Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Mike Duffy Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript Subject: Re: Preventing "Prevent this page from creating additional dialogs" Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 14:56:17 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Your Company Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <9fd2696f-740d-4b55-a75b-43383e903047@b3g2000yqb.googlegroups.com> <75frn792kreqn0t372imt8u8pj3i60i5rl@4ax.com> <$vKQS0DTpdgPFwzC@invalid.uk.co.demon.merlyn.invalid> NNTP-Posting-Host: 8GXtu24jXTHJm9OLlhLTEQ.user.speranza.aioe.org X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Xnews/5.04.25 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.javascript:13308 Dr J R Stockton wrote in news: $vKQS0DTpdgPFwzC@invalid.uk.co.demon.merlyn.invalid: > In comp.lang.javascript message > , Sat, 7 Apr 2012 04:09:21, Mike Duffy g> posted: > English is the language of the UK, 243,610 km2, from which one should > subtract an estimated quarter of 20,779 km2, for Welsh Wales, and a > little more for Gaelic Scotland. But you should include the Crown > Dependencies, 573 + 194 km2. First, I should apologize for a bit of deception on my part. I checked Wikipedia first, and I confused square miles for km2. I originally thought that Lake Superior had more surface area than England, Scotland, and Wales combined. Gene pointed out that I had made an error, but instead of admitting it, I used a lack of specificity in my original statement to support it anyway. The point I was trying to make is that English is the "Lingua Franca" for global technical treatise, and that the "proper" way to use it in this venue is to keep the grammar simple and avoid idioms. I do enjoy your manner of speaking, because it reminds me of several of my favourite college professors who hailed from the UK. When I read your postings, I can almost hear the accent. -- http://pages.videotron.ca/duffym/index.htm