OK, I'll admit: seeing a "whoosh" below by an AC, I decided I'm missing the joke.
What I saw in broad terms: phyrexianshaw.ca stated that -42 deg C = -42 deg F, and you corrected that -42 deg F = -42 deg C. So either you didn't understand what you quoted (which I doubt), or there's an additional joke that I miss (quite probable).
Does the joke have to do with the fact that phyr mentioned that they are in Canada? e.g. Canadians are stupid and would make the pointless correction you made? Canadians insist on using Fahrenheit scale, therefore they would mention Fahrenheit first?
I sure hope I miss a good joke here (unlike the non-joke examples I mentioned) and some good person pops up to explain to me the joke.
> Doesn't work well for Alaska, fingerless gloves from now till April aren't viable.
They are viable (for extremely low values of viable); you just have to keep on shortening the glove finger everytime the blue-black stuff at the edge of your hand finger falls off. With a slow enough shortening pace, you won't even notice that April came and you'll still have stumps to go.
On the one hand, it's impressive, and a good/fresh idea: flexible gripping without opposable thumbs. On the other hand, its use is limited in a world where opposable thumbs and fingers is the norm, and I bet that doorknobs won't be that easy to turn. On the gripping hand, it's something that's needed and could/would be cheap technology put in good use; I'm talking about prosthetics, not robots, obviously.
An old email with the text "Congratulations! Your email address just won the 127.0.0.0/8 address space in a lottery draw, please come collect" does not take that many bytes to store...
About the feminine napkins and diapers: they've got towels and sheets, don't they? They'll do what people did before the invention of diapers and feminine napkins: use, wash, re-use. I believe there are lots of places on Earth that still practice this method. About razor blades: they can be resharpened (although not indefinitely, obviously). And yes, even “one-use” razors can be resharpened somewhat (rub them in the opposite direction on e.g. a leather belt or dry skin). And thread can be obtained from appropriate vegetation.
The Stargate series have all interested me and have had a GREAT run with SGU being one of the best yet and the others having ceased. BSG was also a good one but a bit dark and I've yet to watch it, I guess that one is "complete" with Caprica now...?
I've seen the original Stargate movie; the only SG series I've seen is the Universe one. I'm told that it's the only one that completely lacks any humour, and it's the darkest; in that respect, it is very similar to BSG. Some friends even complained "enough darkness with BSG, why did SG go this way?", but I don't mind. I like both SGU and BSG very much, even though my wife throws ironic comments like "doesn't anyone mope the floor over there? they live in the muck in both series".
BSG is definitely finished, no need to consider Caprica to make it certain; the series finale is considered controversial, but it was the only obvious choice given the progression of the myth.
Hotblack Desiato is trying to gather back the band after his prolonged vacations. At the moment he tours the outskirts of the galaxy, basking in the shadow of yesteryear's triumph; although the spaceships aren't thrown in the sun, anymore, just orbiting. Less expensive this way, given the galaxial economic crisis.
Although I loved your suggestion (sorry, no mod points) and laughed, I'd like 12.04 to be called “Pretty Polly”, and have Peter Sellers as Hrundi V. Bakshi in a flowery (colour issues solved!) default background.
Yep, ice-9. That's what I thought at first, too. Then, while reading the article (something about eventually decreasing the density), I thought "new replacement for silicone used in breast implants". Then I combined the two and resulted with something marginally better than a plastic doll.
The day the aliens come with a "To serve man" book under their armpits (if available), I'm certain we'll find out that ARM meant Appropriately Roasted Meat.
So you've never reset IFS (or set it to a newline or tab) in your shell scripts? Your scripts just bail out instead of handling perfectly valid filenames? Because they are valid. You seem to transform the weakness of shell programs into an O/S guideline, and preach to that effect.
You know what? That's a great idea. Likewise, I always thought that I need to reduce the friction that the brake pads constantly apply on my car's wheels. I've heard that any kind of oily substance might help, but synthetic motor oils are preferred because they withstand higher temperatures. Imagine the fuel economy (after that subtle modification, I'll only need to refuel the vehicle only once during its lifetime).
What's the news on the climage-changing front? Perhaps Canada has only to wait a couple of decades, then it will be the California and Florida of the future. Just like Sweden and Norway will be the mediterranean-climate countries:)
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> We might all be running a unix based AmigaOS
I'm pretty sure it would be called AmigOS.
OK, I'll admit: seeing a "whoosh" below by an AC, I decided I'm missing the joke.
What I saw in broad terms: phyrexianshaw.ca stated that -42 deg C = -42 deg F, and you corrected that -42 deg F = -42 deg C. So either you didn't understand what you quoted (which I doubt), or there's an additional joke that I miss (quite probable).
Does the joke have to do with the fact that phyr mentioned that they are in Canada? e.g. Canadians are stupid and would make the pointless correction you made? Canadians insist on using Fahrenheit scale, therefore they would mention Fahrenheit first?
