That would be the Christians, Islamics, Judists(?), and Buddists:} The words you seek are "Muslims" (or other transliteration thereof), "Jews", and "Buddhists".
I'm willing to bet that a teacher who gets all hysterical over a essay probably isn't going to take too kindly to having an 80-year-dead corpse in the room.
My dad now religously records my advice in little lists and keeps them in a folder because I snapped at him after he asked me one too many times.
Did he look at you with sad puppy-dog eyes that said "don't shout at me, I'm old", making you feel very sad at the reversal of situations, and very very guilty indeed?
My dad does that, and I really really try to be kind and calm and patient. It's just not easy.
And with a physical disk, at least you have some control over how much advertising you have to watch before the movie starts (although analogue tape wins hands-down on this issue).
Call me cynical, but I can't help but believe that streamed movies will be prefixed with 20 minutes of un-skippable ads.
do some people really get a sore wrist from mousing?
Elbow, shoulder, and neck; in my case. An alternative which is as precise, as easy, and doesn't require me to move my hands from the keyboard is something I would seriously consider.
(I think my sore wrist has an entirely different cause.)
Just because they drive on the left doesn't mean I should be encouraged to
Of course it does: It you don't, then you're going to collide with oncoming traffic, and seriously piss off some English person who was innocently going about his day.
But fiction has a grain of fact in it to make it real.
That's the most wonderful sentence I've ever read.
Fiction... Fact... Real... Fiction is real?... Fiction is real when it's actually fact?... Some fact is real?... Some fiction is fact?... Tautology?... Oxymoron?... Both?
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I read it as meaning that its volume is -399 times the volume of a 1.8" hard drive, and it's -74 times as massive.
This didn't make any sense, so I stopped reading.
No.
Not since Windows 98, anyway.
It's probably for the best that he isn't.
I'm willing to bet that a teacher who gets all hysterical over a essay probably isn't going to take too kindly to having an 80-year-dead corpse in the room.
Irony: incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs Sounds about right..
That's "surprise", not "irony".
English, does not have an adequate word for this kind of struggle, but ironically Arabic does: jihad.
In what way is this 'ironic'?
My reading is that a pluton is also a planet, so that there would be 53 planets, of which 45 are plutons, and 8 aren't.
I agree implicitly.. They should do something big with it- like name a cartoon dog after it or something.
I notice that you have also agreed explicitly.
It's 'Firefox'. Not 'FireFox'.
Thanks for reading.
It doesn't.
The 'S' in AIDS stands for 'syndrome'.
Syndrome: A group of symptoms that collectively indicate or characterize a disease, psychological disorder, or other abnormal condition.
A group of symptoms is, clearly, unable to target anything or anyone.
I want one.
My problem with ebook readers to date has been the transmissive screens -- staring at a light-source is just not as comfortable as staring at paper.
I'm not even too worried about if/how the content is DRMed, since buying books is what money is for.
But what I don't really want to do is pay royalties for a book I've already paid royalties for.
What's the chance that ebooks will be available on a media-charge-only basis to those who already have the dead-tree edition? (Zero, I expect!)
I think that calling one of the planets "The Son" is just asking for confusion.
How about Pops, Junior, Spook (Rex, Mittens, Nibbles, etc...)
Gives God a nice family-friendly image, I think.
For example,"I think the planets should be renamed because they're named after fake gods."
Given that you Christians believe in one God (or is it three?), won't it get rather confusing if you name all the planets after him?
You won't be able to tell Uranus from Urelbow.
OK, I don't want to start a holly war here
Soliders attacking each other with spiky green leaves?
And now I've got to spend the rest of the day with that image in my head. Thanks.
how often do they fail on average?
Once.
My dad now religously records my advice in little lists and keeps them in a folder because I snapped at him after he asked me one too many times.
Did he look at you with sad puppy-dog eyes that said "don't shout at me, I'm old", making you feel very sad at the reversal of situations, and very very guilty indeed?
My dad does that, and I really really try to be kind and calm and patient. It's just not easy.
There is also a prequel called "When the Tripods Came" (I think).
Other essential John Christopher:
* Empty World
* Guardians
Anyone who enjoys those should also like:
* The Chrysalids (John Wyndham)
* Futuretrack 5 (Robert Westall)
I would rather be blown up than live in a police state.
If liberty is the cost of security then it isn't worth the price.
And another name for OSdir.com is "Gnome screenshots and more Gnome screenshots, with a few Gnome screenshots thrown in for good measure".
And with a physical disk, at least you have some control over how much advertising you have to watch before the movie starts (although analogue tape wins hands-down on this issue).
Call me cynical, but I can't help but believe that streamed movies will be prefixed with 20 minutes of un-skippable ads.
In my world, no-one 'decides': facts just are.
do some people really get a sore wrist from mousing?
Elbow, shoulder, and neck; in my case. An alternative which is as precise, as easy, and doesn't require me to move my hands from the keyboard is something I would seriously consider.
(I think my sore wrist has an entirely different cause.)
My apologies: I hate it when that happens.
Note to self: Check awake and alert before posting.
Just because they drive on the left doesn't mean I should be encouraged to
Of course it does: It you don't, then you're going to collide with oncoming traffic, and seriously piss off some English person who was innocently going about his day.
But fiction has a grain of fact in it to make it real.
... Fact ... Real ... Fiction is real? ... Fiction is real when it's actually fact? ... Some fact is real? ... Some fiction is fact? ... Tautology? ... Oxymoron? ... Both?
That's the most wonderful sentence I've ever read.
Fiction
I think my brain is about to explode.