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* wwn/wn20010621_98.xml,
wwn/wn20010706_99.xml,
wwn/wn20030829_185.xml,
wwn/wn20030912_187.xml,
wwn/wn20031108_195.xml
Assorted typo/case/spelling fixes.
--
Francois Gouget fgouget@xxxxxxx http://fgouget.free.fr/
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment
-- Barry LePatnerIndex: wwn/wn20010621_98.xml
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diff -u -r1.4 wn20010621_98.xml
--- wwn/wn20010621_98.xml 10 Nov 2003 16:36:43 -0000 1.4
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@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
the license or you do not.</p>
<p>The analogy is quite good even in other areas:
-Even if you are on somebodies land you do not nessary
+Even if you are on somebody's land you do not necessarily
trespass either because of copyright like "fair use"
requirements in the law of most countries.</p>
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--- wwn/wn20010706_99.xml 10 Nov 2003 16:36:43 -0000 1.3
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@@ -124,13 +124,13 @@
because they are Win16 functions calling Win16
functions.
</p><p>
- I do not say this is nessary wrong, but are
+ I do not say this is necessarily wrong, but are
you (Dimitry) really sure this is how it should be?
</p><p>
Sure it probably runs a little faster, but then Win16
applications on a modern computer are likely to be
_very_ fast, so it is really worth risking potential
- compabillity errors because of some probably irrelavant
+ compatibility errors because of some probably irrelevant
speed differences.
</p><p>
Not that functions like DeleteObject are likely to
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@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
like they haven't officially announced this yet. It does seem
fair game though since it's being announced in the trade press
and there's a public web site. From the datasheet on their web site:</p>
-<quote who="Transgaming"><p>
+<quote who="TransGaming"><p>
AclereX® Enterprise Migrationware allows corporations to run existing
Windows applications on their Linux desktop - transparent and
seamlessly.</p><p>
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--- wwn/wn20030912_187.xml 19 Sep 2003 16:51:32 -0000 1.2
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@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
<a href="http://www.transgaming.com/showthread.php?news=78";>
development status and voting report</a>:</p>
-<quote who="Transgaming"><p>
+<quote who="TransGaming"><p>
TransGaming's Toronto and Ottawa offices were both hit by the massive
power outage that affected about 50 million people in portions of the
US and Canada. As late afternoon rolled around, our computers abruptly
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@@ -89,12 +89,12 @@
and CVS have seen less activity than they have in the previous
few months. </p>
-<p>Part of that means it's a little harder to find news stories..
+<p>Part of that means it's a little harder to find news stories...
but of course that's why Google exists. I found a page describing
how to use Wine to run some
<a href="http://www.ccp14.ac.uk/solution/wine/";>specialized scientific</a>
(crystallography) software. It appears these instructions have
-been around for a while, but the screenshots are still nice..
+been around for a while, but the screenshots are still nice...
</p>
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
</p></quote>
<p>The web page above includes more detail:</p>
-<quote who="Codeweavers"><p>
+<quote who="CodeWeavers"><p>
Everyone is welcome at the second semi regular conference of Wine enthusiasts. Come and gather with fellow Wine hackers to:
<ul>
<li> Discuss the future of Wine</li>
@@ -175,15 +175,15 @@
<p>Carlos Lozano posted some success stories for games running under
a standard Wine installation:</p>
<quote who="Carlos Lozano"><p>
-Is it time for playing games on WINE? Here goes some sucessfull stories :)
-If you need more screenshots, logs or another info about this games,
+Is it time for playing games on WINE? Here goes some successful stories :)
+If you need more screenshots, logs or another info about these games,
leave me know.
</p><p>
Date of the test: 20031101
</p><p>
<u>Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.</u>
</p><p>
- CDROM: Original disc, not necessary any trick.
+ CDROM: Original disc, no trick needed.
