I couldn't agree more. Along the same lines, it's words that are conveying an idea.... and it's that idea that is appropriate or not. Whether a person says penis, dick, scholong -- or grabs his crotch -- the idea is conveyed. That's why I think bleeping out profanity in TV shows is so lame. The concept of swearing has been conveyed. The fact that you didn't hear it is irrelevant.

I think that's how we ended up with the entire language, actually. I don't recall a Divine Dictionary in the Garden of Eden... or one assembled from DNA.

... the computer is good for a limited number of uses. These include calculations, entertainment, information retrieval, image manipulation, and word processing.

I've got to ask, did you go to the Michael Scott school of business?

Michael: There are four kinds of business: tourism, food service, railroads, and sales; and hospitals/manufacturing; and air travel.

Mount Kilimanjaro today, 20, 30 and 50 years ago. Where have the glaciers gone

The linked WP article you provided has a couple of theories, including the "shrinking of Kilimanjaro's ice cap is not directly due to rising temperature but rather to decreased precipitation." So, it's possible global cooling/warming/climate change is not related.

Somewhere between $20 and $0.02 is "free" for most people in developed countries.

Just like there will never be a $20 calculator, $20 digital watch, $20 hand-held laser, or $20 digital camera.

You should try the same searches in a blind experiment http://blindsearch.fejus.com/ and see which result set you prefer, to eliminate observer bias.

Books, also, were recalled and rewritten again and again, and were invariably reissued without any admission that any alteration had been made. ... [A]lways the reference was to slips, errors, misprints, or misquotations which it was necessary to put right in the interests of accuracy.

George Orwell. "Nineteen Eighty-Four." 1949.