Word of the Day
As contributed by Chris:
Manna, n. A food miraculously given to the Israelites in the wilderness. When it was no longer supplied to them they settled down and tilled the soil, fertilizing it, as a rule, with the bodies of the original occupants.
(Ambrose Bierce,The Devil's Dictionary)
5 comments:
We should have a logical fallacy of the day, too (see Lincoln's blog).
What's the entry on "insanity"? We (very appropriately) discussed it in crimlaw today and I think most of us are wondering what we can get away with, considering we are law students at finals time.
I'll look it up when I get home, and post "insanity" tomorrow. Stay tuned, everybody...
I have heard that the definiton of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results. Not sure if that is how he defines it, but I think that's a salient definition.
Unless, of course, you're trying to get something done on a recalcitrant computer, in which cases the best recourse is often simple repetition. 3-6 blows with a good hammer should do the trick.
Nah--with a computer one should eventually do something different. Toss the entire thing out the window, possible with a few choice words.
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