In Norway, we call them "Lego-klosser" (Lego bricks) as well. You might get a way with "Har du Lego?" (Got Lego?), meaning "Do you have a set of lego bricks?". Because Lego was invented in Denmark, and Norway is a Scandinavian country too, I think that should set the precedence.
I think I have vaugely heard about that particular device. I mean, everyone knows about antimatter engines, holodecks, "beam me down", etc... The tricorder tho... You don't see it *that* often. Not an integral part of the series...
Not all geeks watch TV. Many of us think the Internet is more fun than the idiot box. Thus, many geeks have not seen Star Trek. Not many episodes of it, anyway.;)
Actually, we've had a right-winged government for some time now, trying to privatize everything, and things seem to have become worse. Besides, if taxes were reduced, people would get lower pay (society tends to make sure things are in balance) and more money would be spent on things like health insurance, and we'd be back at square one again. At least that's how I suspect it might turn out.
Peh! As a fellow Norwegian I think we're just being whimps. High pay minus high taxes equals regular western standard of living. We're a beurocratic country, but our government provides us with a protective social bubble in return. Also, we're in the middle of nowhere, so no bombs or terrorists coming our way. Personally, I'm glad we're small and filthy rich.
Oops! Forgot to thank you for the compliment. No, I don't use translation software. You'd be at a loss about whether to laugh or cry if you saw the online NO/EN translators out there.
UrbanDictionary is good, the definitions at times very biased or humoristic, but still a useful tool. I'm also fond of Dictionary.com, Wikipedia and my trusty Clue NO EN dictionary. Didn't occur to me to look up computer slang at the former site, though.
A lot of people have "always wanted to visit Norway". I don't find our mass of tourists overwhelming, though, so I figure we're not that exotic. After all, one does get bored with fjords and mountains after a while, and you can't have a beer in a pub without coughing up $8 for a half liter glass.;) Oh well...
From your question I take it that this is something you took for granted that I knew about? Maybe I don't know about it simply because I'm Norwegian. I don't think I've ever heard it refered to as "Celery". It doesn't work quite as well either, as the Norwegian (and Italian) word for "celery" is "seleri".
What I wanted to point out was that I think work should be only a small part of your life. It certainly shouldn't take up most of your day. If you start thinking statistics, you spend more hours either preparing for, travelling to/from and recovering from work than you spend realizing yourself. A regular nine to five job takes up 8 hours of your day. To that you can probably add a *minimum* of 1 hour of travel. You end up with at least 9 hours of your day spent working. If we assume that the average worker gets tired around 11, that leaves you with 6 hours of spare time. If we add in vacations and weekends, it becomes more, but a daily portion of 6 hours of spare time (and you can subtract meals, grooming, house work, etc from that) isn't really enough to get going with anything time consuming. I say if that's how the rest of my life is going to be, then I'm disappointed. Personally, I can only hope that I find work that is interesting, or I will be unhappy.
The MAME team probably doesn't see the point in trademarking their product. This guy comes along and does it. I think maybe he should've asked the MAME team about this, do a little inquiry "Can we sponsor you with a registered trademark?" or something. They're probably not going to use the MAME trademark to sell their own stuff.
Many of the statements Bill Gates makes in his interviews directly contradict what even seasoned Windows system administrators know. I think he's doing it to wreak ridicule on the competition and make it seem insignificant.
He could build such a stronger case if he stopped denying facts. Windows can stand up against Linux just fine. There's no need to lie.
*smacks self for not using Preview button*
Some self-corrections:
"Humans are evolved" => "Humans evolved"
"can be viewed" => "could be viewed"
"egoism is just" => "egoism would just be"
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*nods* Hyphen added in quote to display word separation, but not actually written in regular text.
In Norway, we call them "Lego-klosser" (Lego bricks) as well. You might get a way with "Har du Lego?" (Got Lego?), meaning "Do you have a set of lego bricks?". Because Lego was invented in Denmark, and Norway is a Scandinavian country too, I think that should set the precedence.
cdrecord and cdrdao have had native ATAPI support for a while now.
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cdrecord dev=ATA:1,1,0
That's a good question. I'm an optimist. I think social welfare and a slim beurocracy can be combined.
