Comment Re:If Lawyers and Judges don't like it its crimina (Score 2, Funny) 361
. . . They have erected a multitude of laws and offenses. . .
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. . . They have erected a multitude of laws and offenses. . .
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Who do you call about this sort of thing?
Ghostbusters!
Oh, yes, I remember that part of our national anthem.
I suppose you've never heard the 4th stanza to the anthem.
http://www.thenationalanthemproject.org/lyrics.html
O thus be it ever when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation!
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the Heaven-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must when our cause it is just
And this be our motto: "In God is our Trust."
And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
So, Scott Adams thought 'Klingon' was spelled with a 'C'...
FTFA:
Since the word Klingon starts with the letter "K," Scott was asked to explain why a "C" was used. His response was that the "K" didn't look as good on the playing field.
It's not entirely the same, but I really cut my teeth on programming on a TI-83+ graphing calculator. It had a variant of BASIC, fairly simple graphics capabilities, and it was fairly easy to pick up.
Incidentally,I think that environment was my first exposure to the ideas of open source software, too. Programs could be shared easily, by linking calculators, and being interpreted, all programs came with source. I certainly learned a bit by reading programs from other students, or downloaded from the internet.
Also, I get a lot of the same feeling of experimentation, reproducibility, and real capability out of messing with microcontrollers, like the Arduino. I think there's really something to be said for working and playing on a relatively limited system. Limitation breeds creativity, perhaps?
I have no clue what a rearden-fill beanbag chair is; mainly what rearden might be.
'rearden', I suspect, would be a reference to a character in the 1957 novel 'Atlas Shrugged'
The novel is known for it's viewpoint on capitalism, and unregulated markets, as the ideal. I expect the reference works into that.
Personally, it's one of the few books I've started reading but didn't finish. The side characters/'bad guys' at the beginning of the book were just way too fake. If I'm going to read a novel that thick, and give its philosophy and arguments real weight, I don't want to wade through strawmen to do it.
At the start of a recent ecumenical gathering, a secretary rushed in shouting, "The building is on fire!!!"
The Methodists gathered in a corner and prayed.
The Baptists cried, "Where is the water?"
The Quakers quietly praised God for the blessings that fire brings.
The Lutherans posted a notice on the door declaring the fire was evil.
The Roman Catholics passed the plate round to cover the damage.
The Jews posted symbols on the doors hoping the fire would pass.
The Congregationalists shouted, "Every man for himself!"
The Fundamentalists proclaimed, "It's the vengeance of God!"
The Episcopalians formed a procession and marched out.
The Christian Scientists concluded that there was no fire.
The Presbyterians appointed a chair person, who was to appoint a committee
to look into the matter and submit a written report.
The Unity Students proclaimed the fire had no power over them.
The Secretary grabbed the fire extinguisher and put the fire out.
The Mormons arrived ten minutes late to the meeting, missing the fire completely!!!
... For what it's worth (probably not much) you can be alcohol in gas stations and grocery stores even in Utah.
dang. I can't even do that in Vegas.
Who the hell besides a few zealots gives a flying fuck about copyright infringement for private use?
The RIAA, for one.
off the top of my head, fair use related things:
It doesn't matter the only end-users who care about fair use are zealots, because the big companies DO care.
In English one can just add "not" in front in an expression to negate it.
I disagree with you. Therefore I write:
Not in English one can just add "not" in front in an expression to negate it.
We accept using "not" as a prefix because of roots in basic first-order-logic, and because it makes the syntax cleaner.
Not using "not" as a prefix is an accurate approximation of typical English.
[in fact, that's ambiguous. Consider that phrase as written vs. "using 'not" as a prefix is not an accurate
You know you've landed gear-up when it takes full power to taxi.