Ureka
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I have often wondered why installers have amongst their set of install languages "English (United States)" but no "English (British)". I think I finally figured it out. The yanks arent smart enough to know the language they speak, so they put the "United States" on there to help the poor fellows out. ;P Now I'[ll stand well back and wait for the flames :suss:
Hell I thought it was funny .....
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You can't even spell Eureka properly. Sigh.
When I am king, you will be first against the wall.
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I have often wondered why installers have amongst their set of install languages "English (United States)" but no "English (British)". I think I finally figured it out. The yanks arent smart enough to know the language they speak, so they put the "United States" on there to help the poor fellows out. ;P Now I'[ll stand well back and wait for the flames :suss:
Hell I thought it was funny .....
Bangerman wrote: The yanks arent smart enough to know the language they speak We are smart enough to spell Eureka and I'll correctly. Idiot Hey don't worry, I can handle it. I took something. I can see things no one else can see. Why are you dressed like that? - Jack Burton
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Nah, not really funny because it is just a "hey you are stupid" post. It isn't that original or thought provoking. Just a variant on a mostly primitive form of humor. Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.
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Bangerman wrote: The yanks arent smart enough to know the language they speak We are smart enough to spell Eureka and I'll correctly. Idiot Hey don't worry, I can handle it. I took something. I can see things no one else can see. Why are you dressed like that? - Jack Burton
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Bangerman wrote: Well shoot me im dyslexic..... Bang'erman
Off to in ~63 days
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I have often wondered why installers have amongst their set of install languages "English (United States)" but no "English (British)". I think I finally figured it out. The yanks arent smart enough to know the language they speak, so they put the "United States" on there to help the poor fellows out. ;P Now I'[ll stand well back and wait for the flames :suss:
Hell I thought it was funny .....
Huh? I have often seen installers with "English (British)" or "English (United Kingdom)" or some such variant. Most even have "English (South Africa)", "English (Australia)" etc. etc. They often even auto-detect based on your Windows settings.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaMacbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er Shog9: Paul "The human happy pill" Watson
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Well, you left that door wide open. It was just too easy. Hey don't worry, I can handle it. I took something. I can see things no one else can see. Why are you dressed like that? - Jack Burton
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Huh? I have often seen installers with "English (British)" or "English (United Kingdom)" or some such variant. Most even have "English (South Africa)", "English (Australia)" etc. etc. They often even auto-detect based on your Windows settings.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaMacbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er Shog9: Paul "The human happy pill" Watson
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I've never seen any of these. When you get shipments of things like MSDN is it the standard US pack (which is what we get in the UK) or is it an international variety?
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Bangerman wrote: When you get shipments of things like MSDN is it the standard US pack (which is what we get in the UK) or is it an international variety? Each product is different as is Microsofts want. But even the products we have downloaded (ISO images) which are not region specific have had "English (British)" as an option. Office, Windows XP, Project for instance. I am not sure what region we fall under for MSDN packs, but we are in the Middle East/Asia/Africa region (small area dot dot dot.)
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaMacbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er Shog9: Paul "The human happy pill" Watson
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Bangerman wrote: When you get shipments of things like MSDN is it the standard US pack (which is what we get in the UK) or is it an international variety? Each product is different as is Microsofts want. But even the products we have downloaded (ISO images) which are not region specific have had "English (British)" as an option. Office, Windows XP, Project for instance. I am not sure what region we fall under for MSDN packs, but we are in the Middle East/Asia/Africa region (small area dot dot dot.)
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaMacbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er Shog9: Paul "The human happy pill" Watson
They do if they have dictionaries. But how about other things. For example, I installed the new RayMan 3 for my son. It had English (Usited States) but not English(anything else). In fact I cant think of a single game I have installed that had any English other than English (United States). Surly It should just be "English" in this case. Hence, my original statement about the yanks not kinowing the language thay speak :-)
Hell I thought it was funny .....
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They do if they have dictionaries. But how about other things. For example, I installed the new RayMan 3 for my son. It had English (Usited States) but not English(anything else). In fact I cant think of a single game I have installed that had any English other than English (United States). Surly It should just be "English" in this case. Hence, my original statement about the yanks not kinowing the language thay speak :-)
Hell I thought it was funny .....
