[QUOTE=davar55;395128]recursion: see recursion.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=chalsall;395130]See also termination condition.[/QUOTE]

halting problem: halting problem: halting problem: halting problem: halting problem ; melborp gnitlah

:smile:

[QUOTE=davar55;395174]I didn't get this one...[/QUOTE]
It was a contrite recognition that being generous is not necessarily costly or that applying money-like restrictions to things that aren't subject to enumeration can be silly -- countability and accountability have qualitative differences.

[QUOTE=only_human;395178]It was a contrite recognition that being generous is not necessarily costly or that applying money-like restrictions to things that aren't subject to enumeration can be silly -- countability and accountability have qualitative differences.[/QUOTE]

OK, no need for contrition, acknowledgement is more than enough, I've been there here.

recursion: multiple imprecations.

[QUOTE=kladner;395212]recursion: multiple imprecations.[/QUOTE]
:rofl:

[QUOTE=only_human;395220]:rofl:[/QUOTE]

:laugh: in the other thread :laugh:

Balancing (Chemistry, equations): The act of writing 0 before every compound in a chemical formula.

[QUOTE=legendarymudkip;395248]Balancing (Chemistry, equations): The act of writing 0 before every compound in a chemical formula.[/QUOTE]

Clever chemical reduction !

dead IP walking
 

Obvious: an adjective used in lieu of the phrase "with a computer."
[QUOTE=kladner;393657]I had to look those up, though I have been aware of Patent Trolls for some time. I can see how copyrights on software could be a fertile field for such gangsters. The sheer complexity of comparing details in the guts of an OS, and the time and effort required to argue such issues, could induce a giant like Microsoft to settle with a yapping nuisance, rather than take the trouble to step on it.

Those are some pretty ugly characters, and good examples of the type of scam. Didn't some entity try to claim that it was owed fees from any site using a Shopping Cart?

Ah, yes.
[url]http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/01/how-newegg-crushed-the-shopping-cart-patent-and-saved-online-retail/[/url]
[url]http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2414778,00.asp[/url][/QUOTE]
[URL="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/02/shopping-cart-patent-beaten-by-newegg-comes-back-to-court-loses-again/"]“Shopping cart” patent beaten by Newegg comes back to court, loses again[/URL]
[QUOTE]"I hope Soverain continues their appeal, using the most expensive possible appellate counsel, and pushes their meritless litigation activities against other defendants," said Newegg's top lawyer, Lee Cheng. "After this decision, if they haven't already crossed the line into sanctionable behavior, they will if they keep pursuing people based on the stupid shopping cart patents."[/QUOTE]

Brownian Motion (noun, legal): a random proposal in a deliberative or legislative body.

Some patent applications are more spurious than other patent applications.

It shoud be up to the Patent Office to distinguish which is which.

Valid patents should be protected in respect of the property rights of the inventor
or his / her business.

In view of the nature of software, patents may need a legislative updating as to
their scope and extent, due to the speed of our field. But SOME viable patent
protection is necessary for industries.

[QUOTE=davar55;395844]Some patent applications are more spurious than other patent applications.

It shoud be up to the Patent Office to distinguish which is which.

Valid patents should be protected in respect of the property rights of the inventor
or his / her business.

In view of the nature of software, patents may need a legislative updating as to
their scope and extent, due to the speed of our field. But SOME viable patent
protection is necessary for industries.[/QUOTE]Once again you use the word "necessary" where I firmly believe you mean "highly desirable".

You have yet to convince me of necessity. I accept that patent protection can be desirable, for inventors and for society at large. Nonetheless, trade secrets are also a viable protection mechanism and are widely used. For a long time they were essentially the only protection mechanism available. Patents (as indicated by the very name --- Latin for "open") were invented so that inventions would eventually benefit society as a whole rather than only one or a few manufacturers, the quid pro quo being a short-term monopoly on production. Really, this is all very basic stuff in intellectual protection law and I can't see why you continue to insist on necessity, an absolute, rather than desirability which is a continuum.

