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^^^^I believe it's actually 'amn't', if you want to be a bitch about it. That is somehow still active in my grammar, god knows why. Yeah, it's pretty standard in most modern generative syntax : it's basically just a historical accident and agreement being fiddly. I could give you a real answer but it would be long and boring and require lots of reading. Basically, it's just English being dumb. (Most languages are dumb.) I have no clue what prescriptivists think ; they're jerks. (Still waiting on what I can do about that cop trying to take my cane. No, seriously, I need it to not fall down, this isn't cool.)
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Sep 27, 2012 04:38
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Xiahou Dun posted:(Still waiting on what I can do about that cop trying to take my cane. No, seriously, I need it to not fall down, this isn't cool.) Maybe a dumb question but have you tried the legal thread? I imagine that the proper course of action depends heavily on where you are and what local laws say.
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Sep 27, 2012 04:45
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God I fucking love Diablo 3 gold, it even paid for this shitty title
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I believe it was originally "ain't", but then it got thrown out during an English language purification period.
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Sep 27, 2012 04:47
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ladron posted:I believe it was originally "ain't", but then it got thrown out during an English language purification period. It's actually from 'haven't' and then some complicated poo poo happened and it's now an out-right negator in the overt syntax. But 'ain't' has kind of always been reviled. The 'aren't I?' thing is more general. And any answer that doesn't require a couple years of study is a very well-dressed Because It Is. Sorry, I know that's bullshit, but it's loving complicated. And I'll take it to the legal thread. I was kind of hoping for more general stuff. O well.
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Sep 27, 2012 04:51
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N. Senada posted:How should I feel about Putin? I was under the impression he was not a too great a dude, but after overhearing a conversation about him I realized I don't really know anything. You should feel that he is essentially a dictator who does a lot of bad things, but mostly you should feel that he is an awesome dude because of his amazing PR machine: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/09/vladimir-putin-action-man/100147/
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Sep 27, 2012 06:34
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Thank you.
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Sep 27, 2012 07:59
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ladron posted:I believe it was originally "ain't", but then it got thrown out during an English language purification period. The Online Etymology Dictionary backs you up on this - it was a contraction of "am not," but fell out of favor when the contraction began being applied to "are not," "is not," and even "have not."
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Sep 27, 2012 10:16
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Baron Bifford posted:I have a Motorola Android phone that is very unstable. Every few days I run into a crash that requires me to reboot by removing the battery. Every day there is some sort of lesser freeze. I haven't encountered a system this unstable since Windows 95. Is it just my phone or is this common among Android phones? I get this poo poo too. I thought it was an app thing. Mine is only a year old, an LG optimus V. I asked the android thread a while ago and they told me to factory reset it. Didn't help. Now I just bitch a lot and reboot it every other day or three. 
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Sep 27, 2012 14:27
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Eggplant Wizard posted:I get this poo poo too. I thought it was an app thing. Mine is only a year old, an LG optimus V. I asked the android thread a while ago and they told me to factory reset it. Didn't help. Now I just bitch a lot and reboot it every other day or three. That other guy did post in the phone thread and I gave him what I hope is some helpful information. 
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Sep 27, 2012 14:47
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Eggplant Wizard posted:I get this poo poo too. I thought it was an app thing. Mine is only a year old, an LG optimus V. I asked the android thread a while ago and they told me to factory reset it. Didn't help. Now I just bitch a lot and reboot it every other day or three. As has been said, LG phones are objectively god awful. Their best (or rather, least worst) phone was the G2X and even that had issues with slowness, buggy software and hardware issues but most of that could be sorted via root. Really, do yourself a favour, ditch the LG and get something like the Huawei G300 which is actually a good phone at a similar price.
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Sep 27, 2012 15:10
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Baron Bifford posted:I have a Motorola Android phone that is very unstable. Every few days I run into a crash that requires me to reboot by removing the battery. Every day there is some sort of lesser freeze. I haven't encountered a system this unstable since Windows 95. Is it just my phone or is this common among Android phones? My LG Doubleplay was fine for about four months before it got hung up on a Web page and I had to remove the battery. Now it gets hung up on Web searches and sometimes on YouTube videos, but at least it now has the ability to reboot itself when it crashes. And last weekend I found that it has a safe mode (which disables downloaded apps). Still... :/
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Sep 27, 2012 19:01
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I've been reading some old issues of Phantom Stranger. It seems in the old days the Stranger was closer to a traditional hero and directly intervened in crises. At what point did he become forbidden from interfering directly and had to advise (or manipulate) other heroes?