I sure hope I miss a good joke here (unlike the non-joke examples I mentioned) and some good person pops up to explain to me the joke.
> Doesn't work well for Alaska, fingerless gloves from now till April aren't viable.
They are viable (for extremely low values of viable); you just have to keep on shortening the glove finger everytime the blue-black stuff at the edge of your hand finger falls off. With a slow enough shortening pace, you won't even notice that April came and you'll still have stumps to go.
On the one hand, it's impressive, and a good/fresh idea: flexible gripping without opposable thumbs.
On the other hand, its use is limited in a world where opposable thumbs and fingers is the norm, and I bet that doorknobs won't be that easy to turn.
On the gripping hand, it's something that's needed and could/would be cheap technology put in good use; I'm talking about prosthetics, not robots, obviously.
It's hard to differentiate between algorithms and algoreisms :)
An old email with the text "Congratulations! Your email address just won the 127.0.0.0/8 address space in a lottery draw, please come collect" does not take that many bytes to store...
What is 19 base 8?
No, 11 base 5 is not prime, and that suffices.
Does it strip n-spaces (   ) too? It seems so.
About the feminine napkins and diapers: they've got towels and sheets, don't they? They'll do what people did before the invention of diapers and feminine napkins: use, wash, re-use. I believe there are lots of places on Earth that still practice this method.
About razor blades: they can be resharpened (although not indefinitely, obviously). And yes, even “one-use” razors can be resharpened somewhat (rub them in the opposite direction on e.g. a leather belt or dry skin).
And thread can be obtained from appropriate vegetation.
The Stargate series have all interested me and have had a GREAT run with SGU being one of the best yet and the others having ceased. BSG was also a good one but a bit dark and I've yet to watch it, I guess that one is "complete" with Caprica now...?
I've seen the original Stargate movie; the only SG series I've seen is the Universe one. I'm told that it's the only one that completely lacks any humour, and it's the darkest; in that respect, it is very similar to BSG. Some friends even complained "enough darkness with BSG, why did SG go this way?", but I don't mind. I like both SGU and BSG very much, even though my wife throws ironic comments like "doesn't anyone mope the floor over there? they live in the muck in both series".
BSG is definitely finished, no need to consider Caprica to make it certain; the series finale is considered controversial, but it was the only obvious choice given the progression of the myth.
Hotblack Desiato is trying to gather back the band after his prolonged vacations. At the moment he tours the outskirts of the galaxy, basking in the shadow of yesteryear's triumph; although the spaceships aren't thrown in the sun, anymore, just orbiting. Less expensive this way, given the galaxial economic crisis.
I do have a cousin Jethro, you insensitive clod!
Literally, that is.
And a chance for radically different model names. For example, the slowest DNA-based model will be called "cousin Jed" or something.
So the driver sits on a pipe sticking out from the driver's seat? Kinky! Instant refill!
12.04 Promiscuous Palin?
Although I loved your suggestion (sorry, no mod points) and laughed, I'd like 12.04 to be called “Pretty Polly”, and have Peter Sellers as Hrundi V. Bakshi in a flowery (colour issues solved!) default background.
Open source developers, then, have at least three common traits with medieval knights: unshaven, smelly and annoying.
Yep, ice-9. That's what I thought at first, too. Then, while reading the article (something about eventually decreasing the density), I thought "new replacement for silicone used in breast implants". Then I combined the two and resulted with something marginally better than a plastic doll.
The day the aliens come with a "To serve man" book under their armpits (if available), I'm certain we'll find out that ARM meant Appropriately Roasted Meat.
You do know that AMD's TDP and Intel's TDP numbers are not directly comparable, don't you? They don't report the same thing. For example, look here.
Does this mean that Steve Martin would have to make a sequel for "The Man with Two Brains"?
Alcotests have become much stricter since. I doubt he'd make it in time for the operation.
It's called NewSpeak. Don't worry. Your head will clear and your worries will be gone as soon as the war ends.
Yes, my mama really has bad aerodynamics, while your mama has sleek lines and is a joy to (be)hold. And I promise you won't have to call me dad, ever!
So you've never reset IFS (or set it to a newline or tab) in your shell scripts? Your scripts just bail out instead of handling perfectly valid filenames? Because they are valid.
You seem to transform the weakness of shell programs into an O/S guideline, and preach to that effect.
You know what? That's a great idea. Likewise, I always thought that I need to reduce the friction that the brake pads constantly apply on my car's wheels. I've heard that any kind of oily substance might help, but synthetic motor oils are preferred because they withstand higher temperatures. Imagine the fuel economy (after that subtle modification, I'll only need to refuel the vehicle only once during its lifetime).
What's the news on the climage-changing front? Perhaps Canada has only to wait a couple of decades, then it will be the California and Florida of the future. Just like Sweden and Norway will be the mediterranean-climate countries :)