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Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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> On Mittwoch 04 November 2009, Erik wrote: |
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>> Stroller skrev: |
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>>> On 4 Nov 2009, at 13:22, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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>>>> ... |
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>>>> There are four options here, first day of week, first working day of |
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>>>> week, last working day of week and day of the week for religious |
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>>>> observance. It would appear your locale uses a different translation! |
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>>> I am torn as whether to find this funny or improper. |
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>>> Only when I know what it's supposed to say I really like the joke that |
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>>> both are equally important. Why indeed give religious observance a |
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>>> higher priority?!?! |
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>> I have encountered arguments like this: |
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>> "Yes, there's a setting for that in the country/region settings module |
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>> but if you're not interested in it, it won't bother you. If you are, you |
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>> can have kontact or the calendar plasmoid show those days as special. |
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>> That's it. Sounds unproblematic to me." |
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>> My point is of course that in my desktop environment, I do not want an |
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>> option for either strip club attendance, religious observance, or |
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>> anything else that someone else might want to do once a week. |
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>> I would prefer to keep the desktop environment neutral (secular) by |
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>> default. If there is indeed a need for such an option to make sundays |
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>> red in the calendar, it would be more proper to call it sometning more |
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>> neutral, like "Weekly holiday", "Ceremonial weekday" or "Special |
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>> weekday". The user can then let that mean lap dance, prayer, family |
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>> dinner, hiking, hacking or whatever he may be interested in. |
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>> Yes, I know that "holiday" sounds like "holy day", but it still feels |
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>> broader than "relious observance". According to wikipedia, a holiday can |
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>> mean among other things "official or unofficial observances of |
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>> religious, national, or cultural significance". So the phrase "Weekly |
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>> holiday" covers the current meaning of the KDE option, but is meaningful |
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>> even to secular people. Therefore changing the phrase would make KDE |
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>> usage more acceptable in secular countries and by secular people. |
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> sounds like PC crap. |
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> Sundays are marked special, because most people don't have to work. Shops are |
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> closed and stuff like that. |
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> There is no need to bring in religion. |
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We think alike here. I was thinking PC crap as I read that, maybe not |
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crap but anyway. We got ESP or something? |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |