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Mr Flibble

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Jun 4, 2020, 1:53:54 PM6/4/20
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Hi!

Spacecraft displays should be 4:3 and NOT widescreen to ensure consistency with 2001: A Space Odyssey.

/Flibble

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Queequeg

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Jun 5, 2020, 7:39:40 AM6/5/20
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Mr Flibble <flibbleREM...@i42.co.uk> wrote:

> Spacecraft displays should be 4:3 and NOT widescreen to ensure
> consistency with 2001: A Space Odyssey.

And what exactly does it have to do with C++?

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your creditors...

Mr Flibble

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Jun 5, 2020, 9:14:08 AM6/5/20
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On 05/06/2020 12:39, Queequeg wrote:
> Mr Flibble <flibbleREM...@i42.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Spacecraft displays should be 4:3 and NOT widescreen to ensure
>> consistency with 2001: A Space Odyssey.
>
> And what exactly does it have to do with C++?

Fuck. Off.

Chris M. Thomasson

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Jun 5, 2020, 2:54:09 PM6/5/20
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On 6/4/2020 10:53 AM, Mr Flibble wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Spacecraft displays should be 4:3 and NOT widescreen to ensure
> consistency with 2001: A Space Odyssey.

lol.

Juha Nieminen

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Jun 6, 2020, 2:54:51 AM6/6/20
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Mr Flibble <flibbleREM...@i42.co.uk> wrote:
> On 05/06/2020 12:39, Queequeg wrote:
>> Mr Flibble <flibbleREM...@i42.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Spacecraft displays should be 4:3 and NOT widescreen to ensure
>>> consistency with 2001: A Space Odyssey.
>>
>> And what exactly does it have to do with C++?
>
> Fuck. Off.

You are one of the most vocal opponents of that religious guy who keeps
spamming this newsgroup with off-topic posts.

You are no different from him. You are both hypocrites.

Chris M. Thomasson

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Jun 6, 2020, 9:50:42 PM6/6/20
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What about a Clockwork Orange? Keep the eyes open, or you might miss
something important... ;^)

Chris M. Thomasson

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Jun 6, 2020, 10:07:28 PM6/6/20
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On 6/5/2020 11:54 PM, Juha Nieminen wrote:
> Mr Flibble <flibbleREM...@i42.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 05/06/2020 12:39, Queequeg wrote:
>>> Mr Flibble <flibbleREM...@i42.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Spacecraft displays should be 4:3 and NOT widescreen to ensure
>>>> consistency with 2001: A Space Odyssey.
>>>
>>> And what exactly does it have to do with C++?
>>
>> Fuck. Off.
>
> You are one of the most vocal opponents of that religious guy who keeps
> spamming this newsgroup with off-topic posts.
>
> You are no different from him. You are both hypocrites.
>

https://youtu.be/7mrI2xtkEMA

Queequeg

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Jun 8, 2020, 8:10:52 AM6/8/20
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Mr Flibble <flibbleREM...@i42.co.uk> wrote:

>> And what exactly does it have to do with C++?
>
> Fuck. Off.

I guess another moron has to land in a killfile.

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that they require unlimited resources for improbable projects of
interminable gestation periods.

Chris M. Thomasson

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Jun 10, 2020, 1:17:46 AM6/10/20
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On 6/4/2020 10:53 AM, Mr Flibble wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Spacecraft displays should be 4:3 and NOT widescreen to ensure
> consistency with 2001: A Space Odyssey.
>
> /Flibble
>

They need a resolution big enough to show the damn aliens:

http://siggrapharts.ning.com/photo/alien-anatomy

;^)

Chris M. Thomasson

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Jun 10, 2020, 1:25:33 AM6/10/20
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4000x2300 , small but good enough for this image.

Sal LO

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Jun 10, 2020, 12:58:21 PM6/10/20
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