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27 Apr 2004

Grab A Book Game

Instructions:

  1. Grab the nearest book.
  2. Open the book to page 23.
  3. Find the fifth sentence.
  4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.

"No, all that we know and all that we need to know is that truth is asolute, definite, unequivocal and as sure as a waterfront."
(via Gaijinworld)



"While this is clearly a tall order, it can be understood as an aspirational goal."

Ewano

First, a dependency is a semantic relationship between two things in which a change to one thing (the independent thing) may affect the semantics of the other thing(the dependent thing).

Chris Kuan

But that high is beginning to fade, tailing down to a vague sense of angst.

codewolf

If GPR[rt] and GPR[rs] are not sign-extended 32-bit values (bits 63...31 equal), then the result of the operation is undefined.<br /> sorry - the nearest book was a techie book ;-)

Daishi

Strange we are all compelled to reply ;)<br /> <br /> "The last time someone was this wrong, he was caled Neville Chamberlin and had a piece of paper in his hand"

Bob Bob

Strange we are all compelled to reply ;)<br /> <br /> "The last time someone was this wrong, he was caled Neville Chamberlin and had a piece of paper in his hand"

Bob Bob

If we sample very 45 minutes, there is no <em>apparent</em> ambiguity.

Matt

The security staff had all recently atteneded the course on People Skills, run by a bubbly young woman with a whiteboard from Personnel Services. - (TMGAIHAA by Mil Millington talking about northumbria uni sorry Univercity of North East)

"She'll not be a happy ship, I can tell you straight." (<em>The Cruel Sea, Nicholas Monserrat (Aust.first edition, 1951)</em>)

George

You can use it, along with the alert() method, to write a function that displays a list of the names and values of all properties of an object, for example. (from "JavaScript - the definitive guide (O'Reilly).

Chris

"When information is organized in small chunks that can be accessed and sequenced at random it becomes much more valuable than when you have to take it in serial form."

Jonderson

"...as sure as a waterfront." Yes, sure - that must leave it rather wavy and undefined. Mine:<br /> "The more than 1,200 fods listed in this Guide are sorted alphabetically by category."

harper

It follows that such an "authentic common life" could not be imposed by the state, for any such imposition would demonstrate that authority, rather than reason and common consent, remained the ruling social force.

naseef

My nearest book doesn't have any words on page 23, but has a rather nice picture of Mr Bump setting off to the station to catch a train to the seaside :-)

Sam Aaron

Always lowercase.<br /> <br /> (sorry, the nearest book to me is my Associated Press Stylebook.)

Dru

A more simple guide to the acid content can be obtained by testing with pH indicator strips supplied by some home-brew distributors and retailers.<br /> <br /> <br /> <i>Fun game</i>

ZZ

This centre offers even more behind-the-scenes details of the Tsing Ma Bridge's construction---and incredible views.

Mick