The_Rev Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 (edited) A British passport entitles you visa free access to 173 other countries, which tied with Finland and Sweden is the most of any in the world. Edited June 4, 2014 by The_Rev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 The person who invented the "Python" programming language was a Monty Python fan and thats why he called it Python. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted June 4, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted June 4, 2014 Also why the idiomatic metasyntactic variables in Python are ham, spam, and eggs (instead of the MIT-derived foo, bar, baz, qux, quux,...).Granted, Python is right up there with Pascal in the "examples of why Europeans should never design programming languages" list I maintain. Scala (and maybe BCPL...) is about the only one that bucks that to any notable extent, and even then Odersky indulges a little bit too much in the bondage and discipline for my taste (the tendency of European language designers toward B&D is the main reason for that list). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Also why the idiomatic metasyntactic variables in Python are ham, spam, and eggs (instead of the MIT-derived foo, bar, baz, qux, quux,...). Granted, Python is right up there with Pascal in the "examples of why Europeans should never design programming languages" list I maintain. Scala (and maybe BCPL...) is about the only one that bucks that to any notable extent, and even then Odersky indulges a little bit too much in the bondage and discipline for my taste (the tendency of European language designers toward B&D is the main reason for that list). I love you man. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Also why the idiomatic metasyntactic variables in Python are ham, spam, and eggs (instead of the MIT-derived foo, bar, baz, qux, quux,...). Granted, Python is right up there with Pascal in the "examples of why Europeans should never design programming languages" list I maintain. Scala (and maybe BCPL...) is about the only one that bucks that to any notable extent, and even then Odersky indulges a little bit too much in the bondage and discipline for my taste (the tendency of European language designers toward B&D is the main reason for that list). I love you man. It's amazing isn't it? He can figure out incredibly complex programmes ans understand advanced technical things... And then he makes videos of himself eating Wendy Burgers... WTF!? Half man/half machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Paddywhack Posted June 4, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted June 4, 2014 Also why the idiomatic metasyntactic variables in Python are ham, spam, and eggs (instead of the MIT-derived foo, bar, baz, qux, quux,...). Granted, Python is right up there with Pascal in the "examples of why Europeans should never design programming languages" list I maintain. Scala (and maybe BCPL...) is about the only one that bucks that to any notable extent, and even then Odersky indulges a little bit too much in the bondage and discipline for my taste (the tendency of European language designers toward B&D is the main reason for that list). I understand 3 of the first 5 words. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 4, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted June 4, 2014 Python is right up there with Pascal in the "examples of why Europeans should never design programming languages" list I maintain. I have no doubt whatsoever that this list does actually exist. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Python is right up there with Pascal in the "examples of why Europeans should never design programming languages" list I maintain. I have no doubt whatsoever that this list does actually exist. written down in black and binary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 The Ramones (horribly overrated by the way) debut album has just been certified gold. It was released 38 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 The Ramones (horribly overrated by the way) debut album has just been certified gold. It was released 38 years ago. Wonder how the debut album sales compares to T-shirt sales 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 If everybody who had a Ramones T-Shirt bought the first album then I think it would have probably outsold Thriller by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPower_14 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I'd rather have 35 billion than 800. But I think I'd rather have five million than 35 billion. I'd definitely give at least 90% of that to charity. Obviously if I had 35 billion I would buy the Aston Villa Football Club and mercilessly buy title after title after title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tonyh29 Posted June 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted June 25, 2014 Statistically, you are more likely to be bitten by Luis Suarez than a shark 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 25, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted June 25, 2014 Statistically, you are more likely to be bitten by Luis Suarez than a sharkI disagree. I bet he swims in warm climate seas a lot more than I do. Therefore the shark is at greater risk from him than I am. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Statistically, you are more likely to be bitten by Luis Suarez than a shark I disagree. I bet he swims in warm climate seas a lot more than I do. Therefore the shark is at greater risk from him than I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 The fastest speed ever clocked on the German autobahn (where there are no speed limits) is 268.8mph. Amazingly it was set in 1938, by this thing: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 The fastest speed ever clocked on the German autobahn (where there are no speed limits) is 268.8mph. Amazingly it was set in 1938, by this thing: Looks like a mutated sperm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 (edited) It looks like something out of thunderbirds. Edited June 27, 2014 by Voinjama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 ooh look, it's got the same badge as my little car but mine has a better stereo, and a chiller box and half a packet of cashews nuts in the centre console Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 The P.C. game Steel Panthers first came out in the 1980s and it is still bieng played today, with an active forum etc. The P.C. series of Close Combat games came out around about the same time and they are still bieng played today with active forums etc. These games have got to be classics to last so long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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