I was not listening to you, as you were not the one who proposed an RFC where mail servers reject mail if there are spelling errors.
Clearly you are being comical (dare I say you are trolling), so I will humor you with the following rebuttal:
1. Again, who will manage these dictionaries, and who will authorise the contents of? Most of the problems I listed before still apply, only now you're creating all sorts of network traffic. You'll in effect, have to send your e-mail to some centralised server after each correction. Note that I'm not going to begin to get into the privacy issuse surrounding this.
You could cache the dictionary locally, but that takes time. In theory, this could be possible. You cache once, and check for updates later. Regardless, how will you verify the dictionary is correct when you cache it from a 2nd or 3rd tier Dictionary Server?
2. Obviouslly.
This is a silly, and stupid idea. Which means I expect to see it implemented within the next decade.
Apple makes these things, called personal computers called Macintosh computers. Up until the G4 version of the Macintosh (or "Mac"), Apple used the Apple Desktop Bus for keyboard connections.
So yes, opposed to a USB keyboard.
An "Apple keyboard" is a keyboard manfacutured by Apple Computer Inc. Keyboards made for the Macintosh, therefore, would be called "Macintosh keyboards," or simply, "Mac keyboards."
Much like the usage of calling keyboards for (traditionally) Windows-based IBM PC clones "PC keyboards," "Windows Keyboards," or "keyboards that don't have a place for your one-button mouse to plug in."
Who will be in charge of the dictionary used? You'll need one for the sender and receiver.
Who will keep this dictionary up to date? Who will keep it acurate?
Who will make sure when I type "colour" it won't get rejected? How about for words like "slashdot"? Which is the correct abbreviation for electronic mail? "email" or "e-mail"? Will the dictionary carry both entries? Will the dictioanry carry commong [sic] misspeellings [sic]? If so, what qualifies as "common?"
What happens if I want to send an e-mail to someone to talk about how much I enjoy taking Viagra? Or Pfizer sends out a press e-mail touting their new drug called "V14g.r4?" or to poke fun at a misspelling I read somewhere?
Who do we complain to when Microsoft (or the company de jour) doesn't comply to the RFC, or adds proprietary "functionality" to "extend" the RFC?
As per above, what happens when I mix up languages? What happens when I have to send an e-mail to someone who doesn't speak my language? Who maintains those dictionaries?
Which dictionary is used? One? Two? All? What happens when a word is invalid in my language, but appears in one of the other dictionaries? What happens when the last sentence is true, and I send the e-mail to someone who doesn't use the dictionary the entry appears in?
This is not true. It's cheaper to make 80 or so keys, and stick a differnt character on then, then say, making 6 different sized keys for the different rows.
You will see that msot "cheap 20$" made recently will be able to swap the keys without a problem (other than the F and J keys retaining their Home Key bumps).
Most proper keyboards allow easy re-arranging of the keys to allow you to turn a Qwerty into a Dvorak (or any other physical layout you want with respect to the majority of the keys).
Just switch the keys around, change the keyboard mapping, and you've just saved a bunch of money.
In any event, my original point, which I will reiterate here, with an example from the Microsoft KB (with respect to WINDOWS XP, Windows 200x, Windows NT, and Windows 98), is as follows: If you want to make changes to the registry, without user intervention, without an "obscure interface," and without using Registry Functions (from the Windows SDK), then you would use the following REGEDIT.EXE command switch:/S
A lot of books come with the entire contents in a PDF on CD.
Copy the PDF, and you're set. Most bookstores won't let you return it once the seal is broken (for the same reasons that they won't allow you to return opened software, music, DVDs, etc). I know people who will sell the PDF to others (obviously less than the cost of the book). If enough people buy it, you can obviously break even (or make a profit).
A lot of the PDFs are disabled from copying (such as requiring the original CD, or have printing disabled). I believe the disabling of these "secuirty measures" is trivial to bypass.
I never said Regedit was better! However, as mentioned many times above,/proc is most definately not available in Windows. The question was to find a solution for Windows. I was merely showing you could handle the registry using a command line utility (which is technically the very same program used to edit in the Windows GUI). It uses text files and simple CLI commands, which can be implemented from a batch or install process.
