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Ah, but your anti-FSM idea is just a theory and you can't prove it. In fact, the FSM idea is also a theory and I demand that it be taught in science lessons.Originally posted by Max Habibi:
The assertions of his followers are ludicrous, and based on unreasoned premise. Moreover, I find some of his teaching to be morally offensive.
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Originally posted by Dave Lenton:
Students should be taught that gravity isn't proven and that all possible other ideas are equally valid.
While we're at it, I'm pretty sure gravity is just a theory so perhaps spaghetti based alternative theories should also be taught in science lessons. Students should be taught that gravity isn't proven and that all possible other ideas are equally valid. Especially the ones that are related to spaghetti, because... er... well the FSM says so.
Originally posted by Jim Yingst:
Max is an antipastist.
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Getting someone to think and try something out is much more useful than just telling them the answer.
That makes sense. Have you ever noticed how spaghetti sticks to supposedly non-stick dishes, walls, ceilings, ... (is it OK to talk about throwing spaghetti around in this conversation? )Originally posted by Dave Lenton:
While we're at it, I'm pretty sure gravity is just a theory so perhaps spaghetti based alternative theories should also be taught in science lessons.[/qb]
Originally posted by Max Habibi:
You mean, like His Invisible Noodly Appendages are holding us down?
Originally posted by Ernest Friedman-Hill:
INNODEL!
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Heretic!Originally posted by Max Habibi:
You wanna try me, noodle-lover?
It's no more silly then the idea that everything in the universe "magically" attracts everything else for unexplained reasons. In fact I think it is a liberal left wing sandal wearing communist tree-hugging gravitationalist conspiracy to try and hide the truth.You mean, like His Invisible Noodly Appendages are holding us down?
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Originally posted by Ashok Mash:
I think this thread should be locked down and all participants spanked for discussing religion here, and for offending the almighty himself! May the sauce stain all your shirts!!
Originally posted by Ashok Mash:
May the sauce stain all your shirts!!
Originally posted by Mapraputa Is:
Max: The assertions of his followers are ludicrous, and based on unreasoned premise.
That's a fallacy number 3 "Proof by Opinion as Fact" on The Official JavaRanch Fallacies" list!
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Originally posted by marc weber:
Besides, using Merriam-Webster as a foundation seems a bit dubious.
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Originally posted by Jim Yingst:
[Max]: Jim, you'll need to explain why using MW seems dubious( to you)
No, because
1. Perhaps you meant that to sound like a request?
No, I meant for it to sound like a logical imperative.
2. It's not as if you've addressed any of the problems cited in your own last post
Can you be more specific? Maybe just showing where you think the problems are?
3. I'm not Marc.
So you say: but I've grown suspicious of you two for a while now: I notice that you're never in the same room at the same time....
[b][Max]: and you'll need to review your understanding of the syntax of your second option above.
I've done so. Still makes perfect sense to me.
And that would be sufficient, if we were talking about my interpretation of your opinion: but we're actually talking about the text of MW definition, and how it should be parsed. The issue under contention right now is not the correctness of the defination, but the parsing of it. Once we get the parsing down, then we can discuss it's correctness.
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Originally posted by Mapraputa Is:
...P.S. In your "then we can discuss it's correctness" "it's correctness" should be " its correctness", of course. ...
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Commas and periods are always placed inside the closing quote marks even if the quoted material is contained within the sentence...
You've read the poem "Ash Wednesday," haven't you?
Semicolons and colons are always placed outside the the quotation marks.
Look up the title under "Animated Cartoons"; copy the cartoon features listed there.
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Question marks and exclamation points are placed inside the final quotation mark if they are part of the quoted material. Otherwise they are placed outside the quotation marks. Only one end mark is used at the end of a sentence containing quoted material.
Have you read the report "Single-Parent Families"? (The entire sentence is the question; the end mark comes after the final quotation mark.)
He sent Josh the article "Why Can't Ivan Compute?" (The title is a question and the end mark comes before the final quotation marks.)
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e.g. - abbr. for example.
--ORIGIN from Latin exempli gratia 'for the sake of an example.'
i.e. - abbr. that is to say (used to add explanatory information or to state something in different words): a walking boot that is synthetic, i.e., not leather or suede.
--ORIGIN from Latin id est 'that is.'
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When compound adjectives are used before the noun, they are hyphenated. When they follow the noun, no hyphen is used. If one of the modifiers is an adverb ending in -ly, do not use a hyphen in the compound adjective.
a decision-making process ... a process for decision making
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Originally posted by Max Habibi:
I Dunno, usingMerriam-WebsterOxford as a foundation seems a bit dubious.
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Originally posted by Jim Yingst:
The idea that a trailing comma should be included within quotations even when not actually part of the quoted text... is perhaps the stupidest grammar rule that I have ever heard of...
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