I have sometimes had emails in block caps from people who did that because they thought it was "tecchie" to do so. I think they had seen it in films. Most people only need one polite request and they stop doing it.
My mother was a teacher, of what they used to call "remedials", and she tells me that it is actually harder for people with reading problems to read block caps. Even for those of us with college educations and above, it requires more brain activity.
The people of the UK are very grateful what your (great) grandparents did. They are very grateful that your country saw fit to allow itself to be attacked by Japan and have war declared on it by Nazi Germany. If it had not been for those two actions, the USA would have continued to simply make money out of both sides like I understand GWBs family is accused of doing.
Cynicism aside, the whole world was involved in that war for their own benefits. The USA did not join in out of altruism. It is wonderful that they did and the world is grateful. I am not responsible for the actions of 60 years ago, neither are you. This means that we cannot take credit for them either.
I face facts, I have been outside my country. I have spent time in Africa and the middle east and other places. The UK is a small country and the USA is a big one. China is even bigger - so what? I don't want to live there either. If you think size is important, check your spam. It will contain something for you.
"poorly engineered cars"? I am not too keen on what I see of US cars. I will stick to something with decent suspension, build standards amd fuel consumption - probably French or Japanese.
"time has passed" and what makes you think your time will ever come? The only thing the world wants from the USA are films. Very few people want your culture. Just to be left alone by your Pres.
"accent" just like the USA, there is more than one accent here. Perhaps you are thinking of what used to be called 'Received Pronunciation'. That was never any more a British accent than Jimmy Carter was the source of the real US one.
bad teeth? It's the result of not having enough therapists. See? That's why the US thinks it has good teeth. Their analysts have persuaded them that teeth are what matters.
GATSOs? Our police use GATSOs a lot. Yours use automatic weapons a lot. I prefer GATSOs anyday!
If someone attempts to rob me in the UK, he is much less likely to be armed than if this occured in the USA. This is because he knows that I am less likely to be armed too. I would rather be robbed by someone weilding a knife than someone pointing a gun at me. Idiots can kill with a gun. Only trained experts can use a gun to defend themselves.
It takes ability to kill with a knife. So I get knifed? I don't fancy that but it's less scary than the idea of being shot.
Also for all the people who suggest martial arts, I suspect martial arts would be more effective if the robber had a knife rather than a gun.
Conclusion? It is not carrying the gun that puts one in danger. It is the scumbag knowing their victim very possibly carries one that makes them shoot first and check later.
More seriously, I would never even consider moving somewhere where any fool can legally carry a concealed firearm. I spent a couple of years in the OTC when I was at Uni and can handle a firearm because I was trained to. I know how much training it takes to even attain the standard I reached. Your country seems to allow people to carry guns without any training at all.
I work in a hospital and one of our senior doctors wanted me to do some work for him. He gave me 2 offers. I took the second one - cash. The first one was a free coloscopy...
The metric sizes preserve aspect ratio, the english sizes do not
The sizes of paper you use are not English. In England, and the rest of this country, we use the international standard that includes A4. I suspect that you can buy other standards but I have no idea whatI would have to do if I needed "letter" or "legal" size paper.
Numbering made life much easier. And if it got untidy you could just get it to renumber.
The first line became 50 (or was it 100?) and everything else after that came in increments of 10.
A crime - sure, felony - if you like, even wicked. It has got absolutely nothing to do with terrorism. Why are your authotities mixing up that with your illegal invasions and war on "terror"?
WTF has writing a virus got to do with terrorism? This is something I have never understood about the current USA fixation.
I would certainly agree that it is a crime - even an economic crime. It might even be the same sort of crime as Enron and the like. Not quite in their league though...
Certainly the writers of these are dirtbags but I don't se them as the same sort who blow up busses or seek to take away our legal freedoms from illegal police actions.
These pages are a much better advertisement for Dell than the complicated nightmares some pages are!
