My version of Firefox just has a regular "search bar" that defaults to Google. If I want another search, e.g., AbeBooks.com, I just change it to that. Does it become an "AbeBooks.com search bar" then?
Making snide remarks about the spelling of meter/metre is one of the worst ways of convincing the US in adopting the metric system for common usage[...].
I'm suprised you feel that this is a method of convincing the US at all.
I have hope because I'm kind-hearted and I generally have hope for the improvement of backward folk, not because I'm actively trying to speed widespread US adoption of this particular international standard, nor even because I pine for the metric system. (Where I live, folks have been using the metric system, e.g., on retail product packaging, since before I was born.)
Alternative spellings, like your "meter", are okay, if inelegant... just please don't make the erroneous claim that that's the only correct spelling of the word.
The SI base unit of length is the metre. Your wacky "meter" is, in some circles, accepted as an alternative spelling.
According to the OED, although Thomas Jefferson suggested "metre" as a unit of "capacity" (roughly one hundredth of a bushel) in 1790, the term was used for the measurement of length instead. The term and spelling "metre" has thus been in continuous use in English for more than two hundred years.
Shouldn't a "house of the future" be smaller than current houses? If they are to be available to all humans, I mean.
Also, I still have hope that USians will start using the metric system someday... so overall, I'd suggest that a more sensible house of the future would be about 100 or 200 square metres.
1) If you press "ALT" the File / Edit / View menus show up in IE and Windows Explorer. It actually works well, hiding the bars when they aren't used gives you more screen space.
That an annoyance "works" doesn't save it from being annoying. Although an extra titch of screen real-estate is nice, I'd rather have an easier to use UI that requires fewer button- and key-presses. As long as I can readily turn off this "feature", I'll be happy... there is a readily-accessed check box or menu check-item to lock the menus in place, right?
2) Up button is gone, but if you have a side button on your mouse that will take you up one level in Windows Explorer.
So you're saying two features were removed from Windows Explorer, then? In XP, my side mouse buttons go forward and backward through my recently-visited directories, a feature that I use. The parent of my current directory is not necessarily the last directory I used. If you are correct that one of these side buttons now does an "up directory" then that's a second problem, not a fix for the first!
I have been living where I live for 3 and a half year [sic], the rovers sure wasn't [sic] up there when I moved in.
From TFA: Spirit's start as a Martian was 2004-01-04, Opportunity's 2004-01-25
It's 2008 now, so either you've actually been living in your house for more than 3.5 a (you may be pleased to know that I have no idea if that's true), or your recollection is wrong.
Back in college, I used to work with pioneer robots in my classes. The damned things had a 15 lb. Dell notebook mounted on top of them. Ridiculous. Try hauling the robot and the laptop to a demonstration or presentation.
What's ridiculous is that the robot made you carry it! I guess they're already smarter than us.
Why not just keep your CV up to date at all times?
Could be a bit touchy in unhealthy work environments, I suppose, but for my part, I've found that maintaining an "it's no big thing" attitude about it and always keeping my CV up to date have never bothered any of my employers.
Actually, many elements of the ISS were designed, built and launched by Russia, whose participation in the project has been crucial to its development. The "I" stands for "International"!
It looks like the sort of restrictions I was alluding to apply only to some of Adobe's products (at least in the US and Canada), not including Photoshop: "Education versions of Former Macromedia products only (Studio 8, Dreamweaver, Flash, etc.) are intended for instructional and administrative purposes only and may not be used for any commercial purpose." (Source: http://adobe.com/blah blah blah long URL) This seems to contradict the UK information you pointed out, so perhaps Adobe's license terms vary by jurisdiction.
Sorry, but wrong
Please check again. I used a careful-placed weasel word ("might"), I did but advise care, and some common Adobe products do indeed have such a restriction (making it worthwhile to check specific cases, assuming you want to be in compliance with your licenses).
Actually, it seems that an apparently-duly-authorised agent of the photograph's subject (to wit, her brother, who had already "consulted a few attorney associates") confirmed in writing three months ago on a Flickr comment that the teen was not defamed by Virgin:
"I'm speaking for my sister and my family in this matter. We're going to seek out legal counsel and contact Virgin Mobile. My sister is just a kid in high school, and while Virgin Mobile isn't "defaming" her character, this is still not cool. They should have at least let her and the photographer know about it."
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What did it scratch?
