What to do, what to do....

[poltr1]

.....while I wait the required 10-15 minutes for the lock on my email program to expire after I've been dropped while in the middle of downloading email to Eudora. Again.

In the meantime, I got questions. My LJ-friends have answers. I hope.

If I got DSL or cable-based broadband, would I still get these damn drop-carrier events?

What is the difference between a no-hitter and a perfect game?

Why is a bass clarinet not called a tenor clarinet? In other words, why does the clarinet family not follow the nomenclature of the saxophone family (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass)?

Has Kate Bush released any albums since "The Red Shoes"? (Oh yeah. "Aerial", which is still on my wish list.)

Does anyone still write code in Ada?

Why do I have such great ideas for songs, but only get to write one or two lines of them?

Who moved my cheese?

Comments

[redaxe.livejournal.com]

I've always thought that the phrase perfect game should be reserved for the theoretical perfection of throwing 81 consective strikes (striking out each batter with just three pitches).

Why should outs be restricted to strikeouts? If you want to go that route, ask for the pitcher to deliver only 27 pitches, each resulting in an out.

[tigertoy.livejournal.com]

I think striking out a batter is a greater achievement for the pitcher than having the batter hit into a fielding out. The 27 pitch game would seem to me like a miraculous achievement for the fielders as a group, but not reflecting so well on the pitcher -- the batters got a piece of every single ball he threw!