With quicklaunch items the icons stay in the same position until you make a change. This allows you to quickly find the icon since you know exactly where it will be.
When something is pinned to the taskbar, if it isn't the first icon and you have a variable number of intervening programs running, each of which has a variable number of windows open, then the icon could be anywhere and you have to look for it.
Then again, this analysis is premised on having the taskbar configured to show a button for each window that's open... because I'm not an asshole that has 50 windows open at a time AND I like being able to access a particular window without having a magical mystery list pop up...
Ugh... I'm just glad I know enough about computers to use an operating system where I have real meaningful choices when it comes to my desktop environment.
I certainly understand the origin of the phenomenon, but clearly it makes no sense to "must of" or "should of" done something. This is the same thing as "for all intensive purposes"... it's an eggcorn. Someone hears a spoken phrase enough times to understand its meaning via context, but never actually caught the exact words.
The reason this gets my attention is because it means the person is saying something that they know doesn't actually MAKE SENSE, they think it's some bizarre idiom or something. No one should say things that are nonsense unless it's performance art. (Or they're politicians.)
Indeed. You've been using an eggcorn. By far one of the most common ones in use, but every bit as nonsensical as the others found in this sampling: =============== Allow me to play doubles advocate here for a moment. For all intensive purposes I think you are wrong. In an age where false morals are a diamond dozen, true virtues are a blessing in the skies. We often put our false morality on a petal stool like a bunch of pre-Madonnas, but you all seem to be taking something very valuable for granite. So I ask of you to mustard up all the strength you can because it is a doggy dog world out there. Although there is some merit to what you are saying it seems like you have a huge ship on your shoulder. In your argument you seem to throw everything in but the kids Nsync, and even though you are having a feel day with this I am here to bring you back into reality. I have a sick sense when it comes to these types of things. It is almost spooky, because I cannot turn a blonde eye to these glaring flaws in your rhetoric. I have zero taller ants when it comes to people spouting out hate in the name of moral righteousness. You just need to remember what comes around is all around, and when supply and command fails you will be the first to go. ===============
My intent isn't to insult, just to encourage people to think about any phrase that doesn't actually make sense.
I have to wonder... at any point in the exchange of messages did they look at your account and see what you'd personally spent with them over the years?
Doing something that a customer doesn't like is unfortunate. Doing something that a loyal and profitable customer doesn't like is bad. Doing something that a loyal and profitable customer doesn't like so that you can keep TWO DOLLARS is completely insane.
People who are outgoing, optimistic, easygoing, and have a good sense of humor and a large social network are likely to live longer than others who don't possess these personality traits,
Ugh. I'd rather die a few years earlier than live a vapid existence centered around exchanging banalities with other ape-descendants in meatspace. Fuck that noise.
This is a recent "American Empire" turn of the century thing and the whole world used to (still does?) respect only 12 miles. In the REALLY olden days before the previous turn of the century it was defined as a cannon shots length, or so I'm told, like a mile or two.
Why not use ordinals to fully disambiguate "turn of the century"?
Maybe we should work on reducing demand instead of pumping our food supply full of unnatural garbage to meet the needs of an unsustainable global population.
Valve is porting Steam and Source to linux right now. Not half-life, not Portal, not TF2, not Counter Strike. Source is just an engine. Steam is a distribution medium.
TFA shows Valve dev workstations running L4D2 under Linux.
Agreed. Having never created a Google+ profile, I was unsettled when the youtube homepage began featuring uploads and favorited videos of people I'd contacted via gmail. (People who had presumably set up G+ profiles.)
I mostly use duckduckgo for searching now and switched to a non-google-harvested e-mail account.
I wonder what Google would charge for people who wanted to use their services without being profiled.
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With quicklaunch items the icons stay in the same position until you make a change. This allows you to quickly find the icon since you know exactly where it will be.
When something is pinned to the taskbar, if it isn't the first icon and you have a variable number of intervening programs running, each of which has a variable number of windows open, then the icon could be anywhere and you have to look for it.
Then again, this analysis is premised on having the taskbar configured to show a button for each window that's open... because I'm not an asshole that has 50 windows open at a time AND I like being able to access a particular window without having a magical mystery list pop up...
Ugh... I'm just glad I know enough about computers to use an operating system where I have real meaningful choices when it comes to my desktop environment.
Grandma using Windows 8 for the first time
> 95.7 bits per hertz
95.7 bits per cycles per second?
I certainly understand the origin of the phenomenon, but clearly it makes no sense to "must of" or "should of" done something. This is the same thing as "for all intensive purposes"... it's an eggcorn. Someone hears a spoken phrase enough times to understand its meaning via context, but never actually caught the exact words.
