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(...) I actually know the root of this one - it was invented by a staff writer of "The One" - an Amiga Games Magazine, it was picked up by Dominic Diamond, (who praised it in an article), who happened to host "Games Master" - a national games (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Could the usage on this possibly "pantsed", Lar? As in; "Some luser ha><or pantsed the system by routing his IP through the net-aware toaster.", perhaps? This is an Americanism for the (theoretically endearing) trick of forcibly de- trousering (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) And also, apparently, "bad, or something similar", which has puzzled me no end. as in: Q:"Is the server OK or crashed?" A:"It is pants at the moment, some luser wrote a noddy prog that went pants". or something like that. Why is that? (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Erm, well.. pants is the easiest one.. it means "trousers" in North America, but "underwear, y-fronts" in the UK. Khaki.. erm a bit toilet based this one.. pronounced exactly like "cacky"? So in UK-English: "He wears khaki pants", translates (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) S'funny, I was thinking exactly the same thing as I typed. :D (...) You're welcome. Actually, I was shocked by the spread of Generica to Europe as a whole. Last April I was in two seperate Gap stores in Paris (not my idea...). (...) Eh? (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Of course, you probably also have great public transportation. (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Part of the reason is that the US government heavily subsidizes most, if not all, of the automotive industry. I once read the US local/state/federal governments shell out between ten and 15 thousand dollars per vehicle on a US road. This money (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Oh no. He seemed to think that this is AD 1001. (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Matthew: (...) Are you sure he didn't say "the _last_ race of the second millennium"? Some people happen to get things right (sometimes). Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL: (URL) > -- ---...--- (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(URL) out more about the exciting world of cellular processes! It's not a substitute for reading a book on the subject.. but it is a great summary. It's a subsection of a wider site: (URL) looks to be a cool, and *free* education resource - which (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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