So, yes, we DO need a special word for birds' plumbing.
You ornithologists are welcome to complexify and jargonize all you want. I think the rest of us would be quite satisfied using the generally understood anus. It's where what's left of what goes in comes out.
I'm not singling anyone out, btw. I'd love to see mathematicians give up on Greek, lawyers and physicians give up on Latin, & etc. I don't see what anyone gains by dragging dead languages around, other than to raise the bar to entry to a field by newcomers (competition).
Damn those firearms instructors. They are criminals, I tell ya!
Explaining and advocating bitcoin usage gets you eleven years, yet they're not even weaponry. Firearms instructors maybe should be worried. Brave new world.
Calling copyright infringement "stealing" is lying.
Or, you know, don't steal something if you don't want to face the consequences.....
Such as Crowell's law degree? It doesn't appear he earned it from what I'm reading.
Is it right for a computer security researcher to be sent to jail for a year for being curious as to how a program (like Popcorn Time) works, even if he'd never even used it? Jail time for mere possession?
The turkish government was helping the IS up until a month ago simply because they were killing kurds.
... And Syrians. The Syrian regime is predominantly Shia, same as Iran. On the other hand, Turkey is in the Sunni camp along with the Saudis and (yes) Israel, and USA.
It's very confusing, I know, why Muslims appear to think nothing of killing other Muslims, but after 1400 years they're on a roll and can't seem to stop.
So again I will say read my entire post before responding, it will keep you from sounding like an idiot ...
Some of us have been listening to screeds like yours for over two decades and we're getting a little impatient that you still haven't bothered to clue in. It's getting pretty tiring from repetition. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. Maybe we can't save you, but I'll bet you can if you try.
Show me how someone who has no access to a tech is going to install a linux distro when they do not know what a command prompt is.
Hi. :-) That's how I started out. Where do you think Linux geeks came from? Do you think we just spontaneously *poof* into existence?
If you can put a DVD in a DVD drive and reboot a computer, you can install Linux, and that's been true for quite a while now. The more times you do it, the better results you'll get. Stumble around the user interface and in the installed programs a bit and you'll see they're not all that different from those you already know. They just look a bit different.
The best part is, this stuff respects your wishes and isn't out to rob you because you're ignorant, or sell your PII to people you've never heard of. Updates and upgrades are free too so as long as your hardware keeps working, you may never need to install again.
Microsoft insists on exfiltrateing the data no matter what. User says no, and Microsoft just laughs in their face.
It's for your own good and you should trust us. We're the biggest thing on the planet and you're just one lowly user. Besides, the NSA and MafiAA have our balls in a vise so we have no choice but to give them what they want, and what they want is all of you. Better you than us. Have a marvy day.
Oh, I see you've moved your mouse so we're going to reboot now. Bye for now. You should be able to get back to where you were in about an hour from now. Don't forget to have that marvy day.
... but please try to come up with something new. These look like 1995 retreads, and we're tired of getting pummeled for the same old stuff all the time.
Officers aren't service members? As in, members of the armed services?
I concede you're correct, but it's a bit of a lie, don't you think? In private business, managers aren't union members. Why should officers be considered mere staff members when it's convenient for them? In the military, we eschew the democratic, except when the officers need to hide within the ranks from snipers.
They have their officers clubs, but I don't have to believe they're grunts. They're management, and today's officers don't lead from the front.
We must not continue this campaign against unpopular speech, because *YOU*, much like Mr. Bradford, don't get to personally decide what is popular/unpopular.
I'll defend his right to think and say any damned fool thing he wants. I deny his right that I pay him to do so. He can find a soapbox to climb onto and try to convince credulous others without my support.
The guy was advocating assassinating teachers and broadcasters who supplied them a microphone. Next step, drone strikes targetting madrassas in Pakistan for material support of terrorism. Those madrassas may be frustrating, but mass murder is much worse than frustration.
After all, the President said flat out that "we tortured some folks," yet nobody was ever charged or prosecuted. This obviously means that torture, while frowned upon, is not in fact illegal.
Or, it just means that the USA has deprecated justice, and what it has is a legal system, not a justice system.
Happily, though, there are other countries out there who do still strive for justice and once the USA finally goes the way of other empires of old, their historians will remember what happened.
The Nazis believed they had a right to pull any damned fool thing they wanted too. The Allies invented laws after the war which led them to the gallows.
Unless we're sure something makes sense in çòňŧëɤʈ
Some of us get by with just cut+paste (see? :-). If I'm a unilingual Anglo-phone, why would I even want to know how to do what you did above? I'm sure I'd just muck it up through ignorance.
It's great we have unicode. Stuff gets displayed correctly nowadays, even if I don't know an umlaut from a hole in the ground. Or a doubly crossed "t", or any of the rest of that stuff we decided we didn't need here in the colonies or Britain.
By the way, why do we need a special word to refer to birds' anus? Is it doing anything different from any other instance of "anus?"
This appears to be another instance of needless complexity and specialist jargon, along the lines of the medical profession's transition from gangrene, through necrotic to sphacerotic.
I was thinking more along the lines of Curtis LeMay, who guesstimated killing 20% of the population of Korea. I doubt the Nazis got anywhere near that number.
And, correct me if I'm mistaken, but isn't "coercive interrogation" otherwise known as "torture?" Did he believe his job was to train future generations of war criminals?
