Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [was: What can cause printer to crop top of page?] /etc/papersize is ignored

[Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk>]

On Saturday, 30 December 2017 14:32:32 GMT Wols Lists wrote:
> On 30/12/17 12:55, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> > [2nd random OT factoid]
> > It's the "world series" because the first sponsor was a newspaper "News
> > of the World" iirc (plus some typical US bravado)
> 
> Actually it was the New York World. So actually imho it was originally
> perfectly legit.

I don't agree. In that case it should have been called the New York World 
Series.

> As usual, however, things change, meanings change, and now it gives
> completely the wrong impression.

All true, alas.

> [3rd random OT factoid]
> The News Of The World was a British tabloid

A Sunday "newspaper", popularly known as the Screws of the World - no 
hardship guessing why. I can't imagine how they managed to sell a single 
copy.

> which shut down after the phone hacking scandal - a lot of their stories
> were obtained by hacking into celebrities, politicians, royals voicemails,
> and while it was very hard to prove it was also blatantly obvious that
> journalists were acting under pressure, if not actual orders, from the
> very top.

They had it coming, didn't they?

-- 
Regards,
Peter.