Google no longer "Do no Evil"
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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.
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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
