Okay, thank you. Turns out iOS 11 changed the default quotation marks from the ASCII ones to curly ones. For anyone interested, you have to long press the quotation mark key on the soft keyboard if you want to bypass the curly quotation and select the AACII one (or to select another of four options).
Thanks for reviewing this book, which appears to have been published in early Fall of last year. Since it's a book on the commands, editors, and shell programming, it'll probably be valid for years to come. (I've had college instructors require students to purchase texts that were "only" four years old, but already severely outdated by that point.)
I'm with you on these. Fahrenheit 451 was a remarkably compelling read for me as a kid. Real page-burner -- uh, turner. What caught my eye about your post, however, is Ursula K. Le Guin. Though I'm only recently familiar with LeGuin's work, and haven't yet read the Earthsea books, I'd definitely recommend the works I've read, Left Hand of Darkness or the short story I read last week, The Matter of Seggri. Both are gender and genre-bending stories that are both representative of traditional sci-fi and yet defy convention. As an alternative, LeGuin's essays on the topic of sci-fi -- since she challenged the existing notions about the genre -- would be excellent additions to the curriculum.
Paul Auster's The Music of Chance immediately springs to mind. You really should consider books that aren't full of the usual genre material -- not only to provide a wider survey of these genre but also to help youth in understanding that science fiction/fantasy isn't all Battlestar Galactica and Lord of the Rings. The Music of Chance is that Twilight Zone-ish strange tale that is at once terrifying and impossible. It's an easy, relatively short read (perfect for high schoolers). Great introduction to "the strange tale" for those who might be turned off by all the space aliens and/or orcs and elves.
Anyone up for a game of cards?
I guess I jumped all over that one, but I'm not totally opposed to contests. (Unfortunately, most contests are simply dressed-up advertisements for the service/website, and hardly dressed-up at that.) Scavenger hunts can be fun, but it sure wastes our time when there's no actual possibility of reaching the goal. Perhaps in this case there is; I would hope Wired wouldn't resort to phony ad/spam scams, but -- except the Wired editors themselves -- who knows?
Yes, that's pretty much how it's worked out for me, too. I even have difficulty signing my name sometimes, but that's mostly because cursive is my most unpracticed form. (I really admire some of the cursive scripts some folks are able to produce. My parents have wonderful cursive handwriting, so it boggles my mind that mine is so illegible!)
One reasons I've maintained proper punctuation (and grammar and capitalization) -- or attempted to, anyway -- is because I fancy myself a writer, even if the vast majority of my writing is actually done through forum posts. Someday I'll get it together and write a novel, and when that day comes I want to be well-practice in my typing skills (so as not to detract from the narrative). I don't want to get into the habit of "sloppy" writing.
That's why I've always maintained correct/proper capitalization and grammar and compete sentences, even in IMs and IRC chats. In fact, it actually slows me down when I have to purposely corrupt a text message in order to reduce its size (such as on Twitter or SMS).
Wow, I must be getting tired. I really botched my grammar in that last message I posted. Apologies! The general idea probably got through, but I'll add this: thank goodness for online used (and new) vendors. They've allowed me to be able to afford continuing my education; I could not do it if I had to spend $150 on a book or a bundle for every course I wanted to take. The only headache is differentiating between domestic and International editions -- there's some kind of scam going on there, and as a result the transaction can be just as detrimental to the financial well-being of the less wary student. (As far as I know, I've never purchased an illegal text -- that is, an International edition of a U.S. text -- but it's kind of a pain sorting through used book listings trying to determine between U.S. and International editions of textbooks.)
I believe it. I recall spending a small fortune through the university's buying textbooks and other texts -- such as the paperback versions classic works of literature that you can now purchase for a couple of dollars through various online bookstores. Back then, online used/new book vendors had yet to emerge. These days I'm a wiser student, opting to purchase my books though online used book vendors (most of the time, anyway).
