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KnifeWrench posted:Is there a reason the document needs to be live and not published to HTML? Is anyone but you contributing? It sounds like the "live collaborative" feature isn't in use right now anyway. HTML would be fine if it had a WYSIWYG interface, free hosting, and a way to restrict access to specific viewers; it's not meant for general release. Collaboration features would be nice because some users have expressed an interest in annotating it, but it's not strictly necessary.
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Do the Arabs of Egypt have shieks and tribal connections?
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Kestral posted:HTML would be fine if it had a WYSIWYG interface, free hosting, and a way to restrict access to specific viewers; it's not meant for general release. Collaboration features would be nice because some users have expressed an interest in annotating it, but it's not strictly necessary. There are plenty of WYSIWYG HTML editors, so if your ISP gives you some web space you could just upload to that and give the URL to those you want to see it. Technically it would be public, but no one's going to find it by accident.
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In my decade and a half of learning, I don't think this has ever been specified to me, and I recently had it brought up by my partner so I thought I'd ask. On a school paper, when asked to put the date, are you supposed to use the date you start writing it, the date you finished it, or the date you're supposed to turn it in?
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Sep 17, 2014 03:53
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The date you turn it in.
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Redczar posted:In my decade and a half of learning, I don't think this has ever been specified to me, and I recently had it brought up by my partner so I thought I'd ask. Depending on your school, either the date you finish or the date you turn it in will be preferred, though really if it's printed you should put the date you print it out. Never use the date you started writing it unless that's specifically asked for.
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How long does it take sting ray sting wounds to heal? Googling isn't being very effective and its been like a week and the swelling and pain when I walk are kind of annoying
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Sep 17, 2014 06:12
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Jose posted:How long does it take sting ray sting wounds to heal? Googling isn't being very effective and its been like a week and the swelling and pain when I walk are kind of annoying Ask your doctor?
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I was informed by the life guards I only needed a doctor if it got infected which it hasn't and I'm travelling in the US and would prefer not to have to pay/claim on insurance if its not necessary
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Jose posted:How long does it take sting ray sting wounds to heal? Googling isn't being very effective and its been like a week and the swelling and pain when I walk are kind of annoying This is pretty much impossible to answer since if they're anything like any other sting or bite, different people will take different ranges of time to recover. For instance, bed bug bites on me leave these enormous, maddeningly itchy welts that last three months, on my wife they just leave dainty little dots that go away in a day or two.
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I have 100 folders on Dropbox, each containing 5 image files. How do I view all 500 photos (and only those 500) on my Android device in a single view? I've tried adding all the folders to the Dropbox Photos folder, but this doesn't show up under Photos in the app, nor are they in http://www.dropbox.com/photos
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If I'm trying to sell something- let's say, a piece of exercise equipment- to someone via email and haven't heard back after giving a price, how long should I wait to hit them back to see if they're interested? To complicate it further, that person is my company president- who I know personally, not like I'm some unnamed peon working in the fields. He seemed interested at the time but that was last week and I don't want to bug him about it..
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New Leaf posted:If I'm trying to sell something- let's say, a piece of exercise equipment- to someone via email and haven't heard back after giving a price, how long should I wait to hit them back to see if they're interested? To complicate it further, that person is my company president- who I know personally, not like I'm some unnamed peon working in the fields. He seemed interested at the time but that was last week and I don't want to bug him about it.. When it comes to selling things informally via email or Craigslist or whatever, a good rule of thumb is to assume that 1 out of every 5 people you correspond with will actually respond beyond the initial contact, and one out of those 5 will actually bother to pay and pick the drat thing up. Normally, no response for a week would count as a solid "Not Interested" in my book, but seeing as it's your boss, a polite email reminder and waiting another week might be a good idea.
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Is it normal to have to pay for your own suit when you are in a wedding? My buddy decided to buy suits instead of rent tuxes and I was kind of surprised to find that I'm supposed to pay $300 for a suit that I don't want.
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Sep 17, 2014 18:34
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NESguerilla posted:Is it normal to have to pay for your own suit when you are in a wedding? My buddy decided to buy suits instead of rent tuxes and I was kind of surprised to find that I'm supposed to pay $300 for a suit that I don't want. If it makes you feel any better, about half that is typical for a rental, and if it's not super-formal, it's something you can at least use for job interviews or whatever.