I can well believe that these have been done by the engineers there and have had little or no input from sales staff, graphic designers, clueless PHBs and other people whose job description boils down to "wears a suit".
My place of employment (a hospital) used a lot of Dell kit and I hope that the rest of the site learns a lot from this bit.
I hate those arrogant types who delibarately choose to be incapable of even checking whether the power lead has fallen out "because that's technical and I am a liberal arts graduate" - as if that is something for them to feel superior about.
Our IT department will not install the software to sync Palm because it is not nearly as simple to do as ActiveSync.
To install A/S, I login, put in the CD, install the programme and log out. Put cable in USB port and let the Luser log in. They plug in the PDA and it works.
To install the palm software, I give the Luser admin access, let them log in, move them away from the PC, install the software and connect up the PDA and it works. Then I log them out and remove their admin access and let them log in again. It usually works first time.
Guess which one I prefer? That's right, the one where I do not give them administrative access! If I feel it is better, how do youthink a Micro$oft fan will feel? Symbian doesn't even have a hope...
In the UK, nothing requiring any degree of accuracy is measured in inches, pounds or any of the other weird medieval(sp?) units that come with them.
I buy beer in pints but I know that 1 pint is approximately 568ml (except in the US where pints are only 0.8 "English" pints). There are probably other things that we still measure in the same way that pre-industrial Brits did, but I can't think of any. The only other situation where pre-metric units have any relevance is in speed limits. Many tourists think they are "quaint".
I expect I am older than many people here - I can remember Neil Armstron walking on the moon. My wight is 114kg and my height is 1.82m. I could not care less about what it is in units of measure that would have been familiar to Henry VIII.
The English, and the rest of Britain are managing to move much of their units into the 20th/21st century. It is curious to see the USA stuck in the 19th...
As a European (Scottish) Christian, I have much less trouble with the ideas of tree huggers, veggies and dislikers of polluion than I do with some of the ideas I gear come from US "conservatives" and religious zealots.
I am not from the US and certainly beef about some things to do with them.
I think this is brilliant and is not just of interest to the US. It is of interest to the entire human race. If this eventually leads to the opening up of space to more than just big governments and huge corporations, it is relevant to me and I doubt I'll ever even see it.
And what's wrong with childish enthusiasm? It seems to be working for them...
My definition of nasty results in a hospital includes - dead people, people not getting their opertions because the computer screwed up the date, courses of medicine being wrongly calculated because of incorrect time intervals and huge queues in A&E because the staff are unable to look up their details.
Funny??
Not if it's you trying to figure out when to go for that op and the letter says to come in on 03 January 1901!!
A lot of people spent a lot of time and effort making sure that things didn't go wrong. If we had all decided that it was hype and nobody had done anything, then there really would have been a problem.
I spent 1998/99 updating computer systems at the hospital where I work. I can assure you that if we had done nothing about it, we would have had some nasty results in early 2000!
My children (8 & 13) know what I do for a living - network engineer (BOFH wannabee). They have been told what to do and what not to do.
The "do" includes web, email and IM. IRC is not installed on their PCs - largely because they never asked and I might when they think of it. They can contact their friends, chat, play games and even do homework!
The "don't" includes giving out any personal information - name, age, sex, location etc. They aren't supposed to sign up for anything, mail lists memberships etc, without asking me. My criteria basically involves data protection and privacy so I'm afraid that rules out much of the west side of the Atlantic, sorry...
I have demonstrated to my 13 year old how I can monitor what they are doing. My router can tell me a lot and I run a network probe.
I also pull the Cat5 cable out of the router at bedtime!
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I have sometimes had emails in block caps from people who did that because they thought it was "tecchie" to do so. I think they had seen it in films. Most people only need one polite request and they stop doing it.
My mother was a teacher, of what they used to call "remedials", and she tells me that it is actually harder for people with reading problems to read block caps. Even for those of us with college educations and above, it requires more brain activity.
