Hey, I never had a problem with your claim! We're all Microsoft-hatin', Google-lovin', Linux-humpin' friends here, right?
A city can have a dialect even if the province or country it is in has a dialect itself.
Technically, the latter is called a regiolect. But that's splitting hairs, I know.
There are also ideolects, which are linguistics distinctions on the level of the individual. Hope my professors are proud of me for remembering.
Be carefull saying that in Flanders (the northern part of Belgium)!
Although the official language in Flanders is Dutch, which is spoken both in Flanders and the Netherlands, both regions have distinct linguistic standards. Grammar and vocabulary are +99% the same; the main differences are phonetic.
A dialect is a kind of subclass of a main language. That's not the case here. Also, the geographic area in which a particular dialect is spoken, is generally a lot smaller: most Flemish towns and villages have very distinct dialects, which are all subclasses of the Flemish/Dutch language.
With damn near every digital format seemingly infected with DRM these days, maybe this is just consumers protesting
Consumers aren't protesting DRM, and it'll be some time before they do.
Only Slashdot nerds and other varieties of geeks are protesting DRM. (I'm glad somebody does, though!)
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As the old challenge goes, name 10 famous Belgians.
Here goes (in random order):
1) Dirk Frimout, 1st Belgian astronaut
2) Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone
3) Justine Henin-Hardenne, tennis player, current no. 2 in the WTA Tour
4) Kim Clijsters, currently 4th ranked female tennis player in the world
5) Tom Boonen, 2005 world cycling champion
6) Paul Van Ostaijnen, influential Modernist poet
7) Doctor Evil, evil doctor
8) The Smurfs (all of them)
9) Tintin, reporter (French-speaking, so all of his writing is now probably off Google)
10) Mark Dutroux, psychopath (Famous? Yes. Nice guy? No.)
I have a theory that every word in any language refers to some part of the human reproductive system in some other language. This of course works the other way around as well: 'cunt' probably means distribution in some language or other, so that's okay.
Here in Belgium an employer, firing an employee, is required by law to notify that employee either by an officially registered letter (at the postal office, costing the employer some 5 extra) or by enlisting an official bailiff.
What's US law on this? Just curious, really...
The use of any encyclopedia (including Brittanica) should be penalized if it's used as a source in serious scientific writing. It's great as a starting point for advanced research, but it should never used as the ultimate source of information. The problem with Wikipedia is that lazy-ass students no longer want to spend an afternoon in the faculty library, ploughing through scientific journals. You can't really fault Wikipedia for that.
Look at that bright thing on the right. How come a photo of a strong light source often has such a perfect "cross" of light beams, at 90 degree angles? I really would like an explanation from someone who knows about this optics stuff. I seek only to learn...
1) His (windows) desktop uses the default XP background. Odd that the world's richest man doesn't change his background picture.
He probably *did* change his desktop to match his personal preferences. He just changed it on all the computers on the entire world.
Also, it means game makers can save money by only needing to press one disc, not a different disc for each region.
That's not entirely true. They'll still have to make localised versions. No way the French or Germans are gonna play games in English.
Still, this is good news for third rate voice actors, who'll still have jobs to do.
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The war in Iraq was supposed to last about 90 days. How long has that been going on?
Hey, I never had a problem with your claim! We're all Microsoft-hatin', Google-lovin', Linux-humpin' friends here, right?
Technically, the latter is called a regiolect. But that's splitting hairs, I know.
There are also ideolects, which are linguistics distinctions on the level of the individual. Hope my professors are proud of me for remembering.
All of the Smurfs, so that's thousands of famous Belgians.
Be carefull saying that in Flanders (the northern part of Belgium)!
Although the official language in Flanders is Dutch, which is spoken both in Flanders and the Netherlands, both regions have distinct linguistic standards. Grammar and vocabulary are +99% the same; the main differences are phonetic.
A dialect is a kind of subclass of a main language. That's not the case here. Also, the geographic area in which a particular dialect is spoken, is generally a lot smaller: most Flemish towns and villages have very distinct dialects, which are all subclasses of the Flemish/Dutch language.
Consumers aren't protesting DRM, and it'll be some time before they do.
Only Slashdot nerds and other varieties of geeks are protesting DRM. (I'm glad somebody does, though!)
That's no sun! It's a space station!
Here goes (in random order):
1) Dirk Frimout, 1st Belgian astronaut
2) Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone
3) Justine Henin-Hardenne, tennis player, current no. 2 in the WTA Tour
4) Kim Clijsters, currently 4th ranked female tennis player in the world
5) Tom Boonen, 2005 world cycling champion
6) Paul Van Ostaijnen, influential Modernist poet
7) Doctor Evil, evil doctor
8) The Smurfs (all of them)
9) Tintin, reporter (French-speaking, so all of his writing is now probably off Google)
10) Mark Dutroux, psychopath (Famous? Yes. Nice guy? No.)
Anyone notice the new Apple iTow in the background of this picture: http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/med ia/2006/09/dsc_0827.jpg
Isn't that Ballmer's car?
I have a theory that every word in any language refers to some part of the human reproductive system in some other language. This of course works the other way around as well: 'cunt' probably means distribution in some language or other, so that's okay.
Old people should be able to download porn, just like the rest of us!
Can't you just plugin a headset before startup? That should mute the onboard speakers.
Here in Belgium an employer, firing an employee, is required by law to notify that employee either by an officially registered letter (at the postal office, costing the employer some 5 extra) or by enlisting an official bailiff. What's US law on this? Just curious, really...
Why don't you rig all of them up in one massive SLI configuration? Pointless, no doubt, but cool...
The use of any encyclopedia (including Brittanica) should be penalized if it's used as a source in serious scientific writing. It's great as a starting point for advanced research, but it should never used as the ultimate source of information. The problem with Wikipedia is that lazy-ass students no longer want to spend an afternoon in the faculty library, ploughing through scientific journals. You can't really fault Wikipedia for that.
And would a picture of a human ear in a toilet result in people trying to perform their "bodily business" as silently as possible?
And what about this metal plate I got in 'Nam?
So if I wanted I could project an image of...
You know what travels faster than light? Monarchy travels faster than light!
Look at that bright thing on the right. How come a photo of a strong light source often has such a perfect "cross" of light beams, at 90 degree angles? I really would like an explanation from someone who knows about this optics stuff. I seek only to learn...
1) His (windows) desktop uses the default XP background. Odd that the world's richest man doesn't change his background picture. He probably *did* change his desktop to match his personal preferences. He just changed it on all the computers on the entire world.