Bangerman wrote: yanks not kinowing the language thay speak :)
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They do if they have dictionaries. But how about other things. For example, I installed the new RayMan 3 for my son. It had English (Usited States) but not English(anything else). In fact I cant think of a single game I have installed that had any English other than English (United States). Surly It should just be "English" in this case. Hence, my original statement about the yanks not kinowing the language thay speak :-)
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You get RayMan in your MSDN pack! Holy crap. ;p I really don't think we should be counting games in this debate. They have trouble stringing together full sentences never mind different language packs (unless you count games from Eastern Europe which have broken english.) Ummmm. So yeah. What were we talking about again? The weather?
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaMacbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er Shog9: Paul "The human happy pill" Watson
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I'm sorry. I didnt realise that there was a minimum intellectual content requirement in the lounge. :((
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There isn't - they let me in. :suss:
David Wulff
"i said no to noddy like 20 times but in the end i just couldnt say no to him anymore" - Wishful Thinking
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Huh? I have often seen installers with "English (British)" or "English (United Kingdom)" or some such variant. Most even have "English (South Africa)", "English (Australia)" etc. etc. They often even auto-detect based on your Windows settings.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaMacbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er Shog9: Paul "The human happy pill" Watson
Paul Watson wrote: They often even auto-detect based on your Windows settings. Indeed, yet isntalling Windows XP the other day I noticed that yet again they have still not managed to select your timezone based on the half dozen other times beforehand that you tell it you are in the United Kingdom. Quite why the rest of the world is assumed to run on RST (Redmond Standard Time) is beyond me. :|
David Wulff
"i said no to noddy like 20 times but in the end i just couldnt say no to him anymore" - Wishful Thinking
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They do if they have dictionaries. But how about other things. For example, I installed the new RayMan 3 for my son. It had English (Usited States) but not English(anything else). In fact I cant think of a single game I have installed that had any English other than English (United States). Surly It should just be "English" in this case. Hence, my original statement about the yanks not kinowing the language thay speak :-)
Hell I thought it was funny .....
Bangerman wrote: In fact I cant think of a single game I have installed that had any English other than English (United States). Surly It should just be "English" in this case. Hence, my original statement about the yanks not kinowing the language thay speak Or they're being nice enough to specify the version of English you'll be installing. Wouldn't it be a shock to us "yanks" to make the only choice of "English" and be unexpectedly forced to ready horrible spellings like "colour"! :eek::-D "Yeah, and I invented the spellchecker" - fellow inventor Dan Quayle on hearing that Al Gore invented the Internet.
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Paul Watson wrote: They often even auto-detect based on your Windows settings. Indeed, yet isntalling Windows XP the other day I noticed that yet again they have still not managed to select your timezone based on the half dozen other times beforehand that you tell it you are in the United Kingdom. Quite why the rest of the world is assumed to run on RST (Redmond Standard Time) is beyond me. :|
David Wulff
"i said no to noddy like 20 times but in the end i just couldnt say no to him anymore" - Wishful Thinking
David Wulff wrote: Quite why the rest of the world is assumed to run on RST (Redmond Standard Time) is beyond me. Doesn't bug me. :-D
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They do if they have dictionaries. But how about other things. For example, I installed the new RayMan 3 for my son. It had English (Usited States) but not English(anything else). In fact I cant think of a single game I have installed that had any English other than English (United States). Surly It should just be "English" in this case. Hence, my original statement about the yanks not kinowing the language thay speak :-)
Hell I thought it was funny .....
Bangerman wrote: Hence, my original statement about the yanks not kinowing the language thay speak kinowing ???? Man, you just keep digging yourself a deep hole. Hey don't worry, I can handle it. I took something. I can see things no one else can see. Why are you dressed like that? - Jack Burton
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I have often wondered why installers have amongst their set of install languages "English (United States)" but no "English (British)". I think I finally figured it out. The yanks arent smart enough to know the language they speak, so they put the "United States" on there to help the poor fellows out. ;P Now I'[ll stand well back and wait for the flames :suss:
Hell I thought it was funny .....
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Bangerman wrote: In fact I cant think of a single game I have installed that had any English other than English (United States). Surly It should just be "English" in this case. Hence, my original statement about the yanks not kinowing the language thay speak Or they're being nice enough to specify the version of English you'll be installing. Wouldn't it be a shock to us "yanks" to make the only choice of "English" and be unexpectedly forced to ready horrible spellings like "colour"! :eek::-D "Yeah, and I invented the spellchecker" - fellow inventor Dan Quayle on hearing that Al Gore invented the Internet.
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