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Quote: Originally Posted by Benjamin Frost At one time, I would have said The Times; sadly, it's a shadow of what it was. Otherwise, maybe The Telegraph. In fact, I read the Guardian every day. It even has a decent and somewhat balanced c…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Benjamin Frost To gob on means to spit on. Thanks. Actually it's pretty difficult when one lives sundered from the Anglo-saxon world to catch up with linguistic creations. Most of my contact with English happens…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Benjamin Frost Indeed. I was paraphrasing Jobs. As you said, Jobs stated that constantly lifting your arm to a touchscreen on a laptop would give you gorilla arm. Ie, it's not ergonomic. Glad to see you remember…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ThePixelDoc Since we're so off-topic anyway, I just have to link to this great article at The Guardian, just to "tweak" our good friend, @EauVive ... Forget the bucket list: these are the things you should avoid …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Benjamin Frost Oh? I don't recall him saying that. Wouldn't it be a bit cumbersome to use your toes on a touchscreen? I'll ask my favorite ape about that. Yeah, that was wrist, not ankle. Go figure what I was thi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Benjamin Frost It's pointless to speculate. If Apple bring out a laptop with a touchscreen, then it will be because they have deemed it a good thing. We, the consumer, will decide then if they were right. At the…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Lorin Schultz I thought Quebecois is only French in about the same way Newfie is English? Sorry, I guess only Canadians will get that. Never heard Newfie's English. From a standard (French-centric) point of vie…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum We have a similar group from New France in the US ... They call themselves Cajuns. Gumbo!!! I am allergic to seafood, so that's a no-go for me. Pity.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum Since you guys are delving into the high-tech depths of communication and fitness -- let me offer a couple of my favorites: Raclettes ... Raclette or Gruyere cheese, metlted and served with new…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX Who the hell figured out that you can eat something that you've left rot for a year and smells like cat pee? I assume that only comes from a dare or desperation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hákarl …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Benjamin Frost You can have haggis served with whiskey poured on it. I guess you might end up with a slur then, ethnic or otherwise. You mean whisky? WhiskEy is Irish, as far as I know. If it's really whiskEy, y…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SockRolid Oops. I forgot to mention: ARM-based AX processors don't force Apple to pay The Intel Tax (tm). True. But ARM processors are no wraiths neither. They have to be engraved, and that costs money too. Espe…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX I think it's Iceland that has some fish they salt and leave under the ground to rot for a year before eating at a festival. (All that info could be wrong so I'll see if I can find more info. No, tha…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX 1) And here I thought it was Earth's scientists. 2) The term hole is another misnomer. It's a hole in the same way anything with a gravitational pull can suck things into it but the shape is mostly s…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX 2) Can you prove that Scotland doesn't export haggis. It sounds gross too many but it's quite good, albeit not good for you. We would gladly welcome Scottish haggis in France. We already have a lot of dish…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX Even your first Q&A contradicts your last sentence. You should have said "surrounded by space" but you said they are in space. You're using the same word interchangably to mean different things. Imag…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SockRolid OS X -> Intel inside, with its heat generation, power consumption, cooling fans, and big battery requirement. iOS -> A8 or maybe quad-core A9 inside, with lower power usage, smaller battery, and 1+ mil…
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Quote: Originally Posted by asdasd Reported as an ethnic slur. I was talking about the oil of course. However even without the oil Scotland's GDP is per capita about the same as the rest of the UK, with the oil ( and removing it from the rUK)…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum Deux café au lait, s'll vous plaît! I must say that the French really know how to enjoy coffee, the moment and the company of the person(s) they are with. Personally, I enjoy having a coffee with fr…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum I'm going to rag on my daughter -- she drinks diet Beaujolais de Texas for tha caffeine hit! Given what the Americans call ‘coffee’, which is, in pith, dirty water (or slurry when the filter is too …