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(...) I think it might actually be Latin. Short for "id est", meaning "that is". I believe it's used when you are trying to explain what something means. i.e. you are saying the same thing you just said, but in other, more clear words. Here's an (...) (22 years ago, 11-May-03, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: A Change
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(...) huh, funny how that works. I'm running mutt that was compiled on April 20th, 2003. So yes, I'm sure it _can_ handle all the current standards. (...) you mean only windows machines ignore the standards, and show characters that don't really (...) (22 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: A Change
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(...) How should anything know that your message is using this "codepage 1252"? The message headers specify that you're using the standard iso-8859-1 charset -- but you're not. You've got a bunch of characters using mappings that are reserved for (...) (22 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Perl Help
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(...) Oh, but it has a great searchable help system! Try "perldoc perldoc". (22 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: A Change
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(...) Hi, I'm using the ISO-8859-1 (Latin 1) superset; and I bet that every newsreader written or updated in the last five years can handle that too. But usually only Windows machines can handle the additional characters in Codepage 1252. I don’t do (...) (22 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.general)
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Wow - that was the hardest post to read in a text terminal. SO MANY MS-specific characters, it's like half the post was '?' signs! for instance: (...) wow. Dan (posted via email auth. big deal, imo) (22 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Off-Topic - Virus Warning
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This is true, I got two this afternoon when I downloaded my Bricklink email - strange though I never transmit my bricklink email other than the use at Bricklink orders. The viruses are as follows: W32.Klez.H@mm and W32.Gibe.B@mm, the last one came (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Perl Help
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(...) Dan (22 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) And for lots of random tips tricks and forums, there's (URL) (22 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) in addition to activestate's site, you can look at perldoc.com for all the man pages (which should have been installed with perl anyway), and also at search.cpan.org for modules. Dan (22 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Perl Help
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(...) I find this documentation tree handy: (URL) (...) Kevin (22 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Sorry for the off topic post but there are a lot of developers here that might be able to help me. I learn code best by looking at a file and looking up all the stuff I don't understand in a help file or documentation. I taught myself VB and Delphi (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Help with a printer
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(...) Thanks! Also, thanks from my wife too! I'm not sure if she has it working yet, but she'll get there. -TJ (22 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yup, do that. Also try the notepad trick I suggested. If that works, then I would lay odds that the problem is with MS Office; I've noticed that from time to time. Also, (and I should have suggested this right off), check all the cable (...) (22 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Help with a printer
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Thanks for your repsonse. (...) Sorry :-) (...) It's on a network. (...) She's tried several documents. I'm guessing they're of varying size. (...) I think so. She'll only get out part of page 1 and then it hangs. (...) Yes, we'll try that. thanks, (...) (22 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Dang, now I'm sucked into this one, too. Is the printer directly connected to her computer or is it printing over the network (which exponentially increases finding the problem)? Since the printer seems to be physically working (plugged in, (...) (22 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Hi James! Thanks for your response. (...) Yes. The message goes like this: "Error found while printing document to (printer name). Do you want to retry or cancel?" That was from an attempt to print from M$ Word. (...) Yes. The test page comes out (...) (22 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Help with a printer
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(...) Things to check: Are there any error conditions on the printer or the workstation? Can she print a printer test page? The method for doing this varies with which specific printer it is. I could tell you more specifics if I knew which model. (...) (22 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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My wife is having a bit of a crisis at work. She's on a small network and their printer isn't working properly. She's the only one in the office right now. She's tried unloading and reloading the printer software, as well as rebooting the computer (...) (22 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Cleaning Dell Laptop Keyboards
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(...) Well, I haven't been overly impressed with my Inspiron 5000 in general, although I only slightly use it anymore. Mainly I use my Titanium Powerbook at home and my Dual PowerMac G4 at work. I made the switch to Apple last year and aside from (...) (22 years ago, 27-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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