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| bio | website | mootinator.com |
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| location | Saskatoon, Canada | |
| age | 32 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 7 months |
| seen | Apr 22 at 16:08 | |
| stats | profile views | 4 |
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Dec 29 |
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One word for “stealing something on its way to the recipient” +1 for hijacked because the thievery implication is a bit stronger than intercept. |
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Dec 29 |
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One word for “stealing something on its way to the recipient” Disagree with your second point. The american football definition of an "intercepted" pass is one which an opposing player caught before it could reach the intended receiver. (The thing the OP asked for.) A "fumbled" pass would have reached the intended receiver before being dropped. To me "hijacked" implies an illegal activity, whereas intercepted does not necessarily. |
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Sep 12 |
awarded | Enlightened |
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Sep 12 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Sep 8 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Sep 8 |
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Where does the phrase “run code” or “run software” come from? Why “run”? @FumbleFingers Thanks. My point was that a computer isn't doing anything significantly different when it "runs a program" as opposed to when it is simply "running". |
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Sep 8 |
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Where does the phrase “run code” or “run software” come from? Why “run”? In my mind, a machine is normally just running an "instruction loop" an engineer "programmed" using physics, the only difference is the level of abstraction. When a computer is "running" it's either processing instructions or waiting for instructions to process. When you give it new instructions, it "runs" those. |
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Sep 7 |
answered | Where does the phrase “run code” or “run software” come from? Why “run”? |
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Sep 6 |
awarded | Teacher |
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Jul 3 |
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Why is “idea” sometimes pronounced as “idear”? @Marcin Indeed. I heard a radio ad for a car warsh last time I drove through Montana. |
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Mar 1 |
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Should this abbreviated question use “lose” or “lost?” It seems irrelevant that it could be ambiguous when one of the options is: (Would you like to) have something universally undesirable happen? |
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Jan 19 |
awarded | Editor |
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Jan 19 |
revised |
What method of counting puts Twelfth Night on January 6th? added 440 characters in body |
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Jan 19 |
answered | What method of counting puts Twelfth Night on January 6th? |
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Nov 9 |
awarded | Autobiographer |
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Nov 9 |
awarded | Supporter |
