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  #106  
Old June 2nd 19, 08:07 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.usage.english
Commander Kinsey
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Default OK/Cancel dialog, which way round?

On Sun, 02 Jun 2019 19:47:50 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 02/06/2019 04.11, Paul wrote:
Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 01/06/2019 23.49, RH Draney wrote:
On 6/1/2019 3:36 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 31/05/2019 15.10, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Fri, 31 May 2019 02:48:52 +0100, Carlos E.R.
wrote:

On 31/05/2019 00.14, Commander Kinsey wrote:
But what we're talking about here is the attitude of the user. Most
users have never heard of true being 0. However most are familiar
with
a car, you use the right pedal for more speed, the left pedal for
less.Hence the right button should be ok or yes, and the left button
cancel
or no.
Middle pedal here is less.
Obviously I'm only talking about the two speed pedals.
That's not obvious to me - here most cars have three pedals.
Pianos too, but what the heck is that middle one for?...r

On pianos, it is a dampener.


There is a Wikipedia article with the details.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_pedals


Ah. I see that the one on the middle can have different functions. The
one of my teacher was a dampener. So to not disturb the neighbours too
much :-D


My last amplifier had a "neighbour mode" which reduced loud parts of any music, somehow without making it sound much different. I switched it off when I fell out with my neighbour.

And the description of "una corda pedal" doesn't fit my piano. It is
broken, but I think it approached the hammers to the strings. Ah, yes, I
see it described as "half-blow pedal".

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  #107  
Old June 2nd 19, 08:47 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.usage.english
Peeler[_2_]
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Default Troll-feeding Senile ASSHOLE Alert!

On Sun, 2 Jun 2019 20:50:23 +0200, Carlos E.R., another mentally
challenged, troll-feeding, senile idiot, blathered again:


And the middle pedal can be different on each piano. I didn't know that.


And what has all this bull**** got to do EITHER with alt.comp.os.windows-10
OR alt.usage.english, troll-feeding, blathering, senile asshole?
  #108  
Old June 2nd 19, 08:48 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.usage.english
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On Sun, 2 Jun 2019 20:30:21 +0200, Carlos E.R., another mentally
challenged, troll-feeding, senile idiot, blathered again:


foglights have a use in intense fog, because the bulb is five times as
powerful. That they use it only on the left is to save money :-(


FLUSH the rest of the sick **** unread

....and f'up to alt.idiots!
  #109  
Old June 2nd 19, 09:48 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.usage.english
Carlos E.R.[_3_]
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Default OK/Cancel dialog, which way round?

On 02/06/2019 20.46, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sun, 02 Jun 2019 19:30:21 +0100, Carlos E.R.
wrote:

On 01/06/2019 19.44, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:37:10 +0100, Carlos E.R.
wrote:


....

All external lights are on knob on the dash, left hand side.

On most cars, all the lights are on the stick on the left, indicators
and headlamps and foglights.* Brakes obviously work by the brake
pedal.

Intermittents are on a stick on the steering pillar.

What are "intermittents"?

Sorry, blinkers. Translation error.

Yes, we usually have those, headlights, and foglights (which I've never
used as they look identical to brakelights) on the left stick.* Wipers
on the right stick, along with radio volume etc.


foglights have a use in intense fog, because the bulb is five times as
powerful.


And looks like you're braking.* So when you do brake, whoops!


Even so, that's better that finding a car suddenly 20 metres from your
front, and going slower.

When you brake, they see three powerful lights, not one.

And they're no longer 5 times as powerful, since taillights have got
gradually brighter.* Used to be 5W for tail, 21W for brake.


Yes, 5 and 21.


That they use it only on the left is to save money :-(


On cheaper cars, I see one foglight and one reverse light.* I don't see
how that can pass safety tests.* I reverse on both sides.


However, it does pass. :-o


Yes, wipers on the right stick, but I have seen them also in the dash.


How ridiculous.* I like to be able to find the bloody things when I need
them.


It is cheaper :-p


The stupidest thing I saw was a rental Renault van with the hazard
lights on a switch on the ceiling!* Seriously, it was up on the ****ing
ceiling by the mirror!*


Wow. Like planes.

The stupid thing also went "ping!" every 5
seconds when I had no seatbelt on.


That I have seen. Mine does it, actually, but waits a bit before starting.

* No warning light, no symbol to tell
me what it was objecting to, just a noise.* I took it back to the place
I got it from, and they actually took quarter of an hour to figure out
what it was.* I assumed a door was left open or something, and so did
they.* We all wasted 15 minutes looking for a busted catch or sensor on
a door.


