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    Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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    About 20 minutes ago, there was a noticeable tremor here in Amman, Jordan. My home office's bookshelf suffered 3 fallen books and a decent rattling of its glass. That was decent tremor too... it lasted for about 15-20 seconds, much longer then usual.

    "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance." Ali ibn Abi Talib "Animadvertistine, ubicumque stes, fumum recta in faciem ferri?"

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      About 20 minutes ago, there was a noticeable tremor here in Amman, Jordan. My home office's bookshelf suffered 3 fallen books and a decent rattling of its glass. That was decent tremor too... it lasted for about 15-20 seconds, much longer then usual.

      "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance." Ali ibn Abi Talib "Animadvertistine, ubicumque stes, fumum recta in faciem ferri?"

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      Craster
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      Sounds like you need an elephant gun. Or a nearby crevasse.

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        Sounds like you need an elephant gun. Or a nearby crevasse.

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        Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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        LOL no, there are no graboids in the area :-D for the uninitiated Clickety[^]

        "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance." Ali ibn Abi Talib "Animadvertistine, ubicumque stes, fumum recta in faciem ferri?"

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          About 20 minutes ago, there was a noticeable tremor here in Amman, Jordan. My home office's bookshelf suffered 3 fallen books and a decent rattling of its glass. That was decent tremor too... it lasted for about 15-20 seconds, much longer then usual.

          "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance." Ali ibn Abi Talib "Animadvertistine, ubicumque stes, fumum recta in faciem ferri?"

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          Pete OHanlon
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          Were you and the good lady involved in anything errm tremor worthy at the time? You could have claimed credit.;)

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            Were you and the good lady involved in anything errm tremor worthy at the time? You could have claimed credit.;)

            Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

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            Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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            I actually laughed out loud at that one! :laugh::laugh: But to be honest, no, I wish! :sigh:

            "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance." Ali ibn Abi Talib "Animadvertistine, ubicumque stes, fumum recta in faciem ferri?"

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            • M Mustafa Ismail Mustafa

              About 20 minutes ago, there was a noticeable tremor here in Amman, Jordan. My home office's bookshelf suffered 3 fallen books and a decent rattling of its glass. That was decent tremor too... it lasted for about 15-20 seconds, much longer then usual.

              "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance." Ali ibn Abi Talib "Animadvertistine, ubicumque stes, fumum recta in faciem ferri?"

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              Never felt an earthquake they are not very many of them in Scotland.

              Grady Booch: I told Google to their face...what you need is some serious adult supervision. (2007 Turing lecture) http://www.frankkerrigan.com/[^]

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                About 20 minutes ago, there was a noticeable tremor here in Amman, Jordan. My home office's bookshelf suffered 3 fallen books and a decent rattling of its glass. That was decent tremor too... it lasted for about 15-20 seconds, much longer then usual.

                "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance." Ali ibn Abi Talib "Animadvertistine, ubicumque stes, fumum recta in faciem ferri?"

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                Abu Mami
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                Seeing as we're neighbors Mustafa... We also experienced the earthquake here in Israel. For a few seconds our office in Jerusalem was swaying. Strange feeling. Happens from time to time around here - the region is located right over a major fault. Everything's calm now. Oh yeah - registered 4.2 on the Richter scale.

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                • F Frank Kerrigan

                  Never felt an earthquake they are not very many of them in Scotland.

                  Grady Booch: I told Google to their face...what you need is some serious adult supervision. (2007 Turing lecture) http://www.frankkerrigan.com/[^]

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                  Vikram A Punathambekar
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                  I slept through the 2004 earthquake.

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                  • F Frank Kerrigan

                    Never felt an earthquake they are not very many of them in Scotland.

                    Grady Booch: I told Google to their face...what you need is some serious adult supervision. (2007 Turing lecture) http://www.frankkerrigan.com/[^]

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                    Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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                    Hey, these small shakes make for funny stuff. I'm a big guy (6'2"/280lbs), so this one time during college, I throw myself on the couch at my parent's living room and the room was shaking, lamps swaying, things falling off of the shelf.. it was that moment that I thought to myself "OK, that's it, I'm going to the gym to lose some weight because this is ridiculous!". It was when my younger brother popped in and asked me whether I felt the earth shake did I realize I wasn't at fault :doh: ;p Of course, I'm not talking about the big ones. Those things are beyond belief. I actually volunteered to help out with the results of the earthquake that had hit Turkey back in 1999.

                    "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance." Ali ibn Abi Talib "Animadvertistine, ubicumque stes, fumum recta in faciem ferri?"

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                      Never felt an earthquake they are not very many of them in Scotland.

                      Grady Booch: I told Google to their face...what you need is some serious adult supervision. (2007 Turing lecture) http://www.frankkerrigan.com/[^]

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                      Frank Kerrigan wrote:

                      Never felt an earthquake they are not very many of them in Scotland.

                      We get a few in California. The big question when you feel one starting is will it be interesting or really intersting? :laugh:

                      Compassionate Conservatism is an Oxymoron. Bush is just a Moron.

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