Re: Backups and subprocesses

On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:39:43 +0200, "Maarten Wiltink"
<maarten@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Zebee Johnstone" <zebeej@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:slrnhakcqc.db1.zebeej@xxxxxxxxxxxx

[...] Asteroids, like alien invasions, only ever hit the
Northern Hemisphere. Usually New York although aliens do
tend to prefer British quarries.

Also: winning the war by sinking a single obsolete gunboat.

Pish and tush! The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million
to one.

Guy
--
http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

"But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of
my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock
when your fear cometh" - Prov 1:25-26
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