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PeejayAdams2-Nov-17 0:23

2-Nov-17 0:23

They're not easy now that you've said that they are!

I'm certainly struggling with "Is it a bird ..."

98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.

jsc422-Nov-17 0:38

jsc42

2-Nov-17 0:38

Quote:
3. Build a fake type (9)

Comic Sans Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

pkfox2-Nov-17 2:29

pkfox

2-Nov-17 2:29

Fabricate ?

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A_Griffin2-Nov-17 2:32

2-Nov-17 2:32

Nope!

A_Griffin2-Nov-17 4:04

2-Nov-17 4:04

Stupid me - I couldn't think how to correct the clue, and all I had to do was change "takes" to "took"... <sigh> next time.... if... I'm clearly not at my sharpest in the morning's...

PeejayAdams2-Nov-17 4:13

2-Nov-17 4:13

Devour would still be synonymous with "eat" rather than "ate", I'd have thought ...

98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.

A_Griffin2-Nov-17 4:27

2-Nov-17 4:27

I think I'm going for a siesta!

But.. you can us "ate" in the past tense. It may not be technically correct, but people do:
"I ate a banana yesterday"

PeejayAdams2-Nov-17 4:42

2-Nov-17 4:42

"I ate a banana yesterday" would be correct, "I devour a banana yesterday", on the other hand ...

Maybe "consumed" would be a better route.

Either way, a siesta sounds like a damned fine idea - I just need to run it by the boss Smile | :)

98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.

A_Griffin2-Nov-17 5:01

2-Nov-17 5:01

Wake me when I'm awake! Smile | :)

A_Griffin2-Nov-17 23:00

2-Nov-17 23:00

psst - you do know it's your turn - responsibility, even! - to post today's CCC?

PeejayAdams2-Nov-17 23:21

Re: CCC 02/11/17 (edited) - SOLVED

2-Nov-17 23:21

I think that "duty" would be the word!

98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.

Jim_Snyder2-Nov-17 4:15

Jim_Snyder

2-Nov-17 4:15

"Camoflage"?
[edit]

Build a fake type (9)
[/edit]

modified 2-Nov-17 10:27am.

Re: CCC 02/11/17 (edited) - SOLVED

A_Griffin2-Nov-17 4:28

You can call me a sceptic...

2-Nov-17 4:28

Nope!

OriginalGriff1-Nov-17 22:22

OriginalGriff

1-Nov-17 22:22

Sandra and Woo: Call Me A Skeptic[^]
Now, ain't that the truth? Laugh | :laugh:

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Re: You can call me a sceptic...

the goat in your machine1-Nov-17 23:03

the goat in your machine

1-Nov-17 23:03

Autonomous driving cars: yay!

I've way more confidence in the wagon wheel Eustace repaired on on Mountain Men the other day.

Re: You can call me a sceptic...

W∴ Balboos, GHB2-Nov-17 1:14

W∴ Balboos, GHB

2-Nov-17 1:14

Call you a skeptic? I'm not sure you really mean it.

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Peter_in_27801-Nov-17 19:58

Peter_in_2780

1-Nov-17 19:58

Who else gets tripped up by environments that are similar but not identical?
Example: the "refresh" widget is right of the address box in Firefox but left in Chrome etc.
...and the one that inspired this post.
I'm writing this on a dual-boot Ubuntu/Win10 box.
On both I run multiple desktops.
In Ubuntu the desktop switching shortcut is <ctrl><alt><arrow-key>
Try THAT in Win10! Good for a double-take if you haven't met it before.

Cheers,
Peter

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Manfred Rudolf Bihy1-Nov-17 21:38

Manfred Rudolf Bihy

1-Nov-17 21:38

Try moving the mouse around in a coordinated fashion after that, it's next to impossible!

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megaadam1-Nov-17 23:32

megaadam

1-Nov-17 23:32

I once had a colleague who always held the mouse upside-down. She was a graphic designer and was drawing stuff like that with amazing dexterity.

... such stuff as dreams are made on

Dan Neely2-Nov-17 2:55

Dan Neely

2-Nov-17 2:55

With the cord facing her, on the bottom of the desk, or using an old ball mouse as a trackball?

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Marc Clifton2-Nov-17 2:30

Marc Clifton

2-Nov-17 2:30

Peter_in_2780 wrote:
Try THAT in Win10! Good for a double-take if you haven't met it before.

And annoyingly, ctrl-alt-left-arrow did not revert it back! I had to go into display settings, fortunately it only mutated one of my three monitors.

You can stop laughing now. Smile | :)

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Nicholas Marty2-Nov-17 2:38

Nicholas Marty

2-Nov-17 2:38

You need to hit Ctrl + Alt + Up Arrow to revert it to the default orientation. Laugh | :laugh:

The keys are saying "this side up" not "turn it for 90 degrees"

Dan Neely2-Nov-17 2:55

Dan Neely

2-Nov-17 2:55

I've been fixing Firefox's UI to undo that ever since they got infected by internot exploited and moved it.