[QUOTE=xilman;473940]I really don't know where is best to post [URL="http://www.revk.uk/2017/12/its-official-adsl-works-over-wet-string.html"]this[/URL].[/QUOTE]
That is really amusing. :smile:

("The former" refers to "wars worthy of note") [QUOTE=xilman;473642]Examples of the former? I can't think of any off-hand.[/QUOTE]I would hardly call the civil war in Syria a "skirmish." To date it has killed upwards of half a million people and displaced millions more. In a nation whose population was maybe 25 million when the war started, and is now less than 20 million, I consider that to be at least worthy of note. In Yemen, upwards of 10,000 killed and 50,000 wounded. And, of course, many refugees.

You may recall, the plight of Syrian refugees also became a campaign issue in the 2016 US general election.

I thought this search would be entertaining, and it's definitely something, but not sure if entertaining is the proper word.


[url]https://www.google.com/search?q=face+swapping+weirdness&client=firefox-b-1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjc64LLsJDYAhWC8YMKHbQHBeMQ_AUICigB&biw=2559&bih=1321#imgrc=x83bm6i_kDcl3M:[/url]

[URL="http://mentalfloss.com/article/12710/13-little-known-punctuation-marks-we-should-be-using"]13 little known punctuation marks we should be using[/URL]

Birthday-number effect
 

[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday-number_effect[/url]
There have been recent appeals to numerology, hereabouts. This article discusses number preferences, which seem to be very common. There are some interesting studies described.

Hmmmmm......
 

[url]http://op011.com[/url]

[url]http://pythonsweetness.tumblr.com/post/169166980422/the-mysterious-case-of-the-linux-page-table[/url]

[url]http://www.bbc.com/news/stories-42568390[/url]

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;475920][URL]http://pythonsweetness.tumblr.com/post/169166980422/the-mysterious-case-of-the-linux-page-table[/URL][/QUOTE]
Love that.
[B]"Invest in popcorn, 2018 is going to be fun"
[/B]Haha! Mike, you knew something...
:popcorn:

Edit: for some reason, the second link is blocked here :shock: (we could read the article using secure connection to an anon proxy, and I don't see any reason for it to be blocked, most probably is bot-managed and it falls on some word patterns).

the second link is about The Tattooist of Auschwitz - and his secret love
maybe understandable

CES2018: power cut
 

[QUOTE]A major US consumer electronics show has suffered a power cut, plunging part of the event into darkness...
The trade fair is marketed as the "world's gathering place for all those who thrive on the business of consumer technologies".
[/QUOTE][URL="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42639780"]Press article[/URL]