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Sep 17, 2014 18:49
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NESguerilla posted:Is it normal to have to pay for your own suit when you are in a wedding? My buddy decided to buy suits instead of rent tuxes and I was kind of surprised to find that I'm supposed to pay $300 for a suit that I don't want. In general, yes, the attendants cover their own clothing expenses. For groomsmen, that's usually just a tux rental, but the poor bridesmaids always get stuck buying a hideous dress that's been dyed to the EXACT shade of [color not found in nature] that the bride wants. Looks like you get join them in the same boat for this one. But hey, toward the end the reception, when it's time to drunkenly hit on the bridesmaids, you have a ready-made conversation topic to break the ice! 
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mlnhd posted:What band is depicted in this painting? My instant thought was REO Speedwagon. edit: You know what? I think it might be The Eagles, but with Frey, Henley, Bernie Leadon, Randy Meisner, and Don Felder. edit edit: OR it might be Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Randy Meisner, Joe Walsh and Don Felder but I happen to know that the original configuration I posted above first played together at Disneyland. Very Strange Things fucked around with this message at 20:18 on Sep 17, 2014 |
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I was ognna suggest Foghat but there's an extra guy there? edit: It's basically every band that charted in the 70s.
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NESguerilla posted:Is it normal to have to pay for your own suit when you are in a wedding? My buddy decided to buy suits instead of rent tuxes and I was kind of surprised to find that I'm supposed to pay $300 for a suit that I don't want. Count your blessings. I was in a wedding last year where the groom and his entire family was from NC, but the wedding was being held in Ohio. The wedding party had to stay in the Westin in downtown Columbus, which is pretty loving expensive for someone like me. On top of that, it was a 5 day stay. Plus, we had to BUY A CUSTOM MADE VEST from Etsy. Not only is it absolutely hideous, it ran me over $180 bucks. PLUS, we had to rent the rest of our outfit, so another $150 or so. At least you have something you can wear again. After food expenses- which were astronomical by the end of it all- this wedding cost me $1200 to BE IN and all I have to show for it is a vest where the front looks like some Steampunk cosplayer's idea of vintage and the back looks like my grandmother's sofa. Not that I'm bitter or anything..
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My software engineering professor gave us a variety of little grammar/writing things to watch out for in our homework. One that struck me was "Whenever you use 'if', there must be a 'then'". As in, you must literally include the word "then" if you say "if". I asked if this was particular to technical writing, since I'd never heard any such thing, and her she seemed surprised I hadn't known that. I've since looked up Strunk & White's "Elements of Style" (since she mentioned that at a different point), and it certainly doesn't mention anything about that, and if any style guide would, I would've thought that one would. Does anyone have any idea where she got this notion from? Is it just bleed-over from programming?
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hooah posted:My software engineering professor gave us a variety of little grammar/writing things to watch out for in our homework. One that struck me was "Whenever you use 'if', there must be a 'then'". As in, you must literally include the word "then" if you say "if". I asked if this was particular to technical writing, since I'd never heard any such thing, and her she seemed surprised I hadn't known that. I've since looked up Strunk & White's "Elements of Style" (since she mentioned that at a different point), and it certainly doesn't mention anything about that, and if any style guide would, I would've thought that one would. If I were you I wouldn't worry about it.
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hooah posted:My software engineering professor gave us a variety of little grammar/writing things to watch out for in our homework. One that struck me was "Whenever you use 'if', there must be a 'then'". As in, you must literally include the word "then" if you say "if". I asked if this was particular to technical writing, since I'd never heard any such thing, and her she seemed surprised I hadn't known that. I've since looked up Strunk & White's "Elements of Style" (since she mentioned that at a different point), and it certainly doesn't mention anything about that, and if any style guide would, I would've thought that one would. People latch onto rules that are comfortable and prevent mistakes. It's likely never wrong to include "then", and sometimes wrong to omit it, so the rule is a kind of security blanket to prevent mistakes. Couple that with a technical mindset (especially programming) and you can very easily extend the "always right way" to be the "only right way". There's a reason it's called a style guide and not a rulebook. So to answer your question, she could have synthesized this rule on her own, or some other misguided person may have told her it was a rule, but once it got filed under "rules" she just stuck with it.
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hooah posted:My software engineering professor gave us a variety of little grammar/writing things to watch out for in our homework. One that struck me was "Whenever you use 'if', there must be a 'then'". As in, you must literally include the word "then" if you say "if". I asked if this was particular to technical writing, since I'd never heard any such thing, and her she seemed surprised I hadn't known that. I've since looked up Strunk & White's "Elements of Style" (since she mentioned that at a different point), and it certainly doesn't mention anything about that, and if any style guide would, I would've thought that one would. Obey the crazy professor, then forget all about it when you're done with the class. College microcosm.
