I have the same issue and suspect it may be correspondents "correcting" what they think is a wrong email.
My gmail has a dot between first and last name (my.name@gmail) . I've received more than a few emails for a chap in the UK at (myname.gmail). I have reason to suspect that his actual email address is (mynam@gmail) and that he's either giving out the wrong address or correspondents are assuming the missing terminal "e" is inadvertent and adding it.
What Google is doing is preventing three different people signing up with those different names. I don't know why they did this, but it does reduce the risk of a missing period sending email to the wrong person - or someone masquerading as you by registering an address that is nearly visually identical.
When you, StormReaver, sign up with stormreaver@gmail Google effectively reserves storm.reaver@gmail, s.torm.reaver@gmail, etc., along with all addresses using a plus sign (e.g. stormreaver+slashdot@gmail), preventing any other person from registering them.
Any and all of these email addresses will work, but all messages sent to them will be given to you, StormReaver, with a little info tooltip explanation.
Yes. Previous experience can provide unknown (or at least unconscious) knowns that we use to help solve new problems. We just need to be aware that this can also bring baggage with it that can lead us to interpret new problems through the lens of old ones; doing so may lead us to misunderstand / misinterpret new situations and assume they are analogous to ones previous experienced.
A few that stand out as having current use in English, that may differ from their original meanings, (and don't come via Latin, though may come via Hindi, Nepalese, etc.) are: Avatar, Gurkha, Guru, Karma, Loot, Mugger, Punch (the drink), Sulfur, Swastika, and Thug.
I have this mental image of the look on a TSA employee's face as they see the be-kilted bandsman approaching and realize that the rest of the pipe band is waiting in the line.
"Och nae laddie, nothing's worn under the kilt... we're all traditionalists!":)
I wonder if it may be an example of Clarke's First Law:
"When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is probably wrong."
"...act in it's own best interest with no regard to the well being of others".
When people act like this we call them sociopaths.
Symptoms (courtesy of Wiki) include:
* Persistent lying or stealing
* Apparent lack of remorse or empathy for others
* Poor behavioral controls... threats, aggression, and verbal abuse...
* Recurring difficulties with the law
* Tendency to violate the boundaries and rights of others
Successful corporations are "people" with antisocial personality disorder, lawyers, and lobbyists.
The Kiwi is the NZ national bird. Its distinctive profile has appeared on NZ military uniforms dating back to the Boer War, and WWI. NZ soldiers apparently acquired the "Kiwi" nickname from the uniform patch, and the nickname then spread to mean any New Zealander.
Brilliant! You've just inspired me to present a business case to the company for a development project...
Concept: Pornographic image filtering software that can detect and obscure content of purely prurient nature without false positives obscuring content of artistic value.
I'm going to need several really big graphical displays and to amass a very large library of material for testing and comparative analysis of artistic value... and a private office.
Although exact definitions of Theistic Evolution do vary the basic idea is that the scientifically identifiable and verifiable process of evolution through mutation and natural selection is the mechanism by which god has caused the current state of life... and leaving abiogenesis aside is completely compatible with #5 (and possibly #4 depending of how much, or how little "guiding" goes on).
While personally agnostic, if I were religious I'd find the idea of a god who created all of the scientific systems we observe at the very beginning of the universe and then let things run to reach this point a far more awe inspiring concept than a young-earth creationist deity who made mud-people 6000 years ago.
1) Declaring "Yes, I have porn" on the form. 2) Having Customs search your laptop. 3) Having Customs decide that the artistic nudes on said laptop do NOT constitute porn. 4) Discovering that you have falsified your customs declaration.:)
> Are there really people who believe the lump of cells has a soul, but it is okay to destroy it to fix cancer in papa?
No necessarily. The efficacy of the treatments may or may not change the moral position of individuals but is likely to alter the political landscape. Consider the hypothetical position of a Politician before and after stem cell treatments shown to be efficacious:
[Before] Politician faced with one vocal constituent who believed that the "lump of cells has a soul' along with two apathetic ones.
[After] Politician faced with same one vocal constituent who still believes that the "lump of cells has a soul' along with two who are clamouring for treatments to be approved to "fix cancer in papa".
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I have the same issue and suspect it may be correspondents "correcting" what they think is a wrong email.
My gmail has a dot between first and last name (my.name@gmail) . I've received more than a few emails for a chap in the UK at (myname.gmail). I have reason to suspect that his actual email address is (mynam@gmail) and that he's either giving out the wrong address or correspondents are assuming the missing terminal "e" is inadvertent and adding it.
What Google is doing is preventing three different people signing up with those different names. I don't know why they did this, but it does reduce the risk of a missing period sending email to the wrong person - or someone masquerading as you by registering an address that is nearly visually identical.
When you, StormReaver, sign up with stormreaver@gmail Google effectively reserves storm.reaver@gmail, s.torm.reaver@gmail, etc., along with all addresses using a plus sign (e.g. stormreaver+slashdot@gmail), preventing any other person from registering them.
