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    Henry Minute
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    Link from today's Insider Learning Lessons From 13 Failed Software Products[^]. Scroll down to the comments and the interchange between adg and **ryan.

    Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.

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      Link from today's Insider Learning Lessons From 13 Failed Software Products[^]. Scroll down to the comments and the interchange between adg and **ryan.

      Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.

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      Dalek Dave
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        Link from today's Insider Learning Lessons From 13 Failed Software Products[^]. Scroll down to the comments and the interchange between adg and **ryan.

        Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.

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        Rage
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        This is better than the article. Every developer knows that 99% of failing projects are due to marketing. Just as every marketing guy knows that 99% of failing projects are due to incompetent technical staff who couldn't mind read customers requirements.

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          Link from today's Insider Learning Lessons From 13 Failed Software Products[^]. Scroll down to the comments and the interchange between adg and **ryan.

          Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.

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          Enver Maroshi
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          There is no U in color :doh:

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            There is no U in color :doh:

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            Phil J Pearson
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            No, but there's a U in colour, and color isn't even a word.

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              There is no U in color :doh:

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              peterchen
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              hint: English vs. US spelling.

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                No, but there's a U in colour, and color isn't even a word.

                Phil


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                NormDroid
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                Phil J Pearson wrote:

                and color isn't even a word

                I've heard the yanks use it a few times ;)

                Two heads are better than one.

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                  There is no U in color :doh:

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                  Henry Minute
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                  I can only refer you to the link I referred to in my original post.

                  in British English its artEfacts. Since we bleedin invented the language (the clue is in the name) I would just like to point out that its also coloUr, aluminium, aeroplane, arse, moustache, pyjamas and one that you will love – Pernickety.

                  Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.

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                    I can only refer you to the link I referred to in my original post.

                    in British English its artEfacts. Since we bleedin invented the language (the clue is in the name) I would just like to point out that its also coloUr, aluminium, aeroplane, arse, moustache, pyjamas and one that you will love – Pernickety.

                    Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.

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                    Pete OHanlon
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                    Henry Minute wrote:

                    pyjamas

                    This wasn't an English word - it's derived from the Persian payjama, and we took it from the Hindustani version.

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                      Henry Minute wrote:

                      pyjamas

                      This wasn't an English word - it's derived from the Persian payjama, and we took it from the Hindustani version.

                      "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

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                      Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

                      This wasn't an English word - it's derived from the Persian payjama, and we took it from the Hindustani version.

                      Almost all English words are derived from other languages. That doesn't stop them being English words.

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                        There is no U in color :doh:

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                        Enver Maroshi
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                        It was mean to be a provocation, in a joke style, for Brits, but looks like people got me too serious. I don’t care much about how people write colo(u)r, i write it color, since that’s how its written in Visual Studio :) and in school i never did learn English – so i adopt to what is mostly used in my environment. Yet still there is no U in color :P

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                          Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

                          This wasn't an English word - it's derived from the Persian payjama, and we took it from the Hindustani version.

                          Almost all English words are derived from other languages. That doesn't stop them being English words.

                          I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                          Pete OHanlon
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                          I was being "pernickety".

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                            I was being "pernickety".

                            "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

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                            Mark_Wallace
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                            So was I :P

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                              Henry Minute wrote:

                              pyjamas

                              This wasn't an English word - it's derived from the Persian payjama, and we took it from the Hindustani version.

                              "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

                              As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

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                              Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

                              it's derived from the Persian payjama, and we took it from the Hindustani version

                              That's all very well but where did they get it from? I shall now don my Jodhpurs and retire to my Bungalow!

                              Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.

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                                I can only refer you to the link I referred to in my original post.

                                in British English its artEfacts. Since we bleedin invented the language (the clue is in the name) I would just like to point out that its also coloUr, aluminium, aeroplane, arse, moustache, pyjamas and one that you will love – Pernickety.

                                Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.

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                                fjdiewornncalwe
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                                But you forgot bollocks :doh:

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                                  Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

                                  This wasn't an English word - it's derived from the Persian payjama, and we took it from the Hindustani version.

                                  Almost all English words are derived from other languages. That doesn't stop them being English words.

                                  I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                                  Enver Maroshi
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                                  It is not English word. It can be "English loan word" but it can not be "English word". English term for a word. Ah, it's confusing me. I quit. ;P

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                                    But you forgot bollocks :doh:

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                                    Henry Minute
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                                    Certainly not! I carry mine with me wherever I go, as I do with my pills!

                                    Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.

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                                      But you forgot bollocks :doh:

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                                      Luc Pattyn
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                                      last time I checked there is no U in bollocks. That would be an anatomic anomaly. :~

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                                        It was mean to be a provocation, in a joke style, for Brits, but looks like people got me too serious. I don’t care much about how people write colo(u)r, i write it color, since that’s how its written in Visual Studio :) and in school i never did learn English – so i adopt to what is mostly used in my environment. Yet still there is no U in color :P

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                                        Luc Pattyn
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                                        we could agree on having at least one in colorful, could we? :)

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                                          Phil J Pearson wrote:

                                          and color isn't even a word

                                          I've heard the yanks use it a few times ;)

                                          Two heads are better than one.

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                                          That proves my point. ;P

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