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| bio | website | agogified.com |
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| location | Washington, United States | |
| age | 59 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year |
| seen | Jun 29 '12 at 1:49 | |
| stats | profile views | 39 |
Librarian, archivist, opinionated writer/editior.
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Apr 25 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Feb 26 |
awarded | Notable Question |
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Nov 30 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Nov 8 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Jun 27 |
awarded | Quorum |
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Jun 11 |
accepted | Is it “D.J., ”DJ“ or ”deejay"? |
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Jun 8 |
answered | Difference between “robot”, “machine”, and “automaton” |
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Jun 7 |
answered | Is “received with thanks” stilted English? |
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Jun 7 |
answered | Term, blend-word, or metaphor for being social but with boundaries |
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Jun 7 |
answered | Where did “cc” and “bcc” come from? |
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Jun 7 |
awarded | Benefactor |
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Jun 7 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Jun 7 |
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What is the Tacoma Narrows bridge doing in this picture? Buckled actually implies something short of collapsed to me. I get the picture of something with a major structural problem but that is still standing. There is room for interpretation, I agree. |
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Jun 6 |
accepted | What is the best term to categorize a lolcat image and text? |
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Jun 6 |
answered | What is the Tacoma Narrows bridge doing in this picture? |
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Jun 6 |
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What is the best term to categorize a lolcat image and text? I haz no imaginary mackerel |
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Jun 6 |
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What does “the reactor core inventory” mean? The fact that the OP states "I couldn't understand what 'a significant fraction of the reactor core inventory" means'" indicates the bland opacity of the phrase. It may by an accurate representation as far as it goes, but it's meaningless to most people who read that NYT article. And it's technically right to specify "radiation emitting materials" but it's the radiation that causes harm. |
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Jun 5 |
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What does “the reactor core inventory” mean? Merriam Webster on euphemism: "the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant." Compare "external release of a significant fraction of the reactor core inventory" to "spewing lots of deadly radiation into the environment." The former clearly is a euphemism for the latter. |
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Jun 5 |
answered | What does “the reactor core inventory” mean? |
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Jun 4 |
asked | Is it “D.J., ”DJ“ or ”deejay"? |
