magecat’s Comments

• Jan 19th, 2022 @ 10:07am

  Re: Re: Re: I said this before…

  on Court To Cops Who Caught Pokemon Rather Than Robbery Suspects: That's A (Justified) Firin'

  Spanish-speaking populations have been actively discussing the problem among themselves, and the current consensus seems to be that gender-neutral adjectives should use an -e ending. So, the more correct alternative to "Latinx" would be "Latine".

• Jan 15th, 2014 @ 11:17pm

  Re: Re: 1873 wtf

  on DailyDirt: Categorizing Everything
  When it comes to a catalog search, all libraries to, in fact, use keywords. We call them subject headings. However, there still needs to be a method for arranging the physical materials on the shelves in a way that people can browse if they want to. That's were systems like Dewey come into play.
• Jan 15th, 2014 @ 11:14pm

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  on DailyDirt: Categorizing Everything
  If that's your impression, I'm wondering when was the last time you were in a public, rather than an academic, library. LCC is a more complex system normally used for very large collections, like university holdings. It's overkill for places like the one-room neighborhood branch I work at.
  
  Dewey is being updated regularly, including such things as the 30 or so years they spent trying to figure out where books about computers should go, and there's talk of changing the 200s (religion) so that 80% of the numbers do not solely belong to Christianity.
  
  That said, most librarians would much prefer if OCLC issued the DDC updates under a more open license (and charged less to access the information).
• Mar 23rd, 2012 @ 8:51pm

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  on We Don't Want Everything For Free. We Just Want Everything
  She is making a new movie. It's called Seder Masochism and does with Judaism something a bit similar to what she did with Hinduism in Sita. At least, that's how I understand it. She's been posting little bits of work-in-progress on her site for months now.
• May 6th, 2011 @ 10:09am

  Re: Stupid comments

  on Using The Prius' Regenerative Brakes To Power A Roller Coaster
  That may be true; the workings of hybrid technology aren't really common knowledge. Would you care to enlighten the discussion rather than insulting it?
• Apr 13th, 2011 @ 4:17pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: This site is just out of touch.

  on Revisiting The Question Of Who Deserves Copyright
  Money is a stand-in for finite goods for the purpose of exchange. Using something infinite to stand-in for finite goods defeats the purpose. Information's purpose in to enlighten or entertain. Copying aids this purpose. Your analogy doesn't work.
• Apr 13th, 2011 @ 3:36pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: This site is just out of touch.

  on Revisiting The Question Of Who Deserves Copyright
  Information is not finite. A person's money is. Here's a little song and dance explaining it and everything: http://questioncopyright.org/minute_memes/copying_is_not_theft
• Mar 28th, 2011 @ 9:18am

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  on Debunking The Claim That Bad Things Happen When Works Fall Into The Public Domain
  "In fact, Paul noted that the data indicated that there was little support for the under-use of the public domain works as almost all of them were in print, compared to around 75% of the copyright works."
  
  Sounds like a good thing for the public domain books to me.
• Mar 18th, 2011 @ 8:13pm

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  on 'My Works Are Like My Children'
  Birth can be used as a transitive verb. Dictionary.com says the usage is found mostly in the South Midland and Southern U.S.. It sounds a bit archaic to me, but I know I've heard it before.
• Mar 10th, 2011 @ 8:24am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Logo by Nina

  on Librarians And Readers Against DRM [Updated]
  Please do us all a favor and look up the American Library Association, particularly their stances an such things of intellectual freedom. Give yourself a bit of background on the typical views held by librarians and stop embarrassing yourself.
• Mar 10th, 2011 @ 8:12am

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  on Librarians And Readers Against DRM [Updated]
  And it's not like the ALA as a whole has a history of campaigning to keep information as free as possible. [/sarc]
• Mar 8th, 2011 @ 10:21am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: 'The Correct Answer Is: Shut Up'

  on Who Owns Employee Social Media Accounts? 'The Correct Answer Is: Shut Up'
  And you forgot to sign in to give yourself a little credibility.