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Same day you were appointed the Superintendent of Snark.
Mine came via registered mail. Perhaps you were out and have to go to the post-office to collect it? 
"When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life." - John Lennon
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: (Better now?)
I think so, yes. A word starting with 'a' in your post seems to have lost it's grip on the letter 'd' - perhaps it's just not sticky enough. I wasn't trying to be unpleasant earlier, really I wasn't (or now for that matter). I'd pull-up MM if he spelt his favourite word more conventionally than faaaark, for what it's worth.
No seriously though - it's perfectly normal and the done thing to use euphemisms around here. We all know that elephant doesn't necessarily mean a four legged animal and that sunshine isn't always radiated from the sky. Except for the uninitiated, saying "elephant you sunshine" is perfectly understood to mean something very different than the dictionary would suggest.
I really am of the opinion that what you've now done with the post is no different. Given the fact we dont have swearing wars, but do have wars of a certain other kind - I reckon this topic is even more important to be careful with. At best you'll get some idiot like me that wont let something basically harmless go without making a song and a dance about it. At worst, you might lose your head - in some parts of the world at least.
One could argue that it's just a word, but so is f*** and c*** and to some, these are a perfectly normal and acceptable part of everyday conversation.
So, call me a kill-joy, an idiot, moron or a sunshine if it floats your boat. But I remain firmly of the opinion that the words you've chosen not only make it better, but cleverer too.
A far better comedian makes the audience think the swear word, rather than actually saying it.
"When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life." - John Lennon
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enhzflep wrote: So, call me a kill-joy, an idiot, moron or a sunshine if it floats your boat.
This is possible only if you will accept a collect call.
By the way, three things we don't have here: "perfectly normal," "everyday conversation," and "better comedian."
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
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Sure. The number's (+61) 747-7633
"When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life." - John Lennon
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I thought elephant was a curse word, and not a mode of transportation. 
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Hi Slacker007,
When I use a word ... to quote the immortal words of Humpty-Dumpty ... "it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less."
I would like to see those linguistic terrorists that purloined the good name of those most noble of beasts, Elephants, for scatological purposes trampled to death in a stockade by said noble beasts while a choir of virgins sings "honi sont qui mal y pense" a capella.
cheers, Bill
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
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Is a Velociraptor a Distraptor divided by a Timeraptor?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Hang on a minute. I'll second that!
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You are starting to RUN in circles
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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All the dinosaurs had value, but most were unsuccesful because they lacked direction.
modified 26-Aug-15 12:09pm.
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Equivalent to a Speedorapter with an arrow - its tail, albeit, pointing in opposite direction.
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Or maybe a Acceleraptor multiplied by a Timeraptor.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Actually, the velociraptor is the first derivative species of the distraptor family. Of course, this also means that acceliraptors are derived from the velociraptors, and are therefore the second derivative from the distraptors.
Software Zen: delete this;
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I had forgotten about those relationships. I do not miss derivatives.
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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That's too bad. They're integral to so many things.
(I'll get my coat)
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It has been so long that I had to think about that for a moment. 
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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Oh My God!
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Every
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Every picture tells a story don't be a Rube Goldberg Variations on a theme Park City, Utah a puddy tattle tales of the gold monkey on my back to the barroom with a view to a killdeer a deer a fee has been wave goodbye to every
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Have any of you used the "send a smile" or "send a frown" feedback widget? I've used the "send a frown" several times when something's obviously broken. I've never received any kind of acknowledgement. Have any of you?
This is shaping up just like Microsoft Connect. Every time I submitted an issue it was either marked "As designed" or silently deleted. 
Software Zen: delete this;
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I have never received any acknowledgement from Microsoft over the years, for anything.
Edit: I gave up sending feedback to them, years ago. I love them and I hate them.
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Slacker007 wrote: I have never received any acknowledgement from Microsoft over the years, for anything.
I've received a good steady paycheck for many years because of their software. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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RyanDev wrote: I've received a good steady paycheck for many years because of their software.
Yes, so have I. Still does not negate my previous comment.
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RyanDev wrote: because of their software.
Really? I think you give them too much credit. If not Microsoft, it would have been some other tech company supplying development tools. Surely Microsoft's operating systems and development tools are just that... tools.
Disclaimer: I'm not dissing Microsoft here. I just don't hold them on some pedestal.
There are two types of people in this world: those that pronounce GIF with a soft G, and those who do not deserve to speak words, ever.
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