GodDAMN. This stupid ODBC driver is working completely differently on my new laptop. I can't work out why.
You got all kinds of learnin' and you made me look the fool without tryin', and yet here I am with a gun to your head. That's 'cause I got people with me. People who trust each other, who do for each other, and ain't always lookin' for the advantage.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 43: I Love My Dead Gay Whale Crosspost.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Apr 10, 2006 7:34:05 am PDT #9889 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Nutty - Apr 10, 2006 7:41:20 am PDT #9890 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I wouldn't come out of that contest with box seats.
Oh! I would! I would!
Can't be any harder than Saltalamacchia (ATL), or Isringhausen (STL), or Yastrzemski. You actually pronounce all the letters in Grudzielanek, and most of them in Mientkiewicz!
tommyrot - Apr 10, 2006 7:42:58 am PDT #9891 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
This stupid ODBC driver is working completely differently on my new laptop. I can't work out why.
Gah. I hate that. Sometimes ODBC will work differently on different computers for no discernable reason. All I can suggest is check the ODBC version, and maybe reinstall the driver.
ION, Man Gets $218 Trillion Phone Bill
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- A Malaysian man said he nearly fainted when he received a $218 trillion phone bill and was ordered to pay up within 10 days or face prosecution, a newspaper reported Monday.
Yahaya Wahab said he disconnected his late father's phone line in January after he died and settled the 84 ringgit ($23) bill, the New Straits Times reported.
But Telekom Malaysia later sent him a 806,400,000,000,000.01 ringgit ($218 trillion) bill for recent telephone calls along with orders to settle within 10 days or face legal proceedings, the newspaper reported.
It wasn't clear whether the bill was a mistake, or if Yahaya's father's phone line was used illegally after after his death.
"If the company wants to seek legal action as mentioned in the letter, I'm ready to face it," the paper quoted Yahaya as saying. "In fact, I can't wait to face it," he said.
§ ita § - Apr 10, 2006 7:43:11 am PDT #9892 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
NASA's Centennial Challenges. Win much dosh, be major geek.
Jessica - Apr 10, 2006 7:44:53 am PDT #9893 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
A Malaysian man said he nearly fainted when he received a $218 trillion phone bill
nearly???
tommyrot - Apr 10, 2006 7:46:30 am PDT #9894 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
nearly???
I'd probably just laugh. Then I'd call the phone company and ask if they could put me on a payment plan - maybe $1 trillion per month....
§ ita § - Apr 10, 2006 7:56:13 am PDT #9895 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Listen to accents of the world. I don't like the Jamaican accent. It's surely accurate in intonation, but she's talking way too slowly. Plus, it's just one of our accents. But it's not like the rest of the Caribbean is better represented.
brenda m - Apr 10, 2006 8:08:55 am PDT #9896 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
It wasn't clear whether the bill was a mistake, or if Yahaya's father's phone line was used illegally after after his death.
So, wait, they're accepting the possiblity that someone actually ran up a $218 trillion bill in two months?
sumi - Apr 10, 2006 8:12:39 am PDT #9897 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Gwyneth's second childe not named after fruit.
Gudanov - Apr 10, 2006 8:16:19 am PDT #9898 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
So, wait, they're accepting the possiblity that someone actually ran up a $218 trillion bill in two months?
2.4 billion dollars a minute is not a very good rate. I'd get a different phone company.