advisory: the writer of The Devil's Dictionary mysteriously disappeared
 

[QUOTE]He was the tenth of thirteen children whose father gave all of them names beginning with the letter "A". In order of birth, the Bierce siblings were Abigail, Amelia, Ann, Addison, Aurelius, Augustus, Almeda, Andrew, Albert, and Ambrose. He left home at age fifteen to become a "printer's devil" at a small Ohio newspaper.
...
One of Bierce's most famous works is the much-quoted The Devil's Dictionary, originally an occasional newspaper item, first published in book form in 1906 as The Cynic's Word Book. It consists of satirical definitions of English words which lampoon cant and political double-talk.
...
All investigations into his fate have proven fruitless, and Nickell concedes that despite a lack of hard evidence that Bierce had gone to Mexico, there is also none that he had not. Therefore, despite an abundance of theories (including death by suicide), his end remains shrouded in mystery.
...
Bierce's disappearance has also been a popular topic. Carlos Fuentes's novel The Old Gringo is a fictionalized account of Bierce's disappearance which was later adapted into the film Old Gringo (1989), starring Gregory Peck in the title role. Bierce's disappearance and trip to Mexico provide the background for the vampire horror film From Dusk till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (2000), in which Bierce's character plays a central role. Bierce's fate is the subject of Gerald Kersh's "The Oxoxoco Bottle" (aka “The Secret of the Bottle”), which appeared in The Saturday Evening Post on December 7, 1957, and was reprinted in the anthology Men Without Bones. Bierce reappears in the future on Mount Shasta in Robert Heinlein's novella, "Lost Legacy".

The short film "Ah! Silenciosa" (1999), starring Jim Beaver as Bierce, weaves elements of "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" into a speculation on Bierce's disappearance.
The short story "The Difficulty of Crossing a Field," written by Bierce, is one of the first types of fiction that dealt with unexplainable, Twilight Zone-like themes. In this story, a man is seen crossing a field and then disappears from existence. Such a story could be thought of as a foreboding prophecy of his own unexplained disappearance.
...
American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena Charles Fort wrote about the unexplained disappearances of Ambrose Bierce and Ambrose Small, and asked "Was somebody collecting Ambroses?"[/QUOTE]
Until we know more, writers in this thread should avoid Faustian Bargaining, progeny named with the letter 'A' and any travel without first placing your affairs in order.

Ah. I liked his 'Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge', ...but I didn't know that he spawned this abominable thread! :max:

[QUOTE=only_human;395873]...progeny named with the letter 'A' ...[/QUOTE]
Margaret Henan [URL="http://www.jacklondons.net/writings/StrengthStrong/samuel.html"]could beat that[/URL].

[QUOTE=xilman;395852]Once again you use the word "necessary" where I firmly believe you mean "highly desirable".

You have yet to convince me of necessity. I accept that patent protection can be desirable, for inventors and for society at large. Nonetheless, trade secrets are also a viable protection mechanism and are widely used. For a long time they were essentially the only protection mechanism available. Patents (as indicated by the very name --- Latin for "open") were invented so that inventions would eventually benefit society as a whole rather than only one or a few manufacturers, the quid pro quo being a short-term monopoly on production. Really, this is all very basic stuff in intellectual protection law and I can't see why you continue to insist on necessity, an absolute, rather than desirability which is a continuum.[/QUOTE]

Desirable to you means necessary to some hence necessary in principle to all.
Patents, however guaranteed, give security to those who need it. This makes
their availability necessary. I don't see what you have against patents. Those
who don't want or choose to obtain one can do without if they choose.

[QUOTE=davar55;395878]Desirable to you means necessary to some hence necessary in principle to all.
Patents, however guaranteed, give security to those who need it. This makes
their availability necessary. I don't see what you have against patents. Those
who don't want or choose to obtain one can do without if they choose.[/QUOTE]I have nothing against patents.

I have an aversion to sloppy use of terminology.

[QUOTE=Batalov;395876]Ah. I liked his 'Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge', ...but I didn't know that he spawned this abominable thread! :max:


Margaret Henan [URL="http://www.jacklondons.net/writings/StrengthStrong/samuel.html"]could beat that[/URL].[/QUOTE]
Indeed she could. Thanks for the link; I hadn't read that story.

Airbag: used for cushioning in the snack aisle. May contain potatoes or other trace contaminants.

Possum (n) - singular form of posse.

In all due respect: antonym of "with respect"

[QUOTE=ewmayer;396116]Possum (n) - singular form of posse.[/QUOTE]

ARGH!

Find x:
The never-ending search by Waldo and Speed Racer for Racer x.

[QUOTE=only_human;393196][I][B]Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to provide new entries to bring this compelling compendium into the 21st century e.g.:[/B][/I]
...
Trickle Down Theory
(phrasal compound) Resources are sent up; waste trickles down.[/QUOTE]

Trickle Down Theory (alt.)
(epistemology) Ideas get created; ideas get shared; money goes first to originators; products later to others;

(couldn't seem to make it funny)

Trickle Down Theory (alt 2): This refers to the quality of products and the like when money begins to come involved. It is unproved, but there are no known counter examples.

