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what about this here?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longyearbyen
Longyearbyen is the largest settlement on Svalbard and its capital. It has about 1,700 inhabitants, most of them Norwegians and some Russians.Longyearbyen is located at 78°13′N 15°33′E. The Governor of Svalbard resides there.
Jochen
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What kind of product would you buy in a firkin?
Jordon
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Your probably in a bar/pub so you'd buy a beer.
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You would buy beer, wine, and ale.
The News from Jordon wrote: A Firkin is an old English unit of volume. The name is derived from the Middle Dutch word vierdekijn, which means fourth, i.e. a fourth of a full-size barrel...
...The word "firkin" (as in "Fox & Firkin") is frequently considered a suitably atmospheric word by those naming an English-style pub — by implication, the establishment will thus be either a new pub in the UK (and hence probably part of a retail chain of "plastic" drinking shops) or a foreign imitation of a British pub.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firkin[^]
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Possibly a substantial quantity of beer ?
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I laughed when I saw this, I don't know what a firkin is, but there was an old comedy show on tv here in Canada and though they didn't spell it, it sounded like how I imagine firkin to be pronounced.
The skit was a fake ad for a product and the product was a hair replacement product like a toupee but not for your head!
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Yeah, that's it. Merkin, firkin at least I know my memory half works!
And sure enough people sell them on the internet.
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That is pretty funny as well.
Jordon
News Editor/Publisher
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Beer, Ale or Wine. However at one time butter and soap as well!
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Depends on if I wanna get firkin drunk or my firkin car needs gas - could be any number of firkin things.
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Beer... glorious beer
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Usually beer or wine, as it's a measure of volume (1/4 a barrel).
Jordon
News Editor/Publisher
The Code Project Insider
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What do Talisker, Magneto and Rapier have in common?
Jordon
News Editor/Publisher
The Code Project Insider
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They are code-names for various versions of Windows CE\Mobile.
Christopher Reed
"The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient."
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They are all code names for Microsoft products.
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Code Names for Windows Products
Talisker - Windows CE 4.0
Magneto - Windows Mobile 5.0
Rapier - Windows CE 3.0
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They have "a" and "e" in common.
milkline
A Chinese student.
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Mutants from the X-Men universe?
regards,
Paul Watson
Ireland
FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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They are all three versions of Microsoft Windows CE. There were many more, these are a random sample.
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They were all codenames for versions of Windows CE.
Jordon
News Editor/Publisher
The Code Project Insider
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The shortest war on record was fought between Zanzibar and England in 1896. How long did it last and who won?
Jordon
News Editor/Publisher
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it seems like england only needed 38 minutes to win.
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England won in 37 minutes and 23 seconds.
Christopher Reed
"The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient."
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The News from Jordon wrote: The shortest war on record was fought between Zanzibar and England in 1896. How long did it last and who won?
It was 38 minutes and neither of your two choices won. It was the United Kingdom that won.
Strictly speaking there was never a war between Zanzibar and England in 1896 that lasted about 38 minutes. However, there was a war between Zanzibar and the United Kingdom.
Since 1707 England[^] ceased to exist as a distict political entity. "It [England] has not had a distinct political identity since 1707, when the Kingdom of Great Britain was established as a unified political entity; however, it has a legal identity separate from those of Scotland and Northern Ireland, as part of the entity England and Wales[^]."
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."
--Charles Babbage (1791-1871)
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