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I'm in the process of writing a sequel to a book. My question is a simple one; how much of the first book do I need to recount? I would like to assume that the reader has read the first, in which case I could just pick up the story and continue it. If I want the second book to stand up on its...

I wonder if anyone can help me with the subject of contracted and uncontracted forms. In terms of fiction, I had always assumed contracted forms such as shouldn't, hadn't, wasn't, he'd etc. were only to be used in dialog. But I think that is an incorrect assumption, in which case, is there a...

I have a text file with a long list of values in it. The values are actually for coordinates, the values are like this; X0Y0 First Value X0Y1 Second Value X0Y2 etc. X1Y0 X1Y1 X1Y2 ... ... X15Y0 X15Y1 X15Y2 etc. I know the bounds of X and Y and I want to rearrange it and put into a new file...

A young friend of the family recently got a part-time job to help fund his studies at college (which I admire incidentally). The job is helping a van driver to deliver orders for a well known electrical retailer. Basically he's the young guy you normally see clinging onto the other end of the...

Saw a van for a company called "Centuryan Security" today. Took one look at it and thought hmm... bad speller at work! Given they offer security services including guards then 'centurion' would seem to be an apt name. But am I wrong?, is this one of those words that can be spelled several...

If I create a new mail folder, obviously I see this on the machine I'm using. But how do I refresh Notes so that I can see the new folder I've just created on a second session? (such as a laptop or blackberry). The only way I found to do this is shut down Notes and restart it on the 'other'...

I have an env variable that may or may not be set, if it is set then I want to check the path it holds exists. Now I could do... if ($?MYVAR) then if -e $MYVAR then etc. endif endif but it would be nice to do; if ($?MYVAR) && (-e $MYVAR) DoSomething but that does not work if...

I have several address books, but Lotus always seems to go for one that I dont want to use first. So if I have Bill Smith in address book A and Bill Jones in address book B, I type "Bill" into the "To" field, Lotus goes for for Bill Jones. Is there a way to make a certain address book the...

If I try to drag a file from Notes onto the desktop I get a dialog "Error occurred while copying the file" This happens with any type of file, but it works fine when dragging in the other direction (from the desktop into an email). The folder protections are all ok and it works if I right-click...

If you have a die (a casting for example), does it have a plural? So would I have two die?, or two dies? My guess would be two die in the sense that 'die' is singular or plural, so it is like the word baggage. But... I've also heard people call two die, dice. Which is probably a mishearing of...

I use Lotus7 on a desktop PC and also on a laptop PC, which I carry to meetings etc. When I look at my db on either machine, they are in sync, because the db is common on my network. So any incoming email is automatically visible on both platforms. If I refresh the inbox, any emails deleted on...

Hi all, I hope someone can help me out with something... I had a discussion today with a subordinate who has recently started managing people for the first time. Things are going ok, but some problems are surfacing. In discussing these problems with him, I think one of his problems is that...

How do I determine which field a string is within a line? e.g. "Hello how are you" I want to find out the position of the word "how", which for this example is field 2.

I have a file with the contents of; Section A fsfs ss gsgs End A Section B ds ssf End B etc. etc. I want to generate a file for each section, so a file called "A" and "B" etc. In each file, the text for that section. The number of lines between section start and end are variable. Any easy...

Sorry if this question is a bit basic but I'm not very computer savvy when it comes to interfacing video. I have a camcorder with a video output, but no USB or similar connector. The only connector I have is a cable which plugs into the camera at one end and the other has red, white and yellow...

Does csh support subs/functions within the script? I don't want to write subs in separate files for the application I'm working on. So something like; Function MySub(args) # do stuff End Function and then; MySub(MyArg)

I am writing some csh files and need to find a way of telling whether a machine is 32-bit or 64-bit so that I can branch the code. I guess its a parameter from uname but I cant see any likely candidates. Any help appreciated.

For you metric folks out there, what is the correct pronunciation for kilometres? Is it; Kill-om-itters or Killa-meeters or Key-low-meeters And when you say "kilogram", do you say it the same way? I hear people mix these up and they seem to say kill-om-itters, killa-gram and key-low. Seems...

I've had a miscommunication with a vendor today that misinterpreted 'four times more'. What I wanted was five times last months quantity (which was 3), so I should end up with 15. Anyway, for whatever reason I asked for 'four times more' than last month, but ended up with 12 in the lobby with me...

What is the deal with the hypgen in the word "no-one". If I look at http://www.freesearch.co.uk/dictionary/no%20one it states; Why does the last example have a hyphen?, or is it optional in all cases? .