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Was expecting at least one of them to be "There's no place like 127.0.0.1"
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No.[^]
I am endeavoring, ma'am, to construct a mnemonic memory circuit using stone knives and bearskins.
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There are Star Trek/Star Wars fans who wouldn't describe themselves as nerds.
There are nerds who don't like Star Trek/Star Wars.
Don't confuse the two three groups.
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To misquote the good Mr. Pool,
<MaximumPedanticEffort>dandy72 wrote: There are Star Trek/Star Wars fans who wouldn't describe themselves as nerds.
There are nerds who don't like Star Trek/Star Wars.
Don't confuse the two three groups.
</MaximumPedanticEffort>
Software Zen: delete this;
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You better believe it!!!! 
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dandy72 wrote: There are Star Trek/Star Wars fans who wouldn't describe themselves as nerds.
Nerdtyping: Looks like a nerd and behaves like a nerd, so what could they possibly be?
dandy72 wrote: There are nerds who don't like Star Trek/Star Wars.
Then it's BSG, Babylon 5, Farscape, Serenity...
dandy72 wrote: Don't confuse the two three groups.
And let's not forget all nerdy unicorns...
I am endeavoring, ma'am, to construct a mnemonic memory circuit using stone knives and bearskins.
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CodeWraith wrote: Then it's BSG, Babylon 5, Farscape, Serenity...
The series was Firefly, the movie was Serenity.
(Yes, I'm after my pedantic points today)
(By the same token, I'm also showing just how much of a nerd I am).
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Pranged the plane. Oh #$%^! (8)
Have fun,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Elephant
Anagram of "the plane"
used (on this site) in place of expletive.
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Definitely a CP-only clue! Well done. Yours tomorrow.
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Excellent!
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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The typo of the day jumped at me while looking over the CP homepage:
string EncraptedPassword = FormsAuthentication Let's try to use the new word in a sentence: If the password is not bad enough, we go ahead and encrap it.
Or:
All tests have failed. Who of you encrapted our code?
I am endeavoring, ma'am, to construct a mnemonic memory circuit using stone knives and bearskins.
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That's exactly where I found it when it was listed on the CP homepage. I may be a little sexist, but otherwise I do not try to make fun of people. In the old days some regulars like JSOP would have pounced on you for writing something like this.
I am endeavoring, ma'am, to construct a mnemonic memory circuit using stone knives and bearskins.
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Encrapture (v)
To bombard ones audience with such impenetrable drivel that they become convinced that something very meaningful must lurk within.
Example:
James Joyce's Ulysses is so gloriously unreadable that it has encraptured readers for over a century.
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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Cool. Reminds me of one of our terms:
envirginate: v. To restore a system to factory defaults by re-installing the factory system image and the product application.
... and yes, this term is used on a regular basis (although not with customers or other children [marketing] in the room).
Software Zen: delete this;
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So, I'm trying to download a mobile app to my android phone. It's just over 1 MB in size. I go to the Play Store, find the game, click "Install", and it churns away for what seems like a long time (in internet time). Finally, it says that I need ONE HUNDRED MEGABYTES FREE in order to install the app. I wrote the app, so I know it truly DOES NOT require so much memory, but apparently the Play Store "Installer" seems to think that 99.9 free MB is not enough room to prepare to download and install a 1.2MB .apk file. Seriously, I had to uninstall 100MB worth of apps just to (re)install a 1.5MB app. Mind boggling.
On the other hand, you have different fingers. - Steven Wright
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Haha. You are talking about MB. This happens even if you got something in KBs. I think it's do with something else than directly using the 100MB. May be some reserved space for paging & cache. Don't know.
Mind you, we can't bash Android as we want. Now Gates has it. Respect the rules mate! 
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy Falcon.
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Have you ever seen people trying to park their tiny cars in front of the supermarket? The space can be laid out for a tank, but they still have enormous problems. What do you think what will happen when such people write installers.
I am endeavoring, ma'am, to construct a mnemonic memory circuit using stone knives and bearskins.
modified 28-Sep-17 3:56am.
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CodeWraith wrote: What do you think what will happen when such people write installers.
And who do you think is writing them now? 
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On my route to work there are several traffic lights which have no green lamps, just red and yellow. You may drive when the red light goes out. These are not very common, but here we have a few of them and every day I meet some helpless fools who halt in front of those lights and are totally clueless about what they should do. Traffic light[^]
I suppose that such helpless people program most of the annoying stuff.
I am endeavoring, ma'am, to construct a mnemonic memory circuit using stone knives and bearskins.
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In Britain a single yellow traffic light means the next in sequence will be red. So if you see just yellow you stop, and wait, and wait, ... (queue tumbleweed and spooky Western music).
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