Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dr J R Stockton Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript Subject: Re: [OoT] How to simulate buttons pressed Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:14:58 +0000 Organization: Home Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <506ee544$0$21946$426a34cc@news.free.fr> <509f605d$0$1921$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <509f7159$0$6132$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <509f8878$0$23443$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr> <50a1a1cb$0$21225$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: JfH6RRPWQh8XzArFI0xgxA.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Turnpike/6.05-S () X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.javascript:17269 In comp.lang.javascript message , Thu, 15 Nov 2012 11:56:28, John G Harris posted: >On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 at 19:31:25, in comp.lang.javascript, Dr J R >Stockton wrote: >>In comp.lang.javascript message >>, Tue, 13 Nov 2012 07:37:57, Evertjan. >>posted: >> >>> >>>And indeed present day "ask" can be used in an obligatory form, >>>for instance if such asking is done by someone in power, >>>but "demand" cannot be used in a non-obligatoy one. >> >>Certainly it can. Children can demand pocket-money and sweets, and >>parents can demand obedience and silence - but the demand is often not >>satisfied. > >The Tax man asks you questions, then demands money. I think that is an >example of what Evertan is saying. The fact that you might not answer >the questions or pay the money does not stop 'demand' being described as >obligatory, especially by the Tax man. Of course - but I did not write about the Tax Man. See "Asterix et le Chaudron", around page 43. -- (c) John Stockton, nr London, UK. E-mail, see Home Page. Turnpike v6.05. Website - w. FAQish topics, links, acronyms PAS EXE etc. : - see in 00index.htm Dates - miscdate.htm estrdate.htm js-dates.htm pas-time.htm critdate.htm etc.