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Asp-Z
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30 Nov 2011, 9:47 am

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Shoud there be some function witch disables men from reading and or wrting here?
Should men refrain from writing even though they are technally able to?
Or should the men post if they have helpfull ideas?


I think there should be a function to make sure all posts are spelled properly and are grammatically correct before they go on the forum.

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30 Nov 2011, 10:40 am

Asp-Z wrote:
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Shoud there be some function witch disables men from reading and or wrting here?
Should men refrain from writing even though they are technally able to? Or should the men post if they have helpfull ideas?
I think there should be a function to make sure all posts are spelled properly and are grammatically correct before they go on the forum.

"Firefox"


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30 Nov 2011, 10:54 am

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Restricting this forum to women only is not only impractical, it is sexist - it discriminates against men. Also, if there is going to be strict enforcement, then other special interest groups will want their own exclusive forums, as well. Then WrongPlanet will become a website devoted to separatism and isolationism - anathema to any website with a stated intent of bringing people together.


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30 Nov 2011, 10:55 am

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"Firefox"


What, on a Mac?! Rather you than me, old bean.



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30 Nov 2011, 10:56 am

Tequila wrote:
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"Firefox"


What, on a Mac?! Rather you than me, old bean.


Firefox is a fine browser. On a spellchecking note, though, it does come with a US English dictionary, so it'll make you add "z" and remove "u" from everything unnecessarily.



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30 Nov 2011, 10:59 am

Asp-Z wrote:
Firefox is a fine browser.


Sure, on Windows. On Macs it's a sluggish nightmare.



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30 Nov 2011, 10:59 am

Asp-Z wrote:
Tequila wrote:
Fnord wrote:
"Firefox"
What, on a Mac?! Rather you than me, old bean.
Firefox is a fine browser. On a spellchecking note, though, it does come with a US English dictionary, so it'll make you add "z" and remove "u" from everything unnecessarily.

It changes "re" endings to "er" endings, as well.



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30 Nov 2011, 11:02 am

Tequila wrote:
Asp-Z wrote:
Firefox is a fine browser.


Sure, on Windows. On Macs it's a sluggish nightmare.


Not if you turn off hardware acceleration. Took me ages to figure this out myself, but if you open the settings and go to advanced > general then untick "Use hardware acceleration when available", the speed increases dramatically.



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30 Nov 2011, 12:02 pm

Ohh, my posts have been split into my own thread. I feel so special.



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30 Nov 2011, 12:23 pm

Asp-Z wrote:
On a spellchecking note, though, it does come with a US English dictionary, so it'll make you add "z" and remove "u" from everything unnecessarily.
The British English version can be added, so "colour" etc. isn't flagged.


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30 Nov 2011, 1:18 pm

this was split from another thread? whyy



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30 Nov 2011, 1:19 pm

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this was split from another thread? whyy


Was split from a thread on the women's section, probably because it was knocking it off topic :P



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30 Nov 2011, 1:25 pm

i'd be pissed if someone split a dumb comment i made and made it look like a new thread. this comment in another thread= silly, this comment as its own topic= assy



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30 Nov 2011, 1:29 pm

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i'd be pissed if someone split a dumb comment i made and made it look like a new thread. this comment in another thread= silly, this comment as its own topic= assy


Here's an idea; don't make dumb, disrespectful, off topic comments in people's threads.


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30 Nov 2011, 1:31 pm

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i'd be pissed if someone split a dumb comment i made and made it look like a new thread. this comment in another thread= silly, this comment as its own topic= assy


Yeah it doesn't really make much sense in it's own thread, does it? And even worse, I just found a typo in the original quote I forgot to bold. Dammit.



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30 Nov 2011, 1:34 pm

Moog wrote:
OneStepBeyond wrote:
i'd be pissed if someone split a dumb comment i made and made it look like a new thread. this comment in another thread= silly, this comment as its own topic= assy


Here's an idea; don't make dumb, disrespectful, off topic comments in people's threads.


tell 'em to shut up instead of making dumb comments into dumb threads?