There is a connection between Edward Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, the signing of the American Declaration of Independence and the sailing of the First Fleet to Australia.
If, after the CANCEL command, you continue to see data cards on the system console as INVALID JCL STATEMENT, this is because DOS never flushes job NONAME. Type “// JOB RANDOM” to give the job a name, press enter, then re-issue the CANCEL command.
Within-plate basalts (WPB) are usually fairly low in Mg, probably indicating a greater degree of fractional crystallization than MORB. Continental rift basalts (CRB) are enriched in LILE (large ion lithophile elements: Rb, Th, K, Ba), REE and HFSE (high field strength elements: Ti, Ta, Nb, Zr, Hf, Y) compared to MORB. Some rift systems show zonation of SiO[sub]2[/sub] saturation, with highest saturation in the rift valley and lowest on the limbs and flanks.
Carbonatites typically contain >50% carbonate minerals by volume and are undersaturated in silica. They are associated with highly undersaturated silicate rocks rich in nepheline: nephelinite-ijolite, nepheline syenite and kimberlite. They are mostly of Mesozoic age or younger, although a few Precambrian carbonatites are known. The formations are usually plug-like in shape, suggesting a subvolcanic origin. They always have associated alkali metasomatism, addition of Na and K to wall rocks. Rocks of the carbonatite complex are highly brecciated with multiple intrusive phases present, and are found in stable craton or continental rift environments.
It is not permitted to sweep the lawn until the circle is clear.
Diagnostic characteristics of the clade Dinosauria include:
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[li] Elongate vomers that extend caudally to the level of the antorbital fenestra or beyond[/li][li] Three or more sacral vertebrae[/li][li] Scapulocoracoidal glenoid fully backward facing[/li][li] Deltopectoral crest running from 1/3- to 1/2-way down the length of the humerus[/li][li] Three or fewer phalanges in the fourth digit of the hand[/li][li] Largely to fully open acetabulum[/li][li] Proximal head of the femur fully offset and having a distinct neck and ball[/li][li] Greatly reduced fibula[/li][li] Well-developed ascending process of the astragulus[/li][/ul]
Two main types of tail-fin structure exist within the Actinopterygii: homocercal and heterocercal. Within Sarcopterygii, an additional type, the “reversed heterocercal”, is found, with members of Ichthyosauria as the sole representatives.
[li] Celebrities Sandy Duncan and Peter Falk each have one glass eye.[/li]
[li] Bobby pins make good paperclip substitutes.[/li]
[li] Toothpaste is great for cleaning jewelry.[/li]
[li] French revolutionary Marat had a skin condition; that’s why he spent all of his time in the bathtub.[/li]
Director Tim Burton’s father worked for the Burbank Department of Recreation and Parks.
An ordinary incandesant light bulb will fluoresce in a microwave…
Just don’t do it for too long!!
When looking at a weather map, if you visualize the areas of high pressure as “domes” and low pressure as “troughs” (the way they used to describe them, but don’t anymore), you will have a 500% greater understanding of what the hell is going on out there. You will still be miles off, but a lot closer than you were before.
To start the Battle, Chairman Kaga exclaims, “Allez Cuisine!”, although his highly stylized speech (he is a stage actor, after all) makes this very difficult to understand.
“Go ahead, Fukui-san!”
The jumbo stoce is any that is larger than 148x148.
The industry standard, for production and shipping, is 204x130, though at one time, there was talk of going to 240x134.
*Mini-*stoces are those with both dimensions under 100", i.e.: a 96x84.
Float glass is called that because it actually spills out from the bath onto a bed of molten tin. As it floats across this, it spreads out, having a taffy-like consistency, albeit at 1,800[sup]o[/sup]F+.
A large furnace, say a 600 ton/day one, will run non-stop for upwrds of 14 years. That’s 24 hrs, 365 days for 14 years, without ever stopping.
The mother of Michael Nesmith (of "The Monkees) invented Liquid Paper.
The southernmost point in Canada is Point Pelee National Park. (It’s also bloomin’ gorgeous, especially during the Monarch butterfly migration.)
The woman who said, “I’ll have what she’s having” during the faked orgasm scene in “When Harry Met Sally” is Rob Reiner’s mother.
Walter Koenig (“Chekov”) isn’t Russian.
Steve Burns - “Steve” from “Blue’s Clues” - is not now, and never has been, dead from a heroin overdose.
The members of “Spinal Tap” are actually actors.
The same kid who was in “Harold and Maude” (Bud Cort) also provided the voice for Edgar the Computer in “Electric Dreams,” and was “John Doe Jersey” (the homeless guy) in “Dogma.”
Oh, oh! That’s got to do with blade pitch on propellers! I’m right, aren’t I! (?)
Inside the top cover of the Amiga 1000 computer, you will find a bunch of signatures embossed in the plastic. All but one are the signatures of the develpment team. The sole exception was Mitchy, a dog belonging to Jay Miner, one of the owners of the company prior to the Commodore buy-out.
The Amiga 500, 600, and 1200 mainboard prototypes all had codenames that were titles of songs from the B-52’s, Rock Lobster, Junebug, and Channel Z, respectively. These code names were silk-screened on all production motherboards as well.
The Amiga 2000 User Manual contained the system mainboard schematics in an appendix. The comment field in the legend of each drawing was a line from a different pop song. My Favorite: The ISA Bridgeboard slots, provided for use by an IBM PC compatibilty card. The legend: “I sit in this place, Where the sun never shines…”. Another good one: The Agnus chip interface, heart of the fantastic capabilties the computer had. The legend: “Welcome my son, Welcome to the machine…”
Listen, Betty…don’t start in with your white zone crap again.
When removing the FLIR window assembly, ensure that the nose fan is disabled in the event of an over-G resulting in gimble failure.
Prison walls are very thick, filled with metal, and extremely hard to drill through.
If you hit the hills JUST right, you can do 55 MPH up I-70 to the Eisenhower Tunnel in a Geo Metro.
Gene Gene The Dancing Machine, was not a robot, and did not dance particularly well.
In the city of Maniago, in northern Italy, the best bar is Al Bottegon. They serve LaBatt’s Blue there, since the proprietor likes going to Canada every summer. He also has a cabin up in the woods that he lets his favorite customers use whenever they want to.
I don’t know for sure. When I last paid attention to these things it was fairly hard to find a glass prop for a .60.