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Not without protection, honey.
Posted by Adrian A. Baumann on 03 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: In the news, Bzzzt - wrong!
As Mr. Häck would say: The dumbest volunteer at 20 Minutes, a free Swiss newspaper (and worth every penny!), strikes again…
Now, what Amazon are offering is music without any Digital Restrictions, so without copy protection. And what, pray tell, does one call that? Of course: Copy-free music! Can we therefore assume that whoever wrote this doesn’t use protection? I know, cheap joke, but it’s before my 2nd morning coffee. You might well find that post edited later.
(Note for the Görmen speakers out there… it should be “Kopierschutzfrei”…)
How big is your hard-drive?
Posted by Adrian A. Baumann on 28 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: Bzzzt - wrong!, Computers
If you feel inadequate about your hard drive size, a well-known Swiss (or German, for the pedants among us) electronics supermarket sells Terrabyte (sic) sized harddrives. Now… Terra (with two “r”s) usually refers to earth. So… is that a harddrive the size of the whole planet? Would be useful for Marvin the paranoid Android: “Here I am, harddrive the size of a planet…”
Of course, I couldn’t leave this post without looking up where the prefix “tera” as in 1012 (or in this case 240) actually comes from. Here’s what the second oracle told me:
Confirmed in 1960, it comes from the Greek τερασ, meaning monster.*I therefore suggest we call it a Monsterbyte from now on!
A plaque upon thee!
Posted by Adrian A. Baumann on 16 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: Bzzzt - wrong!
What, no “Plaguettes”? Sounds… interesting. Cheerleaders for the Black Death or cholera, maybe? Or simply a French wine…
Anyway, if you’re looking for a plague, they’re the guys to go to.
Disclaimer: I have no idea about any products of any company mentioned in this post, not even the misspelled ones. So there. But Ms. Magenta’s Cholera looks lovely!
Is that the bus to RTXY_DG%;)FCKNGC?
Posted by Adrian A. Baumann on 15 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: Bzzzt - wrong!, Travels, Huh?
Good thing I was flying out of Dublin Airport on August 3rd… taking the bus would have been slightly confusing. However, I find it hard to believe that the letters “FCKNG” should appear anywhere randomly, especially preceded by a smilie ;). Who knows… some bored sign technician, maybe?
For arbitrary values of 7
Posted by Adrian A. Baumann on 08 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: Bzzzt - wrong!
I am constantly amazed at what wonders the Irish can do when they set their minds to it. Especially if they assault me with what must be higher dimensional mathematics at the breakfast table. Now… if they could pull the same trick off with Guinness? Please?
Alternatively, I would recommend they take a short course in applied mathematics.
National Shuffling Association
Posted by Adrian A. Baumann on 13 Mar 2007 | Tagged as: In the news, Bzzzt - wrong!
RiffleA common shuffling technique is called a riffle, in which half of the deck is held in each hand with the thumbs inward, then cards are released by the thumbs so that they fall to the table intertwined. Many also lift the cards up after a riffle, forming what is called a bridge which puts the cards back into place.
This can also be done by placing the halves flat on the table with their rear corners touching, then lifting the back edges with the thumbs while pushing the halves together. While this method is a bit more difficult, it is often used in casinos because it minimizes the risk of exposing cards during the shuffle.
That’s all nice and good, but what on earth could a society dedicated to shuffling decks of cards possibly have against regulating gun ownership? I do wonder…
Erm… with a camel?
Posted by Adrian A. Baumann on 28 Aug 2006 | Tagged as: Bzzzt - wrong!
Advert of an unspecified Airline. I wonder what exactly the tours they offer involve. It’s slightly disturbing that the image shows a camel, though…
One band around what?
Posted by Adrian A. Baumann on 18 Aug 2006 | Tagged as: Bzzzt - wrong!
