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So today is Columbus Day here in the United States. As school children, we are taught that Christopher Columbus is "the greatest explorer of all time because he discovered our home", which is really just a nice way of saying "he was a gold grubbing European that accidentally discovered an entire hemisphere and didn't realize it, but really he didn't even do that because the Vikings had already found it".
Luckily, The Oatmeal is here to set the record straight: Columbus Day[^]
(Yes, I realize this comic is a couple years old and has probably already been posted. No, I don't care.)
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
modified 12-Oct-15 11:55am.
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Colin Mullikin wrote: he was a gold grubbing European
He was Italian, what did you expect? 
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If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
"When you have eliminated the JavaScript, whatever remains must be an empty page." -- Mike Hankey
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Who landed first, Columbus or Amerigo Vespucci?
If it was Columbus, should have been called Columbia, isn't it? Or, that domain name was already taken 
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I thing Vespucci got to the mainland where CC only made the islands.
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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Columbus - he thought he was in India all the time. He was there for the money not for Geography... Vespucci looking at the cartographed coast lines noticed that it was fairly different from India.
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If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
"When you have eliminated the JavaScript, whatever remains must be an empty page." -- Mike Hankey
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Neither. Upon each of their arrivals, at completely different locations, they spotted a mysterious blue box and a dorky looking fellow in a bowtie taking pictures of them.
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... But who wrote the 5th symphony in the first place?
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If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
"When you have eliminated the JavaScript, whatever remains must be an empty page." -- Mike Hankey
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Avijnata wrote: should have been called Columbia,
Yes, that was one of the early names, but it didn't stick, other than in the District of Columbia.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: , other than in the District of Columbia.
And everyone knows nothing ever happens there. 
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: but it didn't stick, other than in the District of Columbia.
It stuck pretty well in South America and Canada.
They will never have seen anything like us them there. - M. Spirito
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It's fun when someone claims history is wrong and then claims to know the real history. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Because, as they say ...
History was always written by the winner.
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Avijnata wrote: History was always written by the winner.
And then rewritten later on by the know-it-all.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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In interesting story, his brutal exploits could be likened to members of Congress.
New version: WinHeist Version When you have eliminated the JavaScript, whatever remains must be an empty page. Unknown
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Nah, Congress is much more greedy.
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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So why people actually do not know the name of the creature of Dr. Frankenstein?
http://xkcd.com/1589/[^]
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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Having read the book long ago, I think the creature's name was Adam.
Edit: Well, not as clearly as I thought it was, but close enough (from Wikipedia):
...although the monster does call himself, when speaking to his creator, Victor Frankenstein, the "Adam of your labours"...
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."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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That was given as an answer to the question on QI by (I think) John Sessions who is generally very good on the show and highly intelligent. Whilst the creature is likened to Adam, he is never named.
Edit: QI is a UK quiz show where the questions are generally impossible, or at least incredibly hard, to answer, the entertainment comes from the discussion\education rather than the traditional Q&A quiz format. Google it for more info if interested
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It was referred to by a compatriot of the doctor (the creature itself) as "the Adam of your labours". Victor never gives the creature a name.
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Perfect answer...
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 went through a big period of reading classic horrors. I still read Dracula about once every two years.
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Listen to them. Children of the night. What sweet music they make.
To be honest, those programmer groupies can get tiresome.
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."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: I still read Dracula about once every two years.
Just in case it ends differently? 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Somebody keeps pricking their finger and bringing the book back to life again. Honestly, the number of white-nightgowned ladies I've had accidentally nick their fingers.... And me with light coloured carpets as well - takes an age to clean up.
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Perhaps you spend Halloween here[^] if you like. 
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."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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