Animals Fit to Eat
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The Right Number of Legs "Legginess" and Palatability in the Creatures We Love to Eat I once had the pleasure of conversing with a charming woman who had a delightfully unique way of characterizing her preferences when it came to eating meat. Only meat from animals with four legs was acceptable to her, no ...
Created on 02/16/2008 at 01:47 AM
Beggars Can Be Choosers
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Eating the Fat of the Land (Nonfiction) Two Tales of the Homeless A Slice of Plain Pizza I was about to cross a street in the vicinity of some of the small shops and restaurants that typically litter college campuses when I was approached by a woman, from the looks of her, homeless. Having gained my attention, she ...
Created on 02/15/2008 at 11:39 PM
Between You and "I", Hypercorrection Makes Me Cringe
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Part of an Ongoing Grammar Nazi Sentence (15 Feb 2008) Grammar Lessons Learned? To many, the grammaticality of the following sentence should, on the surface, seem obvious from the constant admonitions of their most wise English teachers: 1a) Aunt Helga brought my sister and I many souvenirs from her last trip. That should please ...
Created on 02/15/2008 at 06:22 PM
Where Have You "Went", Past Participle?
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Part of an Ongoing Grammar Nazi Series (15 Feb 2008) Do You Smell That? Consider the following sentence, from the perspective of "grammatical correctness". 1a) I should have went to Wal-Mart. Does anything smell off? (Please try to subdue any misgivings you might have about Walmart in particular or "big-box& ...
Created on 02/15/2008 at 12:53 PM
"Lie"/"Lay" (cf. "Rise"/"Raise","Sit"/"Set"): Usage Errors in Morphologically Related Intransitive/Transitive Causative Verb Pairs
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Part of an Ongoing Grammar Nazi Series (14 Feb 2008) Something Amiss? Consider the following sentence, from the standpoint of "grammatical correctness": 1a) I was laying around the house all day.* Does all seem well? (Disregard the relative merits and demerits of idleness and perhaps the implied indolence in the ...
Created on 02/14/2008 at 09:59 PM
Laptop Input Device Preferences
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Touchpad, Pointing Stick, or Mouse? (12 Feb 2008) First Step: Admit the Problem A number of different pointing devices are in use with laptops. The touchpad seems to be the most commonly available device on current models. The pointing stick is somewhat less common but seems to have estab ...
Created on 02/12/2008 at 07:29 AM
Simultaneous Video Output on Dual Displays Under Windows
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(11 Feb 2008) Video on Two Displays Not Always So Simple Recently at work, I needed to set up a system for a presentation that would output video simultaneously to two displays, a touchscreen and a projector. I encountered some interesting wrinkles along the way, an account of which might b ...
Created on 02/11/2008 at 03:55 AM
Newegg, "Rush Processing", and FedEx Overnight Fail to Deliver Instant Gratification
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Need It Now? Brick and Mortar a Safer Bet Than E-Tail (28 Jan 2008) When Time Is Money: A Cautionary Tale Recently, I took a gamble and lost. Hopefully, the following account of my experience will prove useful to others, if perhaps only in providing some small amusement at the extent of my stupidity. I discovered late on a Thursday ...
Created on 01/29/2008 at 03:10 AM
Verizon Actiontec MI424WR Firmware Version 4.0.16.1.56.0.10.7 Breaks Static DHCP
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(24 Jan 2008) Automatically Updated Firmware Breaks Static DHCP I've been using static DHCP from an Actiontec MI424WR wireless broadband router, provided "free" with my Verizon FiOS Internet service, to assign IP addresses on my home network. Early this morning, a member of my f ...
Created on 01/24/2008 at 11:24 AM
Kensington Wall/Auto/Air Ultra Portable Notebook Power Adapter (K33197US)
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One Brick to Charge Them All? Rationale It sounded great in theory: one brick to charge them all, and on long trips juice them. The mobility of notebooks, cell phones, digital cameras, MP3 players, PDAs, and other portable devices can be liberating, but while these mode ...
Created on 12/15/2007 at 11:32 PM