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This was only relevant for certain locations. I'm from Switzerland, here we are being taught only British English. And The Queen used to love our mountains. Not relevant, Slovakia contributes for 0.00000000001 of EU population, joined very recently, probably had some form of the obsolete American dialect in the schools, taught under the soviet boot. Now you all learn only British English.

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Listen, I'm a Centrist. I vote Left. I vote Right. I do *NOT* want EITHER of our two parties to be "extremists". So the way I see it, Elon is actually SAVING our Country! What we have going on in American Politics right now is nothing more than something like a Welfare Queen abusing "the system". Once that Welfare Queen LIES and CHEATS to get something for FREE, ALL HELL BREAKS LOSE WHEN 'THE SYSTEM' TAKES THAT FREE STUFF AWAY! All that Elon is "trying to do" is TAKE AWAY FREE STUFF FROM THOSE THAT HAVE LIED AND CHEATED FOR *DECADES* TO RECEIVE THAT FREE STUFF! The *PROBLEM* here is that while Elon is "clawing back" WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE, and there is a SH%TLO@D of it in American Politics, is that Elon himself has been the RECIPIENT of waste, fraud, and abuse over the years !!! SpaceX and Tesla have both received *billions* in government contracts, loans, subsidies, and tax credits for DECADES. Let's "claw back" that WASTE also !!! But... One man's trash is another man's treasure. One man's meat is another man's poison. One man's loss is another man's gain. What is useless to one person is valuable to another person. There is no accounting for taste. What is rain for one is a parade for another. What is yuck for one is yum for another. To each his own. Different strokes for different folks. Your mileage may vary. PENDULUM POLITICS is the problem!

A life in photos: Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest reigning monarch Heir-apparent to the throne at 10-years-old, married by 21, Queen of the United Kingdom at 25 1941: The Royal Princesses Elizabeth (Elizabeth II) as ‘Prince Florizel’ and Margaret (1930 – 2002) as ‘Cinderella’ with Hubert Tannar in costume in the Christmas production of ‘Cinderella’ at Windsor Castle, UK, 21st December 1941. (Photo by Lisa Sheridan/Studio Lisa/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) 1950: The Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain greets Winston Churchill at a Guildhall reception, 23 March 1950 in London. In the background can be seen the Prime Minister Mr Atlee and his wife Mrs Atlee. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) 1982: American politician Ronald Reagan (1911 – 2004), 40th President of the United States, and the Queen of the United Kingdom Elizabeth II at a gala dinner at Windsor Castle, UK, 9th June 1982. (Photo by McCarthy/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) 1987: Diana, Princess of Wales, left, and Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II smile to well-wishers outside Clarence House gathered on Elizabeth the Queen Mother’s birthday, in London. (AP Photo/Martin Cleaver) 2000: Queen Elizabeth II accompanied by Prince Philip (behind) waves to the crowd from her horse carriage as she leaves Buckingham palace for the opening of parliament in London, 06 December 2000. (Odd Andersen/AFP via Getty Images) 2017: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh are greeted by an elephant at the Zoological Society of London’s Whipsnade Zoo, where they officially opened the zoo’s new Centre for Elephant Care as part of a visit, Tuesday April 11, 2017. (Chris Radburn//PA via AP) More images here: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2022/09/08/a-life-in-photos-queen-elizabeth-ii-britains-longest-reigning-monarch/

See, I think that's taking it too far. As an American, you should be able to write in American English, and north of the border, I'll use the Queen's English. We understand each other. No differently, if I was referring to an American place, I would respect that location name, such as "World Trade Center", not "... Centre". In my mind, a Canadian/UK spelling would be incorrect.

I'm from up here in Canuckistan where we also use the Queen's English. However, I always tend to use US English installations, only because I sense somehow that US English is perhaps more compatible, since many applications (and Windows) are developed there. Less adjustment, or chance exists for things to go wrong. However, referring to "Queen's English" spellings as third-grade like is somewhat insulting. Remember, the American spellings are the "simplified" ones that came along later.