The people of the UK are very grateful what your (great) grandparents did. They are very grateful that your country saw fit to allow itself to be attacked by Japan and have war declared on it by Nazi Germany. If it had not been for those two actions, the USA would have continued to simply make money out of both sides like I understand GWBs family is accused of doing.
Cynicism aside, the whole world was involved in that war for their own benefits. The USA did not join in out of altruism. It is wonderful that they did and the world is grateful. I am not responsible for the actions of 60 years ago, neither are you. This means that we cannot take credit for them either.
I face facts, I have been outside my country. I have spent time in Africa and the middle east and other places. The UK is a small country and the USA is a big one. China is even bigger - so what? I don't want to live there either. If you think size is important, check your spam. It will contain something for you.
"poorly engineered cars"? I am not too keen on what I see of US cars. I will stick to something with decent suspension, build standards amd fuel consumption - probably French or Japanese.
"time has passed" and what makes you think your time will ever come? The only thing the world wants from the USA are films. Very few people want your culture. Just to be left alone by your Pres.
"accent" just like the USA, there is more than one accent here. Perhaps you are thinking of what used to be called 'Received Pronunciation'. That was never any more a British accent than Jimmy Carter was the source of the real US one.
bad teeth? It's the result of not having enough therapists. See? That's why the US thinks it has good teeth. Their analysts have persuaded them that teeth are what matters.
GATSOs? Our police use GATSOs a lot. Yours use automatic weapons a lot. I prefer GATSOs anyday!
If someone attempts to rob me in the UK, he is much less likely to be armed than if this occured in the USA. This is because he knows that I am less likely to be armed too. I would rather be robbed by someone weilding a knife than someone pointing a gun at me. Idiots can kill with a gun. Only trained experts can use a gun to defend themselves.
It takes ability to kill with a knife. So I get knifed? I don't fancy that but it's less scary than the idea of being shot.
Also for all the people who suggest martial arts, I suspect martial arts would be more effective if the robber had a knife rather than a gun.
Conclusion? It is not carrying the gun that puts one in danger. It is the scumbag knowing their victim very possibly carries one that makes them shoot first and check later.
fortunately a lot fewer than if guns were legal.
Better a live serf than a dead cowboy?
More seriously, I would never even consider moving somewhere where any fool can legally carry a concealed firearm. I spent a couple of years in the OTC when I was at Uni and can handle a firearm because I was trained to. I know how much training it takes to even attain the standard I reached. Your country seems to allow people to carry guns without any training at all.
I work in a hospital and one of our senior doctors wanted me to do some work for him. He gave me 2 offers. I took the second one - cash. The first one was a free coloscopy...
The metric sizes preserve aspect ratio, the english sizes do not
The sizes of paper you use are not English. In England, and the rest of this country, we use the international standard that includes A4. I suspect that you can buy other standards but I have no idea whatI would have to do if I needed "letter" or "legal" size paper.
but the scraped it when the cold war ended
scraped it on waht? The ground??
Numbering made life much easier. And if it got untidy you could just get it to renumber. The first line became 50 (or was it 100?) and everything else after that came in increments of 10.
It made debugging much easier though....
ERROR XX ON LINE YY
Many people in the UK feel the same way about our capital which is also due for improvement/flooding.
The trouble is that many other places low down are nice and actually make a contribution to human culture and happiness...
WTF has this got to do with terrorism?
A crime - sure, felony - if you like, even wicked. It has got absolutely nothing to do with terrorism. Why are your authotities mixing up that with your illegal invasions and war on "terror"?
WTF has writing a virus got to do with terrorism? This is something I have never understood about the current USA fixation.
I would certainly agree that it is a crime - even an economic crime. It might even be the same sort of crime as Enron and the like. Not quite in their league though...
Certainly the writers of these are dirtbags but I don't se them as the same sort who blow up busses or seek to take away our legal freedoms from illegal police actions.
These pages are a much better advertisement for Dell than the complicated nightmares some pages are!
I can well believe that these have been done by the engineers there and have had little or no input from sales staff, graphic designers, clueless PHBs and other people whose job description boils down to "wears a suit".