Martini: (plural noun) two martinus

filmflam (n) : A nonsensical, insincere or fraudulent movie-production venture. E.g., [i]Despite his overall success, Errol Flynn's career was marred by his involvement in several embarrassing filmflams.[/i]

Oxymulligan (n. politics): After protracted infighting and brinkmanship, congress prepares to restart the same conflict but expects different results.

hydromoron: (not to be confused with oxymoron or hydromorphone), N. One who moves to an arid region and is then shocked to find that lawn watering is forbidden.

[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/114th_United_States_Congress"]Mangy Cat Manor[/URL]: Unscripted, unscrupulous, unscientific, unscheduleable, unReality programming currently showing the 114th Congress.

Are oxymorons passive aggressive?

[QUOTE=only_human;396816]Are oxymorons passive aggressive?[/QUOTE]

oxymororn: one incapable of breathing and chewing gum at the same time

Nick's knack's nicking knackered nags.

[QUOTE=only_human;397414]Nick's knack's nicking knackered nags.[/QUOTE]
Thanks for the warning, I'll check my underwear drawer.

[QUOTE=Brian-E;397431]Thanks for the warning, I'll check my underwear drawer.[/QUOTE]
That would be a strange place to store a broken down horse.
[QUOTE]nag
verb
annoy or irritate (a person) with persistent fault-finding or continuous urging.

noun
a person who nags someone.

noun
a horse, especially one that is old or in poor health.[/QUOTE]

As for knickers, I've now decided that the sentence can be improved with a participle of the verb [I]nicker[/I] and still avoid underwear:
[QUOTE]nick·er/ˈnikər/
verb
(of a horse) give a soft, low, breathy whinny.[/QUOTE]

So now:
[B]Nick's knack's nicking nickering knackered nags.[/B]


As for knackered, it was in keeping with this British list and no American who replied to this question had any trouble:

[URL="http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/26935/how-many-of-the-top-10-favorite-british-words-are-understood-by-americans"]How many of the “Top 10 favorite British words” are understood by Americans?[/URL]
[QUOTE]Merriam-Webster Dictionary online shows “Top 10 Favorite British Words”. I’m interested in knowing how many of the listed words are understood or accepted by Americans as English, whichever British English or English slang.

The words listed as the top 10 Favorite English are:

[I]prat[/I] meaning “a stupid person”,

[I]twee[/I] meaning “affectedly or excessively dainty, delicate, cute, or quaint”,

[I]knackered[/I] meaning “exhausted”,

[I]jiggery-pokery[/I] meaning “dishonest activity, or nonsense”,

[I]plonk[/I] meaning “cheap wine”,

[I]chunter[/I] meaning “mutter”,

[I]whinge[/I] meaning “whine”,

[I]gormless[/I] meaning “stupid”,

[I]boffin[/I] meaning “scientific expert”,

[I]pukka[/I] meaning “genuine, first class”.[/QUOTE]

Thanks, good to know he hasn't been pilfering my undergarments.

I knew what "knackered" meant. I thought that was a reference to the holes.

But who, or what, is his "knack"? <jealous> <insecure>

[QUOTE=Brian-E;397443]Thanks, good to know he hasn't been pilfering my undergarments.

I knew what "knackered" meant. I thought that was a reference to the holes.

But who, or what, is his "knack"? <jealous> <insecure>[/QUOTE]
For knack, I had this definition in mind:
[QUOTE]knack - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com

[url]www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/knack‎[/url]

If you have a knack for doing something, you do it well. You may have a knack for baking cakes or a knack for cracking jokes. These things come easy to you.[/QUOTE]

This entire sentence came about because yesterday I was playing Farmville 2: Country Escape and selling things to "Nick's knick-knacks"
[QUOTE]knick·knack/ˈniknak/
noun
a small worthless object, especially a household ornament.[/QUOTE]

Ah, right, I see how "knack" comes in now. So it really is Nick himself who has the habit of illicitly acquiring invalid equines.

By the way, his knick-knacks are not for sale.:rolleyes:

[QUOTE=Brian-E;397448]Ah, right, I see how "knack" comes in now. So it really is Nick himself who has the habit of illicitly acquiring invalid equines.

By the way, his knick-knacks are not for sale.:rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
Perhaps not a habit so much as a potential untapped skill.

I like the way the first vowels in the words now go: I, a, I, I, a, a
But your phrasing of [I]illicitly acquiring invalid equines[/I] also seems to have possibilities.

