Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[jakally]

Nice score Mr Kendall sir. 

[tikay]

Nice score Mr Kendall sir. 

Thank you Neil, (& Cos, Nick & James).

May I return the compliment to Neil, & say very many congratulations on Saturday night's success. I was hoping to bump into you yesterday at DTD to congratulate you personally, but you were not present as far as I could see. If you've not seen the Show, let me know, & I'll arrange for a tape or DVD of it to be sent tou you. Another blonde, "Nutter5932" (Ben Nuttall), who I went to Vegas with last year, also qualified for the next phase. Well done both.

Cottonbud - pull your finger out!

[tikay]

I just opened the google Home Page - wow. What a clever little idea today's "anniversary" thingie is!

google = genius. Simple things done well.

[kinboshi]

You still using IE tikay?

[tikay]

You still using IE tikay?

It depends, I'm a bit of a browser specialist these days Daniel.

I switch between IE & Firefox, depending what I'm doing, though my default these days is Firefox. I plan to try google chrome shortly, too.

Gotta keep up with technology, you know. And those two guys at google are true gentlemen.*

* Should I insert a smiley?

[kinboshi]

Why do you switch between IE and FF? 

Oh, and smiley unnecessary.  'Cos I'm not Cos.

[tikay]

Why do you switch between IE and FF? 

Oh, and smiley unnecessary.  'Cos I'm not Cos.

It's probably a bit above you Daniel, I'm a bit of a browser geek.

I actually find some sites work better on Firefox, (the other place, for example) but as a die-hard IE man, I return to it for some stuff. Opera will be my next conquest.

It's high-level stuff.

[kinboshi]

Why do you switch between IE and FF? 

Oh, and smiley unnecessary.  'Cos I'm not Cos.

It's probably a bit above you Daniel, I'm a bit of a browser geek.

I actually find some sites work better on Firefox, (the other place, for example) but as a die-hard IE man, I return to it for some stuff. Opera will be my next conquest.

It's high-level stuff.

It's leaving you more vulnerable to your computer being compromised.

[Bongo]

I find the IE tab addon for FF useful for sites that have to use IE (it puts a little icon in the bottom right of FF and clicking on it switches the rendering between FF's and IE's).

I've been catching up with the last few days of posts and thought you might like these articles from the Economist about languages, the first is about the world's most difficult languages (and shows that English isn't that bad):
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15108609

The second is about how English is losing it's nuances due to technology and more non-native speakers:
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15108779

(at least I hope that's what they are about, I read them a few weeks ago!)

[tikay]

I find the IE tab addon for FF useful for sites that have to use IE (it puts a little icon in the bottom right of FF and clicking on it switches the rendering between FF's and IE's).

I've been catching up with the last few days of posts and thought you might like these articles from the Economist about languages, the first is about the world's most difficult languages (and shows that English isn't that bad):
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15108609

The second is about how English is losing it's nuances due to technology and more non-native speakers:
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15108779

(at least I hope that's what they are about, I read them a few weeks ago!)

I'll read that later Bongo, I'm a bit tied up elsewhere today.

But if there's a harder language than English to master, this I need to see. Or do I mean hear?

I was listening to R4 the other day, at about 4am or something, & they were trailing a Show called "Here Here".

The continuity announcer said ".....da de da, & you can hear Hear Hear here on Radio 4". How on earth does a Scandie, or an East European, sort that lot out?

[kinboshi]

I find the IE tab addon for FF useful for sites that have to use IE (it puts a little icon in the bottom right of FF and clicking on it switches the rendering between FF's and IE's).

I've been catching up with the last few days of posts and thought you might like these articles from the Economist about languages, the first is about the world's most difficult languages (and shows that English isn't that bad):
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15108609

The second is about how English is losing it's nuances due to technology and more non-native speakers:
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15108779

(at least I hope that's what they are about, I read them a few weeks ago!)

I'll read that later Bongo, I'm a bit tied up elsewhere today.

But if there's a harder language than English to master, this I need to see. Or do I mean hear?

I was listening to R4 the other day, at about 4am or something, & they were trailing a Show called "Here Here".

The continuity announcer said ".....da de da, & you can hear Hear Hear here on Radio 4". How on earth does a Scandie, or an East European, sort that lot out?