Needs more mountweazels!
My version of Firefox just has a regular "search bar" that defaults to Google.
If I want another search, e.g., AbeBooks.com, I just change it to that. Does it become an "AbeBooks.com search bar" then?
That'll teach them to get their media release published on Slashdot!
NPC Hirelings? Or is this a new PC class option for those who want to earn some money as they play?
Do you have any evidence to support this contention?
Useful, aye, but more useful than a truly global standard?
And how easily does 5 divide into 12? 6 into 20?
You know what I mean, right? That's communication for you.
"USers", if you prefer... or "International Bullies"... or "folks that seem to forget where the Statue of Liberty came from"...
I'm suprised you feel that this is a method of convincing the US at all.
I have hope because I'm kind-hearted and I generally have hope for the improvement of backward folk, not because I'm actively trying to speed widespread US adoption of this particular international standard, nor even because I pine for the metric system. (Where I live, folks have been using the metric system, e.g., on retail product packaging, since before I was born.)
Alternative spellings, like your "meter", are okay, if inelegant... just please don't make the erroneous claim that that's the only correct spelling of the word.
The SI base unit of length is the metre. Your wacky "meter" is, in some circles, accepted as an alternative spelling.
According to the OED, although Thomas Jefferson suggested "metre" as a unit of "capacity" (roughly one hundredth of a bushel) in 1790, the term was used for the measurement of length instead. The term and spelling "metre" has thus been in continuous use in English for more than two hundred years.
Shouldn't a "house of the future" be smaller than current houses? If they are to be available to all humans, I mean.
Also, I still have hope that USians will start using the metric system someday... so overall, I'd suggest that a more sensible house of the future would be about 100 or 200 square metres.
7.5% of 871 million US$ is more than 65 million US$: that's a big hair more than 6.5 million US$... from King King, maybe?
That an annoyance "works" doesn't save it from being annoying. Although an extra titch of screen real-estate is nice, I'd rather have an easier to use UI that requires fewer button- and key-presses. As long as I can readily turn off this "feature", I'll be happy... there is a readily-accessed check box or menu check-item to lock the menus in place, right?
So you're saying two features were removed from Windows Explorer, then? In XP, my side mouse buttons go forward and backward through my recently-visited directories, a feature that I use. The parent of my current directory is not necessarily the last directory I used. If you are correct that one of these side buttons now does an "up directory" then that's a second problem, not a fix for the first!
From TFA: Spirit's start as a Martian was 2004-01-04, Opportunity's 2004-01-25
It's 2008 now, so either you've actually been living in your house for more than 3.5 a (you may be pleased to know that I have no idea if that's true), or your recollection is wrong.
What's ridiculous is that the robot made you carry it! I guess they're already smarter than us.
Fortunately, there are also other people around to correct anyone who tells you that.
Why not just keep your CV up to date at all times?
Could be a bit touchy in unhealthy work environments, I suppose, but for my part, I've found that maintaining an "it's no big thing" attitude about it and always keeping my CV up to date have never bothered any of my employers.
Actually, many elements of the ISS were designed, built and launched by Russia, whose participation in the project has been crucial to its development. The "I" stands for "International"!
It looks like the sort of restrictions I was alluding to apply only to some of Adobe's products (at least in the US and Canada), not including Photoshop: "Education versions of Former Macromedia products only (Studio 8, Dreamweaver, Flash, etc.) are intended for instructional and administrative purposes only and may not be used for any commercial purpose." (Source: http://adobe.com/blah blah blah long URL) This seems to contradict the UK information you pointed out, so perhaps Adobe's license terms vary by jurisdiction.
Please check again. I used a careful-placed weasel word ("might"), I did but advise care, and some common Adobe products do indeed have such a restriction (making it worthwhile to check specific cases, assuming you want to be in compliance with your licenses).
Careful! You might be admitting to violating the terms of the student version license by using it now that you are no longer a student.
Actually, if moon people are similar to the rest of us, in the long term 100% of them will likely be 100% dead.
Is ICANN composed of only "cat people" or is there also a .dog available?
If USAers are lucky, there will be some firm international private law by the time they lose their tenuous position as global bully du jour.
Actually, it seems that an apparently-duly-authorised agent of the photograph's subject (to wit, her brother, who had already "consulted a few attorney associates") confirmed in writing three months ago on a Flickr comment that the teen was not defamed by Virgin: