Comments on: New book

By: rodney

rodney — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:26:29 +0000

I forgot to ask… Tom do you use reverse kanga notation?

By: Rodney

Rodney — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:55:47 +0000

I was using RPN, of course. In emacs, type M-x calc and you get an excellent reverse Polish notation calculator.

By: Stu

Stu — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:41:25 +0000

I feel your pain on the English language section woes. I went looking for books at the airport in Warsaw and ended up with a Tolkien novel and I can’t stand Tolkien (That book ended up going to Jeremy in exchange for Fear and Loathing in Los Vegas). I’ve found the best way to get new books is to swap with other travellers. I managed to swap Armargedon the Musical by Robert Rankin for Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy with a travelling librarian on the train from Naples to Rome (I think she got the better deal there, “classic English literature” my left proverbial). More recently I picked up a genuine 1940s edition of Svenska Bokförlagets Ordböcker Svensk-englesk Englesk-svensk dictionary at a hostel in Edinburgh.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:06:46 +0000

Something I should have asked while you were still in Poland Rodney, but were you using Polish or Reverse Polish notation for your calculations?

By: M

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:01:57 +0000

for those who speak Polish: http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/Wiadomosci/1,80279,5600283,Burmistrz__Zapraszamy_do_nas_wszystkie_brzydkie_kobiety_.html