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Seriously, though, is the phrase "Please do follow the below check list" idiomatic in English in New Zealand?
- Victor Ganata
"Please do x" makes sense to me, Victor. Not idiomatic, although maybe a touch clumsy.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
I think because we would say 'Please do the following." It's the same, her's is just seems more stilted.
- Anika
Yeah, stylistically, I wouldn't choose "Please do follow" myself, although it is perfectly grammatical. But I was looking more at "the below check list"
- Victor Ganata
Vicki Walker, who was a financial controller with ProCare Health, has been awarded $17,000 for unfair dismissal, and plans to lodge an appeal for further compensation.
- Mary
The boss was way oversensitive in my opinion. In type, all caps are interpreted as shouting. I'd probably just ask her to lay off the caps lock key. (I occasionally use all caps in homage to the late Sam Kinison. ;)
- Dennis Jernberg
What a shame, and how asinine. Reading comprehension is lacking in general, so I think she was just trying to cope.
- Rick Cogley
Y'know, sometimes people just don't read emails well enough. Bold red and capitals certainly gets your attention when things are important.
- Charley M
The O2 Wireless Box III (a customised Thomson TG585n router) is an ADSL modem and wireless router used by O2 Broadband customers. Two weeks ago, I discovered a serious security vulnerability that allows remote attackers to access a home user's private network and view/change settings on the router.
- Rich
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Best quote from the article: "Polar bears are predators and they do not care what they eat. It was terrible but we do not wish to identify the bear involved."
- Rich
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She was lucky but does it not show you that depite the immense power of these magnificant animals they showed a certain amouth of constraint, probably due to certain element of confusion I would imagine.
- Kevin J Hatton
Welcome! In this tutorial, we're going to create a breakout clone that you can play in your browser, using javascript and the <canvas> element.
- Rich
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The iphone really needs an API for applications. This is kind of insane.
- Todd Hoff
I have been wanting this type of application for a very long time. I have pages of apps. This would solve my issues but the jailbreaking is a no-go for me.
- berchman
Remember that jailbreaking isn't unlocking - you aren't playing with the carrier side of things, just the software.
- Rich
Yeah! Got my Wii to play DVDs using the bannerbomb hack + DVDx... Finally can dispense of our old flakey DVD player!
"One of the deep mysteries to me is our logo, the symbol of lust and knowledge, bitten into, all crossed with the colors of the rainbow in the wrong order. You couldn’t dream a more appropriate logo: lust, knowledge, hope and anarchy."
This is one of the few websites where the fact that there are people who don't use english most of the time is actually apparent - maybe other sites do too much to segment languages...
There are some posts that seem interesting enough to attempt to translate (using translate.google.com). I like that there many languages coming together, and sharing things like pictures and videos without being able to directly communicate. It gives the feeling of being at a party -- you know there are other conversations going on, but you can't necessarily understand them all.
- Andy Bakun
You reckon? Wouldn't they just get a pirate copy?
- Rich
You can download copies from Technet, so I'd assume that they would get pirated from those copies. You could be right though. Maybe it's people buying presents for their home office (Ultimate), their lounge (Premium) and their work laptop (Professional)... seems a bit of a waste of £384 though...
- Rich
That was my suspicion. I really don't believe that anyone buys those three together.
- Rich
This little bookmarklet makes refreshing your CSS a breeze. It comes in quite handy when you're developing dynamic applications. Tested in IE and Firefox.
- Rich
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"XML, a programming language that allows formatting of text and makes files readable across different programs."
- Rich
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I'm more concerned about the ruling - its a ridiculous patent again what's next html and css? xml and xsl in general? a farce!
- Phill Price
It's mad isn't it. It's like patenting a byte or a linefeed. The joke is that pretty much every bit of software will use XML in it somewhere. I assume the judgement will be overturned.
- Rich