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  • J jeron1

    raddevus wrote:

    plinkle gop

    Shouldn't US politics be in the soapbox?

    "the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle

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    When I wrote the nonsense I knew there would be people who would find _some_ meaning behind one or more of the words. I tried very hard to only make those words make "sounds" and not have any meaning. And that is another entirely separate philosophical discussion: If you find an alternate meaning to words I use, is it a problem in me (I subconsciously used a word that communicated an alternate message I didn't know) or a problem in you (you pick up on meaning that was never actually there)? I'm going to say that the problem is in you. :laugh:

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      I only noticed it because the word is so overused in TNG and DS9, usually as a derogatory slang.

      Sometimes the true reward for completing a task is not the money, but instead the satisfaction of a job well done. But it's usually the money.

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      Alan Burkhart wrote:

      I only noticed it because the word is so overused in TNG and DS9, usually as a derogatory slang.

      Interesting. I watched a lot of TNG. Was "targ" planted there in the subconscious somehow? What other things do I know that I do not know about? :laugh: :laugh:

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        When I wrote the nonsense I knew there would be people who would find _some_ meaning behind one or more of the words. I tried very hard to only make those words make "sounds" and not have any meaning. And that is another entirely separate philosophical discussion: If you find an alternate meaning to words I use, is it a problem in me (I subconsciously used a word that communicated an alternate message I didn't know) or a problem in you (you pick up on meaning that was never actually there)? I'm going to say that the problem is in you. :laugh:

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        raddevus wrote:

        the problem is in you

        Have you been talking to my wife? :laugh:

        "the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle

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          raddevus wrote:

          the problem is in you

          Have you been talking to my wife? :laugh:

          "the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle

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          raddevus
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          jeron1 wrote:

          Have you been talking to my wife? :laugh:

          Response is a genuine LOL. Glad I wasn't drinking something. It would've come out my nose. :laugh: :laugh:

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          • R raddevus

            ...so he says,

            "I need the myxl targ plinkle gop to onkatik shoosilfar."*

            You are confused. You don't understand. He stares at you. *This sentence may not make sense because it is nonsense. Or it may not make sense because you cannot understand the Genius Principles it contains. The Questions 1. Is the only reason that you do not understand because you are stupid (not smart enough)? 2. Or, is it possible that you don't understand because Einstein is stupid (not smart enough)? How could it ever be the case that Einstein is stupid? He is a genius, right? Well, there are at least four reasons that it may be that even though Einstein is a genius that he is stupid in this case. 1. He cannot communicate clearly what it is that he wants. Even if Einstein understands the extended principles of Quantum Mechanics if he cannot explain them in a way that that someone can understand then he is not a genius. A bit more on that -- Imagine if no one except Einstein ever understood Quantum Physics as he understood it. The world wouldn't have changed. He would've been a babbling idiot. 2. He cannot communicate what he wants to _you_. He is not smart enough (even though he's a genius) to understand how smart you are and alter his message accordingly. 3 He's confounded about why you cannot understand. He cannot tell that he is not communicating clearly to you. "Why don't you understand! It's as plain as the quark on a proton, lepton-brain!" A blind-spot (aka ignorance). 4. You are not actually smart enough to understand, but he has chosen to tell someone this message without identifying the audience in the first place. Not genius-level behavior. Two Points -- (I'm sure there are many more) Even if you're a Genius, you better know how to communicate. Even if you're a Genius, you better know how to communicate to your audience.

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            raddevus wrote:

            1. Is the only reason that you do not understand because you are stupid (not smart enough)?

            No. It sounds like he is having a stroke. Someone help me electrocute Einstein to save his life!

            raddevus wrote:

            2. He cannot communicate what he wants to _you_. He is not smart enough (even though he's a genius) to understand how smart you are and alter his message accordingly.

            The message can wait. It is not smart to figure out what someone is trying to say while they are having a stroke.

            raddevus wrote:

            Even if you're a Genius, you better know how to communicate. Even if you're a Genius, you better know how to communicate to your audience.

            I'll bet you he didn't survive that lecture whilst having a stroke, you genius.

            Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

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            • R raddevus

              Alan Burkhart wrote:

              I only noticed it because the word is so overused in TNG and DS9, usually as a derogatory slang.

              Interesting. I watched a lot of TNG. Was "targ" planted there in the subconscious somehow? What other things do I know that I do not know about? :laugh: :laugh:

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              I might be getting the TV shows and the novels mixed up. :-D

              Sometimes the true reward for completing a task is not the money, but instead the satisfaction of a job well done. But it's usually the money.

