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Book cover chosen by people who don't seem to have read the book[^]
Quote: A spokeswoman for Penguin stressed that the new edition of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was "intended for an adult audience"
How can you have a new edition of a Roald Dahl book, or any book for that matter, "intended for an adult audience"? Surely it's the same fecking words.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Umm don't really get the whole change the cover for a different readership thing. I have to admit the more adult cover tends to look '70s grubby rain coat brigade (if you get my drift!) 
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Was just about to post about this. The cover is pretty creepy and according to Penguin the picture isn't even meant to represent the main female antagonists.  
The "Lolita" comparison is interesting, the penguin cover to that is much more subdued, which is ironic as the book as you'd expect, really isn't. Though the cover being "misleading" should only mean that illiterate perverts will be out of pocket, so not necessarily a bad thing.
First genuine WTF OTD.
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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Yes, but she's just trying to drum up work for her relative! 
Quote: Joanne Harris tweeted: ... "Seriously, Penguin Books. Why not just get Rolf Harris to design the next one?
"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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I read her name as Joanne Harris-Tweed. Must be getting a bit DD in my old age.
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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Well, if a kid reads it, they might see themself in one of the not-so-nice child characters and feel bad. That is no longer allowed.
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chriselst wrote: How can you have a new edition of a Roald Dahl book, or any book for that matter, "intended for an adult audience"? Surely it's the same fecking words.
You really should rent Grimms Fairy Tales for Adults[^] and watch it sometime. Not quite the same fecking words. 
Will Rogers never met me.
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Considering how many girls are in the story they obviously used this design just to attract a certain class of readers.
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my original message included the word p e r v y and got blocked by my router.
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Quote: Since the inaugural event last year, the governor of Oregon has formally declared Saturday 9 August Boring and Dull Day across the entire state.
OK, he's definitely an alien. 
Nobody says "boring and dull", just like nobody says "lightning and thunder".
"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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Quote: Residents in the US town of Boring are preparing for a party with a Scottish twist this weekend, with the second annual celebration of their pairing with the village of Dull in Perthshire.
Bet that one'e sold out? 
Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
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They've got nothing on Nothing, Arizona[^].
I'll be driving through there in two weeks, but there's no good reason to stop. Nothing to see.
Will Rogers never met me.
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At least that's better than going to hell[^]. 
/ravi
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Hi,
I've started about 3 weeks back with an online course regarding Web Development with Html5 and CSS3.
It's 10 modules, attempting to go all the way from introduction to responsive design, using WordPress as content management system, project planning / design (wireframes and site maps), up to creating and using plugins, using paypal, and marketing on google.
Now I feel module one was very scant, most of the module was spent on setting up wordpress on your domain, introducing open source and all about licences, etc.
The assignment concentrated on licencing cenarios, i.e. Which licence(s) or ownership rights did George Hotz broke through hacking the iPhone and auctioning it? Give one reason for each software license that you mention. and Did he comply with the Open Source movement's ideas.
Module 2 touched on Html5 and CSS3, Media queries etc.
Module 3 is about wireframes and site maps, planning your site, etc.
I wonder if they try too much in one cource? Isn't it true that Web Development has evolved into more specialised areas, i.e. visual design, Content design, coding, etc. I must admit I'm a bit lost regarding the wireframe and sitemap idea. I'm blind, so visual tools tend not to help me a lot.
If I see a site map as a treeview indicating the relations between pages, and a wireframe as a formatted word document with your header/footer areas, an area for content, a table indicating site navigation, and another maybe for menus, am I so far off the mark? 
I only hope I can find enough from this course to make it worth while, since I'm interested in the coding part, but understand that you need to have an idea regarding the rest.
Luckaly it's more for my own curiosity, I develop desktop applications for the day job.
By the way, the collection of articles Learn CSS3 and HTML5 on CP is great, in a sence, it's more worth than the course notes we got... cool
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The course sounds like an excellent intro, but your impression is correct; it's going to take a lot more study (and practice) to become proficient. Did I mention practice? Take advantage of the wealth of information here at Code Project, and practice. Welcome to the site!
Will Rogers never met me.
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Brent Jenkins wrote: is there any way to access internet
Obviously there is, unfortunately for us 
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Hmm, yeah leading question. At least it was asked in the general questions. I liked the smart phone answer, I would have gone with 56K modem plugged into a phone socket myself!
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Seemed an odd question for what is, essentially, a site for coders.
I know there's an admin/networking section, but this almost seems on a par with "how do I switch my PC on"
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Hmm, I have a buddy who is into Data Mining and this question seems to follow a pattern he developed, bot places odd/quirky message on board this then passes the reply's on to another stage, I just don't really see how they can expect to reverse engineer E-mail from ID's (but no doubt there is some way!)...
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That doesn't work either...We have VOIP phones...
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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Ah yes, but the fun that could be had with it!
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I'm really surprised, from your previous responses I thought you were quite tech savvie, but you've just given the game up - creating a sock account to ask this question 
Have you tried anything else?
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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So many IT Crowd responses that could be sent but I shouldn't.
Quote: Jen: [Moss has a small plastic box with a flashing light] What is it?
Moss: This, Jen, is the Internet.
The IT Crowd[^]
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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No, just No, I do not resemble Moss
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