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As we all might have heard, this typhoon (which was called Yolanda in our country) which was said to be the strongest for this year slammed our country last week, particularly Leyte province. As of today, there are about 10,000 casualties and a few hundreds of thousands who needs help. Houses and establishments have been washed out by the storm surge, there's scarcity of drinking water for the survivors, and to make matters worse, power and communication was down. It totally broke my heart to see the pictures and videos of the aftermath of this calamity. Reading the experiences of some of the survivors was devastating. It is more hurting that one neighboring province (Bohol) is still recovering from the earthquake that hit them last month.
On the bright side, I was happy to read one news report that 23 countries volunteered offers of assistance to our country. Apart from the assistance provided by each country and international group, several individuals also extended their help.
Leyte may take a while to recover, but all the assistance that was given will greatly help in their recovery.
On behalf of my countrymen who were affected, I would like to express my most sincere gratitude to those who extended their aid, whether in kind, cash, or in prayers.
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I wish y'all the best. I don't watch TV so I just heard about it today, so sad my heart goes out to y'all!
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My Strong gratitude to all Philiphines for this Typhoon. However, these are very cruel but cannot avoid. We can be safe when we follow directions provided by government and public interest orgnisations such as Red Cross Etc. May be not the right time to present in India recently we got a Typhoon like storm but get out with no loss. I beleive this is because of active participation of people in following the care to be taken such as leave the place when ever necessary etc.
We must always give the priority to lives not to the properties. So, we have leave the place as soon as governemnt asked us to Vacate in the track it is coming down.
However, we pray god that philipines recover from this as soon as possible.
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I hope that the country recovers soon. Disasters like this are nasty, and truly out of what man can control. 
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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walterhevedeich wrote: 10,000 casualties
That seems rather low for the damage caused.
Even so I suppose the hospitals would be overwhelmed with 10,000 casualties turning up all at once.
How many dead? I have seen reports saying as many as 20,000, how are they going to dispose of the corpses?
(Mass burials is an option, but you need to get rid of the dead before they rot and spread cholera, typhoid, dysentery etc).
There was a piece on the news about a man who lost his wife and three children, you just cannot imagine the grief.
Sad, very sad.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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The news report says that it was around 10,000. But then, there were also reports of people who buried their dead loved ones just after the flood subsided, so we really don't know, though I think it was more than that.
Dalek Dave wrote: There was a piece on the news about a man who lost his wife and three children, you just cannot imagine the grief.
Yes it's very sad. A friend of mine who was from there lost both her parents. ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.freetls.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
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What are you doing, just sitting there twiddling your fingers and mouthing platitudes?
They need buckets.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Just talked to their support people over the phone and get the issue resolved, although after one whole week on a payment issue.
dev
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You may told them that we all heard about your difficulties, here  . That may move them to permanent improvement in their service...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is (V).
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I'm just glad we got this done... I was just about to switch to other vendors and was considering Avangate[^]
Anyway, the support guy who was one the phone with me was helpful - got to give them the credit for assistance delivered.
I was my firm's first customer to place an order thru "Buy Now" button today!
dev
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I hope it doesn't cost you too much  .
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is (V).
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I was on the phone for one hour! Trying different things as the support guy suggested.
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Did they call you? Paypal don't make their money by giving it away. 
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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no they gave me a number to call, it's in korea
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So, in summary, I think you are trying to tell us you don't understand mathematics or its notation.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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no, hes trying to tell us he needs to get the elephant away from his keyboard and interact with some humans in a social setting. Preferably not mentioning the above to any of them either.
Bryce
MCAD
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That's quite amazing!
I will go to church this very Sunday to give praise the the Lord for his works
Praise Be!
This is also proof of His being[^]
P.S. I'd mark it as spam as this guy just seems to post the same drivel all over the place, but I know some of our regulars are still tucked up in beddy-byes & I would hate for them to miss out on such a revelation.
MVVM # - I did it My Way
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Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011
.\\axxx
(That's an 'M')
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No Maxxx, mark his message as spam, and him as a spammer (in his profile). I just did.
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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I disagree.
He has posted only a single message, and while stoopid it is harmless.
I see it doing no harm to the visitors to the lounge.
MVVM # - I did it My Way
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Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011
.\\axxx
(That's an 'M')
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It was all pointing to several domains that were suspiciously looking like advertising. There was no matter to it, and it looks like others have had similar thoughts (gone now).
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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Reported spam.
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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Even though the records are all either destroyed or falsified; even though he has been excommunicated by Sauron of Redmond; portrayed as anathema incarnate by the minions of Microsoft's vast herd of flacks and paid-off pseudo-journalists working for t-shirts and fancy conference badges; and the outline of his thin body effaced from all monuments as if he were a disgraced Pharaoh:
Yea though Clippy has become a shibboleth for user-interface designers world-wide: those of us who treasure the memories of him popping up with that endearing wriggle in Excel, and other applications, can rejoice:
Clippy's lost daughter, Inori Aizawa, the hushed-up love-child of Clippy's now "disappeared" interlude in Japan with Sailor Moon, has been found in Singapore, freed from ensorcelled durance vile in the clutches of Lord Manga, and will soon embody the fighting spirit of Internet Explorer 11.
But, wait: let her brave young voice speak for herself: [^]:
"Hey everyone! My name is Inori and you can think of me as a personification of Internet Explorer.
When I was younger, I used to be a clumsy, slow and awkward girl.
However, just like the story of ugly duckling, people told me that I have really matured and changed over the years. I feel confident in my abilities now, and I'm eager to show you what I can do."
But: the same chthonic forces of intolerance disguised as political correctness reeking of ersatz empathy that murdered Clippy [^] ... the same heinous assassins who created the game that directly led to Clippy's death: [^] are still at large !
We need to rally to make sure Inori is protected, nurtured through her larval stage, and ... it's obvious, looking at her swollen saucer-eyes from years living in the absolute darkness of bewitchment: she needs medical, and very likely prolonged psychiatric, care.
Oh, yes, you may be saying: "What can I ... such a small cog among vast infernal wheels rotating with monstrous energies ... do that will make a difference, given the virtual omnipotence of the forces at play in the fields of silicon in the era of small form-factor devices where skeuomorphism and chrome are out, and rectangles and literality are in ?"
Perhaps Inori will tell us.
"What Turing gave us for the first time (and without Turing you just couldn't do any of this) is he gave us a way of thinking about and taking seriously and thinking in a disciplined way about phenomena that have, as I like to say, trillions of moving parts.
Until the late 20th century, nobody knew how to take seriously a machine with a trillion moving parts. It's just mind-boggling." Daniel C. Dennett
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So, an 18 year old (well done MS marketing for ensuring they don't get tarred with the paedophillia brush) dressed as a schoolgirl (well, perhaps not quite so well done) with short skirt and plenty of up-skirt shots is the personification of internet explorer?
Awesome!
MVVM # - I did it My Way
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Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011
.\\axxx
(That's an 'M')
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