Hard News: Geekstravaganza
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not to mention American Dad
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How about this typical Australian bloke.
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And King Of The Hill...
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yeah. although KoTH i consider more of a drama than a comedy. it's an odd one.
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Dale, you are an absolute star. So well put. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why older women should rule the world, if they could be arsed.
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linger, that's OK though, because it's a cartoon strip. Every noticed that Homer Simpson is a complete bastard in pretty much every way? But he makes us laugh at him.
More than that, he makes us sympathise with him.
My kids understand him perfectly as an archetype.
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Nana that.
I want to put that on a t-shirt.
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Anybody else notice that fully 1/4 of the XKCD comic archive consists of "your mother" references somewhat more disturbing than the ones that have exercised discussion here?
On reflection I remembered others, but this was the one popped in my head*
Yeah? Well your MOM turns every conversation into a "your mom" joke and it's unbearable.
* like your m... Never mind.
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I'm in awe of Mrs Roberts myself (and again here)...
xkcd rocks!
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I always felt a defining moment in my maturation was the transition from identifying with Bart to identifying with Homer.
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Heh, I'm worried about when I identify with Homer's Dad.
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SJ - I always felt a defining moment in my maturation was the transition from identifying with Bart to identifying with Homer.
I was indentifying with Barney for a while there.
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Heh, I'm worried about when I identify with Homer's Dad.
That's the real worry. I'll never remember the time when I went to somewhere or other and did something. Apparently it was good, or bad but then I think. Where is my dinner, and realise I have to cook it myself.
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Glad I don't identify with crusty!
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Mike that you're a Newbie
... yep, all new to me, *cough*.
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The newly provided upload and download rates for Orcon are the standard in France, which, when working well, allows us 3-4 computers running decent broadband (wirelessly) from the same line. So that's a good thing.
I guess the shock is the price. Here, for NZD$57, you get unlimited upload/download, 100 TV channels (that you can beam to your computer via wifi, or play a film in the lounge on the TV beamed from a computer in a bedroom, via wifi), no "telecom" line charge and unlimited free phone calls to 70 countries (including NZ).
Possible reasons: highly concentrated population in cities, economies of scale, terrible and expensive customer service! When it works, welcome to heaven. When it doesn't, welcome to hell!
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__Mike that you're a Newbie__
... yep, all new to me, *cough*.Mike, thanks for the Firefox shortcut tips.
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D'oh! "There is a form of highbrow humour in The Simpsons that will account for its appeal to the educated and academics." (HA, HA)
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When it works, welcome to heaven. When it doesn't, welcome to hell!
The Go-Large plan from xtra, seems to linger in the mundane. not to good not to bad.
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as I switched the radio from Hauraki to radio B, used to be on 91.8 in those days and the studio number was 307 3918 to go with the frequency which was the trend at the time,..............................Oh yes and I believe our Russ was on the wireless at the time. Ain't that cool?
cue memory spike to when the number was 373 918 and Marcus Lush was ruling talkback, pre breakfast.
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I'd have to send her the secret phrasebook first. You're not "turning it off then on" -- you're power-cycling the equipment
You're revealing trade secrets here. From the Linux level one support manual:
- Ok, can you type:
netstat -a
and read me what you see.
- Hmm, interesting.
- Try:
ps -ef | grep 'httpd'
and what do you get.
- Ok: can you type su and enter the root password please?
- now vi /etc/foobar_150308
- now press i then type foobar<tab>19001
- now press <esc> then _:wq_
- now try ps -ef | grep 'httpd'
- what do you get?
- hmmm, try reboot
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If you could use the internet on a party line, and one person downloaded something, would everyone get it?
I think you'd need a very special modem, usually only available to GCSB and the like.
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I think you'd need a very special modem, usually only available to GCSB and the like.
"That's not a modem. That's a _really_ big golf ball.
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Is it ironic thast the aforesaid big balls of our intelligence service are located in Spy Valley? Just down the road, Spy Valley Road, from Spy Valley Winery. Can't miss it, just on the left by Jones the Spies house.
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Perhaps this was a case of some overworked bureaucrat putting the word "Spy" in the wrong column when filling in the planning application for a base at Waihopai river near Invercargil?
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