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[Truean]

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[Skyrunner]

Reading your sig, I want to ask you a question - what country do you live in? o_O


...You don't need to answer it, of course >.> Just curious...

[Truean]

Reading your sig, I want to ask you a question - what country do you live in? o_O


...You don't need to answer it, of course >.> Just curious...

The US.

[Skyrunner]

Oh, wait, I just remembered you talking about Ohio. Which is totally in the US.


(facepalm)

[Truean]

Oh, wait, I just remembered you talking about Ohio. Which is totally in the US.


(facepalm)

Not a problem. There will be no quiz and/or test.

[Skyrunner]

What about an exam?

As for something on topic - My expensive, 0.3 mechanical pencil just broke. As in, I had lost the cap before, and the eraser on the end started sinking into it. Today I pried it out, and it also crumbled. I don't think I'm going to be able to use it well...

Incidentally, I don't think they even sell that model here >.> I notice in the USA, few people use .3 lead.

I'm an outlier ! D:

[Aklyon]

1.5GB

Add more RAM, or get a RAM stick in a bigger size if you're out of slots. If you run out of ram the cpu has to spend time using alternate places, like virtual memory.

@Skyrunner: Where in the potato did you get a .3 pencil from? I haven't sen anything smaller than .5 before.

[Skyrunner]

I bought it, of course xD

The company was one that made hi-end products (but not really that high end, just more than the run of the mill plastic .5 pencil..). I spent like $12 on the pencil, and it actually lasted more than two years. A great feat, because most of the time I lose my mechanical pencils...

Anyhow, I have to go to Staples and hope they have a .3 pencil. If they don't, I have a couple boxes of .3 lead that'll sit and be wasted until I can order another one xD

[Truean]

What about an exam?

You are safe from anything that requires grading effort.

[kaenneth]

What about an exam?

As for something on topic - My expensive, 0.3 mechanical pencil just broke. As in, I had lost the cap before, and the eraser on the end started sinking into it. Today I pried it out, and it also crumbled. I don't think I'm going to be able to use it well...

Incidentally, I don't think they even sell that model here >.> I notice in the USA, few people use .3 lead.

I'm an outlier ! D:

If the US if you ask for lead, they'll point you to the guns and ammo department.

[Skyrunner]

I am in the US

If I were in Korea, 'mechanical pencil' would be translated as 'sharps (or sha-pu)', and 'pencil lead' as 'sharp cores (sha-pu-shim)'. Queer, right? >.> I have no idea whatsoever why they decided to call mechanical pencils as 'sharps'.

[Fenrir]

I am in the US

If I were in Korea, 'mechanical pencil' would be translated as 'sharps (or sha-pu)', and 'pencil lead' as 'sharp cores (sha-pu-shim)'. Queer, right? >.> I have no idea whatsoever why they decided to call mechanical pencils as 'sharps'.

In the US, if you ask for a sharps, they’ll point you to the guns-and-ammunition department.

[Frumple]

If I were in Korea, 'mechanical pencil' would be translated as 'sharps (or sha-pu)', and 'pencil lead' as 'sharp cores (sha-pu-shim)'. Queer, right? >.> I have no idea whatsoever why they decided to call mechanical pencils as 'sharps'.

It's pretty easy to break the lead off in someone. Just sayin'.

Anyway, probably sharp because it's a stay-sharp pencil (sorta', anyway). That'd be my guess for the reason, heh.

[Flying Dice]

In reference to 0.3 mechanical pencils: Not quite, but I use 0.38 ballpoint pens, because anything larger than that feels like I'm writing with a sausage dipped in ink.

[scriver]

I could never get the hang of what's what with pens and pencils in English anyway. In Swedish they're all just "[descriptive] pennor".

I still remember with horror my "Cambridge Advanced English" exam which they wanted to be filled in with a pen. Or a pencil. I don't recall which. Only hoe ridiculous it was I didn't know which one was which.