For example, if the final solution for the original question requires a reg hack on every client it is installed on, this would be the easiest way to implement the change, short of using Registry objects (or their equivalent) in whatever programming language you're using.
You can also view the registry without a GUI: there is an export switch (/E outfile.reg), which I beleive outputs the registry to a text.reg file.
All these switches should work in every version of Windows that uses the registry -- that includes Windows 3.x.
[/s|-s] When a filename is specified on the command line, this switch is used to suppress any informational dialog boxes that would normally be displayed. This is useful when the Setup program for an application wants to execute REGEDIT.EXE with a.REG file, but does not want the user to be confused by any dialog boxes that are displayed.
What I hate is that all their prices are identical to Future Shop's (since they bought them). I have both stores in my town, and get weekly fliers for both (same day, same products).
It would be nice if they had it where both stores wouldn't have the same sales on the same day for the same products, but they don't. Perhaps it's just the fake appearence of competition that bothers me most.
In any event, I don't buy anything from either store anymore (since I can find most of the stuff I would buy from them elsewhere), though I do use them in a high-level research sort of way to get a feel for pricing.
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I was not listening to you, as you were not the one who proposed an RFC where mail servers reject mail if there are spelling errors.
Clearly you are being comical (dare I say you are trolling), so I will humor you with the following rebuttal:
1. Again, who will manage these dictionaries, and who will authorise the contents of? Most of the problems I listed before still apply, only now you're creating all sorts of network traffic. You'll in effect, have to send your e-mail to some centralised server after each correction. Note that I'm not going to begin to get into the privacy issuse surrounding this.
You could cache the dictionary locally, but that takes time. In theory, this could be possible. You cache once, and check for updates later. Regardless, how will you verify the dictionary is correct when you cache it from a 2nd or 3rd tier Dictionary Server?
2. Obviouslly.
This is a silly, and stupid idea. Which means I expect to see it implemented within the next decade.
Apple makes these things, called personal computers called Macintosh computers. Up until the G4 version of the Macintosh (or "Mac"), Apple used the Apple Desktop Bus for keyboard connections.
So yes, opposed to a USB keyboard.
An "Apple keyboard" is a keyboard manfacutured by Apple Computer Inc. Keyboards made for the Macintosh, therefore, would be called "Macintosh keyboards," or simply, "Mac keyboards."
Much like the usage of calling keyboards for (traditionally) Windows-based IBM PC clones "PC keyboards," "Windows Keyboards," or "keyboards that don't have a place for your one-button mouse to plug in."
As for one that you like, there are many to choose from.
Keyboard preferences are subjective. As much as you want me to, I cannot tell you what you like.
You know, fridges still exist.
In Soviet Russia, blue ionized air pours YOU.
This is the saddest Tamagotchi rip off ever.
Who will be in charge of the dictionary used? You'll need one for the sender and receiver.
Who will keep this dictionary up to date? Who will keep it acurate?
Who will make sure when I type "colour" it won't get rejected? How about for words like "slashdot"? Which is the correct abbreviation for electronic mail? "email" or "e-mail"? Will the dictionary carry both entries? Will the dictioanry carry commong [sic] misspeellings [sic]? If so, what qualifies as "common?"
What happens if I want to send an e-mail to someone to talk about how much I enjoy taking Viagra? Or Pfizer sends out a press e-mail touting their new drug called "V14g.r4?" or to poke fun at a misspelling I read somewhere?
Who do we complain to when Microsoft (or the company de jour) doesn't comply to the RFC, or adds proprietary "functionality" to "extend" the RFC?
As per above, what happens when I mix up languages? What happens when I have to send an e-mail to someone who doesn't speak my language? Who maintains those dictionaries?
Which dictionary is used? One? Two? All? What happens when a word is invalid in my language, but appears in one of the other dictionaries? What happens when the last sentence is true, and I send the e-mail to someone who doesn't use the dictionary the entry appears in?
Etc, etc.
$50 for a badly drawn penguin.
Licensing the Windows logo doesn't even bring the keyboard to that price.
This is not true. It's cheaper to make 80 or so keys, and stick a differnt character on then, then say, making 6 different sized keys for the different rows.
You will see that msot "cheap 20$" made recently will be able to swap the keys without a problem (other than the F and J keys retaining their Home Key bumps).
