CBS news in Atlanta, GA, asks the vital question: is the government trying to control the weather with contrails? [link]
Book: Afraid I might be needing a preacher. Mal: That's good. You lie there and be ironical.
'Safe'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Calli - Feb 16, 2011 4:41:35 am PST #23163 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Daisy Jane - Feb 16, 2011 5:17:10 am PST #23164 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
So glad CJ made it home!
Within moral philosophy, they're still used entirely interchangeably. And, of course, in derivation they're simply the Latin and the Greek for exactly the same thing.
Actually my college course treated them differently, so that can't strictly be true. You have your own moral code, but your profession will hold you to an ethical standard. There was a whole section on what to do when they were in conflict.
Please lord let my boss's boss not be in my 10am. He makes them last forever.
lisah - Feb 16, 2011 5:26:13 am PST #23165 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
okay, seriously, we've been asked to come up with a new name for the system we are redesigning but not use any vowels.
tommyrot - Feb 16, 2011 5:26:54 am PST #23166 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Szlck!
Ptwrg!
sarameg - Feb 16, 2011 5:28:23 am PST #23167 of 30001
Did I ever tell you guys what initials are of two parallel projects for redesigning our systems? FOO and BAR. I'm not kidding. And yes, deliberately.
I'm guessing too many vowels for you, lisah...
Daisy Jane - Feb 16, 2011 5:28:44 am PST #23168 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Szczyrk! It's a real place name.
lisah - Feb 16, 2011 5:29:43 am PST #23169 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
hahahah was what I suggested...but it has vowels.
Daisy Jane - Feb 16, 2011 5:30:21 am PST #23170 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
What about syzygy? Are y's cheating?
tommyrot - Feb 16, 2011 5:30:51 am PST #23171 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Hwcnyhvnmwthtvwls
(Howcanyouhaveanamewithoutvowels)
lisah - Feb 16, 2011 5:32:36 am PST #23172 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
(Howcanyouhaveanamewithoutvowels)
Oh, Tommy, it's the government. There are no words, only acronyms.
DJ, I will have to find out about Ys.