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Sep 27, 2012 20:00
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I think when his series ended in the 70s (76?) and was re-launched in the 80s there was basically some tinkering done. Gaiman's take on him during the Books of Magic was pretty much where the re-invention starts I think.
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Sep 27, 2012 20:07
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I think the change started in the second series, and Saga of the Swamp Thing. In a lot of the stories, he doesn't have a dominant, take-charge attitude. He throws a lot of advice and the occasional spell, but he generally lets people do as they choose.
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Sep 27, 2012 22:32
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Could someone point me to ethical guidelines that cover print journalists? Specifically, I'm interested in the ethics of a journalist reporting on an event while at home, watching the event being broadcast on television instead of attending the event in person.
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Sep 28, 2012 03:23
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Will an antenna I bought for a 802.11g wireless card 4 years ago work with a newer 802.11n dongle? I mean, it'll physically plug in, but is the antenna sensitive to the appropriate frequencies?
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Sep 28, 2012 04:15
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Do Not Resuscitate posted:Could someone point me to ethical guidelines that cover print journalists? Do you have a specific question or situation in mind? If I were covering something secondhand like that I would have to be very conscious about attributing everything to the original source, same as reporting on a police statement, political speech, etc. as opposed to reporting it as fact without being able to independently verify.
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Sep 28, 2012 04:34
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BobTheCow posted:Do you have a specific question or situation in mind? If I were covering something secondhand like that I would have to be very conscious about attributing everything to the original source, same as reporting on a police statement, political speech, etc. as opposed to reporting it as fact without being able to independently verify. Sorry, I should have been more specific. In this particular case, the events covered (city council meetings) are free and open to the public, but the reporter is never in attendance -- I'm at all the meetings, know the reporter, and would easily recognize her if she was in the audience (sometimes there are only 2 or 3 of us in the gallery). Since the articles written contain statements made by participants during the meeting, it's obvious the reporter is watching the local cable station's television coverage (they are carried live and in their entirety), but the articles never indicate that the reporter was not actually present at the meetings. I'm just wondering what her obligatons are, if any, to either attend the meetings or disclose that she wasn't actually present at them. These are bi-weekly meetings and I haven't seen the reporter at a single one this year. AARP LARPer fucked around with this message at 05:09 on Sep 28, 2012 |
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Sep 28, 2012 05:01
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There is no obligation to disclose not being physically present. Most papers don't even consider it relevant at all.
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Sep 28, 2012 05:12
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You can't expect a reporter to be at the location of all the news they cover; in many cases that's impossible. In this case, it's not only possible, but she never does it, but unless that's impacting the accuracy (rather than quality) of her reporting, it doesn't seem to be an issue. The only time I could picture this being an issue is if the city in the dateline isn't accurate, since that's the location the reporter files from, rather than the location of the news being covered. Someone in Paris writing for a Paris paper about 9/11 need not have been in New York that day, and would use Paris in their dateline.
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Sep 28, 2012 05:35
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It's recently been a few Jewish holidays where I know it's not okay for them to come to work. Is it considered a paid holiday at most employers? Or is it a situation where the people who take it off have to take a vacation day or a sick day to celebrate/consider life. No Jewish folk at my place of employment so just curious.
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Sep 28, 2012 05:58
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Doctor rear end in a top hat posted:LG's Android phones are notoriously terrible (even compared to other Android phones) and on top of that the Optimus V is a budget device, so support from them might as well be non-existent. The owner of my company (a cheapass) has one and sometimes it thinks it can't get a signal and gets really hot and runs down the battery. I have an Optimus V and it's solid as a rock. I've had it for close to a year and a half now and it's still working great for me. v  v
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Sep 28, 2012 06:21
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OlyMike posted:It's recently been a few Jewish holidays where I know it's not okay for them to come to work. Is it considered a paid holiday at most employers? Or is it a situation where the people who take it off have to take a vacation day or a sick day to celebrate/consider life. No Jewish folk at my place of employment so just curious. The US congress resolves the problem by just taking all of the Jewish and Christian holidays off.
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Sep 28, 2012 06:22
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Raar_Im_A_Dinosaur posted:alright this is a long shot, and I've been trying to google it for an hour. reposting this in hopes that someone else sees it
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Sep 28, 2012 07:54
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Can anyone help me find some resources/advice on a sort of "intervention" on unhealthy eating and sedentary habits? Basically, two members of my family are really unhealthy in their diets and barely get any physical activity and are generally sedentary. I mean I'm not like on an atkins diet and appalled that they eat bread. They are very un-nutritional and in-active and I'm worried about their health. So. Is there a thread to take this to? Is there a good writeup online somewhere? Is there a National Council on Interventions for Healthier Eating Habits (NCIHEH) that I can turn to?
