Team Random - A New Age In Randomisity!
POSTED BY: RelFexive
UPDATED: Thursday, December 1, 2005 06:00
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Yeah, it would truly suck if I were having to wait sans internet. As it is, it'll be going down temporarily but only long enough for him to replace the cable modem with a new one that also has digital telephone. Plus we get a shiny new DVR with a 40-hour memory bank. The major bonus is when the smoke clears we'll be spending about US$40 less a month for better services than we're currently enjoying, and four bills condensed into just one. That's the kind of deal that gets me to pick up the phone and place an order.
1.5 hours gone, 2.5 to go.
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"That's what governments are for, [to] get in a man's way." -- Malcolm Reynolds
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Originally posted by CallMeSerenity:
I heard Rel's email, too, it was funny when the guy mispronounced his name.
It's funny how often people misspell it, even when it's written right infront of them when replying to a post, for example.
I had wondered what the problem was, but I recently realised it's due entirely to the origin of the name. It came from a misspelling of 'reflexive' and I think that when people look at it they still see 'reflexive' instead of 'relfexive' even when there is a space in there or letters are capitalised (as in 'Rel Fexive' or 'RelFexive').
The following paragraph explains it best...
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
"My God - you're like a trained ape. Without the training."
"Come a day there won't be room for naughty men like us to slip about at all..."
"SUMMER!!"
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Good paragraph. 
I just saw something similar earlier today: a list of words that were colors, and each one was written in a different color than the word spelled out. You're supposed to read them aloud at a normal speaking speed, and notice at how your left/right brains go to war over which color you actually end up saying.
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"That's what governments are for, [to] get in a man's way." -- Malcolm Reynolds
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sweet.
We can't get that kind of stuff where I live.
Until late last year we could't get cable or DSL, either. But nearly as soon as we could, I snatched it up. Before that we had dial up at home. So inconvenient.
Serenity, First Officer of Destiny
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Rel-I think when I first met you, I called you Reflexive on accident. Don't know if you noticed or were just too kind to say anything. I eventually figured it out.
Tis raining.
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'Tis wicked windy out right now. I just went outside to right the Mums planters that were bowled over.
Still no cable guy, but our old phone service is already disconnected; someone was wasting no time kicking us loose!
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"That's what governments are for, [to] get in a man's way." -- Malcolm Reynolds
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I find it amusing that it can take them days to install a new phone line, but minutes to switch it off!
Serenity, First Officer of Destiny
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As I said, CMS, everyone has done it at some point 
Once it is realised 'Rel' is sufficient I think it becomes clearer.
I don't usually bother correcting anyone, because I always know who they mean 
The weather here is cold, but it's been kinda sunny. No recurrance of the snow yesterday where I am.
"My God - you're like a trained ape. Without the training."
"Come a day there won't be room for naughty men like us to slip about at all..."
"SUMMER!!"
http://www.theshadowdepository.co.uk/index.htm
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Today is expected to break a 49-year temp record, and set a new one by something like eight degrees Farenheit. I imagine this one will stand even longer.
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"That's what governments are for, [to] get in a man's way." -- Malcolm Reynolds
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In coldness? It's going to be 8 degrees colder than it was 49 years ago? That's cold!
Serenity, First Officer of Destiny
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