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Comment on Apple’s MagSafe Powercord Issues by jonathan ramey

jonathan ramey — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:44:40 +0000

I have had 3 mac books and have had problems with all three power adapters. One has the old brick style and 2 have had the newer type. I have noticed that after I end up turning the brick over it works for a while but then it stops. I got a Qtip and some alcohol and cleaned the small retractable pins in the adapter and the input on the laptop. This does help for a spell. I do think the plugs are defective. I just try to keep my pins and surfaces clean now on a regular basis and it helps. As fap as replacement when you are out of warranty, look on amazon. I never spend the 80 that apple wants. I can get the cords for 35 a piece at amazon. Good luck.

Comment on It’s “Oriented” not “Orientated” by Kyle

Kyle — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:01:16 +0000

“Orientated” is British English and is used almost exclusively in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. Whereas “oriented” is used nearly exclusively in the US.

Comment on It’s “Oriented” not “Orientated” by Stacey

Stacey — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:17:16 +0000

Perhaps when you get yourself all worked up you should use your spell check (American version, since you mentioned you’re here) before you hit “Submit.”

Comment on It’s “Oriented” not “Orientated” by Stacey

Stacey — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:12:42 +0000

Wow… I mean really… just wow… You can’t manage to get your point across without cussing??? AND lowering yourself to saying something as ridiculous as “on your period”??? Perhaps you should save what little brain power you seem to have for something just a little more important, like, say – your job? Or perhaps you’re not quite intelligent enough to have one of those…

Comment on It’s “Oriented” not “Orientated” by Stacey

Stacey — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:06:35 +0000

What IS correct is not to use apostrophes when a word is not in possession of anything!! It’s “Americans” NOT “American’s” in this case. And many of us use correct English (American English, that is), thank you very much.

Comment on It’s “Oriented” not “Orientated” by Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:25:04 +0000

ORIENTATED is only used in England by numbskull Geordies and Cockney’s. You will NOT, I repeat will NOT find an educated (I didn’t say rich)Englishman use the word “orientated”.

Comment on It’s “Oriented” not “Orientated” by Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:23:01 +0000

“ROb”?
I hope that typo was in jest.

The word is “Oriented” it is not “Orientated” you are making yourself appear as stupid as I’m presuming you really are. Now go ahead and list your credentials like I care.

The confusion stems from the word “Orientation” something I’m sure plenty of those using the word “Orientated” have undergone in their lives.
“Welcome to Orientation Day kids. This is the grill…”

Comment on It’s “Oriented” not “Orientated” by Word Magician

Word Magician — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:29:36 +0000

I’ve done some word engineering and combined ‘travesty’ and ‘tragedy’ to create a new word… ‘TRAGESTY’

Tragesty is a noun meaning a false catastrophe or parody disaster. An example would be if someone sarcastically said, “I’m not looking forward to going to the Playboy Mansion, but I guess I’ll take this one for the team.” I would reply with, “Oh yeah, that’s such a tragesty.”

Comment on Get rid of comments on WordPress “pages” by Chelsea

Chelsea — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 08:45:25 +0000

Can you go to the page you want to disable comments on, click ‘Screen Options’ (top right), then check Discussion, and when the discussion module appears uncheck Allow Comments and Allow Trackbacks and Pingbacks on this page?

Comment on It’s “Oriented” not “Orientated” by Jak chow

Jak chow — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 06:19:58 +0000

Too funny. We’ve become so nationalistic.
Living in the states as an undocumented Canadian, there were many times I learned new words, to “fit in.”
Orientated and mischievious were the worst I had to spit out.

Just because a person learns English in Britain, doesn’t mean they speak correctly.

However, the usage of “I,” and “Me,” in the States….YIKES!!!
Lets not forget, Pres Bush once said, “It’s too bad the French don’t have a word for Entreprenuer!”

Comment on It’s “Oriented” not “Orientated” by mark j

mark j — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:47:52 +0000

Wow, always used oriented. Orientated just doesn’t sound right to my ears. Now I’m just ‘disco-bobyou-latated’

Comment on It’s “Oriented” not “Orientated” by Nancy

Nancy — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:16:35 +0000

I hardly ever use oriented since, to me, it sounds like I’ve been learning to adapt to Orientals (Asians)when I use that word. I’ve always used orientated for that very reason. So, I stand corrected and will try and redirect my brain into thinking oriented instead. Thanks for the english lesson.

Even though ain’t is in the dictionary, it is still a stupid word – that one really is a lazy cop-out.