Particularly when it is important for the students to have the newest editions -- as in this introductory computer course I took, which was apparently supposed to be introducing students to the latest and greatest computing technologies. The 2007 edition of the book hardly mentioned Firefox, Vista and (as would be expected from a book probably published in 2006), no mention of the iPhone or its operating system and the issues surrounding its development. Now, setting aside (for the moment) some of the views we find here on Slashdot, it would be important for an introductory computer course in 2009 to place less focus on the Netscape browser and perhaps even preview (or at least mention) Windows 7 and Leopard (or Snow Leopard) and Ubuntu and other such technocurrents. I felt like I was reading outdated information (and I was, of course). Thank goodness I was only taking this course as a requirement in order to fulfill a certificate; had I truly been taking this course to introduce myself to computers, I would seriously have been lacking in the latest information.
Do you ever used the Mac version of Word? I first purchased the '98 version, then upgraded to the next Mac version but haven't used it since. Is it still a decent product?
I usually buy my textbooks used through Amazon or Half.com or eBay but recently moved out of state and found the textbooks listed on my distance education course confusing -- it appeared to be some kind of bundle of books but didn't list the individual editions. So I opted to order the bundle directly through my college's textbook store and have them mail it out to me.
First, they sent me a noticed stating that because they were out of used copies of one of the textbooks in the bundle, they would have to send me a "new" copy and charge the additional cost for it. This bundle of books came out to nearly $150 -- and it turned out the "new" textbook was the 2007 edition of a book that already had a 2010 edition available. I really felt burned -- not only had they shipped me a 2007 version of a book that had had 2008, 2009, and 2010 edition available, but they charged me full price for the book -- and I've discovered that the book is often available (used) on Amazon for less than ONE DOLLAR (plus shipping; search for "Discovering Computers", the Shelly Cashman series).
The textbook industry and their relationships with colleges are due to die a slow (well, okay, make it quick) painful death. I'm all for making open and/or digital textbooks acceptable for the classroom.
Compromise, however, is difficult to achieve because everyone has a different perspective of what's a good point of compromise. Wikipedia works that way -- as does my U.S. of A. -- but there's always going to be times when that compromise is being made in favor of one perspective over another for a long enough period of time to alarm the peeps. Hopefully, "balance" will be restored (though nothing is ever truly and completely balanced) to a point that is generally acceptable to the most interested parties.
Sounds like friends (or associates, or whatever) aren't backing up their documents often enough to recover them. Perhaps they need to step up their backup procedure; that way the corrupted docs won't be a problem.
Should I buy the new phone? I need a new mobile device, to make my life complete. I feel like an outsider: my smartphone fell apart after years of un-gentleness and now I'm back to using my old T9. This phone doesn't have the mobile Office apps I never use -- so should I upgrade? I guess I should wait for the Microsoft/Nokia arrangement to manifest itself in the stores first. I guess I'll spend my time worrying about how far behind the Hiptop generation I'm falling...Oh, woe is I!
Honestly, I think we former/still kinda fanboys of Apple have overlooked and/or dismissed many of the customer service fails our favorite computer company has had over the years. I bought my first Mac from the UCLA computer store back in the mid-90s; the Apple Performa was fine but the Apple monitor was rotten. I took it back to the store and they told me they had it shipped back to Apple. When I got it back, it still had the same problem as before. I wanted so bad for my newfound relationship with Apple (and computers, in general) to work out -- plus, I didn't want to be without a monitor for another couple of weeks -- so I never did pursue this one any further. In fact, I continued to purchase more electronics and software from the UCLA computer store over the years (plus another couple of Macs). A less foolish man might have said, "never again, I'm going PC" -- but I was a fanboy, through and through.
Apple better watch this type of behavior; there's only so much fanboys will overlook. (Former/still kinda Apple fanboy here.) Google's been getting more and more of the "cool cred" that Apple established, and if Google's Chrome OS hits its stride, it may be worth taking a real good look at. Plus there'll be a much wider variety of hardware to choose from. Hmm...wonder if Google will partner with a device maker for a portable audio device?
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Okay, thank you. Turns out iOS 11 changed the default quotation marks from the ASCII ones to curly ones. For anyone interested, you have to long press the quotation mark key on the soft keyboard if you want to bypass the curly quotation and select the AACII one (or to select another of four options).
