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16:45 UK time, Tuesday, 4 December 2012
I am perfectly prepared to believe that zero is even. After all, 10, 20, 30 and so on are even, aren't they? But (warning: geeks only) did you know that Univac 1100 computers needed both zero and minus zero? This is admirably explained on John Walker's Fourmilab site. I'll just put on my one's complement coat...
Peter, Hemel Hempstead, UK
Any chance of a "Royal" free version of the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ News? I don't think I'm going to be able to bear the next 6-7 months of "baby" headline coverage
Tom Hartland, Loughborough
Re: only one story in town. Thank goodness. My elderly auntie and I finally have something to talk about that is joyful.
Candace, New Jersey, US
Please could someone put me out of my misery? We don't have mobile coverage in the village at all (except occasionally at the far end of the Half Moon skittle alley) so I never get to send or receive texts. What does ROFL and/or its variant mean? Now I'm off to get a flopper.
Paul Morris, Cheriton Fitzpaine, Devon
LIDL - Lest I Die Laughing?
Mark Scales, Gloucester
Howard - LIDL, 'Like, I Didn't Laugh'? LOL
Graham, Hayle, Cornwall
Forget building towers, if you want to squash a lego brick put it in the hinge of the door in an old Victorian house and bingo! Henri, whose kids discovered this trick years ago.
Henri, Sidcup
Clive, to pre-order is to order something before it becomes available for sale. The pre- is related to the item's availability, not to the order, but is a prefix to order because it's not really possible to put it elsewhere in a statement without making it cumbersome.
Terry, Northampton, UK
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