Ever wonder why so many people use the word irregardless? Isn’t that redundant? Makes my skin crawl when I hear it. Also, what’s up with grammar and reversal in common respect for the other person coming first ie., me and Bob or me and that teacher. I was always taught that the person who is speaking comes last ie., My brother and I or Bob and I went to the movie.
There are soooo many wrong and twisted words and sentences in the English language it’s hard to keep up with them. My own personal problem is figuring out where and when to place commas. I guess I slept through that part of English class.

Comment on It’s “Oriented” not “Orientated” by john

john — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:50:31 +0000

I prefer orient and oriented. Both are in standard dictionaries but American style guides prefer the former. In the UK, the English (ahem) use them interchangeably.

Comment on Great Sales Technique – yeah right by ACWORTH BIG DOG

ACWORTH BIG DOG — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 04:03:46 +0000

ALSO HIS EMAIL IS jpmaguire02@gmail.com;

Comment on Great Sales Technique – yeah right by ACWORTH BIG DOG

ACWORTH BIG DOG — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 04:00:28 +0000

YEA JIMMY IT’S ME AND I’LL GET YOU. AND PROBABLY YOUR FUCK FRIEND DAVE. YOU REMEMBER HIM. THE ONE WHO TOLD ME ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER.

Comment on Great Sales Technique – yeah right by ACWORTH BIG DOG

ACWORTH BIG DOG — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 03:58:23 +0000

Yes he is tall thinning red hair. small vodka and redbull gut. hot temper. Yes he does smoke Parlements regular. Loves blue solo cups and likes a straw. He’ll tell you a story about his trust fund that his father left him. He’ll tell you that he died in a car crash driving a trans am or comero and that he owned several gas stations. My guess is that his father was a drunk just like him and did die in a crash driving a stolen chevy.

Comment on It’s “Oriented” not “Orientated” by Randall

Randall — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:49:06 +0000

Your example reminds me of the 1980 presidential debate between Carter and Reagan. Carter dropped the ‘l’ in nuclear so that it came out as ‘NU-key-er’, which is the way some Southerners pronounce it.

Comment on It’s “Oriented” not “Orientated” by LightSkinWavey

LightSkinWavey — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 04:21:42 +0000

That word is as annoying to hear as conversate.. I hate to hear it.. Oriented & Converse.. Please people let’s get it together now.. Languages shouldn’t change due to popular usage, otherwise “ain’t” should be considered a real word too. No? Create new words, fine.. but don’t change the spelling of existing words at random because they roll off the tongue easier. The English language has enough antonyms, synonyms & homonyms as it is.. No point in complicating it any further by lengthening or shortening existing vocabulary words. That’s what we have abbreviation for. In writing pick a style as not to confuse your readers. In speech, use proper English as to not sound uneducated. Unless you’re speaking in general conversation amongst friends you should always be mindful of your grammar as well as pronunciation. Please forgive my punctuation.. or lack of. Thank u;)

Comment on It’s “Oriented” not “Orientated” by jess

jess — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:07:50 +0000

What is wrong with you? It does not sound better. It sounds awkward and uneducated, then again, you probably are too.

Comment on Digital Photography 101: Film Speed by Charles Dando

Charles Dando — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:54:39 +0000

I am trying to use a SunPak auto266D flash attachment made for a Nikon film camera on my Kodak P850 digital camera.
Could you tell me what setting on the flash attahment to use for various distances from camera to subject.

Thank you

Charles

Comment on Great Sales Technique – yeah right by Bill

Bill — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 02:18:48 +0000

Can anyone tell me more about Jim Maguire physical characteristics (ie. tall, approx 6ft 2-4 inches. In general thin except a bit of a beer gut. Smoker ??

Comment on Apple’s MagSafe Powercord Issues by Marie Harvey

Marie Harvey — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:19:51 +0000

My MacBook is slightly over 3 months old and about a foot from the plug the power cord is self-destructing–little by little. Cover splits exposing wires. First about 1 inch – covered that with tape and a few days later another inch long area split. Dealer won’t replace and attempts with Apple were not successful either. Been with Apple since the 512k machine, love it, but this sucks and they know it!! They are gonna regret this bad product.

Comment on It’s “Oriented” not “Orientated” by Richard

Richard — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:16:02 +0000

What grinds the most is when a person says orientated when reading directly from a text (e.g. book title) where it is clearly written as oriented.

I attended a training course where all the power point pages had oriented and the presenter consistently said orientated.

My immediate gut reaction is can’t your read !

Comment on Apple’s MagSafe Powercord Issues by Bill

Bill — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 08:51:58 +0000

No, you are just a dickhead…

Comment on It’s “Oriented” not “Orientated” by Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 20:23:57 +0000

Just editing the audio commentary for a youtube video. I came across myself using Orientated – i was in a quandary if i was going to sound stupid, glad to know – that I was 50% correct. – keeping it as orientated, i feel it flows better.