Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: The triumph of English

I found the article "The triumph of English" in the latest issue of
The Economist interesting.
Because this article does not appear to be accessible on www.economist
without registration, I shall leave it on
http://www.xakero.nameplanet.com
 for a week for those who might want
to read it.
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Xakero


An interesting read indeed; thanks! I just hope I will never see another 
language die because of English or one of its dreadful variations.
BTW: apparently, you can't access that article with Netscape (I, at least, couldn't).
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 BTW: apparently, you can't access that article with Netscape (I, at least, couldn't).
The Economist password-protects the access to its online articles.
Subscribers to the printed magazine can register without a charge, and
that's how I got hold of it.
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Xakero

Xakero
So essentially you're saying it's copyrighted, and that any reproduction
whether in hard copy or electronic print ... etc. is forbidden?
... full force of the law ...etc?
Raymot
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 ... full force of the law ...etc?
The laws for _free use_ are not the same in each country. Those in Italy are
rather liberal. In the absence of international regulations, one-sided click-on
contracts cannot supercede local laws. I would not be so reckless as to
insinuate an ambiguous violation of a legal statute without having a
comprehensive knowledge of the topic.

that's how I got hold of it.
I was talking about the copy you put on your site. I could see it wit IE but 
not with Netscape
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 that's how I got hold of it.
And why I can#t read your homepage huh? 
Loki


Because you tried to install the euro symbol
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, 
antonio_...@yahoo.it
 says...
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Heaven forbid, nor would I!
I might make it a question subject to discussion though.
Raymot
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 Because you tried to install the euro symbol
Nah, my browser#s even older than netscape . The funny thing with the
#key is I put every thing back and deleted files but it#s still here
where once stood a proud and problematic apostrophe. 
....
oops ...
...
...Should've made that 'American' -not 'gb' - for the keymap. All is
better. '''''''. :-))
Now to go back to my own Euro designing - although just where to put
it is a tricky problem... maybe I don't need an upside down question
mark..
Cheers,
Loki
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  Brevity is the soul of wit.    W.Shakespeare


Nice to see you got your apostrophe back, I#m glad! Oh shit...
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 ... full force of the law ...etc?
Right! It means I am now a criminal, having posted an article from The
Economist on a hastily set-up website. I wonder if they'll let me have
access to the internet in prison.
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Xakero

 not with Netscape
Oh, now I see.
On my site, it is as a PDF file, so you would need to have the Acrobat
reader installed for it to open in that program.
I haven't been using Netscape for a while and am therefore not
familiar with its quirks. It could be that if you do have the Acrobat
reader but it doesn't open with that program in Netscape, you may have
to save it from Netscape to the hard disc (right click on the link and
follow the instructions -- I think)
I tried to post it as HTML on my site, but the apostophes and
quotation marks didn't come out right, hence the detour via PDF.
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Xakero

 And why I can#t read your homepage huh? 
Perhaps another mistery of the stone age.
If you have Acrobat reader on your PC (essential for reading PDF
files) try right-clicking on the link "The triumph of English (pdf, 72
KB)" ... oh, no, Windows 3 did not yet have the right-click-activated
context-sensitive menu. Forget it! You'll have to find some other
stone-age tool to manage it.
What version of Windows are you using (if Windows it is)?
What Internet browser(name and version) are you using?
With this information, there will perhaps be a computer whiz kid in
the Realm who can assist you.
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Xakero


No man, you don't see :) I do have Acrobat and it works just fine on
any other site. It is just on that page that, for some reason, I get a
"The parameter incorrect" when I try to access the link that says 
"...(pdf,72Kb)" with Netscape. The same happens if I try to save it 
using the context menu.  I wouldn't say it is a quirk of ns, since it works 
everywhere else.
Anyway, as I said, I got the article with IE; I just posted that note in case
you wanted to debug the page.
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you wanted to debug the page.
Your info is very useful, more so
since others (Loki) also mentioned that they can't open that PDF file.
Mamut made me download a program of their own to set up the website and put
information on it, hence I see no way to go and debug the stuff, even if I
were foolish enough to try. I guess I shall have to stop using Mamut.
Anyway, I am not so happy with that prgram of theirs; it is complicated and
does not always work as it should.
Loki, if you read this: Apparently,
the stone age has nothing to do with your inability to read my PDF file. My
apologies for the false suspicions.
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Xakero
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 Nice to see you got your apostrophe back, I#m glad! Oh shit...
LOL
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 the Realm who can assist you.
Or not... ;-) And if I get desperate and want to see how the internet
could look... there is always the work computer...:-)))
Cheers,
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 a totally non pc PC. A true-blue stoneage 10 Mb RAM Amiga (b.1992).
Hold on to that jewel! It is a collector's item, worth a fortune before long.
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Xakero

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