my mind begins to hum...
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driven western cultures,
where shall the determinates be set?
between the bed and the chair,
or your fancy whim to-gether
of welcome places away from welcome places to stay?
automation would need little from strapped bio
semi-mobile?
or plans... schemata
someone's gotta see industry, lest were never there
economy's got blind spots... probably works best that way
where shall the determinates be set?
between the bed and the chair,
or your fancy whim to-gether
of welcome places away from welcome places to stay?
automation would need little from strapped bio
semi-mobile?
or plans... schemata
someone's gotta see industry, lest were never there
economy's got blind spots... probably works best that way
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as it is, the word the, when applied to all words, in the scope of _______, is misleading...A definite article (English the) is used before singular and plural nouns that refer to a particular member of a group.
The cat is on the black mat.
as though from all the language, there is a definitive selection ascribable
how many mouths speaking in how many directions in an instant could be of the 'the'The word the is the only definite article of the English language. The is the most common word in the English language.
The article the is used in English as the very first part of a noun phrase. For example:
The end of time begins now.
Here "the end of time" is a noun phrase. The use of the signals that the reference is to a specific and unique instance of the concept (such as person, object, or idea) expressed in the noun phrase. Here, the implication is that there is one end of time, and that it has arrived.
that specific words were used inevitably implies that the rest of the words exist.
words... nothing more, nothing less
Chinese alchemists found that lead could be rendered harmless by soaking it in blood and firing it.
When this process was repeated several times it provided a protective coat that lead could not pass.
The only notable use of this measure was by martial artists so they could use the heavy metal as weights for training.
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?one word have any more scope in human affairs than:
[quote]dis·po·si·tion
–noun 1. the predominant or prevailing tendency of one's spirits; natural mental and emotional outlook or mood; characteristic attitude: a girl with a pleasant disposition.
2. state of mind regarding something; inclination: a disposition to gamble.
3. physical inclination or tendency: the disposition of ice to melt when heated.
4. arrangement or placing, as of troops or buildings.
5. final settlement of a matter.
6. bestowal, as by gift or sale.
7. power to dispose of a thing; control: funds at one's disposition.
8. regulation; management; dispensation: the disposition of God.
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[Origin: 1325–75; ME disposicioun (< AF) < L dispositiÅ
[quote]dis·po·si·tion
–noun 1. the predominant or prevailing tendency of one's spirits; natural mental and emotional outlook or mood; characteristic attitude: a girl with a pleasant disposition.
2. state of mind regarding something; inclination: a disposition to gamble.
3. physical inclination or tendency: the disposition of ice to melt when heated.
4. arrangement or placing, as of troops or buildings.
5. final settlement of a matter.
6. bestowal, as by gift or sale.
7. power to dispose of a thing; control: funds at one's disposition.
8. regulation; management; dispensation: the disposition of God.
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[Origin: 1325–75; ME disposicioun (< AF) < L dispositiÅ
instantiate vacuous truth
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technically, a ticket gifting competition would be 'bout the why's and wherefores of ticket gifting...72hr Ticket Gifting Competition (1 only) - Ends 7/31 8PM pcf
Hey, you're competing for one $200.00 ticket; competition open until 7/31, 8pm, pacific. I'm happy to priority mail it. Once you win I'll email you the ticket # and email address I used in buying it so you can register the change with BM org, as well as verifying the transfer with them myself. Admins, if you wanna get in on this, I can verify the above with you before the contest ends.
i've got one, 295 face value... will ship and convey confirmation # etc...
all you got to do is disprove linearity of time. definitively.
and i'll send you a nice shiny ticket...
this one:
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[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/C_solarcorona2003.gif/180px-C_solarcorona2003.gif[/img] wrote:Time has been a major subject of religion, philosophy, and science,
but defining time in a non-controversial manner applicable to all fields of study
has consistently eluded the greatest scholars.
Artifacts from the Palaeolithic suggest that the moon was used to calculate time
as early as 12,000, and possibly even 30,000 BP.
The Sumerian civilization of approximately 2000 BC introduced the sexagesimal system based on the number 60.
60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour – and possibly a calendar with 360 (60x6) days in a year
(with a few more days added on).
Twelve also features prominently, with roughly 12 hours of day and 12 of night, and 12 months in a year (with 12 being 1/5 of 60).
The reforms of Julius Caesar in 45 BC put the Roman world on a solar calendar.
This Julian calendar was faulty in that its intercalation still allowed the astronomical solstices and equinoxes to advance against it by about 11 minutes per year.
Pope Gregory XIII introduced a correction in 1582;
the Gregorian calendar was only slowly adopted by different nations over a period of centuries,
but is today the one in most common use around the world.
fundamental nonlinearity of the sun?
wouldn't do to take collections of helium atoms and expect argon...
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