osculate |äskylt| verb [ trans. ] 1 Mathematics (of a curve or surface) touch (another curve or surface) so as to have a common tangent at the point of contact : [as adj. ] ( osculating) the plots have been drawn using osculating orbital elements. 2 formal or humorous kiss.
Seriously, surely the odds of being struck are much smaller than one in a million? Isn't it closer to one in a few billion, since there's a population of 6 billion and only 2 occurrences?
well the only other time it happened, in recorded history was 1954, how many people were on the planet then?
LOL! #1 is the reason google wants to create it's own browser, if you don't look at the adds they don't make money. I will eat my hat if google releases/allows an Ad Blocker plugin.
Well, if you had to order a dozen servers and you knew you were going to be running anything but windows, why would you pay the windows tax, and if they have a working linux kernel it may ensure drivers and configurations for linux, it may keep them from choosing hardware that is not compatible.
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osculate |äskylt|
verb [ trans. ]
1 Mathematics (of a curve or surface) touch (another curve or surface) so as to have a common tangent at the point of contact : [as adj. ] ( osculating) the plots have been drawn using osculating orbital elements.
2 formal or humorous kiss.
I'm not sure if he meant the former or the later
Seriously, surely the odds of being struck are much smaller than one in a million? Isn't it closer to one in a few billion, since there's a population of 6 billion and only 2 occurrences?
well the only other time it happened, in recorded history was 1954, how many people were on the planet then?
LOL! #1 is the reason google wants to create it's own browser, if you don't look at the adds they don't make money.
I will eat my hat if google releases/allows an Ad Blocker plugin.
Well, if you had to order a dozen servers and you knew you were going to be running anything but windows, why would you pay the windows tax, and if they have a working linux kernel it may ensure drivers and configurations for linux, it may keep them from choosing hardware that is not compatible.