[QUOTE=Brian-E;397448]Ah, right, I see how "knack" comes in now. So it really is Nick himself who has the habit of illicitly acquiring invalid equines.

By the way, his knick-knacks are not for sale.:rolleyes:[/QUOTE]

How about his [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tchotchke"]tchotchkes[/URL]? :sirrobin::grin:

[QUOTE=kladner;397461]How about his [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tchotchke"]tchotchkes[/URL]? :sirrobin::grin:[/QUOTE]
Oh, they're only junk.:smile:

[QUOTE=Brian-E;397472]Oh, they're only junk.:smile:[/QUOTE]

Hmmm...

Petty cash:
Money acquired for or by making evil or illicit demands while stroking a cat.

[CENTER]By the way, your laser headed sharks infringe on my laser pointer cat exerciser IP.[/CENTER]

Forceps (n): Two biceps, or a tricep and a unicep.

[QUOTE=ewmayer;397636]Forceps (n): Two biceps, or a tricep and a unicep.[/QUOTE]

Paradox (n.):
When a second medical opinion is asserted that is orthogonal to the first medical opinion.

"Gift":
inadvertent pilfering incentive for German toxic chemical supplies.

[URL="http://i.word.com/idictionary/innumerate"]Innumerate[/URL]:
[URL="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-31865479"]Indian bridegroom dumped over failed maths test[/URL]
[QUOTE]The bride asked the groom to add 15 and six. When he replied 17, she called off the marriage.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=only_human;397645][URL="http://i.word.com/idictionary/innumerate"]Innumerate[/URL]:
[URL="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-31865479"]Indian bridegroom dumped over failed maths test[/URL][/QUOTE]

She probably figured he wouldn't be too good at multiplication either.

:smile:

[QUOTE=only_human;397639]Paradox (n.):
When a second medical opinion is asserted that is orthogonal to the first medical opinion.[/QUOTE]

Ah, that reminds me of a longtime favorite infliction of mine:

Paramedics (n,pl): The standard 2-person crew of an ambulance or EMT vehicle.

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And another long-ago-invention (IIRC the date correctly, May 1985 - 30th pun-niversary coming up! The usage example predates the neologism by roughly 15 seconds):

Perverseverance (n):
Steadfastness in doing something trite or rather silly, despite difficulty or delay in achieving success : [i]My girlfriend displayed perverseverance in her 10-minute-long effort to tie a knot in a cherry stem using only her tongue and teeth[/i].

[QUOTE=ewmayer;397656]And another long-ago-invention (IIRC the date correctly, May 1985 - 30th pun-niversary coming up! The usage example predates the neologism by roughly 15 seconds):

Perverseverance (n):
Steadfastness in doing something trite or rather silly, despite difficulty or delay in achieving success : [i]My girlfriend displayed perverseverance in her 10-minute-long effort to tie a knot in a cherry stem using only her tongue and teeth[/i].[/QUOTE]
Perverse-severance:
Your girlfriend losing that ability 10 minutes after marriage.

Eclipse: celestial phenomenon in which the sun is totally obscured by a cloud the exact size and shape of the sky.

(With thanks to Fivemack who re-tweeted the above text.)

Expository writing:
Intended to explain or describe something and presented in a lucid exposition.

Suppository writing:
Intended to suppose or describe something and presented as a chauvinistic supposition.

Piano Quartet: Musical group consisting of 4 pianos.

Satellite: Sugar-free chair
Dinosaur: View through a restaurant window
Melancholy: Fruit chasing sheepdog

Granola Bär:
Huge, hirsute and irascible, this Californian couch-crouching idealistic individual flake occasionally eschews potato picnic provender to partake of honey drenched nuts and grains that, depending on circumstance, may be sprouted, malted or fermented. No two flakes are identical.

[QUOTE=only_human;398315]Expository writing:
Intended to explain or describe something and presented in a lucid exposition.

Suppository writing:
Intended to suppose or describe something and presented as a chauvinistic supposition.[/QUOTE]

Impository writing: A missive requesting a favor of the recipient.

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[b][i]éminence gros[/i][/b] (also [b][i]éminence gross[/i][/b])
noun ( pl. [b][i]éminences grosses[/i][/b])
A corpulent person who exercises power or influence in a certain sphere without holding an official position.

(See also: [i][b]éminence grise[/i][/b] .)

