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fathertyme
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Big Thanks to Toxin for This Article!!!
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skildude
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Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:32 am Post subject: |
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spelchecked Quote:Stay tuned for the next instalment
Otherwise a nifty read. /me isn't likely to purchase any manufactured computer. |
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fear_nothing
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Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:41 am Post subject: |
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skildude wrote:spelchecked Quote:Stay tuned for the next instalment
Otherwise a nifty read. /me isn't likely to purchase any manufactured computer.
ignore the grammer nazi... good article - I'm waiting for the next one  |
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Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:27 am Post subject: |
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skildude wrote:spelchecked Quote:Stay tuned for the next instalment
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=instalment
Ahem. |
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pcfreakshow
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Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:32 am Post subject: |
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Great article Toxin, thanks.
p.s. Kudos on the UK spelling.  |
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onefast1
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Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:52 am Post subject: |
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Switcher eh? So when do we get to see the laptop explode? 
9/10. |
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Linda
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Sat Feb 17, 2007 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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A fun read! I can't wait to read the next installment (I'm in the US, so it's an installment, not an instalment). I wish you had a few pictures, though, I'm going to do a Search right now to see what this thing is you are talking about... |
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anglachel
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Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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Bah... been there done that...
Actually my story started with my argueing with the sales rep about a warrenty...
in hind sight seeing as how I no longer have a functioning optical drive on my minimac... he was right...
but The mini is sitting next to me here, happily running linux (I couldn't take MAC OS, I wish you better luck then my self toxin.) |
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Dave Rave
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skildude
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Sun Feb 18, 2007 7:35 am Post subject: |
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Dave Rave wrote:anglachel wrote:Bah... been there done that...
Actually my story started with my arguing with the sales rep about a warranty...
in hind sight seeing as how I no longer have a functioning optical drive on my minimac... he was right...
but The mini is sitting next to me here, happily running linux (I couldn't take MAC OS, I wish you better luck then my self toxin.)
dum de dum de dum
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=argueing
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=warrenty
wow I did't intend to start a ripping contest. I'm not used to many of he Brits spelling innovations. I'll let my spelchek go and still think its a good article |
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anglachel
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Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:03 am Post subject: |
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Dave Rave wrote:anglachel wrote:Bah... been there done that...
Actually my story started with my arguing with the sales rep about a warranty...
in hind sight seeing as how I no longer have a functioning optical drive on my minimac... he was right...
but The mini is sitting next to me here, happily running linux (I couldn't take MAC OS, I wish you better luck then my self toxin.)
dum de dum de dum
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=argueing
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=warrenty
Oh you so do not want to start me on this again...
but in case you do, answer me this, "What is the purpose of written language?"
And also "Why is Latin defined as a dead language?"
If you choose not to answer, I'll consider you wiser then a simple spell checker, Otherwise your opening flood gates that people should have learned to just leave alone by now... |
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Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:08 am Post subject: |
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My word. I suppose my Mac Mini must come with a spellchecker, buried in among its various treasures. But then, there is so much to discover about my new Mac Mini and I have only begun to scratch the surface. This is, after all, only chapter 1. More is to follow. |
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EdisonRex
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Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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Well, I like Chapter 2. They're short reads, though. Maybe you can take the next two and add them together, to make 3 or something. It took me less time to read than one of our news articles. OK, no, it was a bit longer, but I think they're a bit short.
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Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:11 pm Post subject: |
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How about collating them into one big piece once they're all done? |
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No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were: any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
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My girlfriend criticised my apartment, so I knocked her flat.
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EdisonRex
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Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:19 pm Post subject: |
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Toxin wrote:How about collating them into one big piece once they're all done?
Could do, I suppose. But I'd rather the length was good in the first place. Not that I'm trying to be the editor here. Just saying what I thought as a reader.
It's more of a pain to collect them all into on place after the face with this particular CMS. But it gives me an idea, which I'm going to think about more before I talk about it. |
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