Google no longer "Do no Evil"
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Marc Clifton wrote:
one of penultimate evils in the world!
how can there be more than one penultimate anything ?
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
Christian Graus wrote:
how can there be more than one penultimate anything ?
It's the one before the one before. Sort of the penultimate penultimate. The harbingers, of course, being the 4 mini-me's of the apocalypse.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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Well, once you replied, Chris' reply become the penultimate reply. And after someone else replies, your reply will become the penultimate. So at any one point in time, there may only be one penultimate, but over the span of time, there may be many of them. :) I'll go back to sleep now. :zzz:
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar]
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Penultimate? As in "the second last evil before the final, apocolyptic, fire-and-brimstone, plague-of-locusts, dogs-sleeping-with-cats, the-Earth-is-no-more incarnation of Evil"? Whoa.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
well yeah, you need to save room for Stallmans foaming at the mouth rants.
-- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
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The ironic thing is, I consider ads to be one of penultimate evils in the world! Marc
People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh SmithMarc Clifton wrote:
penultimate evils
I thought that was Sir Simon Milligan[^].
Using the GridView is like trying to explain to someone else how to move a third person's hands in order to tie your shoelaces for you. -Chris Maunder
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Christian Graus wrote:
how can there be more than one penultimate anything ?
It's the one before the one before. Sort of the penultimate penultimate. The harbingers, of course, being the 4 mini-me's of the apocalypse.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
The one before the one before is called the antepenultimate, actually. My brother had it as a daily double question when he appeared on Jeopardy!, oddly enough.
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The one before the one before is called the antepenultimate, actually. My brother had it as a daily double question when he appeared on Jeopardy!, oddly enough.
So do you have the anteantepenultimate? Seriously though, did you know that this is a double latin derivation with penultimate coming from paenultimus. Hey, there was some benefit to doing latin at school after all. Repeat after me: "Romanes eunt domus"
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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So do you have the anteantepenultimate? Seriously though, did you know that this is a double latin derivation with penultimate coming from paenultimus. Hey, there was some benefit to doing latin at school after all. Repeat after me: "Romanes eunt domus"
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
There's never a downside to knowing Latin. How would you translate "Do No Evil"? Not "non nocere", certainly, which is a bit weaker.
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So do you have the anteantepenultimate? Seriously though, did you know that this is a double latin derivation with penultimate coming from paenultimus. Hey, there was some benefit to doing latin at school after all. Repeat after me: "Romanes eunt domus"
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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Christian Graus wrote:
how can there be more than one penultimate anything ?
Good point. The plural "evils" doesn't make much sense. Ah well. I thought I'd give the word a try. Marc
People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh SmithI love doing that. Find an old, dusty word in the attic. Fire it up, take it for a spin. And then sometimes leave it by the side of the riad when you realise there was a good reason it was in the attic. And then again there are some words that simply need to be taken to the wrecking yard...:suss:
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Christian Graus wrote:
how can there be more than one penultimate anything ?
It's the one before the one before. Sort of the penultimate penultimate. The harbingers, of course, being the 4 mini-me's of the apocalypse.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
The harbingers, of course, being the 4 mini-me's of the apocalypse.
:laugh:
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I love doing that. Find an old, dusty word in the attic. Fire it up, take it for a spin. And then sometimes leave it by the side of the riad when you realise there was a good reason it was in the attic. And then again there are some words that simply need to be taken to the wrecking yard...:suss:
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Chris Maunder wrote:
side of the riad
If figured "riad" was a typo, but hey, given the context of the conversation, you got me to look it up! :laugh: Marc
People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith -
Christian Graus wrote:
how can there be more than one penultimate anything ?
Good point. The plural "evils" doesn't make much sense. Ah well. I thought I'd give the word a try. Marc
People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh SmithUnless google is actually a secret division of Microsoft ... hey ... it's all beginning to make sense!
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The ironic thing is, I consider ads to be one of penultimate evils in the world! Marc
People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith
