Some of the joys of dual U.S. - Canadian citizenship, so far :
Canada DMCA Opponents
via
matt goyerGregory Nickonov : "It’s the same as buying a loaf of bread,
and when you find the middle isn’t baked, you come back to show the baker and get put in jail."
Fabrice Desré : XSLTDoc
"This tool is itself an XSLT stylesheet that analyzes another stylesheet and builds a clean documentation on it."
Michael De La Rue : Schedule::SoftTime.pm
"is a class to implement an `I'll get round to you when I can be bothered' scheduler. It's based on the queue system in our banks shops and some doctors I've been to. You turn up any time you want, but then you have to wait till everyone else who was there before you has been dealt with. The idea is to let the items being scheduled do so at any free time they wish and then worry about resource requirements later. If we can't handle some items when they were scheduled, they just queue until they can be handled."
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is billet
| source : web1913 |
Billet \Bil"let\, n.
Quarters or place to which one is assigned, as by a billet or
ticket; berth; position. Also used fig. [Colloq.]
The men who cling to easy billets ashore. --Harper's
Mag.
His shafts of satire fly straight to their billet, and
there they rankle. --Pall Mall
Mag.
| source : web1913 |
Billet \Bil"let\, n. [F. billette, bille, log; of unknown
origin; a different word from bille ball. Cf. {Billiards},
{Billot}.]
1. A small stick of wood, as for firewood.
They shall beat out my brains with billets. --Shak.
2. (Metal.) A short bar of metal, as of gold or iron.
3. (Arch.) An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of
wood either square or round.
4. (Saddlery)
(a) A strap which enters a buckle.
(b) A loop which receives the end of a buckled strap.
--Knight.
5. (Her.) A bearing in the form of an oblong rectangle.
| source : web1913 |
Billard \Bil"lard\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
An English fish, allied to the cod; the coalfish. [Written
also {billet} and {billit}.]
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Billet \Bil"let\, n. [F. billet, dim. of an OF. bille bill. See
{Bill} a writing.]
1. A small paper; a note; a short letter. ``I got your
melancholy billet.'' --Sterne.
2. A ticket from a public officer directing soldiers at what
house to lodge; as, a billet of residence.
| source : web1913 |
Billet \Bil"let\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Billeted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Billeting}.] [From {Billet} a ticket.] (Mil.)
To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge. Hence: To
quarter, or place in lodgings, as soldiers in private houses.
Billeted in so antiquated a mansion. --W. Irving.
| source : wn |
billet
n : for military personnel (especially in a private home)
v : provide housing for, of military personnel [syn: {quarter},
{canton}]