Well, racism is bad, and I'm sorry you were called names, endured abuse. But you can't ask someone to apologise for something that some people of the same race did centuries ago. To me, that's almost a form of racism. "You're white, therefore you were part of the problem."
I would disagree. Dutch is much more similar to English than French. The grammar is almost exactly the same, and a lot of words are the same. Ik lijk het huis. I like the house. It's almost readable even if you don't know it.
I wanted to translate "The only thing in common is the Latin alphabet, which the Finns use much better than English speakers since their language is much easier to spell." on Google Translate, but it's down for me right now. Try it yourself, and I bet it's fairly readable.
Really? So the drugs they give people with osteoporosis don't help it rebuild? I'm not disagreeing, I just thought that rebuilding bones was easily done.
That's probably because they still believe that the percentage of people that visit this site from the USA is large enough to annoy all the rest of use who don't. Yes, I am trolling slightly. Slightly.
I'd actually like to see a decent survey done. Nationality, languages spoken, where currently living.
Agreed. WHY does it take so long for my preview to load?
Because they're portscanning the IP you're coming from. Set it to REJECT rather than DROP from Slashdot's IP/range, and you'll find it almost instant. It's pretty annoying though for those of use who've been posting for years (yeah, I know my ID isn't low - I had one that was, but stopped posting for a while, and forgot it:( ).
You're right that it's a "clear shot" through the atmosphere, only about 70 miles away. However, the ISS has a very large footprint, and so you're competing against hundreds or thousands of other amateurs in the 3000 mile footprint. Plus, you'd be talking to fucking astronauts!:) I don't know many people who can say they've spoke to people in space. I'm sure that once I manage it, I'll move on to other things - that's the good thing about Amateur Radio - there are so many different facets to try. At the moment though, I only have a car to operate from, and only have an omni-directional antenna - which wastes about 99.99% of my output power. So I'm at a huge loss.
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For the Brits here, Foosball is table football. No idea why it's called that over there. Maybe from the German, Fußball?
Is that something to be proud of then?
There was an interesting program on UK TV - a black chef, Ainsley Harriot, traced his past back, and found out that some (one?) of his ancestors were actually slave traders. It shocked him, too. It's not always so ... dare I say it ... black and white.
Well, racism is bad, and I'm sorry you were called names, endured abuse. But you can't ask someone to apologise for something that some people of the same race did centuries ago. To me, that's almost a form of racism. "You're white, therefore you were part of the problem."
"Ik vind het huis fijn" ("I find the house nice").
Or, if you wanted to show someone how similar it is to English: I find the house fine.
I am bemused though. I've laboured under the idea that lijk = like in Dutch. Perhaps I need to swat up a bit.
Compare: That's the shit vs That's shit. Opposite meanings. That's the pants (which I've never heard used) vs That's pants is probably opposite too.
I'm sure there's plenty of online pursuits that quite happily tolerate an hour of round trip time. Slashdot, for one! ;)
Hmm. How do you win this thing then?
$200 dollars, day. $200/24 hours = $8.33/hour
Yep. Now try it like this: $200/(24 - 8). $12.5. Still not groundbreaking, but better.
The closest language to English is French.
I would disagree. Dutch is much more similar to English than French. The grammar is almost exactly the same, and a lot of words are the same. Ik lijk het huis. I like the house. It's almost readable even if you don't know it.
I wanted to translate "The only thing in common is the Latin alphabet, which the Finns use much better than English speakers since their language is much easier to spell." on Google Translate, but it's down for me right now. Try it yourself, and I bet it's fairly readable.
Really? So the drugs they give people with osteoporosis don't help it rebuild? I'm not disagreeing, I just thought that rebuilding bones was easily done.
So you'll have to put up with it, I'm afraid.
I could do with a pair of sucking Lisps right now.
That's probably because they still believe that the percentage of people that visit this site from the USA is large enough to annoy all the rest of use who don't. Yes, I am trolling slightly. Slightly.
I'd actually like to see a decent survey done. Nationality, languages spoken, where currently living.
Agreed. WHY does it take so long for my preview to load?
Because they're portscanning the IP you're coming from. Set it to REJECT rather than DROP from Slashdot's IP/range, and you'll find it almost instant. It's pretty annoying though for those of use who've been posting for years (yeah, I know my ID isn't low - I had one that was, but stopped posting for a while, and forgot it :( ).
You're right that it's a "clear shot" through the atmosphere, only about 70 miles away. However, the ISS has a very large footprint, and so you're competing against hundreds or thousands of other amateurs in the 3000 mile footprint. Plus, you'd be talking to fucking astronauts! :) I don't know many people who can say they've spoke to people in space. I'm sure that once I manage it, I'll move on to other things - that's the good thing about Amateur Radio - there are so many different facets to try. At the moment though, I only have a car to operate from, and only have an omni-directional antenna - which wastes about 99.99% of my output power. So I'm at a huge loss.
Cue. That is all.
I'm just hoping he spends lots of time on the Amateur Radio on the ISS, racking up lots of contacts with eager hams on the earth. Like me.
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Nope, haven't got that one. :(
you can't kill 15 people with less than 15 bullets
Sure you can. Some people (can't remember who) tied two living people together, and shot one. Both fell into the water, and the living one drowned.
Cue. Crisis.
You're welcome.
But that's the sort of misidentification than implanted RFID tags, and tattooed numbers on the skin will prevent? Can't you see the benefits?
Weaving around a bit, wasn't it? Someone should check the pilot's alcohol level - and let them know that flying a shuttle while drunk could be risky.
A lot of bosses have Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
How can I get this? Are there courses I can go on?
Hah :) Well, good stuff :) Do you know my Dad co-founded the South American Piping Association?
Sheesh! You're another Calum (with one l), and a Slashdotter! I'll make you a "friend" right away!