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Forum: Amusement Bark 23 May 2013, 04:46 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 750
Posted By Richard W
I can imagine not buying a game I'd thought...

I can imagine not buying a game I'd thought about, if there was a demo and I didn't like it. Usually I go by reviews, though. (Or just buy them anyway if they're part of a series I like, or...
Forum: Amusement Bark 23 May 2013, 04:31 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 750
Posted By Richard W
Last time I posted a complaint that a game I was...

Last time I posted a complaint that a game I was playing didn't work properly on my PC and this had reminded me why I no longer played PC games, I was told that of course I shouldn't expect any...
Forum: Police Blotter 23 May 2013, 04:21 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 340
Posted By Richard W
My friends on Facebook seem to think "murder" is...

My friends on Facebook seem to think "murder" is a better word, since it doesn't escalate it to any sort of cause or movement - they're a couple of thugs. I agree, to an extent, although they do seem...
Forum: Amusement Bark 23 May 2013, 03:48 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 750
Posted By Richard W
I'm only an anecdote, but (lack of) backward...

I'm only an anecdote, but (lack of) backward compatibility between PS2 and PS3 was definitely a real factor in my buying an XBox 360 rather than PS3. If there had been backward compatibility I would...
Forum: Moot Court 23 May 2013, 03:40 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 404
Posted By Richard W
If it was glass and it broke, it's possible she...

If it was glass and it broke, it's possible she could have swallowed part and taken another part from her mouth. There's not nearly enough detail in the story to determine things like that.

It...
Forum: Social Studies 23 May 2013, 03:09 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 269
Posted By Richard W
Yes, "Write caption here" is seldom the best...

Yes, "Write caption here" is seldom the best picture caption to use.
Forum: Social Studies 23 May 2013, 09:33 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 442
Posted By Richard W
Encyclopaedia Dramatica doesn't pretend to be an...

Encyclopaedia Dramatica doesn't pretend to be an objective source of information, though.
Forum: Business Bytes 22 May 2013, 04:10 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 891
Posted By Richard W
I tried to book a flight to Guayaquil in Ecuador...

I tried to book a flight to Guayaquil in Ecuador once, only to be told by the travel agent that there were no direct flights to Guayaquil and I had to fly to Quito instead. The flight had a long stop...
Forum: Techno-Babble 22 May 2013, 02:21 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,544
Posted By Richard W
Gif's inventor says ignore dictionaries and say 'Jif'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22620473



Fortunately the editors of the OED pointed out that he was wrong if he thought language worked that way, or that he had any kind of control over...
Forum: Amusement Bark 22 May 2013, 08:01 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 750
Posted By Richard W
The BBC article has lots of sarcastic quotes from...

The BBC article has lots of sarcastic quotes from people saying things like, "Thanks to Microsoft, I can now watch TV on my television!"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22620039

Also I...
Forum: Science 21 May 2013, 10:29 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 269
Posted By Richard W
It's hard to see what traditional Malawian...

It's hard to see what traditional Malawian architecture might have looked like, but the pre-colonial stuff seems to have been mud huts with thatched roofs, so the deep-set square windows probably...
Forum: Science 21 May 2013, 10:19 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 269
Posted By Richard W
I wonder what the people who don't know what...

I wonder what the people who don't know what corners look like thought of the chair?
Forum: Amusement Bark 21 May 2013, 10:01 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 750
Posted By Richard W
Exactly - nobody cares about the hardware any...

Exactly - nobody cares about the hardware any more; it's the games or software. We only upgrade the hardware when forced to do so.

Same with DVD versus BluRay. I have no intention of getting a...
Forum: Spook Central 21 May 2013, 09:44 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 998
Posted By Richard W
Nice - thanks! I've seen holes like that in a...

Nice - thanks! I've seen holes like that in a river bed on Dartmoor, and didn't know what they were.

The river at the time was only a stream in the rock - it probably filled more when it was rainy...
Forum: Amusement Bark 21 May 2013, 09:09 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 750
Posted By Richard W
I didn't see the reveal, but might be in the...

I didn't see the reveal, but might be in the market for an upgrade.

Forced cloud storage and internet connection would stop me, though. I don't play on-line, and while I'm happy to have...
Forum: SLC 16 May 2013, 06:39 AM
Replies: 1,001
Views: 50,485
Posted By Richard W
No, traditionally quite the opposite in fact. The...

No, traditionally quite the opposite in fact. The godparents are supposed to be each others "siblings" in God, not partners, so they're not supposed to marry each other. If they did it would be "God...
Forum: Amusement Bark 15 May 2013, 09:30 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 962
Posted By Richard W
The innocent days before the Web, when we needed...

The innocent days before the Web, when we needed nursery rhymes to tell us what people looked like when they'd been squashed by cars.
Forum: Amusement Bark 15 May 2013, 11:24 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 962
Posted By Richard W
And yet people were still walking in front of the...

And yet people were still walking in front of the traffic!
Forum: Amusement Bark 15 May 2013, 10:30 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 962
Posted By Richard W
Yes, the river looks really filthy in that. It's...

Yes, the river looks really filthy in that. It's not exactly clean-looking now, but you read a lot about how much cleaner and healthier it is at the moment than it's been for centuries. Interesting...
Forum: Amusement Bark 15 May 2013, 07:38 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 962
Posted By Richard W
Ha ha! Those Americans and their obsession with...

Ha ha! Those Americans and their obsession with buying things! Nothing changes, does it? We're still beating Australia at cricket, and the Houses of Parliament and the good old British bobby are...
Forum: Urban Legends Contest 15 May 2013, 07:27 AM
Replies: 451
Views: 19,323
Posted By Richard W
Aha, a mountain lion, not a normal lion... I...

Aha, a mountain lion, not a normal lion... I would have found it (http://seattletimes.com/ABPub/zoom/html/2002541899.html) if I'd realised that...
Forum: Rantidote 15 May 2013, 07:23 AM
Replies: 999
Views: 54,292
Posted By Richard W
Indeed. That's trivial to demonstrate, so I shall...

Indeed. That's trivial to demonstrate, so I shall leave the proof as an exercise for the reader.
Forum: Urban Legends Contest 14 May 2013, 08:06 PM
Replies: 451
Views: 19,323
Posted By Richard W
Well, adding "modernist" to the image search at...

Well, adding "modernist" to the image search at least got rid of most of the pictures of Budapest, but I still haven't found it. I don't actually know where it is... Bridge 1 is the caption on your...
Forum: Urban Legends Contest 14 May 2013, 04:14 PM
Replies: 451
Views: 19,323
Posted By Richard W
That's the famous Bridge 1. In, erm, Washington...

That's the famous Bridge 1. In, erm, Washington State.
Forum: Soapbox Derby 14 May 2013, 03:55 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 3,734
Posted By Richard W
Which bucket's that, I wonder? Somewhat...

Which bucket's that, I wonder?

Somewhat alarming to find that after his resignation, he stood for office again and was re-elected. I wonder if he has hidden good points that make people like him?
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