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Old January 10, 2003, 05:43   #1
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I'm Surprised ...
... that, upon logging on to 'Poly at 3:45 a.m. local time (CST USA), I saw that there were 504 users online. Wow.

And, yes, I know that comes nowhere close to the 900 or so we had during the premiere of Civ III some time ago. Nonetheless ...

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Old January 10, 2003, 05:49   #2
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What does ... mean?
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Old January 10, 2003, 05:52   #3
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Apolyton's linked on the frontpage of www.slashdot.org, which means thousands upon thousands of geeks will be converging here any minute now. I hope the server holds.
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Old January 10, 2003, 06:03   #4
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You put a comma on the inside of that link Asher.
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Old January 10, 2003, 06:05   #5
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You'd think the parser would be smarter than that, wouldn't you.
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Old January 10, 2003, 06:20   #6
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Mine would be.
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I didn't see the Poly link, but I saw this

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"Cedar Point amusement park unveiled the tallest roller coaster in the world today. Top Thrill Dragster launches you from 0 to 120 MPH in 4 seconds via a hydraulic launch. The dragster looking like cars take you straight up a 420 foot tower, into a top hat element, and twists you 270 degrees straight down. All in about 20 seconds from start to finish. How about that one?
By my reckoning average g's only 11/3, but sounds pretty impressive nevertheless.

Edit - WHy can't these boards cope with all characters of a given font?
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Aha, more geeks me want to eat... *gronk gronk*

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Taz:

"..." used in a journalistic sense means that parts of a thought have been left out, usually when a source has been rambling on and on and we only need the relevant information (i.e. if we're talking about military policy and s/he suddenly veers into a golf game or something, then returns to military policy).

When I use it here, it's mainly just a way of separating thoughts on a subject.

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Oh, I see, nevertheless ...
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Don't ask next time, Taz, and you won't get a long-winded explanation that reminds you all-too-much of taking an English class.

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I didn't see the Poly link, but I saw this

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"Cedar Point amusement park unveiled the tallest roller coaster in the world today. Top Thrill Dragster launches you from 0 to 120 MPH in 4 seconds via a hydraulic launch. The dragster looking like cars take you straight up a 420 foot tower, into a top hat element, and twists you 270 degrees straight down. All in about 20 seconds from start to finish. How about that one?
By my reckoning average g's only 11/3, but sounds pretty impressive nevertheless.

Edit - WHy can't these boards cope with all characters of a given font?


That reminds me of when we went to an amusement park for a physics excursion. Then spent the rest of the week analyzing the rides.
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