The kitchen stuff was a little milder this time. You missed the episode where they had to search through everyone's food for part of a chef's finger.
Xander: I do have Spaghetti-os. Set 'em on top of the dryer and you're a fluff cycle away from lukewarm goodness. Riley: I, uh, had dryer-food for lunch.
'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 39 and Holding
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sj - Oct 03, 2005 9:24:45 pm PDT #3085 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
dcp - Oct 03, 2005 10:57:24 pm PDT #3086 of 10002
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
how is it determined when during the year Ramadan will fall?
Wikipedia on the Islamic calendar: [link]
and on Ramadan: [link]
There are regional variations:
During one memorable year during the AH 1380s (the 1970s AD), different Muslim countries ended the fast of Ramadan on each of four successive days.
Volans - Oct 04, 2005 12:06:34 am PDT #3087 of 10002
move out and draw fire
There's always going to be an issue out there.
Yes, but I think that's good. Part of the whole "democracy" thing, and how Americans own their government, (or believe they do) rather than sitting back and letting the government tell them how it is.
Of course, it's generally that "There's always going to be an issue out there," which is what some political scientists use to say that America is a uni-party nation. Americans in general want the same things, but they always tend to focus on one big issue and split into camps about it. Right now it's abortion, with a side of gay rights. If the abortion thing became a non-issue, gay rights would probably move to the forefront, with, I dunno, global warming or the Iraq War as the side dish.
Happy New Year!
Theodosia - Oct 04, 2005 2:21:14 am PDT #3088 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
What I've heard instead of master/slave is parent/child, which expresses the relationship in a non-sexist, less charged manner.
Jaguar cub, as well as performing goat with cute monkey rider, are very cool pictures indeed.
Volans - Oct 04, 2005 3:43:58 am PDT #3089 of 10002
move out and draw fire
Is the issue with "master/slave" because of the sexual meaning or because of the black slavery meaning?
Master/Apprentice? Boss/Peon? Bert/Ernie? Frodo/Sam (or Sam/Frodo)? Buffy/Spike?
Theodosia - Oct 04, 2005 3:51:14 am PDT #3090 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
King/Pawn?
§ ita § - Oct 04, 2005 3:55:50 am PDT #3091 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But the master drive doesn't control the slave drive. The controller controls them both -- the master drive is the one that, on the primary controller, is the bootable drive. And the one that the OS assigns the first letter/whatever designation.
The terms master/slave are wrong. If you're going to bother changing it (which I still think is overreaction -- the words master and slave are not barbs, just descriptors -- if they'd been called master and nigra, or something, I'd get it), there's no point maintaining the false relationship.
Primary and secondary is about it.
Tom Scola - Oct 04, 2005 3:57:11 am PDT #3092 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Sensei/Student
Volans - Oct 04, 2005 4:06:45 am PDT #3093 of 10002
move out and draw fire
Pirate/Ninja
§ ita § - Oct 04, 2005 4:11:36 am PDT #3094 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Astronaut/Caveman.