rombuu's comments

On: How to Build a Medieval Castle

[rombuu]

I think this was the 1934 Cecil B. DeMille version they are referring to.

On: Notepad++ is 21 years old

[rombuu]

SQL will definitely be around.

On: The pneumatic tube mail system in New York City

[rombuu]

We still have them in the KC metro area, Fwiw.

On: Debunking the Myth of the National Dish

[rombuu]

Trenchers... but it was old bread and you didn't necessarily eat it. Or sometimes you gave it to the poor after your meal if you were being gregarious.

[anthk → rombuu]

There wasn't something like "old bread" at old times except if it had mold on it. You just placed it near fire and made a toast of it, or you softened it either with wine or homemade liquors. If you were a loaded guy (not rich but the one who had a TV in the village in the 60's), you for sure culd acces milk at a daily pace.

On: Mitsubishi Electric admits to faking test data on transformers

[rombuu]

I guess there was more than meets the eye here.