Stunting diction is wrong. But this is the big deal:
I think that Metro is a very commonly used word it's litterally a public word for public transit. ACROBAT on the other hand is something that probably is said often IF you work at the circus. Not such a common occurance And that word is probably on the backburn
So yeah, definately go for the most common usage. If the word is commonly used than keep it. But Metro IS commonly used. This is my guff.
Ye is used, but as THE. olde is used as OLD. Those evolved. If "Metro" was modified such as Ye & Olde were then evolution would be occuring because a new branch on the language tree would be sprouting.
And I was thinking about your reference to stuff like Longhorn and Tiger. Longhorn is at least 2 words put together. Longhorn is also only a codename and not meant for public usage. Neither is Tiger. And when Tiger is said it commonly follows OSX (Oh Ess Ex Tiger). Apple.. well that's the company name. Been around since the dawn of the 80's and that label will probably be around for a few decades more. Is in the top 50 brands of the world, I'd give that "override" status by justification of being a commonly used word.
How about they create their own name for their format that doesn't have to rely on complicating the English dictionary even further.
Since when was an underground train and a bunch of documents the same thing? Windows had some sort of metaphysical relationship, you had little windows. Windows of space, windows of opportunity, windows with things in them. Apple Computers has an Apple (representative of fruit) so that you at least can relate to the word.
I could be preaching to a deaf audience, but I truly believe that linking so many things to single words just starts erroding our language basics. I truly think we could do a far better job of respecting our naming conventions in the real world and actually create naming conventions in the virtual world.
Let me use the Portable Document Format for example. It's called Portable Document Format. Good for that. That's what it is. Very long name, but it makes sense and it is not contradicting the diction rules. "PDF" is fast 3 letters to punch in on the keyboard. Sounds Peedee Eff.
Peedee Eff doesn't exist in English. It's not even English restricted. French sounds "Pay Day Eff". Sure the derivatives do come from the English title "Portable Document Format" but those derivatives ("PDF" spoken) do not intentionally override the language base.
Final line is: Don't let corporations define what your world is. Let your world define what corporations are.
I was not corralled into what media subscriber I would have to use.
The ultimate joy would be able to pull a HDTV right out of the box, plug in an antenna and get the signal right from the air without a subscription. Now sure HBO and those fancy channels may have their own methods of transmission, but to be able to locally broadcast stations, and public broadcasting systems is a critical priority.
Now I'm on windows, but I use firefox so we should have a base to work with.
if you go to the address bar and type "about:cache" AFTER you've visted the site with the flash movie, it will show up in your cache index.
I've tried it, and not only did I find the SWF, but firefox also cached the link to the FLV file.
Typing in the FLV or trying to "save as" didn't work initially, so I created a simple html doc with 1 href to the link, and now I'm downloading the 26 meg FLV.
Ah look, it's done. Cheers:)
TIP: If you see "LVCleese_LG.flv" you're on the right track.
I watch the whole boot process as it finds varions VIA chipsets, ATA configurations and 3com network setups. 3 guesses what breaks the boot. If you guessed the VIDEO CARD failing to initialize give yourself a lollipop.
It's not like I'm using anything crazy. I have an ATI Radeon 9000 with a Samsung 700NF capable of displaying 800x600@120Hz.
This is really starting to bust my chops. Who will EVER switch from windows if they can't see the damn login screen.
From here I'm heading to Novell's site to search their knowledge base, but this is not something I should be doing, especially on a LIVE CD.
These types of standards help define the characteristics between rival groups but also help a general level of understanding how certain things should be done. The result is a shared common-ground.
I'd generally lean towards order than chaos on any given day.
Yeah.. You know, I REALLY thought that this would have been the first post. Just look at the BBC Picture. I'm sure they'll be able to have these blind people see white powder substances and thermal vision.
Geordi was always picking up Tritium Benzoate or just straight up plasma ruptures. And then the door would come down.. and Picard would have to do a lot of paperwork. But at least his Visor/Ocular implants saved the whole engineering section. And probably the saucer section because those clamps really hold on.
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Whenever I am working on a computer and I find a Matrox card, "oooooOOooooh!" is ususally the next thing that you hear.
I would have been impressed if there 48 1080i displays all connected to the cell processor.
That would be impressive.
I've been asking for a windfarm in my back yard since I was 5.
Stupid pony.. crapping all over my shoes.
I am very happy to see the space elevator become a reality.
You know why they're saying "Can't wait for Longhorn" ?
Because they saw the screenshots..
Stunting diction is wrong. But this is the big deal:
:D
I think that Metro is a very commonly used word it's litterally a public word for public transit. ACROBAT on the other hand is something that probably is said often IF you work at the circus. Not such a common occurance And that word is probably on the backburn
So yeah, definately go for the most common usage. If the word is commonly used than keep it. But Metro IS commonly used. This is my guff.
Ye is used, but as THE. olde is used as OLD. Those evolved. If "Metro" was modified such as Ye & Olde were then evolution would be occuring because a new branch on the language tree would be sprouting.
And I was thinking about your reference to stuff like Longhorn and Tiger. Longhorn is at least 2 words put together. Longhorn is also only a codename and not meant for public usage. Neither is Tiger. And when Tiger is said it commonly follows OSX (Oh Ess Ex Tiger). Apple.. well that's the company name. Been around since the dawn of the 80's and that label will probably be around for a few decades more. Is in the top 50 brands of the world, I'd give that "override" status by justification of being a commonly used word.