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KnifeWrench posted:People latch onto rules that are comfortable and prevent mistakes. It's likely never wrong to include "then", and sometimes wrong to omit it, so the rule is a kind of security blanket to prevent mistakes. Couple that with a technical mindset (especially programming) and you can very easily extend the "always right way" to be the "only right way". There's a reason it's called a style guide and not a rulebook. This may be a case of casual speech/writing departing from formal writing. I imagine we often assume an implied "then" when using "if" (see syscall girl), but if you're doing formal writing it may be better or safer to say it explicitly. At the very least, it doesn't hurt.
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Namarrgon posted:Obey the crazy professor, then forget all about it when you're done with the class. College microcosm. Oh, of course. This ain't my first rodeo, as they say. I was just curious if anyone else had heard of this strange "rule".
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Why does everybody keep saying SA's font is different? To me, it looks exactly the same as it always does. Using Safari, if it matters.
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Mister Macys posted:Why does everybody keep saying SA's font is different? To me, it looks exactly the same as it always does.
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Mister Macys posted:Why does everybody keep saying SA's font is different? To me, it looks exactly the same as it always does. They tested a new font in the forums CSS yesterday or a few days ago for a few hours. Seems people didn't like it and it's gone now.
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hooah posted:Does anyone have any idea where she got this notion from? Is it just bleed-over from programming? I'm wondering if she has a mental disorder. Then again, maybe she's just weird.
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Kestral posted:Are there any online 'collaborative' text editors like Google Docs that can handle very large documents without slowing to a crawl? I have a document that's just broken the 300 page mark, and it's almost unusable at this point. I have to do the actual writing on a separate document and paste completed sections into the main document to avoid having about a full second of lag per keystroke. Split the big document into smaller ones, have each of them link to one another.
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RaoulDuke12 posted:Then again, maybe she's just weird.
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"Please help John and ___ solve this problem." Is it me or I, and why?
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mlnhd posted:What band is depicted in this painting? If it helps, I think the guy in the middle is Mickey Mouse. Vegetable posted:"Please help John and ___ solve this problem." Is it me or I, and why? Me. The simple test is to remove the other person and see what word you would use then. You'd say "help me solve this" so you say "help John and me solve this".
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Tiggum posted:If it helps, I think the guy in the middle is Mickey Mouse. What if you're Jamaican?
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Meatwave posted:What if you're Jamaican? bumbaclot, talkin' foul to I an I.
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hooah posted:My software engineering professor gave us a variety of little grammar/writing things to watch out for in our homework. One that struck me was "Whenever you use 'if', there must be a 'then'". As in, you must literally include the word "then" if you say "if". I asked if this was particular to technical writing, since I'd never heard any such thing, and her she seemed surprised I hadn't known that. I've since looked up Strunk & White's "Elements of Style" (since she mentioned that at a different point), and it certainly doesn't mention anything about that, and if any style guide would, I would've thought that one would. It's most likely a bleed-over from programming, since for programming there's always an 'If X, then Y'. Which can lead to a mess if you're programming, and you forget to program the Y, at best you're going to end up with failed dependencies, so you're going to want keep an eye on Y, even if it doesn't do anything. In conversational English, the 'then' is usually implied. She might also have conflated it with either/or and neither/nor, where you still have to use the latter word if you start a sentence with either or neither. For example, "If it is sunny tomorrow, I will have a picnic." And "If it is sunny tomorrow, then I will have a picnic." Those are both pretty much the same sentence. Depending on the writing style, most writers usually try to cut out pointless words, and 'then' is an easy cut. thrakkorzog fucked around with this message at 05:56 on Sep 18, 2014 |
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It's 'I' because the people represent the subject in the sentence. It's 'me' when the person is the object. 'Please help John and I solve this problem' is correct. e: examples: Clare and I are going for a coffee The dog followed John and me to the door. Aggressive pricing fucked around with this message at 13:51 on Sep 18, 2014 |
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Aggressive pricing posted:'Please help John and I solve this problem' is correct. Uhh...that doesn't seem right. "Please help I solve this problem." ? No. It's clearly "Please help me solve this problem." "Me" is still the object of the sentence. "The problem" is the subject. Edit: Or is the implied "you" in the "please help" the object? Either way, you're right on the "object vs subject" use for "me vs I," but just got it wrong in that one example sentence.
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Aggressive pricing posted:It's 'I' because the people represent the subject in the sentence. It's 'me' when the person is the object. If this is the case (and I'm not saying it isn't, I've never been formally taught grammar), why does that not apply if you remove John? Clare and I are going for a coffee -> I am going for a coffee. The dog followed John and me to the door -> The dog followed me to the door. Please help John and I solve this problem -> Please help me solve this problem?
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