Because vinmonopolet ("the wine monopoly", the only place to get wine) is stately driven its prices are regulated by law. Everything gets a tax depending on the alcohol content and then a flat fee is added on top of that. The trick is that noting of this is connected to what polet (or "the pole" as it is know) actually paid for the wine.
When they have a really good wine they cannot point to demand and raise the prices as a private store owner would do. This makes cheap high-end wine. I have heard tales of Frenchmen coming up here to buy expensive wine and sell with a profit back home, but have not been able to confirm this.
Sadly, I cannot afford the high-end stuff. I am stuck with the pricey low-end.
Smalahove. How could you not mention the smalahove?
Actually I am trying this for the first time in a couple of weeks. I really really want to eat the eye for the bragging rights, but somehow I don't think I am going to do it. It might depend on this little fellow
Maybe the scientists at CERN can discover some hidden force of nature, a Force that may be with them in their fight against the Avian Empire?
Or maybe we could genetically modify this swineflu into something that kills birds...? That would be awesome, and it's pretty safe to assume nothing can go wrong.
A couple of years ago, readers was doing LOTS of duplicate posts and that has been cleaned up tremedously. It's kinda nice to see a dupe now and then to remind me of those heady days of 2007, ahhhh, how I miss them
I find it OK. Not great, not bad. I usually just enable GPS, go to training-mode, lock the bezel ring (as they call it) and push the start button.
I have ventured into the various menus and changed miles to metric etc, so I have some experience with it. It is easy to touch the bezel and change a value when you wanted to go the the next menu item instead, though. It works the other way too. Once in training mode I can easily unlock, tap to the screen I want and lock again.
As a reference, I have used the interface for some menu-exploring and about 6 hours of exercise.
I have the Forerunner 405, and I am quite pleased.
You can dump the data as an xml-file with GPS-coordinates, heart rate, elevation etc for each logged point. (I dont have en example at the moment)
The garmin site for publishing tracks is somewhat cumbersome to use, but works nicely when you get used to it. It has functionality for both importing and exporting.
However, as with the iphone, the elevation tracking jumps wildly. I know from painful experience that the Berlin Marathon is quite flat, but it keeps on insisting I had a 2000m ascend.
What would you need to write with for it to show up in the scan?
After they started banning all forms of liquids (over 100cl), I have felt the urge to show up with a big block of ice and send it through. Might start an interesting discussion.
Could someone (with a lot of free spare time) try this for me?
I remember installing DVD Genie on my computer many years ago. Besides letting me change my region settings as times as i wanted, it did the nice assumption of thinking non-skippable content was crap, and skipped it for you.
Yes, after i calmed down I guessed that was what you meant, but too late. Already posted.
I tried the scenarios above as well after my initial tests. Not much difference there.
For what it's worth, i didnt know java used stringbuffer internally for concatenation, so I did learn something today. (which makes it a good day). But i do want credit for actually writing my own tests and investigating the matter:)
You theoretically don't need to really know the code that javac generates for string concatenation, but in practice you can tell the difference in the code of those who know that "string1=string2+string3" spawns a StringBuffer too and those who think that spawning their own a StringBuffer is some magical optimization. Etc.
I always use StringBuffer for String concatenation.. So I tested it, java 1.5.0_10.
Loop1:
String one = "";
for(some limit) {
one += createString();
}
Loop2:
StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
for(some limit){
buf.append(createString);
} ;
For 50.000 iterations I get (in ms)
+ : 397131
buf: 51
I hear about americans reading at an Xth grade level all the time. Could someone break down the levels for me? Maybe I can even find out what level I am on. (Do I level up by writing "what level I'm on" ?) That would be sweet.
At work we actually have a LED-matrix showing more or less useful information about our project. (My boss's boss said we could get a flat screen tv, but my boss wanted something tacky)
Now it runs standard test suites against svn head and displays the result, together with the difference from last test.
It also says things like : 'Branch maintenence failed, last commiter was userXXX.'
The Concorde was a foot or two wider during flight. A pilot once put his hat between two cabinets/shelves/storage units (can't remember) during flight. When they landed and he wanted his hat back, it was so squeezed in between the shelves it was impossible. It had to be removed on the next flight.
According to Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson, at least.
For a different version of Carcassonne, try using a snakes and ladders game as the score board. This way, you can really be mean to your fellow players by giving them a point or two, or finishing their city/road/whatever at the right time. Very fun. It changes the game a great deal.
As the points at the end of the game are collected in random order, don't use any snakes/ladders while counting them.
Slashdot Mirror
Also, after some exercise you deserve a beer.
The ultimate duel: can WIPO properly handle baguettes?
Good wine is cheap, bad wine expensive.
Because vinmonopolet ("the wine monopoly", the only place to get wine) is stately driven its prices are regulated by law. Everything gets a tax depending on the alcohol content and then a flat fee is added on top of that. The trick is that noting of this is connected to what polet (or "the pole" as it is know) actually paid for the wine.
When they have a really good wine they cannot point to demand and raise the prices as a private store owner would do. This makes cheap high-end wine. I have heard tales of Frenchmen coming up here to buy expensive wine and sell with a profit back home, but have not been able to confirm this.