Most proper keyboards allow easy re-arranging of the keys to allow you to turn a Qwerty into a Dvorak (or any other physical layout you want with respect to the majority of the keys).
Just switch the keys around, change the keyboard mapping, and you've just saved a bunch of money.
Perhaps you should purchase a Mac keyboard.
I assume you can afford one, if you can afford a Mac.
I never said it "worked the same."
/s (-s) for Silent, is a command switch that has been in every version of regedit.exe.
/S
/S filename.reg
However, the command switch
Judging by the list of command switches in Windows 3.1 and the current list of command switches in the "modern" regedit, I would say that the command switches used have not changed at all (regedit.exe has changed, however).
In any event, my original point, which I will reiterate here, with an example from the Microsoft KB (with respect to WINDOWS XP, Windows 200x, Windows NT, and Windows 98), is as follows: If you want to make changes to the registry, without user intervention, without an "obscure interface," and without using Registry Functions (from the Windows SDK), then you would use the following REGEDIT.EXE command switch:
Verbosely:
REGEDIT.EXE
Where filename.reg contains the changes.
MS KB Article 310516 How To Add, Modify, or Delete Registry Subkeys and Values by Using a Registration Entries (.reg) File
Coincidentally, REGEDIT.EXE is present in every version of Windows since Windows 3.1.
Forgive me for not providing a more current KB article. It still works, none the less.
A lot of books come with the entire contents in a PDF on CD.
Copy the PDF, and you're set. Most bookstores won't let you return it once the seal is broken (for the same reasons that they won't allow you to return opened software, music, DVDs, etc). I know people who will sell the PDF to others (obviously less than the cost of the book). If enough people buy it, you can obviously break even (or make a profit).
A lot of the PDFs are disabled from copying (such as requiring the original CD, or have printing disabled). I believe the disabling of these "secuirty measures" is trivial to bypass.
Netbus. Sub7 also had this funcionality. And Sub7 could spread like a worm too.
Wait a minute.
I'm the only one?
Like a glove!
Back Orifice had this functionality back in the day. Granted, it wasn't a worm, but it was fun none the less.
I never said Regedit was better! However, as mentioned many times above, /proc is most definately not available in Windows. The question was to find a solution for Windows. I was merely showing you could handle the registry using a command line utility (which is technically the very same program used to edit in the Windows GUI). It uses text files and simple CLI commands, which can be implemented from a batch or install process.
.reg file.
For example, if the final solution for the original question requires a reg hack on every client it is installed on, this would be the easiest way to implement the change, short of using Registry objects (or their equivalent) in whatever programming language you're using.
You can also view the registry without a GUI: there is an export switch (/E outfile.reg), which I beleive outputs the registry to a text
All these switches should work in every version of Windows that uses the registry -- that includes Windows 3.x.
Ubscure interface?
.REG file, but does not want the user to be confused by any dialog boxes that are displayed.
t p://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/Q 82/8/21.ASP&NoWebContent=1
REGEDIT [/v|-v] [/s|-s] <FILENAME>
[/s|-s]
When a filename is specified on the command line, this switch is used to suppress any informational dialog boxes that would normally be displayed. This is useful when the Setup program for an application wants to execute REGEDIT.EXE with a
Put what you need in the file you wish to import.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=ht
Regardless, your correction only shows that EA has dominated even longer than I originally stated.
That's a good piece of advice. There's no sense in wasting all that appearence of net-savvy or apparent in-depth knowledge of the industry.
Seriously.
Oh wait, links from slashdot? Nevermind.
What I hate is that all their prices are identical to Future Shop's (since they bought them). I have both stores in my town, and get weekly fliers for both (same day, same products).
It would be nice if they had it where both stores wouldn't have the same sales on the same day for the same products, but they don't. Perhaps it's just the fake appearence of competition that bothers me most.
In any event, I don't buy anything from either store anymore (since I can find most of the stuff I would buy from them elsewhere), though I do use them in a high-level research sort of way to get a feel for pricing.
"Right now?"
EA has dominated the console sports market since 1991. (NHL Hockey is the earliest EA game I am aware of).
Who has juristiction in the south pole?
In hindsight, I think the answer of "Penguins?" would be better suited.
As per my Canadian-beer-only statement.