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I suspect we're all a bit rusty.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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To be fair, you're not wrong.
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That reminds me where I've first read about the device (not that I've ever seen one): it was a travel book written by respected anthropologist Bengt Danielsson[^] about a road trip he took in Australia in the '60s. When his European car was to be approved for driving in Australia, the official complained that it doesn't have "trafficators" which at the time were compulsory on Australian roads.
In the same book he said that in less populated areas, there weren't many road indicators and the main road could be identified by the number of beer bottles on the side. Was that true or just travel fiction meant to tarnish the sterling reputation of Aussie drivers? 
Mircea
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The first could be a left-hand-drive vs right-hand-drive issue. Until fairly recently it was extremely difficult to use a LHD vehicle on Aussie roads. Certainly hand signals (which were fine in RHD cars then) would not have worked.
The second one sounds a bit "urban myth". I could imagine it for say a mining camp sort of place, but not main highways.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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I came across an article today re/ mad cow disease. An hour or so later I was learning of the origins of QR Codes via Veritasium. Several minutes into the video it is stated mad cow disease is part of its history. Quite a coincidence. Even further I also read today an article re/ Rudy Giuliani. Quite a coincidence.
"Insanity in individuals is rare, but in groups, parties, nations, it is the rule." - Nietzsche
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Are you implying that Rudy Giuliani is a mad cow? Because if you are you should remember that he was also a lawyer ... and probably still knows quite a few ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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OriginalGriff wrote: implying that Rudy Giuliani is a mad cow
Mad - possibly. A cow - definitely not.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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A bull maybe, considering the amount of BS he was dishing out. 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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His Honor[^] Maybe he will sue his daughter as well.
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Happens all the time when surfing
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Thank you for this useful information.
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It wasn't a coincidence 
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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At dinner on Friday night, Snoop Dogg's name was mentioned, then Willie Nelson, then Kris Kristofferson as an outlaw. I hadn't heard that name in years. 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
"Hope is contagious"
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Can I ask for a small favor from one who has got a recent version of MS Word?
I discovered not too long ago why my 2013 vintage Word sometimes refuses to drag a marked area to a new position: If there is an open search & replace box, it won't do it. (Don't ask me why - it makes no logical sense to me!) My friend is still using Word 2003: It has the same bug; it is not a regression over those ten years. Nor was the bug fixed in those ten years.
So I am curious: Has it been fixed during the next ten years? Would one of you, using a 2023-24 release test it: Open a search&replace box and leave it open while marking (double clicking) a word, and drag the word to a new position. Does it work? Or is the bug still present after alt least 20 years?
No, I am not tempted to report the bug in Word 2013 to Microsoft
Religious freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make five.
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Not sure what version I have (not 365) but certainly newer.
Does it do it? No.
Is it a bug? No. It shows a 'not allowed' icon when I attempt it so it is defined behavior.
trΓΈnderen wrote: while marking (double clicking) a word, and drag the word to a new position.
Just noting that as a touch typist I would never do that anyways. Never attempted even long ago when I still needed to look at the keyboard.
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jschell wrote: Is it a bug? No. It shows a 'not allowed' icon when I attempt it so it is defined behavior.
Or possibly: It is certainly not intended, but the root cause may lie so deep in the design that it is not realistic to fix the bug. But they are able to catch it, and glossy over with a 'Not allowed' message.
Well, at least they have discovered it and done something about it, but I would hardly say 'fixed it'.
Thanks for the information.
I cannot see any reason whatsoever why it shouldn't be allowed. Instead of dragging the marked text to a new location, I can hit Ctrl-X, click the new position, Ctrl-V. That is allowed, causing exactly the same result as dragging.
You can state good reasons why you are not allowed to change a C# enumerable data structure within a foreach loop on that enumerable. I see no similar reason with a search box, when no search is in operation. Besides, if there was a similar reason, then Ctrl-X/Ctrl-V should be forbidden as well.
Religious freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make five.
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