The reason this gets my attention is because it means the person is saying something that they know doesn't actually MAKE SENSE, they think it's some bizarre idiom or something. No one should say things that are nonsense unless it's performance art. (Or they're politicians.)
Indeed. You've been using an eggcorn. By far one of the most common ones in use, but every bit as nonsensical as the others found in this sampling:
===============
Allow me to play doubles advocate here for a moment. For all intensive purposes I think you are wrong.
In an age where false morals are a diamond dozen, true virtues are a blessing in the skies. We often put our false morality on a petal stool like a bunch of pre-Madonnas, but you all seem to be taking something very valuable for granite. So I ask of you to mustard up all the strength you can because it is a doggy dog world out there. Although there is some merit to what you are saying it seems like you have a huge ship on your shoulder. In your argument you seem to throw everything in but the kids Nsync, and even though you are having a feel day with this I am here to bring you back into reality. I have a sick sense when it comes to these types of things. It is almost spooky, because I cannot turn a blonde eye to these glaring flaws in your rhetoric. I have zero taller ants when it comes to people spouting out hate in the name of moral righteousness. You just need to remember what comes around is all around, and when supply and command fails you will be the first to go.
===============
My intent isn't to insult, just to encourage people to think about any phrase that doesn't actually make sense.
They must of been told
What does it mean for a person to "of been" told something?
Obligatory THERAC-25 mention. Software has killed before:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25
A big +1 on the cheaper Grados.
As a non-audiophile I was blown away when a friend lent me his backup pair of SR-80s. I didn't know music could sound like that...
If only they didn't leak sound... but the open design is exactly what makes them sound as clear as they are.
Best sub $100 purchase I've ever made.
I have to wonder... at any point in the exchange of messages did they look at your account and see what you'd personally spent with them over the years?
Doing something that a customer doesn't like is unfortunate.
Doing something that a loyal and profitable customer doesn't like is bad.
Doing something that a loyal and profitable customer doesn't like so that you can keep TWO DOLLARS is completely insane.
Sadly it'll never happen as long as the CEO is also on the board of directors for Microsoft.
n/t
People who are outgoing, optimistic, easygoing, and have a good sense of humor and a large social network are likely to live longer than others who don't possess these personality traits,
Ugh. I'd rather die a few years earlier than live a vapid existence centered around exchanging banalities with other ape-descendants in meatspace. Fuck that noise.
Suddenly the fact that Linux can only playback Blu-Ray content that's been ripped to the HDD doesn't sound like such a bummer.
It's worth noting that exercise may have other benefits which gene therapy may not provide.
Improved endurance.
Improved mood.
Improved sleep patterns.
Improved physical appearance.
These have value too.
And some people even find they ENJOY exercise, once they get in shape.
This is a recent "American Empire" turn of the century thing and the whole world used to (still does?) respect only 12 miles. In the REALLY olden days before the previous turn of the century it was defined as a cannon shots length, or so I'm told, like a mile or two.
Why not use ordinals to fully disambiguate "turn of the century"?
Actually you forgot Poland...
I mean, the singularity.
It's got Paul Anka's guarantee!
(Guarantee void in Tennessee.)
Just don't look!
Just don't look!
Maybe we should work on reducing demand instead of pumping our food supply full of unnatural garbage to meet the needs of an unsustainable global population.
TFA shows Valve dev workstations running L4D2 under Linux.
"Does anyone else think this is absolutely ridiculous and defeats the logical hierarchy of current URLs?"
A logical hierachry would be com.example.www/somepage.html
Why they opted to make it a little endian scheme, I'll never understand.
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Goddam lib-tards trying to take away my guns.
HURRRRRRRR
Damn, and I had 4 mod points expire on me yesterday...
Expense has measurement units. Heat has measurement units.
Saying something is n times the cost or n times more expensive makes sense.
Saying something is n times the temperature or n times hotter makes sense.
Saying something is n times the speed or n times faster makes sense.
Saying something is n times SLOWER, COLDER or CHEAPER does NOT make sense.
There are no measurement units for slowness, coldness or cheapness.
Well, when 90+% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the Canada-U.S. border.......................
it's North Wisconsin.
Agreed. Having never created a Google+ profile, I was unsettled when the youtube homepage began featuring uploads and favorited videos of people I'd contacted via gmail. (People who had presumably set up G+ profiles.)
I mostly use duckduckgo for searching now and switched to a non-google-harvested e-mail account.
I wonder what Google would charge for people who wanted to use their services without being profiled.