I think the real problem is that some people do not grasp English properly. 'Press the any key to continue' has a different meaning than 'Press any key to continue', grammatically speaking. Adjectives and nouns are quite different indeed.
Instead of spending money on hardware, take a look at what you have to offer from your local telephone company. Bellsouth offers a package called 'Privacy Director'. They only charge an additional $1.75/month for this. What is does is block all numbers that don't carry ANI and gives them an auto-attendant. Sometimes it blocks international numbers but you get the call anyway. I went from 100 spam calls a week to 0.
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Just because there are vulnerabilities in joeblow3rdparty software means Linux, as a kernel is more insecure? Pretty funny, considering I still have Nimda spiders hitting every box I see.
The lower the rating, the better the movie is. When you go to see a kung fu movie, featuring a kung fu star, what do you expect? This movie falls upon the line of America's Scariest Police Chases type of entertainment, not whatever else you're looking for. If you walk into this movie expecting plot and character development, you will be wasting time. If you walk into this movie expecting BRUTAL ASS KICKING FUN, you have made a good investment.
Who cares what critics think anyway? If you nitpick anything it ruins the movie experience for you.
>The thing that Wall &gang seem to miss is the >distinct registers of natural language. The >whole thing is very rich in expressivity, and >highly non-orthogonal. But that is absolutely >*NOT* the case when it comes to specialized >areas of natural language where clarity and >precision are at a premium. I *WANT* air-traffic >controllers to speak in a highly structured, >syntactically and lexically limited, >and stereotypical fashion! I really *DO NOT* >want them to use free verse! To a somewhat >lesser extent, I also want programming specs or >technical documentation to follow a rather rigid >pattern. When I look in the help file, it makes >my life a lot easier if the list of parameters >to a function are always described under the >same heading, with a consistent and fairly small >subset of English words, and with an attention >to consistent whitespace, layout and special >characters.
Some people like to be spoonfed, others like to learn the "proper way" on their own.
> The moral is that Perl is a great language for >*implementing* haiku... but Python is rather >better at implementing functional specs.
I love how people think that an opinion == fact. When I use Python, I feel like I'm using Visual C++. This is my OPINION. This does not mean that ANYONE THAT EXISTS OTHER THAN MYSELF feels this way.
However, any language can be created in an understable fashion if one takes the time to do so. Do technical writers and novelists write books in slang? No. They do not.
What you are saying is based on the _human_ factor. I can drive off of a bridge if I wanted to. The performance of my vehicle has absolutely _nothing_ to do with my decision.
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I think the real problem is that some people do not grasp English properly. 'Press the any key to continue' has a different meaning than 'Press any key to continue', grammatically speaking. Adjectives and nouns are quite different indeed.
Instead of spending money on hardware, take a look at what you have to offer from your local telephone company. Bellsouth offers a package called 'Privacy Director'. They only charge an additional $1.75/month for this. What is does is block all numbers that don't carry ANI and gives them an auto-attendant. Sometimes it blocks international numbers but you get the call anyway. I went from 100 spam calls a week to 0. Here is the link to more information.
Just because there are vulnerabilities in joeblow3rdparty software means Linux, as a kernel is more insecure? Pretty funny, considering I still have Nimda spiders hitting every box I see.
The lower the rating, the better the movie is. When you go to see a kung fu movie, featuring a kung fu star, what do you expect? This movie falls upon the line of America's Scariest Police Chases type of entertainment, not whatever else you're looking for. If you walk into this movie expecting plot and character development, you will be wasting time. If you walk into this movie expecting BRUTAL ASS KICKING FUN, you have made a good investment.
Who cares what critics think anyway? If you nitpick anything it ruins the movie experience for you.
Don't like pressing ALT-TAB or minimizing windows? Try a taskbar.
The Nokia 7160 allows Outlook Phonelist/To do/Calendar integration. Very nice.
>The thing that Wall &gang seem to miss is the
>distinct registers of natural language. The
>whole thing is very rich in expressivity, and
>highly non-orthogonal. But that is absolutely
>*NOT* the case when it comes to specialized
>areas of natural language where clarity and
>precision are at a premium. I *WANT* air-traffic
>controllers to speak in a highly structured,
>syntactically and lexically limited,
>and stereotypical fashion! I really *DO NOT*
>want them to use free verse! To a somewhat
>lesser extent, I also want programming specs or
>technical documentation to follow a rather rigid
>pattern. When I look in the help file, it makes
>my life a lot easier if the list of parameters
>to a function are always described under the
>same heading, with a consistent and fairly small
>subset of English words, and with an attention
>to consistent whitespace, layout and special
>characters.
Some people like to be spoonfed, others like to
learn the "proper way" on their own.
> The moral is that Perl is a great language for
>*implementing* haiku... but Python is rather
>better at implementing functional specs.
I love how people think that an opinion ==
fact. When I use Python, I feel like I'm
using Visual C++. This is my OPINION. This
does not mean that ANYONE THAT EXISTS OTHER
THAN MYSELF feels this way.
However, any language can be created in an
understable fashion if one takes the time to
do so. Do technical writers and novelists
write books in slang? No. They do not.
What you are saying is based on the _human_
factor. I can drive off of a bridge if I
wanted to. The performance of my vehicle has
absolutely _nothing_ to do with my decision.