LOL
Mine I think has a lamp for that in the dash.


Renault has some weird choices. One car I know has the speed limiter or
fixed speed activator on the floor behind the hand brake. A Clio, I think.


Long/short headlights selector on the same small stick.

Long and short headlights?* You use weird terms.* Do you mean
dipped and
full beam?

Yes. Again, translation errors :-)
I don't know what are the English usual words for things that I never
talk about in years ;-)

And those are terms not easy to find in a dictionary. Dipped and full
beam... Ok! :-)

We call them "crossing light" and "road light", or rather short/long
lights :-)* You see, "crossing" because you use when crossing with
another vehicle in the other direction.

To me "crossing" means at right angles.* It's someone at 180 degrees to
you you want to dip for.


Yes, that's the usual meaning here as well. Perhaps coming across?

Mind you, this new stupid idea of daytime running lights has lights as
bright as full/road lights on all the bloody time, dazzling everyone
coming towards you.


Ah, then they are not the correct lights. Specific daytime running
lights are less intense than the headlights, and should have different
optics. But some models have used the headlights with a resistance, or
directly the headlights.


A lot of cars have them brighter than dipped beam, about the same as
full beam.* They claim that it's ok as it's daylight so they don't look
as bright.* Whenever I see someone with them on, I assume they must have
flashed to let me go first and pull in front of them.


I have not noticed that. Unless they are old cars that do not have
actual day-lights. Most modern cars use LEDs for this function, which
can be quite bright when looked at at a certain angle.


I find them useful. Easier to see vehicles from afar. But why not also
in the back?


That confuses me aswell.* Presumably these morons who can't see when a
vehicle is moving only think they need to see them coming towards them.


Well, it is the most dangerous situation. It actually saves lives.

--
Cheers, Carlos.
  #110  
Old June 2nd 19, 10:19 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.usage.english
Commander Kinsey
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Default OK/Cancel dialog, which way round?

On Sun, 02 Jun 2019 21:48:49 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 02/06/2019 20.46, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sun, 02 Jun 2019 19:30:21 +0100, Carlos E.R.
wrote:

On 01/06/2019 19.44, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:37:10 +0100, Carlos E.R.
wrote:


...

All external lights are on knob on the dash, left hand side.

On most cars, all the lights are on the stick on the left, indicators
and headlamps and foglights. Brakes obviously work by the brake
pedal.

Intermittents are on a stick on the steering pillar.

What are "intermittents"?

Sorry, blinkers. Translation error.

Yes, we usually have those, headlights, and foglights (which I've never
used as they look identical to brakelights) on the left stick. Wipers
on the right stick, along with radio volume etc.

foglights have a use in intense fog, because the bulb is five times as
powerful.


And looks like you're braking. So when you do brake, whoops!


Even so, that's better that finding a car suddenly 20 metres from your
front, and going slower.


Then you were driving too fast for the conditions.

When you brake, they see three powerful lights, not one.


Still not as effective to add one than to add three.

And they're no longer 5 times as powerful, since taillights have got
gradually brighter. Used to be 5W for tail, 21W for brake.


Yes, 5 and 21.


Not any more. Most modern cars have several sets of taillights, totalling about 15 or 20 watts.

That they use it only on the left is to save money :-(


On cheaper cars, I see one foglight and one reverse light. I don't see
how that can pass safety tests. I reverse on both sides.


However, it does pass. :-o


Safety tests are illogical. For example, if I have an old car with no ABS brakes, it passes. If I have a new car with failed ABS brakes, it fails. But they both have working non-ABS brakes.

Yes, wipers on the right stick, but I have seen them also in the dash.


How ridiculous. I like to be able to find the bloody things when I need
them.


It is cheaper :-p

The stupidest thing I saw was a rental Renault van with the hazard
lights on a switch on the ceiling! Seriously, it was up on the ****ing
ceiling by the mirror!


Wow. Like planes.

The stupid thing also went "ping!" every 5
seconds when I had no seatbelt on.


That I have seen. Mine does it, actually, but waits a bit before starting.


Yes the van did too, which made it even harder to work out. Every time I stopped to check for open doors, the ping stopped for 5 minutes.

No warning light, no symbol to tell
me what it was objecting to, just a noise. I took it back to the place
I got it from, and they actually took quarter of an hour to figure out
what it was. I assumed a door was left open or something, and so did
they. We all wasted 15 minutes looking for a busted catch or sensor on
a door.


