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"Head of Maths joins a Swan and Horse between two points, this sounds like a tale an aviator might be interested in?" (9)
I think this one's quite difficult, so might take Griff 5 minutes instead of his usual 2?
Andy B
modified 15-Dec-16 7:56am.
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Not really getting too far with this:
Head of Maths = M
A swan - cob/pen
Horse - nag, gg ... or possibly "swan and horse" just = COB leading to comb when the M is insterted
Two points - any of NESW - comes close to BUNCOMBE with a an unexplained "BU" but it clearly isn't that.
The rest? Dunno.
Any chance of an additional hint?
Slogans aren't solutions.
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You are soooo close! Your first three bits are spot on - m - pen - nag.
Clue - there's more than one way of spelling tale only one of which an aviator might be interested in, and two points may both be the same.
This is quite an obscure word though, so you're doing very well.
Andy B
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Empennage.
That was far from easy!
Slogans aren't solutions.
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Well done PeeJay, I thought that would be a toughie, but you got it!
You're up tomorrow  .
And for final clarity - the empennage is the tail section of an aircraft.
Andy B
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LabVIEWstuff wrote: the empennage is the tail section of an aircraft.
They say you learn something new every day...so presumably I can now take the rest of today off?
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My philosophy entirely - let me just run it pass the boss ...
Slogans aren't solutions.
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Good clue 
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Movie Quote Of The Day
Quote: It's not a prime number. See, prime numbers can only be divided by one or itself. THREE is a prime number. The Holy Trinity? The thesis and antithesis that come together to form the synthesis...
Which movie?
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Is that from one of the Cube/Hyper Cube movies?
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie?
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Transprimers : Nonoptimistic Prime's Legacy
Rules for the FOSW ![ ^]
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Life of Pi.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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A beautiful mind
In Word you can only store 2 bytes. That is why I use Writer.
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If anyone saw the Bob Dylan Nobel prize presentation, with Patti Smith performing "Hard Rain", here[^] is her take on what happened. I found it an inspirational read.
Cheers,
Mick
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It doesn't matter how often or hard you fall on your arse, eventually you'll roll over and land on your feet.
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Thanks. That was a good one.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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I think I have posted this before.
My new job requires me to not to be limited to MS technologies and hence I am learning other things. Looking at the state of other technologies, I really appreciate what MS has done with .Net framework.
Often, in the workshops with technologically diverse audience, my response to "how do you do X?" is Visual Studio or framework provides this by default. I have always liked .Net framework even though I had little to no exposure to Java World and others. But now that I have to really deal with it, I see how awesome .Net framework is.
Once again, thank you Microsoft.
PS: Yes, I know pains of working with some MS offerings.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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lw@zi wrote:
Often, in the workshops with technologically diverse audience, my response to "how do you do X?" is Visual Studio or framework provides this by default. I have always liked .Net framework even though I had little to no exposure to Java World and others. But now that I have to really deal with it, I see how awesome .Net framework is.
Let me see if I have correctly translated this:
I just discovered that I don't how to program because the .NET framework does everything for me.
Did I get that right?
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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LOL, no.
What I mean to say is that even now, there are so many non-programming trivial tasks that require too much to time and effort. Plus, I noticed that there is a lot of effort that goes in to integrating various tools that are employed. In the .Net framework, most of the things are provided by default.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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Spotted the person that hates reusability  In all seriousness though, why waste your time coding something if an existing implementation does it within requirements? That just equates to less time on CodeProject (sellout mode activated, staff plz? Kappa). And we all want to maximize our time 
Would you write your own compiler every time you start a project because "using an IDE just shows you don't know how to program?"
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I agree! Just like SO does. Why waste time figuring out how to fixed a trivial error when someone already fixed it. 
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Positions like this are akin to saying that you're not a 'real mechanic' unless you smelt your own metal for the engine blocks in the cars you work on. Get real! It's not the tools we use, its how we use them.
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Why reinvent the wheel when someone else has already done it.
No matter where you go, there you are...~?~
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Are you in marketing?
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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