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a bit off topic and yet relevant ..
- there nothing more practical than a good theory
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"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice – in practice there is" - Yogi Berra
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I gave up my dream of finding a coffee that tastes like what it is .
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You could always asked his brother Frank...
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Worsen former champion and head of radio broadcasting consumed ? (10)
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Worsen
former EX
champion ACE
and head of (initial letters)
radio broadcasting RB
consumed ATE
EXACERBATE
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YAUT
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Message Closed
modified 15-May-23 19:06pm.
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Because it's a polite way of saying "You are a rude arrogant t***; your question is no more important than anyone else's".
Most of 'em know damn well what they are doing, they just want their question to get priority. But so does everyone else, so it escalates and you get "bump wars" where all questions get bumped immediately they drop off the top of the list ... A polite reminder of netiquette forestalls that.
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modified 30-Jan-23 0:34am.
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What does bumped mean ?
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Don't you remember getting the bumps at school?
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Not digitally no
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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The bumps were the reason my "official" birthday at school was April 31st.
Worked for years ... bullies aren't generally that clever.
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Making a trivial change to push a message to the top of the "latest items" queue.
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Because it is, and there really is no need for it. We are all quite capable of reading normal font, normasl case text. It is similar to people telling us what we must, or must not, do when answering their question (naming no names).
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Surprisingly, I haven't heard any complaints about 'top posting' for years!
15-20 years ago, the usenet/email Moral Mafia demanded that if you made a followup/reply to a post/letter, you retain complete copies of every earlier entry in the same thread, in chronological order, before adding your own stuff. In lengthy debates, you might have to wade through hundred of lines before finding anything new. The Mafia insisted that no other option was accepted, and they detested usenet/email editors that by default opened a space for your reply above the copy of the earlier debate.
For unexplainable reasons, top posting has become socially acceptable nowadays. Sort of like we used to do in the days of paper letters: We put our new letter in front, and enclosures (such as information from earlier letters) behind it. Maybe there were other reasons as well.
Sidetrack re. caps - the headgear:
It has been adopted in the Norwegian language, with the English plural form as the singular form. Like 'one caps, two capses' (en caps, to capser). That is the case for a number of English terms, such as a slip of cloth, today called a tie, is one 'slips' in Norwegian; most people do not know that the s is an English plural s. Same with (fruit) drops - the singular Norwegian form is 'et drops'.
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trønderen wrote: ...you retain complete copies of every earlier entry in the same thread, in chronological order, before adding your own stuff
Oh yeah! I had forgotten all about that.
trønderen wrote: For unexplainable reasons, top posting has become socially acceptable nowadays
Maybe because the software company invite RSVP to the company picnic only had 3 people back then. Now there are 10,000.
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wash your mouth out with soap, young man ! [^]
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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Have some cheese with that whine?
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
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It uses more ink.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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I hate the POS that is Eclipse.
The IDE I'm using is built on Eclipse and even with the lipstick it's still a pig!
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I gave up Eclipse long ago. At first I liked it, but it kept morphing until I had to let it go.
For most of my C applications, I use Code Blocks. It has an amazing editor.
I am back messing with VS. Talk about porky. Don't get me started again.
But I don't have choice at this time. Grrrr.
I uninstalled it and re-installed it.
That seems to have tamed it's spooky behavior, a bit.
Previous install problem was probably my choice of options, but Lord knows. There are so many.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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