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              • R raddevus

                ...so he says,

                "I need the myxl targ plinkle gop to onkatik shoosilfar."*

                You are confused. You don't understand. He stares at you. *This sentence may not make sense because it is nonsense. Or it may not make sense because you cannot understand the Genius Principles it contains. The Questions 1. Is the only reason that you do not understand because you are stupid (not smart enough)? 2. Or, is it possible that you don't understand because Einstein is stupid (not smart enough)? How could it ever be the case that Einstein is stupid? He is a genius, right? Well, there are at least four reasons that it may be that even though Einstein is a genius that he is stupid in this case. 1. He cannot communicate clearly what it is that he wants. Even if Einstein understands the extended principles of Quantum Mechanics if he cannot explain them in a way that that someone can understand then he is not a genius. A bit more on that -- Imagine if no one except Einstein ever understood Quantum Physics as he understood it. The world wouldn't have changed. He would've been a babbling idiot. 2. He cannot communicate what he wants to _you_. He is not smart enough (even though he's a genius) to understand how smart you are and alter his message accordingly. 3 He's confounded about why you cannot understand. He cannot tell that he is not communicating clearly to you. "Why don't you understand! It's as plain as the quark on a proton, lepton-brain!" A blind-spot (aka ignorance). 4. You are not actually smart enough to understand, but he has chosen to tell someone this message without identifying the audience in the first place. Not genius-level behavior. Two Points -- (I'm sure there are many more) Even if you're a Genius, you better know how to communicate. Even if you're a Genius, you better know how to communicate to your audience.

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                Wasn't Einstein the same one to say "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough"?

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                • R raddevus

                  Alan Burkhart wrote:

                  I only noticed it because the word is so overused in TNG and DS9, usually as a derogatory slang.

                  Interesting. I watched a lot of TNG. Was "targ" planted there in the subconscious somehow? What other things do I know that I do not know about? :laugh: :laugh:

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                  Then you probably also never heard of Toby the targ[^]

                  I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.

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                  • R raddevus

                    ...so he says,

                    "I need the myxl targ plinkle gop to onkatik shoosilfar."*

                    You are confused. You don't understand. He stares at you. *This sentence may not make sense because it is nonsense. Or it may not make sense because you cannot understand the Genius Principles it contains. The Questions 1. Is the only reason that you do not understand because you are stupid (not smart enough)? 2. Or, is it possible that you don't understand because Einstein is stupid (not smart enough)? How could it ever be the case that Einstein is stupid? He is a genius, right? Well, there are at least four reasons that it may be that even though Einstein is a genius that he is stupid in this case. 1. He cannot communicate clearly what it is that he wants. Even if Einstein understands the extended principles of Quantum Mechanics if he cannot explain them in a way that that someone can understand then he is not a genius. A bit more on that -- Imagine if no one except Einstein ever understood Quantum Physics as he understood it. The world wouldn't have changed. He would've been a babbling idiot. 2. He cannot communicate what he wants to _you_. He is not smart enough (even though he's a genius) to understand how smart you are and alter his message accordingly. 3 He's confounded about why you cannot understand. He cannot tell that he is not communicating clearly to you. "Why don't you understand! It's as plain as the quark on a proton, lepton-brain!" A blind-spot (aka ignorance). 4. You are not actually smart enough to understand, but he has chosen to tell someone this message without identifying the audience in the first place. Not genius-level behavior. Two Points -- (I'm sure there are many more) Even if you're a Genius, you better know how to communicate. Even if you're a Genius, you better know how to communicate to your audience.

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                    I don't get it. Why wouldn't you just myxl targ plinkle gop to onkatik shoosilfar like he says? :confused: I think the proper response would be gobble da undink raba shuna. I mean, the guy's a genius and you're just rude :~

                    Best, Sander Continuous Integration, Delivery, and Deployment arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly

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                      I don't get it. Why wouldn't you just myxl targ plinkle gop to onkatik shoosilfar like he says? :confused: I think the proper response would be gobble da undink raba shuna. I mean, the guy's a genius and you're just rude :~

                      Best, Sander Continuous Integration, Delivery, and Deployment arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly

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                      Sander Rossel wrote:

                      I think the proper response would be gobble da undink raba shuna.

                      Perhaps, if you happen to be Jabba the Hutt. And now you should say something like 'Bring me Solo! And the Wookiee!'

                      I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.

