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Well, although I don't have much of a use for csh and tcsh, I pronounce them as "ksh" and "tuh-ksh". More like sound effects than words.
Lilo I pronounce as "lie-low", and cache I pronounce as "cashe" with a long "a" vowel sound (as opposed to cash or cash-ay).
But the real tricky part is explaining symbols to the users. From nerd to nerd, both parties know what each other means even if they might disagree with the pronounciation. But with an end-user...
Me: Then press the tild (or tilde) key. User: What's that? Me: The squiggle. User: What's that? Me: The one next to the 1 key in the top left corner. User: Oh! The worm!
Me: Press the hash key. User: What's that? Me: The Noughts and Crosses symbol. User: Oh, okay!
Fotunately everyone seems to understand "exclamation mark" so I don't have too many damaged keyboards.
What framerate do our eyes capture? Or are they too analogue to measure? Obviously our brains can't take in an infinite amount of data, but is it a matter of skipping "frames", or just a loss of resolution?
For that matter, what is the framerate of reality? Personally I think it's infinite but I know there will be people who disagree with me. It partly depends on how you measure it.
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Well, although I don't have much of a use for csh and tcsh, I pronounce them as "ksh" and "tuh-ksh". More like sound effects than words.
Lilo I pronounce as "lie-low", and cache I pronounce as "cashe" with a long "a" vowel sound (as opposed to cash or cash-ay).
But the real tricky part is explaining symbols to the users. From nerd to nerd, both parties know what each other means even if they might disagree with the pronounciation. But with an end-user...
Me: Then press the tild (or tilde) key.
User: What's that?
Me: The squiggle.
User: What's that?
Me: The one next to the 1 key in the top left corner.
User: Oh! The worm!
Me: Press the hash key.
User: What's that?
Me: The Noughts and Crosses symbol.
User: Oh, okay!
Fotunately everyone seems to understand "exclamation mark" so I don't have too many damaged keyboards.
This leads me to a question...
What framerate do our eyes capture? Or are they too analogue to measure? Obviously our brains can't take in an infinite amount of data, but is it a matter of skipping "frames", or just a loss of resolution?
For that matter, what is the framerate of reality? Personally I think it's infinite but I know there will be people who disagree with me. It partly depends on how you measure it.
Enquiring minds want to know.
Messy fridge? Spilt something in there? Leaking milk carton?
Just run a Defrag!
(of course, it'll restart every few seconds and you won't be able to get any food for 24 hours)
Does this remind you of the Cyberdyne Systems chip from Terminator 2 or what?
http://www.sciam.com/1999/ 0899issue/0899agarwalbox1.html
;)