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Hi, Am in Holland now, visiting my Parents. My father is 86 today (19th March). He started his course of learning about computers when he was 75. ( Never realy understood electronics! He was a Mechanical Engineer, and his gripe before he got around to it was always, that a piece of electronics could be fried, without any outward visible signs. (At least when a Ball bearin Breaks...). There are long stories there, but however, To the Point. However, I'm using Vista here. The Look and Feel is entirely Different. All the Menus are in dutch,(The meaning of each menu item is ambiguous and unclear) and in a 'YesNoCancel'box, I still do not understand which is 'Yes''No'or 'Cancel' It is coming as a sudden shock to me, that I have as it stands, no chance to translate my own software into my own native language.
Bram van Kampen
Yes, it's certainly a challenge. I have software that swaps languages of dialogs, etc. on the fly via a menu selection. Getting words to fit into button, etc. can be challenging. So far all my stuff has been in English and Spanish, though.
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They didn't have dirt when he was a kid? :-D
It was something that had always interested him, and after he retired he began a formal pursuit of the subject. When we were both younger and he was introducing me to climbing, he always pointed out geological phenomenon and held forth on their points of interest. I was actually working at the University while he was attending; one of his classes was in the building where I worked and I'd bump into him standing with the other students outside his classes. We'd get some pretty puzzled looks from the other students when I'd stop to chat about goings on at home. :-D [edit] Me, I'm a dumbass - I don't know my geography from my geology. :rolleyes: [/edit]
L u n a t i c F r i n g e
modified on Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:51 PM
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Hi,
LunaticFringe wrote:
My dad went back to college in his late 70's to pursue a degree in geology. Didn't have a chance to finish, but I've always thought that was pretty cool.
Did he? :)
Bram van Kampen
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So you do care. My bad. :^)
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So you do care. My bad. :^)
aspdotnetdev wrote:
So you do care.
Well, what do you expect? I was speaking of something my father had done that I admired; I also implied that he was now dead. That sort of thing is typically pretty sensitive. If you want to joke about it, the joke had be pretty damned funny, and even then you're on thin ice. In this case, it wasn't that funny to begin with. But no worries. I've lived through worse. ;)
L u n a t i c F r i n g e
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aspdotnetdev wrote:
So you do care.
Well, what do you expect? I was speaking of something my father had done that I admired; I also implied that he was now dead. That sort of thing is typically pretty sensitive. If you want to joke about it, the joke had be pretty damned funny, and even then you're on thin ice. In this case, it wasn't that funny to begin with. But no worries. I've lived through worse. ;)
L u n a t i c F r i n g e
LunaticFringe wrote:
I also implied that he was now dead.
Now I understand, I didn't catch that. I thought by "didn't have a chance to finish" you meant "he got busy with work and life" or something like that. Mine died in his 40's, so I know what it's like and would not have been so insensitive had I understood your implication. :rose:
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LunaticFringe wrote:
I also implied that he was now dead.
Now I understand, I didn't catch that. I thought by "didn't have a chance to finish" you meant "he got busy with work and life" or something like that. Mine died in his 40's, so I know what it's like and would not have been so insensitive had I understood your implication. :rose:
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Mine are Qwerty too, I order Dell or shop in the Netherlands; the Azerty keyboards that are standard in Belgium really stink for programming: digits need to be shifted, square brackets are at horrible locations, etc. :)
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Luc Pattyn wrote:
Azerty keyboards
:omg: Now I can better understand you Belgian developers... :-D
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Edit: I misunderstood the above post. Sorry. Deleting content.
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You seem to do this often, do you have ADD (Attension Deficit D..... Oooh Shiny ! (not a rip off, a recognition)
Candy: Here's the plan: we changes our names, move to a distant island, and disguise ourselves as a family of traveling donkey polishers.
DABBee wrote:
You seem to do this often
Misinterpret posts?
DABBee wrote:
do you have ADD
I was once diagnosed with ADD (or ADHD... I don't really know the difference), but then rediagnosed as a genius with eczema and put into advanced classes... apparently my mom has some paperwork regarding that somewhere (still trying to get her to find it for me).
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Mine are Qwerty too, I order Dell or shop in the Netherlands; the Azerty keyboards that are standard in Belgium really stink for programming: digits need to be shifted, square brackets are at horrible locations, etc. :)
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
I only read code that is properly formatted, adding PRE tags is the easiest way to obtain that.
Yeah I prefer Qwerty as well, unfortunately I'm stuck with Azerty at work, I learned qwerty on one of those pocket keyboards for the palm (way back when they first came out) and only took me a couple hours of typing before I could type blindly with it and a lot faster than with azerty. Maybe I should ask my boss for a qwerty keyboard :)
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Yeah I prefer Qwerty as well, unfortunately I'm stuck with Azerty at work, I learned qwerty on one of those pocket keyboards for the palm (way back when they first came out) and only took me a couple hours of typing before I could type blindly with it and a lot faster than with azerty. Maybe I should ask my boss for a qwerty keyboard :)
Just go to the control panel and set the keyboard setting to Querty (US), then type normaly - as long as you dont look at the keys it works fine. ... Until someone else trys to use your keyboard :laugh:
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Just go to the control panel and set the keyboard setting to Querty (US), then type normaly - as long as you dont look at the keys it works fine. ... Until someone else trys to use your keyboard :laugh:
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Hi, Am in Holland now, visiting my Parents. My father is 86 today (19th March). He started his course of learning about computers when he was 75. ( Never realy understood electronics! He was a Mechanical Engineer, and his gripe before he got around to it was always, that a piece of electronics could be fried, without any outward visible signs. (At least when a Ball bearin Breaks...). There are long stories there, but however, To the Point. However, I'm using Vista here. The Look and Feel is entirely Different. All the Menus are in dutch,(The meaning of each menu item is ambiguous and unclear) and in a 'YesNoCancel'box, I still do not understand which is 'Yes''No'or 'Cancel' It is coming as a sudden shock to me, that I have as it stands, no chance to translate my own software into my own native language.
Bram van Kampen
Bram van Kampen wrote:
It is coming as a sudden shock to me, that I have as it stands, no chance to translate my own software into my own native language.
Unless you hire your Father. :doh:
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Bram van Kampen wrote:
It is coming as a sudden shock to me, that I have as it stands, no chance to translate my own software into my own native language.
Unless you hire your Father. :doh:
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Unless you hire your Father.
Well, He has no English! :)
Bram van Kampen
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JimmyRopes wrote:
Unless you hire your Father.
Well, He has no English! :)
Bram van Kampen
Bram van Kampen wrote:
Well, He has no English!
Not a problem if you can tell him what to say in his native language.
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Think inside the box! ProActive Secure Systems
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