Readit NewsThe CD-ROM I had was pre-SP2 (so no firewall), and our internet setup was basic modem + switch. No router with “drop invalid state” or fancy things like that.
So, installed Windows and plugged in Ethernet to fetch Windows updates.
2 minutes later, with no user interaction whatsoever, the PC was infected with malware.
I don’t see why that would be the case? In my country, most prices with VAT (which is what you’re charged) are nice, round numbers, but not the price without VAT.
I suppose the stores set a target price, and then adjust it a bit to make the price + VAT a “nice” number.
Is there a reason that couldn’t be done to make all prices + VAT multiples of 5c?
I’m not a TeX lover, but this part is just a snipe. I’m guessing you know and this was a joke. Apologies that it annoyed me enough to write this comment.
If you care enough to read this, you could learn the purpose of \makeatother [1]. It’s not tricky.
[1]: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/8351/what-do-makeatl...
I meant “\makeatother, and a lot of other things whose meaning is not clear”
That's an interesting insight. Do you have an idea why this is? Do you have a CS background?
Here’s a challenge to try (I hacked together something similar that only works in specific cases): write an environment where you get N columns in portrait page mode, with a vertical ruler, say, 12pt to the left of each column; respecting different paper sizes.
The amount of \makeatother, and what does that even mean??, will blow your mind
Sort of like how most of the trigonometric identities that kids are made to memorize fall out immediately from e^iθ = cosθ+isinθ (could be taken as the definitions of cos,sin), e^ae^b=e^(a+b) (a fact they knew before learning trig), and a little bit of basic algebraic fiddling.
Or like how inverse Fourier transforms are just the obvious extension of the idea behind writing a 2-d vector as a sum of its x and y projections. If you get the 2d thing, accept that it works the exact same in n-d (including n infinite), accept integrals are just generalized sums, and functions are vectors, and I guess remember that e^iwt are the basis you want, you can reason through what the formula must be immediately.
At least up to various factors of 2π ;-)
The linked articles are not about NATO obligations.