And lo on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:41:02 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did  
spake, saying:

> Darren New wrote:
>> Orchid XP v7 wrote:
>>> BTW, what the hell does "upside the head" actually *mean* anyway??
>>  It's a polite way of saying "bitch-slap."  ;-)
>
> Haha!
>
> As in "It takes 27 muscles in your face to frown, but it only takes 3  
> muscles in your arm to BITCH-SLAP the person who's made you happy!" ? ;-)

S - "Cheer up you know it takes 27 muscles to frown but only 3 to smile."
R - "I like the exercise."

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And lo on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:57:05 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did  
spake, saying:

>>> Canon DC201.
>>  So it records straight to smallform DVDs... so transfer is  
>> accomplished by taking out the DVD and putting into the DVD player on  
>> your computer?
>
> Presumably that isn't going to work without the software necessary to  
> decode the proprietry data format it uses on the disk.

Which a) should have come with the camera and b) is probably the stuff you  
can download of the Canon website.

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Gilles Tran wrote:

> As Wikipedia humourously says, there's "no genetic links" between a 1976 
> Fiesta and the latest model (which wasn't even supposed to be called 
> Fiesta). "Fiesta" is a brand name that is kept for a series of cars aimed at 
> the same market segment(s), and that are periodically redesigned, sometimes 
> from the ground up.

...so...kind of like the way an "Athlon" X2 6000+ has nothing to do with 
an "Athlon" 1200+?

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>>>  So it records straight to smallform DVDs... so transfer is 
>>> accomplished by taking out the DVD and putting into the DVD player on 
>>> your computer?
>>
>> Presumably that isn't going to work without the software necessary to 
>> decode the proprietry data format it uses on the disk.
> 
> Which a) should have come with the camera and b) is probably the stuff 
> you can download of the Canon website.

Mmm, OK. I'll go see what I can find.

[As it happens, I have some video I want to edit. But I presumed it was 
impossible - or rather, too expensive.]

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Orchid XP v7 wrote:
> Heh. You should have seen it.
> 
> "I see you're offering 0% finance?"
> "Ah yes. We can give you that. Just give us... A 50% DEPOSIT! >:-D "
> "OK then."
> "...er...oh, OK then."

Definitely worth doing just for that sales-backfire.

Perhaps you already mentioned it and I missed it, but what sort of car 
is it anyway?

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> Gilles Tran wrote:
>
>> As Wikipedia humourously says, there's "no genetic links" between a 1976 
>> Fiesta and the latest model (which wasn't even supposed to be called 
>> Fiesta). "Fiesta" is a brand name that is kept for a series of cars aimed 
>> at the same market segment(s), and that are periodically redesigned, 
>> sometimes from the ground up.
>
> ...so...kind of like the way an "Athlon" X2 6000+ has nothing to do with 
> an "Athlon" 1200+?

Or like the Fiat 500, the Volkswagen Beetle or the Mini Cooper, all cars 
that had "legendary" brand recognition and that were completely redesigned 
recently even though the name was kept. Citroen plans a "new" 2CV too 
apparently 
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/208391/citroens_2cv_is_back.html.
Actually, I'd say that keeping the name is actually the (marketing) point of 
the redesign.

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Bill Pragnell wrote:

> Definitely worth doing just for that sales-backfire.

Ah, just gotta love the feeling of *power*! >:-D

> Perhaps you already mentioned it and I missed it, but what sort of car 
> is it anyway?

Renault Megan 1.6L. Metalic red.

[Nobody else in my family has ever owned a car with metalic paint. Of 
air conditioning. Or electric windows. Or ABS. My dad's old car had 
power steering though...]

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>> ...so...kind of like the way an "Athlon" X2 6000+ has nothing to do with 
>> an "Athlon" 1200+?
> 
> Or like the Fiat 500, the Volkswagen Beetle or the Mini Cooper, all cars 
> that had "legendary" brand recognition and that were completely redesigned 
> recently even though the name was kept. Citroen plans a "new" 2CV too 
> apparently 
> http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/208391/citroens_2cv_is_back.html.
> Actually, I'd say that keeping the name is actually the (marketing) point of 
> the redesign.

The thing I find so amazing is the mini. The new mini is friggin *huge*. 
It's bigger than my damn car! And yet, somehow it manages to *look* 
small. It's a staggering optical illusion. I have no idea how it works, 
but minis look small even though they aren't. Fascinating...

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Invisible wrote:
>> Perhaps you already mentioned it and I missed it, but what sort of car 
>> is it anyway?
> 
> Renault Megan 1.6L. Metalic red.

Is that the one with the 'concept' backside? I've never driven a Renault 
before but I've heard nothing but Good Things.

> [Nobody else in my family has ever owned a car with metalic paint. Of 
> air conditioning. Or electric windows. Or ABS. My dad's old car had 
> power steering though...]

I don't think anyone's made a car without power steering for some years 
now. Everyone says that it's hard going back to 'regular' steering but 
I've never had a problem... (mind you, it's not so bad with small, light 
cars).

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>> Renault Megan 1.6L. Metalic red.
> 
> Is that the one with the 'concept' backside?

No. My dad briefly owned "that" car... *shudders*

> I've never driven a Renault 
> before but I've heard nothing but Good Things.

My dad likes 'em. Apparently they all have a very high NCAP rating or 
something. All I know is they all have very soft suspension...

>> [Nobody else in my family has ever owned a car with metalic paint. Of 
>> air conditioning. Or electric windows. Or ABS. My dad's old car had 
>> power steering though...]
> 
> I don't think anyone's made a car without power steering for some years 
> now.

Like I said, I'm the first person in the family to ever own a new car. 
[As opposed to a 20-year-old wreck.]

> Everyone says that it's hard going back to 'regular' steering but 
> I've never had a problem... (mind you, it's not so bad with small, light 
> cars).

My mum's car doesn't have anything remotely modern like that. It's hard 
to drive, but not that hard. Mind you, I only have to drive it to move 
it out of my way so I can use my own car. The hardest part is that I 
can't find the accelerator pedal. But the tickover is set so damn high 
that I can still drive it quite fast anyway. [No, it is NOT a diesel.]

Actually, scrub that. The hardest part is finding my mum's ****ing KEYS!

(I still can't get over how my mum looses her keys and her perse EVERY 
DAY OF HER LIFE! I mean, WTF? Every day she has to spend hours searching 
for them. Me, I just always keep mine in the same place, so I can always 
find them. How friggin' hard is THAT??)

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