You've gotta name them first. My queen I named 69! Nope. But looking at logs I get a flurry of UPD 17 calls, which I block by default. That may be it...

The Queen’s dogs were her beloved companions. What will happen to them now? Buckingham Palace released this official photo by Annie Leibowitz in April 2016 to mark the Queen’s 90th birthday. She is pictured with four of her dogs: clockwise from top left Willow (corgi), Vulcan (dorgi), Candy (dorgi) and Holly (corgi).(Annie Leibovitz/UPPA via ZUMA Press) According to Reader’s Digest, the Queen had a fondness for corgis because of their “energy and untamed spirit.”... Here: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2022/09/09/the-queens-dogs-were-her-beloved-companions-what-will-happen-to-them-now/

Charles III, a lifetime to become king The prince of Wales, who has clearly voiced his opinions on all the big issues of his times, must now learn the neutrality that characterized Elizabeth II Charles next to his mother, Elizabeth II, during a parliamentary session in 2019.VICTORIA JONES (AFP) “The death of my beloved Mother, Her Majesty The Queen, is a moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family,” said Charles III, the new monarch of the United Kingdom, in an official statement this Thursday. “We mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished Sovereign and a much-loved Mother. I know her loss will be deeply felt throughout the country, the Realms and the Commonwealth, and by countless people around the world. During this period of mourning and change, my family and I will be comforted and sustained by our knowledge of the respect and deep affection in which The Queen was so widely held,” he continued.... Here: https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-09-09/charles-iii-a-lifetime-to-become-king.html

Queen Elizabeth dies at 96, ending an era for Britain https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/britains-queen-elizabeth-is-dead-buckingham-palace-2022-09-08/ This news brought me depression after hearing about it yesterday.

You're still on that "favourite" business? Wow, I've never seen the Queen's English requirement be such a big deal for anybody.

*sigh* More "features" to implement. The Red Queen's race continues....

i like g*ys btw Mad Tsai - in my head Mad Tsai - stacy's brother Meghan Trainor - Queen

lol Figures something "kiddy-like" [ie, "child-like"] (kitty-like?) that exists. I still define that as "for the gamer" and I've not played any games since the Mrs. Pac-Man table-top unit was no longer at the local Dairy Queen in the late 80s or early 90s.

Archaeologists Hunting For Cleopatra's Tomb Uncover a "Geometric Miracle" Tunnel Michelle Starr 11/18/2022 Image - © Provided by ScienceAlert - but we read here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/intellectualproperty/copyright/permissions "In your advertising, Microsoft does not permit you to: Use Microsoft-owned content, including but not limited to icons, product sounds, product animations, logos, and images without Microsoft’s prior permission." - so I've deleted this cool image... Underneath a temple in the ancient ruined city of Taposiris Magna on the Egyptian coast, archaeologists have uncovered a vast, spectacular tunnel that experts are referring to as a "geometric miracle". During ongoing excavations and exploration of the temple, Kathleen Martinez of the University of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic and colleagues uncovered the structure 13 meters (43 feet) below the ground. The 2-meter tall tunnel had been hewn through an incredible 1,305 meters (4,281 feet) of sandstone. Its design, according to the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, is remarkably similar to the 1,036-meter Tunnel of Eupalinos – a 6th century BCE aqueduct on the Greek island of Samos. Often referred to as a marvel of engineering, the conduit was unprecedented in design and construction in its day. While the Taposiris Magna tunnel isn't without equal, its engineering is nonetheless just as impressive. Parts of the Taposiris Magna tunnel are submerged in water, though putting aside its resemblance to the Eupalinos Tunnel, its purpose is currently unknown. Martinez, who has been working in Taposiris Magna since 2004 in search of the lost tomb of Cleopatra VII, believes that the tunnel could be a promising lead. Previously, the excavations have yielded clues that seem to point to the famous queen and the last of the Ptolemies. ... MORE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/archaeologists-hunting-for-cleopatras-tomb-uncover-a-geometric-miracle-tunnel/ar-AA14gWKs