Harder language to master than English?  I'd guess there are plenty going by the vast array of resources available from which to learn English (usually American English, sigh) and the number of people who have 'mastered' English to a level of fluency.  Of course, you don't define 'master' and the idea of being 'fluent' in a language is a vague one.  A 7-year old school child is undoubtedly fluent in their native language, but their written and reading ability might be far short of a foreign student who has studied the language as an adult and can read and write the language well and 'get by' in the spoken language. Has either 'mastered' the language, is one more 'fluent'.

As a guess, I'd expect Chinese, Russian and Arabic to be far more difficult to learn than English.  Of course, it's all relative though.  A Japanese person might find Chinese a lot easier to learn (to read and write) than Russian; whereas a German might find it a lot easier to pick up Russian rather than Chinese.

[RED-DOG]

I find the IE tab addon for FF useful for sites that have to use IE (it puts a little icon in the bottom right of FF and clicking on it switches the rendering between FF's and IE's).

I've been catching up with the last few days of posts and thought you might like these articles from the Economist about languages, the first is about the world's most difficult languages (and shows that English isn't that bad):
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15108609

The second is about how English is losing it's nuances due to technology and more non-native speakers:
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15108779

(at least I hope that's what they are about, I read them a few weeks ago!)

I'll read that later Bongo, I'm a bit tied up elsewhere today.

But if there's a harder language than English to master, this I need to see. Or do I mean hear?

I was listening to R4 the other day, at about 4am or something, & they were trailing a Show called "Here Here".

The continuity announcer said ".....da de da, & you can hear Hear Hear here on Radio 4". How on earth does a Scandie, or an East European, sort that lot out?

Harder language to master than English?  I'd guess there are plenty going by the vast array of resources available from which to learn English (usually American English, sigh) and the number of people who have 'mastered' English to a level of fluency.  Of course, you don't define 'master' and the idea of being 'fluent' in a language is a vague one.  A 7-year old school child is undoubtedly fluent in their native language, but their written and reading ability might be far short of a foreign student who has studied the language as an adult and can read and write the language well and 'get by' in the spoken language. Has either 'mastered' the language, is one more 'fluent'.

As a guess, I'd expect Chinese, Russian and Arabic to be far more difficult to learn than English.  Of course, it's all relative though.  A Japanese person might find Chinese a lot easier to learn (to read and write) than Russian; whereas a German might find it a lot easier to pick up Russian rather than Chinese.

kmn.

[cdw1111]

Tikay i know your interested in aviation so if your ever at a loose end you should take a look at this thread in OOT on 2+2.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/34/other-other-topics/ask-me-about-being-airline-pilot-flying-general-628324/

Once you get past the teenagers asking about the mile high club it turns into a great thread.The pilot answering has a great way of explaining the aspects of air travel without being condesending even to the daftest questions.

It's 85 pages long but well worth a read especially for anyone who is scared of flying as he is very reassuring.

[byronkincaid]

It's 85 pages long

it's not if you change your settings, you can have up to 100 posts per page i think

[tikay]

Tikay i know your interested in aviation so if your ever at a loose end you should take a look at this thread in OOT on 2+2.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/34/other-other-topics/ask-me-about-being-airline-pilot-flying-general-628324/

Once you get past the teenagers asking about the mile high club it turns into a great thread.The pilot answering has a great way of explaining the aspects of air travel without being condesending even to the daftest questions.

It's 85 pages long but well worth a read especially for anyone who is scared of flying as he is very reassuring.

Thank you - I'll take a look tomorrow.

I tend to peruse 2 + 2 more & more these days - some eye-opening stuff on there.

My "home-from-home" Hotel at Heathrow - Jurys Inn - is right opposite the BA Maintenance Hanger, & I have a special request always to have a room overlooking that aspect.

Concorde was parked there until a few months back, but now they've hidden it round the back, the buggers, & from the road, you can only see the top of the rather odd  but charismastic "flat-topped" Concorde tail. Even so, I still can't drive past it without a tingle of excitement.

They have a few 747's parked up at the front of the hanger today - they look so awesome parked up, & it's only then you get to see the sheer scale of them.

There's also a garage on the A30 - my "on the way to the Office coffee-stop" - & I spent 30 minutes there today at about 8.30am, admiring the inbound long-haul stuff as they came in one after the other. They are incredibly low there, & the noise is orgasmic. I really must grow up.