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On 18/04/2011 8:58 AM, Invisible wrote:
> Oh hell yeah... I'll never forget the time one of the pistols LEFT THE
> ENGINE BLOCK while we were driving back to the camp site one time while
> on holiday. o_O
>
Pissed and broke, been there done that ;-)
>>> and some but not all
>>> families owned an 8-bit home computer of some sort.
>>
>> I forgot, you live in the affluent south. (As I do now.)
>
> Is there actually a difference?
>
Seriously, yes.
>
> I remember my sister collecting marbles. All sorts of different colours.
> Other than looking at them, we could never figure out anything
> interesting to do with 'em though.
>
You need someone to play with. The most prized ones, where I was dragged
up, were steelies, large ball bearings.
>>
>> My old Acer laptop came with a manual on the HDD.
>
> Really? I haven't seen that on any of the ones I've bought or used.
>
Search for manual.
>> A tad more people than than that but I worked in industry then so there
>> was more need for things like spreadsheets etc.
>
> I imagine most people who had a laptop actually had "the company's
> laptop", not one of their own.
>
Yeah! I would say so, too.
>>> During boiling, the outside of the kettle may become hot. This does not
>>> indicate a fault condition.
>>
>> LOL
>
> No kidding, the manual for our tap says that shortly after use, it may
> dribble water, and this is not a fault. (It's a swan-neck tap.)
>
I've seen signs like that too.
>>> Solo games are still games. ;-)
>>
>> I was thinking of people like your clan.
>
> Sure. But even if you only play Freecell, that's still a "use" for a
> computer, as such...
Okay, okay, I was wrong. (Put it in your diary, in 2011 Stephen was
wrong.) ;-)
--
Regards
Stephen
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>> There was a time when searching the manual meant, you know, actually
>> turning
>> pages. I think back when MS used to *print* the manual, they perhaps put
>> more effort into making it worth the paper it's printed on. From what
>> I've
>> seen, today if you ask for help in the latest version of Office, it just
>> takes you to a publicly editable wiki. Great...
>
> Yeah. MS and everyone else seems to have been going downhill in this
> regard. Is Apple as bad, or is their documentation (for programmers)
> actually useful and all?
I couldn't say. It just seems that everybody is putting less effort into
documentation these days.
> I think programming has turned into a social endeavor, where who you
> follow on twitter is as important as having read the manuals.
There was a time when learning to program meant, you know, learning your
complexity classes and stuff, not just knowing what the command syntax is...
>> In reality, MS Word is /the only/ word processor that anybody ever
>> uses.
>
> So, then, obviously not too expensive.
I guess that's why so many people steal it, yes...
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On 4/18/2011 11:26, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> I guess that's why so many people steal it, yes...
And people steal movies they can rent for a dollar. That doesn't say much.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
"Coding without comments is like
driving without turn signals."
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On 18/04/2011 07:40 PM, Darren New wrote:
> On 4/18/2011 11:26, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> I guess that's why so many people steal it, yes...
>
> And people steal movies they can rent for a dollar. That doesn't say much.
Where the hell rents movies for a dollar?
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:08:59 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> On 18/04/2011 07:40 PM, Darren New wrote:
>> On 4/18/2011 11:26, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> I guess that's why so many people steal it, yes...
>>
>> And people steal movies they can rent for a dollar. That doesn't say
>> much.
>
> Where the hell rents movies for a dollar?
http://tinyurl.com/3q2n7c9
Tell me you didn't expect this answer.
Jim
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>> Where the hell rents movies for a dollar?
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3q2n7c9
>
> Tell me you didn't expect this answer.
How bizare... This really exists?
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:41:52 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> Where the hell rents movies for a dollar?
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/3q2n7c9
>>
>> Tell me you didn't expect this answer.
>
> How bizare... This really exists?
No, I had a free hour and decided to mock up a website just so I could
provide that answer to you. It's completely a fantasy made up just so I
could answer this question in this way.
Jim
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On 4/18/2011 12:08, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Where the hell rents movies for a dollar?
http://www.redbox.com/
Blu-ray is $1.50 a night.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
"Coding without comments is like
driving without turn signals."
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On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:30:04 -0700, Darren New wrote:
> On 4/18/2011 12:08, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> Where the hell rents movies for a dollar?
>
> http://www.redbox.com/
>
>
> Blu-ray is $1.50 a night.
I'm glad I put that into that site as well, just to make the illusion
complete. ;)
Along with the dispenser locator. ;)
Jim
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On 19/04/2011 00:35, Jim Henderson wrote:
> I'm glad I put that into that site as well, just to make the illusion
> complete. ;)
>
> Along with the dispenser locator. ;)
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1144
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