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megaadam wrote:
What is the origin of the word "bucks"? In the context of money? I had always heard it to be slang for a $1 note, where as "sawbuck" was slang for a $10 note. Since 1 is a portion of 10, such is the case that buck is a portion of sawbuck.
I'm going back to sleep now.
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David Crow wrote: I had always heard it to be slang for a $1 note
What does that make of Starbucks? You can't get an actual coffee for just $1.
Hypothesis:
The * character (asterisk) is also known as "star" (we all say * . * is star-dot-star, not asterisk-dot-asterisk), and us developers know that "*" is a placeholder for "all".
Thus, Starbucks is after all your money.
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Thats why its 'Starbucks' - not Starbuck.
They tried Star-lotsa-bucks but it didn't focus group test very well.
Socialism is the Axe Body Spray of political ideologies: It never does what it claims to do, but people too young to know better keep buying it anyway. (Glenn Reynolds)
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Well, if "dollar" stems from "thaler", then "buck" could stem from "buch".
Thaler - Wikipedia[^]
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It is derived from the Dutch word "buk" which means stoop, so it means that the lower you stoop the more bucks you will have.
As you probably know also Wall street was a name first "coined" by the Dutch.
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RickZeeland wrote: As you probably know also Wall street was a name first "coined" by the Dutch. Yes. They named it after me.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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And your nickname is The wolf of ...
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Wolf?
Naw, I'm a pig -- 2,000,000,000 Asians can't all be wrong.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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...If pets had wallets[^]
Loyalty cards. Yep, that one I believe.
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That just confirms what I always said (I'm sure someone else said it first):
- Dogs have owners.
- Cats have staff.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Forogar wrote: - Cats have staff. I've always objected to that line, because I can't imagine cats paying for anything.
Cats have clients.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Perhaps, "Cats have slaves" is more accurate.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Dunno about cats having loyalty cards.
Fake security passes, more like.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Yeah, the loyalty is all one way!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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That is ... performance. People will never cease to amaze me.
/edit : for once, some comments below the video are awesome as well ... "Thanks Acapella Jesus !", "So this was Gandalf´s hobby when he was young", ...
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The Rhapsody is really good.
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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I've been told it's the magic of Luca Turilli, who left the band.
So if you're looking for more find the older Rhapsody of Fire albums, or albums by Luca Turilli as solo artist, or Luca Turilli's Rhapsody.
Which reminds me of another old favorite, Luca Turilli - Legend Of Steel - YouTube[^], which is his only song I know besides his work with Rhapsody of Fire
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Surprisingly catchy
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So far the SOTW has featured classical, pop, rock, various kinds of metal, trip hop, dance, jazz, dubstep, drum n bass, J-pop, I believe K-pop, maybe rap, and even some middle eastern music...
Probably more, but I can't keep track after all these years
The best ones are these, when people like it and/or give me their music in return
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The most traumatic part for the family was getting him into the coffin.
They put his left leg in...
And that's when the trouble started!
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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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