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This, gentlemen, poses a potential problem. Think it through: we all know that The Giver practically never replies to a post with a single post of his own, but responds with at least two and a half posts (on average). Now, if I have my sums correct, 5 * 2.5 = twelve and a half. So, as soon as...

Re: Definition vs. reality That can't possibly be true. The word "liberal" means (among other things) "tending to protect the personal freedom of the individual". (Refer dictionary definition above.) It is logically impossible for a 'liberal movement' to do as you claim.You just said this...

Here, allow me to demonstrate with a small fictitious conversation. Jones: "Do you know Cliptin, Smith?" Smith: "Sure. He's the one with the purple hair." Jones: "Purple hair? I don't see anyone with purple hair here." Smith: "There! The one over in the corner talking to the Bartender."...

Why laughable? That is what the word means, and even my friend Tannin - a card-carrying Microsoft basher - is unable to fault them in this regard. It is more or less exactly the same definition that you will find in any of the world's great dictionaries: the Oxford, Websters, the Macquarie, you...

Bartender, I'm sure you don't need me to tell you that Tea is a horrible liar. Bananas are bent in their natural state. Still worse, she does violence to the language - for it is not a "tree" at all that produces bananas: it's a palm. Cliptin: be very, very careful dealing with Tea. She can be...

Ahh, now I see Tannin making connections. He could almost have left Billy Cobham in his list. But then, that would not have been quite honest. In general, drummers are a waste of space.* A non-instrument that contributes little to the sound and could just as easily be left out. This modern...

Should that not have been Haydon Symphony #101, Buck?

Eric Clapton: 461 Ocean Boulevard.

Quite so Onomatopoeic. The Angels had nothing to do with the American band of the same name. This is why they became "Angel City" in the USA, a market they had very little success in. The Skyhooks were anything but obscure! They remain today the most famous and significant Australian band of...

You are right, Tannin. There is no doubt: it's a different recording, and an inferior one at that. It sounds to me like a band that is drugged out or shagged out or just pissed off and bored: they are trying to do different things, trying to recapture a feel, but it just doesn't hang together...

Now there you raise a gramattical dilemma, Bartender. Not the animacy of my humble self - for that is obvious and in this particular you are entirely correct - but in the appropriate pronoun for a single individual of indeterminate gender. The traditional view is that one should use the...

Gentlemen, gentlemen. Now who would you rather believe? Prof. Wizard? Or me?

I have come across a few of them while out doing my rounds, James. I think I've only seen them with Win95 or 98, and found them to be a little fussy about the way you install the drivers, but mostly OK. I'm surprised to discover that those same chips appear in the Hercules sound cards, as I'd...

Music and grammar are very similar, I think. (That is, of course, in my off-duty moments. While on duty I am naturally required not to think, but merely enforce the rules of correct English in as mindless and rigid a manner as possible.) Do music and grammar not share a very similar underlying...

Read that as: "... identifying grammatical mistakes, who lacks understanding of ..." :)

Keef often used to be regarded as "the best rhythm guitarist in the world". So far as rock and roll goes, I'd find that claim pretty difficult to argue with. But if you are looking for the sort of lead guitar that makes your heart alternately sing and cry, then Mick Taylor was indeed the man...

"Instant On" - a concept developed by Microsoft Corporation in the late 20th Century after it became obvious that it would be a more realistic goal than developing an OS that could run reliably for more than 24 hours without a restart in the first place.

By all means. "ôï ôåñðíüí ìåôÜ ôïõ ùöåëßìïõ" is the Greek for "Command lines suck. What century were you born in anyway?"

Cheep: the sound a canary makes. Cheap (a): low cost. Cheap (b): This shot.

I must protest at the degradation of the term "sock puppet" - once a precise and fitting description of the particular individuals that it was coined to describe, but now, apparently, becoming a term of general use to describe any common or garden alias. I am not a sock puppet.

Ahh, I prefer not to say. Ask ... er ... I better not say who.

Is it true that one should always be careful not to leave one's passwords lying around, just in case the unexpected happens?

Allo, allo, allo? What's all this then? The high and mighty Tannin misplacing an apostrophe, eh? You know what we do to people who misplace apostrophes, don't you? Go straight to your room, young Tannin, and don't come out until I say so.

Well, well, well, Soup Nazi. Up to your old tricks, I see. Still, you're improving. Your yor is better than your your. I'll let you off with a warning. This time.