September 2009
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Ping! →
Ping! is iPhone-to-iPhone messaging that also works with the iPod Touch. Ping! works with push notifications so that messages can be delivered ANYWHERE in the world, instantly. The experience is simple and familiar (resembles SMS!) but does not incur additional carrier charges, like text messaging would.
Ping! is similar to BBM in that you can message other iPhones and iPod Touches quickly and...
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Lasst uns nicht von morgen sprechen, Worte können uns nicht retten.
– Peter Fox in “Der letzte Tag”
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Zurich, you got me back.
At the consulate general
R: If your passport which you left at home isn't valid anymore, I have to order a new one, additionally to the temporary one.
Me: Oh, okay. It's not valid anymore.
R: Well, then you have to pay 65 euros plus additional 72 euros ...
Me: I haven't so much money, only 100 euros from a friend. I've been robbed.
R: If you tell me that your passport is not valid anymore, I have to order a new one.
Me: But the temporary one will be valid for one year?
R: I cannot put the words in your mouth, but if you say it isn't valid anymore, I have to order a new one.
Me: So... well... it is still valid.
R: Then you have to pay 65 euros for your temporary passport.
Me: kthxbye.
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If you understood me, I might not have expressed myself inscrutable enough.
– Alan Greenspan
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Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
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Some interesting Beatles facts
Eric Clapton almost replaced George Harrison For five days in January of 1969, the Fab Four were a lonesome trio. George Harrison, the “quiet Beatle,” as the media called him, decided to bow out after months of personal differences with his fellow bandmates. A serious songwriter who penned classics like “Something” and “Here Comes the Sun,” Harrison felt he was being ignored by Lennon and...
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I really thought that love would save us all.
– John Lennon