Originally posted by PalynkaYou "obviously" missed the entire point of my post, which was whatever teacher you had that spelled it TINSTAAFB has doorknobs for brains.
"That" meant everything you said, so it encompassed everything you said. Obviously.
You couldn't cope with an alternative notation to the one you're used to and you said you had met some dumb teachers. Therefore I infer they must have been a lot. Again, it's quite simple.
Alternative notation? I always reject alternatives that are ridiculous or absurd, or make no sense. You don't need a teacher to teach you that.
Tell me, O wise one... How do you pronounce this abomination "TINSTAAFB"? And what the heck is B? Beer? That hardly compares to TANSTAAFL, which is a classic from economics classes from way back (I've even seen it on Jeopardy, for god's sake). By coming up with an alternate that is stupid, your teacher did you all a disservice by alienating you all from the classic line, and therefore reinforcing my belief that even some teachers have doorknobs for brains. Simple.
You remind me of this other guy I had an argument with once. He insisted that "I came here to kick ass and chew gum, and I'm all out of gum." was the original line, and I had a heck of a time trying to tell him that the original line was "We came here to kick ass and drink beer. We're all out of beer." and that whoever came up with the gum line was doing a parody of the original line. He was all like "I said GUM, stupid!" He couldn't think beyond his ignorant little box.
Originally posted by SuzianneTINSTAAFL is indeed an alternative notation, I know it's not the original, but I just don't use TANSTAAFL. Why should I since they're both used? If you didn't know about it, it's your problem. Google it, wiki it, whatever. Just step out of that little hermetic box. I'll definitely avoid using "ain't" in my lifetime. Even in an acronym.
You "obviously" missed the entire point of my post, which was whatever teacher you had that spelled it TINSTAAFB has doorknobs for brains.
Alternative notation? I always reject alternatives that are ridiculous or absurd, or make no sense. You don't need a teacher to teach you that.
Tell me, O wise one... How do you pronounce this abomination "TINSTA ...[text shortened]... ll like "I said GUM, stupid!" He couldn't think beyond his ignorant little box.
And the B was obviously Browser. If you didn't get the pun, it's not my fault. It was directed at bowmann and he apparently didn't have any trouble figuring that out. I can't dumb down everything so you can understand it, dear.
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After follwing the links in the thread I find IE is the only browser that displays the content (even though it is anti microsoft) correctly.
Why is that ????????????????????????
I am a FF & IE user, but after all the whoo haa about FF being better it fails to even advertise itself on sites designed to spread it's superiority.
Dan
Originally posted by dan182Do you really think anyone other than you is having this trouble?
After follwing the links in the thread I find IE is the only browser that displays the content (even though it is anti microsoft) correctly.
Why is that ????????????????????????
I am a FF & IE user, but after all the whoo haa about FF being better it fails to even advertise itself on sites designed to spread it's superiority.
Dan
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Originally posted by BowmannOh yes you are so right I have knackered FF so it is just me.
Do you really think anyone other than you is having this trouble?
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The fact is some of those sites (or links from them) don't display in FF, however the bigger question is if you had the same problems would you admit it ?