Wild Congo | Part 2: King Kong's Lair | Free Documentary Nature Our Planet | Jungles | FULL EPISODE | Netflix Dawn of Darkness (Full Episode) | Savage Kingdom 9,443,312 views Dec 21, 2020 Led by a ruthless commander, the rotten clan of hyenas seizes power from the lions. An exiled warrior queen is hell-bent on winning back the throne for the Matahta Pride. Pula, ruler of the dark heart of the kingdom, is forced to make a terrible choice between true love and her own future. And a wandering vagrant is lured in by the promise of paradise, only to find herself trapped in a deadly hell.

Maïba: The Lion Queen - by Best Documentary 2,627,357 views Premiered Nov 4, 2020 The lion is not the king of beasts. A lioness dethroned him: this is the true story of a wild and courageous lioness named Maïba. "So beautiful to see a mother's instinct to save her cubs and her sister's cubs as well. What a bond between the lionesses." "idk why im just binge watching lion documentaries"

Hi everyone -- I've been reading this forum (and related ones) for years, rention has been arbitrary... Old senile woman LOL.... so old the first SUSE I loaded was 5.0 -- and even got the sound to work... Just don't ask me HOW .... most all Xtions I've had I found answer using "search" and figgered well, if I had money i'd gladly donate it, the 2nd best "Thank you" is don't waste yer time and bandwidth for social "Net-Barking" Then I got into laptops ... <insert "group groan" right about here> Dammit, I've managed to get through loading Gentoo on a Mac G4... Then I get this Goat-Weigh laptop at the pawnshop for $100 The thing works dandy, other than "gommed up" ..... oh the dreaded Ub-er-Proprietary Laptop Bio$ and hardware .... Life woulda been great if MisterT didn't castrate the GPL, coz now things like hideous proprietary hardware (WLAN, specificly) don't work... Dumbass moi went to reload the OS and .... =ziggidy boom = Burned enough coasters to tile the floor. Kanotix/Knoppix live CD's run fine, for as long as I wanna runnit. Try to run ANYTHING "Win32--ish" ... even "Rainforrest Ghost" off CD or USBand the box kills itself after about 5 into loading .... would someone kindly direct me to the proper salon? (for elderly harware +security geeks that can't fix a $100 GoatW8) Thanku and GOd Bless n00b

Dogs can smell mental stress in humans with 94 percent accuracy 10/1/2022 A new study shows something amazing: Thanks to their unique olfactory organ, dogs can smell when we feel stressed. It's our breath. Dogs have a unique sense of smell that is vastly superior to ours. That's because they have 125 to 220 million olfactory cells, depending on the breed, while we have just 5 million. But not only that: They can also distinguish between smells much better than we can. An advantage that humans have been using since the domestication of the wolf thousands of years ago. Dogs can smell mental stress in humans with 94 percent accuracy. A well-known example is sniffer dogs. They are trained by the police to be able to smell drugs and sound the alarm, and they are used at customs, for example. On the other hand, it has also been established in medicine that dogs can recognize when their owner is unwell or is seriously ill, for example with cancer. Dogs can smell it when we're emotionally down, study says. However, according to a new study, this is not only limited to physical problems, but also applies to psychological ones. According to this, British researchers from Queen's University Belfast and Newcastle University found out that the four-legged friends can smell when we are emotionally bad. If we feel stressed, it is not uncommon for the furry friends to "feel" it and try to cheer up their owner with cuddles. ... More: https://newsrnd.com/life/2022-10-01-dogs-can-smell-mental-stress-in-humans-with-94-percent-accuracy.BJgdE04SMj.html

