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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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(...) Funky! (...) Yup - I forgot to mention that I expected no support for it :) In fact, if someone doesn't take up the challenge before me (I couldn't justify it until June, so it's likely they will!), it would make a good way to get a bit more (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Straying dangerously off-topic... this is something you can try at home kids! Assuming you have at least 4 sets of wheels, a few longer bricks and a hinge :) (...) Great term - thanks! :) (...) I have to say that I've never shopped in the Gap, (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) It's not particularly bad code or anything like that, it's just that it was an evolve-mode prototype -- didn't know Curses at all before digging in (still don't know it well) and wasn't sure it would even end up working. It also is still using (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) If you mean that it would be virtually impossible for me to do some hacking of my own to get it working, or you're embarrassed to share the source, then fine! Otherwise, I'm still interested :P (...) Yup - these are cool developments, but (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) As far as I know, yes. There are some variations, though. My grandparents bought a bus (a Greyhound) and had it converted into an RV/Mobile home, and I'm pretty sure they had to have a different license for it. (...) It's just the same as a (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Fredrik, (...) As far as I know, you don't need a special license. (...) You put the car in nuetral, so the wheels turn when the RV turns, I believe. It depends on the towing apparatus as well. (...) Heh heh, I don't have an oversized vehicle, (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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When traveling in Florida recently, I saw a lot of recreational vehicles. I realized before traveling to the US that everything "over there" is large. But those RV's were extraordinarily large. Can you drive such a vehicle with a normal license? And (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Oh my. A guy on TV just called this Boston Marathon "the first race of the second millennium". (24 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Wow. (URL) (24 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek) !
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(...) I'll need to dig out my Oldfield CDs this evening. The first Tubular Bells and "To France" are some of my favorites. I still like to play "To France" every once in a while when I get the urge to tickle the ivories. Listen well, Andreas Stabno (...) (24 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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