I won't argue with you except on one point: "decades" is not a long time. It has never been illegal to own a pistol (except in cases such as when you're a convicted felon) in the United States. And before we won our independence from Britain (are you there yet, Canada?), it was certainly not outlawed. So yes, the outlawing of pistols in Canada is a very recent thing - just because it happened before you were born doesn't mean it's ancient.
My other points, I'll pass on for now, as I don't feel a need to offend your "national pride" any further.
Don't correct people if you don't know what you're talking about.
venio, venire, veni, ventum - to come video, videre, vidi, visus - to see vinco, vicere, vici, victus - to win (intransitive sense; the transitive gives us the powerful connotation of the word: 'to conquer'; arguably, Caesar was using the transitive form anyhow, but that's beside the point: this is a stronger verb than 'to win' is in English)
These are the 4 principal parts of each verb, as you'd find listed in a Latin dictionary. The third principal part, in each case, is the first person singular perfect indicative active - meaning, in short, that it indicates an action that the speaker undertook by himself at some time in the past. So, "veni, vidi, vici" translates directly to exactly what most people think it does: "I came; I saw; I conquered." However, most people pronounce it wrong. As Caesar would have said it, it is pronounced "we'-nee we'-dee we'-chee".
Also, you spelled Cesar wrong. That spelling refers to the inventor of Cesar salad dressing, in the early 1900's if I remember correctly, but don't quote me on that date since I can't even remember his first name. Caesar is the correct Latin spelling of Gaius Julius Caesar's family name, or 'cognomen' in Latin. And only the Germans got the pronunciation right, with Kaiser.
However, your history is correct enough to pass muster. But I have no idea where you're disagreeing with the parent post on this - and especially what rhetorical device you're trying to employ by saying "Besides,...". Go learn English. Then Latin. And then you can teach people a Latin lesson in English.
Anyone know of a crack for Mathematica? Since you basically have to have a PhD in Math to get even a secretarial position at Wolfram, let alone a programming job, they're the real baseline for 'hiring the smartest people you can find'.
First off, 'major Canadian cities' are smaller than major American cities. You can't possibly say that Winnipeg isn't a major Canadian city, and yet it's not even a million people. But even there, since pistols became all but outlawed in Canada, crime has shot way up. And now the criminals that can't get guns resort to knives - there's a significant part of the city where even the locals won't go at night, because of all the knifings. When Grandma and Gangsta Mallone both have guns, it doesn't matter so much that Mallone weighs 3 times what Grandma does. But with crime the way it is in Canada now, muscle is boss.
About Canadian healthcare - sure, you all have the same level of healthcare, but is it really that good? Most good Canadian doctors come to the United States where they can make real money for their hard work.
This would be bad to have in the US, because it'd just give people (and candidates) a false sense of completion with even more confidence than the current system does; remember, the President is elected by a few hundred people that the actual voters select (it was meant to be done by the Electors' names, not by the candidates' names for whom the Electors would most likely vote), and this selection is much closer to the inauguration than the voting-in of Electors. Remember, no matter what any computer says, there is not a President-elect until the Electoral College has met.
You are aware of the difference between an Octane and an Octane 2? It's not just the little number. Although I'm not entirely certain on the specifics, I believe the Octane 2's bus architecture is significantly faster, and I'm almost certain that it would have been sent to these guys with a bit better graphics than the SSI.
However, given all the '5 years ago' references in the article, I wouldn't be surprised if they just screwed up and wrote Octane 2 where they just meant Octane. They sure didn't mix any system specifics in among all those incorrectly-used make-me-look-smarter words, like 'whilst'. Damn, do I hate people who don't use one-syllable words correctly.
You're very mistaken. It's just not common to see them there, since most "small claims" are so small that losing the case leaves you better off than if you'd paid for a lawyer and won it. However, as another replier stated, it's very helpful to have one. A good lawyer knows the laws, knows you, knows the judge, and knows the other side's lawyer - and connects all of those to your best advantage.
