Thursday's CCC
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1.33/5 (2 votes) Is this calculation right?
Let there arise out of you a band of people inviting to all that is good, enjoining what is right, and forbidding what is wrong: They are the ones to attain felicity. Āli-'Imrān (The Family of Imran), 104.
It's a weighted average so yes it could have been right.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
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I found that one very easy but I'm almost never early enough to log on. My only hesitation was caused by the ugly Americanism (sorry, friends) of "atop" and the just plain wrong "occurance" (occurrence). Since CCCs are all about being picky with words I feel justified in pointing this out!
Phil
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DD sometimes does skip out of the pure mother tongue. It makes them more cryptic which is probably he's aim. But it's just not British IMHO!
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williamnw wrote:
I know. It's called 'married life'
That explains it all. I'm still single!
hopingToCode wrote:
I'm still single!
Then you should get it more often.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
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hopingToCode wrote:
I'm still single!
Then you should get it more often.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
williamnw wrote:
Then you should get it more often.
Nope still not getting it!
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As much as I like to play with words, you people need to get a room :laugh:.
Software Zen:
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I have a feeling that the total is based on the number of messages in the data base, which may not equal the number of messages shown in the forum. The CP folks may have a need for forum messages that aren't shown to normal users.
Software Zen:
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I found that one very easy but I'm almost never early enough to log on. My only hesitation was caused by the ugly Americanism (sorry, friends) of "atop" and the just plain wrong "occurance" (occurrence). Since CCCs are all about being picky with words I feel justified in pointing this out!
Phil
The opinions expressed in this post are not necessarily those of the author, especially if you find them impolite, inaccurate or inflammatory.
Phil J Pearson wrote:
ugly Americanism (sorry, friends) of "atop"
Seriously ? Try John Milton, 1608 - 1674 I think atop appears in Paradise Lost and he is certainly not an American! Also, I am sure it is in A Midsummer Night's Dream. As for Occurrence, I humbly apologise, I do not know what happened there! :)
------------------------------------ "I am always serious about what I do, not necessarily about how I do it." Tom Baker
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williamnw wrote:
Then you should get it more often.
Nope still not getting it!
Well maybe you're doing it wrong? Seriously, get some quickly, before it's too late. There's a credit crunch on after all!
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Well maybe you're doing it wrong? Seriously, get some quickly, before it's too late. There's a credit crunch on after all!
¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! VCF Blog Just Say No to Web 2 Point Oh
It's not like the end of the world is it? opps, I think the PM thinks it maybe as he is the saying he's saved the world!
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Phil J Pearson wrote:
ugly Americanism (sorry, friends) of "atop"
Seriously ? Try John Milton, 1608 - 1674 I think atop appears in Paradise Lost and he is certainly not an American! Also, I am sure it is in A Midsummer Night's Dream. As for Occurrence, I humbly apologise, I do not know what happened there! :)
------------------------------------ "I am always serious about what I do, not necessarily about how I do it." Tom Baker
So it wasn't an Americanism in 1667 or in the 1590s. There's a great deal of vocabulary those gentleman used that we don't use any more. Some of it (in my opinion) is ugly, at least outside its original context. Some of that is still used by Americans: atop, gotten, upcoming ... I could go on (but I won't).
Phil
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