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Johnny J. wrote: Nowadays we've seen so much of it, and most of it completely uninteresting, so I'm not sure I'd like it now...
Sad, but true.
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The chinese mortar crew?
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Mortally Protected 
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Halloween on Elm street MMCCLXXIV
In Word you can only store 2 bytes. That is why I use Writer.
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Rob K. was, as a child, a kleptomaniac whose fetish specialty was house-breaking followed by eating and drinking the entire contents of the refrigerator before making off with garments of a type I am too polite to mention here. The aftermath of those days is clearly evident in Rob's physiognomy, today.
The K. family, has its origins (which have been very carefully covered up) in the Robovian ethnic group and their culture, which I describe below, here: thus, his name comes from "robber," not from "Robert." In the ancient prototype (cognate) of what became the word "robber" in Robovian, it means "an excellent thief, a good boy, a promising young man with a great future."
The women of Rob K.'s family made great sacrifices to get Rob to stop stealing, and not feel ashamed of his bulk, undergoing extensive plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures to make the parts of their bodies I am too polite to mention here as exaggeratedly large as Rob's steatopygic body-type. Perhaps it was the comfort in seeing his own family members going to such painful lengths to make him feel "normal," that helped him give up the klepto habit; or, perhaps it was the procedure I am too polite to mention here involving a private zoo that made him into a normal lying, cheating, narcissitic, publicity hungry, member in food-standing of the K. family.
Now, the etymology::
The word "robber" comes into English from 16th. century France where a notorious gang of pickpockets, and thieves, from the Lower Robovia province of Upper Slobovia, became famous for their virtually magical powers in using the dark arts of stealth they had learned from their ancestors in the wild mountains of Stolevenski. Hence, the word "robber," which passed into England as the Robovians ... those not hung, drawn-and-quartered, or burned at the stake ... migrated across the channel posing as Huguenot refugees fleeing (Catholic) repression and violence.
The word "slob," as well as "slobber," comes, as is obvious from "Slobovia," refers to the legendary lethargy of the Slobovians; interestingly the Robovians are as noted for their manic and hyper-active behavior traits as the Slobovians are for their somnolence and apathy. As you might expect, the Slobovians consider the Robovians as crazy fools, and the Robovians consider the Slobovians as not being fully human, describing them in proverbs like these:
"So lazy they only know how to slobber, not spit." "Those are not rocks: they're Slobs at work."
There has not been one known instance of a marriage between Robovian and Slobovian that did not require massive sedation of the Robovian groom, and administration of massive doses of coffee (by a method too impolite to mention here) to the Slobovian bride. The only known instance of an attempt at marriage of a Slobovian groom, and a Robovian bride, was called off when they could not awaken the Slobovian, and the bride would not stop running in circles.
The origin of the nickname "Rob," from the name "Robert," I leave for another time.
And, now, Nish-ji, could you please explain to us on the Lounge the origions and meaning of the ancient Indian proverb "andher nagree chauput Raja."
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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The truth in your posting should be added to wikipedia.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: The truth in your posting should be added to wikipedia.
Meaning an empty Wikipedia entry? 
Who the f*** is General Failure, and why is he reading my harddisk?
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It's at least as true as 60% of wikipedia content, so wikipedia looks like an appropriate home for it.
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Thanks for the stunning defense, Mark; I've got an ice-pack on my head now, and the sparks coming off the pinwheels are slowly becoming one color 
In the "tabloid reality" of today's American political circus, the true etymology of Rob's name is 110% more truthful 
cheers, Bill
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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BillWoodruff wrote: In the "tabloid reality" of today's American political circus, the true etymology of Rob's name is 110% more truthful
And not only is his hair his own, but it's the same colour it always was.
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To get the empty Wikipedia, you have to look under "Zen."
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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BillWoodruff wrote:
And, now, Nish-ji, could you please explain to us on the Lounge the origions and meaning of the ancient Indian proverb "andher nagree chauput Raja."
I don't speak Hindi so I cannot help you with that
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The Nexus is more expensive than equivalent sized Samsung Galaxy tablets. Are Nexuses updated to the latest OS versions earlier than other tablets?
What about the Kindle? Seems way cheaper than any other Android tablet, although it does come with a locked down OS (and with the Amazon Kindle outer shell).
The immediate purpose is to play Minecraft, although the tablet would also be used as a web browsing device.
Suggestions/advice? Thanks.
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The nexus? That thing that's evidently being discontinued[^]?
I've had fairly awful Samsung experiences. Their hardware is excellent when it's not actually blowing up and giving people 3rd degree burns, but their software updates are hit and miss (in my case: always miss). Nexus means you get the updates, when they come out, fairly quickly. Getting a device from another manufacturer means you have to wait for them to integrate the updates with their version of Android and then push it out.
And with Samsung, that may never happen.
I've done a fair few flights this last week. On every flight was the warning that Samsung Galaxy phones (they weren't actually specific enough) were not allowed to be used or charged during the flight. That sort of naming and shaming is unlike anything I've seen.
If you don't mind sporadic updates then I'm sure you can find units very, very cheap these days.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: On every flight was the warning that Samsung Galaxy phones (they weren't actually specific enough) were not allowed to be used or charged during the flight.
They were very specific on a flight I was on last week, but I can't remember which model they named and shamed. They said that the manufacturer had agreed to the ban, which I somewhat doubted.
I don't much bother with android updates, though (I like things to still be where I finally found them, after hours of searching). OS updates don't update the hardware specs or make the battery/disc life longer, so I prefer to upgrade in toto.
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The exploding ones must have been a special batch for MI5/MI6.
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I was on a flight a couple of weeks back, the specific statement was the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 or 7+.
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I had Androin in the form of high tier HTC, high tier Huawei, low-tier Samsung and high tier Samsung (S5 neo). As of now my experience is that Samsung remains usable longer than the other phones, with S3s perfectly functionable as of now (no crashes, same speed, all the apps available), while the other crumpled and failed between 8 and 18 months becoming unstable, chock full of undeletable data and sluggishly slow.
I usually update if necessary - the last two updates dropped my battery life and Mean Time Between Crashes to unaccaptable levels - but never had more than one update for the HTC and Huawei while the Samsung is still maintained.
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Thanks Chris. Was looking for a low cost but reasonable quality tablet that'll primarily be used to play Minesweeper. Really wish the Kindle Fire supported that game - some people say it does, others say there are problems.
Chris Maunder wrote:
I've done a fair few flights this last week. On every flight was the warning that Samsung Galaxy phones (they weren't actually specific enough) were not allowed to be used or charged during the flight. That sort of naming and shaming is unlike anything I've seen.
That is really embarrassing for Samsung!
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If you want a clean android experience without all the extra layers that the likes of Samsung put on their devices, then you need to go for the Pixel C. https://store.google.com/product/pixel_c[^]. Runs the latest Android 7.
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Thanks, appreciate the info. Starting at $499, that's too expensive (for what I have in mind).
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