In common parlance 'uploading' and 'downloading' refer not only to the direction of transfer but also the initiator of the transfer. The GP using words as the community uses them does not demonstrate a lack of 'solid grasp', it just means that they are able to converse in language everyone understands.
Yes but that word has been somewhat hi-jacked by American patriotic 'freedom'. Honest, the first thing I thought of when I saw "Freedom Software" was "Freedom Fries". Not a good thing, trust me (at least, from a the-rest-of-the-world perspective).
I acknowledge the problem, but let's stick with 'free' for now.
Surely with Chrome it's more the fact that they bind closely with MS APIs rather than saying "you can't compile on another system"? It isn't possible to compile the same code against a non-MS platform, but they're not forbidding it?
I work for a software company that you have probably heard of. AFAI can remember we get £500 for a patent that sticks. Not sure of the details though (thankfully our government doesn't allow software patents yet).
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Yes but they'd have to assume that the head revision was exactly the same. What if people applied some patches but not others?
It's pronounced exactly the same as French. Only with a British accent.
It's mutually recursive with "Google". It's just no-one's figured out what Google stands for...
Regular flier?
at last! secure /dev/null !
Could this finally be the year of Apple in the server room?
A Harry Potter fan? Voldemort? Surely the name is the one thing that'll *prevent* approval?
$0.75 ... so that's seventy-five dollars?
at least with a Mac you don't get "it looks like you're writing a letter!"
Yes. My PowerBook G4 12 inch machine has really excellent speakers.
Don't tell me, you're a postal worker?
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In common parlance 'uploading' and 'downloading' refer not only to the direction of transfer but also the initiator of the transfer. The GP using words as the community uses them does not demonstrate a lack of 'solid grasp', it just means that they are able to converse in language everyone understands.
And this are serious thread
But that's correct.
(Unless you are utterly stupid) Office 2007 is much easyer and you can learn it in less than 5 minutes (I teached it myself). Oh, the irony.
Oh, the irony
Yes but that word has been somewhat hi-jacked by American patriotic 'freedom'. Honest, the first thing I thought of when I saw "Freedom Software" was "Freedom Fries". Not a good thing, trust me (at least, from a the-rest-of-the-world perspective). I acknowledge the problem, but let's stick with 'free' for now.
Surely with Chrome it's more the fact that they bind closely with MS APIs rather than saying "you can't compile on another system"? It isn't possible to compile the same code against a non-MS platform, but they're not forbidding it?
Twitter, is that you?
Mod parent +1 uncomfortable truth.
Why is it that really bad legislation always seems to pass on a Friday?
Dogs composing veiled sales spiels? Photos or it didn't happen.
I work for a software company that you have probably heard of. AFAI can remember we get £500 for a patent that sticks. Not sure of the details though (thankfully our government doesn't allow software patents yet).
Who else read 'Steve Wozniak' first time?
I wonder if the admins will notice wget climb up in the user-agent tables...