Haha, I remember that bug! I had several exes from ancient times that needed patching. Turbo Pascal was also my first compiled language, before that it was probably nothing but BASIC. I even tried creating fancy 3d-graphics with TP, using nothing but the library functions for drawing rectangles and other assorted coloured shapes.
There is likely a whole bunch of evidence of that right here on slashdot: people who don't speak English every day, if ever, but still have a rich vocabulary with words they don't quite know how to pronounce. I present myself as one of these, or at least I used to be.
In any case, the different models of comprehension you present sound plausible, but I'm thinking some people would prefer one over the other because it fits with their pattern of thinking. Similar to how some people learn best when told, others learn when they read, and some learn when they do.
Did you time your reading? Unless you read things like that every day, you very likely didn't read at full speed, only almost at most. The words are indeed prepared to be easily readable, even though they seem randomly jumbled, but it still requires more processing than non-jumbled words. The more you jumble, the more difficult it becomes, no surprise there.
The surprise from being able to read what at first glance looks like nonsense is indeed a surprise, and that masks the effort that actually went into interpreting it. Explanations/debunkings are available on the net.
If operating a simple interface for simple operations requires reading a manual, the interface is a failure. Yes, most consumer devices come with instructions to read the manual before use, and no, it isn't reasonable to expect users to actually do so.
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Yes, genuine leather strap around the left wingtip.
And there are places where the trees are full of squirrels, and that doesn't mean that introducing squirrels somewhere else is going to mean you'll get nibbled to death by them. Unless they're russian squirrels. Or finnish squirrels.
I would recommend XnView in the same vein. I prefer it's interface to IrfanView, it's non-bloated freeware and available on a lot of platforms, it can read every image format under the sun including camera raw files, etc.
That window is very short, probably short enough that you can just hang around for a while for a second test, if you're unlucky and test positive because of it.
Updating block lists? That level of ad-phobia is insane. Anyway, in Opera you use wildcards in the block URLs instead, "http://ads.*" catches a wide swath of ad services.
I was under the impression that you can change the look-and-feel of it completely, which might be a good idea. Also, I find it hard to believe anything could be more bloated than Eclipse. NetBeans is less than half the download size, at least.
So how does Eclipse compare to the NetBeans IDE, anyone know? It seems more streamlined towards Java development to me, but I haven't tried Eclipse in a while now.
Speaking of configurable, does anyone have any idea how to change the default axis assignments in GEarth? It consistently assigns the joystick rudder control to thrust and vice versa for me, which turns flying into quite a circus. The same problem occurs when navigating with joystick in normal view, which is still pretty cool though.
And yes, ANY business in that country is directly controlled by the government. Thats how it works there. Your use of "directly controlled" is pretty flawed. If the chinese government "directly controlled" all business, there wouldn't be any business, there'd be a nation in flames.
That is a photograph of a researcher listening to RIAA backed music without paying a royalty. I don't think he's listening to any music, did you see the computer in the background, behind the microscope? I remember playing Crystal Caves on something that looked like that.
I don't think so, at least not under GPLv2. They've only distributed copies to each machine, not given copies out to customers. I'm not sure how this changes under GPLv3
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No, they're just interchangeable parts.
Thank god I came to my senses.
Block one ad, but no printlink,
11 pages of ads on the site.
Resistance is futile
In any case, the different models of comprehension you present sound plausible, but I'm thinking some people would prefer one over the other because it fits with their pattern of thinking. Similar to how some people learn best when told, others learn when they read, and some learn when they do.
The surprise from being able to read what at first glance looks like nonsense is indeed a surprise, and that masks the effort that actually went into interpreting it. Explanations/debunkings are available on the net.
If operating a simple interface for simple operations requires reading a manual, the interface is a failure. Yes, most consumer devices come with instructions to read the manual before use, and no, it isn't reasonable to expect users to actually do so.
Yes, genuine leather strap around the left wingtip.
How do you know? After all, the isotope cannot be seen when observed, and you are forced to move along.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idU
I would recommend XnView in the same vein. I prefer it's interface to IrfanView, it's non-bloated freeware and available on a lot of platforms, it can read every image format under the sun including camera raw files, etc.
Not to mention that large, complicated tables that aren't just for design are not that uncommon.
Presumably not if you advertise it as being reasonably accurate for some specific purpose.
That window is very short, probably short enough that you can just hang around for a while for a second test, if you're unlucky and test positive because of it.
Here's a better idea: don't drink and drive.
Updating block lists? That level of ad-phobia is insane. Anyway, in Opera you use wildcards in the block URLs instead, "http://ads.*" catches a wide swath of ad services.
No no, Flash animations can be blocked like any other images: right click->block content -> click on offending page elements.
Do you mean Eclipse has an even better UI designer?
I was under the impression that you can change the look-and-feel of it completely, which might be a good idea. Also, I find it hard to believe anything could be more bloated than Eclipse. NetBeans is less than half the download size, at least.
So how does Eclipse compare to the NetBeans IDE, anyone know? It seems more streamlined towards Java development to me, but I haven't tried Eclipse in a while now.
Speaking of configurable, does anyone have any idea how to change the default axis assignments in GEarth? It consistently assigns the joystick rudder control to thrust and vice versa for me, which turns flying into quite a circus. The same problem occurs when navigating with joystick in normal view, which is still pretty cool though.
I think he was suggesting mates as in wives.
I don't think so, at least not under GPLv2. They've only distributed copies to each machine, not given copies out to customers. I'm not sure how this changes under GPLv3
You talk as if it's not possible to get wisdom and experience at a university. Thankfully you're wrong.