Starts with Prima autem et manifestior via est, quæ sumitur ex parte motus, from The Argument of the Unmoved Mover, going through The Argument of the First Clause, The Argument from Contingency, The Argument from Degree, ends with Ergo est aliquid intelligens, a quo omnes res naturales ordinantur ad finem, et hoc dicimus ____ , from the X Argument which states/proves in the end that Y exists. All of them are proposed proofs taking the form of scholarly arguments. Gimme Y and Identify.
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Saturday, March 2, 2013
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Question 1460: Qui êtes-vous ?
[sic]The name X, along with Y were regularly invoked in English legal instruments to satisfy technical requirements governing standing and jurisdiction, beginning perhaps as early as the reign of England's King Edward III (1312–1377).[5]
The Oxford English Dictionary states that X is "the name given to the fictitious lessee of the plaintiff, in the (now obsolete in the UK) mixed action of ejectment, the fictitious defendant being called Y.
This particular use became obsolete in the UK in 1852:
As is well known, the device of involving real people as notional lessees and ejectors was used to enable freeholders to sue the real ejectors. These were then replaced by the fictional characters X and Y. Eventually the medieval remedies were (mostly) abolished by the Real Property Limitation Act of 1833; the fictional characters of X and Y by the Common Law Procedure Act 1852; and the forms of action themselves by the Judicature Acts 1873-75."
The term 'X Injunction' (or X Order) is used in the UK to describe an injunction sought against someone whose identity is not known at the time it is issued:
"8.02 If an unknown person has possession of the confidential personal information and is threatening to disclose it, a X injunction may be sought against that person. The first time this form of injunction was used since 1852 in the United Kingdom was in 2005 when lawyers acting for JK Rowling and her publishers obtained an interim order against an unidentified person who had offered to sell chapters of a stolen copy of an unpublished Harry Potter novel to the media"
The Oxford English Dictionary states that X is "the name given to the fictitious lessee of the plaintiff, in the (now obsolete in the UK) mixed action of ejectment, the fictitious defendant being called Y.
This particular use became obsolete in the UK in 1852:
As is well known, the device of involving real people as notional lessees and ejectors was used to enable freeholders to sue the real ejectors. These were then replaced by the fictional characters X and Y. Eventually the medieval remedies were (mostly) abolished by the Real Property Limitation Act of 1833; the fictional characters of X and Y by the Common Law Procedure Act 1852; and the forms of action themselves by the Judicature Acts 1873-75."
The term 'X Injunction' (or X Order) is used in the UK to describe an injunction sought against someone whose identity is not known at the time it is issued:
"8.02 If an unknown person has possession of the confidential personal information and is threatening to disclose it, a X injunction may be sought against that person. The first time this form of injunction was used since 1852 in the United Kingdom was in 2005 when lawyers acting for JK Rowling and her publishers obtained an interim order against an unidentified person who had offered to sell chapters of a stolen copy of an unpublished Harry Potter novel to the media"
There are hundreds of variants and extended analogies of X, in different countries
and legal systems and popular culture. What?
Answer: John Doe/Richard Roe
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Question 1401: 100 + 200 = 300
The product depicted was one of the first major products from the company 'X' which then (in 1946) specialized in fabrication technology. Named after the Japanese word for the 'finger ring' it allowed it's wearer to smoke a cigarette down to it's very nub which had become a habit in Japan owing to post war economic slump. The product was completely manufactured on a simple lathe and soon became a hit. The profits from this invention provided the capital to make the company what it is today.
In 1949 taking inspiration from the first business show in Ginza, Tokyo, a new product was designed by 'X' to substitute the existing mechanical gears system with electronic circuits. Launched in 1957 with a revolutionized key-pad and display, the product soon made 'X' a reputed name in computing.
Which company?
Answer: Casio
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Question 1330: What happened to shouting?
Prior to World War I, the doctrine regarding the weapon X was largely centered around the
concept of 'reach'; that is, a soldier's theoretical ability, by use of
an extremely long rifle and fixed X, to attack an enemy soldier
without having to approach within reach of his opponent's blade.
A combined length of rifle and X longer than that of the enemy
infantryman's rifle and attached X, like the infantryman's pike
of bygone days, was thought to impart a definite tactical advantage on
the battlefield, and military authorities engaged in endless discussions
over the supposed advantages of longer rifle/X combinations.
It's name supposedly originates from the town of Bayonne in South Western France where they were first made.
Identify X.
P.S. You might have noticed the absence of the Shoutmix chat in the sidebar for a few days. ShoutMix has shut down it's free service and we are unwilling to pay money for it(yes, we are ungrateful pricks). So we are now using Chatango, another chat service which is quite similar to the earlier Shoutmix.
Answer: Bayonet.
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