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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Self-authentication? #174545 03/12/2008 3:54 AM Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 390 कहीं &... latishya enthusiast latishya enthusiast Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 390 कहीं &... In a daily word email I was reading at a friend's I saw the word autopisty meaning self-authentication. Apart from the fact that when I first saw the word I assumed it meant getting oneself drunk, what is "self-authentication"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Self-authentication? latishya #174546 03/12/2008 4:05 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass this word of the day?? the worthless word for the day is: axiopisty [fr. Gk axio-pistos < axios, worthy + pistos, to be trusted] /aks ee AH pih stee/ obs. rare : the quality that makes something believable: trustworthiness "She does not only attribute to their sacred authors the axiopisty, a credibility fully merited, but also the autopisty; that is to say a right to be believed independently of their circumstances or of their personal qualities..." - Louis Gaussen, Theopneusty (1844) "How can you not suspect the axiopisty of someone who has been convicted of a white-collar crime?" - New Straits Times, (Kuala Lumpur) July 1, 1996 bonus: autopisty - self-authentication -tsuwm http://home.comcast.net/~wwftd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Self-authentication? tsuwm #174547 03/12/2008 4:06 AM Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 390 कहीं &... latishya enthusiast latishya enthusiast Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 390 कहीं &... that's the one. Do you get it too? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Self-authentication? latishya #174548 03/12/2008 4:09 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass get it? I am it. in any case, the quote contrasts the two words nicely. -tsuwm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Self-authentication? tsuwm #174549 03/12/2008 4:11 AM Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 390 कहीं &... latishya enthusiast latishya enthusiast Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 390 कहीं &... Originally Posted By: tsuwm get it? I am it. in any case, the quote contrasts to the words nicely. -tsuwm Sorry! I guess that makes you the one to ask then Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Self-authentication? latishya #174550 03/12/2008 4:19 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass by the way, Theopneusty can be defined as 'divine inspiration,' and that's what Gaussen is writing about - she's saying the writers (of the Holy Scriptures) are not only trustworthy, but that their writing is credible in itself. -joe (I don't buy 'em, I just 'splain 'em) friday Last edited by tsuwm; 03/12/2008 4:21 AM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Self-authentication? tsuwm #174577 03/12/2008 2:24 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Wow, and you're psychic too: from the first post I'd been planning to ask what Theopneusty was. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Self-authentication? latishya #174596 03/12/2008 5:13 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 In the law, self-authentication refers to evidence which is authenticated by its own contents rather than through testimony or other evidence. For example, under the Michigan Rules of Evidence, in a trial in which the condition of an intersection is at issue, a photograph of the intersection can be valuable evidence, but to admit the photo, somebody must testify that the photo is what it purports to be: a photograph of the intersection. Often, the person authenticating the photo will be the person who took the photo. But there is a list of items that don't require such supportive testimony, including certain public documents under seal, certified copies of public records, official publications, newspapers and periodicals, and commercial papers. A certified copy of somebody's driving record, including that his license has been suspended, can be presented as evidence of the driver's status without the need for somebody from the driver's license office to come and testify to the record. That driver shouldda stopped at that intersection stop sign. 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