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Forum: General Chat September 14, 2010, 12:22 AM

Replies: 31 A video poking fun at the way English is spoken... Views: 7,956 Posted By Tarential I say it either way; it doesn't bother me.... I say it either way; it doesn't bother me. "Excape" drives me nuts though.

Forum: General Chat September 13, 2010, 07:54 PM

Replies: 120 Gay Marriage Views: 24,726 Posted By Tarential Nitpicking here, but while: ".02" would be a... Nitpicking here, but while: ".02" would be a correct way of representing two percent (though incomplete, as it could also simply mean the number 'two hundredths'), using ".02%" is incorrect. Why?...

Forum: General Chat September 13, 2010, 06:11 PM

Replies: 49 Listening comprehension Views: 12,519 Posted By Tarential Eagerly I wished the morrow; vainly I had sought... Eagerly I wished the morrow; vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow - sorrow for the lost Lenore ... On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before Then the...

Forum: General Chat September 13, 2010, 01:18 PM

Replies: 120 Gay Marriage Views: 24,726 Posted By Tarential I find it interesting that the majority of... I find it interesting that the majority of arguments against gay marriage are based on religion, and marriage being a "religious binding" instead of a "civil contract". The argument of course is that...

Forum: Suggestions & Feedback September 13, 2010, 12:50 PM

Replies: 24 Can we chat here? Views: 6,840 Posted By Tarential I feel obliged to point out that at any time any... I feel obliged to point out that at any time any user could register a chat room on a free IRC server and post the link in the general forum (with permission of the mods) as an "unofficial chat room"...

Forum: General Chat July 26, 2010, 08:41 AM

Replies: 20 I forgot all. Views: 4,101 Posted By Tarential Actually, close but: The attorney advises you... Actually, close but: The attorney advises you to sign the contract. The attorney's advice is to sign the contract.

Forum: General Chat July 24, 2010, 11:45 PM

Replies: 19 Learning Spanish Views: 4,821 Posted By Tarential Again, no. You are mistaking the operating system... Again, no. You are mistaking the operating system they develop on for the platform that the bot is using. The platform the bot is written on is likely to be Perl, Python, PHP, or some other scripting...

Forum: General Chat July 24, 2010, 12:10 AM

Replies: 19 Learning Spanish Views: 4,821 Posted By Tarential No, they are not necessarily Linux based. Nor is... No, they are not necessarily Linux based. Nor is it possible to "negate the intelligent or smart" from falling for it, as you yourself posted in this thread saying "Rosetta Stone seems to be popular...

Forum: General Chat July 23, 2010, 04:25 PM

Replies: 19 Learning Spanish Views: 4,821 Posted By Tarential The companies rarely do it themselves. They hire... The companies rarely do it themselves. They hire advertising companies who drive traffic through less than reputable methods, such as these bots or spam e-mails. Anyway, I don't see how leaving...

Forum: General Chat July 22, 2010, 04:08 PM

Replies: 19 Learning Spanish Views: 4,821 Posted By Tarential This thread should be removed completely. It is... This thread should be removed completely. It is simply a bot advertising for the software. Who else would register with their nickname being "Rosetta Stone"? The user has been banned I see but why...

Forum: General Chat July 19, 2010, 12:36 PM

Replies: 80 Poll: Internet browser Views: 14,798 Posted By Tarential I know ... what you must have used was Firefox... I know ... what you must have used was Firefox with the Tor addon. A web browser is an engine that requests files from HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol) servers and renders the HTML code,...

Forum: General Chat July 18, 2010, 01:06 AM

Replies: 80 Poll: Internet browser Views: 14,798 Posted By Tarential Firefox runs on Linux. So does Opera. Besides... Firefox runs on Linux. So does Opera. Besides that, if you use KDE then Konqueror will be built in and it functions as both a web browser and a file manager. I personally use Firefox on both...

Forum: General Chat July 17, 2010, 11:06 AM

Replies: 54 Felicidades Views: 16,696 Posted By Tarential I think the apostrophe comes from this type of... I think the apostrophe comes from this type of expansion: "I would like to get an hour's worth of sleep" = "I would like to get an hour's sleep" Controversially, while "I would like to get more...

