Hey SCO, how do you feel about paying IBM's (and anyone else you were thinking of suing) legal costs?
It's clear that SCO executives were planning to inflate share prices, dump stock, then run. SCO won't be paying anybody's legal costs after it declares bankruptcy.
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The key advantage for Joe Average in the long run is that words that stick to etymological roots tend to be similar across various languages. So if Joe Average wanted to learn French or Spanish or Italian or Portugese (or Latin or Greek), being able to spell his own language in a way that reflects the origins of the words means that he can make more connections between languages and learn them quicker. I speak English and Chinese (Mandarin) and am learning French and Latin, and for the three European languages, speaking from experience, being able to draw connections between them really does improve one's languages abilities. And in most countries, knowing more than one language is almost a necessity.
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No, HUMOUROUS is not an accepted misspelling in Canada. Neither is MISPELLING an accepted misspelling.
The main advantage to International English is that it better reflects the etymological roots of the words. So, HUMOUR comes via the Old French ("humeur") from Latin, whereas HUMOROUS comes directly from the Latin "humor". Likewise HONORARY and HONOUR (but HONOURABLE), COLORATION and COLOUR (but COLOURANT). It's also why it's supposed to be spelled "oesophagus", "oestrogen", "oedema" (from the Greek oisophagos, etc.) in International English (including Canadian English) rather than the admittedly simpler "esophagus", "estrogen", "edema". As to why the OED says that "encyclopedia" is just as acceptable as "encyclopaedia" (likewise "medieval"), my guess is that even though it comes via Latin from the Greek, the French spell it encyclopedie (sorry, Slashdot won't let me type the second-last 'e' with the accent).
funny how their response to IBM's IP claims is that IBM has let them be for two decades; they make it sound as if they think they're entitled to IP infringement.
(from Newfoundland to Ireland). Their plan, using GPS, onboard controllers, and a gallon of gas, would have been the first to cross the Atlantic under FAI rules. They didn't have much luck last year, but now they're at it again. The first launch should be tonight."
You know you're reading Slashdot when "GPS" and "FAI" are assumed to require less background info than "Newfoundland".
Actually, it's supposed to be Newfoundland and Labrador nowadays.
Since we all know that Apple has guys reading this kind of stuff, and seeing how soon the G5 stuff disappeared, the fact that this is still here for all to see is more than inconsistent on their part if this were for real.
There's also the fact that the 'mailboxes', 'compose', and 'get mail' icons in the Mail app look distorted and the sizing widget in the Finder is misaligned with the scroll bar. On the other hand, however, it seems as though either the person who faked it really likes menu separators and added them to every single menu or Apple really did bring them back (sort of like the separator in the dock); I do think the latter is more likely. It is highly improbable, however, that Apple reimplemented colour labels in the fashion illustrated, because Apple has ever been strongly against adding custom behaviour to menus; if they were to add label functionality, they would have put it in a submenu thus (the 'x' being a check mark):
label > x none
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Hey SCO, how do you feel about paying IBM's (and anyone else you were thinking of suing) legal costs?
It's clear that SCO executives were planning to inflate share prices, dump stock, then run. SCO won't be paying anybody's legal costs after it declares bankruptcy.
The key advantage for Joe Average in the long run is that words that stick to etymological roots tend to be similar across various languages. So if Joe Average wanted to learn French or Spanish or Italian or Portugese (or Latin or Greek), being able to spell his own language in a way that reflects the origins of the words means that he can make more connections between languages and learn them quicker. I speak English and Chinese (Mandarin) and am learning French and Latin, and for the three European languages, speaking from experience, being able to draw connections between them really does improve one's languages abilities. And in most countries, knowing more than one language is almost a necessity.
No, HUMOUROUS is not an accepted misspelling in Canada.
Neither is MISPELLING an accepted misspelling.
The main advantage to International English is that it better reflects the etymological roots of the words. So, HUMOUR comes via the Old French ("humeur") from Latin, whereas HUMOROUS comes directly from the Latin "humor". Likewise HONORARY and HONOUR (but HONOURABLE), COLORATION and COLOUR (but COLOURANT). It's also why it's supposed to be spelled "oesophagus", "oestrogen", "oedema" (from the Greek oisophagos, etc.) in International English (including Canadian English) rather than the admittedly simpler "esophagus", "estrogen", "edema". As to why the OED says that "encyclopedia" is just as acceptable as "encyclopaedia" (likewise "medieval"), my guess is that even though it comes via Latin from the Greek, the French spell it encyclopedie (sorry, Slashdot won't let me type the second-last 'e' with the accent).
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funny how their response to IBM's IP claims is that IBM has let them be for two decades; they make it sound as if they think they're entitled to IP infringement.
Actually, it's supposed to be Newfoundland and Labrador nowadays.
Since we all know that Apple has guys reading this kind of stuff, and seeing how soon the G5 stuff disappeared, the fact that this is still here for all to see is more than inconsistent on their part if this were for real.
There's also the fact that the 'mailboxes', 'compose', and 'get mail' icons in the Mail app look distorted and the sizing widget in the Finder is misaligned with the scroll bar. On the other hand, however, it seems as though either the person who faked it really likes menu separators and added them to every single menu or Apple really did bring them back (sort of like the separator in the dock); I do think the latter is more likely. It is highly improbable, however, that Apple reimplemented colour labels in the fashion illustrated, because Apple has ever been strongly against adding custom behaviour to menus; if they were to add label functionality, they would have put it in a submenu thus (the 'x' being a check mark):
label > x none
Just some observations that struck me.ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂred
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