i.e. - id est (that is)
e.g. - exempli gratia (for [the sake of an] example)
Once I learned what they actually stood for, I never got them confused again. You don't have to speak Latin to know which is which. It amazes me how many people use these every day and don't know what they stand for. Also, they should usually be followed by a comma when used in a sentence, just like the phrases "for example" and "that is" are.
Trivia: in German, instead of e.g., they use z.B. which stands for "zum Beispiel".
"Frankly, I really dont want your critique of my grammar and spelling skills. If the post is intelligible or the error changes the meaning of the post significantly, then there's your time to jump in with your corrections. Otherwise, it just seems arrogant that folks like you feel free to offer your unsolicited advice and expect me to appreciate it."
I hope you can see the irony of that last sentence.
They could at least have the sense to use Multiproxy so it wouldn't be so obvious.
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C# is an advanced, well thought-out OOP language.
So is C++. Why eliminate the standard programming language in favor of another? You know Microsoft didn't just develop it out of the goodness of their hearts. It was a business decision that will be good for Microsoft and bad for programmers. That is, unless you like learning yet another redundant programming language.
Why is it that every time something related to google maps gets posted on/., someone posts about the White House roof being masked?
Anyway, I think the reason is so that a would-be intruder can't study the roof to find weaknesses. You know how in spy movies, the spy is dropped from a plane, and parachutes onto the roof of some building and enters through a security door or ventiliation shaft or something.
Well, what can I say to such an intelligent and well thought out response? Well, first, if you had actually read my post, you would have seen that I clearly said that Microsoft knows how many people use their OS from their sales figures. I use Firefox on Windows too, but that is completely irrelevant. Also, Opera is not free. There is a free trial version, but you are not allowed to run it forever. That's why so few people use Opera.
That's what they'd like you to think. Does Microsoft count how many users it has by checking the UserAgent string of people who visit its website? No, because they actually sell their OS and they can tell how many computers are running it by asking their sales department (pirated version aside).
Opera is selling a browser configured to lie about what it is, and then they are claiming that there are more users than you think for this reason. Why don't they just tell us how many copies they've sold? Because then they'd have to admit that they're not doing so well. This is just a poorly thought out publicity stunt. Must be the CEO's idea; he has a habit of doing that.
It sucks! Ever tried downloading drivers from them? I spent an hour trying to find the latest drivers/BIOS for my motherboard recently. I had to try servers in several countries before I found one that wasn't down for "database resyncronization" or something like that. And then I found two versions of "beta BIOS" (whatever the hell that is) that both claimed to be the "latest version".
Also, my motherboard came with a utility that will check for the latest version of the drivers and BIOS from the website. It has never worked.
The submitter makes it sound like this was a truly disturbing incident. If you RTFA, however, you can quickly see that this was just meant as a humorous piece. The people at the hospital probably just laughed about it. The submitter appears to have missed this. From the article:
The psychotic pill pusher reportedly refused to leave, sending both doctor and patient fleeing for their lives. ...
The 'bot's clearly gone bad, and is probably even as we speak cruising the city's Tenderloin district pushing purloined prescription pain killers, paying off dirty cops and menacing lost tourists.
Even more worryingly, the spokesman said nothing about shutting down Waldo's two colleagues, dubbed Elvis and Lisa Marie. A terrible accident waiting to happen? We think so.
Another/. article where the science has been dumbed down to the point where the average person can understand it, and all the substantive content has been removed.
So I can't kill my own granmpa? Well, DANG, I'll have to kill grandma then.
So you're saying that there should have only been one story about SCO's lawsuit against IBM? Hey that's fine with me, as long as the rule applies to everything.
That reminds me of a sign I saw outside a hospital once. It said something like "firearms prohibited", and, of course, it had Braille too. You know, just so you don't get a bunch of blind people packin' heat inside the hostpial.
I imagine that MS wouldn't dream of releasing a technology that could upset the (RI|MP)AA. They will probably have a way to ensure that each and every download is legal*.
* Legal in the sense that you have to pay money to d/l it and MS gets a cut.
I'm assuming that they are banning Chinese-language words. Doesn't Chinese have synonyms? Also, there are many different ways to represent the Chinese language (e.g., traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese, and the various phoneticizations of the many dialects). Is Microsoft really going to go to the trouble of filtering all of these words?
This isn't a dupe. It has a link to a BBC article with new information, such as the fact that Yahoo! and Google have engaged in similar activity. Taco was nice enough let you know that the same story (from a different perspective) was presented earlier. What more do you want?
I dislike the typos, grammatical errors, dupes, and general laziness of the/. editors as much as the next guy, but this is not a dupe.
On his page, he says this is a heat pump. A heat pump moves heat from a low temp-reservoir to a high-temp reservoir (i.e., against the temperature gradient) with a work (or electrical power) input. This does not do that; it merely transfers heat from the air to the colder ice water. This is nothing more than a heat exchanger.
Opponents of a Utah law that requires Internet service providers to offer to block Web sites deemed pornographic....
This is not censorship. Customers will have to specifically request the filtering. And the law even says that ISPs can just sell them third-party content filtering software. What this law garauntees is that everyone with internet access will have easy (though not necessarily free) access to content filtering. This is something most ISPs were doing anyway. People can already buy content filtering software off the shelf, so this law will not really change anything.
