Two things that would make my life complete...
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1. If Unix had case-insensitive filenames. 2. If Windows used forward slashes for path separators instead of backslashes. An expert is somebody who learns more and more about less and less, until he knows absolutely everything about nothing.
(3) If everyone was banned from using PDF for web based information. '--8<------------------------ Ex Datis: Duncan Jones Merrion Computing Ltd
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(3) If everyone was banned from using PDF for web based information. '--8<------------------------ Ex Datis: Duncan Jones Merrion Computing Ltd
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1. If Unix had case-insensitive filenames. 2. If Windows used forward slashes for path separators instead of backslashes. An expert is somebody who learns more and more about less and less, until he knows absolutely everything about nothing.
3. If everyone around the world drove on the same side of the road. Wouldn't that really make the automaker's life easier? Why do different countries drive on different sides of the road anyway? It's not like automobiles have been around for centuries and have adapted... Barry Etter
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3. If everyone around the world drove on the same side of the road. Wouldn't that really make the automaker's life easier? Why do different countries drive on different sides of the road anyway? It's not like automobiles have been around for centuries and have adapted... Barry Etter
Barry Etter wrote: Why do different countries drive on different sides of the road anyway? It's not like automobiles have been around for centuries and have adapted... Because in the olden days before the horseless carriage was invented there were still roads with horse-drawn carriages on them. There had to be some recognised system to pass safely even then. [EDIT] Also, what about railway systems. There are differences there too. In the UK and France they pass on the left. But in some other countries they pass on the right. Trains have also been around longer than cars.[/EDIT] I read an article about a year or two back about some roman site in England somewhere and they said it was interesting to note that there are two definite sets of tracks leading to some (IIRC) quarry or other. Naturally the set leading away had deeper tracks as the carts would be laden with stones and from that they could tell that the Romans drove on the left. I also heard that the reason that continental Europe drives on the right is mostly to do with Napoleon - but I don't remember what the connection was. I also remember hearing about a situation where in Italy they drove on one side in cities and on the other in rural areas until recently (which could mean a few decades ago - I don't quite remember any more)
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Can't manage to P/Invoke that Win32 API in .NET? Why not do interop the wiki way!
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3. If everyone around the world drove on the same side of the road. Wouldn't that really make the automaker's life easier? Why do different countries drive on different sides of the road anyway? It's not like automobiles have been around for centuries and have adapted... Barry Etter
>3. If everyone around the world drove on the same side of the road. Wouldn't we all crash into each other then? Be utter chaos, everybody on the same side of the road. ;) Keep left, pass right. That's the way I say. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Ian Darling wrote: "and our loonies usually end up doing things like Monty Python." Crikey! ain't life grand?
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1. If Unix had case-insensitive filenames. 2. If Windows used forward slashes for path separators instead of backslashes. An expert is somebody who learns more and more about less and less, until he knows absolutely everything about nothing.
Navin wrote: 1. If Unix had case-insensitive filenames. Would you want C++ to be case-insensitive as well? Navin wrote: 2. If Windows used forward slashes for path separators instead of backslashes. I agree. And I would be even happier if the windows file system was case-sensitive. :) -- Denn du bist, was du isst! Und ihr wisst, was es ist! Es ist mein Teil...?
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Barry Etter wrote: Why do different countries drive on different sides of the road anyway? It's not like automobiles have been around for centuries and have adapted... Because in the olden days before the horseless carriage was invented there were still roads with horse-drawn carriages on them. There had to be some recognised system to pass safely even then. [EDIT] Also, what about railway systems. There are differences there too. In the UK and France they pass on the left. But in some other countries they pass on the right. Trains have also been around longer than cars.[/EDIT] I read an article about a year or two back about some roman site in England somewhere and they said it was interesting to note that there are two definite sets of tracks leading to some (IIRC) quarry or other. Naturally the set leading away had deeper tracks as the carts would be laden with stones and from that they could tell that the Romans drove on the left. I also heard that the reason that continental Europe drives on the right is mostly to do with Napoleon - but I don't remember what the connection was. I also remember hearing about a situation where in Italy they drove on one side in cities and on the other in rural areas until recently (which could mean a few decades ago - I don't quite remember any more)
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Can't manage to P/Invoke that Win32 API in .NET? Why not do interop the wiki way!
Would it have to do with jousting? The knights pass to the right, like N.American cars. On the other hand, you could use swords easier passing to the left. Since most people are right-handed, it makes it easier to shift, operate the myriad heater/radio controls. Speaking of trains and romans, I read the track guage was determined by roman cartwheel tracks. Canada has 6 zones, none of which are erogenous.
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3. If everyone around the world drove on the same side of the road. Wouldn't that really make the automaker's life easier? Why do different countries drive on different sides of the road anyway? It's not like automobiles have been around for centuries and have adapted... Barry Etter
Barry Etter wrote: Why do different countries drive on different sides of the road anyway http://www.i18nguy.com/driver-side.html[^] Canada has 6 zones, none of which are erogenous.
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Would it have to do with jousting? The knights pass to the right, like N.American cars. On the other hand, you could use swords easier passing to the left. Since most people are right-handed, it makes it easier to shift, operate the myriad heater/radio controls. Speaking of trains and romans, I read the track guage was determined by roman cartwheel tracks. Canada has 6 zones, none of which are erogenous.
Surely you hold your lance in your right hand, and therefore pass to the left? I'll admit I've never driven a left-hand drive car - to me, it seems more sensible to control the steering with your stronger hand, using the weaker hand to guide the gear lever. Of course, I'm talking about stick shift, not column shift. I guess we rationalize these things after the fact. http://users.pandora.be/worldstandards/driving%20on%20the%20left.htm[^] Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder
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1. If Unix had case-insensitive filenames. 2. If Windows used forward slashes for path separators instead of backslashes. An expert is somebody who learns more and more about less and less, until he knows absolutely everything about nothing.
Navin wrote: 2. If Windows used forward slashes for path separators instead of backslashes. Windows file routines accept either - at least, on NT-based systems, I don't know about 9x. Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder
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Surely you hold your lance in your right hand, and therefore pass to the left? I'll admit I've never driven a left-hand drive car - to me, it seems more sensible to control the steering with your stronger hand, using the weaker hand to guide the gear lever. Of course, I'm talking about stick shift, not column shift. I guess we rationalize these things after the fact. http://users.pandora.be/worldstandards/driving%20on%20the%20left.htm[^] Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder
Mike Dimmick wrote: Surely you hold your lance in your right hand From the movies and renaissance fairs I've seen, they held the shields on the left arm to block the other lance, rode to the right of the low fence, with the lance crossing the body. I am right-handed, yet my steering arm is left, probably from years of shifting with the right. I can drive with just the left for much longer than just the right arm. Canada has 6 zones, none of which are erogenous.