It doesn't matter if the colonists invented the telephone. They invented the international telephone network. Thus, they got to decide how it operates.
On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 10:27 AM, Mark Schonewille < m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com> wrote: > Hi, > > A quick look-up on Wikipedia: > > "Innocenzo Manzetti considered the idea of a telephone as early as 1844, > and may have made one in 1864, as an enhancement to an automaton built by > him in 1849." > > Why doesn't Italy have 001? > > Don't answer that the US invented electricity: it is said that the > Babylonians did this some time earlier. > > -- > Best regards, > > Mark Schonewille > > Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering > Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com > Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer > KvK: 50277553 > > Installer Maker for LiveCode: > http://qery.us/468 > > Buy my new book "Programming LiveCode for the Real Beginner" > http://qery.us/3fi > > LiveCode on Facebook: > https://www.facebook.com/groups/runrev/ > > On 5/11/2015 16:09, PystCat wrote: > >> I have a friend who gets very annoyed that "the Americans always control >> things." When I ask for clarification of this I get, "Well... For >> instance, why does the States have to be 001 in the international >> dialing....? Answer me THAT..!" The answer... "We invented the telephone. >> If you want to control something, invent it." That shut him up. >> >> If you want a language to be controlled in whatever language you want... >> Invent one. >> >> >> >> >> >> On May 11, 2015, at 9:30 AM, Richmond <richmondmathew...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On 05/11/2015 03:40 PM, Geoff Canyon wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 3:29 AM, Mark Waddingham <m...@livecode.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> As a case in point, I just opened up revNavigator from the plugins >>>>> menu - >>>>> and it works in 7. Indeed, if I have objects with Unicode names, >>>>> revNavigator still works perfectly, displaying precisely what you would >>>>> expect. There was no need for me to modify the code, nor do anything >>>>> to the >>>>> stack. >>>>> >>>>> Ha, way to hit me where I live :-) Are developers really naming >>>> objects >>>> with unicode-only names? Why? It's not like "repeat" or "filter" are >>>> localized, so how much of a benefit is it really that variable names and >>>> object names can be in cyrillic? >>>> >>>> >>> Well, it may be that your work goes a lot more smoothly if you can give >>> your >>> variables and objects names that are relatively easy to remember because >>> they are >>> in your native language. >>> >>> I don't know what you call your variables and objects, but I always give >>> them names >>> that make sense to me and have some sort of connexion to their function: >>> flds such >>> as "OOT", "DOONBY", "BIGGIN", "BYRE" mak a heil puckle o sense tae ma >>> mind mair >>> than Sudron yins, as well as aa those that aiblins hae nummers: yin, >>> twa, three, fower, >>> fife, sax, se'en, nichan, teen. Now, sud I wark fae a stoor mon that has >>> Bulgarian fae his leid >>> he mun find it mense fu gif I caa them names he kens: КОТИКА, ТОРБИЧКА, >>> ОБОР. >>> >>> The unconscious arrogance of the English-speaking world never ceases to >>> amaze me. >>> >>> It might not be a bad idea to meditate on the fact that an awful lot of >>> people conduct >>> their daily lives using non-latinate writing systems. >>> >>> Richmond. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, "This is good." _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
