chever wrote:
Plenty of NT's know how to use the word 'proof' correctly; in fact, I learned "proof is for alcohol, mathematics and law" from an NT. No excuses
I'm not an NT but: -
MS Word wrote:
Proof: Synonyms: Proof, Evidence, Sign and Criterion. Meanings: Evidence (n.) Synonyms: Evidence, Testimony, Verification, Confirmation, Attestation, Corroboration and Substantiation. Resistant (adj.) Synonyms: Resistant, Waterproof, Impermeable, Impervious and Resilient.
Wiktionary wrote:
Proof English Etymology: From Latin probare, test Pronounciation: IPA /pru:f/ Noun proof (plural proofs)
1. Any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
(A date for this quote is being sought): Edmund Spenser,
For whatsoever mother wit or art Could work, he put in proof.
(A date for this quote is being sought): Ford,
You shall have many proofs to show your skill.
(A date for this quote is being sought): Ure,
Formerly, a very rude mode of ascertaining the strength of spirits was practiced, called the proof.
2. The degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments which induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration.
(A date for this quote is being sought): William Shakespeare,
I'll have some proof.
(A date for this quote is being sought): Ralph Waldo Emerson,
It is no proof of a man's understanding to be able to confirm whatever he pleases.
1990 October 28, Paul Simon, “Proof”, The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.
Faith, faith is an island in the setting sun / But proof, proof is the bottom line for everyone
3. The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness which resists impression, or doesn't yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies.
4. Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken.
5. (printing) A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination.
6. (mathematics): A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Compare Prove, transitive verb, 5.
7. (obsolete): Armour of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable; properly, armour of proof.
8. (US) A measure of the alcohol content of liquor. Originally, in Britain, 100 proof was defined as 57.1% by volume (not used anymore). In the US, 100 proof means that the alcohol content is 50% of the total volume of the liquid, and thus, absolute alcohol would be 200 proof.
Collins English Dictionary wrote:
Proof (pru:f) n 1 any evidence that establishes or helps to establish the truth, validity, quality, etc, of something 2 law the whole body of evidence upon which the verdict of a court is based 3 maths, logic a sequence of steps or statements that establishes the truth of a proposition. See also direct (sense 17), induction (senses, 4, 8 ) 4 the act of testing the truth of something (esp in the phrase put to the proof) 5 Scots law trial before a judge without a jury 6 printing a trial impression made from composed type, or a print-out (from a laser printer, etc) for the correction of errors 7 (in engraving, etc) a print made by an artist or under his supervision for his own satisfaction before he hands over the plate to a professional printer 8 photog a trial print from a negative 9 a the alcoholic strength of proof spirit b the strength of a beverage or other alcoholic liquor as measured on a scale in which the strength of proof spirit is 100 degrees -> adj 10 (usually postpositive; foll by against) able to resist; impervious (to): the roof is proof against rain 11 having the alcoholic strength of proof spirit 12 of proved strength or impenetrability: proof armour -> vb. 13 (tr) to take a proof from (type matter, a plate, etc) 14 to proofread (text) or inspect (a print, etc), as for approval 15 to render (something) proof, esp to waterproof [c13 from Old French preuve a test, from Late Latin proba, from Latin probare to test]
-Proof adj -> vb combining form secure against (damage by); (make) impervious to: waterproof; mothproof; childproof [from PROOF (adj)]
Proofread (‘pru:f,ri:d) vb –reads, -reading, -read (-,red) to read (copy or printer’s proofs) to detect and mark errors to be corrected > ‘proof,reader n
Proof Spirit n 1 (in Britain and Canada) a mixture of alcohol and water or an alcoholic beverage that contains 49.28 per cent of alcohol by weight, 57.1 [er cent by volume at 51 F: up until 1980 used as a standard of alcoholic liquids 2 (in the US) a similar standard mixture containing 50 per cent alcohol by volume at 60 F
Proof Stress n engineering the equivalent of yield stress in materials which have no clearly defined yield point
Proof Theory n the branch of logic that studies the syntactic properties of formal theories, esp the syntactic characterization of deductive validity.
Have a good job dealing with reality =]
chever wrote:
people who lose arguments to me
I have not, quote, lost, unquote, anything considering you have not been able to refute anything or back up anything you have said (as if this were a serious debate anyway). So either you are making things up or are wilfully misrepresenting and distorting information to support your view and nothing you say has any intrinsic value. Unless of course by “lose” you actually mean, “present non-stop facts” then yeah, you've got me =] If you want to talk about the original "point", or better still THE ACTUAL TOPIC then feel free, otherwise stop feeding the trolls. Thanks for proving my point… again. =] You are making this far too easy.
magnus wrote:
Do you think that our government is heading toward a cult like Christian Coalition? Palin scares me. I'm concerned that religion is sneaking into our government and seeking to control the minds of people through herd mentality training which comes at us through the media.
I would not be surprised if that were the case. Palin freaks me the hell out. Thankfully I live in the UK, which I guess isn't that different seeing as our leader is screwing the country over and people within his own party want him out.
Oh and Dostoevsky is awesome!
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