It's gratifying to see how quickly this guy was disowned, at least.
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You ornithologists are welcome to complexify and jargonize all you want. I think the rest of us would be quite satisfied using the generally understood anus. It's where what's left of what goes in comes out.
I'm not singling anyone out, btw. I'd love to see mathematicians give up on Greek, lawyers and physicians give up on Latin, & etc. I don't see what anyone gains by dragging dead languages around, other than to raise the bar to entry to a field by newcomers (competition).
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Illegible, sorry.
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Re: Re: Physical taking?
Explaining and advocating bitcoin usage gets you eleven years, yet they're not even weaponry. Firearms instructors maybe should be worried. Brave new world.
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Calling copyright infringement "stealing" is lying.
Such as Crowell's law degree? It doesn't appear he earned it from what I'm reading.
Is it right for a computer security researcher to be sent to jail for a year for being curious as to how a program (like Popcorn Time) works, even if he'd never even used it? Jail time for mere possession?
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... And Syrians. The Syrian regime is predominantly Shia, same as Iran. On the other hand, Turkey is in the Sunni camp along with the Saudis and (yes) Israel, and USA.
It's very confusing, I know, why Muslims appear to think nothing of killing other Muslims, but after 1400 years they're on a roll and can't seem to stop.
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You don't consider that an unnecessary imposition? You don't mind them sneakily avoiding your wanting to control your property?
On the other hand, there's other alternatives available which don't do that sort of thing, but it's up to you; your box.
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How's an officer screw in a light bulb?
"Sergeant!"
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Some of us have been listening to screeds like yours for over two decades and we're getting a little impatient that you still haven't bothered to clue in. It's getting pretty tiring from repetition. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. Maybe we can't save you, but I'll bet you can if you try.
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Re: Re: Re: You are all right and wrong.
Hi. :-) That's how I started out. Where do you think Linux geeks came from? Do you think we just spontaneously *poof* into existence?
If you can put a DVD in a DVD drive and reboot a computer, you can install Linux, and that's been true for quite a while now. The more times you do it, the better results you'll get. Stumble around the user interface and in the installed programs a bit and you'll see they're not all that different from those you already know. They just look a bit different.
The best part is, this stuff respects your wishes and isn't out to rob you because you're ignorant, or sell your PII to people you've never heard of. Updates and upgrades are free too so as long as your hardware keeps working, you may never need to install again.
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Re: Bypasses the HOSTS file eh?
It's for your own good and you should trust us. We're the biggest thing on the planet and you're just one lowly user. Besides, the NSA and MafiAA have our balls in a vise so we have no choice but to give them what they want, and what they want is all of you. Better you than us. Have a marvy day.
Oh, I see you've moved your mouse so we're going to reboot now. Bye for now. You should be able to get back to where you were in about an hour from now. Don't forget to have that marvy day.
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... but please try to come up with something new. These look like 1995 retreads, and we're tired of getting pummeled for the same old stuff all the time.
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The mayor's a sexist pig.
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I concede you're correct, but it's a bit of a lie, don't you think? In private business, managers aren't union members. Why should officers be considered mere staff members when it's convenient for them? In the military, we eschew the democratic, except when the officers need to hide within the ranks from snipers.
They have their officers clubs, but I don't have to believe they're grunts. They're management, and today's officers don't lead from the front.
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Re: He Shouldn't Have Lost His Job!
I'll defend his right to think and say any damned fool thing he wants. I deny his right that I pay him to do so. He can find a soapbox to climb onto and try to convince credulous others without my support.
The guy was advocating assassinating teachers and broadcasters who supplied them a microphone. Next step, drone strikes targetting madrassas in Pakistan for material support of terrorism. Those madrassas may be frustrating, but mass murder is much worse than frustration.
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Or, it just means that the USA has deprecated justice, and what it has is a legal system, not a justice system.
Happily, though, there are other countries out there who do still strive for justice and once the USA finally goes the way of other empires of old, their historians will remember what happened.
The Nazis believed they had a right to pull any damned fool thing they wanted too. The Allies invented laws after the war which led them to the gallows.
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Re: Some of us don't have option keys
Some of us get by with just cut+paste (see? :-). If I'm a unilingual Anglo-phone, why would I even want to know how to do what you did above? I'm sure I'd just muck it up through ignorance.
It's great we have unicode. Stuff gets displayed correctly nowadays, even if I don't know an umlaut from a hole in the ground. Or a doubly crossed "t", or any of the rest of that stuff we decided we didn't need here in the colonies or Britain.
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West Point trains officers. You know, managers? His graduates were to be inflicted on service members.
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This appears to be another instance of needless complexity and specialist jargon, along the lines of the medical profession's transition from gangrene, through necrotic to sphacerotic.
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It began by referring to Roman sewers ("A sewer; as, the Cloaca Maxima of Rome").
"That's one honkin' big cloaca ya got there Nero." I doubt that would have gone over well.
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I was thinking more along the lines of Curtis LeMay, who guesstimated killing 20% of the population of Korea. I doubt the Nazis got anywhere near that number.
And, correct me if I'm mistaken, but isn't "coercive interrogation" otherwise known as "torture?" Did he believe his job was to train future generations of war criminals?
It's gratifying to see how quickly this guy was disowned, at least.
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