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Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general truth that Language Weirds.
Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is in the wrong. There is no other time.
The church says Earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence in a shadow than the church.
If we can't find Heaven, there are always bluejays.
Or maybe three, because number one is I love it and wouldn't be without it. That said ... it's perilously easy to buy books for it. That One-Click can add up. And second, once you have bought them, they aren't a stack on the coffee table, which means that the virtual stack can tower very high, and you'll probably never actually get around to reading them all.
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I used to teach Russian and Ukrainian, and some basic English, to civil servants. Now I teach Russian at a local continued-learning institute. I dabble in Gaelic and Welsh. I'm am amateur photographer and I love birding (in a small way). I'm a Progressive, and a Freethinker, and I know Evolution is a fact - that's FCD, Friend of Charles Darwin (look down the sidebar). I read a lot, and follow women's college basketball. Also I love astronomy, though I'm a rank amateur at it. Most of all, I like living in the reality-based community...
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At 3:29 PM, August 21, 2013
Barry Leiba had this to say...
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At 3:57 PM, August 21, 2013
The Ridger, FCD had this to say...
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->What I don't like are
1. when you're finished with the book you bought, you can't give it to your friend, and
2. the people who sold (not lent) you the book can take it away from you any time they like.
In other words, you no longer own the thing you bought. I think that's a very bad precedent.
(1) Sometimes you can
(2) Depends on who you buy it from (Tor, for instance, is all DRM-free).
But in general, yes; those are things I'm not crazy about. Not enough not to use it, though.
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