Option 5: Develop to the standard while being aware of IE's limitations. Use the '* html' hack to work around these problems. Not very difficult once you know how.
amount, number. In most circumstances amount is used with non-count nouns to mean 'quantity' (e.g. a reasonable amount of forgiveness, glue, resistance, straw), i.e. nouns which normally have no plural; and number is used with plural nouns (e.g. a certain number of boys, houses, jobs, etc.). Amount is now fast breaking into the territory of number, sometimes, but by no means always, when the following plural noun is viewed as an aggregate or collection. A range of examples: Fame had magnified the amount of the forces-1849 in OED; I have any amount of letters for you-G. B. Shaw, 1893 ( = a great many);...
Yes, Skype has a silly name too. However, they didn't start with a sensible name and then change it to something silly. I mean, Paula Yate's daughter is called Heavenly Hirani Tigerlily, but that doesn't mean I'm going to change my name to Fiddledy Pimple Grimblewart, 'cos that would be stupid.
BlueJ is a good tool to teach programming with. It uses Java as the language, but you don't have to mess around with creating main functions and the like - you just create objects, and can instantiate them and use them interactively in the IDE. And the objects you create are shown as a class diagram instead of a list of files.
You can then teach OO without worrying too much about teaching IDEs.
No, the BBC don't do this. There's no DRM on their olympic streams - I've been watching it for the last two weeks on my linux box without any problems. With a choice of up to four different streams, so I can choose which events to watch as well.
When I was at Warwick Uni I heard about this prank which supposedly happened a few years earlier, although I can't confirm it:
There were some roadworks going on near the Westwood campus, so the students phoned up the foreman and told him that some students, dressed up as policemen, were going to come and try to stop them. Then they phoned the police and told them that some students, dressed up as workmen, were digging up the road.
You need more like 30-bit, that's 10 per channel or 1024 grays, before it becomes totally seemless.
It's seamless, not seemless. Seemless isn't a word, but if it was it would probably have the opposite meaning from what you wanted. Or did you mean 'totally unseemly'?
Ah, but if your friend installs Flash on his tablet, he's not agreeing to the EULA, and therefore isn't allowing Macromedia to audit his machine. So he's fine! Of course, he's not legally allowed to install it, but they're not legally allowed to find out either.
On a modern linux distribution you can just put the font file in ~/.fonts and it's installed and shows up immediately. Works on my SuSE 9.1/KDE laptop and on my Debian Testing/Gnome desktop.
I only use Windows now for testing webpages in IE (yuck) and the occasional Flash creation.
You mean you don't have to type "guest" for the username every single time you want to access a pubshare, like you do with RedHat 9? And you don't have to know that you need to use "guest" for the username to get SMB printers working? Sounds nice.
I typed my default login details into the KDE Control Centre 'Local Network Browsing' panel. And for printers I used my own login details as well when going through the add printer wizard. I haven't edited anything in the config files - YaST even let me join my computer to the domain without any hassle.
With regards to the other post about the camera - perhaps my camera didn't work because I'd upgraded from 8.0 to 8.1 to 8.2, and maybe some configuration files got messed up on the way. I don't expect everything will work perfectly, but still, it's doing a better job than before.
I've just installed SuSE 9.0 on my laptop this evening. I wasn't sure if it would be worth upgrading from 8.2 as the changes didn't seem that major, but I like to support SuSE since they do such a good job, and I've bought every version since 7.2 so it seemed like a shame to stop now...
Anyway, I copied all my important data onto the server downstair, stuck the disk in a did a full install. (I've always done an upgrade before, but I thought it was about time to have a clean sheet again).
I was really impressed with the installation - went really smoothly, and detected nearly all my hardware straight off, with only the Wacom graphics tablet not detected. It was improved over previous versions in that it gave options for connecting to networks and authentication via LDAP and stuff like that. One of the last things it offered to do was connect to the internet to get the latest updates, which I allowed it to do. It also got the proper NVidia drivers and the MS TTF fonts.
I did the usual fiddling to get the display exactly how I like it, copied the data back from the server and I have a fully working system again.
Now I'm starting to notice the improvements. The first thing I noticed was the considerable improvement in boot speed. The next thing I noticed was how the fonts were all looking really nice without me having to change any settings. (Although I have now changed to Bitstream Vera because I prefer that).
Then I plugged my camera in, and a new icon appeared on the desktop for it automatically. (I tried to ages to get 8.2 to do that).
My samba connection to the server is working without me having to fiddle with any settings.
I'll admit it's early doors yet, but so far things are looking really good, and I'm very pleased I upgraded.
Exactly. And here is the Chambers 21st Century Dictionary definition of decimate:
decimateverb (decimated, decimating ) to reduce greatly in number; to destroy a large part or number of something. decimation noun. decimator noun.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c in this sense; 16c in historical sense 'to select by lot and execute one in every ten': from Latin decimare to take a tenth person or thing, from decem ten.
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Just remember to degauss your monitor afterwards, as the huge electromagnet will probably have messed up your monitor.
You could also try washing the disk in irn-bru.
Option 5: Develop to the standard while being aware of IE's limitations. Use the '* html' hack to work around these problems. Not very difficult once you know how.
amount, number. In most circumstances amount is used with non-count nouns to mean 'quantity' (e.g. a reasonable amount of forgiveness, glue, resistance, straw), i.e. nouns which normally have no plural; and number is used with plural nouns (e.g. a certain number of boys, houses, jobs, etc.). Amount is now fast breaking into the territory of number, sometimes, but by no means always, when the following plural noun is viewed as an aggregate or collection. A range of examples: Fame had magnified the amount of the forces-1849 in OED; I have any amount of letters for you-G. B. Shaw, 1893 ( = a great many); ...
