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| location | Eastern, NY | |
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| visits | member for | 1 year, 6 months |
| seen | May 15 at 6:49 | |
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Long time Linux user (currently kubuntu). Use Windows 98 and XP when I have to. Programed in many languages, currently using bash and awk for most things.
Have one project on sourceforge:
Duplex printing emulator for non-duplex printers (Linux) http://sourceforge.net/projects/duplexpr/
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May 15 |
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What do you do if you enjoy writing, but have no ideas? You could go to a news website where new stories keep popping up. Go to a library open a random book to a random page. There are so many places to get an initial idea - and then apply the suggestions in the answers below. How does "Genetic sequencing of the floating bladderwort" sound for a starting point (found on wikipedia's home page just now)? It even sounds funny to start with. |
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Apr 4 |
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How can I translate my poems in English that it doesn't sound odd/non poetic for English speaker audiences? +1 Great detailed answer. |
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Feb 20 |
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How can I express this fragment more clearly and concisely? "Automatically" continued: The point is to put something directly in the sentence that doesn't require a comma separated phrase which makes it "feel" difficult or complicated. |
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Feb 20 |
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How can I express this fragment more clearly and concisely? Your rewrite is much better. "Intended audience" probably should be reserved for a heading or index entry. The second sentence has me buggy because it's almost right. Maybe: When connected to ESP, [application] will automatically generate and collect analytic and underlying data related to [analytic metric] that would otherwise take hours to (manually?) compile. (I didn't like the extra clause - in just a few minutes, but "automatically" might not be accurate.) |
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Feb 6 |
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Should dull dialogue be removed completely? Added details |
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Feb 6 |
answered | Should dull dialogue be removed completely? |
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Nov 9 |
awarded | Necromancer |
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Nov 4 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Aug 21 |
answered | Does a technical writer need a technical background? |
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Aug 16 |
awarded | Editor |
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Aug 16 |
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What's the significance of ancient mythology in literature? Added moere details |
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Aug 16 |
answered | What's the significance of ancient mythology in literature? |
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Jul 24 |
answered | Writing a programming book: how to present directory structures |
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Jul 18 |
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How to separate scenes in a chapter? I've seen some stories that used a graphic symbol - possibly spaced and repeated more than once (sort of like a dingbat) between scenes. It has a slightly different feel than the other methods described. |
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Jul 18 |
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If I'm going to hire a copyeditor, do I need to do any proofing myself? What these people usually can't catch is: did you say what you meant to say. Sometimes, reading text again from a more removed viewpoint of just fixing typos will cause something to jump out at you that might have slipped by when you were in the groove of knowing exactly what you meant and seeing it whether it was there or not. Believing is seeing. |
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Jun 1 |
answered | Does this writing create emotion in the reader? |
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Jun 1 |
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How to leverage social proof? +1 for shagging, LOL, but the rest of the answer is pretty good too. Combine this with the case study/statistics answer. |
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May 24 |
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Do I have to revise my book on paper? In addition to these good answers: You can see more context on (several sheets of) paper. People retain far more when viewing paper than on screen or in a movie. I can't site the source of the research, but when you retain more, that's also more context to look for things like flow and consitency. |
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May 24 |
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My cool character is doing nothing for the plot. How do I deal with him? RE The Xander ... Check out "The Common Man" in the play (not the movie!) A Man For All Seasons. He has no real role other than observing, but he's one of my favorite characters. |
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May 18 |
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How can you write less to say more? Along the same lines as refactoring, consider a top down approach. This is most easily done with something that supports hypertext (not hard copy). Tell them precisely the steps/concepts that are needed and provide references to more detail on each step. That way an expert can quickly recall the material and other readers can find the supporting material that explains it - with the added benefit that they can see the overall picture before learning all the details. This may even have the side benefit of making updates easier when the details change, but the overall process does not. |
