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The loudest sound ever measured occurred Aug. 27, 1883 when the island of Krakatoa erupted as a volcano. Ranchers in Alice Springs, Australia 2,233 miles away heard what sounded like rifle shots. It was the volcano.
Define poetry William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 4-27-18
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Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit quote puzzle: I could no more define poetry than a terrier can define a rat.
A. E. Housman
Toilets vs restrooms — American English can be confusing. Visitors must be told that what they know as toilets are called restrooms in the USA but that you can’t rest or sleep in them, and what we call toilets are only a small part of the restroom and the water in them can only be used for flushing.
Lost time William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 4-26-18
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R. V. Yfljdre
Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit quote puzzle: Lost time is never found.
Ben Franklin
The first Wild West gunfighter “quick draw” duel occurred July 21, 1865 in Springfield, Mo. between Wild Bill Hickok and Davis Tutt. Wild Bill won. It was written up in Harper’s Magazine and made him a household name.
Creditor William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 4-25-18
Beij jycu yi duluh vekdt.
Rud Vhqdabyd
Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit quote puzzle: A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it.
Victor Hugo
Lord Kelvin, the grandfather of thermodynamics and an indisputably brilliant man, predicted in 1898 that the world had but 400 years of oxygen left due to man-made industry.
Early ripe William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 4-24
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Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit quote puzzle: Early ripe, early rotten.
John Quigg
The original names for the atom bombs that ended World War II were Fat Man and Thin Man and came from characters created by mystery writer Dashiell Hammett. Thin Man eventually became Little Boy but Fat Man — he was the Sidney Greenstreet character in Maltese Falcon — stayed.
Write In C Let It Be Internet History — This is the sort of thing that you’d see on Usenet groups or get in your email when the internet was brand new.
For your convenience we will publish below but to get the full effect visit the Tripod built web page which if you notice hasn’t been updated since 1997.
When I find my code in tons of trouble,
Friends and colleagues come to me,
Speaking words of wisdom:
“Write in C.”
As the deadline fast approaches,
And bugs are all that I can see,
Somewhere, someone whispers:
“Write in C.”
Write in C, Write in C,
Write in C, oh, Write in C.
LOGO’s dead and buried,
Write in C.
I used to write a lot of FORTRAN,
For science it worked flawlessly.
Try using it for graphics!
Write in C.
If you’ve just spent nearly 30 hours,
Debugging some assembly,
Soon you will be glad to
Write in C.
Write in C, Write in C,
Write in C, yeah, Write in C.
BASIC’s not the answer.
Write in C.
Write in C, Write in C
Write in C, oh, Write in C.
Pascal won’t quite cut it.
Write in C.