So how do you expect me to know it's a tricorder if they never mention it by name?
I think I have vaugely heard about that particular device. I mean, everyone knows about antimatter engines, holodecks, "beam me down", etc... The tricorder tho... You don't see it *that* often. Not an integral part of the series...
Not all geeks watch TV. Many of us think the Internet is more fun than the idiot box. Thus, many geeks have not seen Star Trek. Not many episodes of it, anyway. ;)
Actually, we've had a right-winged government for some time now, trying to privatize everything, and things seem to have become worse. Besides, if taxes were reduced, people would get lower pay (society tends to make sure things are in balance) and more money would be spent on things like health insurance, and we'd be back at square one again. At least that's how I suspect it might turn out.
Peh! As a fellow Norwegian I think we're just being whimps. High pay minus high taxes equals regular western standard of living. We're a beurocratic country, but our government provides us with a protective social bubble in return. Also, we're in the middle of nowhere, so no bombs or terrorists coming our way. Personally, I'm glad we're small and filthy rich.
Oops! Forgot to thank you for the compliment. No, I don't use translation software. You'd be at a loss about whether to laugh or cry if you saw the online NO/EN translators out there.
UrbanDictionary is good, the definitions at times very biased or humoristic, but still a useful tool. I'm also fond of Dictionary.com, Wikipedia and my trusty Clue NO EN dictionary. Didn't occur to me to look up computer slang at the former site, though.
;) Oh well...
A lot of people have "always wanted to visit Norway". I don't find our mass of tourists overwhelming, though, so I figure we're not that exotic. After all, one does get bored with fjords and mountains after a while, and you can't have a beer in a pub without coughing up $8 for a half liter glass.
Sssh! Be vewy vewy quiet! I'm buwning my powno!
From your question I take it that this is something you took for granted that I knew about? Maybe I don't know about it simply because I'm Norwegian. I don't think I've ever heard it refered to as "Celery". It doesn't work quite as well either, as the Norwegian (and Italian) word for "celery" is "seleri".
Of course I'm aware of that. What would I be doing here on Slashdot in any other case? But "Celery" instead of "Celeron"? Was that just a bad pun?
Pentium II Celery??
No, I am not forgetting weekends. If you properly RTFP you'll see that, plus my reasoning for why that doesn't help you much.
What I wanted to point out was that I think work should be only a small part of your life. It certainly shouldn't take up most of your day. If you start thinking statistics, you spend more hours either preparing for, travelling to/from and recovering from work than you spend realizing yourself. A regular nine to five job takes up 8 hours of your day. To that you can probably add a *minimum* of 1 hour of travel. You end up with at least 9 hours of your day spent working. If we assume that the average worker gets tired around 11, that leaves you with 6 hours of spare time. If we add in vacations and weekends, it becomes more, but a daily portion of 6 hours of spare time (and you can subtract meals, grooming, house work, etc from that) isn't really enough to get going with anything time consuming. I say if that's how the rest of my life is going to be, then I'm disappointed. Personally, I can only hope that I find work that is interesting, or I will be unhappy.
Mod parent funny!
One of my mottos is "Don't live for work. Work to live."
Most people don't follow it...
*steals one*
The MAME team probably doesn't see the point in trademarking their product. This guy comes along and does it. I think maybe he should've asked the MAME team about this, do a little inquiry "Can we sponsor you with a registered trademark?" or something. They're probably not going to use the MAME trademark to sell their own stuff.
Many of the statements Bill Gates makes in his interviews directly contradict what even seasoned Windows system administrators know. I think he's doing it to wreak ridicule on the competition and make it seem insignificant.
He could build such a stronger case if he stopped denying facts. Windows can stand up against Linux just fine. There's no need to lie.
Well, considering that CmdrTaco founded Slashdot...
*smacks self once more for not selecting Plain Old Text*
Some self-corrections:
"Humans are evolved" => "Humans evolved"
"can be viewed" => "could be viewed"
"egoism is just" => "egoism would just be"
*smacks self for not using Preview button* Some self-corrections: "Humans are evolved" => "Humans evolved" "can be viewed" => "could be viewed" "egoism is just" => "egoism would just be"