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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Nitpicking   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Nitpicking is the act of removing nits (the eggs of lice, though in this case specifically head lice) from one's hair.
Nitpicking is all about liking a show so much that you want to try to resolve conflicts and discuss the backstory/world/premise developed, not about flames or insults or ridicule.
Nitpicking is the act of removing nits (the eggs of lice, generally head lice) from the host's hair.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Nitpicking   (353 words)

  
 SG1Web: NNG - Articles - Nitpicking 101 (Submission Process)
Nitpicks are submitted to the NNG via the online submission form, which includes fields for the episode in question, the category of the nitpick, a description of the nitpick, and any other comments the author wishes to provide.
If I rewrite a nitpick (for grammatical or content reasons) in what I feel is a substantial manner, I will request the author's approval for the new format before activating it under his or her name in the database.
In some cases, a nitpick may have been submitted previously but not yet activated in the database (or made active and the author simply missed that it was already present on the episode page).
www.sg1web.com /arts_nitpick-p.php   (774 words)

  
 Confessions of an Aca/Fan: The Official Weblog of Henry Jenkins: The Merits of Nitpicking: A Doctor Diagnoses House
Scott's blog is a good illustration of a mode of fan criticism which sometimes goes by the name of nitpicking.
Nitpickers examine their favorite programs through a particular lens -- in this case, medicine -- in which they have developed expertise.
It is too specialized,and for a med school student,maybe,it comes as a help,but then,again,he has it all written in his text and presented in the form of patients in all possible permutations.
www.henryjenkins.org /2007/01/the_merits_of_knitpicking_a_do.html   (2128 words)

  
  SG1Web: NNG - Articles - Nitpicking 101
Nitpicking is the art of finding mistakes in a television show, for the purpose of stimulating discussion about and enjoyment of that show.
Although the dictionary defines nitpicking as "paying too much attention to petty details," as used in our context it is more about having fun and acknowledging the imperfection of being human and of being involved in a creative process.
Nitpicking is all about liking a show so much that you want to try to resolve conflicts and discuss the backstory/world/premise developed, not about flames or insults or ridicule.
sg1web.com /arts_nitpick.php   (280 words)

  
 Nitpicking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nitpicking is the act of removing nits (the eggs of lice, generally head lice) from the host's hair.
As the nits are cemented to individual hairs with louse saliva, they cannot be removed with lice combs and, before modern chemical methods were invented, the only options were to shave all the host's hair or to pick them free one by one.
As nitpicking inherently requires fastidious, meticulous attention to detail, the term has become appropriated to describe the practice of meticulously searching for minor, even trivial errors in detail (often referred to as "nits" as well), and then criticising them.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nitpicking   (203 words)

  
 Beth, Demon Princess of Nitpicking
Given to those who have managed to nitpick a Superior and gotten away with it, this distinction lets a demon take a "master copy" of a work and correct it; for every point of Essence he (or she) spends while doing it, 100 copies will receive the same correction.
Impudites who serve the Word of Nitpicking may add their Celestial Forces toward using their resonance on anyone who has joined in when they were nitpicking someone.
Besides, I think that the true importance of Nitpicking in the Symphony is that it be utterly non-constructive, and serve only to annoy.
www.sjgames.com /in-nomine/articles/INChar/Demons/Prince.Beth.html   (3611 words)

  
 SG1Web: NNG - Articles - Nitpicking 101 (Nitpick Categories)
The NNG does its best to be consistent when categorizing nitpicks, but this is not an exact science and inconsistencies may occur when specific nits could fall into more than one category.
When submitting a nitpick, you will be asked to assign your nitpick to the appropriate category based on these descriptions.
This is the most subjective category of nitpick, as there is often a fine line between a plot hole and artistic license in writing.
sg1web.com /arts_nitpick-c.php   (813 words)

  
 Nitpicking | Features | Guardian Unlimited Film
Nitpicking is one of those handy metaphors whose origins don't bear thinking about.
The most nitpicked film of all time is Titanic.
Nitpicking is to film criticism as blogging is to journalism.
film.guardian.co.uk /features/featurepages/0,4120,1505405,00.html   (591 words)

  
 Nitpicking (pastime) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nitpicking is the pastime of finding, often trivial, mistakes in movies and television shows.
Nitpickers will also be inclined to find trivia in a show, including possible "inside jokes" and "signature items" added by the writers or other members of the production team.
When a recurring signature item is found in a series (such as the occurrence of the number 47 in Star Trek), nitpickers will often pore over the episodes with great diligence to find all the occurrences.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nitpicking_(pastime)   (168 words)

  
 nitpicking - OneLook Dictionary Search
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nitpicking : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
Words similar to nitpicking: carping, caviling, nitpick, pettifogging, quibbling, more...
www.onelook.com /?w=nitpicking   (131 words)