LOL
Mine I think has a lamp for that in the dash.


Mine has a lamp only. No noise. I just put black paint over the lamp. My neighbour bought a seatbelt end to plug in so the car was fooled into thinking he was wearing one.

Renault has some weird choices. One car I know has the speed limiter or
fixed speed activator on the floor behind the hand brake. A Clio, I think.

Long/short headlights selector on the same small stick.

Long and short headlights? You use weird terms. Do you mean
dipped and
full beam?

Yes. Again, translation errors :-)
I don't know what are the English usual words for things that I never
talk about in years ;-)

And those are terms not easy to find in a dictionary. Dipped and full
beam... Ok! :-)

We call them "crossing light" and "road light", or rather short/long
lights :-) You see, "crossing" because you use when crossing with
another vehicle in the other direction.

To me "crossing" means at right angles. It's someone at 180 degrees to
you you want to dip for.

Yes, that's the usual meaning here as well. Perhaps coming across?

Mind you, this new stupid idea of daytime running lights has lights as
bright as full/road lights on all the bloody time, dazzling everyone
coming towards you.

Ah, then they are not the correct lights. Specific daytime running
lights are less intense than the headlights, and should have different
optics. But some models have used the headlights with a resistance, or
directly the headlights.


A lot of cars have them brighter than dipped beam, about the same as
full beam. They claim that it's ok as it's daylight so they don't look
as bright. Whenever I see someone with them on, I assume they must have
flashed to let me go first and pull in front of them.


I have not noticed that. Unless they are old cars that do not have
actual day-lights. Most modern cars use LEDs for this function, which
can be quite bright when looked at at a certain angle.


The worst ones are BMWs using those xenon(?) projector lamps, they change colour at different angles.

I find them useful. Easier to see vehicles from afar. But why not also
in the back?


That confuses me aswell. Presumably these morons who can't see when a
vehicle is moving only think they need to see them coming towards them.


Well, it is the most dangerous situation. It actually saves lives.


I'd say it probably kills people. Every time I pass one of those stupid cars my eyes are drawn to it. Lights are to attract attention. You should not be glancing at every single car. Now you're not paying attention to pedestrians. Or will they have to be fitted with lights too? I can see a moving object without it being lit.
  #111  
Old June 2nd 19, 10:27 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.usage.english
Peeler[_2_]
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Default Troll-feeding Senile ASSHOLE Alert!

On Sun, 2 Jun 2019 22:48:49 +0200, Carlos E.R., another mentally
challenged, troll-feeding, senile asshole, blathered again:

FLUSH the two clinically insane idiots' latest drivel unread

....and f'up to alt.idiots!


  #112  
Old June 3rd 19, 12:57 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.usage.english
Carlos E.R.[_3_]
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Default OK/Cancel dialog, which way round?

On 02/06/2019 23.19, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sun, 02 Jun 2019 21:48:49 +0100, Carlos E.R.
wrote:

On 02/06/2019 20.46, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sun, 02 Jun 2019 19:30:21 +0100, Carlos E.R.
wrote:

On 01/06/2019 19.44, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:37:10 +0100, Carlos E.R.
wrote:


...

All external lights are on knob on the dash, left hand side.

On most cars, all the lights are on the stick on the left,
indicators
and headlamps and foglights.* Brakes obviously work by the brake
pedal.

Intermittents are on a stick on the steering pillar.

What are "intermittents"?

Sorry, blinkers. Translation error.

Yes, we usually have those, headlights, and foglights (which I've
never
used as they look identical to brakelights) on the left stick.* Wipers
on the right stick, along with radio volume etc.

foglights have a use in intense fog, because the bulb is five times as
powerful.

And looks like you're braking.* So when you do brake, whoops!


Even so, that's better that finding a car suddenly 20 metres from your
front, and going slower.


Then you were driving too fast for the conditions.


Probably "he". I would be the one onto which he would crash from behind.
But I have driven in those conditions, and I tell you that I'm happy to
see the bright lone red light at more distance than I see the others.


When you brake, they see three powerful lights, not one.


Still not as effective to add one than to add three.

And they're no longer 5 times as powerful, since taillights have got
gradually brighter.* Used to be 5W for tail, 21W for brake.


Yes, 5 and 21.


Not any more.* Most modern cars have several sets of taillights,
totalling about 15 or 20 watts.