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Sep 28, 2012 19:03
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alnilam posted:Can anyone help me find some resources/advice on a sort of "intervention" on unhealthy eating and sedentary habits? Could you be more specific in your examples though? Most people are generally sedentary. Do they stay in bed all day and eat McDonald's for every meal? You mentioned it wasn't just you having crazy high standards, but it seems a very drastic plan.
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Sep 28, 2012 19:12
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Raar_Im_A_Dinosaur posted:reposting this in hopes that someone else sees it Does this local radio station have a website? If so, they may have an FAQ or possibly a contact us link. Follow that link, and ask them. It would be very helpful if you had a current radio commercial that they could reference. A little social engineering might get you his name "That guy has such a distinctive voice, I'd love to put a name to it." I would recommend keeping your irrational hatred out of any of the communications.
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Sep 28, 2012 19:15
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CzarChasm posted:Does this local radio station have a website? If so, they may have an FAQ or possibly a contact us link. Follow that link, and ask them. It would be very helpful if you had a current radio commercial that they could reference. A little social engineering might get you his name "That guy has such a distinctive voice, I'd love to put a name to it." Adding to this, most stations are part of a conglomerate -or have an umbrella company that owns it and other tv, radio stations, and print publications in the region. That company is probably the one that sells ads to people and that voice talent is someone that works for them. The station's web site should have a link on it somewhere to its actual owner.
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Sep 28, 2012 19:26
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alnilam posted:Can anyone help me find some resources/advice on a sort of "intervention" on unhealthy eating and sedentary habits? The general diet and exercise megathread in YLLS has a bunch of good information in it. That said, as worried as you may be, few people take the advice they don't want to hear - especially when it comes to diet and exercise.
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Sep 28, 2012 20:16
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Is it generally necessary to wash new clothes before wearing them?
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Sep 28, 2012 21:46
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Well, you don't know who else may have tried them on in the store before you got to them. Also, I find washing them generally softens them up and makes them more comfortable for the first wearing.
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Sep 28, 2012 21:56
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Raimundus posted:Is it generally necessary to wash new clothes before wearing them?
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Sep 28, 2012 21:57
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The thing is, I kind of like the way some clothes feel before they've been washed. This fleece jacket I just bought is softer than anything I own and fits just right. I don't know how to preserve that in the washing machine. But if it's a health issue, I guess I'll just wash them.
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Sep 28, 2012 21:58
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Raimundus posted:The thing is, I kind of like the way some clothes feel before they've been washed. This fleece jacket I just bought is softer than anything I own and fits just right. I don't know how to preserve that in the washing machine. You could always hand wash it instead of sending it through a machine.
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Sep 28, 2012 22:00
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Gravity Pike posted:Will an antenna I bought for a 802.11g wireless card 4 years ago work with a newer 802.11n dongle? I mean, it'll physically plug in, but is the antenna sensitive to the appropriate frequencies? It will work just fine. Basic Wifi antennas are just wires wrapped in plastic. 
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Sep 28, 2012 22:28
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It might not properly handle 5 ghz transmission for N though; and definitely not the N multi-in/multi-out mode.
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Sep 28, 2012 22:40
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CzarChasm posted:Does this local radio station have a website? If so, they may have an FAQ or possibly a contact us link. Follow that link, and ask them. It would be very helpful if you had a current radio commercial that they could reference. A little social engineering might get you his name "That guy has such a distinctive voice, I'd love to put a name to it." I've asked their promotions/marketing director, seeming only curious because he was in everything. So hopefully he gets back to me
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Sep 28, 2012 22:49
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Raimundus posted:The thing is, I kind of like the way some clothes feel before they've been washed. This fleece jacket I just bought is softer than anything I own and fits just right. I don't know how to preserve that in the washing machine. In my experience, it's the dryer that really wrecks the texture of fleece. Put it in the washing machine, but hang it up to dry. It'll stay soft for quite a while that way.
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Raimundus posted:The thing is, I kind of like the way some clothes feel before they've been washed. This fleece jacket I just bought is softer than anything I own and fits just right. I don't know how to preserve that in the washing machine. One word: bedbugs.
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