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Because every Brit has the sixth finger on each hand cut off at birth leaving us with only 10.
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I was going to post something crude, like "they'd cut off another if it weren't so hard to find", but I thought I'd avoid the inevitable followups.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: If the US version is "cocked up", how come it's you Brits that are abandoning your version for that pansy metric system?
We use both (although it looks like they're trying to remove all traces of imperial measurements in schools these days, but we've never used the US system).
Our main defender of imperial measurements is beer (we all know that you can always depend on beer!  ).. Don't ever try short changing us with half a litre, we want our full 568ml or else! 
It is weird I guess when we mix systems up - I prefer miles for distance, stone and lbs for weight, grams, pints and ml for cooking (depending how small the measurement is). I can switch between them reasonably easily. Miles per gallon is a pretty standard unit for efficiency, I just can't get used to litres/km, that really does seem weird.
Now is it bad enough that you let somebody else kick your butts without you trying to do it to each other? Now if we're all talking about the same man, and I think we are... it appears he's got a rather growing collection of our bikes.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Brent Jenkins wrote:
We use both (although it looks like they're trying to remove all traces of imperial measurements in schools these days, but we've never used the US system).
Except you did; and we used to use a gallon almost the same size as yours. 
Back in the 18th century both gallons were used on either side of the pond.
At some point after the unpleasantness in the 1770s and 1780s the US standardized on the 128 ounce wine gallon. In the early 19th century the UK contracted a bad case of French-envy and twiddled the size of the ounce in the 160 ounce ale gallon by a percent or two so that a gallon of water weighed exactly 10 pounds and renamed it the imperial gallon. 
PS I've never been able to find anything credible on why the US picked the wine gallon. If any of you internet sleuths can succeed where I've failed, please post here to let me know.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
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Brent Jenkins wrote: what they call football is a bit like rugby but with loads of fuss, body armour and drugs.
You forgot the most important part: Selected boobs hopping up and down at the side of the field.
Brent Jenkins wrote: You might be thinking of the US where...
Texas. West Texas.
Brent Jenkins wrote: A gallon is a gallon.. what else would it be? Again, the US has gallons too and on paper it's equal (four quarts in a gallon, therefore 8 pints). The US has a different measure for pints and fluid ounces though, that's where they cocked up.
Your traditions in all honor, I think I will stick with metric.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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CDP1802 wrote: You forgot the most important part: Selected boobs hopping up and down at the side of the field.
You mean managers?
Now is it bad enough that you let somebody else kick your butts without you trying to do it to each other? Now if we're all talking about the same man, and I think we are... it appears he's got a rather growing collection of our bikes.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Boobs, not jerks.
So that's[^] what you think managers look like in Texas.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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soccer is a form of football: the proper names are "association football" or "soccer."
American football is a form of football: proper names are "American football" or "gridiron."
football is used regionally as a shortened form, Australia have 4 forms of football. (Usually aussies call it "footy" because apart from not being very clever including with naming stuff they also have difficulty with words that have over 1.5 sylables.)
Sin tack
the any key okay
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We call football "footie" in the UK too.. it's a trait of native English speakers that we like words to be as short as we can get them.. more time to fit a beer in then
Most of the world (i.e. practically everyone outside the US) call "soccer" football, hence organisations like the FA, FIFA, UEFA, etc..
Now is it bad enough that you let somebody else kick your butts without you trying to do it to each other? Now if we're all talking about the same man, and I think we are... it appears he's got a rather growing collection of our bikes.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Brent Jenkins wrote: Most of the world (i.e. practically everyone outside the US) call "soccer" football, hence organisations like the FA, FIFA, UEFA, etc..
Not in the Antipodes
btw, FIFA, UEFA, and the "A" stands for: tah-dah - "Association" ... their "football" is according to their "association."
And once more commonly it's called "football," but properly named it's "Association Football" or "Soccer." (but really that's just for the pedants )
Sin tack
the any key okay
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"(for us Brits "pants" don't mean trousers Smile | )"
What? They do around these parts
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When you think a particular text area on page is Auto-saved as you type(like google docs ) , You finish entering the content, feel free to navigate to other pages & get back, only to see content emptied.
Scrolling deep down the page , you get to see a tiny little save button.
At least they should have a standard warning that says , You are about to leave lose you data.. Leave/Stay. We see in many sane websites today.
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minherent wrote: like google docs
Yep, they have ruined it for web developers. Setting the bar high.
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Much better to say: "We have just deleted all your entered data. Next time look for the save button."
Arguing with a woman is like reading the Software License Agreement. In the end, you ignore everything and click "I agree".
Anonymous
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minherent wrote: When you think a particular text area on page is Auto-saved as you type
UX is never a match for assumptions.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Every Eastern bloodbath reveals hidden meaning (8)
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Allegory?
ALL = every
E = Eastern
GORY = bloodbath
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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Is the correct answer - you are up tomorrow. 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I was merrily typing into Chrome, and both monitors went off. Then blinked, then off, then back again.
Only ... Chrome has switched monitors, and so has my task bar, and all open windows had messed up size and positions.
Almost as if Windows 10 had updated itself without asking (now there is a surprise) but without any update alerts in the notifications area. Most odd.
Any body else seen this? Winver reports Version 1703 (OS Build 15063.296)
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Often enough, when Windows has a seizure and resets the settings of your monitors / the resolution / the primary screen for the desktop.
Despite the negative bugs covfefe.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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no doubt ms will blame it on (1) chrome, (2) changing ANY settings from win10 defaults, (3) goto 1.
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I think this happens when somehow an unsupported resolution is set. Then the blinking starts, windows notices that there's something wrong and tries to recover by using older 'safe' settings.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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OriginalGriff wrote: Any body else seen this?
Me! Currently my 2nd monitor is turned off as the desktop keeps alternating between on and a black screen.
Window 7 Ultimate, and in my case not related to Chrome as its not installed.
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