[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty-seven_Ronin"]47 Ronin[/URL]
[QUOTE]The story tells of a group of samurai who were left leaderless (becoming ronin) after their daimyo (feudal lord) Asano Naganori was compelled to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) for assaulting a court official named Kira Yoshinaka, whose title was Kōzuke no suke. The ronin avenged their master's honor by killing Kira, after waiting and planning for a year. In turn, the ronin were themselves obliged to commit seppuku for committing the crime of murder. This true story was popularized in Japanese culture as emblematic of the loyalty, sacrifice, persistence, and honor that people should preserve in their daily lives.[/QUOTE]

[URL="https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/file-charges-against-47-us-senators-violation-logan-act-attempting-undermine-nuclear-agreement"]47 Senators[/URL]
(Petition on whitehouse.gov)
[QUOTE]WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO:
File charges against the 47 U.S. Senators in violation of The Logan Act in attempting to undermine a nuclear agreement.
On March 9th, 2015, forty-seven United States Senators committed a treasonous offense when they decided to violate the Logan Act, a 1799 law which forbids unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments. Violation of the Logan Act is a felony, punishable under federal law with imprisonment of up to three years.

At a time when the United States government is attempting to reach a potential nuclear agreement with the Iranian government, 47 Senators saw fit to instead issue a condescending letter to the Iranian government stating that any agreement brokered by our President would not be upheld once the president leaves office.

This is a clear violation of federal law. In attempting to undermine our own nation, these 47 senators have committed treason.

Published Date: Mar 09, 2015

SIGNATURES NEEDED BY APRIL 08, 2015 TO REACH GOAL OF 100,000: 0
TOTAL SIGNATURES ON THIS PETITION: 318,687[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=only_human;398754][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty-seven_Ronin"]47 Ronin[/URL]
[URL="https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/file-charges-against-47-us-senators-violation-logan-act-attempting-undermine-nuclear-agreement"]47 Senators[/URL]
(Petition on whitehouse.gov)[/QUOTE]

I count three bad ideas here.

@ only_human on [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%ABshingura"]Chushingura.[/URL]
I have long treasured this story (word play accidental). I have the play in book form and have seen [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chushingura:_Hana_no_Maki,_Yuki_no_Maki"]one of the movies[/URL] based on it. The Wiki article does not mention it, but I have read elsewhere, possibly in the book itself, that the Kabuki version was banned for some time as it was seen as encouraging disrespect for the actions of the authorities.

I see the message as being "Doing what one believes is right, regardless of consequences." This is uncomfortably close to the justifications for their actions used by extremists of all stripes. I believe that in the context of the culture, the ronin were under obligations of morality and honor to avenge their lord. In the play, and the movie above, the "Protocol Official" persistently and egregiously insulted the lord, leading to his attempt on the official's life.

In the film, I have always found it amusing that, during the assault of the ronin on the official's residence, a neighbor demands to know what is going on. The leader of the ronin replies that they have come for his neighbor's head. At this the next-door guy says, approximately, "Well it's about time. If his men attempt to escape over here, we will throw them back."

[QUOTE=kladner;398789]@ only_human on [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%ABshingura"]Chushingura.[/URL]
I have long treasured this story (word play accidental). I have the play in book form and have seen [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chushingura:_Hana_no_Maki,_Yuki_no_Maki"]one of the movies[/URL] based on it. The Wiki article does not mention it, but I have read elsewhere, possibly in the book itself, that the Kabuki version was banned for some time as it was seen as encouraging disrespect for the actions of the authorities.

I see the message as being "Doing what one believes is right, regardless of consequences." This is uncomfortably close to the justifications for their actions used by extremists of all stripes. I believe that in the context of the culture, the ronin were under obligations of morality and honor to avenge their lord. In the play, and the movie above, the "Protocol Official" persistently and egregiously insulted the lord, leading to his attempt on the official's life.

In the film, I have always found it amusing that, during the assault of the ronin on the official's residence, a neighbor demands to know what is going on. The leader of the ronin replies that they have come for his neighbor's head. At this the next-door guy says, approximately, "Well it's about time. If his men attempt to escape over here, we will throw them back."[/QUOTE]
Thanks for the summary. I even more want to ingest it. Good post.

I watched the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Samurai"]Seven Samurai[/URL] at the [URL="https://m.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=178909495470803&story_fbid=454892831233453"]Kokusai Theatre[/URL]. It was quite an experience as several theater patrons were openly sobbing at the point where the samurai learn that the villagers that they will be defending had been killing samurai in the past. Much of Hollywood has learned and been enriched by looking at the work of Kurosawa.

Samaroid dioramas:
Reframed scientific learning exhibits by wealthy, misguided influence peddlers. Cf. le faux cinéma vérité.

