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A Volvo with a gun rack.
(Credit goes to the late Robin Williams).
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Turns out defensive driving is a way of driving to minimise risk from things that are not you designed by someone a long time ago.
I thought defensive driving was driving in a way so as to defend your space, defend your lane, block others from delaying you or taking the bit of road that should be yours.
Maybe the term as used over here is different to how it was originally defined and used elsewhere.
Or maybe I am just wrong.
Probably the second.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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When I took my motorbike test back in 2000 I was taught to ride defensively by understanding the following:
If a driver does not make eye contact with you they cannot see you.
Always assume that other drivers are about to do something that will endanger your life.
Ride in a manner where when another driver endangers your life you can get out of the way quickly, whether that is by accelerating or braking.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Defensive Driving means you give up your rights at every junktion or action while driving.
Foresighted Driving means you don't drive defensive, but you try to get the situation before someone else f***s up and in this case you would give up your rights.
Rules for the FOSW ![ ^]
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It's where da dude who's driving and, going into a yard, proclaims:
"De fence, I've hit it!
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Object Oriented..umm Meta-Data
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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Persistent storage with (limited) error correction.
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Both as well as all of the above answers.
Sometimes it acts as instructions but at the same time it can be partly looked at like data I think.
Take for example when you look for genetic markers to identify disease. But maybe it isn't like data but rather instructions. And you look for malicious code. I don't know.
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More like BIOS - so it is software...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Richard Dawkins has written about this at some length. He used a recipe and a blueprint rather than programming language and a database as his metaphors, but the point is the same: DNA is much more like instructions than it is like data.
See for instance this blog[^] (can't vouch for its quality, just googled quickly and superficially it looks relevant).
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It is the ROM! Everything comes stored in it including the programs and the data.
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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Literal spaghetti code!
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Many times I get a bit confused, how do I call women at work.
Girls
Ladies
Female
Women
I see most of the times, "Female" fits it right, but as a non-native speaker & a biology student once at schools, I tend to relate this more closer towards Biology. As in, "Forward the profiles of Female applicants"... [for Cloning? ].
"Girls" sound a bit teen-ish. Ladies & Women don't seem to fit the context well many times. And we are just left with "Female" word alone?
Just wanted to know if "Female" certainly feels alright, or it sounds a bit "biological" even for a native speaker?
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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I guess it depends what you are talking about and to whom!
You could also refer them/her as 'she', 'that bitch', 'a colleague', 'them'
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I've worked with plenty of blokes to whom the term 'bitch' could also be applied
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Haha, great workplace, hey?!
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I'm pretty sure whatever you say, someone will always take offence
- personally, like you, I'd leave out 'girls', and you're right about context, but Ladies, Female, Women in the correct context should be ok
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I guess, being a gentleman yourself, 'ladies' is the most appropriate term. You've already answered your own question in the subject.
If you are misunderstood by that, it's their bad... You are just being yourself
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I tend to use "girl" or "girls" when they are around my age or younger. I use "lady" or "ladies" if they are older or they are black and I don't know them. In the U.S. there is a lot of tension between people of African descent and European descent so I try to be extra respectful and not say something that might be offensive.
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Down under they solve it by calling them "Sheila"
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Being the antitheses of a gentlemen I use wench, strumpet or trollop. It help that I am in Asia and rarely have they heard those words.
However when one of the young ladies walks up a smacks me a couple of days later I tend to understand.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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"Lady" or "young lady" work like charm - every woman will feel respected regardless of age, marital status...
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