On 2007-09-09, Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@doughost.invalid> wrote: > My wife has "volunteered" me to burn a DVD from a VHS cassette for a friend. So, your wife just 'volunteered' to buy you a brand new videocard with digital inputs or to buy a new VHS/DVD burner (the latter cost less and IMHO works better). Davide -- At Microsoft, quality is job 1.1 - Use Linux!

Doug Laidlaw (laidlaws@doughost.invalid) writes: > For you Americans, "she who must be obeyed" is how Rumpole of the Bailey, a > barrister and the lead character in an English law drama, routinely > referred to his wife. It gained some currency in the profession. > Actually, it comes out of H. Rider Haggard, the novel "She". That predates Rumpole, surely. There's a far more common and recent US use of the term, though I can't quite place who kept using the term. I'm thinking Jerry Pournelle in his column in Byte, but that may not be it. Michael