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Carson · **Posted:** Mon Apr 24, 2006 3:01 pm

autechre wrote:

Amethyst wrote:

the_dog_god wrote:

You can't name a New Folder 'con' in Windows (as in con - no ' marks)

Okay, how many people went to go try that?

i went and did it, actually i still don't get why you can't o_O

- the neanderthal man's brain was bigger than modern man's
- apples, not caffiene, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning (i don't believe that)

edit: and i'm starting to smell!! yay!! :roflol:

It's because file names like CON, COM1 are reserved something to do with system files I believe.

autechre · **Posted:** Mon Apr 24, 2006 3:21 pm

ah ic

thanks for that

843 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 25, 2006 6:18 am

Pyro Parrot wrote:

autechre wrote:

Amethyst wrote:

the_dog_god wrote:

You can't name a New Folder 'con' in Windows (as in con - no ' marks)

Okay, how many people went to go try that?

i went and did it, actually i still don't get why you can't o_O

- the neanderthal man's brain was bigger than modern man's
- apples, not caffiene, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning (i don't believe that)

edit: and i'm starting to smell!! yay!! :roflol:

It's because file names like CON, COM1 are reserved something to do with system files I believe.

While it's true that COM1, PP1, etc. are reserved for important file extensions, from what I've read in various forums though, con doesn't have to do with anything o_O

Snippy · **Posts:** 385 **Joined:** Fri Mar 17, 2006 2:58 pm

autechre wrote:

That's not really a fair statistic. I was left handed when I started school but my teachers wouldn't let me go to recess until I did my work right handed and they wouldn't grade it if I did it left handed. It's not even like I wrote any better with my right hand, if fact it was far messier than the left.

Carson · **Posted:** Tue Apr 25, 2006 3:00 pm

843 wrote:

Pyro Parrot wrote:

autechre wrote:

Amethyst wrote:

the_dog_god wrote:

You can't name a New Folder 'con' in Windows (as in con - no ' marks)

Okay, how many people went to go try that?

i went and did it, actually i still don't get why you can't o_O

- the neanderthal man's brain was bigger than modern man's
- apples, not caffiene, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning (i don't believe that)

edit: and i'm starting to smell!! yay!! :roflol:

It's because file names like CON, COM1 are reserved something to do with system files I believe.

While it's true that COM1, PP1, etc. are reserved for important file extensions, from what I've read in various forums though, con doesn't have to do with anything o_O

Apparently from what I've read CON may refer to console. I'm not sure if that means anything to you? It doesnt to me lol

shapu · **Posted:** Tue Apr 25, 2006 5:11 pm

Snippy wrote:

autechre wrote:

That's not really a fair statistic. I was left handed when I started school but my teachers wouldn't let me go to recess until I did my work right handed and they wouldn't grade it if I did it left handed. It's not even like I wrote any better with my right hand, if fact it was far messier than the left.

That happens a lot, although it's more common among older folks than today's students, at least in the US.

Perhaps it's better to say that 10% of the world is naturally left-handed.

Side note: There's a town in West Virginia named Left Hand. About 450 people, and something like 400 of them are left-handed.

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Chinese people may call Chinese food "food," but Brazilians don't call Brazil nuts "nuts." Instead, they call them "castanhas de Pará," which means "chestnuts from Pará."

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