Comments on: The Bullshit from the last of Jan, 2010 http://datrippers.com/2010/02/01/the-bullshit-from-the-last-of-jan-2010/ "A force for good", David Astle (DA) Mon, 21 May 2012 19:46:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: RB http://datrippers.com/2010/02/01/the-bullshit-from-the-last-of-jan-2010/#comment-3760 RB Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:52:41 +0000 http://datrippers.com/?p=651#comment-3760 I agree, AS. Just because a clue is easy to solve doesn't mean it can't also be bullshit. As for flag=exhaust, AG and I both objected to this. My objection was that exhaust is transitive ("the steep climb exhausted me") and flag is intransitive ("I flagged during the steep climb"). You can't say "the steep climb flagged me", or "I exhausted during the steep climb". The climb did the "exhausting" and I did the "flagging". I agree, AS. Just because a clue is easy to solve doesn’t mean it can’t also be bullshit.

As for flag=exhaust, AG and I both objected to this. My objection was that exhaust is transitive (“the steep climb exhausted me”) and flag is intransitive (“I flagged during the steep climb”). You can’t say “the steep climb flagged me”, or “I exhausted during the steep climb”. The climb did the “exhausting” and I did the “flagging”.

]]> By: AS http://datrippers.com/2010/02/01/the-bullshit-from-the-last-of-jan-2010/#comment-3755 AS Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:38:45 +0000 http://datrippers.com/?p=651#comment-3755 I don't think anyone's claiming it was difficult. What is being said is that the direct definition, online photo = megapixel, is not a good one. I don’t think anyone’s claiming it was difficult. What is being said is that the direct definition, online photo = megapixel, is not a good one.

]]> By: Laurie http://datrippers.com/2010/02/01/the-bullshit-from-the-last-of-jan-2010/#comment-3754 Laurie Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:11:58 +0000 http://datrippers.com/?p=651#comment-3754 Seemed straightforward to me Seemed straightforward to me

]]> By: John Carney http://datrippers.com/2010/02/01/the-bullshit-from-the-last-of-jan-2010/#comment-3753 John Carney Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:17:19 +0000 http://datrippers.com/?p=651#comment-3753 "megapixel" is definitely NOT "online photo." It's measure of the number of pixels in a digital image. DA frequently bollocks up technology clues “megapixel” is definitely NOT “online photo.” It’s measure of the number of pixels in a digital image. DA frequently bollocks up technology clues

]]> By: Peter http://datrippers.com/2010/02/01/the-bullshit-from-the-last-of-jan-2010/#comment-3752 Peter Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:49:43 +0000 http://datrippers.com/?p=651#comment-3752 Well, I thought: 4D - 'I' had to refer to DA or ME or similar, and baseball side had to be IX, and well trimmed had to be EL (at the end of the word), and the rest was obvious. 6D - flag = exhaust is subtle, and I thought it was neat. Well, I thought:
4D – ‘I’ had to refer to DA or ME or similar, and baseball side had to be IX, and well trimmed had to be EL (at the end of the word), and the rest was obvious.
6D – flag = exhaust is subtle, and I thought it was neat.

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