The Back Room

Michael P Butler wrote: Is it only me who finds that there is nothing to entertain themselves with. Welcome to February. J "We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered." - Tom Stoppard - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.

I prefer to Trust the Farce. It just seems to work better in the UK. :rolleyes: Anna :rose: www.annasplace.me.uk "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Add-In for Visual C++

:laugh: thanks BW "Gandalf. Yes. That is what they used to call me. Gandalf the Grey. *I* am Gandalf the White." - Gandalf the White

Along a similar vein, a story about a guy who sat the Oxbridge exams a few years ago (For the non-brits, Oxbridge is an amalgamation of Oxford and Cambridge - the 'best' universities in the country - yeah RIGHT says a Birmingham alumnus!). He sat himself down to take a 3 1/2 hour exam, with a single question - "What is bravery". Everyone in the room sat and cogitated, while our character wrote a single line and then left the room. What did he write I hear you ask - the most profound answer given, and the only response that garnered an automatic offer of a place..... He wrote "This is it"

Interesting what you get when you put a close paren after "MAD" no space :mad:) with space :mad: ) "I will find a new sig someday."

I've never had the naked dream? My dreams tend to involve me jumping into large canyons and just floating down safely. Most of my other dreams tend to involve fighting or running from bad things (monsters, terrorists etc). Interestingly enough, in most of my fighting dreams I am carrying a gun (varying from laser gun to standard pistol) - yet for some reason I never have any ammo or the gun won't fire. God knows what Freud would make of it ;-) Michael Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman. All the world's waiting for you, and the power you possess. In your satin tights, Fighting for your rights And the old Red, White and Blue.

Yeah, they just mentioned the war and the london marches as an example - If you photograph anything newsworthy then it's worth sending. -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!

Yeah, I always refuse to drive if I've had anything to drink at all. People say "come on, legally you can drink a few pints and still be under the limit" with some kind of idea that being drunk is some kind of binary state that flips from fully sober to drunk -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!

Mike Gaskey wrote: Was it funny? I thought so. It made serious fun of French, German and Chinese UN delegates. They were much more interested in UN perks (free meals and limos) than anything else. They also seemed to like diplomatic immunity. Mike Gaskey wrote: SNL is sometimes really good, sometimes very bad. The show was only so-so. I just liked the anti-UN stuff since I presently hate the UN. ;P Mike Mullikin :beer: I'm not convinced that oil is the problem. I'm pretty sure we could fly over the Middle East and drop bags of money and they'd still want to kill us for blocking the view. - Scott Adams

Now that's fast - I just got this same one in email an hour ago! It is ok for women not to like sports, so long as they nod in the right places and bring beers at the right times. Paul Watson, on Sports - 2/10/2003

I have had 5 so far as well. :confused::mad: Roger Allen Sonork 100.10016 WHats brown and sticky? A stick or some smelly stuff!

jan larsen wrote: Your'e joking right?... I was every bit as serious as Jörgen Sigvardsson. For some reason the rest of the world seems to believe that it is okay for the US to be attacked by Muslim fanatics and that the cure is for us to simply understand the reasons why, then bend over for more. When I encounter sarcasm, I reply in kind. Mike

have you enabled that drive for indexing service, thats one of those possible reason. Cheers, Kannan

Michael P Butler wrote: As Germany was the surprise winner. I think FIFA handled it by "influencing" the votes. SA looked set to get it, but Germany won. It was big news here, because the deciding vote was handled by the Oceania delegate, Charlie Dempsey from NZ. Apparently he thought that the process was corrupted in some form and decided not to vote at all. Which basically meant Germany took it. Now what is wonderful is that the Oceania group can now actually get a position in the World Cup, where before it was a near impossible mission. A reward maybe? Regardz Colin J Davies Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin I'm guessing the concept of a 2 hour movie showing two guys eating a meal and talking struck them as 'foreign' Rob Manderson wrote:

Can you email me the text for this post? It's become something about stem cell research now, and I take it that wasn't the subject. Oops. Never mind! Just saw where you posted the full text! Marc Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator. Sensitivity and ethnic diversity means celebrating difference, not hiding from it. - Christian Graus Every line of code is a liability - Taka Muraoka Microsoft deliberately adds arbitrary layers of complexity to make it difficult to deliver Windows features on non-Windows platforms--Microsoft's "Halloween files"

Ok, thanks. :) David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk

Damn right Chris. You've got my thumbs up. :) Anna :rose: www.annasplace.me.uk "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Add-In for Visual C++

I used to be just like that before too. But I've come to the conclusion that code in development is not static. Sooner or later I get this idea of doing it better for whatever reason. Then I have to rewrite all that code I tried to make so pretty to begin with! I do however try to make the concepts as generic as possible though. That way I can perhaps just tweak it or replace parts of the implementation without breaking the overall design and interfaces. I do all the beautifications just before I tag the code in CVS and after I'm happy with the design/implementation details. I figure that's the least wear and tear on fingers and mind. :) -- "And God said, Let us make man in our image"

Michael P Butler wrote: Personally I see more threat from Pakistan, Iran and North Korea at the moment. And vice versa ;)