I posted my original comment from Chrome on my iPhone. Why did the apostrophes display as "â(TM)"?
So heâ(TM)s turning the White House into a single-family home? Now thatâ(TM)s ambitious!
Thanks for reviewing this book, which appears to have been published in early Fall of last year. Since it's a book on the commands, editors, and shell programming, it'll probably be valid for years to come. (I've had college instructors require students to purchase texts that were "only" four years old, but already severely outdated by that point.)
I'm with you on these. Fahrenheit 451 was a remarkably compelling read for me as a kid. Real page-burner -- uh, turner. What caught my eye about your post, however, is Ursula K. Le Guin. Though I'm only recently familiar with LeGuin's work, and haven't yet read the Earthsea books, I'd definitely recommend the works I've read, Left Hand of Darkness or the short story I read last week, The Matter of Seggri. Both are gender and genre-bending stories that are both representative of traditional sci-fi and yet defy convention. As an alternative, LeGuin's essays on the topic of sci-fi -- since she challenged the existing notions about the genre -- would be excellent additions to the curriculum.
Paul Auster's The Music of Chance immediately springs to mind. You really should consider books that aren't full of the usual genre material -- not only to provide a wider survey of these genre but also to help youth in understanding that science fiction/fantasy isn't all Battlestar Galactica and Lord of the Rings. The Music of Chance is that Twilight Zone-ish strange tale that is at once terrifying and impossible. It's an easy, relatively short read (perfect for high schoolers). Great introduction to "the strange tale" for those who might be turned off by all the space aliens and/or orcs and elves. Anyone up for a game of cards?
MMO player *and* getting married: How is that possible?
I guess I jumped all over that one, but I'm not totally opposed to contests. (Unfortunately, most contests are simply dressed-up advertisements for the service/website, and hardly dressed-up at that.) Scavenger hunts can be fun, but it sure wastes our time when there's no actual possibility of reaching the goal. Perhaps in this case there is; I would hope Wired wouldn't resort to phony ad/spam scams, but -- except the Wired editors themselves -- who knows?
I'm going to follow you on Twitter just because of this post. I'm not kidding, either -- I'm also one of "those people".
Yes, that's pretty much how it's worked out for me, too. I even have difficulty signing my name sometimes, but that's mostly because cursive is my most unpracticed form. (I really admire some of the cursive scripts some folks are able to produce. My parents have wonderful cursive handwriting, so it boggles my mind that mine is so illegible!) One reasons I've maintained proper punctuation (and grammar and capitalization) -- or attempted to, anyway -- is because I fancy myself a writer, even if the vast majority of my writing is actually done through forum posts. Someday I'll get it together and write a novel, and when that day comes I want to be well-practice in my typing skills (so as not to detract from the narrative). I don't want to get into the habit of "sloppy" writing.
I can't figure out if this is an ad, spam, or something else altogether. Someone want to help me out? Does Slashdot post links to contests?
That's why I've always maintained correct/proper capitalization and grammar and compete sentences, even in IMs and IRC chats. In fact, it actually slows me down when I have to purposely corrupt a text message in order to reduce its size (such as on Twitter or SMS).
I have never been the first to post.
You've obviously never been in a real circle jerk.
Wow, I must be getting tired. I really botched my grammar in that last message I posted. Apologies! The general idea probably got through, but I'll add this: thank goodness for online used (and new) vendors. They've allowed me to be able to afford continuing my education; I could not do it if I had to spend $150 on a book or a bundle for every course I wanted to take. The only headache is differentiating between domestic and International editions -- there's some kind of scam going on there, and as a result the transaction can be just as detrimental to the financial well-being of the less wary student. (As far as I know, I've never purchased an illegal text -- that is, an International edition of a U.S. text -- but it's kind of a pain sorting through used book listings trying to determine between U.S. and International editions of textbooks.)
I believe it. I recall spending a small fortune through the university's buying textbooks and other texts -- such as the paperback versions classic works of literature that you can now purchase for a couple of dollars through various online bookstores. Back then, online used/new book vendors had yet to emerge. These days I'm a wiser student, opting to purchase my books though online used book vendors (most of the time, anyway).
