Help please. Dip switches and mach 3 settings

[cropwell]

Sod it Clive!

[Radu_Andrei]

:))

[cropwell]

:))

Does that mean you are happy or does it mean you have a double chin ?

[Radu_Andrei]

It means from what I.ve got, if I managed to understand it right, that Clive was a bit of a sod, by pointing out in detail the meaning of the lexicon used. No double chin here, just amused. :)
Still, I can.t help but asking, in usual dialogue, is this term used in a derogatory manner, or not? I mean like, for example in spanish, and perhaps in english as well, hijo de puta/son of a bitch, can be used as an offense, or as a casual expression, sometimes used by men to express respect to the achievements of other men, without sounding creepy. I can.t explain it better, but I.m sure you get the point. The tone of voice gives the meaning, not the words.

[Clive S]

sod it, its late good nite

[cropwell]

It means from what I.ve got, if I managed to understand it right, that Clive was a bit of a sod, by pointing out in detail the meaning of the lexicon used. No double chin here, just amused. :)
Still, I can.t help but asking, in usual dialogue, is this term used in a derogatory manner, or not? I mean like, for example in spanish, and perhaps in english as well, hijo de puta/son of a bitch, can be used as an offense, or as a casual expression, sometimes used by men to express respect to the achievements of other men, without sounding creepy. I can.t explain it better, but I.m sure you get the point. The tone of voice gives the meaning, not the words.

In fact, I was just obliquely pointing out that 'sod' can also be used as a verb e.g. 'sod off' means 'go away'. In English ' sod' is a fairly mild expression.
'Sod it' means that you are no longer interested in 'it' and also slightly annoyed with 'it'.

[Radu_Andrei]

Well.it.s quite appropriate for a non native english speaker to ˇˇsod offˇˇ at this point. Not meaning that I.m not interested or annoyed, but only that it.s too much english in here. :P

[AndyGuid]

It means from what I.ve got, if I managed to understand it right, that Clive was a bit of a sod, by pointing out in detail the meaning of the lexicon used. No double chin here, just amused. :)
Still, I can.t help but asking, in usual dialogue, is this term used in a derogatory manner, or not? I mean like, for example in spanish, and perhaps in english as well, hijo de puta/son of a bitch, can be used as an offense, or as a casual expression, sometimes used by men to express respect to the achievements of other men, without sounding creepy. I can.t explain it better, but I.m sure you get the point. The tone of voice gives the meaning, not the words.

You're quite correct Radu_Andrei, these expressions are often used as a bit of fun and in jest, or the opposite meaning of what the dictionary says they mean.

People down here in Austraya speak a language that is vaguely similar to English, so something like "you bastard!" is NOT actually derogatory, because we often insult people as a term of endearment.

[Radu_Andrei]

Got it. Thank you for the info AndyGuid.
As much as I enjoy the subject, I guess we should stick to the cnc topic.
I.m considering starting some yoga/meditation thing to become more focused, in order to overcome Rob.s lexicon temptations.

[Radu_Andrei]

Regarding the new desktop pc I received and tested. It has windows xp installed on a HDD. All drivers included.
I.m gonna leave it as it is now as it works just fine, but in the future, when the HDD fails, and will have to do a brand new windows installation, I would very much like to have the drivers saved somewhere.
How can I do this? Or is there a way to create a windows backup or something for the future new hard drive?