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I share your mourning.
Orjan Westin wrote: for our sword'n'sorcery spoof novel.
 Please elaborate...
Geek code v 3.12
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++*
Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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den2k88 wrote: Orjan Westin wrote: for our sword'n'sorcery spoof novel.
Please elaborate...
See Westala and Villtin (Wikipedia)[^] and The Tale of Westala and Villtin (TV Tropes)[^].
Terry was aware of us writing it, and when I was about to do a small print run (illustrated[^] by a RPG/fantasy/kids book illustrator), I talked to him in the bar at a convention, and by bribing him with salt liquorice, he agreed to give me a quote to put on the cover. Not having read any of it, but having talked to both of us on Usenet for years, he said:"These guys might be sane, for certain values of sane."
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Thanks, you gave me something new to read 
Geek code v 3.12
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++*
Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Orjan Westin wrote: These guys might be sane, for certain values of sane.
If Pterry said that to *me*, that would be the only sig I would use, even on a business card.
I expect to see your sig updated to read:
These guys might be sane, for certain values of sane. - Pterry [year] to self
veni bibi saltavi
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Heh. I'm not much for sigs outside usenet, but he was incredibly generous to his fans. He started out as a fan himself, and never stopped being one. He used to hang out on his fan group - alt.fan.pratchett - and participate like anyone else.
We once had a long discussion on a.f.p. about what art is, and in the end he said, IIRC, "I can live with your definition", which would be another siggable quote.
Terry even got me my only video game credit, by introducing me to his daughter, who knew someone who needed someone who could help with Vikings, Old Norse and modern Scandinavian languages.
If not for his fandom, which he did actively shape to be friendly, inclusive, honest, and inquisitive, I wouldn't have moved to the UK, and wouldn't have met almost all of my current friends.
And here I sit, lumpy-throated, in the office. I'll raise a glass to him tonight. He was a good human being.
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I have an engagement this evening but on my return to home a silent glass and little prayer will be said for his soul. I never had the chance to meet him and for that I am profoundly saddened, I picked up his writing around Equal Rites and have been firmly fixed ever since. 
veni bibi saltavi
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What an embuggerment!
Rest well, Sir Pterry, and many, many thanks for the funny and thought provoking books - you will be sorely missed. My sincere condolences to his family and friends. ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Damn.
Lot's of it.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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The world is a poorer place indeed.
Thoughts with his family.
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I never met the man, although he lived not far from me. I did do some work on nuclear waste pile radiation for BNF where he worked for many years as press officer. I worked with a number of people that knew him and everyone said how charming and genuine he was. In fact, he was one of the few people that I have never heard anything but good about.
I am truly sad, as I was when I heard about his Alzheimer's.
We do have his prodigious body of work that still makes the world a better place and will do for long after this sad day.
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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The end of the world...
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Her name starts with an E. In Fact that is what we call her for short E. Her future husband's last name is MacDonald. Goes by Mac for short.
E-Mac's I found it hilarious when I met them last night. Obviously no one else in the group was geeky enough to get it.
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
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If they have kids, get 'em to call the first girl "Violet" - "Vi" for short.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Gyver. eMacGyver.
I am out.
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Surely they'll collectively called umacs?
If Vi has a sister, maybe she'll be Eve? (middle initials TPU?)
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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My friend's partner has the surname Edlin
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I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka.
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You need to learn your way around it, learn how to find what you are looking for, but more often than not it's there. Like a somewhat quirky and sometimes clumsy buddy - but one who's always there for you, day and night, and never wants something in return (except the occasional survey). One of those that you really don't care much about, but would dearly miss if they were gone. (So, less like a buddy, and more like a slave. fine.)
For the sheer size of the API it's a tremendous source - and it has significantly improved in the recent years.
- About X
- Using X
- X Reference
makes me feel at home.
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I could say, that I cannot just propose MSDN otherwise, there is no limit for how much I love MSDN, for being a helpful buddy of mine when I get stuck anywhere... in the middle of night! 
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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I love MSDN, but it drives me nuts when I'm looking at some docs and scratching my head as some weirdness and then realize I'm looking at the CE API docs (or the other way around.)
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Ha! I know!
I guess recognizing CE on the URL and general formatting is a survival skill like telling a leopard in the jungle from Susy wearing leopard print.
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