> ... for me there is no difference between "Susan Taylor" and "John Doe"
Slightly OT: In English, John Doe is used as a place-name for someone
whose name you do not know, typically a body in a morgue awaiting
identification. It's not appropriate for screen-shots.
Paddy
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Hello,
Am 11.08.2012 09:46, schrieb Paddy Landau:
> Slightly OT: In English, John Doe is used as a place-name for
> someone whose name you do not know, typically a body in a morgue
> awaiting identification. It's not appropriate for screen-shots.
Ok,
> Ok, now I understand. In this case a other placeholder name should be
chosen. What do you suggest?
Any common forename and surname would be fine.
Although you could use something like John Q Public (American) or Joe
Bloggs (UK), these refer to unspecified people. They would look odd in a
screen
On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 2:46 AM, Paddy Landau wrote:
> Slightly OT: In English, John Doe is used as a place-name for someone whose
> name you do not know, typically a body in a morgue awaiting identification.
> It's not appropriate for screen-shots.
In the US, John (or Jane) Doe used in legal pro
Hey, Paddy.
On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 3:27 AM, Paddy Landau wrote:
> I have noticed odd formatting at the beginning of page 57 on the left side
> of the manual.
This has already been fixed in the second edition branch.
Thanks!
--Kevin
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What about "User"?
On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Kevin Godby wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 2:46 AM, Paddy Landau wrote:
> > Slightly OT: In English, John Doe is used as a place-name for someone
> whose
> > name you do not know, typically a body in a morgue awaiting
> identification.
> > I
> [snip] Possible examples include currently playing music and music in
> the user's library
Music presents another potentially-problematic area.
Music that a citizen from one culture takes for granted may be
considered offensive by someone from another culture.
May I suggest that we use classi
Instead of music, can we use some *FREELY* available tones?
On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Paddy Landau wrote:
> [snip] Possible examples include currently playing music and music in
> the user's library
>
>
>
> Music presents another potentially-problematic area.
>
> Music that a citizen fro
> Instead of music, can we use some *FREELY* available tones?
What do you mean by "tones"?
The tracks do not need to be free; they are there for demonstration
purposes only (also, we need to show the Ubuntu One store).
If you are interested, there are sites that have public-domain classical
mus
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