My place of employment (a hospital) used a lot of Dell kit and I hope that the rest of the site learns a lot from this bit.
delibarate incompetence
I hate those arrogant types who delibarately choose to be incapable of even checking whether the power lead has fallen out "because that's technical and I am a liberal arts graduate" - as if that is something for them to feel superior about.
In the UK such an idea would be blocked in the house of Lords, or perhaps Her Majesty would decline to sign the act of parliament for it...
Our IT department will not install the software to sync Palm because it is not nearly as simple to do as ActiveSync.
To install A/S, I login, put in the CD, install the programme and log out. Put cable in USB port and let the Luser log in. They plug in the PDA and it works.
To install the palm software, I give the Luser admin access, let them log in, move them away from the PC, install the software and connect up the PDA and it works. Then I log them out and remove their admin access and let them log in again. It usually works first time.
Guess which one I prefer? That's right, the one where I do not give them administrative access! If I feel it is better, how do youthink a Micro$oft fan will feel? Symbian doesn't even have a hope...
In the UK, nothing requiring any degree of accuracy is measured in inches, pounds or any of the other weird medieval(sp?) units that come with them.
I buy beer in pints but I know that 1 pint is approximately 568ml (except in the US where pints are only 0.8 "English" pints). There are probably other things that we still measure in the same way that pre-industrial Brits did, but I can't think of any. The only other situation where pre-metric units have any relevance is in speed limits. Many tourists think they are "quaint".
I expect I am older than many people here - I can remember Neil Armstron walking on the moon. My wight is 114kg and my height is 1.82m. I could not care less about what it is in units of measure that would have been familiar to Henry VIII.
The English, and the rest of Britain are managing to move much of their units into the 20th/21st century. It is curious to see the USA stuck in the 19th...
As a European (Scottish) Christian, I have much less trouble with the ideas of tree huggers, veggies and dislikers of polluion than I do with some of the ideas I gear come from US "conservatives" and religious zealots.
They are all in need of God.
I am not from the US and certainly beef about some things to do with them.
I think this is brilliant and is not just of interest to the US. It is of interest to the entire human race. If this eventually leads to the opening up of space to more than just big governments and huge corporations, it is relevant to me and I doubt I'll ever even see it.
And what's wrong with childish enthusiasm? It seems to be working for them...
What's funny about it? The only thing that I find better in MS Office is the clip art collection and the nice website where you can get more.
As I consider this a very minor item, I use OO at home and MSO at work where I don't have the choice.
My definition of nasty results in a hospital includes - dead people, people not getting their opertions because the computer screwed up the date, courses of medicine being wrongly calculated because of incorrect time intervals and huge queues in A&E because the staff are unable to look up their details.
Funny??
Not if it's you trying to figure out when to go for that op and the letter says to come in on 03 January 1901!!
A lot of people spent a lot of time and effort making sure that things didn't go wrong. If we had all decided that it was hype and nobody had done anything, then there really would have been a problem.
I spent 1998/99 updating computer systems at the hospital where I work. I can assure you that if we had done nothing about it, we would have had some nasty results in early 2000!
Are you 13 or is that just your arrested mental age?
My children (8 & 13) know what I do for a living - network engineer (BOFH wannabee). They have been told what to do and what not to do.
The "do" includes web, email and IM. IRC is not installed on their PCs - largely because they never asked and I might when they think of it. They can contact their friends, chat, play games and even do homework!
The "don't" includes giving out any personal information - name, age, sex, location etc. They aren't supposed to sign up for anything, mail lists memberships etc, without asking me. My criteria basically involves data protection and privacy so I'm afraid that rules out much of the west side of the Atlantic, sorry...
I have demonstrated to my 13 year old how I can monitor what they are doing. My router can tell me a lot and I run a network probe.
I also pull the Cat5 cable out of the router at bedtime!
010 001 111
How about 217 then? Nice and easy to remember - like when I chmod something...