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

[aimeeandbeatles]

Oh wow. You'd think a newspaper would have a proofreader.

 

[Brian Shanahan]

Oh wow. You'd think a newspaper would have a proofreader.

Proofreaders (in newspaper parlance sub-editors) cost money and due to the economics drives of their owners (i.e. squeeze as much out of the goose before killing it) they are an unneccessary luxury especially when Microsoft Word does such a good job, as you have just shown.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Did they have Microsoft Word in the early 1980s?

 

[Brian Shanahan]

They had older versions of computers called word processors (i.e. a standalone Word equivalent). I'm fairly sure that they had the same utility as any typing programme available today.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

What does it mean when there's a random clip of a cat inserted in the middle of a music video that mostly shows the band playing a song?

 

[ParadigmShifter]

Too much kitten huffing.

 

[madviking]

What PS said.

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

What's the forum rule on posting pictures of pornstars (clothed of course), or one in a bikini, or a picture cropped to show their head (all in the babe thread), or selecting such a picture as an avatar?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Am I the only one noticing articles from Google News Archive disappearing? I googled it and the only thing I got was this odd blog that says its probably a conspiracy or something.

I also got something from Stormfront which isn't a very nice site

But both of them claim they be deleted for political reasons. My articles are not political. you know what my articles I search for are about

 

[Fanatic Noob]

No idea. I not read google news.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

No idea. I not read google news.

Nah. Google News Archive. It has scans of old newspapers and the such.

 

[Fanatic Noob]

Oh, I thought that Google News Archive = old google news.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Here:
http://news.google.com/archivesearch

Type in something.

 

[Fanatic Noob]

Lol, I just typed "Poland cold war" and it brought me interesting news archives like this one:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?i...IBAJ&pg=6010,1544774&dq=poland+cold+war&hl=en

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Its really a blast to read. There's actually a list of online newspaper archives on Wikipedia which also lists if they're free or not:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_online_newspaper_archives

 

[Fanatic Noob]

But there no my country on this big list in Wikipedia.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

But there no my country on this big list in Wikipedia.

I know. Google doesn't seem to have much either.

 

[W|M]

Is 600 really the same as 663?

 

[madviking]

It deals with all the number 600-609 probably.

 

[Cashie]

It feels like a fog in my bran.

My mother has a frog in her mailbox.