* precession * of the equinoxes. Although a procession of them would be quite the four-dimensional thing to see.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axial_precession

<quote><p>Fortunately Microsoft has addressed this problem (as of April this year, so relatively quick in Microsoft time) so that the WinSxS folder can be cleaned up.</p></quote>

How did Microsoft address the WinSxS problem last April?

And if anyone asks for the number on the back of your credit card, with Amex it's the number printed on the front.

<quote><p>On the other hand, we now know the complete value of Pi to enough digits that we can encircle the entire Universe and be accurate to the NANOSECOND. How accurate is enough?</p></quote>

You probably mean nanometre here. Nevertheless, I remember an Asimov essay saying that given the radius and even just a few dozen digits of pi, we could calculate the circumference of the universe to a small fraction of an electron. I think he said 70 digits would do.

I just went to candyland.com on a whim.

You would be surprised at what I found there. It's Hasbro, all right, on a search page with "0 items found".

I guess the irreparable injury of 1996 has passed, and now they don't care.

I was confused by this also. Perhaps he meant "long" as a verb, as in "So, long for our constitutional freedoms, which we once had."

Win + "not" and Enter on my machine brings up something different called "Sticky Notes"

It's not until Win + "notep" that I get Notepad. Nevertheless, I'll agree that yours is the right way, if Notepad isn't on your Quick Launch [or whatever it's called]

As I saw on the CBC

      Leader: What do we want?
      Crowd: Evidence-based decision-making!

      Leader: When do we want it?
      Crowd: After peer review!

I don't think your keyboard is connected correctly.

Honestly, it's hard to take you seriously - even if what you say is correct and pertinent - when you consistently misspell simple words. It's "lengTH", which ends in a "TH" sound as in "THis" or "THat", not an "HT" sound as in "unenligHTened". Not to mention "yields", "remember", "numbers", "though", and "polynomially" [although I just did].

Sheesh.
 

Yes he is, and don't call me Shirley

10c each way for text? Luxury! My Rogers plan charges 25c each way. I text so little that I pay less than what a texting plan would cost, because I use the iPhone texting whenever I can.

I read this as "Spay yourself with WD-40 and do a dozen Hail Stahlmans" and didn't even smile.

This particular test got to 325 metres, a considerable height greater than 325 feet.

My coffee card is made of cardboard, and the cashier crosses off a number with a red pencil each day. I don't feel like they're tracking me, the coffee is great, and I get some free too.

You've endured mockery because of this requirement, but here's what I use: http://www.wallpaperdownloader.com/ is a free utility that downloads daily Bing images and rotates them as wallpaper. Come the holidays they will show up as wallpapers also. It's completely automatic, and you can choose to keep the images to build up a nice collection of pretty pictures, as I have.