I've never typed 'Net without an apostrophe, mostly because I've never used the term before. The only person allowed to use that name is Sandra Bullock, and only in a limited amount.
Now you could say that the global internet is a distinct network and thus citing it for a proper noun designation is appropriate
Yes. This is what all Internet capitalizers are saying.
Perhaps it would help the classification people to understand that the internet while perceived as a single network is actually a compilation of many systems across every inhabited continent in the world.
Then maybe the President shouldn't be a proper noun. The concept of a distinct individual is an illusion, while it's actually a compilation of many organ systems composed of individual cells. From the time the President is elected until the end of their first year, 98% of the atoms in their body are replaced.
You're right. When you're using my as the qualifier, you're not using the word as a proper name. But if you directly address them it becomes a noun.
You capitalize Mom and Dad in examples where the more formal words Mother and Father could be used instead and still capitalized. Your argument on that makes no sense.
What makes something a proper noun is that when you use it alone, it means a specific person or place or thing. When you say Internet, you are talking about the global internetworked computer system with which everyone else is familiar. You don't need to say my internet, unless you've created your own. Much like Interstate Highway System is capitalized (in the US), even though it's only one example of an interstate highway.
To draw visual focus (e.g. start of a new sentence), and to allow readers to infer that a name is a proper name rather than a generic type of person, place, or thing. That is only obvious if you already know of the proper noun.
But the rule that would change is that proper noun locations are capitalized. In common usage, that's still the case. It's still a proper noun location. You don't change part of the rule, you change the whole rule.
Really? They already have a real problem with that. This is not even about global warming. I take it you've never had to breathe ozone-rich air before. It hurts.
The iPhone and others like it are in the hands of the masses - a great wide many people. By definition, half of all people have an IQ of less than 100. To some, they're just talking to a magic phone box that understands them. It's a responsibility.
Wow...that means a lot of proteins breaking down and being excreted over a very short time. Most people only experience that when they overeat on meat. I didn't know that could happen from an event like that.
have to spend the rest of eternity working in an iPhone factory in China or struggling to survive as an street orphan in Africa.
Just because you switch places, doesn't mean you need to stay there. For one, you don't strictly need to eat. You could spend all your efforts leaving a bad situation without fear of being killed in the process. With such minimal living costs, you could regain or even improve on your former socioeconomic status, nevermind what compounding interest could do for you over many more decades.
Well...CDMA requires a record change at the carrier side, not just a SIM swap. So you have to call a 3rd-rate call center, repeat your phone number and personal identity info a half dozen times, half to a machine and half to a human, and talk to someone who's never even seen a non-GSM phone try to follow a script to find out the IMEI number of the new phone. They will fail at least once and may need to involve a supervisor. That costs them at least $1.30. The rest is pure profit.
No, it's not sufficient for privacy. Did you read my second sentence? I already addressed that.
It doesn't just control access, it encrypts all traffic in a way that's at least slightly more than trivial (i.e. you have to also sniff the handshake) to crack. If you must use HTTP, it's far more likely to be intercepted on a LAN rather than on the WAN, NSA excepted.
So you actually have to capture the handshake to have any real chance of capturing the data. Which isn't to say it's not possible, but it is not as simple as having the password.
Open wifi does not use encryption. It's surprising that no standard has developed for this, but when you connect to an open wifi network, you are subject to possibly having your traffic sniffed.
Yes, you should be using secure protocols whenever possible (HTTPS), but it's an entire layer of security missing.
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strawberries that have aspartame in much higher dosages
citation needed.
When you say "mild electrocution", you're saying "mildly dead", which doesn't really make a lot of sense.
There might be a few skin cells that are dead dead, but the human body as a whole is only extremely mildly dead as a result.
you DC retard!
FTFY
I've never typed 'Net without an apostrophe, mostly because I've never used the term before. The only person allowed to use that name is Sandra Bullock, and only in a limited amount.
Now you could say that the global internet is a distinct network and thus citing it for a proper noun designation is appropriate
Yes. This is what all Internet capitalizers are saying.
