CCC 03/03/11
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Well done! That was very speedy of you. I would've got it too if you weren't so bloody fast!
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I got the word janissary immediately. I was trying to get the orbit part.
The funniest thing about this particular signature is that by the time you realise it doesn't say anything it's too late to stop reading it.
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Well done! That was very speedy of you. I would've got it too if you weren't so bloody fast!
I'd have got it faster if I had realised ISS was the International Space Station: I assumed DD had got it wrong... :laugh:
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Digital man: "You are, in short, an idiot with the IQ of an ant and the intellectual capacity of a hose pipe."
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I got the word janissary immediately. I was trying to get the orbit part.
The funniest thing about this particular signature is that by the time you realise it doesn't say anything it's too late to stop reading it.
Snap! - got the word but couldn't understand the orbit part.
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I'd have got it faster if I had realised ISS was the International Space Station: I assumed DD had got it wrong... :laugh:
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Digital man: "You are, in short, an idiot with the IQ of an ant and the intellectual capacity of a hose pipe."
Griff, NEVER assume I get it wrong. I have, on occasions, made mistakes, I admit it, but generally I double check before promulgation. If it looks odd, it usually is meant to! :)
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Ah yes. I see it now. Darn. :-O Yesterday's CCC was very very difficult. Today's was average (except for the ISS bit).
The funniest thing about this particular signature is that by the time you realise it doesn't say anything it's too late to stop reading it.
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Ah yes. I see it now. Darn. :-O Yesterday's CCC was very very difficult. Today's was average (except for the ISS bit).
The funniest thing about this particular signature is that by the time you realise it doesn't say anything it's too late to stop reading it.
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In my case it comes from having a son who is into ancient Greek and Roman history (and from reading too many Asterix books) :)
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In my case it comes from having a son who is into ancient Greek and Roman history (and from reading too many Asterix books) :)
Janissary is a Christian charged with Guarding the Muslim Sultans from the 1300's to the 1800's, hardly Greek or Roman! :) Incidentally, the Sultans chose christians for this, because they didn't trust other muslims not to kill them, christians could never become Sultan so it was safer. In the same way, I suppose, that the key to the church of the holy sepulchre in the wailing wall in Jerusalem is not held bt the christians whose church it is, or the jews, whose wall it is, but by the muslims, to stop the other two fighting over it.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]
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Griff, NEVER assume I get it wrong. I have, on occasions, made mistakes, I admit it, but generally I double check before promulgation. If it looks odd, it usually is meant to! :)
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]
I assume everybody makes mistakes! It's quicker in the long run... :laugh:
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Digital man: "You are, in short, an idiot with the IQ of an ant and the intellectual capacity of a hose pipe."
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Janissary is a Christian charged with Guarding the Muslim Sultans from the 1300's to the 1800's, hardly Greek or Roman! :) Incidentally, the Sultans chose christians for this, because they didn't trust other muslims not to kill them, christians could never become Sultan so it was safer. In the same way, I suppose, that the key to the church of the holy sepulchre in the wailing wall in Jerusalem is not held bt the christians whose church it is, or the jews, whose wall it is, but by the muslims, to stop the other two fighting over it.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]
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Janissary is a Christian charged with Guarding the Muslim Sultans from the 1300's to the 1800's, hardly Greek or Roman! :) Incidentally, the Sultans chose christians for this, because they didn't trust other muslims not to kill them, christians could never become Sultan so it was safer. In the same way, I suppose, that the key to the church of the holy sepulchre in the wailing wall in Jerusalem is not held bt the christians whose church it is, or the jews, whose wall it is, but by the muslims, to stop the other two fighting over it.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]
That inclination of his and my interest in computers lead us to play many many computer games and I think it is very likely that Janissary is used in an RTS of some sort - Age Of Empires springs to mind - can anyone confirm if Janissary appears in that game?
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Dalek Dave wrote:
Greek or Roman
Yes but they were Turkish, which is the same thing, they all do good Kebabs.
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Janissary is a Christian charged with Guarding the Muslim Sultans from the 1300's to the 1800's, hardly Greek or Roman! :) Incidentally, the Sultans chose christians for this, because they didn't trust other muslims not to kill them, christians could never become Sultan so it was safer. In the same way, I suppose, that the key to the church of the holy sepulchre in the wailing wall in Jerusalem is not held bt the christians whose church it is, or the jews, whose wall it is, but by the muslims, to stop the other two fighting over it.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]
YES! - answered my own question - Google is my friend :) (even though I'm old my memory isn't failing me) A Janissary is a heavy Infantry unit in both Age of Empires II and Age of Empires III. In its first appearance it is the unique unit for Turks and likewise for Ottomans in the sequel but used as more regular and basic infantry while still being unique as well.
modified on Thursday, March 3, 2011 4:47 AM
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In my case it comes from having a son who is into ancient Greek and Roman history (and from reading too many Asterix books) :)
