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  • K Keith Barrow

    Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:

    Yep. Credit is given to the man with the smoking gunsqueaky clean barrel.

    How's it going?

    Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
    -Or-
    A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]

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    LittleYellowBird
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    Keith Barrow wrote:

    Yep. Credit is given to the man with the smoking gunsqueaky clean barrel.

    It's just not the same! :(( :-D

    Ali

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      Keith Barrow wrote:

      Yep. Credit is given to the man with the smoking gunsqueaky clean barrel.

      It's just not the same! :(( :-D

      Ali

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      Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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      Nope. Not unless innuendos are considered.

      If the post was helpful, please vote, eh! Current activities: Playing Star Craft II. Don't bother me, eh? Now and forever, defiant to the end. What is Multiple Sclerosis[^]? Food[]

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      • R realJSOP

        The term "smoking-gun" is a reference from 19th century literature, describing a just-fired weapon as "smoking". Gun smoke is created as a result of both the chemical composition of gun power from that era, and the burning off of various gun cleaning/lubrication checmicals due to extreme heat caused by the discharge of the weapon. Powder nowadays is smokeless, and advances in cleaning solvents and oils somewhat inhibits the production of resulting smoke/vapors, thus allowing faster follow-up shots.

        ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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        You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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        "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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        Jorgen Andersson
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        It must have been fun to use a Gatling in those times. After a few hundred rounds you had to take a short break and let the smoke clear up before you could aim again.

        List of common misconceptions

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        • M Mustafa Ismail Mustafa

          Abu Adam! I'm pretty good mate, actively looking for a job in North America (which will be the subject of my next post) as I plan to move in a month's time. How are things at your end? How's the tiny tot? :)

          If the post was helpful, please vote, eh! Current activities: Playing Star Craft II. Don't bother me, eh? Now and forever, defiant to the end. What is Multiple Sclerosis[^]? Food[]

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          Keith Barrow
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          Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:

          looking for a job in North America

          Probably a good move. Canadia by any chance?

          Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:

          How are things at your end?

          Best not discussed on an open forum. Working practises here are erm, interesting.

          Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:

          How's the tiny tot?

          Not so tiny, it's his 6 month birthday ( I'm off to buy a cupcake and will add half a candle as a joke)today, but for his age he's tall. He's begining to turn into a cute mini-human being now rather than an ultra-cute eating and excreting machine. It's the sweetest thing when they smile and interact. He's also threatening to crawl which is going to be a problem give how small and crowded our flat is. [edit] Must meet up if you are about. Ramadan was a killer BTW.

          Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
          -Or-
          A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]

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          • L Lost User

            ... they were discussing names for Windows 8. I just assumed we do the same as for Windows 7. It got the nickname 'Weven'. So Windows 8 should be 'Weight'

            "Dark the dark side is. Very dark..." - Yoda ---
            "Shut up, Yoda, and just make yourself another toast." - Obi Wan Kenobi

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            Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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            WhyDon'tYouJustGoBackToXenix?

            If the post was helpful, please vote, eh! Current activities: Playing Star Craft II. Don't bother me, eh? Now and forever, defiant to the end. What is Multiple Sclerosis[^]? Food[]

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            • L LittleYellowBird

              John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

              Powder nowadays is smokeless

              So I guess that means you don't blow the end of your gun after shooting then? :sigh:

              Ali

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              realJSOP
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              No, but I do spin it before sliding it back into my holster.

              ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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              You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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              "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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              • K Keith Barrow

                Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:

                looking for a job in North America

                Probably a good move. Canadia by any chance?

                Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:

                How are things at your end?

                Best not discussed on an open forum. Working practises here are erm, interesting.

                Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:

                How's the tiny tot?

                Not so tiny, it's his 6 month birthday ( I'm off to buy a cupcake and will add half a candle as a joke)today, but for his age he's tall. He's begining to turn into a cute mini-human being now rather than an ultra-cute eating and excreting machine. It's the sweetest thing when they smile and interact. He's also threatening to crawl which is going to be a problem give how small and crowded our flat is. [edit] Must meet up if you are about. Ramadan was a killer BTW.

                Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
                -Or-
                A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]

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                Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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                Keith Barrow wrote:

                Probably a good move. Canadia by any chance?

                Most likely, but I'm not ruling out the US.

                Keith Barrow wrote:

                Best not discussed on an open forum. Working practises here are erm, interesting.

                Aye! Welcome to my world, where job satisfaction is an alien concept, unheard of in most circles.

                Keith Barrow wrote:

                Not so tiny, it's his 6 month birthday ( I'm off to buy a cupcake and will add half a candle as a joke)today, but for his age he's tall. He's begining to turn into a cute mini-human being now rather than an ultra-cute eating and excreting machine. It's the sweetest thing when they smile and interact. He's also threatening to crawl which is going to be a problem give how small and crowded our flat is.

                Bless him! Their smiles are what make it worth all the effort! At his age, diaper consumption still hasn't peaked, take it from me. Hehe, Mattie is now 10mo and he doesn't crawl so much as staged rolls on to his bum, quite ingenious and lazy! :D

                Keith Barrow wrote:

                Must meet up if you are about. Ramadan was a killer BTW.

                Name a time and place and I'm ready. Yep, Ramadan and Summer just don't mix well.

                If the post was helpful, please vote, eh! Current activities: Playing Star Craft II. Don't bother me, eh? Now and forever, defiant to the end. What is Multiple Sclerosis[^]? Food[]

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                • L Lost User

                  ... they were discussing names for Windows 8. I just assumed we do the same as for Windows 7. It got the nickname 'Weven'. So Windows 8 should be 'Weight'

                  "Dark the dark side is. Very dark..." - Yoda ---
                  "Shut up, Yoda, and just make yourself another toast." - Obi Wan Kenobi

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                  Oh so that's what people mean when they say 'Weven'. I thought it was a Windows emulation thing like Wine.

