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Examples include Porky Pig, who is more sensible and calmer than Daffy Duck in later short films; similarly, Sancho Panza is more rational than Don Quixote. It is typical for the character and sidekick to be of the same gender — otherwise the term "sidekick" is replaced with "partner" or "companion".
Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of messages where the sender uses symbolic codes, known to the recipient, rather than a physical exchange of an object bearing the message. Thus flag semaphore is a method of telegraphy, whereas pigeon post is not.
A chain letter is a message that attempts to convince the recipient to make a number of copies and pass them on to a certain number of recipients. The "chain" is an exponentially growing pyramid (a tree graph) that cannot be sustained indefinitely.
When writing a document for business and academic purposes, BLUF helps in writing the message and argumentation because it features prominently a main "what" and "so what". Stating the key judgment and significance up front sets up the argument, ensures the message is clear, and highlights why the reader should care about the document.
This telegram was sent by Orville Wright in December 1903 from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, following the first successful airplane flight.. Telegram style, telegraph style, telegraphic style, or telegraphese [1] is a clipped way of writing which abbreviates words and packs information into the smallest possible number of words or characters.
// A class template to express an equality comparison interface. template < typename T > class equal_comparable {friend bool operator == (T const & a, T const & b) {return a. equal_to (b);} friend bool operator!= (T const & a, T const & b) {return! a. equal_to (b);}}; // Class value_type wants to have == and !=, so it derives from // equal_comparable with itself as argument (which is the CRTP ...
This relies on social context to make the underlying messages visible only to certain readers. [5] [6] Examples include: Hiding a message in the title and context of a shared video or image. Misspelling names or words that are popular in the media in a given week, to suggest an alternate meaning.
Although it is a relatively simple use-case and standard, FOAF has had limited adoption on the web. For example, the Live Journal and DeadJournal blogging sites support FOAF profiles for all their members, [4] My Opera community supported FOAF profiles for members as well as groups.