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Hammered nail around promise first (9)
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Inaugural
Hammered nail IN ... AL around AUGUR
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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Yup 
Have fun tomorrow!
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Browse to "about:config", and you get this nice warning. I did not know there was a warranty.
Did anyone here ever call upon their warranty and get their money back?
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I've had to mess with some settings here and there. Recently VP9 videos would stutter like crazy or outright freeze so I had to change media.ffvpx.enabled to false to revert back to libvpx which fixed the issue.
The warranty thing caught me off guard at first too until it dawned on me it was a joke 
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I crashed my car while driving and browsing with the mobile version, so they paid me my car back. It works !
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: Did anyone here ever call upon their warranty and get their money back?
I think that's the point. How much did you pay for FF?
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Whenever you see a weird warning, someone, somewhere, sometime probably did something dumb and then sued the company over the issue.
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This is not a warning nor a disclaimer, but a warranty-notice. Warranty does not apply to "free", which is between quotes because FF isn't.
It's a joke. Not a good one, and not one that many will notice, but still.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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It's still a legal disclaimer. Yes, it's presented as a joke, but I suspect there was a legal reason behind the warning.
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It's not a disclaimer; navigate to it, and you'll see that it is not even presented as legal-speak.
I also happily ignore the legalese in the TOC of any software or website; what is legal and isn't is up to the court and the judge. BS-agreements aren't legally binding, as are agreements that are pushed unto you, or that are mis-presented.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Here be dragons!
Changing these advanced settings can be harmful to the stability, security and performance of this application. You should only continue if you are sure of what you are doing.
Show this warning next time.
I accept the risk.
No warranty is mentioned. Must just be an EU thingy.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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My @rse!
The uncreative and unfunny bits, maybe.
Gaiman's rep for being incredibly creative is simply not true. Anyone who can't predict where his stories are leading are either asleep, or they're reading something else entirely.
Did Pratchett pull an Alan Moore?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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There were a few bits of the book that were obviously Gaiman, but I do think the majority of it was Sir Terry. Gaiman did the screenplay conversion though. How was it?
Not sure about the Alan Moore reference. Are you trying to say Pratchett hated the conversion? (So much that he died before it happened). That seems to be a pretty universal Alan Moore reaction (the hating, not so much the dying).
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Not sure about the Alan Moore reference
The Yeti refused to have his name associated with the movies based on his comics, so was not named in the credits (even though he writes full script, so most of the creative input is his), and he even refused the money, after the first one or two.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Right, thought that was where you were going. In this case, it's probably "written by Gaiman" for the screenplay only.
Alan Moore really needs to take a chill pill though (he and ESR both)
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Alan Moore really needs to take a chill pill though
Ha! I've known few less chilled-out guys!
It's his "magic is real" thing that we'll probably never see eye-to-eye on, but arguing about it is still fun, when the guy you're arguing with is not a F***wit.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Gaiman did the screenplay conversion though. How was it?
I made it through the first episode...it was rough. I'm not a fan of continued narration in movies to begin with, and the narrator in question is simply terrible.
Secondly, I know people would kvetch regardless, but a lot of dialogue that works on the page simply does not translate well to an actual, physical, dialogue. Some re-writes for screen are called for, and some movies/shows do this well. Good Omens is not one of them.
The scene I was most looking forward to, the "evolution" of "Dog", left me a bit flat as well.
Maybe it'll get better. The actors are doing a great job with what they're given, so there's that.
"Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity."
- Hanlon's Razor
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I can't predict any of his endings!
To be fair I didn't read the first page (or any other page for that matter) of his books! 
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What about @rse btw? Why did you mention him? He has not written any article not participated in forum much! 
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My @rse does what I tell it to, and I haven't told it to post any messages or write any articles.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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When I found my toaster wasn't waterproof, I was shocked!
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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What were you doing eating toast in the shower?
Give me coffee to change the things I can and wine to accept the things I cannot!
JaxCoder.com
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I was hungry: Toast[^]
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Couldn't you toast the bread without a toaster in the shower?
Give me coffee to change the things I can and wine to accept the things I cannot!
JaxCoder.com
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