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Swimmin' Salmon

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  1. Originally Posted By: Iffy
    I find myself on the CalRef chat much more than this place. I'll, like, forget about this place and not check it for a while. Actually, I'm not entirely sure why I still check this place. It's not like there's anything here for me anymore.


    Either you don't like playing SW games anymore, or this is a fairly sad indictment of the state of affairs on this site. frown
  2. The same could be said for pretty much anything that is observed, and named by, scientists. There are, of course, exceptions, but ... geez, you'd think that folks could think up better names than Pseudotsuga menziesii. Obviously named in honor of Archibald Menzies, naturalist and doctor aboard HMS Discovery, the common name is Douglas-fir, in honor of David Douglas, the botanist who brought specimens back to Great Britain and cultivated it at Drumlanrig Castle in the early 1800's.

     

    The actual catalogist was the French botanist, Carriere.

     

    So yeah, not a lot of sense anywhere in the scientific community. smile

  3. Huh?

     

    There has been x-day free trialware around for over a decade. Hell, even MS Office, as pre-loaded on my laptop, has features that have disappeared over time since I lost the key. How can a patent be issued on this?

  4. I was wondering when he would do this. I offered to 3rd party it a while ago, but he said he had something in the works. Too bad there is no Exile, no Blades, no Nethergate, no fun. Looks like straight advertising gear to me. frown

  5. Corporate naming rights on a stadium will disqualify it from inclusion as an Olympic venue. Rather than build a new hockey place, Vancouver's Olympic committee reached an understanding with the corporation whose name normally adorns the building.

  6. Originally Posted By: This Day All Mods Die
    The most important Spidwebbers of the day got early admission to UBB registration.


    Ending once and for all the rumors that these message boards are founded on favoritism. laugh
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