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phannon86 wrote: The joke contains a number of nonsensical pseudo-German words, and does not translate into anything meaningful.
Neither does REAL German!!! 
Just kidding of course... Some of my best friends are German (and Shepherds as well...) 
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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The scientific proof of that joke being the funniest is subject to survivor bias.
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I read it yesterday and I read it again today. If that's the funniest joke in the world then comedy is well and truly f***ed.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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I am sure when TV was invented there wast talk of the post cinema era. However, this did not happen. The VCR came still cinema survived. DVD came, still cinema survived proving that some things are better on the big screen. Today because of smartphones and tablets there is talk of the post pc era, i dont buy it. smartphones and tablets cannot completely replace the pc. Somethings are always better on the big screen. I can think of a few EXCEL, Point Of Sale, Aiport Check In.
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Just try typing code, or a business letter on a tablet!
PITA is just the start of it...you need a proper keyboard.
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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so try to connect keyboard and mouse to the tablet maybe this is the next boom
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I have two 22" monitors - one of them is purely for VS, the other is email, Chrome, SSMS, etc.
You can't get enough info onto a tablet screen to cover all that.
And lets be honest - if you start connecting a keyboard and a mouse to your tablet, you're gonna be better off with a lappie anyway - and then, you may as well use that as a desktop by plugging both monitors in...
Yes, I can watch TV and films on my tablet...but I prefer to use the 42" TV instead... 
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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You need to get a third one for CP...
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Chrome lives on my Portrait monitor, and is overlaid by the other stuff.
But yes, maybe I should look for a third... 
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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codejet wrote: smartphones and tablets cannot completely replace the pc
You just right - for now. However, consider that most computer usage done by non-programming people. Also the kind of usage is mostly entertainment and task-management, so PC will step back, but not disappear...
(Also cinema went the same way - at least around me...)
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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A tablet is a PC, just boxed differently and preloaded with different software. We're already seeing crossover machines being sold.
The traditional PC (desktop and laptop) will certainly survive for software developers and gamers, neither of whom is well serviced by tablet hardware or ergonomics. A lot of other office work (secretaries, HR, admin, accounting, writing, using CAD etc) also needs something with a big screen on a desk and a keyboard and mouse – which is basically a definition of a PC.
So I agree, what we think of as a PC is likely to stick around for a long time. It may be that some of those machines are internally more like tablets are today (i.e. ARM based Linux distros with more phone-like interfaces), but they will still essentially be PCs.
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Don't forget pron.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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IMHO the PC will be around for a long time.
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"About six against one finally ends the rally!"(8)
Sweet!
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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About - RE
six - VI
against - V
one - I
finally ends - FY
REVIVIFY - Rally, get better etc.
Very sweet.
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Well done.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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how?? 
About - RE
against - V
finally ends - FY
.:>GSN<:.
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RE - means about, or concerning: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/re[^].
V - abbreviation of Versus[^] - against.
finally ends - take the end characters of finally, i.e. FY.
Many of these constructs are quite unfamiliar if English English is not your first language. Often they are a play on words, where something can have a different meaning if taken out of the sentence in which it occurs. Consider the sentence: Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana. Does it make sense? Yes, and no.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.
it means that time flies fast
'fruit flies' like a banana
.:>GSN<:.
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shootout?
as in penalty shootout.. 
.:>GSN<:.
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