User talk:Simxp

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[edit] Thanks for catching name

Thank you for catching the non-relavent use of my name in my pictures. I went ahead and followed your suggestion and removed my name from all of the captions of my pictures. --Allyn 19:19, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School

All of my edits on that page were deleted, even though all were correct and sourced apart from the one you highlighted. Furthermore, I deleted several unsourced and clearly biased comments which have since been rewritten. Surely this is contrary to the free nature and ethos of Wikipedia?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.134.165.229 (talk • contribs)

Hi. Regarding passages which you deleted which have been rewritten, I've had a look through your contribs, and I'm afraid I can't see what you're referring to. The only edits I can find in which you deleted something are here and here. In neither case has the deleted text been rewritten. Could you point to what you mean? | Also, here you have readded your statement that the ISC claims the school teaches Greek when it does not; this is incorrect: Although it is not an timetabled subject, Mr. Whiteman nevertheless teaches it after school to people who are going on to study Classics. Bear in mind that though I cannot add that fact to the article, since I have no verifiable source for it, that does not mean that it is acceptable for an incorrect (and equally unsourced) statement (i.e. "the school does not teach Greek") to remain in the article. A statement such as "Doubts have also been cast over the legitimacy of the report" is also going to need a verifiable source. -- simxp (talk) 20:51, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks Much!

I appreciate you answering my questions. Who knew people actually look there? Lol thanks again. Alcemáe T • C 01:44, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

No problem. -- simxp (talk) 03:43, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Wikipedia Font Issue

Yes! hehe so sorry! I fixed the issue exactly as you mentioned. I forgot to thank you. So with out further ado, Thanks! =) Joneboi 05:14, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Punchdrunk

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[edit] Cambridge Tripos

Hi there!

I saw on your user page that you are a physicist/mathematician and that you go to Cambridge. Do you think you can tell me what specifically do they teach there? --pizza1512 ^{Talk Autograph} 18:34, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

No problem; apologies for the delay in answering. Replied on your talk page. -- simxp (talk) 12:39, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Question

Hello, i have come from Linux versus Windows talk page. You replied to my comment.

I have a question regarding Linux: Nobody gets paid to write code for the GNU and Linux, how practical is that? i mean nobody can stay with Linux to earn. Even Linus Torvald gets paid to maintain the kernel therefore that keeps his interest alive. I read that in his latest interview posted at Slashdot. I only want to clarify that when there is no return for doing something then what are the implications in terms of its future?

I figured this when i myself used Linux and found that it lacked the consistency that Windows provides in every department of operating system especially GUI, and i thought that because there is no incentive for writing GUI therefore Linux has no future or it will take very long for it to evolve as compared to Windows. Acetylcholine 09:36, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi. Will answer this on your talk page tomorrow -- simxp (talk) 01:08, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Ok. Acetylcholine 11:13, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Answered ([1]) -- simxp (talk) 23:10, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User Account Control and CPULock

If they can talk about, "in a manner very similar to that seen in Ubuntu Linux. In this way, only applications that the user trusts receive higher privileges, and malware is kept from receiving the privileges necessary to wreak havoc on the operating system." Exactly how should I have written the below? Please edit it according to what you think best, but the fact of thre matter is, I did make something just like UAC, but in my opinion, better. The only links I gave were that of 1, a funny video made by MAC about UAC, and 2. a video proving mine was out first. If I had a cabillion dollard to sue MS for using a proccess I patend, I would, all I am asking for is reconition, that I earned.

Please edit the below according to what you think best.

In the year 2001, Dean Biddle also created something like UAC. Here is a video of him talking about it before Visa was released His program, CPULOCK, overlaps guest privileges upon the areas that malware attempt to write to, thus blocking any new or unknown and even known malware. The main differance between his program and UAC is his does not annoy the user with constant questions This MAC AD says it best If the user has a problem installing software, the user needs to "unlock" before installing. He thinks it is safer than UAC because it has a password prompt before it "unlocks" the computer. CPULOCK works on the following older operating systems versions; Windows XP, Windows 2003 and Windows 2000. With UAC being the main reason Vista is more secure than the older OS versions, CPULOCK can bring Vista type of security to older OS versions. Some prefer CPULOCK to UAC because it seems to be less annoying and more secure.

Hi. I have replied on your talk page. -- simxp (talk) 01:08, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Thanks

Thanks for the advice on the NP patroll and wahtnot. Eskater11 00:58, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] John Bataller

hey man, sorry about those pages, i was just messing around; didn't know about the sandbox, and i'll use that for my future experiments :). unfortunately i don't know how to delete those pages I created.. just couldn't put two and two together on that one. anyways, have a good one. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stackleeadams (talk • contribs) 10:54, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Consolas

Thanks for removing my post to Consolas, Simxp. I was about to delete it myself.

The problem is that Consolas doesn't have any box-drawing characters defined (at least according to other websites), so Internet Explorer is substituting from other fonts. The result is that Consolas is severely limited in its monospace usefulness. It would be helpful if the Consolas page displayed the entire 713 glyph Consolas character set.

Thanks again for deleting my editing. I will investigate more thoroughly before posting next time.

[edit] Cape Verde

Cape Verde was NOT previously uninhatited before being claimed by Portugul!!!!! These native people have a history of their own... A REVOLUTION!!!!! as well as their culture before it was disrupted by the Portuguese. How could you leave all this out? The natives have always been beautiful people, why not tell more about THEIR country? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.10.124.29 (talk) 13:26, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Comparison of Windows and Linux

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[edit] Hello from Blantyre

We're stalking your wikipedia posts via the tubes in Blantyre... ha ha ha —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.112.46.166 (talk) 21:30, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Proofs

Tubes eh. Sounds interesting. BTW, Thanks for your support on my adding of the proof. Personally, I have no problem with adding simple proofs since they allow users to see how topics work in conjunction, which is something a good encyclopedia should do. Personally, I think the Triangle Inequality article should be improved to stress it's relation to other vector spaces...I might read up on this and try and improve it in a while. The Young Ones (talk) 15:27, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] As regarding your September 16th 2007 question posted on my essay "A Source of Goodness, Not Evil."

Hey, Back on september 16th 2007 you posted a question on the talk page of my essay "A Source of Goodness, Not Evil."

You asked, and i quote, "From the essay: “Negroes are inherently inferior to white people.” ... that quote can be found in an older edition of Encyclopedia Britannica [1]. Do you have a reference for that isn't password protected (or else, could you include the username and password needed to access it inside the ref tag)? I (and, I'm sure, many other people) would be interested to see that quote in context."

I'm sorry that i've been away from my computer for a while, but i thought that i would answer your question, as it is valid. I found that in a article on the PBS website (http://www.pbs.org/teachers/learning.now/2007/02/wikipedia_receives_a_citation_1.html). In that article they discuss the quote.

Thank you for taking the time to read my essay, and to comment. --Kiwiboy121 (talk) 03:43, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Windows Tax

Please do not remove well sourced material.--Kozuch (talk) 09:17, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

I have clarified the reason for my edits on your talk page. Thanks, -- simxp (talk) 16:33, 12 May 2008 (UTC)