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Well, TBH I'm already questioning the state of mind of anyone willing to spend this sort of money on shiny rocks...
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The answer is SUBAQUA, or SUB-AQUA, by some standards, so after 3 hours of holding my breath I'll have to do it again. Can anyone give the solution to the cryptic bits.
veni bibi saltavi
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I thought "Jacques' kit" must be a reference to Monsieur Cousteau, but I couldn't see how "aqua-lung" could be seven letters.
EDIT:
Aha!
- "Less than" ⇒ "sub";
- "Indefinite" ⇒ "a" (an indefinite example of)
- "Capacity" ⇒ "qua[^]" (in the capacity of)
Very devious, and no mention of alcohol.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
modified 5-Jun-15 8:52am.
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Yay! But I still have to do it again Monday.
Wonder if I can reuse an old clue?
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Occasionally I manage to post a useful answer in QA, and someone upvotes it and adds a reply comment indicating they have +5'ed it. Sometimes I reply "thanks", and sometimes I don't bother; no real reason, just how the mood takes me at that moment. If I get upvoted in the other forums I rarely see such a comment (unless I have solved a really difficult problem*), so there is no one to reply to. Am I considered rude if I don't respond in QA, or is it a given that we are all grateful for any positive votes?
*which does not happen often.
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In QA, you are considered rude if you respond to "Thank you" with "You're welcome" and don't provide additional codeZ...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Considering how rude some people are over in QA, not saying something derogatory is considered the hight of good manners.
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That's really a matter of moods. When I'm in the mood for a discussion, for example, it's really rude when everybody agrees with me or just gives me upvotes.
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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CDP1802 wrote: it's really rude when everybody agrees with me
No it isn't!
"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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Excellent
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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Richard Deeming wrote: No it isn't!
Is too!
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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Sorry, was this a five minute argument, or the full half-hour?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQFKtI6gn9Y[^]
"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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Just got around to reading it.
Hay, I am not Griff and live here.
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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It wasn't even a five minute argument!!
(Thanks for the link! )
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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I usually reply only to such comments when it's not only a "My 5". While it would be polite to answer, it is not related to the technical aspect and therefore of less interest for others. So I hope that such posters don't think we are rude.
For me such post are just a way to tell me who likes my answer.
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Oh, that reminds me - you neither thanked nor upvoted me for yesterday's birthday wishes.
You have just been Sharapova'd.
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Here you get an upvote for complaining that you did not get an upvote on wishing someone's bithday
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+5!
Now would you please say "Thank you" so that I can say "You are welcome"?
I ain't got no signature.
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I have no idea of protocol either - my situation wasn't in QA, was on articles.
Once got down voted for posting a comment on an older article which helped me with a problem I had. I only wrote it because I voted 5 on the article to reflect the assistance I got from it.
I mean it's not as if reputation means too much to me - it was just a few points, I don't really care. I just found myself thinking about what have I done wrong in this case.
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I don't think your rude if you don't reply to a "thank you." Like you, I say "thanks" just when the "spirit moves me."
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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Have heard today's kids telling "I am not a nerd".
Two questions: (from your personal experience, and not from Internet resources, please):
1. When kids use this term, what exactly would they mean?
2. Is it so bad to be termed a nerd?
Had never heard this term as a kid; I'm nearing 50.
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Nerd or geek, who gives a fluff. Just don't go be getting yourself labelled a dweeb.
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1. Whatever is 'current' in their social sphere. Could be clever, too clever by half, swot, teacher's pet, idiot ...
2. Depends what they mean by the term.
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Depends on the kid. I didn't mind it.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Geeks are now considered to be cool. I am not sure about nerds, or the difference.
A friend of the our family asked me to create a Minecraft Server for her son using his name; "Jacob's Minecraft Server". He was in primary school (10 year old) at the time and the server made his popularity rise.
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer)
www.simonshugar.co.uk
"If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
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