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  • H Henry Minute

    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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    • H Henry Minute

      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.

        Phil


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        • E Enver Maroshi

          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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          • P Phil J Pearson

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

            Phil


            The opinions expressed in this post are not necessarily those of the author, especially if you find them impolite, inaccurate or inflammatory.

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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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            • E Enver Maroshi

              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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                • P Pete OHanlon

                  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:

                  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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                    • M Mark_Wallace

                      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".

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

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                      • P Pete OHanlon

                        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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                        • P Pete OHanlon

                          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.

                          My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

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                          Henry Minute
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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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                          • H Henry Minute

                            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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                            • M Mark_Wallace

                              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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                                • F fjdiewornncalwe

                                  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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                                    • N NormDroid

                                      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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                                      Phil J Pearson
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                                      That proves my point. ;P

                                      Phil


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                                      • E Enver Maroshi

                                        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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                                        Mark_Wallace
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                                        Enver Maroshi wrote:

                                        It is not English word. It can be "English loan word" but it can not be "English word".

                                        That would be foolhardy, because every single English word we use today was either: 1. Introduced to England by invaders. 2. Added to the language after all the invasions. So all words except some those that fit category 2 would have to be classed as "loan words" -- that's more than nine-point-five-tenths of the language!

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

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                                        • P Pete OHanlon

                                          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.

                                          My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

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                                          Dan Neely
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                                          James Nicoll wrote:

                                          "The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.

                                          3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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