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After yesterday's oh-so-hard one, have an easy one today to get your brain's back in gear:
Watch a boat on-screen? (7)
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Nope (what's that got to do with a boat?)
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spyship?
watch - spy
boat - ship
spyship was a tv series
(I know I'm wrong, but it fits)
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Nice try, I suppose - but nope.
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Monitor (triple definition)
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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Yay, well done - I was getting seriously worried there....
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It had me stumped for a while because I was too busy looking for non-existent wordplay, then I was trying to think of boats in the movies.
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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What's the boat bit ?
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Didn't know that thanks
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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PeejayAdams wrote: 98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot. |
And the other 0.6% are made up after they are typed!
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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So our VAT rate will be increasing from 14% to 15% on the 1 April (no joke). I'm wondering how many programs have this hard-coded and will be able to handle it properly, including working out VAT before and after the changeover. Reminds me of Y2K.
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Same thing that happened during our transitions from 20 to 23% in uncomfortable 1% steps every year.
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Any programmer that hard-codes variable parameters such as tax rates should be defenestrated, at the very least.
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bonus points for the use of defenestration, one of my favorite more obscure words
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I prefer Fenestrons[^] , but they are sinfully expensive in the sizes I need.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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I would think that using one of those to deal with bad programmers defeats the purpose - just use an ordinary helicopter rotor.
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Fenestra obscura est.
I mean, you should have used 'dark', shouldn't you?
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defenestration, exsanguinate and antidisestablishmentarianism are words that really should be used more often in normal conversation i think.
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I learned a new word today. Have an upvote
Also I agree.
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Does that mean that he cannot use Windows anymore? That could be considered a benefit ....
'Just because nobody complains doesn't mean all parachutes are perfect.'
Benny Hill
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MS-Windows is software; I'm referring to the hardware.
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OK, they will be defenestrated at 10% rate.
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