[URL="http://thenaturalhistorymuseum.org/should-oil-barons-like-david-koch-be-funding-our-museums/"]Should Oil Barons Like David Koch Be Funding Our Museums?[/URL]
[QUOTE]In an April 2010 video, climatologist Joseph Romm walks through the Smithsonian’s David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins and ‘learns’ that human evolution was at its best during times of extreme climate shifts. He suggests that the entire exhibit was a front for denying the potential dangers of climate change—and for boosting the perception that global warming is not only harmless, but maybe even beneficial to humanity.

“The exhibit puts the credibility of the entire Museum of Natural History and science staff on the line,” Romm wrote in an accompanying article. “Either the exhibit should be completely reworked or they should give Koch’s money back so as not to taint this exhibit. Or both.”

It’s interesting that the exhibit doesn’t try to explicitly deny global warming so much as reframe it as a natural aspect of evolution that might have positive effects on the environment—a version of history with which almost any climate scientist in the world would vehemently disagree.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE]a version of history with which almost any climate scientist in the world would vehemently disagree.[/QUOTE]

Who cares what climate scientists think about evolution? If we are going to do dueling experts, let's at least get relevant experts.

[QUOTE=wblipp;399827]Who cares what climate scientists think about evolution? If we are going to do dueling experts, let's at least get relevant experts.[/QUOTE]
Can't get corresponding relevant experts when much of the the time one party denies the existence of entire fields of study:
[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Broun#2014_U.S._Senate_election"]Ex[/URL]-High ranking House Science Committee Congressman [URL="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/06/paul-broun-evolution-big-bang_n_1944808.html"]Paul Broun: Evolution, Big Bang 'Lies Straight From The Pit Of Hell'[/URL]

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Broun[/url]
[QUOTE]Broun won re-election on November 6, 2012, receiving 209,917 votes across the district. Charles Darwin received about 4000 write-in ballots in Athens-Clarke County as protest votes against Broun's views on evolution, while Broun received 16,980 votes in that county.[/QUOTE]

Semipotentiary: (n., adj.)

As a noun it describes someone with powers that gamut abnegation, slavish mob mentality, egregious gluttony and obsessive self interest. When feeling particularly congenial between bouts of dyspepsia is known to utter an opinion on a magnum opus, treaty or other massive undertaking thusly: "Meh."

[QUOTE=only_human;399862]Semipotentiary: (n., adj.)

As a noun it describes someone with powers that gamut abnegation, slavish mob mentality, egregious gluttony and obsessive self interest. When feeling particularly congenial between bouts of dyspepsia is known to utter an opinion on a magnum opus, treaty or other massive undertaking thusly: "Meh."[/QUOTE]

Ahem...

Ghoti:
A creature that does NOT need a bicycle but may choose to like one or many.

[QUOTE=only_human;399897]Ghoti:
A creature that does need a bicycle but may choose to like one or many.[/QUOTE]

Is it, then, a bi-ghoti? Sounds fishy to me. :rolleyes:

[QUOTE=kladner;399902]Is it, then, a bi-ghoti? Sounds fishy to me. :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
Until this very moment I truly thought that I had written "does NOT need."
I hate that I make mistakes like that. I had meant to make a mild but also amusing statement that supported and accepted feminism. I'm gonna use my superduper skilz to tamper with the past because written the way it currently stands sounds fishy to me too and I don't want to leave something that might have a derogatory interpretation.

[QUOTE=only_human;399904]Until this very moment I truly thought that I had written "does NOT need."
I hate that I make mistakes like that. I had meant to make a mild but also amusing statement that supported and accepted feminism. I'm gonna use my superduper skilz to tamper with the past because written the way it currently stands sounds fishy to me too and I don't want to leave something that might have a derogatory interpretation.[/QUOTE]

So you CAN change the past! Maybe I can redo one of those other thread meta-wishes...

[QUOTE=davar55;399912]So you CAN change the past! Maybe I can redo one of those other thread meta-wishes...[/QUOTE]
I have used this power, to the best of my knowledge, three times. Imprimis, to remove a comment in my own message about a difficulty splitting a thread after I split that thread; secundus, to leave a link present but unclickable after it generated a security warning on my system; tertius, to change in a open and obvious way my own message to avert an unintended and unclear but possibly derogatory interpretation.

