But he was an American in the states when he did it...
> On May 11, 2015, at 10:31 AM, Terence Heaford <t.heaf...@icloud.com> wrote: > > And…. > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell> > > > Alexander Graham Bell is a Scottish > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_people> scientist > > > All the best > > Terry > > > >> On 11 May 2015, at 15:27, 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