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                      • R raddevus

                        ...so he says,

                        "I need the myxl targ plinkle gop to onkatik shoosilfar."*

                        You are confused. You don't understand. He stares at you. *This sentence may not make sense because it is nonsense. Or it may not make sense because you cannot understand the Genius Principles it contains. The Questions 1. Is the only reason that you do not understand because you are stupid (not smart enough)? 2. Or, is it possible that you don't understand because Einstein is stupid (not smart enough)? How could it ever be the case that Einstein is stupid? He is a genius, right? Well, there are at least four reasons that it may be that even though Einstein is a genius that he is stupid in this case. 1. He cannot communicate clearly what it is that he wants. Even if Einstein understands the extended principles of Quantum Mechanics if he cannot explain them in a way that that someone can understand then he is not a genius. A bit more on that -- Imagine if no one except Einstein ever understood Quantum Physics as he understood it. The world wouldn't have changed. He would've been a babbling idiot. 2. He cannot communicate what he wants to _you_. He is not smart enough (even though he's a genius) to understand how smart you are and alter his message accordingly. 3 He's confounded about why you cannot understand. He cannot tell that he is not communicating clearly to you. "Why don't you understand! It's as plain as the quark on a proton, lepton-brain!" A blind-spot (aka ignorance). 4. You are not actually smart enough to understand, but he has chosen to tell someone this message without identifying the audience in the first place. Not genius-level behavior. Two Points -- (I'm sure there are many more) Even if you're a Genius, you better know how to communicate. Even if you're a Genius, you better know how to communicate to your audience.

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                        Or, you know, acknowledge the fact that he claims a need for the myxl targ plinkle gop to onkatik shoosilfar. Write it down, along with the general context of the conversation, and research the variations of myxl targ plinkle gop to onkatik shoosilfar before assessing the value of the need. If it turns out to be redundant in your own assessment, reconvene on a later date with the myxl targ plinkle gop to onkatik shoosilfar as requested and a working alternative addressing your own concerns. With both options present, have an objective cost/benefit analysis, and pick the best one together. If he defends the objectively worst option based on an emotional claim, you stab him with a knife.

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                          Sander Rossel wrote:

                          I think the proper response would be gobble da undink raba shuna.

                          Perhaps, if you happen to be Jabba the Hutt. And now you should say something like 'Bring me Solo! And the Wookiee!'

                          I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.

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                          Bring me Solo! And the Wookiee!

                          Best, Sander Continuous Integration, Delivery, and Deployment arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly

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                            Bring me Solo! And the Wookiee!

                            Best, Sander Continuous Integration, Delivery, and Deployment arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly

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                            So it was you who actually went to see that movie. Obligatory cat picture[^]

                            I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.

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                              raddevus wrote:

                              1. Is the only reason that you do not understand because you are stupid (not smart enough)?

                              No. It sounds like he is having a stroke. Someone help me electrocute Einstein to save his life!

                              raddevus wrote:

                              2. He cannot communicate what he wants to _you_. He is not smart enough (even though he's a genius) to understand how smart you are and alter his message accordingly.

                              The message can wait. It is not smart to figure out what someone is trying to say while they are having a stroke.

                              raddevus wrote:

                              Even if you're a Genius, you better know how to communicate. Even if you're a Genius, you better know how to communicate to your audience.

                              I'll bet you he didn't survive that lecture whilst having a stroke, you genius.

                              Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

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                              Eddy Vluggen wrote:

                              It sounds like he is having a stroke. Someone help me electrocute Einstein to save his life

                              I hope I never have a stroke when you're around. [Edit]I hope I never have a stroke[/edit] Seriously, if someone has a stroke, do not electrocute them.

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                                Eddy Vluggen wrote:

                                It sounds like he is having a stroke. Someone help me electrocute Einstein to save his life

                                I hope I never have a stroke when you're around. [Edit]I hope I never have a stroke[/edit] Seriously, if someone has a stroke, do not electrocute them.