INFINITY: the question cosmology can't answer The mind-boggling mystery of infinity 23rd September 2022 by Peter Cameron | Award-winning Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Queen Mary, University of London, Cameron has an Erdös number of 1. Infinity is back. Or rather, it never (ever, ever…) went away. While mathematicians have a good sense of the infinite as a concept, cosmologists and physicists are finding it much more difficult to make sense of the infinite in nature, writes Peter Cameron. Each of us has to face a moment, often fairly early in our life, when we realize that a loved one, formerly a fixture in our life, was not infinite, but has left us, and that someday we too will have to leave this place. This experience, probably as much as the experience of looking at the stars and wondering how far they go on, shapes our views of infinity. And we urgently want answers to our questions. This has been so since the time, two and a half millennia ago, when Malunkyaputta put his doubts to the Buddha and demanded answers: among them he wanted to know if the world is finite or infinite, and if it is eternal or not. Recently we have heard again John Donne's words promising us that eternity consists of "no noise nor silence, but one equal music; no ends or beginnings, but one equal eternity." Hard to imagine, and surely one equal music would soon become intolerable! There are many approaches to infinity through the twin pillars of science and religion, but I will just restrict my attention here to the views of mathematicians and physicists. Aristotle was one of the most influential Greek philosophers. He believed that we could consider "potential infinity" (we can count objects without knowing how many more are coming) but that a "completed infinity" is taboo. For mathematicians, infinity was off-limits for two millennia after Aristotle's ban. Galileo tried to tackle the problem, noting that an infinite set could be matched up with a part of itself, but in the end drew back. It was left to Cantor in the nineteenth century to show us the way to think about infinity, which is accepted by most mathematicians now. There are infinitely many counting numbers; any number you write down is a negligible step along the way to infinity. So Cantor's idea was to imagine we have a package containing all these numbers; put a label on it saying "The natural numbers", and treat the package as a single entity. If you want to study individual numbers, you can break open the package and take them out to look at them. Now you can take any collection of these packages, and bundle them up to form another single entity. Thus, set theory is born. Cantor investigated ways of measuring these sets, and today set theory is the commonest foundation for mathematics, though other foundations have been proposed. ___ If you toss a coin 100 times, it is not impossible (just very unlikely) that it will come down tails each time. But, if you could imagine tossing a coin infinitely often, then the chance of not getting heads and tails equally often is zero ___ One of Cantor's discoveries is that there is no largest infinite set: given any set you can always find a larger one. The smallest infinite set is the set of natural numbers. What comes next is a puzzle which can't be resolved at present. It may be the real (decimal) numbers, or maybe not. Our current foundations are not strong enough, and building larger telescopes will not help with this question. Perhaps in the future we will adopt new foundations for mathematics which will resolve the question. But for now, since mathematics is a mental construction, we can decide whether the universe we are playing in satisfies the "continuum hypothesis" or not. These questions keep set theorists awake at night; but most mathematicians work near the bottom of this dizzying hierarchy, with small infinities. For example, Euclid proved that the prime numbers "go on for ever". (Aristotle would say, "Whatever prime you find, I can find a larger one"; Cantor would simply say "The set of prime numbers is infinite." Mathematicians (including this year's Fields Medallist James Maynard from Oxford) seem to be closing in on the Twin Primes Conjecture. Twin primes are pairs of prime numbers, such as 3 and 5, or 71 and 73, differing by just 2; the conjecture, unproved as yet, asserts that there are infinitely many of them. But these are the infinities of the natural numbers, the smallest infinity. [SUGGESTED READING: Physics alone can't answer the big questions - by SabineHossenfelder] While Kronecker (a fierce opponent of Cantor's ideas) thought in the nineteenth century that "God created the natural numbers; the rest is the work of man", we can now build the natural numbers using the tools of set theory, starting from nothing (more precisely the empty set). Mathematicians know, however, that there is a huge gap between the finite and the infinite. If you toss a coin 100 times, it is not impossible (just very unlikely) that it will come down tails each time. But, if you could imagine tossing a coin infinitely often, then the chance of not getting heads and tails equally often is zero. Of course, you could never actually perform this experiment; but mathematics is a conceptual science, and we are happy to accept this statement on the basis of a rigorous proof. Infinity in physics and cosmology has not been resolved so satisfactorily. The two great twentieth-century theories of physics, general relativity (the theory of the very large) and quantum mechanics (the theory of the very small) have resisted attempts to unite them. The one thing most physicists can agree on is that the universe came into being a finite time ago (about 13.7 billion years) -- large, but not infinite. ___ They deny that the infinitely small can exist in the universe, but prescribe a minimum possible scale, essentially the so-called Planck scale ___ The James Webb Space Telescope has just begun showing us unprecedented details in the universe. As well as nearby objects, it sees the furthest objects ever observed. Because light travels at a finite speed, these are also the oldest objects observed, having been formed close to the beginning of the Universe. The finite speed of light also puts limits on what we can see; if an object is so far away that its light could not reach us if it travelled for the whole age of the universe, then we are unaware of its existence. So Malunkyaputta's question about whether the universe is finite or infinite is moot. But is it eternal or not? That is a real question, and is so far undecided. Attempts to reconcile relativity and quantum theory have been made. The ones currently most promising adopt a very radical attitude to infinity. They deny that the infinitely small can exist in the universe, but prescribe a minimum possible scale, essentially the so-called Planck scale. ... Read more: https://iai.tv/articles/how-infinity-threatens-cosmology-peter-cameron-auid-2246