- The New Fowler's Modern English UsageNo, real nerds run 'netcat -l -p 25'
Yes, Skype has a silly name too. However, they didn't start with a sensible name and then change it to something silly. I mean, Paula Yate's daughter is called Heavenly Hirani Tigerlily, but that doesn't mean I'm going to change my name to Fiddledy Pimple Grimblewart, 'cos that would be stupid.
BlueJ is a good tool to teach programming with. It uses Java as the language, but you don't have to mess around with creating main functions and the like - you just create objects, and can instantiate them and use them interactively in the IDE. And the objects you create are shown as a class diagram instead of a list of files.
You can then teach OO without worrying too much about teaching IDEs.
No, the BBC don't do this. There's no DRM on their olympic streams - I've been watching it for the last two weeks on my linux box without any problems. With a choice of up to four different streams, so I can choose which events to watch as well.
Yeah, and what's the point of using HTML? They could have posted an image of the text to the same effect.
When I was at Warwick Uni I heard about this prank which supposedly happened a few years earlier, although I can't confirm it:
There were some roadworks going on near the Westwood campus, so the students phoned up the foreman and told him that some students, dressed up as policemen, were going to come and try to stop them. Then they phoned the police and told them that some students, dressed up as workmen, were digging up the road.
And as they say, hilarity ensued.
I'm sorry. I'm not walking around with an empty arm for anybody.
You need more like 30-bit, that's 10 per channel or 1024 grays, before it becomes totally seemless.
It's seamless, not seemless. Seemless isn't a word, but if it was it would probably have the opposite meaning from what you wanted. Or did you mean 'totally unseemly'?
It's not whey overdue though.
Ah, but if your friend installs Flash on his tablet, he's not agreeing to the EULA, and therefore isn't allowing Macromedia to audit his machine. So he's fine! Of course, he's not legally allowed to install it, but they're not legally allowed to find out either.
Actually, "Scrabble" only belongs to Hasbro in the US and Canada. Everywhere else in the world it belongs to Spears.
How about this four lane roundabout then: http://www.cbrd.co.uk/badjunctions/45-46.shtml
It's actually not a bad roundabout when you know which lane you want to be in, but for visitors to the area it must be a nightmare.
And here's some info on how to use a roundabout, from the British Highway Code:
http://www.highwaycode.gov.uk/17.shtml#160
Blind leading the blind? I don't see many schools asking students to lead class and I think there is a reason...
However, you will see plenty of student teachers observing classes so they can learn to teach better.
On a modern linux distribution you can just put the font file in ~/.fonts and it's installed and shows up immediately. Works on my SuSE 9.1/KDE laptop and on my Debian Testing/Gnome desktop.
I only use Windows now for testing webpages in IE (yuck) and the occasional Flash creation.
That would have been Firebird 1, which was just a slight cleanup of the (very) old Interbase code, and I'll agree, the build process was terrible.
Firebird 1.5 has been ported to C++ and doesn't need to be bootstrapped from an existing installation, just configure and make it.
In Upper Hill, Nairobi, Kenya, there's a "Glory to God Butchery".
I also don't think it would make a good movie. However, the Saltmine Theatre Company do a fantastic theatrical version.
You mean you don't have to type "guest" for the username every single time you want to access a pubshare, like you do with RedHat 9? And you don't have to know that you need to use "guest" for the username to get SMB printers working? Sounds nice.
I typed my default login details into the KDE Control Centre 'Local Network Browsing' panel. And for printers I used my own login details as well when going through the add printer wizard. I haven't edited anything in the config files - YaST even let me join my computer to the domain without any hassle.
With regards to the other post about the camera - perhaps my camera didn't work because I'd upgraded from 8.0 to 8.1 to 8.2, and maybe some configuration files got messed up on the way. I don't expect everything will work perfectly, but still, it's doing a better job than before.
I've just installed SuSE 9.0 on my laptop this evening. I wasn't sure if it would be worth upgrading from 8.2 as the changes didn't seem that major, but I like to support SuSE since they do such a good job, and I've bought every version since 7.2 so it seemed like a shame to stop now...
Anyway, I copied all my important data onto the server downstair, stuck the disk in a did a full install. (I've always done an upgrade before, but I thought it was about time to have a clean sheet again).
I was really impressed with the installation - went really smoothly, and detected nearly all my hardware straight off, with only the Wacom graphics tablet not detected. It was improved over previous versions in that it gave options for connecting to networks and authentication via LDAP and stuff like that. One of the last things it offered to do was connect to the internet to get the latest updates, which I allowed it to do. It also got the proper NVidia drivers and the MS TTF fonts.
I did the usual fiddling to get the display exactly how I like it, copied the data back from the server and I have a fully working system again.
Now I'm starting to notice the improvements. The first thing I noticed was the considerable improvement in boot speed. The next thing I noticed was how the fonts were all looking really nice without me having to change any settings. (Although I have now changed to Bitstream Vera because I prefer that).
Then I plugged my camera in, and a new icon appeared on the desktop for it automatically. (I tried to ages to get 8.2 to do that).
My samba connection to the server is working without me having to fiddle with any settings.
I'll admit it's early doors yet, but so far things are looking really good, and I'm very pleased I upgraded.
I just cant get the picture of using an axe to chop wood out of my head
I can't get the picture of you chopping wood out of your head out of my head.
Exactly. And here is the Chambers 21st Century Dictionary definition of decimate:
decimate verb ( decimated, decimating ) to reduce greatly in number; to destroy a large part or number of something. decimation noun. decimator noun.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c in this sense; 16c in historical sense 'to select by lot and execute one in every ten': from Latin decimare to take a tenth person or thing, from decem ten.
SodiPodi is an SVG editor for Linux and (recently) Windows. It's not complete yet, but from the look of it it should be pretty good when it is.