Forum: General Chat July 17, 2010, 10:53 AM

Replies: 80 Poll: Internet browser Views: 14,798 Posted By Tarential Um... no. The link you sent, first of all, does... Um... no. The link you sent, first of all, does not name Tor as a browser. Secondly, it is not a part of Firefox either. There is an addon for Firefox that allows one to easily enable/disable the Tor...

Forum: Practice & Homework July 13, 2010, 09:21 PM

Replies: 25 ¡Charla con Cheshire! Views: 6,974 Posted By Tarential Damn. There goes my travel plan. Damn. There goes my travel plan.

Forum: General Chat July 13, 2010, 09:15 PM

Replies: 20 Funny Student Math mistakes Views: 7,019 Posted By Tarential I like that one. I've drawn other objects into... I like that one. I've drawn other objects into physics questions before to throw off the answer (when I didn't know what it was supposed to be) but none so cute as the elephant.

Forum: General Chat July 13, 2010, 11:44 AM

Replies: 4 WiFi Configuration Views: 2,709 Posted By Tarential When working with such long distances in Wifi... When working with such long distances in Wifi (50km) you will need specific high gain directional antennas at each location and will probably have to use 802.11a (5 ghz) frequencies for less...

Forum: Idioms & Sayings July 12, 2010, 01:50 PM

Replies: 21 To be a good sport Views: 13,034 Posted By Tarential Though not entirely common I have certainly heard... Though not entirely common I have certainly heard "he's good people." I am of the opinion that it is meant to expand into "he is of good people" but that is just an opinion, largely baseless.

Forum: General Chat July 11, 2010, 10:27 PM

Replies: 80 Poll: Internet browser Views: 14,798 Posted By Tarential Tor is not a web browser. Tor is an onion routing... Tor is not a web browser. Tor is an onion routing protocol used to protect anonymity on the Internet. You can use Tor with any modern browser and there are even Firefox Tor addons that allow you to...

Forum: Technical things July 08, 2010, 03:26 PM

Replies: 5 How to type accented Spanish letters in Ubuntu Linux Views: 21,490 Posted By Tarential One might rephrase this to say, as a result... One might rephrase this to say, as a result Dvorak is not designed to be efficient for programming. This is very true as you point out. But that doesn't mean it's less efficient than Qwerty for those...

Forum: Technical things July 08, 2010, 02:56 PM

Replies: 5 How to type accented Spanish letters in Ubuntu Linux Views: 21,490 Posted By Tarential Let me tell you my experience. I started learning... Let me tell you my experience. I started learning it because I intended to be a programmer (this was back in grade 8 or so) and had heard that Dvorak reduced the risks of repetitive strain injuries...

Forum: Technical things July 07, 2010, 08:38 PM

Replies: 5 How to type accented Spanish letters in Ubuntu Linux Views: 21,490 Posted By Tarential I ended up making my own custom layout since I... I ended up making my own custom layout since I wasn't happy with the Spanish Dvorak one. Good to hear that one of the included Spanish layouts suits you.

Forum: General Chat July 06, 2010, 05:05 PM

Replies: 26 Exchange Server question Views: 25,369 Posted By Tarential Your mail server should have logs telling you why... Your mail server should have logs telling you why it is failing. Perhaps you could post those for us? If port 25 is truly open, I am inclined to agree with it likely being a reverse lookup...

Forum: General Chat July 06, 2010, 03:44 PM

Replies: 26 Exchange Server question Views: 25,369 Posted By Tarential Agreed, he could be being denied since his server... Agreed, he could be being denied since his server can't be accessed in a reverse lookup but that would only affect him with certain external servers that had it enabled. Plus, it would still not be...

Forum: General Chat July 06, 2010, 12:47 PM

Replies: 26 Exchange Server question Views: 25,369 Posted By Tarential I know exactly why his ISP would block port 25:... I know exactly why his ISP would block port 25: They don't want spammers with home mail servers flooding their network. Most major ISPs block port 25 (Comcast, AT&T, Cox, to name a few); though of...

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