Additional wine patches: No
<ul>
<li> Install: Yes.</li>
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
<u>Commandos 3: Destination Berlin Demo</u></p><p>
- CDROM: Using the original disc, not necessary any trick.<br />
+ CDROM: Using the original disc, no trick needed.<br />
Additional wine patches:
<ul>
<a href="http://www.winehq.org/hypermail/wine-patches/2003/11/0000.html";>http://www.winehq.org/hypermail/wine-patches/2003/11/0000.html</a><br />
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
<u>Haegemonian Demo (no playable demo).</u></p><p>
- CDROM: Using the original disc, not necessary any trick.<br />
+ CDROM: Using the original disc, no trick needed.<br />
Additional wine patches:
<ul>
<a href="http://62.93.166.115/device.diff";>http://62.93.166.115/device.diff</a> -- (IDirect3DDevice8Impl_CopyRects)</ul>
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
<u>Anno 1602.</u></p><p>
- Notes: Using the original disc, not necessary any trick.<br />
+ Notes: Using the original disc, no trick needed.<br />
Additional wine patches:
<ul><a href="http://www.winehq.org/hypermail/wine-patches/2003/10/0274.html";>http://www.winehq.org/hypermail/wine-patches/2003/10/0274.html</a></ul></p><p>
<ul>
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@
<u>Praetoriam Demo.</u></p><p>
- Notes: Using the original disc, not necessary any trick.<br />
+ Notes: Using the original disc, no trick needed.<br />
Additional wine patches: No
<ul>
<li> Install: Yes (using native dlls for InstallShield 7)</li>
@@ -311,8 +311,8 @@
Wine's support for games. At one point
Raphael Junqueria remarked,
<quote who="Raphael Junqueira">
-And i have already a simple but working d3d9 prototype (who use a new d3dcore
-lib)</quote> Later in the week some of that new d3dcore arrive on wine=patches.
+And i have already a simple but working d3d9 prototype (which uses a new d3dcore
+lib)</quote> Later in the week some of that new d3dcore arrived on wine-patches.
</p>
</section>
@@ -325,11 +325,11 @@
enddate="11/08/2003"
>
<p>I remember back in the 80's the gaming industry discovered
-people could copy floppy disks. A few friends I used to spend
+people could copy floppy disks. With a few friends I used to spend
countless hours figuring out how to get around the latest copy
protection schemes. Ultimately we always discovered a solution -
finding a cracked game hacked by some underground group or a way to use
-one of the popular game copying programs. Fast forward 15 years..
+one of the popular game copying programs. Fast forward 15 years...
nothing has changed. Game manufacturers still use copy protection
and it's still as useless as always. I doubt any 14 year old has a
problem downloading the latest Grand Theft Auto cracked executable
@@ -376,9 +376,9 @@
The current status is (AFAIK):
<ul>
<li>2 was committed to wine CVS.</li>
-<li>The problems behind 1 and 3 were fixed in the meanwhile.</li>
+<li>The problems behind 1 and 3 were fixed in the meantime.</li>
<li>I have read a discussion about 4 on wine-devel. If I remember correctly it was
-aggreed that it should be added to wine sooner or later. But I dont see it
+agreed that it should be added to wine sooner or later. But I dont see it
yet in the CVS.</li>
<li>5 is the only part which is related to safedisc. The SECDRV device handler is
implemented in the secdrv.sys file which comes with the copy protected CD.
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@
Moreover, in the face of (L)GPL open-source software, it dissolves by
*design* - you can not withhold source-code if you want to release
binaries. IIRC, this was one of the major stumbling blocks for
-Transgaming and the Wine/LGPL debate - they have copyprotection support
+TransGaming and the Wine/LGPL debate - they have copyprotection support
that they legally can not dream of releasing source for. Some argue that
binaries are a form of source code anyway, and that you can "read" them
in the sense that you can interpret and modify their operation. However,
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@
"authorized" way to get access it's circumvention. It doesn't matter
at all whether it lets you use copied CDs or not.
</p><p>
-Besides, I 1don't see how you could possibly prove that our
+Besides, I don't see how you could possibly prove that our
implementation does exactly the same thing as the original one. Maybe
the original doesn't only prevent copied CDs, maybe it also checks the
phase of the moon or whatever, you have no way to make sure the
