Oh why do I keep looking at these pages before I'm well?
Yanno how some people have Angels/Devils for a conscience? I have a Dark Elf ShadowKnight and a Half Elf Ranger for mine. The really bad part is when they agree on something.
Hansontoons wrote:Here are the two en français, let me know if you are still interested. If yes, they are yours.
The Mysterious Star cover has minor condition issue (tape stain) from being next to the book I did binding repair with packing tape.
Huh... I used to have L'Étoile Mystérieuse, but do not seem to have it anymore. Neat. And I think I've read Tintin En Amérique once, a long, long time ago...
So yeah, I'm definitely interested. If you can find out how much it would cost to ship to Montréal, Québec (postal code H2E 2C6, if they ask), then PM me the amount and your PayPal account, if you have one,or your address, if you don't, so I can send you the money. Of course, don't mail anything until I've paid, as it won't be immediate, but should be within the next 3 to 4 weeks at the most.
The books have arrived safely, and there was much rejoicing in the land...
Well, in my home, anyway...
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Hansontoons wrote:Here are the two en français, let me know if you are still interested. If yes, they are yours.
The Mysterious Star cover has minor condition issue (tape stain) from being next to the book I did binding repair with packing tape.
Huh... I used to have L'Étoile Mystérieuse, but do not seem to have it anymore. Neat. And I think I've read Tintin En Amérique once, a long, long time ago...
So yeah, I'm definitely interested. If you can find out how much it would cost to ship to Montréal, Québec (postal code H2E 2C6, if they ask), then PM me the amount and your PayPal account, if you have one,or your address, if you don't, so I can send you the money. Of course, don't mail anything until I've paid, as it won't be immediate, but should be within the next 3 to 4 weeks at the most.
The books have arrived safely, and there was much rejoicing in the land...
Well, in my home, anyway...
20160329_182949_IMG_0731_sm.JPG
Thanks again, Hansontoons!
Excellent! I hope they provide enjoyable reading!
I'm saving my English versions for eventual grandkids. Though I wonder what'll be the popular media by the time that happens: "Whattaya mean we have to use our hands to turn the page?!? Touch paper??? EEeeeewwww!!!"
"Uh... Book: relay message! ...hmm. How about... Play! No... Uh..."
"It's manually operated."
"Manually?"
"You have to do it yourself."
*blink...blink*
"Whaddaya mean by that?"
He's mister GlytchMeister, he's mister code
He's mister exploiter, he's mister ones and zeros
They call me GlytchMeister, whatever I touch
Starts to glitch in my clutch!
I'm too much!
GlytchMeister wrote:"Uh... Book: relay message! ...hmm. How about... Play! No... Uh..."
"It's manually operated."
"Manually?"
"You have to do it yourself."
*blink...blink*
"Whaddaya mean by that?"
Of course, the only direction this thread could go, from there, is here:
Star Trek IV wrote:[faced with a 20th century computer]
Scotty: Computer! Computer?
[He's handed a mouse, and he speaks into it]
Scotty: Hello, computer.
Dr. Nichols: Just use the keyboard.
Scotty: Keyboard. How quaint.
Star Trek IV wrote:[faced with a 20th century computer]
Scotty: Computer! Computer?
[He's handed a mouse, and he speaks into it]
Scotty: Hello, computer.
Dr. Nichols: Just use the keyboard.
Scotty: Keyboard. How quaint.
Some of us resemble that scenario. It freaks out my boss every time he catches me talking to my Android smartwatch. Sadly, it doesn't respond in Majel Barrett Roddenberry's voice..
"The Empire was founded on cups of tea, mate, and if you think I am going to war without one you are sadly mistaken."
Star Trek IV wrote:[faced with a 20th century computer]
Scotty: Computer! Computer?
[He's handed a mouse, and he speaks into it]
Scotty: Hello, computer.
Dr. Nichols: Just use the keyboard.
Scotty: Keyboard. How quaint.
Some of us resemble that scenario. It freaks out my boss every time he catches me talking to my Android smartwatch. Sadly, it doesn't respond in Majel Barrett Roddenberry's voice..
I'm less than enthusiastic - I'd say I have a negative amount of enthusiasm - about the idea of eliminating screens and keyboards. Because sometimes one needs to specify something *exactly* and then *verify* it before the computer responds to it.
Star Trek had screens and buttons. The buttons just didn't go *click*.
I don't think we will ever entirely rid ourselves of keyboards or keyboard-like things.
He's mister GlytchMeister, he's mister code
He's mister exploiter, he's mister ones and zeros
They call me GlytchMeister, whatever I touch
Starts to glitch in my clutch!
I'm too much!
I've got a few tricks incorporated into my Google Contacts to make voice dialing easier, but I can't seem to get it to recognize "A A"... it always wants to slide in a third initial.
Side observation: the Google voice dialer vocalizes the contact name to let you abort if it gets it wrong. If I say, "Call 3 7 1 Taxi," it responds with "Calling three hundred seventy one Taxi, " as if it's hailing a cab.
Just Old Al wrote:
Some of us resemble that scenario. It freaks out my boss every time he catches me talking to my Android smartwatch. Sadly, it doesn't respond in Majel Barrett Roddenberry's voice..
I'm surprised someone hasn't come up with that as an option in the iPhone/Droid world... You can get ST:TOS sounds for practically everything else on your 'puter...
"Character is what you are in the dark." - D.L. Moody
"You should never run from the voices in your head. That's how you give them power." - Jin
Warrl wrote:
I'm less than enthusiastic - I'd say I have a negative amount of enthusiasm - about the idea of eliminating screens and keyboards. Because sometimes one needs to specify something *exactly* and then *verify* it before the computer responds to it.
"Open the pod bay doors, Hal."
"Sod off, Dave - not doing it. "
"Hal-"
"Bugger off, mate, or I'll rebuild one of the cleaning droids with a laser and we'll see who's going to mess with whose AE-35 module, eh?"
"That is IT you miseralbe excuse for a SInclair ZX-80. I am coming IN and you are going OFF."
"You and whose army, mate?"
Ah, that is the way Kubrick should have done it... -Alan
"The Empire was founded on cups of tea, mate, and if you think I am going to war without one you are sadly mistaken."
Just Old Al wrote:
Some of us resemble that scenario. It freaks out my boss every time he catches me talking to my Android smartwatch. Sadly, it doesn't respond in Majel Barrett Roddenberry's voice..
I'm surprised someone hasn't come up with that as an option in the iPhone/Droid world... You can get ST:TOS sounds for practically everything else on your 'puter...
i'll bet that somebody ALREADY HAS done it... and then got slapped with a C&D Letter from the Roddenberry estate... thus it's in legal limbo and may never be released...
He's mister GlytchMeister, he's mister code
He's mister exploiter, he's mister ones and zeros
They call me GlytchMeister, whatever I touch
Starts to glitch in my clutch!
I'm too much!