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OriginalGriff wrote: Am I alone in thinking that's really nasty and unobvious? The way all code should be
-- RP
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you're in the wrong forum
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Hi Peter,
Please do not post programming questions in The Lounge. Use the Q/A Section[^].
Also please use the "code" feature (from the toolbar) for your code, so that it can be readable.
And do not cross-post, be patient and someone will answer your question. You cannot ask the same question at multiple places.
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What part of "if you need specific help please use the programming forums." did you assume did not apply to you?
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
English doesn't borrow from other languages.
English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
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"Scientists have found a planet way out in the cosmos that's close in size and content to Earth - an astronomical first.
But hold off on the travel plans. This rocky world is so close to its sun that it's at least 2,000 degrees hotter than here, almost certainly too hot for life."
If it's 2000 degrees hotter, how the f*ck does that qualify as "earth-like"?That's like saying Europa is "earth-like" because it's freakin' round. But whoa up there, big fella. Europa has no atmosphere, is covered in frozen methane, and it doesn't really get any heat from the sun.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Link?
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
English doesn't borrow from other languages.
English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
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the size and composition make it earth-like.
they've been finding mostly giant gas planets.
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Chris Losinger wrote: giant gas planets
Sounds like planet populated by politicians and lawyers
Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.
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Chris Losinger wrote: they've been finding mostly giant gas planets
So, they finally found JSOP's ex-wife ?
I'd rather be phishing!
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Nope, there's way to much heat there to be my ex-wife (she has all the warmth of a glacier), but good joke.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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It's more like saying that west Texas is earthlike
Sent from my BatComputer via HAL 9000 and M5
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Quote: almost certainly too hot for life Life as we know it, that is.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Sounds like a bunch of egg-heads who will never produce anything useful are trying to appear relevant.
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: That's like saying Europa is "earth-like" because it's freakin' round. But whoa up there, big fella. Europa has no atmosphere, is covered in frozen methane, and it doesn't really get any heat from the sun.
Don't trust the buggers: Europa is human life friendly and indeed highly populated.
Veni, vidi, vici.
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: If it's 2000 degrees hotter, how the f*ck does that qualify as "earth-like"?
They've been exempted from Obamacare?
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As the only planets they have been able to detect to date have been bloody great giants identifying something that small must seem quite a feat, the description is probably straight hyperbole by the journalist hack reporting it.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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As already mentioned, the composition and size made it Earth-like.
Saying something is "like" something else means that there are similarities, not the that two things are identical.
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Because with an umbrella and a refrigerator you are set.
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Looks a little ghoulish! Nice!
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Haven't seen APOD for a while, nice to see it back! (is it like my coffee mug there all along, just didn't see it?)
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No: don't always have time to go see what's new and then don't always consider the images worthy. I'll try to post more often as they are wondrous to behold.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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For a contract role, how do you decide if the price is good? [asking for a friend]
I've "He's" kind of taken desired annual and added 50% then gone back to a day rate. Any hints would be [voice="Jim Bowen"] super, smashing, great[/voice].
speramus in juniperus
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"Did anyone wince or whistle backwards through their teeth?"
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
English doesn't borrow from other languages.
English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
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