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01
Dec
2008
Implicit Receivers

19 hours ago by James A. Robertson

Andres and Vassili debate the idea of implicit receivers. I'm not sold on the idea myself, but I'm not un-sold, either - I think I'd have to see a lot more example code before I came to anything resembling a conclusion. Update: Andres responds to Vassili's post. Technorati Tags: newspeak, implicit r ...

Smalltalk Tidbits, ... - cincomsmalltalk.com/blog/blogView · 27 references

Implicit Receivers

19 hours ago by James Robertson

Andres and Vassili debate the idea of implicit receivers. I'm not sold on the idea myself, but I'm not un-sold, either - I think I'd have to see a lot more example code before I came to anything resembling a conclusion. Update: Andres responds to Vassili's post. Technorati Tags: newspeak, implicit r ...

Smalltalk Tidbits, ... - cincomsmalltalk.com/blog/blogView · 24 references

[Smalltalk Tidbits, Industry Rants] Implicit Receivers

19 hours ago by James A. Robertson

Andres and Vassili debate the idea of implicit receivers. I'm not sold on the idea myself, but I'm not un-sold, either - I think I'd have to see a lot more example code before I came to anything resembling a conclusion. Update: Andres responds to Vassili's post. Technorati Tags: newspeak, implicit r ...

Cincom Smalltalk Blogs - cincomsmalltalk.com/master/blogView · 1 reference

08
Nov
2008
One more for the road...

24 days ago by Citizen Hussein Mira

see Sarah Palin pictures lol caption: irishfan2191

Mira Hartford - mirahartford.net · 4 references

03
Nov
2008
More about banning of Latin in everyday discourse, and British Soviet ...

28 days ago by David Davis

David Davis Here’s Gerald Warner today. I also flagged up this pretentiously socialist rubbish now going on, a couple of days ago. Gerald is especially good, and far better than me, about the importance and fundamemtalness of Latin (and by implication other languages from which we have extracted loa ...

The Libertarian Alliance: BLOG - libertarianalliance.wordpress.com · Rank: 40,417 · 53 references

02
Nov
2008
tantopere contemno hos omnes homines

29 days ago by The Cerebrate

(Hat tip: underdogs bite upwards) Councils ban 'elitist' and 'discriminatory' Latin phrases: They are phrases that are repeated ad nauseam and are taken as bona fide English, but councils have now overturned the status quo by banning staff from using Latin terms, which they claim are elitist and dis ...

Cerebrate's Contemplations - weblog.siliconcerebrate.com/cerebrate · 5 references

tantopere contemno hos omnes homines

29 days ago by The Cerebrate

(Hat tip: underdogs bite upwards) Councils ban 'elitist' and 'discriminatory' Latin phrases: They are phrases that are repeated ad nauseam and are taken as bona fide English, but councils have now overturned the status quo by banning staff from using Latin terms, which they claim are elitist and dis ...

Cerebrate's Contemplations - weblog.siliconcerebrate.com/cerebrate · 2 references

Newspeak Obamastyle

29 days ago by crazybengal

“Price Signals”….greaaaaat. via LGF

Because No One Asked - becausenooneasked.wordpress.com · Rank: 116,052 · 46 references

01
Nov
2008
Core Vocabulary

31 days ago by grant czerepak

In working with system frameworks and database systems I have often wondered about optimizing language in various domains which led to some serendipity. The Dark Side When most people talk about “core vocabulary” the first thing that pops into their heads is visions of George Orwell’s 1984 and Newsp ...

relationary - relationary.wordpress.com · 6 references

29
Oct
2008
Turkis on tragedia!

33 days ago by Plerttu Aivohippa

Koulujen massateurastusten ja perhemurhien myötä Suomen kieleen on syntynyt uusi eufenismi kammottavia otsikoita kaunistamaan. Maassamme ei enää tapahdu murhia vaan "tragedioita". Tänäänkin uutisoidaan kahdesta "vakavasta perhetragediasta". Kouluissamme tapahtuu vastaavasti koulutragedioita tai sitt ...

Puurolautanen - reality is ... - puuro.blogspot.com · 1 reference

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