100 years from now it's going to be a lot worse because every word in the dictionary will have 7 meanings and 40 references.
So not only does Microsoft push it's ways around the software industry, it also has to start affecting the very fundamentals of our society.
My guff is the name "Metro"
metro
n : electric underground railway
How about they create their own name for their format that doesn't have to rely on complicating the English dictionary even further.
Since when was an underground train and a bunch of documents the same thing? Windows had some sort of metaphysical relationship, you had little windows. Windows of space, windows of opportunity, windows with things in them. Apple Computers has an Apple (representative of fruit) so that you at least can relate to the word.
I could be preaching to a deaf audience, but I truly believe that linking so many things to single words just starts erroding our language basics. I truly think we could do a far better job of respecting our naming conventions in the real world and actually create naming conventions in the virtual world.
Let me use the Portable Document Format for example. It's called Portable Document Format. Good for that. That's what it is. Very long name, but it makes sense and it is not contradicting the diction rules. "PDF" is fast 3 letters to punch in on the keyboard. Sounds Peedee Eff.
Peedee Eff doesn't exist in English. It's not even English restricted. French sounds "Pay Day Eff". Sure the derivatives do come from the English title "Portable Document Format" but those derivatives ("PDF" spoken) do not intentionally override the language base.
Final line is: Don't let corporations define what your world is. Let your world define what corporations are.
Lands. Wet Lands. Debian style. Pengiuns everywhere.
Yeah definately shooting in the foot and whinning. It seems like this should be a non-issue. We're talking about WHITE BALANCE.
If Nikon starts to kick up dust, I'm just going to take my business to Canon.
At least the EOS line won't give me some ninny-nanny meta data exclusive white balance club with some stupid "No Adobe Allowed" on the door.
I was not corralled into what media subscriber I would have to use.
The ultimate joy would be able to pull a HDTV right out of the box, plug in an antenna and get the signal right from the air without a subscription. Now sure HBO and those fancy channels may have their own methods of transmission, but to be able to locally broadcast stations, and public broadcasting systems is a critical priority.
Here's a little tip I know.
:)
Now I'm on windows, but I use firefox so we should have a base to work with.
if you go to the address bar and type "about:cache" AFTER you've visted the site with the flash movie, it will show up in your cache index.
I've tried it, and not only did I find the SWF, but firefox also cached the link to the FLV file.
Typing in the FLV or trying to "save as" didn't work initially, so I created a simple html doc with 1 href to the link, and now I'm downloading the 26 meg FLV.
Ah look, it's done. Cheers
TIP: If you see "LVCleese_LG.flv" you're on the right track.
You should by a 1 gig smartmedia card and make it Sit the ipod Shuffle down.
So I download the 1.4 Gig image and run the boot.
I watch the whole boot process as it finds varions VIA chipsets, ATA configurations and 3com network setups. 3 guesses what breaks the boot. If you guessed the VIDEO CARD failing to initialize give yourself a lollipop.
It's not like I'm using anything crazy. I have an ATI Radeon 9000 with a Samsung 700NF capable of displaying 800x600@120Hz.
This is really starting to bust my chops. Who will EVER switch from windows if they can't see the damn login screen.
From here I'm heading to Novell's site to search their knowledge base, but this is not something I should be doing, especially on a LIVE CD.
But I really think that it should be called the Neon Box.
Ok the Black Box rolls off the tounge which is the leet part of lingo, but besides that.. Make it Neon or they deserve to loose it.
These types of standards help define the characteristics between rival groups but also help a general level of understanding how certain things should be done. The result is a shared common-ground.
I'd generally lean towards order than chaos on any given day.
So how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? *crunch*
Yeah ok, I think not enough of your have witnessed the glory of Goldeneye. As Borris clearly demonstrated, "I am inveincible!" And so it is.
All they need is an IBM computer with 14.400 bps modem 2x cd-rom and and a lot of cigarettes. That's it!
No no.. I know. You say, what about babe.. but no. The 2x cd-rom is what made it magic.
Who didn't know that the brand Spam would send a man to jail for 9 years.
Come on. It's Spam with Spam on the side AND a glass of Spam for free!
Yeah, if this guy goes to jail, it's all over nothing after that.
The US locks down a little bit more.
The grip gets tighter.
I believe artists should choose creative mediums. Like delivering the album in sem@code or possibly the highly diverse Teddy Ruckspin medium.
If the artists want to record their music on piece of plexi-glass, then it's their canvas.
Yeah.. You know, I REALLY thought that this would have been the first post. Just look at the BBC Picture. I'm sure they'll be able to have these blind people see white powder substances and thermal vision.
Geordi was always picking up Tritium Benzoate or just straight up plasma ruptures. And then the door would come down.. and Picard would have to do a lot of paperwork. But at least his Visor/Ocular implants saved the whole engineering section. And probably the saucer section because those clamps really hold on.
The day I install SP2 is the can I cannot play Metal Marines.
If battling in Edmonton isn't worthy enough, then what is?
an industrial purpose.
Bring out the Swiffer pads! Grandma's going to be surprised tonight.