And what explains why the worlds largest furniture retailer is Swedish?
Because most of its products, although designed by Swedes, are actually manufactured in China. These are affixed with labels bearing the names of quaint Scandinavian towns prior to shipping.
IMNSHO it's more like you were lucky enough to be able to find 64-bit drivers. Lots of 64-bit machines have shipped pre-loaded with 32-bit Windows because the OEMs didn't want to be bothered to recompile their drivers. I've put 64-bit Linux on those same machines without issue.
Thanks for informing me of this. I used to enjoy his Ben Stein's Money show on occasion some years back, but I have now lost all respect for the man whatsoever.
Exactly. It's one thing to appear in a work of fiction (e.g. Star Trek) when you know up front that this is what it is, and it's not being presented as anything else. It's an entirely different thing when you're told the work is one thing, but it's then presented as something else--and even more different if you're edited or overdubbed in a misleading fashion.
Maybe you're thinking of Ploesti in Rumania? There was a huge refinery there--I seem to recall reading a book about the Allies' effort to knock it out from the air.
IIRC, one of the reasons the final conquest of Germany didn't happen even faster than it did in WWII is that, towards the end, both the Western Allies and the Soviets kept outrunning their supply lines.
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Does that represent you crying, drooling, or what?
One that posted DAYS after I left this thread to get your bullshit in thinking I wouldn't see it...
So says the one who followed my posting history backwards...
Um, hate to tell you this buddy, but the post you're replying to wasn't posted AC.
So how's the weather in Syracuse?
Just because you don't understand the difference doesn't mean there isn't one.
As an immigrant to Sweden, I resemble that remark!
They must save the best of the lot for the hometown crowd, then. Sorry about that.
Before I'm downmodded into oblivion, I should point out that my home is largely furnished with items from IKEA Store #1, Kungens Kurva, Stockholm.
And what explains why the worlds largest furniture retailer is Swedish?
Because most of its products, although designed by Swedes, are actually manufactured in China. These are affixed with labels bearing the names of quaint Scandinavian towns prior to shipping.
What do I win?
I'm guessing you take a tube of lube along with you to job interviews, so that your prospective employers can try before they buy?
This has fuck-all to do with being a good or productive employee.
All Hail His Majesty Cold Fjord, King of the False Dichotomy!
You don't seem to realise that anybody who's actually lived and worked outside the US knows you are clueless and/or trolling.
That sounds suspiciously to me like, "Rich people don't have to work on Sundays".
This is why I will never accept an employer-supplied smartphone.
And you can bet your sweet ass that my work email is not now and not ever going to be found on mine.
Hear that ringing? I think that might be 1994 calling...
Some of us never trusted DropBox in the first place.
I hope you are just without a sense of humour. Geez.
IMNSHO it's more like you were lucky enough to be able to find 64-bit drivers. Lots of 64-bit machines have shipped pre-loaded with 32-bit Windows because the OEMs didn't want to be bothered to recompile their drivers. I've put 64-bit Linux on those same machines without issue.
I really was just trying to be funny, honest.
Sure it can... but for the love of God--why??
Ah! Finally remembered the name of the campaign that book was about--Operation Tidal Wave.
Thanks for informing me of this. I used to enjoy his Ben Stein's Money show on occasion some years back, but I have now lost all respect for the man whatsoever.
Exactly. It's one thing to appear in a work of fiction (e.g. Star Trek) when you know up front that this is what it is, and it's not being presented as anything else. It's an entirely different thing when you're told the work is one thing, but it's then presented as something else--and even more different if you're edited or overdubbed in a misleading fashion.
Friction with and compression of the air yield heat.
Enough heat turns air into plasma.
Plasma has a tendency to glow brightly in the yellow-red range.
Maybe you're thinking of Ploesti in Rumania? There was a huge refinery there--I seem to recall reading a book about the Allies' effort to knock it out from the air.
IIRC, one of the reasons the final conquest of Germany didn't happen even faster than it did in WWII is that, towards the end, both the Western Allies and the Soviets kept outrunning their supply lines.