From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6EFA21381F3 for ; Sun, 31 Dec 2017 02:26:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AD53BE0872; Sun, 31 Dec 2017 02:26:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost01c.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost01c.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.5]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4AED5E07F9 for ; Sun, 31 Dec 2017 02:26:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.69.80.10] (helo=peak.localnet) by smarthost01c.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtps (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1eVTKa-00052M-57 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 31 Dec 2017 02:26:32 +0000 From: Peter Humphrey To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [was: What can cause printer to crop top of page?] /etc/papersize is ignored Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2017 02:26:26 +0000 Message-ID: <2024436.hqgmcn6Cq0@peak> In-Reply-To: <5A47A380.20504@youngman.org.uk> References: <9349542.N0JEzlDTSJ@dell_xps> <26462848-1442-965e-8673-792e56bb0ea5@gmail.com> <5A47A380.20504@youngman.org.uk> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Originating-smarthost01c-IP: [82.69.80.10] Feedback-ID: 82.69.80.10 X-Archives-Salt: a9364c4a-4473-4137-86bc-cde9b8b900fb X-Archives-Hash: 397a8172e827a6b43aa6f28171940dba 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.