So I have used this power within frailties to uphold my duties and limited the intervention to merely accomplishing that task.
[url]http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0770828/quotes?qt=qt1956263[/url]
[QUOTE]Jor-El: The people of [STRIKE]Earth[/STRIKE]Soap Box are different from us, it's true, but ultimately I believe that is a good thing. They won't necessarily make the same mistakes we did, but if you guide them, Kal, if you give them hope, that's what this symbol means. The symbol of the House of El means hope. Embodied within that hope is the fundamental belief the potential of every person to be a force for good. That's what you can bring them.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=only_human;399916]I have used this power, to the best of my knowledge, three times. Imprimis, to remove a comment in my own message about a difficulty splitting a thread after I split that thread; secundus, to leave a link present but unclickable after it generated a security warning on my system; tertius, to change in a open and obvious way my own message to avert an unintended and unclear but possibly derogatory interpretation.
So I have used this power within frailties to uphold my duties and limited the intervention to merely accomplishing that task.
[URL]http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0770828/quotes?qt=qt1956263[/URL][/QUOTE]

So what you're saying is you want only that this power be used for good.
Never for bad or wasted.
It's potentiality is great and must be directed only positively.

You know I agree.

Necropost time
noun, Dead Horse Racing.
1. the time at which dead entries in a forum are revived by a restarting post.
:deadhorse: :bangheadonwall:

Horse: What one gets shouting about reincarnation.

Ad astra: 99% per aspera and 1% ignition.

Horse: why I avoid hors d'oeuvres.

Horsin' around: surrounded by horses.

Horse nebulizer: for treatment of sore throats. Cf. Horse Nebula

Necropostpartum depression: (noun)

An empty feeling that sets in when a hypothetical person hypothetically reads about a child shooting another child but then, even while full of sound and fury, notices that the relevant thread has been resting in peace for quite some time and indeed this hypothetical person was hypothetically the last person to post in that thread and furthermore even this outrageous incident in the news provides nothing substantially new for the thread.

Must have been me, so if so, mea culpa. But I expect
I was responding to a post, not the whole thread.

[QUOTE=davar55;400084]Must have been me, so if so, mea culpa. But I expect
I was responding to a post, not the whole thread.[/QUOTE]No, in this case it was me.
This was the incident:
[URL="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/04/12/cleveland-child-shot-dies/25676403/"]Cleveland baby dies after being shot by another child[/URL]
[QUOTE]
CLEVELAND — A 1-year-old boy has died after being shot in the face inside a home here, police said Sunday.

Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams said a 3-year-old boy is believed to have picked up the unattended gun and it went off, hitting the 1-year-old in the head.[/QUOTE]
This is the thread that I decided not to bump:
[URL="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/04/12/cleveland-child-shot-dies/25676403/"]The Right to Arm Bears[/URL]
On inspection, it shows that the last post was by me but one and a half months ago.

The intent in being very specific but emphasizing the hypothetical was to transparently affect the false position that I wasn't talking about myself. It was supposed to similar to someone seeking relationship advice ostensibly for a friend.

altar ego: Property exhibited by altar boys who take excessive pride in their service.

While on the subject of catholic mass ... back in Jr HS each year's preseason football practices were ushered in by the coach giving a loud harangue about discipline and 'you will respect mah authori-tah!' with lots of swearing and an occasional theatrically thrown chair. We considered our job as the thus-harangued to maintain straight faces as long as possible, in order to not humiliate dear coach Rudi, whose real problem was that he was a tad on the shrimpy side (i.e. smaller than most of his charges) and a bit of a high voice. Said hortatory session came to be institutionalized as the yearly "shit talk". Now replace he coach with a priest, thus yielding the concept of

scatechism: Shit talk about the tenets of the Christian/catholic dogma.

Pious (cryptonumerilogical):
A number with a positive multiplicity of pi.

Pie = pi times e

eReader:
1) enthusiasts who look at digits of e.
2) devices to facilitate such activity

Carrot:
1) a socio-economic effect on multiple car households.
2) up-front costs of wedding promises

Parrot:
1) the widening difference between face value and market value of a stock or security.
2) the effect of multiple Mulligans on a game of golf.

[QUOTE=only_human;401506]Carrot:
1) a socio-economic effect on multiple car households.
2) up-front costs of wedding promises
Parrot:
1) the widening difference between face value and market value of a stock or security.
2) the effect of multiple Mulligans on a game of golf.[/QUOTE]

Garrot: A device used to save the life of an immitator.