Any and all of these email addresses will work, but all messages sent to them will be given to you, StormReaver, with a little info tooltip explanation.
Yes. Previous experience can provide unknown (or at least unconscious) knowns that we use to help solve new problems. We just need to be aware that this can also bring baggage with it that can lead us to interpret new problems through the lens of old ones; doing so may lead us to misunderstand / misinterpret new situations and assume they are analogous to ones previous experienced.
I share your concerns about violating the articles of the Benthic Treaty.
Well, alright then, “venomous”, (though they may be poisonous, I wouldn’t know, I don’t eat arachnids. Not even in MMOs). :)
We do have one somewhat poisonous spider, though it's endangered and no one has died from it for over 100 years.
No. That particular silliness should perhaps remain on Reddit.
"Wellingtonian" is the demonym, and if the term is in the least pejorative, it is perhaps only because we keep our politicians there. :)
Wiki list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
A few that stand out as having current use in English, that may differ from their original meanings, (and don't come via Latin, though may come via Hindi, Nepalese, etc.) are: Avatar, Gurkha, Guru, Karma, Loot, Mugger, Punch (the drink), Sulfur, Swastika, and Thug.
...if you say mean things Hitler will appear.
Only if you say it three times while staring into a mirror. At least that's what I heard on Facebook.
"Forrest Trump is like a box of chocolates..."
I'm immediately reminded of a Monty Python skit involving "Crunchy Frog" and "Lark's Vomit Swirl".
...rather than take the 1-to-1 risk that some TSA officer will be playing with my penis, touching my wife's boobies, and/or fondling my kid's pussy.
Perhaps consider putting your kid's pet in a cattery before going on holiday? ;)
I have this mental image of the look on a TSA employee's face as they see the be-kilted bandsman approaching and realize that the rest of the pipe band is waiting in the line.
"Och nae laddie, nothing's worn under the kilt... we're all traditionalists!" :)
I wonder if it may be an example of Clarke's First Law:
"When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is probably wrong."
"...act in it's own best interest with no regard to the well being of others".
When people act like this we call them sociopaths.
Symptoms (courtesy of Wiki) include:
* Persistent lying or stealing
* Apparent lack of remorse or empathy for others
* Poor behavioral controls... threats, aggression, and verbal abuse...
* Recurring difficulties with the law
* Tendency to violate the boundaries and rights of others
Successful corporations are "people" with antisocial personality disorder, lawyers, and lobbyists.
Serious answer?
The Kiwi is the NZ national bird. Its distinctive profile has appeared on NZ military uniforms dating back to the Boer War, and WWI. NZ soldiers apparently acquired the "Kiwi" nickname from the uniform patch, and the nickname then spread to mean any New Zealander.
I'm suspecting that the name of the chain may need altering for the US market though.
California might be OK... but how well would "Hell Pizza" go down in the bible belt?
Hey! I'm at _my_ desk this morning... dunno where the other guy is. Slacker. :)
Brilliant! You've just inspired me to present a business case to the company for a development project...
Concept: Pornographic image filtering software that can detect and obscure content of purely prurient nature without false positives obscuring content of artistic value.
I'm going to need several really big graphical displays and to amass a very large library of material for testing and comparative analysis of artistic value... and a private office.
#3 may also be called Theistic Evolution.
Although exact definitions of Theistic Evolution do vary the basic idea is that the scientifically identifiable and verifiable process of evolution through mutation and natural selection is the mechanism by which god has caused the current state of life... and leaving abiogenesis aside is completely compatible with #5 (and possibly #4 depending of how much, or how little "guiding" goes on).
While personally agnostic, if I were religious I'd find the idea of a god who created all of the scientific systems we observe at the very beginning of the universe and then let things run to reach this point a far more awe inspiring concept than a young-earth creationist deity who made mud-people 6000 years ago.
"leads to"... *sigh* and after previewing several times... :)
And one man's porn is another man's art....
Which lead the additional scenario of:
1) Declaring "Yes, I have porn" on the form. :)
2) Having Customs search your laptop.
3) Having Customs decide that the artistic nudes on said laptop do NOT constitute porn.
4) Discovering that you have falsified your customs declaration.
No, no.... the minister is claiming that there will not be an R18+ rating yet because too many people want the R18+ rating. :)
> Are there really people who believe the lump of cells has a soul, but it is okay to destroy it to fix cancer in papa?
No necessarily. The efficacy of the treatments may or may not change the moral position of individuals but is likely to alter the political landscape. Consider the hypothetical position of a Politician before and after stem cell treatments shown to be efficacious:
[Before] Politician faced with one vocal constituent who believed that the "lump of cells has a soul' along with two apathetic ones.
[After] Politician faced with same one vocal constituent who still believes that the "lump of cells has a soul' along with two who are clamouring for treatments to be approved to "fix cancer in papa".
(Caveat: Kiwi) :) ... named the world's least corrupt nation out of a list of 180 countries..."
November 2009: "New Zealand
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5AH0HA20091118