Monthly Archives: April 2003

a marriage of words

Posted on Friday, 2003 April 11 by Anton

Do be-all and end-all always go together? Can something be a be-all but not an end-all, or vice versa?

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did you know that the words frustration and fraud are related?

Posted on Friday, 2003 April 11 by Anton

I can’t get Java working under Mozilla. (sigh) I wonder how I did it once before.

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I’m so demanding

Posted on Friday, 2003 April 11 by Anton

From 1990 to 2001 most of my working day was spent in WordPerfect 5.1. Now every office manager says “We have to use Messy-Word because it’s the staaaandurd.” Is it too much to ask that the standard of 2003 offer … Continue reading →

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what you gonna do with those shoes?

Posted on Thursday, 2003 April 10 by Anton

BBC: Decoding Iraq’s symbols of celebration (thanks to Lee Gold for the link)

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humanity sneezes with me

Posted on Thursday, 2003 April 10 by Anton

So it looks like the Chinese pneumonia may be the newest mutant of the common cold. Maybe a vaccine for the latter will emerge from efforts against the former.

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corpus inhabebile?

Posted on Monday, 2003 April 07 by Anton

What’s a Latin term for someone to whom habeas corpus does not apply? Anyway, MoorishGirl reports that an Intel engineer, naturalized 14 years ago, is among the ‘disappeared’. Update: Aug 6: Mike pled guilty today to one count of his … Continue reading →

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seek converts

Posted on Sunday, 2003 April 06 by Anton

Thanks to Dr Frank for citing this piece – “If you want peace, preach to the unconverted” – which more or less expresses my feelings about the street peaceniks. November update: The column itself is no longer available for free, … Continue reading →

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