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  • D Dalek Dave

    Arrrghhhhh ! It is the Rapture, it has destroyed my understanding to the Apostrophe!

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    The usual thought process regarding the online use of the apostrophe is apparently this: ...cool, this word's going well, I've negotiated the I before E and the silent G...I can see the end of it...nearly there...soon be home and dry... OH EM GEE!!!!! THERE'S A FREAKIN S AT THE END OF IT!!!!! ...enter panic mode...what do I do now...WWJD...do I need an apostrophe?...or was that just for potatoe's_...I remember Miss Smith telling me about this when I was 6....something about change I to Y and add...ah, sod it, I'll put one in anyway...it's only the internet, no-one will ever see it..._

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    • N Nagy Vilmos

      No, the rapture will flow around the world so that it hits everywhere at the same local time. God's [note the use of an apostrophe] like that, being omnipotent he knows that the numpties can't handle the concept of different time zones so to make it easier for them He'll destroy the world in 24 separate events. Luckily as an omnipresent entity, He can prevent anyone from outside the current target zone from knowing what's happening so that everyone will be hit at 6pm tomorrow irrespective of where they live. [As a Christian, does the above mean I'm going to hell?]


      Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb -- they're often *students*, for heaven's sake. -- (Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett)

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      That presents me with a small problem: my webserver is in a different timezone. Does that mean it will stop working, thus giving me advance notice of the approaching war between heaven and hell and a chance to pick sides? I wouldn't want to be on the loosing side, after all.

      Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."

      "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
      "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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      • D Dalek Dave

        Cat's are not welcome, they are 'Familiars' and will be sent straight to hell. (Only domesticated animal not mentioned in the Bible). As for iPads, they are the work of Beelzebub and should be vanquished to the void between this world and the next, a technopurgatory when they await silicon judgement day, next to the TI99-4a's and the Sinclair QL's.

        ------------------------------------ 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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        But all dogs go to heaven, right? Scott

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        • G Gizz

          Wouldn't it be GMT then? Not BST? I dunno. Do heathens get to join in?

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          Dalek Dave
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          No, Heaven runs on London time.

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          • S Stephen Wiria

            And i haven't pack up things yet! Should I bring my cat and my iPad[^]?

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            CalvinHobbies
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            Rapture is on May long weekend :) party hardy... I for one welcome our new Zombie Overlords. May the feasting begin!

            ///////////////// Groucho Marx Those are my principles, if you don't like them… I have others.

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            • G Gregory Gadow

              Nope. It starts at 6pm local time. Yup, the "prophet" has said it will start at 6pm at the International Date Line and proceed west, with one whole time zone being raptured every hour. Apparently it is a lot of work to lift the faithful bodily into Heaven and God needs to work on a schedule.

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              Chris Meech
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              You are quite correct. These are known as "rapture zones". Due to a resource constraint, The All Knowing is only capable of working at at a pace of 1 RZ per hour and thus it is going to take all day to get the job done. The resource constraint has unfortunately occurred because millions of Angels have had to be let go recently. You know, the financial crisis and all. :)

              Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra] posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar]

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              • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                That presents me with a small problem: my webserver is in a different timezone. Does that mean it will stop working, thus giving me advance notice of the approaching war between heaven and hell and a chance to pick sides? I wouldn't want to be on the loosing side, after all.

                Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."

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                Nagy Vilmos
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                Jeese man, which part of omnipresent don't you understand? Just as the multiple disasters strike your server a rather attractive ewe will walk into you kitchen and you'll be too busy to notice what's going on. As a welshman, you're going to hell for Max Bloody Boyce anyway :-D .


                Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb -- they're often *students*, for heaven's sake. -- (Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett)

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                • S Stephen Wiria

                  And i haven't pack up things yet! Should I bring my cat and my iPad[^]?

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                  BAD: Oh no I'm going to die and go to hell. GOOD: I'll know everyone

                  Semper Fi http://www.hq4thmarinescomm.com[^]
                  www.jaxcoder.com[^] WinHeist

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                  • G Gregory Gadow

                    Nope. It starts at 6pm local time. Yup, the "prophet" has said it will start at 6pm at the International Date Line and proceed west, with one whole time zone being raptured every hour. Apparently it is a lot of work to lift the faithful bodily into Heaven and God needs to work on a schedule.

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                    Will that be geographical or geopolitical time zones? Is there still time to create a "permanently friday afternoon" time zone?

                    FILETIME to time_t
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                    • N Nagy Vilmos

                      Jeese man, which part of omnipresent don't you understand? Just as the multiple disasters strike your server a rather attractive ewe will walk into you kitchen and you'll be too busy to notice what's going on. As a welshman, you're going to hell for Max Bloody Boyce anyway :-D .