  
 Hacki's Ultima Page - Nitpicking rules   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
(First, you should obviously know what nitpicking is all about.) I just ask you to stick to some rules, ‘cause nitpicking ain’t an easy business.
The following rules are the intellectual product of dealing with nitpicks in the Ultima series for more than two years, having received hundreds of mails and comments on this topic and having collected a lot of experience with it.
Nitpicking is one way of getting some extra entertainment out of them.
members.inode.at /357352/english/nitpicks_rules.htm   (1359 words)

  
 The Trek BBS: Does nitpicking diminish your fun in seeing Trek?
They didn't start out liking Nemesis and then have their fun ruined because the number of decks is different from what it was eight years before; they didn't like Nemesis because it wasn't very good and it made a fair number of bad or sloppy choices on top of that.
I'm imagining writers meetings where a guy proposes something and another one shoots it down with a rational and realistic argument only to be overruled by the producer because he feels it's not so bad and the story couldn't happen this way if they observed logic.
To be honest I have nothing against people who enjoy nitpicking, however the way a lot of people who do it go about it, is one of the things that turns me and possibly other people off Star Trek IMO.
www.trekbbs.com /threads/showflat.php?Number=6738002   (3241 words)

  
 nitpicking - SciForums.com
I could write my own nitpicker’s guide to Star Trek, but here are the things that annoy me the most about Star Trek and other Sci-Fi shows and movies.
One major nitpick with an otherwise great story; the movie claims that the machines use humans for energy, but actually a living human body absorbs energy.
Regarding the humanoid aliens in star trek, i saw an episode of next generation once where the klingons, romulans, cardassians, and humans discover that all their planets were seeded with life by the same ancient humanoid species and thast why they all follow that mold.
www.sciforums.com /showthread.php?t=23035   (2543 words)

  
 Nitpicking Guide to Riven
The best way to experience good nitpicking is to load up the game and see the nits for yourself in the actual Fifth Age, using this site as a reference.
I've categorized each nit by the island the nit is visible or noticable from, and included images of most nits to assist you in where to look.
One last thing: True nitpicking is about simply taking a fun light-hearted look at things that might be wrong with a production, and NOT about bashing others' work.
www.geocities.com /hlrmatt/base.htm   (443 words)

  
 A##d##d.com » Nitpicking
I’m in the second-to-last stage of the process: nitpicking.
All this nitpicking might take a while, but it should be worth it.
This entry was posted on Thursday, May 13th, 2004 at 11:58 am and is filed under News.
actdead.com /?p=79   (207 words)

  
 Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro - Editorial: No nitpicking   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
THE City Council is expected to handle questioning of City Police Director Aurelio Trampe with a certain amount of civility, that is, if one were to assess reserved remarks of councilors on the issue last week.
The main issue here is to find solutions to the rising crime rate and not engage in petty nitpicking.
The re-assumption of lawyer Boy Araña of the barangay chairman post in Bugo may further complicate the situation in that area since the sitting Bugo chairman Nerio Obliosca has yet to wave the white flag so to speak.
www.sunstar.com.ph /static/cag/2006/06/13/oped/editorial.html   (318 words)

  
 Columns: Nitpicking court pokes two holes in a healthy law
Columns: Nitpicking court pokes two holes in a healthy law
Nitpicking court pokes two holes in a healthy law
It would be tooooo easy, for the wrong reason, to bash the appeals court that just threw out Florida's "three strikes" law for repeat felony offenders.
www.sptimes.com /2002/01/25/Columns/Nitpicking_court_poke.shtml   (684 words)

  
 Why the Nitpicking Desperation here to prove PS3 much more - Beyond3D Forum
All the topics here i see are nitpicking the smallest of details to try to squeeze out some sort of proof that PS3 is much much more than Xbox 360 in everything.
And "nitpicking desperation" could be considered a by-word for some of the arguments made from some quarters re.
The nitpickings you referred to are due to a lack of in-depth, official documentation on Xenos and Cell, so people tend to zoom down to the specifics.
www.beyond3d.com /forum/showthread.php?t=21763   (1762 words)

  
 SCIENCE HOBBYIST: Misconceptions Page: NITPICKER!
Just give some very narrow definitions to particular words (words like "electricity" for example.) Declare all of the other common everyday definitions of those words to be wrong.
Or perhaps they are like I was: their misconceptions cause them to become blind, and they cannot see the errors until they start re-teaching themselves the correct concepts.
At the very least, perhaps they avoided these misconceptions during their own student career, and now they're dismissing the importance of a learning barrier which many others do encounter.
amasci.com /miscon/nitpik.html   (2154 words)

  
 Re: Nitpicking
In Reply to: Re: Nitpicking posted by R. Berg on April 22, 2001
: In the world of other mammals, what we call nitpicking is known as mutual grooming.
It seems only fair that everyone's fur should be equally available for inspection.
www.phrases.org.uk /bulletin_board/8/messages/722.html   (398 words)

