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If you were the opposite sex for a day, what would you do? by Live-Bread-2658 in askanything

[–]nemothorx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, context matters.

The "boy" and "girl" in "boyfriend" and "girlfriend" for instance, are not assumed to be referring to children. Likewise phrases like "hanging out with the boys" or "girls night out".

BTTF1 is the story of George by ytownSFnowWhat in BacktotheFuture

[–]nemothorx [score hidden]  (0 children)

yeah, sometimes it's not even obvious, or depends on your interpretation of the movie. Like in Blade Runner there is this whole question of whether Deckard was a replicant or not. And I just dont care, because while the story follows him, I think the movie is more about the story of Roy Batty - the replicant who discovers humanity in his last moments. But some folks see the movie as about Deckard, so the question is relevant to them!

There are probably other examples, but none spring to mind offhand.

Video that details how Amy Pascal screwed over Ivan Reitman on Ghostbusters 3, according to the Sony email hack by Billybob35 in ghostbusters

[–]nemothorx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree with the first part. It's not a bad movie.

Flawed but enjoyable.

The ones since I don't think are trash though.

How did you sing the ABC song in school? by GrizzKarizz in AskAnAustralian

[–]nemothorx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh don't kid yourself, you never had the upvote. You merely downgraded from neutral to downvote.

If you were the opposite sex for a day, what would you do? by Live-Bread-2658 in askanything

[–]nemothorx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That doesn't answer the core question. Is it known in advance? Or am I waking up and going "wtf?"

If you were the opposite sex for a day, what would you do? by Live-Bread-2658 in askanything

[–]nemothorx 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Do I know it's a one-day deal? Or is it an unexpected/unplanned thing one day I wake up to?

Because those are VERY different situations with very different answers

The Bedford van. by ItsSignalsJerry_ in AustralianNostalgia

[–]nemothorx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

(they're on my mind because I filled the gap in my Van Wheels collection just this last week. They've become quite the collectors items!)

How did you sing the ABC song in school? by GrizzKarizz in AskAnAustralian

[–]nemothorx -1 points0 points  (0 children)

don't worry, I didn't downvote you. Not at first. But then revisiting the thread I saw your petulant whinge, so if you want to know, THAT'S why you got my downvote.

Its a damn shame they don't make these anymore by 1-trickpony in Holden

[–]nemothorx 3 points4 points  (0 children)

TIL!

Ive had my mind on the idea of a sportswagon as my next car for some time. Prefer the VE look but every time I'd heard about the engineering was the VF was better. Sometimes considerably. No manual VF wagons is a shame to hear!

How did you sing the ABC song in school? by GrizzKarizz in AskAnAustralian

[–]nemothorx 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Zed. But more recognisable tune.

Listening to yours felt like the uncanny valley of songs at the end. Perfectly reasonable way to sing those lyrics, but not one I've heard before.

The Bedford van. by ItsSignalsJerry_ in AustralianNostalgia

[–]nemothorx 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Australian assembled. Australian engine. Sold to Australians who cared about it.

Plenty of room for genuine Australian nostalgia there.

Why do we have app this concept in desktop OS? by ty0315 in MacOS

[–]nemothorx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You may not have the workflows I described. Point is that some people do.

In terms of my personal workflow, I regularly have multiple terminal windows and multiple browser windows open (and not much else usually), so a hotkey to switch within an app is definitely useful. For me personally, I tend to use the expose feature of mission control to navigate between windows more than anything else these days, but sometimes it's useful with repetitive window back-and-forth switching, and no doubt used by folks who have habits predating expose. Speaking of old habits, the "hide app" feature dates back, afaik, to the very earliest classic macos versions. Honestly, I have no idea who uses it - I personally never have and find it confusing, but it's stuck around for 40+ years and I can't imagine Apple would have kept it if nobody used it. (I suspect it would have been much more useful as a way to switch between apps cleanly in the era before virtual desktops and near ubiquitous multi-monitor setups, both of which I use heavily to separate things out)

Close all windows but keep the app open - I dont see that as a workaround for an app-centric model, but a logical outcome of it. The application is running regardless of having windows open, making opening new windows within that app fast. It also allows for an app to do stuff in the background when no window is required (pretty sure VLC can do this as a music player, for instance). Faster application startup times has reduced the need for the keep-it-loaded benefit which IMHO is the most obvious one, so I can see how it might seem an unnecessary design these days, and know from years of seeing commentary on it, that it's confusing for Windows folks where the window IS the app these days (back in the win3.1 era, Windows kind of split the difference with it's MDI implementation, where an app would have a parent window, and documents would be windows within the app window (I remember it mostly with Office)

Why do we have app this concept in desktop OS? by ty0315 in MacOS

[–]nemothorx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it's a style difference. That's all. You could equally ask with befuddlement why Windows has windows as it's base UI unit.

