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Sorry..but I'm not a flan of that joke.
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A rarebit of good advice.
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Now that's cheesy!
"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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I declare SPAM!
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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OriginalGriff wrote: should you just quiche and make up? Eggxactly!
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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Here[^]
I'm going to sleep in tomorrow.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Hope systems won't break down
if(this.signature != "")
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}
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I will make love...twice.
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I second that.
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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I'm switching to C Un T (time redundant).
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How do I buy Micah a present without it being formica?
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Google[┼] has the answer
»»» <small>Loading Signature</small> «««
· · · <small>Please Wait</small> · · ·
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I can't remember for the life of me who it was, but a relatively well known denizen of this parish wrote a series of articles on MEAN. I have tried searching the site, and even tried googlies, but to no avail.
Does anyone have an idea? It was four parts, one each for Mongo, Express, Angular and Node.
veni bibi saltavi
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Sander Rossel - a blog series...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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In 1! Thanks.
veni bibi saltavi
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Microsoft hands some of the reins for its display ad business to AOL
This would be the equivalent to :
Microsoft gives some of the steering wheel for its display ad business to AOL
If you give someone else the steering wheel, you can't just give some of it.
The cliche the "journalist" wanted to use is mis-used because handing over the reins means "giving complete control", yet this is not the place to use that cliche, because apparently Microsoft is not giving complete control. Yes, I point these things out.
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2942263/it-industry/microsoft-hands-some-of-the-reins-for-its-display-ad-business-to-aol.html[^]
Bad journalism prevails.
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What if you let someone take over the reigns of the carriage you are traveling in, but you just keep one hand loosely on them, just to exert that little bit of control should you need it.
Or to go back to the steering wheel, it's like when you let your kid drive on the dodgems, but you keep giving things a little steer in the right direction now and then.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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chriselst wrote: What if...
No. Sorry.
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chriselst wrote: the reigns of the carriage
"Reins" was the correct word to use in this instance - unless you were imagining a monarch reigning over the carriage?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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English is a stoopid language.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Sit back, have a coffee/beer/smoke and relax, just reeelaaax...
veni bibi saltavi
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: Sit back, have a coffee and relax, just reeelaaax.
Hey, it worked.
No it didn't. Use of cliche is terrible. But the incorrect use of a cliche?! Not going to happen on my watch, mister!!
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You could give them some of the reins - like the part you'd pull to steering left. That way they they'd have part of the reins, would have responsibility for going left, but not in control of the whole horse. Of course, two people on one horse is the real problem here, though I suppose the same would apply to carriages and sleighs. Look I'm no expert on animal drawing travel, right?
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My reply is actually a reply to anyone who changed the terrible cliche of "Handing over the reins".
This would be like taking the cliche:
"A rolling stone gathers no moss."
and changing it to
"Some rolling stones gather moss some times."
Or
"Never look a gift horse in the mouth."
to
"Rarely look a gift horse in the mouth area."
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No it wouldn't. 'Handing over the reins' is a simple metaphor. As such there is plenty of scope for moderating its meaning. The examples you give are both proverbs which therefore have no scope for moderation. Chalk and cheese!
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