That they use it only on the left is to save money :-(

On cheaper cars, I see one foglight and one reverse light.* I don't see
how that can pass safety tests.* I reverse on both sides.


However, it does pass. :-o


Safety tests are illogical.* For example, if I have an old car with no
ABS brakes, it passes.* If I have a new car with failed ABS brakes, it
fails.* But they both have working non-ABS brakes.


Well, the second does not pass its design conditions.


Yes, wipers on the right stick, but I have seen them also in the dash.

How ridiculous.* I like to be able to find the bloody things when I need
them.


It is cheaper :-p

The stupidest thing I saw was a rental Renault van with the hazard
lights on a switch on the ceiling!* Seriously, it was up on the ****ing
ceiling by the mirror!


Wow. Like planes.

The stupid thing also went "ping!" every 5
seconds when I had no seatbelt on.


That I have seen. Mine does it, actually, but waits a bit before
starting.


Yes the van did too, which made it even harder to work out.* Every time
I stopped to check for open doors, the ping stopped for 5 minutes.


Ah, no, mine starts, apparently, after 15 metres.


No warning light, no symbol to tell
me what it was objecting to, just a noise.* I took it back to the place
I got it from, and they actually took quarter of an hour to figure out
what it was.* I assumed a door was left open or something, and so did
they.* We all wasted 15 minutes looking for a busted catch or sensor on
a door.


LOL
Mine I think has a lamp for that in the dash.


Mine has a lamp only.* No noise.* I just put black paint over the lamp.*
My neighbour bought a seatbelt end to plug in so the car was fooled into
thinking he was wearing one.


I would never do that. :-|


Renault has some weird choices. One car I know has the speed limiter or
fixed speed activator on the floor behind the hand brake. A Clio, I
think.

Long/short headlights selector on the same small stick.

Long and short headlights?* You use weird terms.* Do you mean
dipped and
full beam?

Yes. Again, translation errors :-)
I don't know what are the English usual words for things that I never
talk about in years ;-)

And those are terms not easy to find in a dictionary. Dipped and full
beam... Ok! :-)

We call them "crossing light" and "road light", or rather short/long
lights :-)* You see, "crossing" because you use when crossing with
another vehicle in the other direction.

To me "crossing" means at right angles.* It's someone at 180
degrees to
you you want to dip for.

Yes, that's the usual meaning here as well. Perhaps coming across?

Mind you, this new stupid idea of daytime running lights has lights as
bright as full/road lights on all the bloody time, dazzling everyone
coming towards you.

Ah, then they are not the correct lights. Specific daytime running
lights are less intense than the headlights, and should have different
optics. But some models have used the headlights with a resistance, or
directly the headlights.

A lot of cars have them brighter than dipped beam, about the same as
full beam.* They claim that it's ok as it's daylight so they don't look
as bright.* Whenever I see someone with them on, I assume they must have
flashed to let me go first and pull in front of them.


I have not noticed that. Unless they are old cars that do not have
actual day-lights. Most modern cars use LEDs for this function, which
can be quite bright when looked at at a certain angle.


The worst ones are BMWs using those xenon(?) projector lamps, they
change colour at different angles.


Those are not daylight running lights. Those are night beams or
headlights. Xenons can not be used for daylights, too focused.


I find them useful. Easier to see vehicles from afar. But why not also
in the back?

That confuses me aswell.* Presumably these morons who can't see when a
vehicle is moving only think they need to see them coming towards them.


Well, it is the most dangerous situation. It actually saves lives.


I'd say it probably kills people.* Every time I pass one of those stupid
cars my eyes are drawn to it.* Lights are to attract attention.* You
should not be glancing at every single car.* Now you're not paying
attention to pedestrians.* Or will they have to be fitted with lights
too?* I can see a moving object without it being lit.



Tsk tsk.

--
Cheers, Carlos.
  #113  
Old June 3rd 19, 01:04 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.usage.english
Peeler[_2_]
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Posts: 55
Default Troll-feeding Senile ASSHOLE Alert!

On Mon, 3 Jun 2019 01:57:29 +0200, Carlos E.R., another mentally
challenged, troll-feeding, senile asshole, blathered again:

FLUSH 187 !!! lines of the two driveling prize idiots' endless idiotic
drivel unread

....and f'up to alt.idiots again.
  #114  
Old June 3rd 19, 09:29 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.usage.english
Kerr-Mudd,John
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Default OK/Cancel dialog, which way round?