[QUOTE]scatechism: Shit talk about the tenets of the Christian/catholic dogma. [/QUOTE]

:bow::grin::missingteeth::goodposting:

baffluence (n): Wealth - especially of the sudden-onset variety - of uncertain or dubious provenance

provenance: sequence of historical records which demonstrate some truth that may otherwise be taken for granted,
such as the meaning of the googlable word "provenance."

o ineffable (adj): Incapable of being effed up; foolproof. "This scheme is so simple and fault-tolerant, it's literally ineffable, even for an idiot like you."

o in fragrante derelicto (adv): Loss of the sense of smell.

o errcraft (n): The art of writing bugs into computer programs. (Cf. [i]antierrcraft fire[/i], dismissal from a software-writing job for having written too much buggy code. The 'anti' seems opposite to what is intended, but comes from the common usage of the phrase, which is from the employer's perspective.)

[QUOTE]ineffable (adj): Incapable of being effed up; foolproof. "This scheme is so simple and fault-tolerant, it's literally ineffable, even for an idiot like you."

in fragrante derelicto (adv): Loss of the sense of smell.[/QUOTE]
:tu::davar55::davar55::davar55:[SIZE=4][B]!!![/B][/SIZE]

WHO are you calling fault-tolerant? Take that back!

receipt: you gave the usher the wrong ticket stub

[QUOTE=davar55;402914]provenance: sequence of historical records which demonstrate some truth that may otherwise be taken for granted,
such as the meaning of the googlable word "provenance."[/QUOTE]

Googlelabia: Now [I]that[/I] is a harem.

We didn't invent this one, but we wish we had. Feel free to give it a definition.

Rectalpedia

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;403022]We didn't invent this one, but we wish we had. Feel free to give it a definition.

Rectalpedia[/QUOTE]
The Huffington Post has [URL="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/dickipedia/"]related news[/URL].

[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-hair_theorem"]Rectalopecia[/URL]:
[QUOTE]There is still no rigorous mathematical proof of the no-hair theorem, and mathematicians refer to it as the no-hair conjecture.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;403022]We didn't invent this one, but we wish we had. Feel free to give it a definition.[/QUOTE]

Rectalpedia (n): Third volume in a famous set of reference works, the first and second of which are the Andopedia and the Ifipedia, respectively,

Is that the free 'mystery gift' you got for your purchase of the bionic robo-butt you mentioned in the Lounge "Hmmm" thread?

We found a decent definition here: [url]http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Rectalpedia+Britannica[/url]

We don't like the "Britannica" part, though. We like to think that the rectalpedia is a slightly less accurate version of the wikipedia.

(We sure like how Encyclopædia" is spelled with that fancy glyph.)

Champagne: Bud Light Lime

[URL="http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/john-oliver-gets-his-wish-after-blatter-resigns/"]John Oliver gets his wish after Blatter resigns[/URL]
[QUOTE]“I’ll do anything,” Oliver said Sunday night. “I’ll wear your ugly shoes, Adidas. McDonald’s, I will take a bite out of every item on your Dollar Menu, which tastes like normal food that was cursed by vindictive wizards.

“I will even make the ultimate sacrifice,” said Oliver. “Budweiser, if you pull your support and help get rid of Blatter, I will put my mouth where my mouth is and I will personally drink one of your disgusting items. I will even drink a Bud Light Lime, despite the fact that all the lime in the world couldn’t disguise the fact that this tastes like a puddle beneath a Long John Silver’s dumpster. But I will do it and say it was delicious. If you get rid of the man who ruined the sport I love, this stuff will taste like (expletive) champagne.”[/QUOTE]

Trope: an often overused form of literary bondage.

[QUOTE=only_human;404150]Trope: an often overused form of literary bondage.[/QUOTE]
Trump: an often overexposed form of political/reality-show bondage and also a fatty roast.

Stop, drop and troll: -- what to do when your threads are on fire.

[QUOTE=only_human;404194]...
Stop, drop and tr*ll: -- what to do when your threads are on fire.[/QUOTE]

fire - the terminal action taken by a presidential candidate on tv

squeam: similar to screaming but with more squirming. cf. squeamish.

hm... squeam... that is just the scream of the most south-east asian people

[QUOTE=LaurV;404318]hm... squeam... that is just the scream of the most south-east asian people[/QUOTE]
Maybe it has something to do with all the snakes.

The Law of Cosines: if you help someone else get a loan, you will be stuck with the bill.

Hehe, this reminds me the [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Ohm%27s_law"]Ohm's Law[/URL]" in Romanian, but it is non translatable. It may help with the translation if you know that the name of the guy means approximately "man", or "human" in some languages (from the same antique root like "homo" in "homo sapiens", for example). So, the Ohm's law in approximate translation, sounds like "be Ohm with me, and I will be Ohm with you, otherwise I may show you some potential or current" (well, it sounds stupid in English).