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I think the Backroom was meant for doggy-style originally, but somehow the viewership is down there, so they moved the good stuff to the Soapbox, which is really a place for bad jokes, bad politics, and bad religion.
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Slacker007 wrote: bad religion.
Nay their place is in the walkman.
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If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
"When you have eliminated the JavaScript, whatever remains must be an empty page." -- Mike Hankey
If a coffee bean is between the Earth and the Sun, is it a Java Eclipse? -- Sascha Lefèvre
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Thanks, Slacker007, I am ashamed to admit I didn't even know there was a "BackDoor" forum (really !) ... but, maybe I should be happy I didn't know that.
Did you ever think how curious it is that in Dante's "Inferno," Virgil and Aeneas only escape from hell's ninth circle (the circle of traitors) by climbing down Satan's fur ... Satan is half-buried, there, in the ice, in the center of the frozen lake of the 9th. circle ... when they reach Satan's waist, at the point where his lower body is in the ice, the center of the earth: gravity reverses, and, while Dante believes he is climbing up, back towards the terrifying beast's three heads, he actually is moving in the opposite direction towards the other side of the earth ... from which he and Virgil ultimately emerge ?
But, you know, Aeneas was assisted by the magical act of Virgil somehow jumping on to Satan's body without being devoured: according to Aeneas:
"I clasped his neck, as he wished, and he seized the time and place, and when the wings were wide open, grasped Satan’s shaggy sides, and then from tuft to tuft, climbed down, between the matted hair and frozen crust.
When we had come to where the thigh joint turns, just at the swelling of the haunch, my guide, with effort and difficulty, reversed his head to where his feet had been, and grabbed the hair like a climber, so that I thought we were dropping back to Hell. ‘Hold tight,’ said my guide, panting like a man exhausted, ‘since by these stairs, we must depart from all this evil.’ Then he clambered into an opening in the rock, and set me down to sit on its edge, then turned his cautious step towards me.
I raised my eyes, thinking to see Lucifer as I had left him, but saw him with his legs projecting upwards, and let those denser people, who do not see what point I had passed, judge if I was confused then, or not.
My Master said: ‘Get up, on your feet: the way is long, and difficult the road, and the sun already returns to mid-tierce.’ Where we stood was no palace hall, but a natural cell with a rough floor, and short of light. When I had risen, I said: ‘My Master, before I leave the abyss, speak to me a while, and lead me out of error. Where is the ice? And why is this monster fixed upside down? And how has the sun moved from evening to dawn in so short a time?’
And he to me: ‘You imagine you are still on the other side of the earth’s centre, where I caught hold of the Evil Worm’s hair, he who pierces the world. You were on that side of it, as long as I climbed down, but when I reversed myself, you passed the point to which weight is drawn, from everywhere: and are now below the hemisphere opposite that which covers the wide dry land ..."
Canto XXXIV A.S. Kline translation
I am not sure, if I visit the BackDoor, that Virgil is available, and that the digital Satan would have fur pixelated enough to get a good grip on while dealing with gravity's reversal. I'm afraid I might come out in StackOverFlow.
cheers, Bill
«The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it, but only in such a way that it catches you.» Soren Kierkegaard
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Slacker007 wrote: bad politics, and bad religion. Are there any other kinds?
"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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jeron1 wrote: Slacker007 wrote: bad politics, and bad religion. Are there any other kinds?
From <name that politician>'s dictionary:
My policies: well-reasoned ideas designed to make our country great again.
Your policies: Insane, nay treasonous, ideas designed to sell the country to its worst enemies.
Good for any place, any time.
[I refrain from a similar entry for religion, as I've given up trolling for Passover, Lent, Ramadan, etc. ]
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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BillWoodruff wrote: vibrating raster Sounds like a veiled reference to Rastafarians in some obscure way. Take it out back.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Would you rather have vibrating pasta ?
«The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it, but only in such a way that it catches you.» Soren Kierkegaard
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Shivers sent down my spine by connections to that concept.
Someone once explained to me a Yiddish expression:
"Bupkis mit Keduchus", an explicit translation[^] of which may be found at the bottom of the second paragraph. Vibrating Pasta would seem to be an appropriate side dish.
(Oh, the rules I may have violate).
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Movie Quote Of The Day
So that's what death tastes like.
Which movie?
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Grilled[^]???
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous
- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944
- I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Me, all the time
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Chocolat
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
"When you have eliminated the JavaScript, whatever remains must be an empty page." -- Mike Hankey
If a coffee bean is between the Earth and the Sun, is it a Java Eclipse? -- Sascha Lefèvre
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Ahh.. famous quote from 'Terminator Salvation'
right ??
Find More .Net development tips at : .NET Tips
The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.
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Since when do we try to get it right?
Rules for the FOSW ![ ^]
if(this.signature != "")
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
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never, the game has been unchanged ...
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Visual Studio 2015 Update II?
In Word you can only store 2 bytes. That is why I use Writer.
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I dug her out
Rules for the FOSW ![ ^]
if(this.signature != "")
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
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There's a movie about my mother in laws cooking?
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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Agatha Christie's "A Murder is Announced"?
(origin of the term "delicious death")
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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I'm 13 now, time to look for a female partner in CP.
Oh wait, is it like potatoes in Mars? We need to grow them here backed by some R&D?
May be there are! in technical forums. But in Lounge, haha good luck to me.
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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I don't get what you're saying. As for a female partner, go outside and find yourself one. The ones you are going to find only are either nuts or live far away from (x).
(x) - The location the person reading this is currently at.
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He's been on CP for 13 years - that's what he's joking about...
I myself have only been here 12 years, so I'm still a minor
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous
- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944
- I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Me, all the time
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