That sounds great, Ed. Could I get one of those for my home (screening out
stupid people, I mean). Of course online " THERE is THEIR problem THEY'RE
afflicted with" Then we also have "yours" and "your's" Come on people, it
just simple grammar and spelling, not Computer Science ;-)
On 8/1/02 5:31 PM, "Ed Kummel" <tech_ed_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
...> I was developing a phone queue system for a customer.
> We were laying out the menuing system and I was going
> for simple and easy to navigate. When I presented my
> idea, it was immediatly thrown out. The owner of the
> company said "we deal in a highly technical field
> (PDAs) If the caller can't get through a menuing
> system, then they don't get to talk to a human, they
> can leave a voicemail." So, that means that they
> wanted to use a phone menuing system to weed out
> stupid people...If you can't navigate a phone menuing
> system, then you don't get to play with a PDA...simple
> as that!
> Ed
> web/gadget guru
> http://newton.tek-ed.com (download Newton packages)
> http://npds.tek-ed.com (my NPDS server and it's new
> subdomain)
>
> --- "Gerstein, Sam" <Sam.Gerstein_at_Streamserve.Com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Chris,
>> I think the absence of the genitive 's is not really
>> that widespread. I do
>> see it dropped sometimes, but for example I don't
>> think I've seen it in
>> print. What I /do/ regularly see, even in print and
>> once /carved in stone/,
>> is the incorrect use of the genitive 's to make a
>> plural. Constructions
>> like "CD's for sale" and "used car's" annoy the heck
>> out of me, and they're
>> everywhere! :-P
> <snip>
>
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