Interesting use of abbreviations. Why not go all out?
cld b an inbuilt sstm in/, 2 rpt som imp. FAs, just incaso som ppl miss'em. gss they cld calc. the no. of comms. by unq commtrs n stories whc huv lowst r rpsted.
Then, may I suggest you first think about what you want to say, organize your thoughts a bit, and then write them down. It makes for more efficient and effective communication. In time and with practice, thoughts will start flowing in a more organized way.
Like any other grammatical tool, parentheses have their place, of course, but they are very easily abused in ways that confuse the ultimate meaning the writer intended to convey.
Hate: 1. to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry. 2. to be unwilling; dislike: I hate to do it.
Strongly disliking the iPhone, perhaps even passionately so, enough to argue for his point... sounds like hate to me. Or are you suggesting the the word hate should only be used to mean exclusively bigotry?
If you buy a car, you surely expect such liberty. Nobody is under such delusions when purchasing an iPhone--they know it comes with a few apps, and they know they can go to the AppStore and purchase what's there.
It's funny, really: there was a time (barely a few years ago) when most of the tech press laughed out loud at the iPhone for being nothing more than a mere toy. There was a void in the market and Apple filled it--apparently successfully enough that people enjoy purchasing and using the product in spite of the limitations once derided by the press.
Now the same people are complaining Apple is locking them into it's own proprietary formats and product selections, when it did so from the very beginning--you know, way before they decided that the toy was actually quite nifty, and bought one.
Wrong, the App Store is like a big box mall with a giant Wal-Mart and name-brand stores, surrounded by teeny mom-and-pop shops. Sure, everyone can buy at the mom-and-pop shop if they like, but is it really Wal-Mart's fault (or the mall's owners) that people like to shop at Wal-Mart or, say, Abercrombie & Fitch?
Moreover, should Abercrombie & Fitch be forced to sell, say, clown shoes just because some clowns can't find a suitable novelty shoe store in the mall and are too lazy or incompetent to look for one elsewhere?
The point is that nobody is forced to use an iPhone--it is far from the only alternative that is out there. So, some people like it enough to purchase and use it, but wish the vendor operated in a different way? Easy, complain to them with your dollars.
What that's? Nobody in the real world (i.e. outside the tech circles) cares enough to complain and just keeps on using the devices? Well, boo-hoo.
Plus, what about all those tens of thousands of people suddenly demanding their monthly fee back from Blizzard and the like because they couldn't connect and play WoW, Eve, Mario Kart, or whatever for a few weeks.
My comment was making light of the semantics: SEO-optimization would meant that it is optimized for search engine optimization, not that it is optimized for the engine itself.
Except that the article does not advocate the suppression of the vaccines, nor denies its potential merits. It merely asks that more studies be done to determine unequivocally that the vaccines do lower the risks of death among the vulnerable, mainly the elderly and sickly. It takes the position that vaccination against the flu (swine and otherwise) is driven by the unquentioned belief that it works rather than the scientific proof that it does.
If uneducated idiots stop vaccination based on the ignorant belief that vaccines do not work at all because they are evil, in part due to a mis-representation of the context of this article, then well, what can you do? There's no vaccine against stupidity.
I wonder, is there such thing? I thought "astronomical" is used metaphorically to mean vastly large quantities, as opposed to, say, "microscopic" used to mean significantly small quantities.
I would imagine that an astronomically low measurement could still span the distance between planets.
>> They've chosen a slightly retro, awkward and geeky theme to these adverts, and trust me, the awkwardness is intentional (Remember Bill Gates and Seinfeld?).
Yes, because cancelling the Gates and Seinfeld commercial series after a mere two episodes on television after announcing to the world with so much fanfare, pride and promise that they had ambitiously spent $300 million dollars on the deal, is exactly what they planned to do from the start.
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Actually, a large number of people rating MP3 higher than FLAC suggests that they noticed a difference between the two encodings and preferred MP3.
-dZ.
Hmmmm! I like PITA, specially with hummus.
-dZ.
Strng, cuz "ppl" n "no." r shrtr than "calc." n "comms."
-dZ.
P.S. Srry, cldnt rsist
Interesting use of abbreviations. Why not go all out?
cld b an inbuilt sstm in/, 2 rpt som imp. FAs, just incaso som ppl miss'em.
gss they cld calc. the no. of comms. by unq commtrs n stories whc huv lowst r rpsted.
There.
Then, may I suggest you first think about what you want to say, organize your thoughts a bit, and then write them down. It makes for more efficient and effective communication. In time and with practice, thoughts will start flowing in a more organized way.
Like any other grammatical tool, parentheses have their place, of course, but they are very easily abused in ways that confuse the ultimate meaning the writer intended to convey.
-dZ.
Hear! hear!