  
 Feedback: We’re Nitpicking while Christians Are Going to Hell - CWN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Posted On: 11/03/05 05:59:56 AM Age 56, MS Repentance and trust are a way of life we are called to, not merely a point in time we look back to with pain or joy, or even forward to with anticipation or fear.
Posted On: 11/02/05 04:07:51 PM Age 75, OH I am troubled by the number of 'good' people that I speak to, church people, who think they are going to heaven because they are 'good enough' and 'my good outweighs the bad' mentality.
Posted On: 11/05/05 08:03:11 AM Age 39, TX The missing message in modern-day preaching is the Biblical doctrine of repentance, where a sinner is convinced and convicted of his exceeding sinfulness and lost condition.
www.worldviewweekend.com /secure/cwnetwork/feedback.php?&ArticleID=323   (3441 words)

  
 SF and the 20th Century, Part 1: Favorite Stories : Nitpicking...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
For the corresponding "live" discussions, post in the active topic forum here.
December 18, 2000 6:51 PM Mataxes - Nitpicking...
Please follow the guidelines set forth in the Suite101.com Posting Etiquette when adding to the discussion.
www.suite101.com /discussion.cfm/sf_and_society/50053/349885   (268 words)

  
 VN Boards - NS spec expert needed for nitpicking and getting the best CS/CD ratio.
Topic: NS spec expert needed for nitpicking and getting the best CS/CD ratio.
Once again, when it is this close, I say go for the monster CS styled attacks.
The increased chance to proc Malice with your off-hand with the higher CD is too low to matter.
vnboards.ign.com /hibernia_stalker_professions/b20908/100191635/p2/?19   (2011 words)

  
 GGL - Nitpicking The Electronic Sports World Cup   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
I have come back from Paris and I have to say that, as always, I had a great time.
The Electronic Sports World Cup is still the number one event for me. Having said that, I will still nitpick because ESWC was not a perfect event and criticism is a way to improvement.
For years, Games Services have been struggling to create a tournament that would be held at a place attractive for the mainstream and fit for a gaming tournament as well.
www.ggl.com /news.php?NewsId=3501   (845 words)

  
 Markus Hoenicka - Re: tetex-beta nitpicking [WAS: Re: no more package moratorium?]
Markus Hoenicka - Re: tetex-beta nitpicking [WAS: Re: no more package moratorium?]
Re: tetex-beta nitpicking [WAS: Re: no more package moratorium?]
Subject: Re: tetex-beta nitpicking [WAS: Re: no more package moratorium?]
www.cygwin.com /ml/cygwin/2001-11/msg00926.html   (329 words)

  
 VN Boards - NS spec expert needed for nitpicking and getting the best CS/CD ratio.
I think that is overly simplistic and I don't think how you calculated style DPS is related to how you calculated base DPS and I don't see where you assumed how many rounds a person styles.
The one key assumption in this comparison is HOW much of your overal melee damage output is style damage - which depends on how many rounds you style, how much your off-hand swings and how much style damage you do with your main hand when you DO style.
I never claimed to be a math god, but this sounds like the worst spec I have ever heard of.
vnboards.ign.com /.../b20908/100191635/r100285610   (2162 words)

  
 Nitpicking - BTTF.com's Space-Time Continuum - Back to the Future™ Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Back to the Future Trilogy A discussion about the original Back to the Future film trilogy, limited to what is seen on screen, printed in various drafts of the scripts or the novels, or implied through dialogue.
I don't get why everyone watches all 3 films and nitpicks at everything in the movies.
Its a movie take it for what it is, yes everyone has questions about the movies but some things go too far.
www.bttf.com /forums/showthread.php?t=15063   (265 words)

  
 Nitpicking or Genuine Critiquing: Confusing the Message with the Messenger
Nitpicking or Genuine Critiquing: Confusing the Message with the Messenger
The VKP writer wanted to score a political point by nitpicking some of my statements out of context.
The critique wrote, "The prominent "roles and rights" of the Kunama woman, within her Kunama society, precedes the "backward feudal culture" as well as it is still in line with the "gender equality rights" of the modern times." Of course, VKP took my phrase out of context and pitching the Kunama against the Kebesa culture.
www.awate.com /artman/publish/printer_3964.shtml   (1615 words)

  
 Presidential Nitpicking   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
For fans of tightly-written, reality-based television shows, quibbling over details may be an ultimate expression of affection.
On an episode of the The Simpsons (a program of which it might be said that many, many a truth is spoken in jest), Lucy Lawless (Xena, Warrior Princess) voices her cartoon self facing a group of hard-core fans at a convention.
They are offended by what they perceive as criticism and wonder why, if people are so critical of the show, they bother to watch it, or at least why they bother to post their nitpicks publicly.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/west_wing/46034   (496 words)

  
 Nitpicking can spare potential occupiers future headaches - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Nitpicking can spare potential occupiers future headaches - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
What might seem like nitpicking can spare you future headaches.
The Internet has a wealth of Web sites offering advice for prospective homebuyers or renters.
www.pittsburghlive.com /x/style/homegarden/s_269803.html   (439 words)

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