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History is hard I know, but Liz is from the House of Windsor which was a convenient renamed House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
veni bibi saltavi
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OK. Here in France, we prefer monarchs beheaded, so I reckon we do not pay that much attention of their genealogy, especially when they live in another country.
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How has that worked for you?
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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How has what worked for me ? I am afraid I will need Nagy to translate again.
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having no royal family, IIRC having emperors and presidents instead hasn't been that brilliant
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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OK! OK!
We'll do Hitler's birthday, this year!
Stop nagging!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I would imagine in time honoured tradition her majesty would more likely opt for "Off with his head!"
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For a moment I thought you are referring to Liz Hurley. I was disappointed.
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How can you mistake Liz Hurley and Liz Taylor ?
Wait a second...
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How did you feel when you saw Earth being formed?
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I have met both, Ms Hurley is waayyyy better looking, but Her Maj is extremely warm and endearing. Add Phil the Greek into the mix and things just get terribly silly; in a very good way.
veni bibi saltavi
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You have met the Queen ? Really ?
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Twice. We have been lucky enough to be invited to Garden Parties on several occasions and twice we met the royal party. The Duke I have met a few more times as my mum was involved in the D of E Awards back in the early days when he still had a lot of hands on involvement; but I was ickle.
veni bibi saltavi
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Or to the republicans among us (Note small "r" - I'm British!).....
Some old bat with more money than the rest of us put together has turned 89, and as a nation of obedient subjects, we will naturally prostrate at the feet of the only one with the Divine Right to rule us.
C# has already designed away most of the tedium of C++.
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Look at it this way - that's another year that Jug-Lugs has been disappointed. 
"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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So, I'm working as an independent contractor doing mostly backend and middleware, and I finally decide to try to pick up some more work outside my current client; business is slow with my current customers, and it's probably a good time to start poking around...
Tonight, I came across a promising item that seems to be a good fit: Technologies I'm familiar with, remote work, the whole shebang. The "Apply Now" link takes me to the company's application process, and I start going through the usual 3-5 pages of who/what/when/why...
...and then I get to the last text area to be filled: "Please write a 40-60 word poem about your current or a recent position." Huh?
I can only guess that these types of tests are supposed to do something like screen for creativity, or frighten off the less-than-serious applicant. Has anyone else come across this kind of stuff--or something weirder?
Just to complete the story, I decide to forge ahead; if they want me to sum up my life as a coder in 40-60 words, who am I to question the wisdom and might of HR?
Behold, my Miltonian masterpiece!
Lo! The worlds of knowledge that dance mind,
Building bridges of code to speak both kind.
Arrows of packets, racing through the night,
Sysadmins finally sleep peaceful at night.
Look to the Voids, darkness still reigns,
A wish to forge bonds! Break open chains.
Blacksmith! Bytesmith! Job never done,
Still we fight on, our day in the sun.
Burma shave.
vuolsi così colà dove si puote
ciò che si vuole, e più non dimandare
--The answer to Minos and any question of "Why are we doing it this way?"
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Sounds like it's meant to weed out non-English-speaking applicants. 
There once was a lowly programmer
Who often was heard to stammer
"Oh, why won't they learn
when I say 'hit RETURN'
I mean with a thumb, not a hammer!"
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: Sounds like it's meant to weed out non-English-speaking applicants
Seems to work.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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There once was a man from Nantucket
whose dic - err, maybe not on a job interview 
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
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that was going to read "diction", right?
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G-Tek wrote: that was going to read "diction", right?
Yeah, that's right diction. It was going to read diction. 
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
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Maybe someone was a poetry major in college and now works in human resources.
I wonder if the higher-ups at the company know that this individual could be alienating potential talent.
Perhaps you should send a copy of the ridiculous request to them.
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Considering how difficult it is to separate engineering wheat from chaff, this method is probably as valid as any other. And as recent studies show coding is closer related to language skills than maths, it might actually be more accurate 
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Ri_ wrote: recent studies show coding is closer related to language skills than maths,
Interesting idea. That makes me appreciate my stint as a technical writer back when I was an intern even more.
Software Zen: delete this;
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There is a relationship between being a musician and a good developer.
There is none, as far as I know, between being a poet and a good developer.
Just some wank in HR trying to be creative.
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