User: ellep

Good, now add reading support please?

On: Google Docs Can Now Export EPUB (thestack.com)

Apparently you can now create EPUB's but you cannot even check if it's valid by reading your output.

Re:Easy grammar

On: Ask Slashdot: What Would a Constructed Language Have To Be To Replace English?

Also the confusion of "die See" and "das Meer" is brilliant:

In the languages I know:
English: sea - lake
French: mer - lac
German: Meer - See
Dutch: zee - meer

so a [lak] is always freshwater, but a [see] or a [meer] depends on where you are

Re:Easy grammar

On: Ask Slashdot: What Would a Constructed Language Have To Be To Replace English?

Added Dutch

Wind - wind - wind
Wasser - water - water
Stein - stone - steen
Fisch - fish - vis
Rabe - Raven - raaf
Kraehe - Crow - kraai
Grass - grass - gras
Haus - house - huis
Stock - Stick - stok
Von - From - van
unter - under - onder
Wolf - wolf - wolf
Fuchs - fox - vos
Strom(as in river) - stream - stroom
die See (not der See, that is a lake) - sea - zee
Auge - eye - oog
Ohr - ear - oor
Arm - arm - arm
Herz - heart - hart
Damm - dam - dam

In the Netherlands..

On: Who's On WhatsApp, and Why?

Almost everyone I know that has a smartphone (~80% of the people I know) uses WhatsApp for messaging one-to-one and for groups.

Re:Rule no 1

On: Moving the Linux Kernel Console To User-Space

If it ain't broken, fix 'till it is. fix some more until it is no longer broken. repeat.

Re:Why not both?

On: ITU To Choose Emergency Line For Mobiles: 911, or 112?

The best part of the alcohol thingies is that if you do decide to use the one in your car to check your ability to drive, you are then breaking the law, as you will be driving without a (unused) alcohol thingie in your car.

Re:What keeps me

On: What's Keeping You On Windows?

I second that, although IT just told me I may run linux on my 'old' (1yr old) laptop when my 'new' laptop arrives. The new one will probably only be used to gather dust and an occasional e-mail.