Perhaps it would help the classification people to understand that the internet while perceived as a single network is actually a compilation of many systems across every inhabited continent in the world.
Then maybe the President shouldn't be a proper noun. The concept of a distinct individual is an illusion, while it's actually a compilation of many organ systems composed of individual cells. From the time the President is elected until the end of their first year, 98% of the atoms in their body are replaced.
A comma is a very widely accepted accepted form of punctuation for parentheticals.
You're right. When you're using my as the qualifier, you're not using the word as a proper name. But if you directly address them it becomes a noun.
You capitalize Mom and Dad in examples where the more formal words Mother and Father could be used instead and still capitalized. Your argument on that makes no sense.
What makes something a proper noun is that when you use it alone, it means a specific person or place or thing. When you say Internet, you are talking about the global internetworked computer system with which everyone else is familiar. You don't need to say my internet, unless you've created your own. Much like Interstate Highway System is capitalized (in the US), even though it's only one example of an interstate highway.
The CSM is a highly respected organization that does good research and reporting
I agree with you, but that's a wasted argument to the parent poster.
Why we still use capital letters?
To draw visual focus (e.g. start of a new sentence), and to allow readers to infer that a name is a proper name rather than a generic type of person, place, or thing. That is only obvious if you already know of the proper noun.
That's not strictly one place, but rather a set of places. Not quite the same as Europe, because they are not really grouped in any meaningful way.
But the rule that would change is that proper noun locations are capitalized. In common usage, that's still the case. It's still a proper noun location. You don't change part of the rule, you change the whole rule.
By common usage, aks should be an accepted spelling for ask. It's been in use far longer than internet with no capital I.
The summary links to three sources. Is that not enough for you?
lies of air pollution
Really? They already have a real problem with that. This is not even about global warming. I take it you've never had to breathe ozone-rich air before. It hurts.
That's not a new question - http://annoyingorange.wikia.co...
That's only been possible since the rollout of LTE voice. Not every phone on the network even has that.
The iPhone and others like it are in the hands of the masses - a great wide many people. By definition, half of all people have an IQ of less than 100. To some, they're just talking to a magic phone box that understands them. It's a responsibility.
I notice that my urine is a bit stinky
Wow...that means a lot of proteins breaking down and being excreted over a very short time. Most people only experience that when they overeat on meat. I didn't know that could happen from an event like that.
Wait...where's the downside of this?
have to spend the rest of eternity working in an iPhone factory in China or struggling to survive as an street orphan in Africa.
Just because you switch places, doesn't mean you need to stay there. For one, you don't strictly need to eat. You could spend all your efforts leaving a bad situation without fear of being killed in the process. With such minimal living costs, you could regain or even improve on your former socioeconomic status, nevermind what compounding interest could do for you over many more decades.
If that's not a quote from this movie, it could easily be close: The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human
Well...CDMA requires a record change at the carrier side, not just a SIM swap. So you have to call a 3rd-rate call center, repeat your phone number and personal identity info a half dozen times, half to a machine and half to a human, and talk to someone who's never even seen a non-GSM phone try to follow a script to find out the IMEI number of the new phone. They will fail at least once and may need to involve a supervisor. That costs them at least $1.30. The rest is pure profit.
as far as switching carriers is concerned, thats not my decision, its a family plan and my mother-in-law is in charge.
Way to take your adult life into your own hands.
No, it's not sufficient for privacy. Did you read my second sentence? I already addressed that.
It doesn't just control access, it encrypts all traffic in a way that's at least slightly more than trivial (i.e. you have to also sniff the handshake) to crack. If you must use HTTP, it's far more likely to be intercepted on a LAN rather than on the WAN, NSA excepted.
Each device on a WPA2 network has their own private keys with the AP and use that for passing data.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
So you actually have to capture the handshake to have any real chance of capturing the data. Which isn't to say it's not possible, but it is not as simple as having the password.
Open wifi does not use encryption. It's surprising that no standard has developed for this, but when you connect to an open wifi network, you are subject to possibly having your traffic sniffed.
Yes, you should be using secure protocols whenever possible (HTTPS), but it's an entire layer of security missing.