Me too. Global warming is very real (although in North Dakota we'd love to see some real effects of it). It's been going on the last 10,000 years or so, since the last ice age. The only reason we really get freaked out about it now is twofold: first, people are arrogant and think they can change things one way or the other; second, we've been taking a lot more (and, more importantly, much more accurate) measurements the last 50 years than we did for the 9,950 previous years.
I don't even want to think of the consequences of a surgeon using this, making a mistake, and cursing himself..."dam it" probably would have meaning to the little robot, and even worse results happen with more vulgar words.
SURGEON: Fuck! ROBOT: Beep. ROBOT complies with SURGEON's request, immediately going to work on the patient.
If I'm granted immunity in all cases where I am responsible for the death of a spammer, and I receive $10,000 for each such death of my own doing, count me in. But if it's just 'turn them in, wah wah wah', then I'll have to pass.
My cable network's UPN provider (from 250 miles away, incidentally) became FOX recently, and now it's almost entirely your typical static-plus-warning-message about cable companies being prohibited from carrying duplicate programming (they do carry two TBS's, the bastards), so the only time that FOX is active is when the other one is showing something different. This in the wake of Futurama's cancellation - I'm left with absolutely jack squat for good TV. Well, the History Channel is great; but I mean good fictional TV.
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I won't argue with you except on one point: "decades" is not a long time. It has never been illegal to own a pistol (except in cases such as when you're a convicted felon) in the United States. And before we won our independence from Britain (are you there yet, Canada?), it was certainly not outlawed. So yes, the outlawing of pistols in Canada is a very recent thing - just because it happened before you were born doesn't mean it's ancient.
My other points, I'll pass on for now, as I don't feel a need to offend your "national pride" any further.
Don't correct people if you don't know what you're talking about.
...". Go learn English. Then Latin. And then you can teach people a Latin lesson in English.
venio, venire, veni, ventum - to come
video, videre, vidi, visus - to see
vinco, vicere, vici, victus - to win (intransitive sense; the transitive gives us the powerful connotation of the word: 'to conquer'; arguably, Caesar was using the transitive form anyhow, but that's beside the point: this is a stronger verb than 'to win' is in English)
These are the 4 principal parts of each verb, as you'd find listed in a Latin dictionary. The third principal part, in each case, is the first person singular perfect indicative active - meaning, in short, that it indicates an action that the speaker undertook by himself at some time in the past. So, "veni, vidi, vici" translates directly to exactly what most people think it does: "I came; I saw; I conquered." However, most people pronounce it wrong. As Caesar would have said it, it is pronounced "we'-nee we'-dee we'-chee".
Also, you spelled Cesar wrong. That spelling refers to the inventor of Cesar salad dressing, in the early 1900's if I remember correctly, but don't quote me on that date since I can't even remember his first name. Caesar is the correct Latin spelling of Gaius Julius Caesar's family name, or 'cognomen' in Latin. And only the Germans got the pronunciation right, with Kaiser.
However, your history is correct enough to pass muster. But I have no idea where you're disagreeing with the parent post on this - and especially what rhetorical device you're trying to employ by saying "Besides,
Anyone know of a crack for Mathematica? Since you basically have to have a PhD in Math to get even a secretarial position at Wolfram, let alone a programming job, they're the real baseline for 'hiring the smartest people you can find'.
First off, 'major Canadian cities' are smaller than major American cities. You can't possibly say that Winnipeg isn't a major Canadian city, and yet it's not even a million people. But even there, since pistols became all but outlawed in Canada, crime has shot way up. And now the criminals that can't get guns resort to knives - there's a significant part of the city where even the locals won't go at night, because of all the knifings. When Grandma and Gangsta Mallone both have guns, it doesn't matter so much that Mallone weighs 3 times what Grandma does. But with crime the way it is in Canada now, muscle is boss.
About Canadian healthcare - sure, you all have the same level of healthcare, but is it really that good? Most good Canadian doctors come to the United States where they can make real money for their hard work.
...functional programming wins again...
Of course it does, you idiot. ICFP stands for International Conference on Functional Programming
This would be bad to have in the US, because it'd just give people (and candidates) a false sense of completion with even more confidence than the current system does; remember, the President is elected by a few hundred people that the actual voters select (it was meant to be done by the Electors' names, not by the candidates' names for whom the Electors would most likely vote), and this selection is much closer to the inauguration than the voting-in of Electors. Remember, no matter what any computer says, there is not a President-elect until the Electoral College has met.
Ah, once again, the principle of Enforceable Jurisdiction has come into play.
Have you heard of Mono?
I simply can't afford to take good pictures, no matter the format. No, sir, I'll stick with my Brownie.
Ah - "Dual Octane 2x195 Mhz" is too redundant for my tastes, so I elided the 'x'.
You are aware of the difference between an Octane and an Octane 2? It's not just the little number. Although I'm not entirely certain on the specifics, I believe the Octane 2's bus architecture is significantly faster, and I'm almost certain that it would have been sent to these guys with a bit better graphics than the SSI.
However, given all the '5 years ago' references in the article, I wouldn't be surprised if they just screwed up and wrote Octane 2 where they just meant Octane. They sure didn't mix any system specifics in among all those incorrectly-used make-me-look-smarter words, like 'whilst'. Damn, do I hate people who don't use one-syllable words correctly.
Why do you avoid discussing Slashdot on Slashdot? Are you afraid of getting Slashdotted?
I stand corrected; but remember that California is only 1/3 of our national population. :)
You're very mistaken. It's just not common to see them there, since most "small claims" are so small that losing the case leaves you better off than if you'd paid for a lawyer and won it. However, as another replier stated, it's very helpful to have one. A good lawyer knows the laws, knows you, knows the judge, and knows the other side's lawyer - and connects all of those to your best advantage.
Me too. Global warming is very real (although in North Dakota we'd love to see some real effects of it). It's been going on the last 10,000 years or so, since the last ice age. The only reason we really get freaked out about it now is twofold: first, people are arrogant and think they can change things one way or the other; second, we've been taking a lot more (and, more importantly, much more accurate) measurements the last 50 years than we did for the 9,950 previous years.
Actually, way less than I wanted to know; but I tend to be over-inquisitive. ;-D
I don't even want to think of the consequences of a surgeon using this, making a mistake, and cursing himself..."dam it" probably would have meaning to the little robot, and even worse results happen with more vulgar words.
SURGEON: Fuck!
ROBOT: Beep.
ROBOT complies with SURGEON's request, immediately going to work on the patient.
If I'm granted immunity in all cases where I am responsible for the death of a spammer, and I receive $10,000 for each such death of my own doing, count me in. But if it's just 'turn them in, wah wah wah', then I'll have to pass.
Better yet, it includes large chunks of uuencoded executables.
Mine just threw staplers at me.
"yes, you can do so badly on a essay that I will take points off of your previous essays."
Did she really say 'a essay'? You should have immediately demanded a 10% bonus to your next (or most recent) essay for catching her on that one.
Just as umpires are required to have (maximm) 20/200 vision and football refs are required to have worse, grammar cops are required to be illiterate.
I'd pay to have everyone else be required to spell-check all their posts, especially front-page stories. Grammar check? I'd pay extra.
My cable network's UPN provider (from 250 miles away, incidentally) became FOX recently, and now it's almost entirely your typical static-plus-warning-message about cable companies being prohibited from carrying duplicate programming (they do carry two TBS's, the bastards), so the only time that FOX is active is when the other one is showing something different. This in the wake of Futurama's cancellation - I'm left with absolutely jack squat for good TV. Well, the History Channel is great; but I mean good fictional TV.
...Bush in bed with Osama...
Are you calling Bush a necrophiliac?