Particularly when it is important for the students to have the newest editions -- as in this introductory computer course I took, which was apparently supposed to be introducing students to the latest and greatest computing technologies. The 2007 edition of the book hardly mentioned Firefox, Vista and (as would be expected from a book probably published in 2006), no mention of the iPhone or its operating system and the issues surrounding its development. Now, setting aside (for the moment) some of the views we find here on Slashdot, it would be important for an introductory computer course in 2009 to place less focus on the Netscape browser and perhaps even preview (or at least mention) Windows 7 and Leopard (or Snow Leopard) and Ubuntu and other such technocurrents. I felt like I was reading outdated information (and I was, of course). Thank goodness I was only taking this course as a requirement in order to fulfill a certificate; had I truly been taking this course to introduce myself to computers, I would seriously have been lacking in the latest information.
Do you ever used the Mac version of Word? I first purchased the '98 version, then upgraded to the next Mac version but haven't used it since. Is it still a decent product?
I usually buy my textbooks used through Amazon or Half.com or eBay but recently moved out of state and found the textbooks listed on my distance education course confusing -- it appeared to be some kind of bundle of books but didn't list the individual editions. So I opted to order the bundle directly through my college's textbook store and have them mail it out to me. First, they sent me a noticed stating that because they were out of used copies of one of the textbooks in the bundle, they would have to send me a "new" copy and charge the additional cost for it. This bundle of books came out to nearly $150 -- and it turned out the "new" textbook was the 2007 edition of a book that already had a 2010 edition available. I really felt burned -- not only had they shipped me a 2007 version of a book that had had 2008, 2009, and 2010 edition available, but they charged me full price for the book -- and I've discovered that the book is often available (used) on Amazon for less than ONE DOLLAR (plus shipping; search for "Discovering Computers", the Shelly Cashman series). The textbook industry and their relationships with colleges are due to die a slow (well, okay, make it quick) painful death. I'm all for making open and/or digital textbooks acceptable for the classroom.
Don't be an arse.
Compromise, however, is difficult to achieve because everyone has a different perspective of what's a good point of compromise. Wikipedia works that way -- as does my U.S. of A. -- but there's always going to be times when that compromise is being made in favor of one perspective over another for a long enough period of time to alarm the peeps. Hopefully, "balance" will be restored (though nothing is ever truly and completely balanced) to a point that is generally acceptable to the most interested parties.
Sounds like friends (or associates, or whatever) aren't backing up their documents often enough to recover them. Perhaps they need to step up their backup procedure; that way the corrupted docs won't be a problem.
Should I buy the new phone? I need a new mobile device, to make my life complete. I feel like an outsider: my smartphone fell apart after years of un-gentleness and now I'm back to using my old T9. This phone doesn't have the mobile Office apps I never use -- so should I upgrade? I guess I should wait for the Microsoft/Nokia arrangement to manifest itself in the stores first. I guess I'll spend my time worrying about how far behind the Hiptop generation I'm falling...Oh, woe is I!
Honestly, I think we former/still kinda fanboys of Apple have overlooked and/or dismissed many of the customer service fails our favorite computer company has had over the years. I bought my first Mac from the UCLA computer store back in the mid-90s; the Apple Performa was fine but the Apple monitor was rotten. I took it back to the store and they told me they had it shipped back to Apple. When I got it back, it still had the same problem as before. I wanted so bad for my newfound relationship with Apple (and computers, in general) to work out -- plus, I didn't want to be without a monitor for another couple of weeks -- so I never did pursue this one any further. In fact, I continued to purchase more electronics and software from the UCLA computer store over the years (plus another couple of Macs). A less foolish man might have said, "never again, I'm going PC" -- but I was a fanboy, through and through.
Apple better watch this type of behavior; there's only so much fanboys will overlook. (Former/still kinda Apple fanboy here.) Google's been getting more and more of the "cool cred" that Apple established, and if Google's Chrome OS hits its stride, it may be worth taking a real good look at. Plus there'll be a much wider variety of hardware to choose from. Hmm...wonder if Google will partner with a device maker for a portable audio device?