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[labellementeuse]

This is what gave me the impetus to post today:



There are many people smarter and better informed than me saying lots of important things about this elsewhere, so I won't bother, other than to say that Net Neutrality is important for every single person on my flist, and that should be obvious. Sign petitions. Stuff.

Other things I had to say:

1) People outside NZ and Australia: do you folks eat mousetraps? Basically, a piece of toast spread with Marmite or Vegemite, covered in cheese and grilled? Please say you do.

2) Had Logic test today. Will have scored either above eighty-five or below fifty-five; it was that kind of test, although I've been told that this is quite typical for logic classes. Not much to say about it, other than a minor complaint: he told us we'd only be tested on natural deduction, and not intuitionistic natural deduction. However at the bottom of each proof he asked us to comment whether or not the proof was accurate in IND as well as ND. Um. It wasn't really a big problem, except that one of the proofs I used Disjunctive Syllogism and I'm pretty sure but not certain that DS is actually an axiom of IND. The problem is that the ND proof of DS is not good when working in IND, so if I'm wrong about it being an axiom that could cause a problem. Oh well.

3) The Superman Returns trailer looks pretty good, particularly Lex.

4) It's come to my attention that a lot of people I know are graduating high school in the States and Canada over the next few weeks (month and a half? Yeah, I dunno, really.) Every year I mean to post and congratulate people I know who are graduating and every year I forget. But I remembered this year, and the crop's unusually large and unusually dear to me. I consider all of them to be bright, academic, intelligent students; but also these people are brave, brilliant, funny, kind, caring, conscientious, witty, gifted, enthusiastic, active, generous, giving, wonderful. I consider myself blessed to be close to some of them, and lucky to know all of them. Some of them are among my oldest friends by anyone's standards. You guys rock. <3 Good luck finishing off and for the future!

5) I love my family and my flatmates. Stay safe, guys, you're the best.

Comments

[deinacrida.livejournal.com]

You made me have to use dictionary.com.
That's never happened to me on LJ.
I feel like a new woman.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

Disjunctive Syllogism? :P It's a pretty useless lexical object outside the application here; what did .com say?

A brand new woman. ;)

[deinacrida.livejournal.com]

syl·lo·gism
n.
(sl-jzm)
1. Logic. A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion; for example, All humans are mortal, the major premise, I am a human, the minor premise, therefore, I am mortal, the conclusion.
2. Reasoning from the general to the specific; deduction.
3. A subtle or specious piece of reasoning.

Fits like a glove...

[chattycheese.livejournal.com]

1) I've had a rough equivalent of a mousetrap, from my british neighbors (thus signifying that someone else eats them, just not typically around here).
3) I agree with you completely.
4) XD Thanks! I assure you, we're all absolutely dying to get out. Myself included. (Whoo and hoo- only 13 days left!)

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

1) perhaps it's colonial. So much is, it seems...

4) Dude, I remember how much I wanted to get out. It's awesome.

[lady-larla.livejournal.com]

We love you too.. what provoked that by the way? Hmmm, its colonial by the way... marmite..darn you its midnight the kitchens freezing and you've made me crave marmite ;)

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

I was just... feeling the love, don't ask me why. Momentary weakness. ;)

Heh, yeah, I guessed that. MUAHAHAHA MARMITE. ;)

[melata-fic.livejournal.com]

Hee, Mousetraps. They're delicious. Though am pretty sure it is a British thing as well.

There's one difficult question in every test, it seems.

Have you seen the Pirates of the Caribbean 2 trailer? :D It looks to be crack.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

Yeah, looks like it's a Colonial thing. :D

I have not! I shall go looking! *flees*

[persephone-kore.livejournal.com]

People outside NZ and Australia: do you folks eat mousetraps? Basically, a piece of toast spread with Marmite or Vegemite, covered in cheese and grilled? Please say you do.

No, but I am so glad you explained what they were, particularly as I had just read a post from an individual baffled at her rapidly deteriorating power cables who said you'd think she had been chewing on them or something.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

Don't you just love those bizarre little food names? Heh.

[kitsunerei88]

no, we don't eat mousetraps. when you mentioned that, i thought of two things: the things that catch mice and Hamlet.\

Awww, THANKS. . . I love you too.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

*snicker* Mmm, fur and guts!

<3 you. :)

[sennical.livejournal.com]

1) We're not really big vegemite consumers here in the States. Or the South. At least not to my knowledge. I have been known to eat cheese toast for breakfast though. (Totally not the same thing.)

4) Thanks! My last full day is the 12th and I graduate on the 22nd. It's a bit surreal.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

1) This was really why I was asking. I mean, we don't have s'mores, so I suppose I shouldn't really be surprised, but.

4) :) Enjoy it!

[cactus-cat.livejournal.com]

Umm... I don't think I've ever had a mousetrap. Sorry, I know I'm letting the side down! We used to have cheese on toast (with tomato and onion on top of the cheese) a lot in our family, though. Sunday night tea, y'know. =)

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

:O Hayley! I am shocked, shocked I tell you!

;)