Hrm... And I was under the impression Paul Neil Miln Johnstone [wikipedia] was the worst poet next to the Vogons... But I suppose that's what happens when you listen to Douglas Adams...

I have a business card from a friend of the family. Its simply designed, but its the text that gets me. "Professional Loafer" (no, he doesn't work in a bread factory :P) The motto is "Illegitimus Non Carborundum Est" in English: "Don't let the bastards get you down".

Sometimes it is mildly useful that I keep a pocket mirror at my desk.

I'm fairly sure its photoshopped. I'm an ametuer graphic designer, and in most of the pictures, while the trees start to pixelate at about 120% zoom, the "craft" doesn't pixelate until about 150%.

And if you run an edge detect filter, there is a definate seperation between the "craft" and where it intersects the forest.

I'm only an ametuer, so I could be wrong, but I am fairly confident that its photohopped.

:blinks: I'm not sure I understand the concept. Sure, the oil would may stay on top-- but that seems neither healthy to the fish, nor practical in the least. How does it prevent heat transfer, is my real question.

It really thrills me that Die Hard is number one. That is the best line in any action movie-- ever.

Wow, that's been an attraction at a local carnival for ages... At the Jacktown Fair (which is the nation's oldest continually running fair 1865-present). But yeah, its been there for longer than I can remember. Hah.

Don't forget Marco Polo, who alledgedly wrote of dragons in his travel reports :)

You might be interested to know, sodium hydroxide... Also known as lye, is also in many toothpastes.