The many questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread XVIII

[say1988]

It just requires familiarity with the coins. Someone with no experience with them will have issues, but someone that has used them regularly for all his life should know.

I know in Canada many coins also have different edging, particularly useful for for the dime (rough) and penny (smooth) that are roughly the same size.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

It just requires familiarity with the coins. Someone with no experience with them will have issues, but someone that has used them regularly for all his life should know.

I know in Canada many coins also have different edging, particularly useful for for the dime (rough) and penny (smooth) that are roughly the same size.

Well dimes are thinner quite a bit.

Question:

It seems this place was a bottle club. And around midnight the rest of the places in Ocala closed and this place opened for business and people flooded in.

What is a bottle club?

 

[salty mud]

Does anyone know somewhere where I can buy the original Zoo Tycoon game so it would work on Windows 7? GOG.com has failed me.

 

[Synobun]

Does anyone know somewhere where I can buy the original Zoo Tycoon game so it would work on Windows 7? GOG.com has failed me.

Liquidation stores and eBay!

Here

Can get it for pretty cheap too.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Does anyone know somewhere where I can buy the original Zoo Tycoon game so it would work on Windows 7? GOG.com has failed me.

Check Amazon I think I saw it there. I played it successfully on Windows Vista so it ought to work on 7 (which, IMO, is basically a fancy service pack to Vista).

 

[bhsup]

Check Amazon I think I saw it there. I played it successfully on Windows Vista so it ought to work on 7 (which, IMO, is basically a fancy service pack to Vista).

Vista is Windows 6.0, Windows 7 is actually Windows 6.1

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Yes. Most programs if compatible with one will be compatible with the other. Theres probably an odd example somewhere (always is, from what I know) but Ive never heard of it.

 

[Artifis]

Out of curiosity, what do posters think when they use this emoticon?



By virtue of being called "rolleyes", I know that it is meant as a reference to sarcasm. But I never saw this little fellow in that light. I see him as more of a cheeky guy, appropriate as an indicator of a tongue-in-cheek comment. I wonder if I'm alone in this...

 

[Traitorfish]

I tend to use , "mischief", to indicate a tongue-in-cheek tone. He's got more of an impish character.

 

[Leoreth]

-> don't take the previous line too seriously
-> I might be jokingly saying that to get a reaction out of you
-> after lines that respond to egregious cases of ignorance, self-righteousness or hypocrisy

 

[RobAnybody]

I read that as "oh, come on" or "that's ridiculous & you know it (or should know it)".

 

[Tee Kay]

-> don't take the previous line too seriously
-> I might be jokingly saying that to get a reaction out of you
-> after lines that respond to egregious cases of ignorance, self-righteousness or hypocrisy

Ditto.

 

[NickyJ]

Out of curiosity, what do posters think when they use this emoticon?



By virtue of being called "rolleyes", I know that it is meant as a reference to sarcasm. But I never saw this little fellow in that light. I see him as more of a cheeky guy, appropriate as an indicator of a tongue-in-cheek comment. I wonder if I'm alone in this...

You really think it's that hard to figure out?

Spoiler :

Spoiler :

Spoiler :

Get the point?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

What are "lusty teen devotees"?

 

[Huayna Capac357]

Teenage fans primarily attracted by the sexual appeal of the thing they are the fan of.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Yeah I figured so.

Question: I've noticed quite a bit, that when some newspapers publish articles
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they sometimes randomly stick subheadings between paragraphs and once in the middle of a paragraph (it was one of those syndicated ones so i knew about it being a paragraph). Why do they do this? I wonder if its to draw more attention to the article. Will post an example on request

 

[Save_Ferris]

If any of you are on forum games, we need two more people and a reserve for EPYC.

 

[say1988]

Yeah I figured so.

Question: I've noticed quite a bit, that when some newspapers publish articles
Subheadings inserted
they sometimes randomly stick subheadings between paragraphs and once in the middle of a paragraph (it was one of those syndicated ones so i knew about it being a paragraph). Why do they do this? I wonder if its to draw more attention to the article. Will post an example on request

People tend to skim newspapers, so they emphasize parts (often you see a quote pulled out and put in a larger font) to try and catch a reader's attention. Basically it serves to reinforce headlines.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

People tend to skim newspapers, so they emphasize parts (often you see a quote pulled out and put in a larger font) to try and catch a reader's attention. Basically it serves to reinforce headlines.

Yes I saw the quote thing. In fact I remember once they did that and it made it sound worse than it did in context which, IMHO, was kind of rude and caused a couple of years of misunderstanding

 

[Civciv5]

When will the United Nations do something in the Syrian civil war?
Will they wait until the country destroys itself and there is even more chaos?