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#110953 08/26/03 10:12 AM
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http://snurl.com/25fm, or, for those who don't like having to sign in:
http://maxqnz.com/washpost.pdf


#110954 08/27/03 11:14 AM
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Thanks for that, Max.


#110955 08/27/03 12:56 PM
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That was cool; and thanks very much for making it so that I didn't have to sign in. The minute somebody tries to make me do something, I start to dig my heels in; if they (anybody) tell me I'm gonna have to sign in before I can read their dumb old article, then I'm just going to have to do without it.
Can anyone explain to me why my computer refuses to let me copy anything that I'm looking at in Acrobat Reader? And whether there's a way around it?


#110956 08/27/03 01:04 PM
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Maybe you have to download it, Jackie?


#110957 08/27/03 01:18 PM
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you have to get it out of the default Hand Tool mode (basically scroll mode, with the clever "hand" icon) into Text Select mode -- look for the big T on the tool bar. once you've clicked on that you can drag the mouse over the desired text and cut and paste in your usual manner (pull-down-edit or Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V). HTH.


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you have to get it out of the default
Oh oh, don't tell her that, she'll dig her heels in.


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Thanks for that, bro - very interesting, and typically kind in the trouble you went to on our behalf.

Curious to think that the burgeoing monotheistic faith led to the death of cuneiform script. I guess it's the natural corollary of the growth of power invested in a language by the social prestiege of the dominant social group that favours it. In other words, when a language no longer serves the interests of a powerful group it is likely to decline. I had just never thought so clearly of that process applying to a whole script system.


#110960 08/28/03 12:34 AM
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Ohmigawd--magic! YES, it works! Thank you thank you thank you! That lack of ability/knowledge has caused much frustration in this house, as my kids were trying to apply for various things, and told to fill in forms and print them out.


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Jackie, a word of caution. Some PDF files may have been created with document security that prevents any copying. So, if you try to copy using the method tsuwm outlined, and it doesn't work, that will be why.


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In other words, when a language no longer serves the interests of a powerful group it is likely to decline. Maybe in some cases, but I bet not in every one. I should think this would also occur when the powerful group was very small in number, compared to the general population. People would just go on talking among themselves, their language would change, and eventually the written form wouldn't correspond very much to actual conversational words. Or, as the article says, the powerful group could simply be overrun by outside invaders.


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