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In years of highschool, none of my teachers was able to correctly pronounce my last name. German can be unpronouncable for anybody used to English, so howerver good yor skills may be, they certainly are an achievement.
On the funny side: In an on oline course, somebody from England tried to prove that German is an ugly and harsh language with a file of himself reading some text. One of the comments: "It IS a ugly language. At least if you pronounce it like a Klingon."
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
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I used to think way back when I was at school that German was a harsh (I wouldn't say ugly) language - for German, we had a Vietnamese teacher who spoke 5 languages, for French we had an old British gent who had been sheltered by the French resistance after coming down on the wrong side - so he at least had spent time in France.
I was (very) delighted on having gone to Erlangen, through Frankfurt and back to Frankfurt on the way out, that German as spoken in reality is musical and sing-song (although not as sing-song as Swedish)
... and there's nothing like being in a hotel & bar in Frankfurt watching the World Cup Final, surrounded by passionate Germans 
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And I thought understanding Saarländers was difficult...
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I count, at least, one drunk person in this thread 
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If you get lost in the woods, a compass can help you get lost more north.
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But the stars can get you home...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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I hope the Star that takes me home is Sandra Bullock - I like her!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Sorry, but that's called stalking, then the police will take you (home?) instead.
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Also the grain/seeds you had dropped along the path could work. 
Your time will come, if you let it be right.
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they were tasty, I wondered who had dropped them
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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It was him and I guess he now needs to rely upon the scratches he had drawn on the tree-barks while his way in.
Your time will come, if you let it be right.
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Out 'thar in the desolate sun-baked scrub of Kermit, Texas, I reckon there's all kinds of things can get all shriveled up, like tolerance: [^]. Story also covered by NY Daily News: [^], and Gawker.com: [^].
"His father, Jason Steward, said the family had been to see "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" last weekend. His son brought a ring to his class at Kermit Elementary School and told another boy his magic ring could make the boy disappear." This is the third suspension for young Aiden since the six months he has joined the school:
"Aiden was suspended once for referring to another student as black and another time for bringing The Big Book of Knowledge, a children's encyclopedia to school, which his teacher discovered contained an illustration of a pregnant woman." I think there's more to this story than meets the eye: and, I wonder if Aiden's parents have been somehow identified as deviants for some reason like maybe they don't have any automatic weapons, use charcoal-briquets rather than a gas-fired bbq-grill, or don't have a teevee larger than 32 inches.
If you ask me, it's just real sick to take out this on the kid when it's the parents should be getting driven out of town, pronto, before they twist the minds of all the other children.
«I'm asked why doesn't C# implement feature X all the time. The answer's always the same: because no one ever designed, specified, implemented, tested, documented, shipped that feature. All six of those things are necessary to make a feature happen. They all cost huge amounts of time, effort and money.» Eric Lippert, Microsoft, 2009
modified 1-Feb-15 15:59pm.
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Linkies not workies, Bill!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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All fixee !
«I'm asked why doesn't C# implement feature X all the time. The answer's always the same: because no one ever designed, specified, implemented, tested, documented, shipped that feature. All six of those things are necessary to make a feature happen. They all cost huge amounts of time, effort and money.» Eric Lippert, Microsoft, 2009
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BillWoodruff wrote: a gas-fired bbq-grill
Heretic, burn him!
Everybody knows there is only one thing to fire a BBQ grill and that is charcoal made from beech wood.
Ok grape-vine is actually second to none, but it's very hard to come by if you don't live near any vineyards.
Cheers!
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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Well, Lord of the Rings DOES invite Satan into your homes and schools...
BillWoodruff wrote: referring to another student as black
Since the boy is obviously a fan of ungodly 'fantasy stories' that's probably a Harry Potter reference (Sirius Black for those who don't know the story), which will invite Satan into your homes and schools...
BillWoodruff wrote: The Big Book of Knowledge, a children's encyclopedia to school
A little knowledge invites Satan into your homes and schools, they knew this in the dark ages...
Why was this kid suspended? He should be burned at the stake (or gas-fired bbq-grill)!
But seriously, this is a little sad 
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It wouldn't surprise me if the school is taking a religious bias a bit too far. Remember, this is Bible-belt Texas we're talking about. The only magic that exists is in the Bible, sex education is a forbidden subject being limited to abstinence-only, and an encyclopedia may tell the kids something that the Bible says isn't true.
The Texas State School Board is run by a bunch of right-wing Bible thumping nut jobs who are trying to rewrite history so that it fits their Christian-biased view of the world.
Don't believe me? Watch this[^].
They also approved new textbooks with their propaganda bias by forcing publishers to rewrite the books with their required changes. Read all about that here[^].
What's really scary is that way too many other school boards in the U.S. follow the Texas State Board of Educations lead and accept the list of books Texas approved as their own!
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I'd like to point out that these "Intolerant, biased, Christians" didn't riot as a result of your criticisms. That means your biased opinion has been tolerated and appropriately ignored by them. Ironic. Even ignorant free speech like yours is tolerated.
I find it even more ironic that its okay to bash this group with your "hate speech" without anyone saying anything. If you were to single out any other demographic this way that you'd be chastised for it.
You advocate a double standard but I suppose you're too ignorant to see that, too.
Joel Palmer
Data Integration Engineer
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Joel Palmer wrote: I'd like to point out that these "Intolerant, biased, Christians" didn't riot as a result of your criticisms.
To be fair, they probably don't spend much time hanging out on CodeProject. They might not even be aware of Dave's criticisms yet. I'm sure once someone makes them aware of this thread, they'll be protesting outside Internet HQ, waving "God hates Dave" banners. 
Joel Palmer wrote: I find it even more ironic that its okay to bash this group with your "hate speech" without anyone saying anything.
That'll be you not saying anything then? 
"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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Whoops. I replied to the wrong person. I didn't see you standing there. My apologies.
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Just because I don't tolerate a group of fundamentalists trying to teach their religion in a non-religious set of schools in no way makes what I said "hate speech". I don't hate Christians. I hate what they are trying to force their doctrine and propaganda on everyone else who doesn't believe as they do.
Science class is for SCIENCE, where only the rules of the scientific process apply. What they are trying to do is bend and break those rules to wedge in Biblical teachings. Sorry, but that doesn't fly.
Teaching the Bible in public school is expressly forbidden by law, and is in no way "hate speech".
Just because you don't agree with what is said does not mean the default evaluation of it should be "hate speech".
I'm the discussion alone right here as this is now Soapbox material.
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You're the epitome of an ignorant bigot.
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BillWoodruff wrote: another time for bringing The Big Book of Knowledge
That is not the common core way. Not every child has the book so obviously it is bad.
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Isn't that precioussssss.
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