* Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [was: What can cause printer to crop top of page?] /etc/papersize is ignored
@ 2017-12-31 2:26 99% ` Peter Humphrey
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From: Peter Humphrey @ 2017-12-31 2:26 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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?
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Regards,
Peter.
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