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Date Posted: 12:42:08 11/19/03 Wed
Author: Alexandre Righi
Subject: My task # 7

INSTEAD_Most pages are in fact not worth the users' time, so experience encourages them to rely on information foraging. Instead of spending a lot of time on a single page, users move between many pages and try to pick the most tasty segments of each.
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/whyscanning.html

THOUGH_There is reasonable basis for speculation, though, why they chose a German cinema when all the other stores are Swedish. I see a conspiracy made up by two countries.
http://www.genstart.dk/log/justblog.asp?justblog=838

ACTUALLY_Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat (well we are actually but that's 'cos we've been out and about getting some new reviews) and the party season is upon us.
http://www.hove-actually.info/

ON THE OTHER HAND_Something Sinister
Earlier in our history, educators and parents tried to make left-handers write with their right hand. While most left-handed people do not suffer that type of discrimination today, the English language still isn't very kind to lefties:
· The word sinister means "left" in Latin. In French, it's gauche. Think about the meanings and connotations of these words, in contrast to the word dexter ("right" in Latin), from which we get the word "dexterous."
· A "left-handed compliment" is actually an insult.
· Someone described as having "two left feet" is not a very good dancer.
· Ideas that come "out of left field" are far-fetched.
· Another word for an extremist or radical is a "leftist."
· Think about the opposite for the word "left." Now, think about the opposite of the word "wrong." Notice an interesting coincidence?
On the other hand, most baseball fans know that "southpaws" have a definite advantage on the pitcher's mound.
http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2001/12/121001_lefthanded.jhtml

AT THE SAME TIME_Selecting Multiple Objects At The Same Time
When you're selecting objects in the Library Explorer or Book Contents, you can select more than one object at the same time, and then perform the same action with all of them (like deleting or moving them, for example).
http://www.author-it.com/docs/html/userguide/html/1821.htm

FIRST OFF_First off, welcome to the University of Limerick Computer Society.

This document will show you how to connect to our network, known as SkyNet, and how to navigate its many parts.

After reading this booklet, you should be able to:

·Connect to Skynet with the greatest of ease
·Send and receive emails with your very own @skynet.ie email address
http://www.skynet.ie/~maddenj/introdoc/intro.doc

First off, I’d like to write this as short as I can. Though it’s a very interesting exercise, time is pressing us all the time. On the other hand, I know that I still have plenty of time to live, but at the same time this is very contradicting, since I am living right now, aren’t I? Well, instead of being seated here writing this text, I actually rather be someplace else, so good bye...

Hope you liked it…

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