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                  • L Lost User

                    ... they were discussing names for Windows 8. I just assumed we do the same as for Windows 7. It got the nickname 'Weven'. So Windows 8 should be 'Weight'

                    "Dark the dark side is. Very dark..." - Yoda ---
                    "Shut up, Yoda, and just make yourself another toast." - Obi Wan Kenobi

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                    Mike Hankey
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                    Weight for 9

                    Sects Therapy

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                    • B Bassam Abdul Baki

                      Weleaven' after when?

                      Web - BM - RSS - Math - LinkedIn

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                      S Houghtelin
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                      Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:

                      Weleaven' after when?

                      Welve then, I was thinking of doing the same. :laugh:

                      It was broke, so I fixed it.

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                      • B BobJanova

                        Oh so that's what people mean when they say 'Weven'. I thought it was a Windows emulation thing like Wine.

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                        Lost User
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                        No,no, no, Wine comes after Weight

                        "Dark the dark side is. Very dark..." - Yoda ---
                        "Shut up, Yoda, and just make yourself another toast." - Obi Wan Kenobi

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                        • L Lost User

                          ... they were discussing names for Windows 8. I just assumed we do the same as for Windows 7. It got the nickname 'Weven'. So Windows 8 should be 'Weight'

                          "Dark the dark side is. Very dark..." - Yoda ---
                          "Shut up, Yoda, and just make yourself another toast." - Obi Wan Kenobi

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                          Jack Shofner
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                          YAOS = Yet Another Operating System

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                          • G GParkings

                            Is that similar to the Windows App Store Technical EDition?

                            Pedis ex oris

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                            greldak
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                            Will Install Needless Data On Whole System Executing It Gains Hopeless Trouble

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                            • I Ian Shlasko

                              Well, with Weven, we wemoved wone wetter... (Sorry, the alliteration was getting to me)... So, keeping with that pattern, Windows Eight becomes... Wight[^]: 1. (archaic) A living creature, especially a human being. -- Does this mean Wight ==> Skynet? 2. (paganism) A being of one of the Nine Worlds of heathen belief, especially a nature spirit, elf or ancestor. -- That gives me a kind of Lovecraft vibe... Is Microsoft going to spawn Cthulu? 3. (poetic) A ghost or other supernatural entity. -- So basically, it's a manifestation of evil that will creep its way into our computers, possess them, and slowly corrupt them from the inside... But I thought we'd already covered that with Vista. Whichever definition you follow, it sounds like bad news... I think we should all wait for Wine.

                              Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
                              Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)

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                              Philip Tyre
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                              Ghosts don't have to be evil. Perhaps this will be the Windows version of Caspar. Or... is that worse? Clippy and all that. Hmm...

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                              • L Lost User

                                ... they were discussing names for Windows 8. I just assumed we do the same as for Windows 7. It got the nickname 'Weven'. So Windows 8 should be 'Weight'

                                "Dark the dark side is. Very dark..." - Yoda ---
                                "Shut up, Yoda, and just make yourself another toast." - Obi Wan Kenobi

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                                BrainiacV
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                                With Eight you get eggroll.

                                Psychosis at 10 Film at 11 Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it. Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.

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                                • J Jorgen Andersson

                                  It must have been fun to use a Gatling in those times. After a few hundred rounds you had to take a short break and let the smoke clear up before you could aim again.

                                  List of common misconceptions

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                                  BrainiacV
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                                  Aim? I thought they were the Vulcan's of their day, just spray'em around.

                                  Psychosis at 10 Film at 11 Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it. Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.

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                                  • L Lost User

                                    ... they were discussing names for Windows 8. I just assumed we do the same as for Windows 7. It got the nickname 'Weven'. So Windows 8 should be 'Weight'

                                    "Dark the dark side is. Very dark..." - Yoda ---
                                    "Shut up, Yoda, and just make yourself another toast." - Obi Wan Kenobi

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                                    BrainiacV
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                                    Baumer's Bomb! All set to nuke the competition!

                                    Psychosis at 10 Film at 11 Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it. Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.

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                                    • L Lost User

                                      ... they were discussing names for Windows 8. I just assumed we do the same as for Windows 7. It got the nickname 'Weven'. So Windows 8 should be 'Weight'

                                      "Dark the dark side is. Very dark..." - Yoda ---
                                      "Shut up, Yoda, and just make yourself another toast." - Obi Wan Kenobi

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                                      Westley Cooper Thorn
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                                      Lets be original.. Win "smooth" Metro - after the new UI

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                                      • L Lost User

                                        ... they were discussing names for Windows 8. I just assumed we do the same as for Windows 7. It got the nickname 'Weven'. So Windows 8 should be 'Weight'

                                        "Dark the dark side is. Very dark..." - Yoda ---
                                        "Shut up, Yoda, and just make yourself another toast." - Obi Wan Kenobi

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                                        Fabio Franco
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                                        CDP1802 wrote:

                                        So Windows 8 should be 'Weight'

                                        Oh, I so hate 'weighting'...

                                        "To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems" - Homer Simpson

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                                          ... they were discussing names for Windows 8. I just assumed we do the same as for Windows 7. It got the nickname 'Weven'. So Windows 8 should be 'Weight'

                                          "Dark the dark side is. Very dark..." - Yoda ---
                                          "Shut up, Yoda, and just make yourself another toast." - Obi Wan Kenobi

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                                          Lost User
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                                          windows SEVEN version is 6.1 for windows EIGHT a good name will be SIX.TWO

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