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It would be even funnier if he applied
Euro-English (5th year version):
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the EU rather than German which was the other possibility.
As part of the negotiations, Her Majesty's Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a five year phase-in plan that would be known as "Euro-English".
In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of the "k". This should klear up konfusion and keyboards kan have 1 less letter.
There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like "fotograf" 20% shorter.
In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be ekspekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkorage the removal of double letters, which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of the silent "e"s in the language is disgraseful, and they should go away.
By the fourth year, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v". During ze fifz year, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and similar changes vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters.
After zis fifz yer, ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi to understand ech ozer. Ze drem vil finali kum tru! And zen world!
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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And so were born the Dutch...
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Please stop putting text tags around your posts. It's a post, it's already text. No need to mark text as text in a text post. It's hard to read and I really want to know what you have to say.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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RyanDev wrote: Please stop putting text tags around your posts. It's a post, it's already text. No need to mark text as text in a text post. It's hard to read and I really want to know what you have to say copy/paste.
Fixed it for you. 
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Thanks. But stop interrupting me while I try to read the posts. They are fascinating stuff for the Lounge.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I'll translate for you. He said
Once a group of 50 people was attending a seminar.
Suddenly the speaker stopped and started giving each one a balloon.
Each one was asked to write his/her name on it using a marker pen.
Then all the balloons were collected and put in another room.
Now these delegates were let in that room and asked to find the balloon which had their name written, within 5 minutes.
Everyone was frantically searching for their name, colliding with eachother, pushing around others and there was utter chaos.
At the end of 5 minutes no one could find their own balloon.
Now each one was asked to randomaly collect a balloon and give it to the the person whose name was written on it.
Within minutes everyone had their own balloon.
The speaker began-- Exactly this is happening in our lives. Everyone is frantically looking for happiness all around, not knowing where it is.
Our happiness lies in the happiness of other people. Give them their happiness, you will get your own happiness. And this is the purpose of human life.
RyanDev wrote: I really want to know what you have to say.
wanna take that back? 
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Quote: wanna take that back?
I'm ashamed to admit I read your translation. I feel duped.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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You aren't supposed to eat the balloons, silly.
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awesome !
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Is this the first time you've seen megaspew? I've used it maybe a dozen times since last summer. Mostly to express my displeasure about crap posted as insider news.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Pass the barf-bag, vicar!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I'd of popped every balloon that I found that didn't have my name on it.
I would have found mine within 2 minutes.
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I wouldn't have written my name on my balloon, it would have said Hugh Janus or Mike Hunt or some such similar.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Do you not?
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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and then you've been busted when everyone else had their balloon back.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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This algorithm could still be made more parallel - we have two hands for two balloons....and there is no exception handling for two or more people having the same name.
Vishal Pand3y wrote: And this is the purpose of human life
Oh - it appears to be a zero sum game. 
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I actually vomited when I read this utter drivel: complete, unadulterated bollocks. 
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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Contrary to all the negative feedback you're getting, I actually like that parable!
Marc
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_Maxxx_ wrote: Sound down to avoid the ridiculously inappropriate music
I don't agree 
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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I grew up in Arizona and when I was young we would see dust devils quite often but never a flaming dust devil....didn't know they had gender?
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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This is not a dust devil, it is a "fire storm". The heat from the fire causes an updraft and then the cyclonic action. Dust devils are just caused by the wind and daytime heating.
Dave.
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_Maxxx_ wrote: **EDIT** - Sound down to avoid the ridiculously inappropriate music
No sir, it is appropriate 
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