-dZ.
>> while Congress drug its feet on actually coming into compliance...
Wow, such delicious imagery. And fitting too: I guess numbing your extremities would slow down your own progress.
-dZ.
I'm impressed. You certainly put a lot of thought into that comparison.
Cheers!
-dZ.
+1 No sh*t!
I can't mod you up because I already participated in the discussion, but thanks for your comment!
-dZ.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hate
Hate:
1. to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
2. to be unwilling; dislike: I hate to do it.
Strongly disliking the iPhone, perhaps even passionately so, enough to argue for his point... sounds like hate to me. Or are you suggesting the the word hate should only be used to mean exclusively bigotry?
-dZ.
Wrong again, but thanks for playing.
If you buy a car, you surely expect such liberty. Nobody is under such delusions when purchasing an iPhone--they know it comes with a few apps, and they know they can go to the AppStore and purchase what's there.
It's funny, really: there was a time (barely a few years ago) when most of the tech press laughed out loud at the iPhone for being nothing more than a mere toy. There was a void in the market and Apple filled it--apparently successfully enough that people enjoy purchasing and using the product in spite of the limitations once derided by the press.
Now the same people are complaining Apple is locking them into it's own proprietary formats and product selections, when it did so from the very beginning--you know, way before they decided that the toy was actually quite nifty, and bought one.
-dZ.
Wrong, the App Store is like a big box mall with a giant Wal-Mart and name-brand stores, surrounded by teeny mom-and-pop shops. Sure, everyone can buy at the mom-and-pop shop if they like, but is it really Wal-Mart's fault (or the mall's owners) that people like to shop at Wal-Mart or, say, Abercrombie & Fitch?
Moreover, should Abercrombie & Fitch be forced to sell, say, clown shoes just because some clowns can't find a suitable novelty shoe store in the mall and are too lazy or incompetent to look for one elsewhere?
The point is that nobody is forced to use an iPhone--it is far from the only alternative that is out there. So, some people like it enough to purchase and use it, but wish the vendor operated in a different way? Easy, complain to them with your dollars.
What that's? Nobody in the real world (i.e. outside the tech circles) cares enough to complain and just keeps on using the devices? Well, boo-hoo.
-dZ.
I propose the following, RFC #1138:
X-Im-A-Spammer: Yes|No|Uh?
Or
X-I-Swear-Im-Not-A-Spammer: No|Maybe|RLY!
-dZ.
Plus, what about all those tens of thousands of people suddenly demanding their monthly fee back from Blizzard and the like because they couldn't connect and play WoW, Eve, Mario Kart, or whatever for a few weeks.
That'll do a lot of good for online commerce.
-dZ.
*whoosh!*
My comment was making light of the semantics: SEO-optimization would meant that it is optimized for search engine optimization, not that it is optimized for the engine itself.
-dZ.
SEO = Search Engine Optimization
SEO-optimized = Search Engine Optimization-optimized, or perhaps optimized for search engine optimization?
What the heck does that mean?
-dZ.
Uh, 39 days is still less than 3 months.
-dZ.
Except that the article does not advocate the suppression of the vaccines, nor denies its potential merits. It merely asks that more studies be done to determine unequivocally that the vaccines do lower the risks of death among the vulnerable, mainly the elderly and sickly. It takes the position that vaccination against the flu (swine and otherwise) is driven by the unquentioned belief that it works rather than the scientific proof that it does.
If uneducated idiots stop vaccination based on the ignorant belief that vaccines do not work at all because they are evil, in part due to a mis-representation of the context of this article, then well, what can you do? There's no vaccine against stupidity.
-dZ.
I think you a verb there.
-dZ.
OMG!!! I saw someone getting a flu vaccine and now I don't feel too well. Is it possible that I caught the placebo?
-dZ.
astronomically low average
I wonder, is there such thing? I thought "astronomical" is used metaphorically to mean vastly large quantities, as opposed to, say, "microscopic" used to mean significantly small quantities.
I would imagine that an astronomically low measurement could still span the distance between planets.
-dZ.
Perhaps they should consider putting back the A/C units in their data centers. I'm just saying.
-dZ.
We can't. For He has destroyed the logbooks with his Noodly Appendage.
(I can't believe nobody else got the reference!)
-dZ.
Right, because crap is the new cool.
-dZ.
>> They've chosen a slightly retro, awkward and geeky theme to these adverts, and trust me, the awkwardness is intentional (Remember Bill Gates and Seinfeld?).
Yes, because cancelling the Gates and Seinfeld commercial series after a mere two episodes on television after announcing to the world with so much fanfare, pride and promise that they had ambitiously spent $300 million dollars on the deal, is exactly what they planned to do from the start.
And we have always been at war with Eurasia.
-dZ.