Posts by allblue

Hi Ninja! What you see as a flaw this guy sees as a strength. From the BBC site today: "Eunoia is the shortest word in English containing all five vowels - and it means "beautiful thinking". It is also the title of...

Quote: Originally Posted by nospamboz You forgot "hiccough". Of course! Thanks! Quote: Originally Posted by Ninja_Monkey You can also have the opposite problem with your example too. You have words with the sme...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ninja_Monkey The American system of spelling makes more sense. Words like catergorize, z instead of an s, are spelt like there pronounced. English though is a stupid language. No one letter has the same...

Quote: Originally Posted by AppleAnt Certainly Apple Inc. has the right to speak out on this issue, but many of their customers also have the right to feel alienated by that position. Companies that enter the political arena do it at...

Wow! As a non-Usan it is sometimes easy to forget just what a spooky place the States has become (or perhaps has always been). Some great replies from the thinking people though! Just a couple of points. It always strikes me, a...

Blimey! Hard core computer p0rn!

“People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.” Adam Smith

Although it was believed that something may or may not be happening at some indeterminate point in the future, it is now believed that something may or may not be happening at some other indeterminate point in the future. I think I've...

Quote: Originally Posted by DanaCameron I agree with you on the potential "smoke factor" of a Nehalem/10.6/massive iMac combination! I too am nursing along my trusty older Mac (though not quite as old as yours ) in...

Quote: Originally Posted by DanaCameron Just curious, why have you kept your system at 10.3.9? Rather dull explanation I'm afraid. My iMac G4800 came with 10.2, I happily bought 10.3 when it came out, but 10.4 didn't seem such a big...