Willow ,'Storyteller'
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.
10 Geeky Laws That Should Exist, But Don’t
1. Munroe’s Law: A person in a geeky argument who can quote xkcd to support his position automatically wins the argument. This law supersedes Godwin, so that even if the quote is about Hitler, the quoter still wins.
My spelling and grammar will PREDOMINATE YOUR FACE.
and gotten $60 taken off my Comcast bill.
Oooh, how?
Please stop that. You're disturbing me.
Now that I think of it, I say "predominantly" but I write "predominately."
Predominately, anyway.
Consistency is a hobgoblin.
Fowler's says predominately is older (1594 v. 1681) but was rarely used until the 19th century. Now, however, predominantly is overwhelmingly the commoner and is what they recommend.
10 Geeky Laws That Should Exist, But Don’t
Oh, they're all splendid. And, of course, now that someone has enumerated and defined them, they DO exist! And I shall start using them forthwith.
I want this one on a t-shirt right now:
Starbucks’ and Peet’s Law: C8H10N4O2, better known as caffeine, is the most wonderful chemical compound known to humankind. If the field of chemistry had never identified or produced a single other useful compound, caffeine alone would be justification enough for its existence.
I am hearing this as a triumphant song, like "they got the mustard out".
Heh. It was like that.
javachik, they had charged me (twice, apparently!) for the installation they weren't supposed to charge me for at all. I should have asked for more.
We do have some challenges to the Tolkien/Rowlings law in the movie thread.
PREDOMINATE! But only in ASSCAPS and if you say it in a Dalek voice. Otherwise I think the evidence is that 9 out of 10 people will look at predominately and go "wha-huh?"
Now I'm picturing Daleks invading us just so they can correct our grammar.
"'ALOT' IS NOT A WORD! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!"