On Sun, 02 Jun 2019 23:57:29 GMT, "Carlos E.R."
wrote:

On 02/06/2019 23.19, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sun, 02 Jun 2019 21:48:49 +0100, Carlos E.R.
wrote:

On 02/06/2019 20.46, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sun, 02 Jun 2019 19:30:21 +0100, Carlos E.R.
wrote:

On 01/06/2019 19.44, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:37:10 +0100, Carlos E.R.
wrote:


...

All external lights are on knob on the dash, left hand side.


Nowt about English or W10, try a car group.


--
Bah, and indeed, Humbug.
  #115  
Old June 3rd 19, 06:20 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.usage.english
Commander Kinsey
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Posts: 1,279
Default OK/Cancel dialog, which way round?

On Mon, 03 Jun 2019 00:57:29 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 02/06/2019 23.19, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sun, 02 Jun 2019 21:48:49 +0100, Carlos E.R.
wrote:

On 02/06/2019 20.46, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sun, 02 Jun 2019 19:30:21 +0100, Carlos E.R.
wrote:

On 01/06/2019 19.44, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:37:10 +0100, Carlos E.R.
wrote:


...

All external lights are on knob on the dash, left hand side.

On most cars, all the lights are on the stick on the left,
indicators
and headlamps and foglights. Brakes obviously work by the brake
pedal.

Intermittents are on a stick on the steering pillar.

What are "intermittents"?

Sorry, blinkers. Translation error.

Yes, we usually have those, headlights, and foglights (which I've
never
used as they look identical to brakelights) on the left stick. Wipers
on the right stick, along with radio volume etc.

foglights have a use in intense fog, because the bulb is five times as
powerful.

And looks like you're braking. So when you do brake, whoops!

Even so, that's better that finding a car suddenly 20 metres from your
front, and going slower.


Then you were driving too fast for the conditions.


Probably "he". I would be the one onto which he would crash from behind.
But I have driven in those conditions, and I tell you that I'm happy to
see the bright lone red light at more distance than I see the others.


So you're now following this light and the guy brakes. You don't know he's done so. BANG! Accident.

When you brake, they see three powerful lights, not one.


Still not as effective to add one than to add three.

And they're no longer 5 times as powerful, since taillights have got
gradually brighter. Used to be 5W for tail, 21W for brake.

Yes, 5 and 21.


Not any more. Most modern cars have several sets of taillights,
totalling about 15 or 20 watts.

That they use it only on the left is to save money :-(

On cheaper cars, I see one foglight and one reverse light. I don't see
how that can pass safety tests. I reverse on both sides.

However, it does pass. :-o


Safety tests are illogical. For example, if I have an old car with no
ABS brakes, it passes. If I have a new car with failed ABS brakes, it
fails. But they both have working non-ABS brakes.


Well, the second does not pass its design conditions.


But it's still safer than the first.

Yes, wipers on the right stick, but I have seen them also in the dash.

How ridiculous. I like to be able to find the bloody things when I need
them.

It is cheaper :-p

The stupidest thing I saw was a rental Renault van with the hazard
lights on a switch on the ceiling! Seriously, it was up on the ****ing
ceiling by the mirror!

Wow. Like planes.

The stupid thing also went "ping!" every 5
seconds when I had no seatbelt on.

That I have seen. Mine does it, actually, but waits a bit before
starting.


Yes the van did too, which made it even harder to work out. Every time
I stopped to check for open doors, the ping stopped for 5 minutes.


Ah, no, mine starts, apparently, after 15 metres.


Time to remove the bleeper.

No warning light, no symbol to tell
me what it was objecting to, just a noise. I took it back to the place
I got it from, and they actually took quarter of an hour to figure out
what it was. I assumed a door was left open or something, and so did
they. We all wasted 15 minutes looking for a busted catch or sensor on
a door.

LOL
Mine I think has a lamp for that in the dash.


Mine has a lamp only. No noise. I just put black paint over the lamp.My neighbour bought a seatbelt end to plug in so the car was fooled into
thinking he was wearing one.


I would never do that. :-|


As a cop once told me "you're only endangering yourself".

Renault has some weird choices. One car I know has the speed limiter or
fixed speed activator on the floor behind the hand brake. A Clio, I
think.

Long/short headlights selector on the same small stick.

Long and short headlights? You use weird terms. Do you mean
dipped and
full beam?

