Nah - he won for the Norwegian fjords. Not a whole lot of fjords in Denmark. Lots and lots in Norway. Come see our beautiful scenery! Come see... oh, sorry.
> On some channels, there are so few commercials that we actually show US "hour-long" TV shows in 45 minutes.
Yeah, in Norway, on the public service channel (NRK) that shows "The West Wing", each episode is 42-43 minutes. Ditto in Sweden.
Also very interesting when watching "24". Even though it's shown on a commercial channel, with breaks, there are a lot less than in the US, so that every now and then, the time within the show suddenly accelerates...:)
...so this'll be available shortly after the transporter?
It's a Nice Thing, but does anyone have any insight into exactly how far off into the future we are looking?
- speech recognition systems leave quite a lot to be desired - is there *anything* out there that's able to put stuff into context {so to speak} - if it's far enough off, the whole multiple-language thing will take care of itself - the number of languages is dwindling each year:-)
will be nice to have, though.
Oh - wait. Probably won't be in my time. And if it is, I'll probably be to old to figure out how to use it. Drat all these new-fangled things!
(need somewhere to keep my house keys, my car keys, my wallet, my lipstick(s), loose powder, comb, various other makeup items, various hair doodads, sunglasses, sunglass case...)
Yeah, they call it "The Little Ice-age" here in Norway (and elsewhere in Northern Europe) when they teach us about it in school.
During those times (the medieval ones), the glaciers grew far down into the valleys, forcing people to move downwards to the sea. Probably was more ice skating on fjords, too.
We actually now know that the black plague WASN'T spread by rats - in fact we don't know how it was spread, except it wasn't by rats.
Saw a documentary on the telly about it a month or so ago. Quite interesting - Danish documentary made in 2003, by DR TV. (How did they know it wasn't the rats? Something to do with the number of rats, the rate at which the plague spread, the climate and a few other things I can't recall.)
Back in the day (i.e 5 years ago), when I started out with Java, there were only those horrid "Teach yourself Java in 21 days", or even worse, "24 hours", books around. At least that I could get my hands on so that I could learn the basics of Java by the end of the week. Java was still very much the Next Big Thing, expected to Save the World, and "everyone" thought it was just for web-programming and applets, and though we were mad when we started using it for a large CORBA-based middleware project (J2EE and EJB wasn't invented yet).
Luckily for me, I had at least learnt my OOP properly (my university used Simula at the time - go Simula!), so it only took a few days with the "21 days" book, but I would dearly have loved something else...
Of course these days, having mastered Java, all one needs is Javadoc. Never mind the pros and cons of the actual language, Javadoc is truly a Good Thing when it comes to sharing APIs etc. within a project team. What ever would we have done without it?
I read both books a while ago, and my reaction was, as far as I can remember:
"The Keys of Egypt" - very interesting topic, a pity the storytelling wasn't any better (I thought it was a bit boring).
"In the Beginning" - equally interesting topic, good read, might even want to read it again some day.
Of course, I am not in the least an expert on the subject matters, and the authors could be lying through their teeth about these things for all I know, but that was what I thought as a Reader!
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Nah - he won for the Norwegian fjords.
Not a whole lot of fjords in Denmark. Lots and lots in Norway. Come see our beautiful scenery! Come see... oh, sorry.
> On some channels, there are so few commercials that we actually show US "hour-long" TV shows in 45 minutes.
:)
Yeah, in Norway, on the public service channel (NRK) that shows "The West Wing", each episode is 42-43 minutes.
Ditto in Sweden.
Also very interesting when watching "24". Even though it's shown on a commercial channel, with breaks, there are a lot less than in the US, so that every now and then, the time within the show suddenly accelerates...
I wish I had mod points.
...so this'll be available shortly after the transporter?
:-)
It's a Nice Thing, but does anyone have any insight into exactly how far off into the future we are looking?
- speech recognition systems leave quite a lot to be desired
- is there *anything* out there that's able to put stuff into context {so to speak}
- if it's far enough off, the whole multiple-language thing will take care of itself - the number of languages is dwindling each year
will be nice to have, though.
Oh - wait. Probably won't be in my time. And if it is, I'll probably be to old to figure out how to use it. Drat all these new-fangled things!
same as you.
:)
and my dad does keep his mobile phone on his belt!
well, I carry the handbag around anyways ;)
(need somewhere to keep my house keys, my car keys, my wallet, my lipstick(s), loose powder, comb, various other makeup items, various hair doodads, sunglasses, sunglass case...)
...not to mention that having all this stuff in your belt is soo mid-Nineties...
your dad has his phone on his belt. you don't.
(personally, I keep mine in my handbag. us girls gotta have some advantages!)
In Sovie^H^H^H^H^H Europe, Pager + Cell Phone equals "Mobile Phone".
Hi - Norwegian here!
...but I guess that's my problem.
Cold while waiting for new current!
Brr!
Yeah, they call it "The Little Ice-age" here in Norway (and elsewhere in Northern Europe) when they teach us about it in school.
During those times (the medieval ones), the glaciers grew far down into the valleys, forcing people to move downwards to the sea.
Probably was more ice skating on fjords, too.
The glaciers have since receded.
Ditto in Norway - we pay about $1 per litre (don't know how much per gallon, and frankly can't be bothered to google for it). Around 80 % is taxes.
And yet, the only country in the world that produces more oil than us, is Saudi Arabia. Does that help? No.
[begin rant]
State makes huge amounts of money on the oil. State makes huge amounts on money on petrol taxes.
(Of course, the oil money is supposed to pay for my old-age pension...)
[end rant]
:) ...they probably also had support from Rat Flea Union...
Going off-topic here...
We actually now know that the black plague WASN'T spread by rats - in fact we don't know how it was spread, except it wasn't by rats.
Saw a documentary on the telly about it a month or so ago. Quite interesting - Danish documentary made in 2003, by DR TV.
(How did they know it wasn't the rats? Something to do with the number of rats, the rate at which the plague spread, the climate and a few other things I can't recall.)
Fascinating, in a slightly morbid fashion....watching live coverage on the other side of the world (Norway).
Sky News, etc., showing New York and power plants.
At least they're saying it's absolutely NOT terrorism, and are being worried about the hot weather and the poor souls trapped in subways and things.
It all seems somewhat surreal (my apologies to those affected!).
the world gets smaller and smaller.
<nitpick>Neo and Smith</nitpick>
Neo and Smith ...sorry...
Ah, well - it's better than having too few.
Back in the day (i.e 5 years ago), when I started out with Java, there were only those horrid "Teach yourself Java in 21 days", or even worse, "24 hours", books around. At least that I could get my hands on so that I could learn the basics of Java by the end of the week.
Java was still very much the Next Big Thing, expected to Save the World, and "everyone" thought it was just for web-programming and applets, and though we were mad when we started using it for a large CORBA-based middleware project (J2EE and EJB wasn't invented yet).
Luckily for me, I had at least learnt my OOP properly (my university used Simula at the time - go Simula!), so it only took a few days with the "21 days" book, but I would dearly have loved something else...
Of course these days, having mastered Java, all one needs is Javadoc.
Never mind the pros and cons of the actual language, Javadoc is truly a Good Thing when it comes to sharing APIs etc. within a project team. What ever would we have done without it?
"The Keys of Egypt" - very interesting topic, a pity the storytelling wasn't any better (I thought it was a bit boring).
"In the Beginning" - equally interesting topic, good read, might even want to read it again some day.
Of course, I am not in the least an expert on the subject matters, and the authors could be lying through their teeth about these things for all I know, but that was what I thought as a Reader!