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  • N Nemanja Trifunovic

    IIRC, he said it at Austerlitz, right?

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    leppie
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    I have no idea :) But he definitely knew how to deal with people ;P

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      "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." - Napoleon Bonaparte

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      PIEBALDconsult
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      If the mistake my enemy is making involves my wife...

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      • R R Giskard Reventlov

        5 for the quote, -5 cos he was French and a further -5 cos I'm feeling curmudgeonly and Rage gave you an extra 5 because he was French and jingoistic (Can the French be jingoistic?) voting is strictly prohibited.

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        Dalek Dave
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        For Sale, French Rifles, Never Fired, only dropped once.

        ------------------------------------ "I want you to imagine I have a blaster in my hand" - Zaphod Beeblebrox. "You DO have a blaster in your hand" - Freighter Pilot "Yeah, so you don't have to tax your imagination too hard" - Zaphod Beeblebrox

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          For Sale, French Rifles, Never Fired, only dropped once.

          ------------------------------------ "I want you to imagine I have a blaster in my hand" - Zaphod Beeblebrox. "You DO have a blaster in your hand" - Freighter Pilot "Yeah, so you don't have to tax your imagination too hard" - Zaphod Beeblebrox

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          Baconbutty
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          Just wiping the coffee off my screen .........

          I still remember having to write your own code in FORTRAN rather than be a cut and paste merchant being pampered by colour coded Intellisense - ahh proper programming - those were the days :)

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            Just wiping the coffee off my screen .........

            I still remember having to write your own code in FORTRAN rather than be a cut and paste merchant being pampered by colour coded Intellisense - ahh proper programming - those were the days :)

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            Rajesh R Subramanian
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            Baconbutty wrote:

            Just wiping the coffee off my screen .........

            We use coffee cup in India. It's a lot more easier to clean.

            Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. Codeproject.com: Visual C++ MVP

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            • P PIEBALDconsult

              If the mistake my enemy is making involves my wife...

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              leppie
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              coitus interruptus ? ;P

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              • P PIEBALDconsult

                If the mistake my enemy is making involves my wife...

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                Ri Qen Sin
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                Ironically, it's only a mistake if you interrupt or find out! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

                So the creationist says: Everything must have a designer. God designed everything. I say: Why is God the only exception? Why not make the "designs" (like man) exceptions and make God a creation of man?

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                • P PIEBALDconsult

                  If the mistake my enemy is making involves my wife...

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                  Xiangyang Liu
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                  PIEBALDconsult wrote:

                  If the mistake my enemy is making involves my wife...

                  Wow, that was one fatal mistake.

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                  • D Dalek Dave

                    For Sale, French Rifles, Never Fired, only dropped once.

                    ------------------------------------ "I want you to imagine I have a blaster in my hand" - Zaphod Beeblebrox. "You DO have a blaster in your hand" - Freighter Pilot "Yeah, so you don't have to tax your imagination too hard" - Zaphod Beeblebrox

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                    eyeseetee
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                    Thats just a great line :laugh:

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                    • L leppie

                      coitus interruptus ? ;P

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                      Gary Wheeler
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                      They said French, not Latin.

                      Software Zen: delete this;

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                      • G Gary Wheeler

                        They said French, not Latin.

                        Software Zen: delete this;

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                        leppie
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                        Ok, just add 'e's to the end :)

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                        • X Xiangyang Liu

                          PIEBALDconsult wrote:

                          If the mistake my enemy is making involves my wife...

                          Wow, that was one fatal mistake.

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                          modified on Monday, June 30, 2008 1:30 PM

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                          leppie
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                          Funny, I thought it was TWO fatal mistakes :)

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                            Funny, I thought it was TWO fatal mistakes :)

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                            BonshatS
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                            Most limit themselves to one fatal mistake at a time, but I suppose some people are just greedy.

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                              Funny, I thought it was TWO fatal mistakes :)

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                              Xiangyang Liu
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                              leppie wrote:

                              Funny, I thought it was TWO fatal mistakes

                              It depends: Scenario 1: The husband shot the man who was committing the mistake with his wife. One fatal mistake. Scenario 2: The husband shot the wife, too. Two fatal mistakes. Scenario 3: The busband was shot while interrupting other's mistake. One fatal mistake. :laugh:

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                              • L leppie

                                "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." - Napoleon Bonaparte

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                                jgrogan
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                                Actually, the quote was made by Nelson and refered to the French.

                                leppie wrote:

                                "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." - Napoleon Bonaparte

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                                  Actually, the quote was made by Nelson and refered to the French.

                                  leppie wrote:

                                  "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." - Napoleon Bonaparte

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                                  Lost User
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                                  jgrogan wrote:

                                  Actually, the quote was made by Nelson

                                  Gotta reference? Everything I find attributes it to Napoleon.

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                                  • L leppie

                                    "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." - Napoleon Bonaparte

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                                    Joe Woodbury
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                                    I've long been bemused by the irony of this quote considering how far Napoleon overextended, especially in relation to Russia.

                                    Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke

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                                      jgrogan wrote:

                                      Actually, the quote was made by Nelson

                                      Gotta reference? Everything I find attributes it to Napoleon.

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                                      Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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                                      You'd sorta expect that, him being a brit and it was contested between Lord Nelson and His Imperial Majesty, Napoleon Bonaparte ;)

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                                      • R Rage

                                        You mean we should let them post programming questions in the lounge ? Oh :sigh:

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                                        Eytukan
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                                        No it's when they answer to a programming question in the Lounge.:cool:


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                                        • J Joe Woodbury

                                          I've long been bemused by the irony of this quote considering how far Napoleon overextended, especially in relation to Russia.

                                          Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke

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                                          Christopher Duncan
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                                          I think it's the utmost in wartime courtesy that his enemies were considerate enough to not interrupt him. On a related note, I do so love the rules of war. "Okay, we're going to kill each other and dance in the blood, but hey - let's be civilized about this."

                                          Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalUSA.com

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