I'm just trying to quantify my aesthetic objection to skinnier paper...
Who wants fat paper?
Being used to A4, I found US Letter paper to be unattractively squat, and US Legal too long to be practical. A4 sits nicely between the two sizes; the difference in width is much less noticable than the difference in length.
I'm afraid so. I've visited the USA a few times with work. On the TV ads for one of the newspapers, "US Today", they pronounce it "us today" not "yew ess today". My irritated retort was: "No, it's You Today, not me."
These (rather dubious) claims sound awfully like those attributed to red mercury, a mysterious (and probably mythical) powerful explosive substance. Note point 5 in the linked document, which suggests that "red mercury" may be a codeword for some kind of new nuclear material.
... Microsoft's forthcoming "Longhorn" release of the Windows operating system has been delayed until 2020 when the required hardware becomes available.
Six centuries is an awfully short time, and maybe encouraging space programs and building stations outside of Earth is probably a good idea.
Six centuries is long enough for me...
That's the problem with kids today (and tomorrow) - they expect everything handed to them on a plate.
Let 'em sweat it for a few centuries; it'll give them something to do apart from polishing their flying cars.
[tongue firmly in cheek]
I tried it for a while, but its habit of downloading the entire multi-megabyte package every time there was a signature update was annoying (for dial-up users...)
I've since switched to AVG Free Edition Which also works great and has regular incremental updates.
Unless little Wally realises they are lost and has been reduced to tears, knowing where they are this instant will be useful for only a few seconds.
I'm sure the mobile phone company is gleefully aware of this.
Why not fit the rugrats with something like those electric dog collars? If their squeals exceed X decibels or they move more than Y metres from their parent, they receive a little reminder from the collar... >:-)
Ironically, while Nigel had an Australian accent, he certainly wasn't an Australian Pelican.
Apart from the orange bill, he's almost certainly an American Brown Pelican.
SCO is rapidly using up their nine lives; even if they have now ceased to be, their stock price is still subject to dead cat bounces.
This will probably continue to rebound until they get really on the nose, and finally end with a splat.
Also, the Lyrids are not the first meteor shower of the year; the first of several showers before the Lyrids are the Quadrantids.
Downunder, but not left out...
Since Darth's new (old) outfit is a crotchless design (from the conception scene, where Anakin shows Amidala his "light saber"), you're probably better off with the TRON costume. There's nothing worse than losing your bails in a stumping.
Take your phone, and throw it through the window on the nearest building. A helpful member of the police will arrive shortly to give you directions, possibly starting from the local police station.
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I'm just trying to quantify my aesthetic objection to skinnier paper...
Who wants fat paper?
Being used to A4, I found US Letter paper to be unattractively squat, and US Legal too long to be practical. A4 sits nicely between the two sizes; the difference in width is much less noticable than the difference in length.
Now you know why some computers are referred to as "boat anchors".
Today is a good day to buy yesterday's computer - unless you like getting gouged for bleeding edge components, of course.
Is this really an "US and them" issue?
I'm afraid so. I've visited the USA a few times with work. On the TV ads for one of the newspapers, "US Today", they pronounce it "us today" not "yew ess today". My irritated retort was: "No, it's You Today, not me."
These (rather dubious) claims sound awfully like those attributed to red mercury, a mysterious (and probably mythical) powerful explosive substance. Note point 5 in the linked document, which suggests that "red mercury" may be a codeword for some kind of new nuclear material.
</tinfoil hat>
"... the newest, most hyped garbage ..." ;-)
Garbage is one of the few bands I'm prepared to pay new CD prices for!
... Microsoft's forthcoming "Longhorn" release of the Windows operating system has been delayed until 2020 when the required hardware becomes available.
Six centuries is an awfully short time, and maybe encouraging space programs and building stations outside of Earth is probably a good idea.
Six centuries is long enough for me...
That's the problem with kids today (and tomorrow) - they expect everything handed to them on a plate.
Let 'em sweat it for a few centuries; it'll give them something to do apart from polishing their flying cars.
[tongue firmly in cheek]
I tried it for a while, but its habit of downloading the entire multi-megabyte package every time there was a signature update was annoying (for dial-up users...)
I've since switched to AVG Free Edition Which also works great and has regular incremental updates.
Nice to see that the browser screenshots are Mozilla with the Modern theme instead of Internet Explorer.
I'd like a subtitle application. A smart application analyses voices and sends subtitles only I can see.
"He's lying."
LIAR.
HE'S A LIAR.
HE'LL RAPE YOU.
HE'LL KILL.
YOU KILL HIM FIRST.
("Blood", X-Files season 2 episode 3.)
The answer is clearly "university students", so the real question is "Which fraternity pulled off this prank of the millenium?"
Unless little Wally realises they are lost and has been reduced to tears, knowing where they are this instant will be useful for only a few seconds. I'm sure the mobile phone company is gleefully aware of this.
Why not fit the rugrats with something like those electric dog collars? If their squeals exceed X decibels or they move more than Y metres from their parent, they receive a little reminder from the collar... >:-)
Ironically, while Nigel had an Australian accent, he certainly wasn't an Australian Pelican.
Apart from the orange bill, he's almost certainly an American Brown Pelican.
SCO is rapidly using up their nine lives; even if they have now ceased to be, their stock price is still subject to dead cat bounces.
This will probably continue to rebound until they get really on the nose, and finally end with a splat.
Unfortunately for us, if satellites can more precisely measure this rise of the Earth's temperature, they cannot cure this fever.
Umm, make sure that the satellites cannot precisely measure the rise so that they can cure the fever? (With apologies to Heisenberg.)
Southern hemisphere won't see anything
Really? We've got the Pi-Puppids plus a circumpolar "bright" comet, C/2001 Q4 (NEAT).
Also, the Lyrids are not the first meteor shower of the year; the first of several showers before the Lyrids are the Quadrantids. Downunder, but not left out...
Since Darth's new (old) outfit is a crotchless design (from the conception scene, where Anakin shows Amidala his "light saber"), you're probably better off with the TRON costume. There's nothing worse than losing your bails in a stumping.
Great, now I've got the Crimson Permanent Assurance song playing in my head...
I've read the article, but I still don't understand how using Windows will give me more balls.
Take your phone, and throw it through the window on the nearest building. A helpful member of the police will arrive shortly to give you directions, possibly starting from the local police station.
Not with a bang but a whimper etc etc
It's a Nokia, so it may well go off with a bang.
...Colored markings on the street indicate the presence of volcano experts...
... who, having decided that a volcano isn't to blame after all, have taken up warchalking instead to keep themselves amused.
Or link it to another successful(?) franchise:
Star Wars Episode III: The Search For Plot.
For a moment there, I thought it said "Discworld".