Sadly, I cannot afford the high-end stuff. I am stuck with the pricey low-end.
We are beginning to catch up. The words "terrorist" and "pedophile" are used as often as possible to get what you want politically.
Smalahove. How could you not mention the smalahove?
Actually I am trying this for the first time in a couple of weeks. I really really want to eat the eye for the bragging rights, but somehow I don't think I am going to do it. It might depend on this little fellow
Maybe the scientists at CERN can discover some hidden force of nature, a Force that may be with them in their fight against the Avian Empire?
Or maybe we could genetically modify this swineflu into something that kills birds...? That would be awesome, and it's pretty safe to assume nothing can go wrong.
A couple of years ago, readers was doing LOTS of duplicate posts and that has been cleaned up tremedously. It's kinda nice to see a dupe now and then to remind me of those heady days of 2007, ahhhh, how I miss them
That was smart!
Find all the +5 funny replies from yesterday and repost them!
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'He, who has quotes in his signature, is a duche' - unknown.
I just type /. and Opera takes me here.
I find it OK. Not great, not bad. I usually just enable GPS, go to training-mode, lock the bezel ring (as they call it) and push the start button.
I have ventured into the various menus and changed miles to metric etc, so I have some experience with it. It is easy to touch the bezel and change a value when you wanted to go the the next menu item instead, though. It works the other way too. Once in training mode I can easily unlock, tap to the screen I want and lock again.
As a reference, I have used the interface for some menu-exploring and about 6 hours of exercise.
I have the Forerunner 405, and I am quite pleased. You can dump the data as an xml-file with GPS-coordinates, heart rate, elevation etc for each logged point. (I dont have en example at the moment)
The garmin site for publishing tracks is somewhat cumbersome to use, but works nicely when you get used to it. It has functionality for both importing and exporting.
However, as with the iphone, the elevation tracking jumps wildly. I know from painful experience that the Berlin Marathon is quite flat, but it keeps on insisting I had a 2000m ascend.
yay, more norwegians! With at least 3 of us/europeans here you could force /. to use metric right?
What would you need to write with for it to show up in the scan?
After they started banning all forms of liquids (over 100cl), I have felt the urge to show up with a big block of ice and send it through. Might start an interesting discussion.
Could someone (with a lot of free spare time) try this for me?
I remember installing DVD Genie on my computer many years ago. Besides letting me change my region settings as times as i wanted, it did the nice assumption of thinking non-skippable content was crap, and skipped it for you.
Yes, after i calmed down I guessed that was what you meant, but too late. Already posted. :)
I tried the scenarios above as well after my initial tests. Not much difference there.
For what it's worth, i didnt know java used stringbuffer internally for concatenation, so I did learn something today. (which makes it a good day). But i do want credit for actually writing my own tests and investigating the matter
You theoretically don't need to really know the code that javac generates for string concatenation, but in practice you can tell the difference in the code of those who know that "string1=string2+string3" spawns a StringBuffer too and those who think that spawning their own a StringBuffer is some magical optimization. Etc.
I always use StringBuffer for String concatenation.. So I tested it, java 1.5.0_10.
Loop1:
String one = "";
for(some limit) {
one += createString();
}
Loop2:
StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
for(some limit){
buf.append(createString);
}
;
For 50.000 iterations I get (in ms)
+ : 397131
buf: 51
So.. Anything I missed?
createString: return String.valueOf((int)(Math.random()*100000));
If I remember correctly from Simon Singh's Big Bang, the world record for scientific funding is 5% of GDP.
Tycho Brahe got 5% of Denmark's GDP at his height.
"could barely read at an 8th grade level"
I hear about americans reading at an Xth grade level all the time. Could someone break down the levels for me? Maybe I can even find out what level I am on. (Do I level up by writing "what level I'm on" ?) That would be sweet.
At work we actually have a LED-matrix showing more or less useful information about our project. (My boss's boss said we could get a flat screen tv, but my boss wanted something tacky)
Now it runs standard test suites against svn head and displays the result, together with the difference from last test.
It also says things like : 'Branch maintenence failed, last commiter was userXXX.'
dark hallway and see a vague shape jump around the corner.
Somewhere in Myst IV i saw Sirrus or Achenar walk by on the other side of a window. That scared the shit of out me.
I'll reply to myself with a link, after I did some googling. It contains a picture of the hat-episode. (search in page for "hat in the seam")
Why was an explosion a success? I would think getting it the ground in one piece would be better, but what do I know.
The Concorde was a foot or two wider during flight. A pilot once put his hat between two cabinets/shelves/storage units (can't remember) during flight. When they landed and he wanted his hat back, it was so squeezed in between the shelves it was impossible. It had to be removed on the next flight.
According to Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson, at least.
For a different version of Carcassonne, try using a snakes and ladders game as the score board. This way, you can really be mean to your fellow players by giving them a point or two, or finishing their city/road/whatever at the right time. Very fun. It changes the game a great deal.
As the points at the end of the game are collected in random order, don't use any snakes/ladders while counting them.
Didn't some japanese airlines give its customers DSs as entertainment on long flights a couple of years ago?