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                                You mean I shouldn't try to save you? :-\

                                Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

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                                  ...so he says,

                                  "I need the myxl targ plinkle gop to onkatik shoosilfar."*

                                  You are confused. You don't understand. He stares at you. *This sentence may not make sense because it is nonsense. Or it may not make sense because you cannot understand the Genius Principles it contains. The Questions 1. Is the only reason that you do not understand because you are stupid (not smart enough)? 2. Or, is it possible that you don't understand because Einstein is stupid (not smart enough)? How could it ever be the case that Einstein is stupid? He is a genius, right? Well, there are at least four reasons that it may be that even though Einstein is a genius that he is stupid in this case. 1. He cannot communicate clearly what it is that he wants. Even if Einstein understands the extended principles of Quantum Mechanics if he cannot explain them in a way that that someone can understand then he is not a genius. A bit more on that -- Imagine if no one except Einstein ever understood Quantum Physics as he understood it. The world wouldn't have changed. He would've been a babbling idiot. 2. He cannot communicate what he wants to _you_. He is not smart enough (even though he's a genius) to understand how smart you are and alter his message accordingly. 3 He's confounded about why you cannot understand. He cannot tell that he is not communicating clearly to you. "Why don't you understand! It's as plain as the quark on a proton, lepton-brain!" A blind-spot (aka ignorance). 4. You are not actually smart enough to understand, but he has chosen to tell someone this message without identifying the audience in the first place. Not genius-level behavior. Two Points -- (I'm sure there are many more) Even if you're a Genius, you better know how to communicate. Even if you're a Genius, you better know how to communicate to your audience.

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                                  raddevus wrote:

                                  "I need the myxl targ plinkle gop to onkatik shoosilfar."*

                                  To which I will reply in the words of "Weird Al" Yankovic: "It's unintel-ligible I just can't get it through my skull It's hard to bargle nawdle zouss(?) With all these marbles in my mouth" - Smells Like Nirvana

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                                    ...so he says,

                                    "I need the myxl targ plinkle gop to onkatik shoosilfar."*

                                    You are confused. You don't understand. He stares at you. *This sentence may not make sense because it is nonsense. Or it may not make sense because you cannot understand the Genius Principles it contains. The Questions 1. Is the only reason that you do not understand because you are stupid (not smart enough)? 2. Or, is it possible that you don't understand because Einstein is stupid (not smart enough)? How could it ever be the case that Einstein is stupid? He is a genius, right? Well, there are at least four reasons that it may be that even though Einstein is a genius that he is stupid in this case. 1. He cannot communicate clearly what it is that he wants. Even if Einstein understands the extended principles of Quantum Mechanics if he cannot explain them in a way that that someone can understand then he is not a genius. A bit more on that -- Imagine if no one except Einstein ever understood Quantum Physics as he understood it. The world wouldn't have changed. He would've been a babbling idiot. 2. He cannot communicate what he wants to _you_. He is not smart enough (even though he's a genius) to understand how smart you are and alter his message accordingly. 3 He's confounded about why you cannot understand. He cannot tell that he is not communicating clearly to you. "Why don't you understand! It's as plain as the quark on a proton, lepton-brain!" A blind-spot (aka ignorance). 4. You are not actually smart enough to understand, but he has chosen to tell someone this message without identifying the audience in the first place. Not genius-level behavior. Two Points -- (I'm sure there are many more) Even if you're a Genius, you better know how to communicate. Even if you're a Genius, you better know how to communicate to your audience.

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                                    Einstein:

                                    Imagination is more important than knowledge

                                    Is this why I can't imagine why some things just don't work the way they are supposed to? Now the phrase "I need the myxl targ plinkle gop to onkatik shoosilfar." makes much more sense, it is a string of muttered expletives. I do this all the time.

                                    It was broke, so I fixed it.

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                                      Wasn't Einstein the same one to say "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough"?

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                                      I think he was and I only used Einstein as the example genius because so many people know him. This story is really about the self-styled Einsteins who believe they are geniuses. :laugh:

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                                      • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

                                        I don't get it. Why wouldn't you just myxl targ plinkle gop to onkatik shoosilfar like he says? :confused: I think the proper response would be gobble da undink raba shuna. I mean, the guy's a genius and you're just rude :~

                                        Best, Sander Continuous Integration, Delivery, and Deployment arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly

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                                        You've transcended!! Genius!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

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                                          Or, you know, acknowledge the fact that he claims a need for the myxl targ plinkle gop to onkatik shoosilfar. Write it down, along with the general context of the conversation, and research the variations of myxl targ plinkle gop to onkatik shoosilfar before assessing the value of the need. If it turns out to be redundant in your own assessment, reconvene on a later date with the myxl targ plinkle gop to onkatik shoosilfar as requested and a working alternative addressing your own concerns. With both options present, have an objective cost/benefit analysis, and pick the best one together. If he defends the objectively worst option based on an emotional claim, you stab him with a knife.

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                                          raddevus
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                                          A reasoned and balanced approach. :laugh: :laugh:

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