Yes, we are all in mourning, she was the queen loved by all... everyone loved her, she was very devoted to her country.

A single cat leads to another cat We exclusively release the first chapter of 'Días para ser Gato', the second book of our first cat, who is already an expert in feline matters. Mía and Atún in full observation. PEDRO ZUAZUA Madrid - 25 APR 2022 - 12:16ACTUALIZED: 25 APR 2022 - 13:18 UTC If you want to write about being human, keep a couple of cats at home. Aldous Huxley Between my cat's happiness or being a person of my word, I chose the former. In June 2016, after repeating actively and passively to anyone who would listen to me that a cat would not enter my house, Mia appeared. That tiny, adorable, playful being transformed my life in a way I could never have imagined. It's not a commonplace: I developed a love for animals I never knew existed, became a tenant in my own home, became the manager of my cat's Instagram account, wrote a book that sells in several countries and, above all, became the preferred phone number of everyone I know who came in contact with a cat. It doesn't matter what kind of relationship: they want to adopt? They write to me. They meet one in the street? they write to me. They write to me. They receive a video, a photo or a montage? They forward it to me. Since June 2016, 80% of the images I have on my cell phone are of cats. The people who investigate what we do with our phones must be freaking out. At the same time that Mía was taking over the household, a routine was taking hold that was quite pleasant for both of us. After the first few weeks, in which arriving home was a lottery of small novelties in the form of damage, we began to lay the foundations of an unequal idyll: I was dying of love for her and she listened to me whenever she felt like it. And that made me love her even more. Because that's how life, in general, and love, in particular, works. When she came home from work, she would come out to meet me at the door. She would lie on her back and beg for caresses. After dinner, when I lay down on the couch, he would come and climb on my belly and start kneading me with his front paws. Some people are always chasing abs of steel. If they are going to adopt a cat, it is more advisable to have some belly, because it is squishy and they can knead it to their heart's content. I forgot to include this vital change in the opening paragraph: I used to have a ripped abs and a sculpted body. No, I'm kidding. I was already very well equipped to have a cat. Cover of the book 'Días para ser gato' (Days to be a cat). After a while of kneading, she would lay her two front paws down and fall asleep on my chest while purring. I would stroke her chin and crown of her head - cats love to be stroked on the parts they can't lick themselves - and I would be toast. I'd go to bed and, after a while, she'd come in. She used to set up in one of the corners. She would spend half the night there. Sometimes she would go on a night excursion where she didn't take into account that there was someone else in the bed. Other times, he would get out and start banging his paw on the closet door, insistently asking me to open it for him. She would go in and lie there asleep until dawn. In the mornings, she would watch me in the shower. Afterwards, she would accompany me to watch me serve her food. Before I left the house, she would stand in the corner waiting for the treats. When I closed the door, she would give me that face that only cats know how to make and with which I didn't know if she was telling me that I had the courage to leave her alone all day or if, in reality, she was about to make a fist, bend her elbow and bring her arm inwards, while saying "Here, finally alone! That, the loneliness, was the only reason I was considering adopting another cat. I travel quite a bit for work - sometimes a whole week - and although I am fortunate to have very good friends who came over daily and even stayed over, I was overwhelmed