the execution is flawed because it makes me think of John McCain's ass
Labs, Labs. *Now* you quail?
Awesome. I posted my idea at CT, but Eric's a full professor so unlike me he can beaver away at photoshop on a Monday afternoon, whereas I have to ... um ... never mind.
Much too pert for a man of his age.
Okay, I guess Labs is right. Flawed execution. (Also, the polluting smokestacks look far too much like the twin towers at first glance.)
the polluting smokestacks look far too much like the twin towers at first glance
That's what I thought they were until my third or fourth glance.
There's not enough about his personal life. He should be walking with a blonde woman who is gulping down pills, while throwing a paper airplane with DIVORCE written on it at a woman in a wheelchair.
You all have carefully constructed opinions about McCain's posterior?
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Grammar bleg:
"Given two apples A_1 and A_2, we say that A_1 is happily sitting near A_2 if a cumbersome mathematical condition is met."
Should there be a comma after A_2?
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6: Why must you neglect the illegitimate babies?
The second A_2, you mean? No. But I want to see a comma after "Given two apples"
10: I had one in, but then a proofreader took it out. SCREW THEM!
11: No, the first A_2. Should there really be a comma after "Given two apples"?
"A_1 and A_2" is an appositive, right?
7: no, we have ill-conceived reactions that we cover with obsessive rationalizations.
Where is W-lfs-n when you need him?
"A_1 and A_2" is an appositive, right?
That depends on what appositive means.
7: Not "you all." Labs. Who has carefully considered opinions about everyone's ass. As you know. Full well, iykwim.
I think you think too much about McCain's rear end. And commas.
They might be, but I'm notta positive.
I would punctuate with two commas, as Sybil suggested in 11.
Who has carefully considered opinions about everyone's ass
I better start wearing my baggy trousers around here.
"Given two apples A_1 and A_2, we say that A_1 is happily sitting near A_2 if a cumbersome mathematical condition is met."
Should be:
Given two apples, A_1 and A_2, we say that A_1 is happily sitting near A_2 if a cumbersome mathematical condition is met.
If the sentence is meant to define "happily sitting" then you could to \emph{happily sitting}, too.
I'm notta positive.
Chico Marx humor never gets old.
Those weren't the twin towers? And what's the deal with the smallpox?
Appositive means a noun or noun phrase that immediately follows another, more general noun, clarifying the former. E.g. "Obama's problems, race and Muslim-ness,..." where "Race and Muslim-ness" is an appositive phrase.
I better start wearing my baggy trousers around here.
I'm forming opinions about your trunk by the minute.
Those weren't the twin towers?
Which you can tell because there are three of them.
And what's the deal with the smallpox?
You've never seen an elderly person from a sunny climate, have you?
On the other hand, if the phrase isnt an appositive, e.g. "Given choices A and B, I chose C" then you don't want a comma.
I'm forming opinions about your trunk by the minute.
Gosh, this is worse than RMP.
Besides, you can see at least part of my trunk on the blog, somewhere.
32: Oh man, my spelling error will be the butt of a future w-lfs-n joke.
these double-entendres are really assinine
I had to look at the picture for a couple minutes before I saw either the "twin towers" OR the "smokestacks". Apparently the negative space between the blinding beams of light on the left side are the smoke stacks.
I had interpreted the blinding, unearthly light and the mushroom cloud as both representing the nuclear war that McCain's policies would make inevitable.
For future references, I propose that McCain's ass be referred to at "the Panama Canal".
You've never seen an elderly person from a sunny climate, have you?
Where "elderly" = "38 or over". Or maybe that goes without saying for "elderly" in general.
We can't keep up these jokes. We're starting to crack right down the middle.
A man, an ass, a canal: McCainama!
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Coincidence? Or intentionally bitter pill? Knowing Gonerill's literary reputation for sharpness I fear the latter.
He really does appear to be prepared for an enema of the state.
37: Me too.
Well, I give up. No career in New Yorker cover art for me.
Now don't go mooning about over it.
45: Coincidence. Who's 38? Not you, I hope.
Conjectures about my literary sharpness have, as you know, been refuted.
No career in New Yorker cover art for me.
Your attempt was a flash in a pan.
Who's 38? Not you, I hope.
Consider your hopes dashed, matey.
Goneril's sharpness is indeed literary legend, though.
McCain had to put some ointment on his Panama Canal because the locks were acting up again.
Just to be safe, no masturbating to John McCain.
For some reason the \emph is cracking me up. Probably because this is what counts as entertainment in my life.
Just to be safe, no masturbating to John McCain.
It really does make you wonder who he'll choose as his number two.
McCain had to put some ointment on his Panama Canal because the locks were acting up again.
I hear there's a long-standing plan to widen it.
Oh I don't know. His ass looks very pert.
He'd definitely be strong in a pinch.
Ypud think that McCain would be doing better among latinos after that traitor Jimmy Carter handed them control of the Panama Canal.
60: I think FL was trying to link to this.
61: No shit kit is complete without one!
Goneril's sharpness is indeed literary legend, though.
The version from Pogo is better.
I'm for "Given two apples $A_1$ and $A_2$ we say that $A_1$ is happily sitting....", because my impression is that it's standard mathematical usage. Maybe because somehow "$A_1$ and $A_2$" is really the name of what you're given, and "two apples" is just sort of playing a clarifying role. Am I wrong? I agree that appositives are ordinarily set off by commas in normal English, but mathematical writing is not normal English. "Given an apple, $A$, we..." just looks awkward to me.
re: 54
Yeah, me too. And the $foo_subscript$'s from essear.
This whole thread is making me smile, top to bottom.
small pox
i thought secondary lues maybe, and that he should sue if it's implied something
I mean, it's kind of funny, but I still think it's gross that people here contributed to the general and generic feeling of outrage!!!1!1 over an issue that merits no more than a "bfd." I wish I'd had more time yesterday to discuss but I feel sore about this.
67, in its outrage!!1!1 over the outrage!!!1!1 over the cover, is as silly as any of it.
Your face is as silly as any of it. Your John McCain ass face.
I don't know if it's a feed-the-beast thing or it stems from some need to have a lede story and I'm going to say this although it is one of the least original things ever said about the blogosphere but its lens effect can really distort the significance of a story. When it comes to art and editorializing art, though, this kind of story can have a big impact on what can be published. A day or two later, it turns out that no one actually cares at all but this is gong to hang over artists and editors.
Dude, The New Yorker can take it. Controversy sells 7500 word John McPhee pieces about rail freight!
I'm not so worried about the New Yorker, but further down on the rack?
Should we really lose sleep if magazine editors start worrying that people won't understand when their racist jokes are only meant ironically?
OT: Hey, is this the underwater sex blog?
71: further down on the rack nobody's worried about them. The frustration was a product of the prominence of the platform.
it's kind of funny, but I still think it's gross
Everyone's a cri-- oh, wait, 'smasher actually is a critic.
