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With all due respect, I think my post was a little more interesting... 
Leslie? Didn't he die? 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Douglas Crockford, the inventor of JSON, pronounces it "Jason".
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Son of That Which Shall Not Be Named.
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The second way. I've heard people say it Jason but that sounds too weird; using a real person's name for it.
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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We spell it "S-O-A-P.S-L-A-Y-E-R"
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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Java Script Object Notation... It just rolls off the tongue...
Or
Like it's spelled: LOL
J-son
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throat wobbler mangrove
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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I pronounce it "jay-sawn". Mostly because Jason is my name and it drives me to know end to attempt to say it like my name when it is clearly spelled different. Can also get confusing in conversation as non-techies might think I'm talking about myself in the 3rd person or something.
And I pronounce GIF as "jif" with a soft 'G' and consider anyone that pronounces it with a hard 'G' a hipster that hasn't been around as long in the industry.
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My desktop Kaspersky AV runs out in a couple of days, so I've bought a new license - but this time it's 3 devices / 1 year, so I can add the WookieTab (Win 10) and Herself's Samsung Galaxy Tab S (Android) since she's started using it for more than just Jigsaw puzzles. Taken her 2 years, but hey ho - she's not fond of new things.
So I've installed the trial version of IS2017 on the WookieTab ready for when my desktop licence runs out.
And it would like me to register. It would like that a lot. And I will, when I use the new licence.
But the stupid ![Elephant | [mastadon]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/elephant.gif) who wrote the software doesn't - deliberately - support touch in any way, shape or form. You have to use a mouse to select the "not now ![Sunshine | [little ray of sunshine]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/sunshine.gif) " button to get this TOP LEVEL form off the damn screen. No, the keyboard doesn't work either. Stupid, stupid, stupid. No other software I've seen on this ignores touch, even the first C# app I wrote way back when I was learning.
1st world problems, I know, I know... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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OriginalGriff wrote: Taken her 2 years, but hey ho - she's not fond of new things.
I got mine an iPad mini and then a Samsung so her indoors could connect when travelling. It was NEVER to be used as a reader. 4 years down the track she spends hours reading on the Samsung pad, everything EXCEPT books - still insists on dead tree books .
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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I love my dead tree's - specially when flying - no need to switch off during take-off/landing.
Oh, I buy them from the 2nd hand store so I'm not the killer.
signature upgrading ... please wait.
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We actually have a library at home and every single book in there belongs to the wife, I divested myself of books at least 2 moves ago. I remember throwing out a couple of Heinlein books that were so well used they were falling apart, I loved my books but do not miss them now their era has gone.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: Heinlein
 good ones
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: I remember throwing out a couple of Heinlein books
You sir, are an utter cad.
Software Zen: delete this;
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I had literally worn the type of the pages of some. I think I have electronic copies of nearly all his books and still enjoy them. I still dig one out every now and then, nostalgia probably not a good thing.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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I ration myself to re-reading his stuff to every few years. Some are better than others, and there's only one I dislike - Farnham's Freehold. Others of his books (The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, Time Enough For Love) I practically have memorized.
Software Zen: delete this;
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OriginalGriff wrote: Kaspersky
Russian security software. Hmmm........ 
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I'm in two minds on this one.
On the one hand, it was his last wishes, so I'm glad they were respected.
But ... the reader in me laments the loss of all those words no-one will ever read.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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OriginalGriff wrote: the reader in me laments the loss of all those words no-one will ever read.
Just pick up a dictionary, all the words are there.
They're just not in the same order he would've used.
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Details like that matter to me!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Terry Pratchett’s unfinished books destroyed by a steamroller - The Verge[^] Sad that we'll never get another, but at least this way we won't have the same debacle that's been happening with Dune and LotR.
Of course, maybe there was a backup.
Why do I find it hard to believe he was still using an IDE HDD.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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What you mean the whole thing was a publicity stunt to make more money, shirley not. 
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Quote: Why do I find it hard to believe he was still using an IDE HDD.
It's possible. Almost any PC is going to be fast enough to write stories, and you don't need fancy formatting. Some authors install software to disable internet use on their computer while they're writing to avoid distractions. An old warhorse with no internet connection and a clicky keyboard may have been perfect. George RR Martin uses an old DOS machine with Wordstar, and Gaiman prefers to do first and second drafts with pen and paper.
I'm sure he had backups- and newer, shinier computers for other things. But those backups are probably gone too.
There's always more Discworld fanfic to read. 
modified 31-Aug-17 10:29am.
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