Does anyone here play java games on their cellphone? I here thats really taking off over in Europe.

The Nokia 9290 is the PDA/phone that Id really like to get. It has full internet browsing, not just a text only clipped format. You can send emails with attachments and has all the programs that synchronize with windows apps like word and accel. I really the like idea of a large screen and full keyboard instead of pumping away at a numpad to send messages. Sony Ericsson makes the p800 which has all these software features but is the size of a normal cellphone. With a bluetooth folding full size keyboard I think I could really like that one also.

Originally posted by Srbin
that thing looks like any plane out there, F-15, Su-27, Mig-29, whatever.

Mine was specifically a vertically tailless platform with long wings that blend into the fuselage and are bent.

The reason your doesn’t look like a su-27 is that you cheated on the front view by not showing 2 engines. The engines on your drawing are almost as big as the fuselage, so you would see them both to the side of the fuselage which you can on mine. Yes your wing is more of a cranked arrow like on the F-16XL, so that is a difference, but mine is also a blended wing with LERX as yours is. So instead of saying improved, lets just say mine is a modified and more spacial realistic.

Heres my improved Srbin fighter done in MS paint with my mouse.

Anyone remember Tank? This is back in 76 way before the pacman, spaceinvader type arcade explosion. It was 2 people playing side by side, each with a 2 joysticks. And you slugged it out in a maze type area. Man that was fun, and I have yet to find a program like that anywhere for pc.

Originally posted by Shorty01
Mixtec wrote.

It IS spoken with an accent if you come from England or europe matey. I’m sorry, but I have to agree with the French who object to having their language ba5tardised with “americanisms”. The advantage the French have is that the incorrect usage of words is more obvious. Just because a large portion of the planet uses American English doesn’t mean it is correct English, just as some regional dialects in England are not correct English. The reason that a lot of Europeans speak English with an American accent is that a large portion of the media is American based. The deployment of US forces in Europe means additional exposure to the accent. An interesting point is that a large number of asians with whom Britain is connected via it’s colonial past speak with as English accent.

A better solution would be to refer to American English as speaking “American”.

I come from England, I am English, my mother tongue is English, It is called English because of where it comes from, just as I am. I resent being told by someone that it is not the correct version.

The reason that European english sounds american has nothing to do with the media or armed forces deployment. If you’ve ever heard a European speak english in an old film, say back in the 30s, you’ll see their english is the same as now. Thats because they are taught Oxford enlish which is english with absolute grammatical and phonetic precision. I’m not saying that british english isn’t correct, just that the majority speak it with some form of accent just as americans have their local accents.

Originally posted by Shorty01
I don’t have anything against the Americans, but if they want a separate language, fair enough, just don’t pass it off as English.
Still, it’s not restricted to English, I heard (urban myth probably) about a Spaniard in my industry who was told he spoke very good Spanish for a European !

Anyone in the world can tell you that American english is correct english since it is spoken without an accent. The english that is spoken by most Europeans sounds like american english and not british english. American engish is pretty much the standard english taught thoughout the world. And your anecdote about the spaniard being told he spoke good spanish is no doubt true as spanish speak with an accent whereas spanish in latin america is spoken phonetically correct.