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Gentlemen of a certain age will remember her.
She was stunningly beautiful.
And now no longer with us.
Another one succumbed to cancer at too young an age.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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If you ever call me a gen'mum again, I'l gut ya! 
Though I am of a certain age. 
speramus in juniperus
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Linky[^] and for those who are too inexperienced to remember her: The Champions[^]
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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So, last week I decided to look at learning some of them thar new web teknolgy. After lengthy research [10 minutes with Google and a check what the popular free hosting allows] decided on:
Ruby on Rails
Bit late to the party I know, but there you goes.
Also, thanks to Mark and Arrow as I was as yet undecided on an IDE, RubyMine is on its way in.
[edit]
Just realised that RubyMine is not fully free, it better be good.
speramus in juniperus
modified 13-Jan-14 5:14am.
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"popular free hosting"
Brrrrrr!
There is a phrase to send a shudder down one's spine!
Free hosting is generally worth exactly what you paid for it...have you considered Arvixe[^]? Not expensive (one pub G&T a month) and I think they support Ruby (never tried though) judging by this: http://forum.arvixe.com/smf/general/arvixe-asp-vps-ruby-on-rails-setup/[^]
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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as long as it's just for testing nothing speaks against free hosting 
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Welcome to the party! I joined this party just before a couple of months! For a free IDE try RadRails[^], it's pretty good! and for free hosting I use heroku short intro[^]!
Cheers,
Karthik
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Scots vote for independence this year, but as I look at Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon I can't help but think there is something very fishy about them.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Scotland may be roe-ing it's own boat soon.
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Cod be the Scots are going to net the biggest gain too.
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They could get their sole back from the English - I'll perch on the sidelines and see what happens.
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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what a load of pollocks
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Maybe they're involved just for the halibut.
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"Courses for the KGB perhaps?"(7,7)
Best of luck.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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RUSSIAN LESSONS?
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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50% right.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Russian Classes
speramus in juniperus
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No, think Dinner.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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I can only think of Russian Desserts but it doesn't fit and is totally non cryptic.
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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While my hooky 7 license is stuck in the wonderfully efficient Deustche-Post system, as it has been for a month, I bought Windows 8.1 for one of my redundant boxes at the weekend.
I must say, apart from just two things, it is quite pleasant to use.
The first thing is the need for a Hotmail account to log into my own computer; big brother, slightly moreso than Android and gmail, but not obtrusive.
The second is that to shut an application I needed alt-F4, there didn't appear to be any controls, just differences in focus.
There are many differences, but I find them interesting. Also, I was easily able to install Visual Studio 2008 and test it. Hello world etc work fine, with nice GUI integration.
I like the built-in Skype, I like the app-style Facebook extra, I like the Android-style app shop(which also like Android, doesn't demand payment details unless you want to buy something).
I like the way all and any hardware is integrated effortlessly, including wifi printing and scanning.
I speak as someone who has been using Ubuntu exclusively at home for 4 years; MS has clearly done some Ubuntu/Linux homework and decided that good things a like seamless driver integration should be taken seriously, at last. And with the ecosystem control, they don't even nag about security anymore(although I installed Avast).
For once, MS is being maligned for doing something actually good. 
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Simon O'Riordan from UK wrote: need for a Hotmail account to log into my own computer
If that not stinks I do not know what is!!!
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Yeah. Pretty stinky. But similar to Gmail for Android.(I switched to BB10). 
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Simon O'Riordan from UK wrote: similar to Gmail for Android
IMHO not quite. Gmail is for mail so you need email account to access, Win8.1 is an OS...
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The Gmail equivalent is where you need an account for the app store. I already had a verified hotmail(>15 years) which I use as cloud storage for my Amazon receipts.
Apart from logging on(and I would be surprised if there is no alternative, they just don't make it obvious) I'm not worried.
Interestingly, when I installed Avast, the options include a specific anti-NSA protection. They even use the name NSA. 
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Simon O'Riordan from UK wrote: the options include a specific anti-NSA protection
As if THAT would make any difference. Tell me how avast can prevent the NSA from grabbing your internet traffic...
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