It's Friday!
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What are you doing this weekend? :) My brother's visiting me, and I'll take him somewhere and teach him to ride* a motorbike. If I could just get hold of my colleague's laptop, I will show him how cool the AoE3 demo is. * Question for native speakers - is is true that you drive a car but ride a motorbike? Is it wrong to say "I was driving my bike when...."? š Cheers, Vikram.
I don't know and you don't either. Militant Agnostic
I'm doing some homework and preparing for finals (week after next...yikes).
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
is is true that you drive a car but ride a motorbike
Yes.
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
Is it wrong to say "I was driving my bike when...."?
It's odd...but not wrong. I don't think I've ever heard someone say that, but I don't think it would be wrong per se.
And when we saw the computer, when we saw its code - and Turing saw it first - we were looking at complexity incarnate. And then suddenly we saw complexity everywhere. It materialized, it crystalized around us - even though it had always been there.
We have yet to recover from the shock. -
toxcct wrote:
please, stop this, it become very boring to see the same thread every week.
Is it? I thought i am the only one who would post that... :)
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What are you doing this weekend? :) My brother's visiting me, and I'll take him somewhere and teach him to ride* a motorbike. If I could just get hold of my colleague's laptop, I will show him how cool the AoE3 demo is. * Question for native speakers - is is true that you drive a car but ride a motorbike? Is it wrong to say "I was driving my bike when...."? š Cheers, Vikram.
I don't know and you don't either. Militant Agnostic
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
What are you doing this weekend?
Photographing.. It would be glorious to see mankind at leisure for once. It is nothing but work, work, work. I cannot easily buy a blank-book to write thoughts in; they are commonly ruled for dollars and cents. A[man], seeing me making a minute in the fields, took it for granted that I was calculating my wages. — business! - I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself, than this incessant business. Henry David Thoreau
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What are you doing this weekend? :) My brother's visiting me, and I'll take him somewhere and teach him to ride* a motorbike. If I could just get hold of my colleague's laptop, I will show him how cool the AoE3 demo is. * Question for native speakers - is is true that you drive a car but ride a motorbike? Is it wrong to say "I was driving my bike when...."? š Cheers, Vikram.
I don't know and you don't either. Militant Agnostic
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
show him how cool the AoE3 demo is
You mean you haven't finished all the campaigns in the full game :wtf: I have :-D
**You know you're obsessed with computer graphics when you're outside and you look up at the trees and think, "Wow! That's spectacular resolution!"
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What are you doing this weekend? :) My brother's visiting me, and I'll take him somewhere and teach him to ride* a motorbike. If I could just get hold of my colleague's laptop, I will show him how cool the AoE3 demo is. * Question for native speakers - is is true that you drive a car but ride a motorbike? Is it wrong to say "I was driving my bike when...."? š Cheers, Vikram.
I don't know and you don't either. Militant Agnostic
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
* Question for native speakers - is is true that you drive a car but ride a motorbike? Is it wrong to say "I was driving my bike when...."?
Because you are in a car but on a motorbike. Oh, waiting for my nice new 42" plasma television :cool:, my luxury item of the year. The tigress is here :-D
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What are you doing this weekend? :) My brother's visiting me, and I'll take him somewhere and teach him to ride* a motorbike. If I could just get hold of my colleague's laptop, I will show him how cool the AoE3 demo is. * Question for native speakers - is is true that you drive a car but ride a motorbike? Is it wrong to say "I was driving my bike when...."? š Cheers, Vikram.
I don't know and you don't either. Militant Agnostic
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Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
What are you doing this weekend?
Photographing.. It would be glorious to see mankind at leisure for once. It is nothing but work, work, work. I cannot easily buy a blank-book to write thoughts in; they are commonly ruled for dollars and cents. A[man], seeing me making a minute in the fields, took it for granted that I was calculating my wages. — business! - I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself, than this incessant business. Henry David Thoreau
jhaga wrote:
Photographing..
... what? regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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Hopefully nothing, but I'm sure I'll be forced to revise on Saturday since I'm going shooting all day on Sunday.
You know you're a Land Rover owner when the best route from point A to point B is through the mud. Ed
Ed.Poore wrote:
m going
Shooting what? I have a Hi-Power rifle match and I am taking my latest M1-Garand out for the match. Probably also take the Ar-15 out for some plinking after that.
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I like it. It is once a week so hardly a reptitive thread. regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
* Question for native speakers - is is true that you drive a car but ride a motorbike? Is it wrong to say "I was driving my bike when...."?
Because you are in a car but on a motorbike. Oh, waiting for my nice new 42" plasma television :cool:, my luxury item of the year. The tigress is here :-D
Trollslayer wrote:
new 42" plasma television
Crikey. What is the first thing you are going to watch on it? regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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What are you doing this weekend? :) My brother's visiting me, and I'll take him somewhere and teach him to ride* a motorbike. If I could just get hold of my colleague's laptop, I will show him how cool the AoE3 demo is. * Question for native speakers - is is true that you drive a car but ride a motorbike? Is it wrong to say "I was driving my bike when...."? š Cheers, Vikram.
