When I did a Google search for "incentivize" (to make sure I was
spelling that word correctly) it found lots of results, but first asked
me if I meant "intenctivize." If I click on that, it says it found no instances of "intenctivize" and asked me if I meant "incentivize."
I've repeated the process, and sometime it does the same, sometimes it instead asks me if I meant "inventivize," and sometimes works normally.
As for YouTube, /embed/ still works on my HP laptop. Some children's
videos require this hack, but not all of them.
On my Dell laptop, YouTube still works fine without this hack, even
though it too has Ubuntu, Firefox, and Adblocker Plus. Go figure.
If I click on that, it says
it found no instances of "intenctivize" and asked me if I meant "incentivize."
Of course, it should be "incentivise". :-)
(And yes, I know that technically, both spellings are OK in British
English, but many people will insist that spelling it with a zed is
an Americanism. I had a letter published in the Guardian about this
this year.)
They must have been surveilling your attempts at "incentivize" and
fixed the problem just like that! It worked fine for me just now.
As for /embed/, could you be more specific on how to use it? I did
the substitution in a Youtube URL, plugged it into the browser's
address field and got a page-not-found error.
And the built-in spell-
checker in Emacs didn't accept either spelling.
Both spellings are in the Chambers Dictionary app I have on this
computer (which seems to be the 2013 paper edition digitised).
Anyhow, happy Guy Fawkes Day. It's a good think you currently have a Charles, not a James, on the throne. He doesn't have to worry about
being blown up, but he might want to watch for sharp objects near
his neck. (Too soon?)
When I were a lad, we never celebrated Guy Fawkes day on a Sunday.
This was more popular than Trick-or-treating, which was not
something I remember doing.
I don't know why the US doesn't have Guy Fawkes day. The plot
happened before there were any English colonies in what eventually
became the US. Though it was surprisingly close. Fawkes was executed
in January 1606 and the first colonists sailed for Virginia in
December of that year. (Not counting the earlier failed "Virginia"
colony in what's now North Carolina.)
I'm actually not sure whether January or December came first in 1606
in England. Was New Year's Day in January or in the spring?
Paul Dormer <prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk> wrote:
This was more popular than Trick-or-treating, which was not
something I remember doing.
Apparently, Trick-or-treating originated in Canada in the 20th
century, though there was something similar called "guising" in
Scotland earlier.
I'm actually not sure whether January or December came first in 1606
in England. Was New Year's Day in January or in the spring?
We did have Halloween parties some years with apple-bobbing and
the like, but definitely no trick-or-treating.
In article <slrnukk3mr.3g7tc.andyl@azaal.plus.com>, andyl@azaal.plus.com >(Andy Leighton) wrote:
We did have Halloween parties some years with apple-bobbing and
the like, but definitely no trick-or-treating.
Yes, I rememberer one of those when I was in the scouts in the sixties.
I also remember we made Halloween lanterns out of turnips or swedes.
Pumpkins started appearing later.
As for why we don't have Guy Fawkes Day, the 4th of July seems to
satisfy the same need for fireworks.
Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com> wrote:
As for why we don't have Guy Fawkes Day, the 4th of July seems to
satisfy the same need for fireworks.
Besides July 4th commemorates a revolution that succeeded.
Tim Merrigan <tppm@ca.rr.com> wrote:
Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com> wrote:
As for why we don't have Guy Fawkes Day, the 4th of July seems to
satisfy the same need for fireworks.
As you know, Bob^H^H^H Gary, we have them on New Year's too.
And Disneyland and Disneyworld have them every night.
Besides July 4th commemorates a revolution that succeeded.
So? The British think it's good that the gunpowder plot failed, hence
worthy of celebration. If our revolution had failed, perhaps the
British would celebrate July 4th and Americans wouldn't.
As you know, Bob^H^H^H Gary, we have them on New Year's too.
I had to look up "swedes" (my initial reaction being, "didn't they
object to being made into lanterns?) Here they're called rutabagas.
I see it's Diwali this weekend, another occasion for fireworks.
Paul Dormer <prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk> wrote:
I see it's Diwali this weekend, another occasion for fireworks.
Good. Maybe that will cut down on the vast number of scam phone calls
from India. Does Britain get them too? Or just the US?
Good. Maybe that will cut down on the vast number of scam phone calls
from India. Does Britain get them too? Or just the US?
In article <uihg70$7pf$3@reader2.panix.com>, kfl@KeithLynch.net (Keith F. Lynch) wrote:
Good. Maybe that will cut down on the vast number of scam phone calls
from India. Does Britain get them too? Or just the US?
I bought a new landline phone earlier this year and you can set up an
allowed callers list. If the caller is not on the list, the phone
doesn't ring and the caller can leave a message. So far, no one has.
prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk (Paul Dormer) wrote:
I bought a new landline phone earlier this year and you can set up
an allowed callers list. If the caller is not on the list, the
phone doesn't ring and the caller can leave a message. So far, no
one has.
I looked at changing broadband provider recently - lots of new!
fibre! deals come without a landline - it's a UK gvmnt thing to do
away with landlines by 2025? soon, anyhow. Hope your phone is OK
after that date.
Keith F. Lynch <kfl@KeithLynch.net> wrote:
Maybe that will cut down on the vast number of scam phone calls
from India. Does Britain get them too? Or just the US?
Yep we get them. Depending on how busy I am I tend to keep them on
the line for a bit -
my keyboard with no key between ctrl and alt (or command) throws
them a bit. Then the fact I am not running a GUI (well I do on
some machines - but I don't tell them that) really throws them.
At other times they hang up as soon as I say "Is that right?" - I
must have perfected the right tone that they don't even bother.
Andy Leighton <andyl@azaal.plus.com> wrote:
Keith F. Lynch <kfl@KeithLynch.net> wrote:
Maybe that will cut down on the vast number of scam phone calls
from India. Does Britain get them too? Or just the US?
Yep we get them. Depending on how busy I am I tend to keep them on
the line for a bit -
Me too. So that may be partly my fault. One of my suggestions to
them is that they harass British rather than Americans, since *we*
never colonized or oppressed them.
But then I also think that if India was still part of the Empire, that
the King would lock up the scammers in the Tower of London. (He may
need to enlarge that building first.)
my keyboard with no key between ctrl and alt (or command) throws
them a bit. Then the fact I am not running a GUI (well I do on
some machines - but I don't tell them that) really throws them.
From that I gather that they all claim to be Microsoft. I've gotten
that, but I've also gotten dozens of other scams.
to be from various parts of the US government, or to be from "your
TV services" or "your power company." One claimed to live here in
Vienna, Virginia, while mispronouncing both "Vienna" and "Virginia."
Solar installers. My car insurance company. (I've never had a car.) Something diabetes-related. (I've never had diabetes.)
But then I also think that if India was still part of the Empire, that
the King would lock up the scammers in the Tower of London. (He may
need to enlarge that building first.)
Very often, at others they pretend to be from BT (and also talk
about a fault on my internet).
I guess they just want me to download and run a remote control
software package. I haven't got enough time to setup a disposable VM
and play with them although I have seen videos of people doing that.
In article <ui6c0j$l5e$1...@reader2.panix.com>, k...@KeithLynch.net (Keith F. Lynch) wrote:
If I click on that, it saysOf course, it should be "incentivise". :-)
it found no instances of "intenctivize" and asked me if I meant "incentivize."
(And yes, I know that technically, both spellings are OK in British
English, but many people will insist that spelling it with a zed is an Americanism. I had a letter published in the Guardian about this this
year.)
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