                      Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb -- they're often *students*, for heaven's sake. -- (Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett)

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                      OriginalGriff
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                      You're just jealous because no-body outside Hungary has heard of anyone inside Hungary! :laugh:

                      Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."

                      "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                      "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                      • C Chris Meech

                        You are quite correct. These are known as "rapture zones". Due to a resource constraint, The All Knowing is only capable of working at at a pace of 1 RZ per hour and thus it is going to take all day to get the job done. The resource constraint has unfortunately occurred because millions of Angels have had to be let go recently. You know, the financial crisis and all. :)

                        Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra] posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar]

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                        OriginalGriff
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                        Grief! I didn't know heaven invested in Icelandic banks...

                        Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."

                        "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                        "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                        • D Dalek Dave

                          Obviously it happens at Midnight tonight British Summer Time. The Greenwich Meridian was chosen, because as we all know, Jesus was an Englishman.

                          ------------------------------------ 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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                          hairy_hats
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                          Dalek Dave wrote:

                          The Greenwich Meridian was chosen, because as we all know, Jesus was an Englishman.

                          Wouldn't that make it JMT?

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                          • G gavindon

                            now wait a minute, which time zone is set for judgment day? Where I'm at its 15 hours to go,assuming it happens at midnight. It would have to happen all at once wouldn't it? Just wanna know how long I have left here you know, a difference of 11 hours is major. Even though come to think of it, its not at all fair. If judgment day happens by your time zone, I'm getting ripped off almost a whole day. If it happens by my time zone, you got an extra, no fair..

                            Programming is a race between programmers trying to build bigger and better idiot proof programs, and the universe trying to build bigger and better idiots, so far... the universe is winning.

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                            Given that the thing is due to sweep the Earth according to time zone, what happens at the poles?

                            Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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                              Given that the thing is due to sweep the Earth according to time zone, what happens at the poles?

                              Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
                              -Or-
                              A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]

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                              Lost User
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                              Keith Barrow wrote:

                              what happens at the poles?

                              They live in most countries now so it will just deal with them on an individual basis.

                              Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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                              • P peterchen

                                Will that be geographical or geopolitical time zones? Is there still time to create a "permanently friday afternoon" time zone?

                                FILETIME to time_t
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                                Chris Meech
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                                peterchen wrote:

                                create a "permanently friday afternoon" time zone

                                DD and Nagy have that one staked out already. :)

                                Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra] posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar]

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                                  peterchen wrote:

                                  create a "permanently friday afternoon" time zone

                                  DD and Nagy have that one staked out already. :)

                                  Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra] posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar]

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                                  Dalek Dave
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                                  Hic, you're my best mate you are, hic. I wanna kebab.

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                                    Hic, you're my best mate you are, hic. I wanna kebab.

                                    ------------------------------------ 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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                                    Chris Meech
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                                    Dalek Dave wrote:

                                    I wanna kebab.

                                    Sorry, I've got two left feet when it comes to dancing. :)

                                    Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra] posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar]

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                                    • Mike HankeyM Mike Hankey

                                      BAD: Oh no I'm going to die and go to hell. GOOD: I'll know everyone

                                      Semper Fi http://www.hq4thmarinescomm.com[^]
                                      www.jaxcoder.com[^] WinHeist

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                                      Mike Hankey wrote:

                                      Oh no I'm going to die and go to hell.

                                      its over rated, I've already been there and got kicked out for peddling ice water.

                                      Programming is a race between programmers trying to build bigger and better idiot proof programs, and the universe trying to build bigger and better idiots, so far... the universe is winning.

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                                      • N Nagy Vilmos

                                        No, the rapture will flow around the world so that it hits everywhere at the same local time. God's [note the use of an apostrophe] like that, being omnipotent he knows that the numpties can't handle the concept of different time zones so to make it easier for them He'll destroy the world in 24 separate events. Luckily as an omnipresent entity, He can prevent anyone from outside the current target zone from knowing what's happening so that everyone will be hit at 6pm tomorrow irrespective of where they live. [As a Christian, does the above mean I'm going to hell?]


                                        Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb -- they're often *students*, for heaven's sake. -- (Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett)

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                                        Soulus83
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                                        Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                                        [As a Christian, does the above mean I'm going to hell?]

                                        Ask CG and CM :-D

                                        "Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--either way, you are right." — Henry Ford

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                                        • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                          You're just jealous because no-body outside Hungary has heard of anyone inside Hungary! :laugh:

                                          Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."

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                                          Nagy Vilmos
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                                          OriginalGriff wrote:

                                          You're just jealous because no-body outside Hungary has heard of anyone inside Hungary

                                          Biro? Rubik? Liszt? Nagy Vilmos? World famous!


                                          Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb -- they're often *students*, for heaven's sake. -- (Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett)

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