* Posts by Xerxes

9 publicly visible posts • joined 22 Mar 2010

Groupon drops $500m in piggy bank, eyes world hungrily

Xerxes
WTF?

sounds fishy

"the majority of the funds raised would be used to buy back shares from investors"

Isn't this the way pyramid schemes begin... pay off early investors with the money from late investors, rinse, repeat...

I'd avoid this if I were me...

Diary of an Overflow Addict

Xerxes

Lord is a title... right?

I imagine Verity reading old copies of Stan Kelly-Bootle's columns to come up with new ideas...

Court slaps down coppers in photography case

Xerxes
Grenade

RE: Properly nasty individuals

omg, I just flashed on A Clockwork Orange at that statement... the future has finally caught up with us!

Future quantum computers could be made of... silicon?

Xerxes
Headmaster

I think you meant...

... Felis catus (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=9685) rather than F. domesticus.

Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben used the name F domesticus. This name, and F silvestris domesticus, are sometimes seen, but are not considered valid scientific names under the rules of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. F silvestris is generally adopted for the wild species and F catus is sometimes seen in print for the domestic cat.

* http://www.messybeast.com/breed-subspecies.htm

Cheers!

X!

Far East fanboi dresses iPad as Mac (Classic)

Xerxes
FAIL

Resolution

I don't know where you get 320x240, but all of the early Macs were 512x342, and I spent many years writing Xternals for HyperCard... best days of my life!

Cheers!

Terence Conran slams 'appalling' Olympic mascots

Xerxes

The cake...

... is a lie, but I'll have some too, please, Sarah!

Copernicus reburied with full Catholic honours

Xerxes
Thumb Up

Nobody...

...expects the Spanish Inquisition!

Aussie smoko-proofing drug prevents ill effects of cigs

Xerxes
Go

Useful research, even for non-smokers

Imagine how this could be used to help people who are exposed to other kinds of smoke, such as fire fighters, who may not always have the right breathing equipment handy... or if the dose could be given after exposure to smoke (such as in a regular home fire). Just because the research used cigarette smoke, doesn't necessarily mean it wouldn't apply to other kinds of smoke related injuries / professions, thus it's not money put to bad use, just your lack of imagination... please remove yourself from society sooner rather than later.

Go, because I'm done with you...

The $20K iPad

Xerxes
WTF?

PDA - PAD

I remember when I got my Newton back in 1993, the joke then was that PDA stood for Public Display of Affluence, but this PAD takes the cake!