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An easier way for me is this:
i.e. - id est (that is)
e.g. - exempli gratia (for [the sake of an] example)
Once I learned what they actually stood for, I never got them confused again. You don't have to speak Latin to know which is which. It amazes me how many people use these every day and don't know what they stand for. Also, they should usually be followed by a comma when used in a sentence, just like the phrases "for example" and "that is" are.
Trivia: in German, instead of e.g., they use z.B. which stands for "zum Beispiel".
"Frankly, I really dont want your critique of my grammar and spelling skills. If the post is intelligible or the error changes the meaning of the post significantly, then there's your time to jump in with your corrections. Otherwise, it just seems arrogant that folks like you feel free to offer your unsolicited advice and expect me to appreciate it."
I hope you can see the irony of that last sentence.
They could at least have the sense to use Multiproxy so it wouldn't be so obvious.
C# is an advanced, well thought-out OOP language.
So is C++. Why eliminate the standard programming language in favor of another? You know Microsoft didn't just develop it out of the goodness of their hearts. It was a business decision that will be good for Microsoft and bad for programmers. That is, unless you like learning yet another redundant programming language.
Why is it that every time something related to google maps gets posted on /., someone posts about the White House roof being masked?
Anyway, I think the reason is so that a would-be intruder can't study the roof to find weaknesses. You know how in spy movies, the spy is dropped from a plane, and parachutes onto the roof of some building and enters through a security door or ventiliation shaft or something.
This is a bold attempt at combining different media that challenges the way we think about blah, blah, blah... Just kidding. This sucks.
Damn, you beat me to it. By the way, have you jumped over any lazy dogs lately?
Pshhh! You consider 50 nK cold? You must be from southern California or India or something.
Good summary, except this is a high-temperature superfluid, and so it has nothing to do with what you just said.
Well, what can I say to such an intelligent and well thought out response? Well, first, if you had actually read my post, you would have seen that I clearly said that Microsoft knows how many people use their OS from their sales figures. I use Firefox on Windows too, but that is completely irrelevant. Also, Opera is not free. There is a free trial version, but you are not allowed to run it forever. That's why so few people use Opera.
You can still claim that you're ahead of both Firefox and IE in sales.
Yes, that makes perfect sense. I should design a web browser that reports as Opera. You know, just for the hell of it.
That's what they'd like you to think. Does Microsoft count how many users it has by checking the UserAgent string of people who visit its website? No, because they actually sell their OS and they can tell how many computers are running it by asking their sales department (pirated version aside).
Opera is selling a browser configured to lie about what it is, and then they are claiming that there are more users than you think for this reason. Why don't they just tell us how many copies they've sold? Because then they'd have to admit that they're not doing so well. This is just a poorly thought out publicity stunt. Must be the CEO's idea; he has a habit of doing that.
It sucks! Ever tried downloading drivers from them? I spent an hour trying to find the latest drivers/BIOS for my motherboard recently. I had to try servers in several countries before I found one that wasn't down for "database resyncronization" or something like that. And then I found two versions of "beta BIOS" (whatever the hell that is) that both claimed to be the "latest version".
Also, my motherboard came with a utility that will check for the latest version of the drivers and BIOS from the website. It has never worked.
http://terraserver.microsoft.com/
Another /. article where the science has been dumbed down to the point where the average person can understand it, and all the substantive content has been removed.
So I can't kill my own granmpa? Well, DANG, I'll have to kill grandma then.
So you're saying that there should have only been one story about SCO's lawsuit against IBM? Hey that's fine with me, as long as the rule applies to everything.
That reminds me of a sign I saw outside a hospital once. It said something like "firearms prohibited", and, of course, it had Braille too. You know, just so you don't get a bunch of blind people packin' heat inside the hostpial.
I imagine that MS wouldn't dream of releasing a technology that could upset the (RI|MP)AA. They will probably have a way to ensure that each and every download is legal*.
* Legal in the sense that you have to pay money to d/l it and MS gets a cut.
I'd say griffiti falls into one category: 1. Vandalism
I'm assuming that they are banning Chinese-language words. Doesn't Chinese have synonyms? Also, there are many different ways to represent the Chinese language (e.g., traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese, and the various phoneticizations of the many dialects). Is Microsoft really going to go to the trouble of filtering all of these words?
This isn't a dupe. It has a link to a BBC article with new information, such as the fact that Yahoo! and Google have engaged in similar activity. Taco was nice enough let you know that the same story (from a different perspective) was presented earlier. What more do you want?
/. editors as much as the next guy, but this is not a dupe.
I dislike the typos, grammatical errors, dupes, and general laziness of the
On his page, he says this is a heat pump. A heat pump moves heat from a low temp-reservoir to a high-temp reservoir (i.e., against the temperature gradient) with a work (or electrical power) input. This does not do that; it merely transfers heat from the air to the colder ice water. This is nothing more than a heat exchanger.
Opponents of a Utah law that requires Internet service providers to offer to block Web sites deemed pornographic....
This is not censorship. Customers will have to specifically request the filtering. And the law even says that ISPs can just sell them third-party content filtering software. What this law garauntees is that everyone with internet access will have easy (though not necessarily free) access to content filtering. This is something most ISPs were doing anyway. People can already buy content filtering software off the shelf, so this law will not really change anything.