at the thought of all the time Mia spent alone. For a long time, the supposed inconvenience of bringing another cat into the house outweighed it. I was terrified of Mia's reaction. A moderately happy cat, master of her space, adapted to her routines... the queen of the house, indeed. Tuna rests under the blanket. We were already made for each other. We often acted out that typical scene of a person reading on the couch on a Sunday afternoon, with the cat sleeping at her feet in a ball. All we lacked was a fireplace. For three years I kept repeating the phrase "No other cat in my house" to everyone who asked me if I wasn't going to adopt a brother or sister for Mía. Perhaps because I had already demonstrated the volatility of my word, I perceived a certain ironic smile when they listened to me. The most direct was my friend Bilbo, who always said, "You start with one..." (Bilbo, by the way, has a brother named Frodo. It's not a fact that has anything to do with cats, but it's funny). All the people who shared their lives with cats told me about the benefits of having (at least) two of them, about the company they kept, how much they played, how when you go on a trip they are not so lonely.... It reminded me of my last moments of resistance before adopting Mia. I kept saying no with my mouth, but my subconscious already knew when and how. Another thing is that I refused to recognize it. But because I had one, I was already clear about the name. Tuna scans his domain. The trips were increasing. And the influence of cats is inexorable. My environment was divided between those who saw it clearly and those who thought it was a bit crazy. My friend Barbara and my televeterinarian Vero insisted that I should do it. My mother told me not to even think about it. I think the poor thing could see me living with eighty cats. I changed my mind depending on the day: some days, I was determined; others, I backed out and said no way. I would think about what a drag it would be to clean two sandboxes, carry two carriers, buy two types of food, endure the adaptation period, the risk of getting a terrorist cat, the neutering.... But then I saw Mia's little face every time I closed the door of the house with the suitcase in my hand and I thought that maybe it wasn't so bad to give her a little company. In a sort of mental funnel, all my worries were reduced to one: won't I destroy the poor thing's existence? But life is about moving forward. When we have a situation moderately under control, we tend to complicate ourselves (understand that we are talking about adopting another cat and that it is taken for granted that there are other much more interesting ways to complicate life and also to complicate it unintentionally). Otherwise, it would all be very boring. Almost four years after Mia's arrival, I started looking for a sibling for her. When the little Tuna crossed the door of the house, I remembered Hemingway's phrase: "A single cat leads to another cat". The three of us were about to start a new life. HERE: https://elpais.com/elpais/2022/04/25/animalesycia/1650887548_928221.html

1 - Here in France too. Yes , all other countries too and the rest must do the same . 2 - Yes , absolutely ! 3 - God save The Queen ! P.S. They also need to learn proper English spelling.

As a CAD designer using XP for various 3D CAD applications spanning 31 years, hardware acceleration has always been extremely problematic. (edit - not all 31yrs of CAD has been XP, I started back in the DOS days.) Whenever Customer Support was called over the years for CAD application instability, the Top Three suggestions has always been, "Have you disabled Hardware Acceleration?" I can't speak for gaming applications, I haven't played a video game since the local Dairy Queen got rid of their table-top Mrs. Pac-Man in the mid-90s. But I can speak for 3D CAD applications.

On the contrary , you live in one of the greatest countries in the world and IPs from Great Britain are in favour ! God save the Queen.