dynamically. In his comments inside the code, he described this as "Building SQL queries on a fly" which had me giggling quite a bit when I first read it.
And yet it's also a perfect example of what the post you replied to is talking about. Yes he forgot the negation, but it was still quite clear what he meant. Moreso since we've also seen this exact kind of typo many times.
Actually, 60% more (for your scenario).
Chip 1 == $100
Chip 2 == $200
20% of $200 == 40
$160 is Chip 1 + 60%
NYC + suburbs is the perfect place to try this out -- not because of regional incomes, but due to population density.
SF is the only place in the US that even comes close, and it's a small area.
Repairing broken animals has never been an issue, it's just when you try to make copies without written authorization from the copyright holder that people get all upset.
Hijacking a train accomplishes a lot less.
Depends on the circumstances of the case. Not every fatal accident where a car hits a pedestrian is manslaughter (in fact, I'd bet that most aren't though I don't have a statistic handy), and there really isn't enough to go on in what I gave above to say it's either one.
This ruling's reasoning is not far from "My kid played GTA and shot a cop, it's partly the game publisher's fault."
Only if it can be demonstrated that the makers of GTA intended the kids who played it to shoot cops. And if that were true, they should be liable.
The US legal system has widely varying penalties based entirely on intent. If I aim my car at you and run you down, that's murder or assault. If I swerve to avoid a dog and didn't notice you until I hit you, that's a tragic accident. The end result is largely the same, but my liability is vastly different in the two cases.
Intent is everything.
I think he's simultaneously serious and deliberately hypocritical. I also agree with the sentiment.
The Jersey guy is a hick.
:)
I'm from New York. Everyone from Jersey is a hick
Now that part I didn't know, but now that you mention it I've never seen an over/underrated mod in meta so that adds up.
I have 2 mod points left, but you're not getting one for underrated :)
Under and over rated, to my understanding, are the generic +1 and -1 options. It covers all the reasons you might want to adjust a comment but don't have existing options for, like 'Completely wrong' or 'Proper use of iambic pentameter in a ruby script'. It never gets listed as the reason though -- if I modded you under (or over) rated right now instead of commenting, your score would go up or down, but no word would appear next to the score.
No sense in dragging the working classes down to the crap level.
Don't let the man keep you down!
You better believe Buddha knew how to calculate a P/E ratio. Zen investment is what it's all about.
Name that PC!
Well if nothing else, the reduced size of the work force will mean more job opportunities :)
However, you can't un-GPL the code you GPLed.
Of course you can. What you can't do is un-GPL someone else's copy of that code, provided they haven't violated the license.
GPL v2 came out in 1991
Is sarcasm never insightful?
Fascinating. But what is a "worm" or a "virus"? Did the article define those too?
How do we know that's not actually they other way around? Maybe it's "Every time god kills a kitten, someone goes and patents something." It's like kitten-loving businessmen are punishing god for being mean to innocent felines... assuming god doesn't like patents.
Every so often I've found myself shifted one set of keys to the left. I reorient by finding f and j, and yet somehow I manage to hit 3 when I want 4 despite that (well... I end up hitting # when I want $. Maybe it has something to do with the way I hit the shift key.)