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Yes.
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You're so negative!
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I'm positively charged by your comments
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There is a type of empty thinking in which a word is defined by using an inflected form of itself.
I believe that this is called a "Circular Definition" (anybody correct me).
There is a word (maybe it's a phrase) which means exactly the opposite of that.
I thought the word was "empirical" but after checking three dictionaries, looks like I'm wrong.
What is the word (or phrase) which means the opposite of "Circular Definition" ?
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C-P-User-3 wrote: I believe that this is called a "Circular Definition" (anybody correct me).
If the word is inflected then it is more likely to be a tautology wikityclickety[^]. Although the difference is so subtle that I may be splitting hairs here.
C-P-User-3 wrote: What is the word (or phrase) which means the opposite of "Circular Definition" ?
I would just use the words "valid definition" - as my understanding is that, logically, it is only possible to prove an argument/definition as incorrect, which is why there may not be(to my knowledge) a term for a correct argument.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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The lexicographic definition is given here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_definition[^]. It is also called a "recursive definition": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definition[^].
What do you mean exactly by:
which means exactly the opposite of that , a "non-recursive definition"?
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
modified 23-May-15 4:32am.
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I think the noun "definition," appears to mean, in, and of, itself, that "definition" is not self-referential.
But, that meaning may disappear when I do not think about the meaning of "definition," or vary when I use, or hear, or see, the word with other words.
The most satisfying conversation I ever had consisted (entirely) of the other person saying the word, "definition," to which I replied, "definition," after which, we both committed suicide because we both knew it would never be as good as this, again.
Well, "empirical:" that's a religion, and we can't go there in the Lounge.
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
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It is possible for an imperial definition to be based on empirical evidence, but it's not likely.
Similarly, it is possible for empirical evidence to be backed by imperial authority, but again it's not likely.
This is also know as the Psalm 146, verse 3, addendum to the description of the scientific method. Also see the Internal Revenue Service tax code, volume 34, page 692, section 3, paragraph 17.a.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Karel Čapek wrote: Fallacious, perhaps?
I love it when my wife is fallacious.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Michael Martin wrote: I love it when my wife is fallacious.
It sucks!
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Now you're being specious. 
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I'm aiming for facetious.
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Bad joke of the day.
I've always wondered how this trend got started.
Did you ever wonder why earrings became so popular with men?
A man is at work one day when he notices that his co-worker is
wearing an earring.
The man knows his co-worker to be a normally conservative fellow, and
is curious about his sudden change in fashion sense.
The man walks up to him and says, "I didn't know you were into earrings."
"Don't make such a big deal, it's only an earring," he replies sheepishly.
His friend falls silent for a few minutes, but then his curiosity prods him to
ask, "So, how long have you been wearing one?"
"Ever since my wife found it in my truck."
I'll get my coat. 
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
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Fair 'nuff. That's a perfectly reasonable answer, on a par with the one about "how long have you been wearing women's panties?" and the glovebox, which I first heard about 1972. 
Will Rogers never met me.
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Roger Wright wrote: how long have you been wearing women's panties?" and the glovebox,
That was going to be my next BJOTD.
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
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I was going to add; good thing they weren't panties, but you're a step ahead of me.
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I know the voices in my head are not real but damn they come up with some good ideas!
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Roger Wright wrote: Fair 'nuff. That's a perfectly reasonable answer, on a par with the one about "how long have you been wearing women's panties?" and the glovebox, which I first heard about 1972.
Faarrrkkkk you're old. That was the year before I started preschool.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Hush, young pup! 
Will Rogers never met me.
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(The mail client is on hold until I figure out what is wrong with GeckoFX's editing ability [it doesn't work])
The library is a bunch of things I have collected/created/modified/etc. Settings system (sorta like GLibs's GSettings, but allows you to choose the backend), IO-related stuff (including getting the Mime Type of a file [Requires the Shared-Mime-Info database]), Various extensions, and so on.
There are four extension methods that work like the Min/Max IEnumerable<T> extensions, but allow you to specify a comparer. I have no idea why those don't exist in the framework, but they don't.
Also, there is a Python-esque struct.[un]pack implementation (taken from somewhere else), and a Python-like partition method for the string type.
Any other utility code you like to use?
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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I think almost every developer has their own 'bag-o-tricks' that they keep handy.
Two items that always went into my MFC/C++ apps stdafx.h file were the following:
#define countof(array) (sizeof(array)/sizeof((array)[0]))
#include <afxtempl.h>
template<class T> class List : public CTypedPtrList<CPtrList,T *> { };I didn't stop using the countof() macro until VS2008 came out and included the _countof() macro out of the box. Amazing it only took them 20+ years of making C and C++ compilers to figure that one out.
It's tough for me to come up with C# examples. The closest I can come is a set of TCP/IP socket communication classes I've reused in multiple applications, but they're more an implementation of a common protocol than generally useful.
Hmm. On second thought, I do have an example. We have in in-house tracing tool that we use for debugging distributed applications. We embed a piece of server code in each app, which communicates with a client application. We've written versions of the server code in several flavors of C++ and C#. It's almost always our first stop when developing a new application.
Software Zen: delete this;
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If you build apps using MongoDB, Microsoft would love to talk to you.
We'll keep it brief and promise not to try sell you anything. We just want to understand what you love and what you hate, if anything, about MongoDB.
Start here
Thanks from Ryan @ Microsoft
modified 22-May-15 23:51pm.
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Will work better if posted on a week day!
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it is still a work day over on this side of the planet 
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OMG! You are so far behind!  
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