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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Considered harmful adj. [very common] Edsger W. Dijkstra's note in the March 1968 "Communications of the ACM", "Goto Statement Considered Harmful", fired the first salvo in the structured programming wars (text at `http://www.acm.org/classics'). Amusingly, the ACM considered the resulting acrimony sufficiently harmful that it will (by policy) no longer print an article taking so assertive a position against a coding practice. (Years afterwards, a contrary view was uttered in a CACM letter called, inevitably, "`Goto considered harmful' considered harmful'"'. In the ensuing decades, a large number of both serious papers and parodies have borne titles of the form "X considered Y". The structured-programming wars eventually blew over with the realization that both sides were wrong, but use of such titles has remained as a persistent minor in-joke (the `considered silly' found at various places in this lexicon is related). Source: Jargon File. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Jordan | The amendments reinforce existing Penal Code restrictions on free speech and allow for the prosecution of any person found to have written, published, or aired any statements "harmful to national unity; instigating criminal actions; sowing the seeds of hatred and malice; inciting divisions among members of the society; instigating acts of religious and racial fanaticism; insulting the dignity of individuals, their reputation or personal freedoms; committing acts of corruption or publishing false information or rumors; inciting people to organize strikes or sit-ins, or to hold meetings in a manner that violates the law; or committing any act considered harmful to the state's reputation and dignity." The amendments give the State Security Court the authority to temporarily or permanently close any publication or media outlet that publishes or airs any such statements. (references) |
Minorities | Greece | Officials of the Orthodox Church have acknowledged that they refuse to enter into dialog with religious groups considered harmful to Greek Orthodox worshipers; church leaders instruct Orthodox Greeks to shun members of these faiths. (references) |
Trade | Honduras | When considered harmful, imports are regulated by the Ministry of Public Health. (references) |
Women | Cote d'Ivoire | Women's advocacy organizations continued to sponsor campaigns against forced marriage, marriage of minors, patterns of inheritance that exclude women, and other practices considered harmful to women and girls. (references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-d-e-e-f-h-i-l-m-n-o-r-r-s-u" | |
-5 letters: malnourished, merchandised, merchandiser. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 4F 4E 53 49 44 45 52 45 44 48 41 52 4D 46 55 4C |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01001111 01001110 01010011 01001001 01000100 01000101 01010010 01000101 01000100 00100000 01001000 01000001 01010010 01001101 01000110 01010101 01001100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C O N S I D E R E D   H A R M F U L |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 004F 004E 0053 0049 0044 0045 0052 0045 0044 0048 0041 0052 004D 0046 0055 004C |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37494853433839523938242355247405546 |
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