Renaming of Tables
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Gah! People are idiots who don't know where their idioms come from. Black hats and White hats stem from black and white western movies, the villains always wore black hats and the heroes always wore white hats so you could tell who was who. Nothing to do with race, everything to do with film.
Slight diversion of thread: Paladin wore a black hat (Have Gun - Will Travel) OK - not good enough? The goodest guy: Hopalong Cassidy - who dressed completely in black. Must have been pretty damn darn hot in that outfit (Hoppy would never say the "D" word !). What makes it still a decent show is that he solved problems with his brains - even though good with a gun. What's really cool about the old-time movies (serials) is that after a fight they'd not have any black-and-blue marks, typically their hat was never knocked off, and surprisingly often, their suit wasn't even dirty!
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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Slight diversion of thread: Paladin wore a black hat (Have Gun - Will Travel) OK - not good enough? The goodest guy: Hopalong Cassidy - who dressed completely in black. Must have been pretty damn darn hot in that outfit (Hoppy would never say the "D" word !). What makes it still a decent show is that he solved problems with his brains - even though good with a gun. What's really cool about the old-time movies (serials) is that after a fight they'd not have any black-and-blue marks, typically their hat was never knocked off, and surprisingly often, their suit wasn't even dirty!
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
They kept their hats because it would have been too hard to edit the film if it came off part way through a fight. I think Tom Mix wore a black hat too. Okay exceptions to the rule.
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Based on some sensitivity concerns one of our tables IPAddressWhiteList is being renamed to IPAddressAllowList. At first I was offended, but then I came to realize that such a change is something that is beyond my ability to comprehend. I don't have to understand; and I don't have to care - so call it whatever you want. In order to participate in the zeitgeist I did put in the suggestion that we rename our All_Irishmen_Are_Pathetic_Drunks table, tho. I'll let you know what happens.
I remember, when I was a small lad, that my father came home from his warehouse with the news that the Air Force dictated that all components labeled 'male / female' should be changed to 'inner / outer'. This struct me as being worse the the original.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, navigate a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects! - Lazarus Long
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Gah! People are idiots who don't know where their idioms come from. Black hats and White hats stem from black and white western movies, the villains always wore black hats and the heroes always wore white hats so you could tell who was who. Nothing to do with race, everything to do with film.
I expect that black-balling people pre-dates cinema. And black-listing is more akin to that.
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Based on some sensitivity concerns one of our tables IPAddressWhiteList is being renamed to IPAddressAllowList. At first I was offended, but then I came to realize that such a change is something that is beyond my ability to comprehend. I don't have to understand; and I don't have to care - so call it whatever you want. In order to participate in the zeitgeist I did put in the suggestion that we rename our All_Irishmen_Are_Pathetic_Drunks table, tho. I'll let you know what happens.
Here is a hilarious interview with the legendary Muhammad Ali[^].
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I expect that black-balling people pre-dates cinema. And black-listing is more akin to that.
Correct! Black-balling comes to us from the ancient Greeks. They would vote by placing colored balls into a bowl. A black ball meant a no vote, and a white ball was a yes vote.
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Based on some sensitivity concerns one of our tables IPAddressWhiteList is being renamed to IPAddressAllowList. At first I was offended, but then I came to realize that such a change is something that is beyond my ability to comprehend. I don't have to understand; and I don't have to care - so call it whatever you want. In order to participate in the zeitgeist I did put in the suggestion that we rename our All_Irishmen_Are_Pathetic_Drunks table, tho. I'll let you know what happens.
Do you remember when hard drives were renamed from master/slave to primary/secondary? That was back in the 90s.
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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I expect that black-balling people pre-dates cinema. And black-listing is more akin to that.
Being "Black Balled", in its current usage, is a Masonic term. When the members vote to let in a new perspective candidate, or not, they casting of a black ball by any member was enough to deny the application. Similarly, to be "black balled" in the current meaning, is to be denied something based upon a single (or more) blemish on some sort of ledger (employement, club membership, etc.) An interesting thing is the very serious secrecy of the balloting process. To reveal how one has voted to anyone else - even another member of high rank - is a very serious breach of the rules. In more modern times, when moved to the public voting, it has since been called the Australian Ballot. To be "hoodwinked" is another term brought into common usage from Masonic procedures, although in this case the implications in the vernacular, is that of shady dealings.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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Things are only going to get worse with this white/black crap. Pretty soon, they will get rid of the color black and white, and change it to something else.
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Pretty soon, they will get rid of the color black and white, and change it to something else.
I have a *very* hard time falling asleep when it's bright and sunny out, so I dread the time when nights are no longer allowed to be "dark" because that's offensive to someone.
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Slight diversion of thread: Paladin wore a black hat (Have Gun - Will Travel) OK - not good enough? The goodest guy: Hopalong Cassidy - who dressed completely in black. Must have been pretty damn darn hot in that outfit (Hoppy would never say the "D" word !). What makes it still a decent show is that he solved problems with his brains - even though good with a gun. What's really cool about the old-time movies (serials) is that after a fight they'd not have any black-and-blue marks, typically their hat was never knocked off, and surprisingly often, their suit wasn't even dirty!
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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That's going to make pedestrian crossings difficult to use ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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That's going to make pedestrian crossings difficult to use ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
As well as Black & White movies. They might be colorized and referred as films of color.
