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Instead of actively blocking certain browsers, they should just support a specific browser/browser engine (and version), say as much on their help/about page, and let the rest of the users be subjected to the whims of the HTML/CSS gods.
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This page best viewed with Netscape Navigator 4+ or Explorer 4+
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It is what Microsoft decided to put there...
It is the same for almost all the modern browsers...
Instead of identifying the browser it list a kind-of compatibility list...
The reason for that is that they really do not want you to identify the browser (as a developer)...
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Got it 
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At least, one time in the past, MS supported different methods of doing things than other browsers (such as AJAX) and used a different rendering engine with different compatibilities with respect to HTML/CSS
Then, in one of the last incarnation of IE (where it had that name) they changed it so it couldn't be identified as IE because they were making the changes to fall in line (sort of) with other browsers. If they were identified as IE it would then mess things up.
At least once upon a time.
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WebAIM: History of the browser user-agent string[^]
The "simple" solution is to use feature detection rather than browser detection.
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thanks a lot for the info.
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To add to the other comments, the usar agent is pretty easy to spoof: user agent spoofing - Google Search[^]
I ran for a while with mine reporting an LCARS browser ... 
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Nand32 wrote: Any guess what does this mean?
It means web development is a mine field of browser incompatibilities, bugs, fixes, (non-)standards and weird implementations 
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And we no longer can blame IE6 for being responsible for all the world's browser incompatibilites 
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Sure we can.
It's all IE6's fault.
See? I just did 
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Germany indicates small extension in the morning, for one state of cleansing. (15)
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Germany DE
indicates small
extension CONT
in the morning AM
for one I
state NATION
of cleansing
DECONTAMINATION
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Perfect (though I expect nothing less from Griff).
Over to you...
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I look at these every day - and, when I see the answer, I sometimes get it!
I'm almost there with this one - apart from 'CONT'. How is that a small extension?
Just in case this is a really stupid question, I've never been afraid to ask them, so no need to worry about my feelings!!! Be blunt if needed.
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An abbreviation for continuation, I assume.
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It's kinda old fashioned now, but :
Cont. is an abbreviation for 'continued', which is used at the bottom of a page to indicate that a letter or text continues on another page.
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old fashioned - how dare you .. I love (a slight variation) 'cont/d' at the bottom of my pages 
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I'll let you decide;
These so called "environmentally-friendly" wind turbines are all well and good, but surely statistically 50% of the time the wind is blowing the other way? This will make them spin in the opposite direction, sucking power from the grid instead.
Letter to the editor of a newspaper...
That's about as logical as this[^]
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But if you listen, you may learn something new.
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The wind turbines rotate to face into the wind and produce the maximum power. Most also have pitch control, so they can adjust for speed as well.
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You and I know that but the person that sent this in evidently knows nothing on the subject.
When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know.
But if you listen, you may learn something new.
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And, in lots of areas there is one predominant wind direction. In my place, there is far more wind from the east than from the west.
But one thing I a curious about: If the wind is coming from the north, then N-NW, NW, W-NW, W... and so on, the wind direction goes the entire circle around, and the turbine follows, all the way around. You get the power from the generator down to the ground through quite heavy cables. Will the twist up, just like a rope of hemp? Or is there a mechanism in the wind mill saying "Enough is enough! I must turn of for a little while so I can rotate back to Mark Zero, to unwind the power cord"? Or do they have sliding contacts? The big mills can deliver quite a few megawatts; that puts some requirements to a sliding contact!
Or is the generator steady, the blades rotating around the vertical generator shaft? To me it doesn't look like that from most photos; it looks as if the generator is located behind the blades, with a direct horizontal shaft from the blades to the generator.
I am asking out of pure curiosity and lack of knowledge - windmills are certainly far out of my field of profession!
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Maybe it uses "brushes"; like (some) electric motors.
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I just googled "rotating electrical connectors" and apparently that's what a "slip ring" does.
Slip ring - Wikipedia[^]
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