I don't know and you don't either. Militant Agnostic
- Working on my book's pre-final-review changes
- Sort some documents, and hopefully recover a few that are missing/misplaced
- Get some rest
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
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What are you doing this weekend? :) My brother's visiting me, and I'll take him somewhere and teach him to ride* a motorbike. If I could just get hold of my colleague's laptop, I will show him how cool the AoE3 demo is. * Question for native speakers - is is true that you drive a car but ride a motorbike? Is it wrong to say "I was driving my bike when...."? š Cheers, Vikram.
I don't know and you don't either. Militant Agnostic
Saturday I'll probably be recovering from last night (rugby game and then out till 3am drinking. I've never been hungover AND battered at the same time) and this evening (battle of the bands event.) Sunday I am off to Cork the whole day to watch a game of Hurling with 40,000 mad Irishmen. Monday is a holiday and I'll be finding a quiet spot near a beach with the girlfriend and a picnic.
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
Is it wrong to say "I was driving my bike when...."?
It is wrong :) You drive a car, ride a bike, pilot a plane and helm a boat (though you can also pilot a boat.) Strangely you don't drive a train, you ride it or steer it. English is screwy. regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
-- modified at 7:45 Friday 2nd June, 2006
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toxcct wrote:
ps: please, stop this, it become very boring to see the same thread every week.
I (and a few others) like the Friday-threads. As long as there are folks who like it, folks who don't should just stay away - like some people stay away from political threads. :) Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
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I like it. It is once a week so hardly a reptitive thread. regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
Paul Watson wrote:
I like it. It is once a week so hardly a reptitive thread.
Yeah, same here. Much better than the "Your country|religion sucks" threads with all the "No, ours doesn't, yours does" posts you see in the Soapbox :-D Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog (New) -
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
* Question for native speakers - is is true that you drive a car but ride a motorbike? Is it wrong to say "I was driving my bike when...."?
Because you are in a car but on a motorbike. Oh, waiting for my nice new 42" plasma television :cool:, my luxury item of the year. The tigress is here :-D
Trollslayer wrote:
Oh, waiting for my nice new 42" plasma television , my luxury item of the year.
Is it a lot less expensive than a similar LCD TV? Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog (New) -
Saturday I'll probably be recovering from last night (rugby game and then out till 3am drinking. I've never been hungover AND battered at the same time) and this evening (battle of the bands event.) Sunday I am off to Cork the whole day to watch a game of Hurling with 40,000 mad Irishmen. Monday is a holiday and I'll be finding a quiet spot near a beach with the girlfriend and a picnic.
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
Is it wrong to say "I was driving my bike when...."?
It is wrong :) You drive a car, ride a bike, pilot a plane and helm a boat (though you can also pilot a boat.) Strangely you don't drive a train, you ride it or steer it. English is screwy. regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
-- modified at 7:45 Friday 2nd June, 2006
Paul Watson wrote:
Strangely you don't drive a train, you ride it or steer it. English is screwy.
I may be wrong, but in Kerala, people who ride/drive the trains are called engine drivers. Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog (New) -
What are you doing this weekend? :) My brother's visiting me, and I'll take him somewhere and teach him to ride* a motorbike. If I could just get hold of my colleague's laptop, I will show him how cool the AoE3 demo is. * Question for native speakers - is is true that you drive a car but ride a motorbike? Is it wrong to say "I was driving my bike when...."? š Cheers, Vikram.
I don't know and you don't either. Militant Agnostic
Not much, spending time with my family. My step-daughter will have her school exam next week, which mean that this is the first weekend in a long time that won't be spent helping her with her homework. Hopefully the sun will come through shining and provide some BBQ possibilities. Tuesday next week is a national holiday in Sweden, so I'm thinking about not going to work on Monday... Four days of freedom. :cool: -- Roger
_It's supposed to be hard, otherwise anybody could do it!
Regarding CodeProject: "resistance is pointless; you will be assimilated"_
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Trollslayer wrote:
new 42" plasma television
Crikey. What is the first thing you are going to watch on it? regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
Paul Watson wrote:
Crikey. What is the first thing you are going to watch on it?
Possibly the last England vs Sri Lanka test match :-) Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog (New) -
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
* Question for native speakers - is is true that you drive a car but ride a motorbike? Is it wrong to say "I was driving my bike when...."?
Because you are in a car but on a motorbike. Oh, waiting for my nice new 42" plasma television :cool:, my luxury item of the year. The tigress is here :-D
Trollslayer wrote:
my nice new 42" plasma television
Happy for you! What model have you settled for? I'm thinking about Samsung's PS-42S5HX. The price has really decreased lately, yet it's HD-Ready.
_It's supposed to be hard, otherwise anybody could do it!
Regarding CodeProject: "resistance is pointless; you will be assimilated"_