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Ever since I was little I've been a fan of Fantasia[^]. Awesome movie with awesome music. I still love it 
Now I just watched Fantasia 2000[^] again. I've seen it in IMAX when it first came out (and I think there was only one IMAX theater in the entire Netherlands back then and it wasn't 3D either!).
All I remember from that IMAX experience in 1999 was some jazz and abstract art. Not quite like the original Fantasia... And that's why I never really liked it.
I guess the only thing jazzy and only slightly abstract in the entire movie is Rhapsody in Blue, so I guess that stuck with me somehow (I love Rhapsody in Blue though!).
And why can't I even remember this evil hellish Firebird[^] by Stravinsky?! I always thought that Firebird was a nice phoenix, bird of rebirth, by the way...
Other than Gershwin and Stravinsky it's Beethoven, Respighi, Elgar... Nothing jazzy there.
The only thing I disliked about Fantasia 2000 is that it's only 74 minutes and it features Dukas' The Sorcerer's Apprentice exactly how it was in the original Fantasia! So that leaves only about an hour of new movie, only half of the original Fantasia... 
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Sander Rossel wrote: I always thought that Firebird was a nice phoenix
I'm not sure that the phoenix actually is all that 'nice', certainly not in Narnia where it guards the equivalent of the Garden of Eden! But it's definitely not the firebird which comes from the Slavic folk tradition with no reincarnation powers and is often seen as a kind of Holy Grail.
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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I was thinking Dumbledore's Fawkes the Phoenix 
Or maybe the Final Fantasy summon
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Just one more goal to see the back of the smug git for good? Could you not have done that just for me? Oh well, congratulations anyway! 
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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Great for UK England - we now play Iceland! If we can't see them off... 
modified 22-Jun-16 14:49pm.
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R. Giskard Reventlov wrote: Great for UK
You not a big football fan then?
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Haha: I wrote that on auto-pilot. I meant England, of course. 
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R. Giskard Reventlov wrote: If we can't see them off...
Well, nobody else has! Might be worth a fiver on them to win the whole thing at this rate. And to think, it all started with a humble little frozen food shop!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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They would have to beat England - France - then Spain/Italy/Germany to do that. There is money to be made by backing an underdog in this tournament but it's in the other side of the draw.
One team from Switzerland,Poland,Wales,NI,Croatia,Portugal,Hungary,Belgium WILL make the final. I'm having a flutter on a couple of these tomorrow as the Euros has thrown up a 'Leicester' quite regularly.
Just compounds Roys mistake to make all them changes. It's obvious he's only aiming for the Quaters/Semis to keep his job. I hope they sack him and replace him with....with...um...replace him with....um..um....for f***s sake...he's going to keep his job because there is no-one else.
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Pom Pey wrote: because there is no-one else
Oh, I don't know[^]!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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Topping the group not enough? It would have been nice to see Cristiano 'No He Is Totally Straight And Not Gay In Any Way' Ronaldo go home tonight though. 
veni bibi saltavi
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Don't forget his great Aunts Cousin or something, is from Northern Ireland so he'll support them if Hungary go out and then there's England as a back-up. I'm fully expecting that by the Semi-Final stage he will tell us he owns a German Shepard and has an adopted son called Pedro. 
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They were very Hungary to win.
Oh boy I feel like slapping myself for that one. 
Kitty at my foot and I waAAAant to touch it...
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I found this cookie notification when I went to the JetBrains site today:
Cookies help us improve our web content and deliver personalised content. By using this web site, you agree to our use of cookies.
Type `man cookies' to learn more or `exit' to close.
~ root#
For some reason, I couldn't stop laughing at "man cookies".
Click on the line just after "root#" and you can indeed type "man cookies" and see the explanation of what a cookie is.
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You'd be laughing a lot in Linux.
..between all the cursing and swearing
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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I've been putzing around Linux before.
I don't know why but it was just funny as hell today. I'm having one of those really bad days you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy.
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I use linux as my only OS at home and have never seen man cookies...sounds painful.
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Whole, roasted nuts.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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There's worse commands to ask help on.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Perhaps 'man touch' amongst others ?
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Its comes after Cotton Balls, and Beer Nuts.
Then you get Man Cookies!
Which brings a whole new meaning to "That's the way the Cookies Crumble!"
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That "cookies agreement" garbage is one of the worst freaking decision ever made. Who was dumb enough to think that I want to click on a button to agree I-do-not-know-what on EVERY SINGLE WEBSITE I navigate to. This is complete nonsense. Furthermore, I do not even understand how this could be implemented internationally (because I see this on the websites independently from the country it is on), and why websites could be forced into implementing it.
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Good grief, I've been up since 7 AM, working on some documentation, with a break for breakfast (French Toast with cinnamon, cardamon and a little coconut milk in the batter), fried in coconut oil, topped with real maple syrup (warmed) and fresh strawberries, all organic ingredients.)
Just looked at the clock. It's 12 PM! Well, at least the document is done.
Marc
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I'm working on supper: Calzone pizza with ham, salami, and chorizo filling.
The dough is rising nicely!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: The dough is rising nicely!
My dough rises nicely twice a month and then collapses on itself. 
(urgh, that can be taken so many WRONG ways) 
Marc
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