The three stents in my coronary arteries are, if I recall correctly, made of titanium, as is la Signora_Quarantanova's replacement hip joint. Miraculous stuff, that titanium. The body doesn't reject it….so far.
Only if they're medicinal cookies. I confess I prefer long reads to get a good background on the issues. But Trump is a damaged individual. He needs a dose of something.
Familiar with https://www.questia.com/#/library? My last long (13 year) job was with an academic typesetter so I don't have a good opinion of Elsevier/Pearson/All of Them but it looks like a neat service.
I have set a few lines of hot type on a Linotype but had more experience with hand-set type (those type drawers people hang upside down on their walls). I went on to the 'cold type' typesetters from the dedicated overpriced and primitive systems to Quark & InDesigns on PCs.
I thought I could have a noble working-class/intellectual existence being surrounded by ideas. Instead I ended up in a world where videos supplanted books and now 140-character screeds elect Presidents.
One of my kinks is an obsessive interest in fonts, typography, and the design of type-based documents. I had a toy printing press with rubber type as a kid, and have visited the (amazing) Gutenberg Museum in Mainz, Germany (his home town). Saw a demo there of a hand-crank press from G'berg's time, where they lay in a tray of text, roll on the ink, lay on the paper and then crank down the "press" to create the image. This was all narrated in German and I only understood a little of it, but when the operator lifted off and held up that piece of paper with broad margins and fraktur text: it was beautiful, magical.
In answer to your question, I'm hoping Elsevier dies screaming in a fire. Does that make me a bad person?
No, it makes you a worthy scholar.
Good to hear, because you won't change my mind. I recognize you as a man of principle immediately! I'll email something to you I should have a few months back…
"There are countless ways to differentiate one person from the next, but psychological scientists have settled on a relatively simple taxonomy, known widely as the Big Five…"
"The psychologists Steven J. Rubenzer and Thomas R. Faschingbauer, in conjunction with about 120 historians and other experts, have rated all the former U.S. presidents, going back to George Washington, on all five of the trait dimensions."
Needs better dental work. That old amalgum is frying his brain. Or maybe it's a cheap crown. Who'da thunk he wouldn't go for the gold?
<img src="https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/posts/2016/05/WEL_McAdams_Trump_Face1/86a735484.jpg">
Heavy metal poisoning?
Also, amalgam.
Used to have a mouthful of it; you'd think I could spell it. What was in that stuff anyway, Wikipedia?
"Low-copper amalgam commonly consists of mercury (50%), silver (~22–32% ), tin (~14%), copper (~8%) and other trace metals."
All righty then!
Me too. I got rid of them when I could afford to go metal-free (other than the plate in my head)
The three stents in my coronary arteries are, if I recall correctly, made of titanium, as is la Signora_Quarantanova's replacement hip joint. Miraculous stuff, that titanium. The body doesn't reject it….so far.
Chas, do I need to mail you some cookies?
Only if they're medicinal cookies. I confess I prefer long reads to get a good background on the issues. But Trump is a damaged individual. He needs a dose of something.
Reading is hard! Let's have cookies!
I'm about halfway through it. It is a good read.
Familiar with https://www.questia.com/#/library? My last long (13 year) job was with an academic typesetter so I don't have a good opinion of Elsevier/Pearson/All of Them but it looks like a neat service.
A typesetter? Like this? Cool!
<img src="https://ketchclipsdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/linotype.jpg">
I have set a few lines of hot type on a Linotype but had more experience with hand-set type (those type drawers people hang upside down on their walls). I went on to the 'cold type' typesetters from the dedicated overpriced and primitive systems to Quark & InDesigns on PCs.
I thought I could have a noble working-class/intellectual existence being surrounded by ideas. Instead I ended up in a world where videos supplanted books and now 140-character screeds elect Presidents.
One of my kinks is an obsessive interest in fonts, typography, and the design of type-based documents. I had a toy printing press with rubber type as a kid, and have visited the (amazing) Gutenberg Museum in Mainz, Germany (his home town). Saw a demo there of a hand-crank press from G'berg's time, where they lay in a tray of text, roll on the ink, lay on the paper and then crank down the "press" to create the image. This was all narrated in German and I only understood a little of it, but when the operator lifted off and held up that piece of paper with broad margins and fraktur text: it was beautiful, magical.
The Gutenberg Museum is something I've always wanted to see.
Some interesting sites: https://typesetinthefuture.com/2016/06/19/bladeru… https://diaryofdennis.com/2015/08/01/about-the-mo… http://blog.fonts.com/2010/10/ulc-back-issues-to-…
In answer to your question, I'm hoping Elsevier dies screaming in a fire. Does that make me a bad person?
No, it makes you a worthy scholar.
Good to hear, because you won't change my mind. I recognize you as a man of principle immediately! I'll email something to you I should have a few months back…
Setter?
<img src="http://media.web.britannica.com/eb-media/22/9422-004-0FDACA60.jpg">
Sit, Ubu, sit. Good dog!
11-pointer
That's fine–I just got back from the liquor store. Wonder what will last longer–the booze or the article?
It's always more efficient to buy a handle rather than something smaller.
Plastic bottle, too, for those moments if your grip slips!
It's entertaining and well written, with only a few dubious assertions I was happy to accept since they reinforce my beliefs/prejudices.
What are we washing it down with? I had a generous shot of a 12-year-old single malt, Glen-something-or-other.
Cut the social sciences some slack, you anti-social elitist!
"There are countless ways to differentiate one person from the next, but psychological scientists have settled on a relatively simple taxonomy, known widely as the Big Five…"
"The psychologists Steven J. Rubenzer and Thomas R. Faschingbauer, in conjunction with about 120 historians and other experts, have rated all the former U.S. presidents, going back to George Washington, on all five of the trait dimensions."
“People who are glib about large numbers face countless problems.”>
tl;dr
too licqoured? didn't read