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I'm starting to not see RSS feeds when I look for them more frequently than I did a few years ago.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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In the olden times you had to send in a model of you invention when you applied for a patent.
These model has of course become collectors items.
Here's a quiz[^] where you can take a guess what they are supposed to be.
I'm ashamed to admit that I only scored 13 out of 20.
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9 / 20 for me...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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This reminded me very much of the test psychiatrist used to do, al la tell me what you see pictures[^]. So, we have only found out that the majority of people in the Lounge are raving lunatics.
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Kenneth Haugland wrote: So, we have only found out that the majority of people in the Lounge are raving lunatics. I didn't need a test to find that out
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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Well, if your lazy you could only be a lunatic I guess
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Same here...
It's of course pure guessing! I didn't understood half of the words...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Don't feel bad, I only got eight!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I got 10 out of 20 - strangely enough I would have scored much higher if I'd let my initial instincts dictate my choices.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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11 out of 20.
GuyThiebaut wrote: I would have scored much higher if I'd let my initial instincts dictate my
choices.
Same here.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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GuyThiebaut wrote: strangely enough I would have scored much higher if I'd let my initial instincts dictate my choices.
Isn't that usually the way it is? Same thing in poker. A fold 2-7 when my instincts say not to, and the flop comes up 2-7-7!
Marc
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I'll take a look later, but it reminds me of a game I had as a kid (in the 70s) that dealt with weird patents, e.g. "Eye protector for chickens" and "Horse water wings".
P.S. 13
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
modified 20-Jun-14 21:28pm.
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If you think they are bad, can I offer you a Toilet snorkel?[^]
In the event of a fire, you breathe through it...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I think I'll prefer to take a jump.
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I can understand that.
You did notice I said "You breathe through it" not "I breathe through it"?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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12/20
A positive attitude may not solve every problem, but it will annoy enough people to be worth the effort.
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I'm talking about my stereo of course
I've had this bad boy[^] for about 15 years.
Unfortunately the CD's get stuck in the disc changer on regular basis since about a year.
The problem seems to be that whenever I start the stereo the drawer moves a bit causing the CD reader to put the CD on the ledge of the drawer instead of in it. Or some such thing. I don't know how that stuff works.
Anyway, this morning my CD fell behind the drawer and I had to go through some trouble to get it back.
I'm now looking for a new stereo, but nothing seems to have the options I want.
I need a tape deck, at least a three disc changer, a sleep function and a wake-up function (and that's actually all I want).
I know I've got all that functionality in my phone (well, not in CD and tape format), but I want a good old fashioned CD player to play all my CD's
Recommendations are welcome.
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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Sander Rossel wrote: need a tape deck, at least a three disc changer
Sander Rossel wrote: Recommendations are welcome.
I think you need a time travel machine, the 1980's are calling you!!!
I'd rather be phishing!
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I'm actually a 90's kid
Born in '87.
I'm not much into DeLorean's.
Had some good times recording mixtapes from radio. Listening until your favourite song came on, pressing the record button and pressing the stop button when it ended. Your songs were always interrupted by talking of the show hosts though. Good old times. I don't miss that though
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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What price range are you looking at, and do you want to upgrade or does it have to be "portable"?
Anyway, I believe that the tape deck is going to be a second hand, really crappy or very expensive. They're simply not mass produced with any type of quality any more.
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Price range up to about 200-300 euro's.
It doesn't have to be anything as long as it does what I want it to do. I plan to listen to my CD's for at least another 15 years before I buy a new one.
As far as I can see most stereo's nowadays can have an iPod plugged in to it and that's about all the functionality you get... Well, sometimes they can actually play a CD.
I didn't even realize CD's were that old fashioned
As for the tape deck, I'm not a big fan of tapes, but some bands I listen to have tape only releases (I know, what the hell?!) Anyway, I still have some tapes and at least I want to be able to listen to them if I ever want to.
So far I think this [^] comes closest to my wishes. And for a reasonable price.
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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Have you tried a charity shop? In the US there are stores called "Goodwill" that have a lot of old, otherwise obsolete, electronics such as tape decks, multi-CD changers and so on. You could have your pick, and at a reasonable price too!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Don't know about that in the Netherlands... And I'm a bit suspicious of second hand electronics. You never know how long they will last.
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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