Yes. Again, translation errors :-)
I don't know what are the English usual words for things that I never
talk about in years ;-)

And those are terms not easy to find in a dictionary. Dipped and full
beam... Ok! :-)

We call them "crossing light" and "road light", or rather short/long
lights :-) You see, "crossing" because you use when crossing with
another vehicle in the other direction.

To me "crossing" means at right angles. It's someone at 180
degrees to
you you want to dip for.

Yes, that's the usual meaning here as well. Perhaps coming across?

Mind you, this new stupid idea of daytime running lights has lights as
bright as full/road lights on all the bloody time, dazzling everyone
coming towards you.

Ah, then they are not the correct lights. Specific daytime running
lights are less intense than the headlights, and should have different
optics. But some models have used the headlights with a resistance, or
directly the headlights.

A lot of cars have them brighter than dipped beam, about the same as
full beam. They claim that it's ok as it's daylight so they don't look
as bright. Whenever I see someone with them on, I assume they must have
flashed to let me go first and pull in front of them.

I have not noticed that. Unless they are old cars that do not have
actual day-lights. Most modern cars use LEDs for this function, which
can be quite bright when looked at at a certain angle.


The worst ones are BMWs using those xenon(?) projector lamps, they
change colour at different angles.


Those are not daylight running lights. Those are night beams or
headlights. Xenons can not be used for daylights, too focused.


Who knows what those ******s use.

I find them useful. Easier to see vehicles from afar. But why not also
in the back?

That confuses me aswell. Presumably these morons who can't see when a
vehicle is moving only think they need to see them coming towards them.

Well, it is the most dangerous situation. It actually saves lives.


I'd say it probably kills people. Every time I pass one of those stupid
cars my eyes are drawn to it. Lights are to attract attention. You
should not be glancing at every single car. Now you're not paying
attention to pedestrians. Or will they have to be fitted with lights
too? I can see a moving object without it being lit.


Tsk tsk.


Driving was so much easier before they tried to make it "safer". Another thing that annoys me is this crazy idea of removing give way (yield) lines at junctions. Allegedly everyone slows down as they're unsure of who has priority. Bull****. Everyone assumes the other car will stop, and of course BANG!
  #116  
Old June 3rd 19, 07:11 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.usage.english
Gene Wirchenko[_2_]
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Default OK/Cancel dialog, which way round?

On Fri, 31 May 2019 17:21:37 +0100, "Commander Kinsey"
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All that annoys me too. Even some cars. I gave my neighbour a lift

in her own car recently (she felt too unwell to drive), and I could
not find the switch for the headlights! Every car I've ever owned has
it on the stalk along with the indicator. This weird (Rover) car had
a separate switch on the dashboard!

When I rented cars, I used to get caught by which side the gas
cap was on. Many other must have, too, and now, cars in my area
usually have an indicator with the gas gauge as to which side the cap
is on.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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On Sun, 2 Jun 2019 11:44:25 -0400, "Mayayana"
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I've noticed that irrelevant function but never noticed
that a double left-click would close the window. I'd even
forgotten that virtually every program has File - Exit
on the menu.


I never knew about that double left-click.

sarcasmGUIs are just so intuitive./

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In article , Gene Wirchenko
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When I rented cars, I used to get caught by which side the gas
cap was on. Many other must have, too, and now, cars in my area
usually have an indicator with the gas gauge as to which side the cap
is on.


cars have had that for *years*, not that it matters, since the hose is
long enough to reach across to the other side.
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On Sat, 1 Jun 2019 17:44:05 +1000, Peter Moylan
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Yes, sorry, I phrased that badly. I was thinking of the
library functions where 0 means "success" and -1 means "failure".
(Except in the case where there can be multiple failure codes.)

This is possible because, in a language with weak type checking, -1 is a
valid unsigned integer.


In my younger days, I noted on IBM mainframes that 0 was often
success, and the failure codes were multiples of 4.

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On Sat, 1 Jun 2019 12:14:22 -0400, "Mayayana"
wrote:

"Commander Kinsey" wrote

| It also matches the way the human language is read and the
directionality
| of time's arrow.
|
| Do something?
| No and abandon this Yes and continue
| and go back to what to the next thing
| you were previously that you want to
| doing do
| ------------------ -----------------

| Agreed and well put.

Quite an offbeat, philosophical, but creative
rationalization for your view. Now I guess you
can move on to yes/no/cancel and abort/retry/ignore.
Quantum directionality?


Personally, I prefer whichever one is most likely to come first.
The reason is that you can tab to the button and press Enter to
select. That can help with DE.

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