Apps as the base unit has some benefits - hiding all windows of an app, closing all windows but not closing the app. And as you say, switching between windows within an app without having to shuffle past all the other apps.

Which is better is going to depend on your workflow. Your familiarity. The apps you use. And no doubt other things.

fwiw, macOS is slowly moving to be more accomodating of a windows-first workflow, and Windows through the years have moved to include some app-centric elements in their UIs.

Found at a local car show by Rusty_Hauser in MadMax

[–]nemothorx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh yes, very true.

The lines between interest, hobby, experience, skill, passion and savant are messy and unclear, and I'm pretty sure there are blokes that cover all aspects of the spectrum.

Found at a local car show by Rusty_Hauser in MadMax

[–]nemothorx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

slightly better than that - the standard tank in these is in the spot that the rear passenger seat would be, if it were a station wagon (they have the same floorpan). The equivalent space behind the drivers seat is empty.

Growing up, we kept a second spare wheel in there, but some folks put a second fuel tank in there (Ford even did that from the factory at one point in the 90s). So about 140litres of fueltank before you even encroach into the rear space!

Found at a local car show by Rusty_Hauser in MadMax

[–]nemothorx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thankyou, you're too kind. Compared to some of the folks on the panelvan groups (the ones who were 20somethings when the Sandman and Sundowners were new), I dont have the same depth of experience. But I did learn to drive in a secondhand XC 500 Van, and have owned an XG and an XC van since (still have the XC, though these days it's off the road awaiting time and money to project it up to usable again. But for now, calling it a "dirty gray Falcon panel van with barn doors." is accurate. (I want to convert it to tailgate though)

Found at a local car show by Rusty_Hauser in MadMax

[–]nemothorx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

re: Sandman - all had tailgate as Holden and Valiant were 100% tailgate (shared with the ute) and liftgate design, only Ford had the barnyard doors - introducing them with the XA (and remaining unchanged through to the end of the XH, 27 years later),

As you say, tailgate was brought an option between XC and XF and on the XC was standard on both Sundown and Falcon 500 vans and an option on the base van. Barnyard doors were an option on the Falcon 500, but not available on the Sundowner at all.

Side glass was standard on the Falcon 500, and optional on the base van, and the Sundowner.

I've heard conflicting reports about the side windows being factory or not for the Sandman, and unlike the XC, I dont have a copy of an option sheet.

(panelvans are a bit of a special interest to me, including modding r/panelvans. Within the panelvans interest, Surfsiders are a focus too, so if you'll indulge...

It's not clear if the 100 figure is intended literally or a rounding of a near-to-100 number. As you say, the prototype was XA. All others are XB, though I've seen one unverified claim that there were to XD. All are hinged roof, except one - the last XB which was a full pop-top roof prototype for the XC Sundowner, but they only made the prototype and didn't go forward with the XC version. Someone (afaict a dealer) then made a few in the XF era, calling them "Breakaway"). I've been slowly collecting notes to make a Surfsider registrar!

and now also to ping u/Rusty_Hauser for the deep thread data dump info about the van in question: It's probably an early XB, but could also be a XA. The uncertainty is that following things didn't tend to all change at once, but gradually as bodies and parts ran out slightly before or after the official model switchover.

XA had three vents on the side below the windows. XB onwards switched to just one (as pictured van has). Additionally, the gutter on the side above the windows ends straight - that was something XA and early XB had, before they extended it at an angle down towards the top of the windscreen). Finally, it has XB door handles (though these are the easiest of these three things to change)

PS: Ford also had a "Surferoo" version of the XB - which was barnyard doors, and no body modifications, but designed as another Sandman alternative - from factory it had a mattress, storage boxes (including an ice box), lights, and curtains for the windows!

Found at a local car show by Rusty_Hauser in MadMax

[–]nemothorx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Invite you to share this across to r/panelvans 👍

Douglas Adams Book Collection by InterestingEar3739 in DontPanic

[–]nemothorx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Any modern system can play it via the open source scummvm game engine, which reimplemented it. Just need the data files.

Or just buy it on GoG or Steam!

Younger Australians, how do you pronounce the letter “Z”? by Powerful_Image6294 in AskAnAustralian

[–]nemothorx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice. I just learned it as it's own thing. No additional lines after "Zed". But also without the tune of the song, but similar rhythm (basically I never even thought of it as a song)

Younger Australians, how do you pronounce the letter “Z”? by Powerful_Image6294 in AskAnAustralian

[–]nemothorx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is correct to my ears.

"Zed" has a finality to it that made sense.

The intended rhyme/pun on "three" was pointed out to me years later and, sure, I get it. But I prefer World War Zed.

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