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pkfox25-Jul-16 23:59

pkfox

25-Jul-16 23:59

yep

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wout de zeeuw26-Jul-16 4:00

wout de zeeuw

26-Jul-16 4:00

What's the maybe doing in there though? I suck at anagrams.

Wout

PeejayAdams26-Jul-16 4:48

26-Jul-16 4:48

wout de zeeuw wrote:
What's the maybe doing in there though?

It's what's known as an an anagrind (anagram indicator) - it's basically there to say that there's an anagram in there.

Some examples would be (with anagrind in bold and anagram material in italic):

Deity confused dog (3) = God
Reduce changing tide (4) = Edit
Origin disputed course (6) = Source

WSO FOSW OTD 26. July 2016 I Win

wout de zeeuw26-Jul-16 5:03

wout de zeeuw

26-Jul-16 5:03

Ah, I guess there are known patterns. But for someone who never does anagrams like me it's total jibberish.

Wout

HobbyProggy25-Jul-16 21:51

Re: WSO FOSW OTD 26. July 2016 3. Hint

25-Jul-16 21:51

(=°(=)/) (8)

Hints:
1. It has to do with rocket science.
2. If you have this and it's counterpart on the same height you have a circular orbit!
3. If you are a Kerbal Space Program pilot you know that you first lift your xxxxxxxx to 90km, approach it and start circularizing!

Solution is APOAPSIS[^]

Guess it was too hard Frown | :(

Rules for the FOSW ![^]

if(this.signature != "")
{
    MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
    MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}

modified 26-Jul-16 8:56am.

Mark Parity26-Jul-16 2:41

Mark Parity

26-Jul-16 2:41

HobbyProggy wrote:
If you are a Kerbal Space Program pilot

I'm not so I have no idea what the word is Frown | :(

, maybe I can figure out tomorrow's one.

Re: WSO FOSW OTD 26. July 2016 3. Hint

HobbyProggy26-Jul-16 2:57

26-Jul-16 2:57

Tomorrow will be easier i promis.

Rules for the FOSW ![^]

if(this.signature != "")
{
    MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
    MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}

Richard MacCutchan26-Jul-16 3:19

Richard MacCutchan

26-Jul-16 3:19

HobbyProggy wrote:
Guess it was too hard

Not at all. My wife and I often enjoy a bit of apoapsis after dinner.

HobbyProggy26-Jul-16 3:39

26-Jul-16 3:39

i think i got the "joke" but .... Y u no answer FOSW before?[^]

Rules for the FOSW ![^]

if(this.signature != "")
{
    MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
    MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}

modified 26-Jul-16 10:02am.

Richard MacCutchan26-Jul-16 4:16

Richard MacCutchan

26-Jul-16 4:16

Because it was a joke. The irony being that I have never heard that word before and would not have guessed it in a thousand years.

HobbyProggy26-Jul-16 4:20

26-Jul-16 4:20

How come no one knows?

Rules for the FOSW ![^]

if(this.signature != "")
{
    MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
    MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}

Ian Shlasko26-Jul-16 4:57

Ian Shlasko

26-Jul-16 4:57

No one?

Pfft, I would have gotten it after the second hint... Maybe even just the first... But you guys start this thing at four in the morning, New York time. Not my fault all the rocket science geeks are on this side of the pond...

Gah, now I have a sudden urge to play KSP again... I wonder if they'll make it work in VR, because that would be an awesome game to play with my Vive.

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HobbyProggy26-Jul-16 20:57

A common language to divide us

26-Jul-16 20:57

Okay, so today we will start a little later Smile | :)

It came to my mind after playing KSP on Monday $Shucks | :-\$

Rules for the FOSW ![^]

if(this.signature != "")
{
    MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
    MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}

chriselst25-Jul-16 21:32

chriselst

25-Jul-16 21:32

I've just noticed that where I work has an Item Enquiry screen that calls an Item Inquiry service.

I believe that in current British English usage that is correct however I believe the reason for its being is that the screen was created by Brits and the service by Europeans.

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Sander Rossel25-Jul-16 22:34

Sander Rossel

25-Jul-16 22:34

My (Dutch) team decided to standardize on British English. That didn't work out so well for our Organization entity. The Initialisation function is fine though Smile | :)

I admit I find it difficult sometimes. I know color and colour, but who uses center and centre? I guess I could use some counseling and counselling so I may cast a better judgment and judgement. I my defense and defence, English isn't my first language so you can't expect me to memorize and memorise all the differences. So don't criticize and critizise, because for a non-native English speaker I'm pretty skillful and skilful. Of course, I always welcome dialog and dialogue on the subject Smile | :)

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Nelek25-Jul-16 22:41

Nelek

25-Jul-16 22:41

M.D.V.

If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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Agent__00725-Jul-16 22:50

Agent__007

25-Jul-16 22:50

That's okay. You can always fly in a gray or grey airplane or aeroplane with tires or tyres, and have some yogurt or yoghurt though. Laugh | :laugh:

You have just been Sharapova'd.

Slacker00726-Jul-16 3:25

Slacker007

26-Jul-16 3:25

Brilliant.

Wearwolf27-Jul-16 4:52

Wearwolf

27-Jul-16 4:52

I tend to use "Center" as in "The center of a circle" and "Centre" as in "The Transit Centre".

PeejayAdams25-Jul-16 22:49

25-Jul-16 22:49

As an Englishman, I hate to say it, but I do think that the language is gradually drifting towards the American version.

I often hear younger devs talking about dee-em-zees rather than dee-em-zeds these days and the practice of sticking a zed where an ess should be (organize etc.) seems to be growing.

Wastedtalent25-Jul-16 22:56

Wastedtalent

25-Jul-16 22:56

It's confusing because a lot of the 'z' instead on 's' is old English where the Americans have kept it as it was, and the Brits softened it, and then there's others which the Americans have changed whereas the Brits have kept the old English.

Not that anyone in Britain speaks English anyway, we love our regional dialects.

PeejayAdams25-Jul-16 23:01

25-Jul-16 23:01

Wastedtalent wrote:
Not that anyone in Britain speaks English anyway, we love our regional dialects.

I've always thought of myself as being fluently bilingual, I speak English and Brummie.

Richard MacCutchan25-Jul-16 23:09

Richard MacCutchan

25-Jul-16 23:09

You're not from Dudderlay by any chance?

PeejayAdams25-Jul-16 23:14

25-Jul-16 23:14

Nope, If I were from Dudley, I'd speak yam-yam not Brummie - there really is a massive difference between the two. I actually find the Dudley accent about the hardest to decipher in Britain (with the obvious exception of Glasgow) even though it's only a few miles away.