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I smell the Gomboc's inevitable self-righting [^] through my artificial tears shed for your suffering the assaults of projective illusions, arising from your attachments to artha and kama, as you pass through this Bardo state to emerge from the chrysalis of mid-life enantidromia into Vanaprastha ashrama.
cheers, Bill
« I am putting myself to the fullest possible use which is all, I think, that any conscious entity can ever hope to do » HAL (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer) in "2001, A Space Odyssey"
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N'anks, Mate, I'll just have a beer.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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You can't possibly figure out my reaction at a Dante Alighieri quote - in my own language! 
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den2k88 wrote: You can't possibly figure out my reaction at a Dante Alighieri quote - in my own language
You are so right ! I wonder if anyone who is not living in pre-Renaissance early 14th. century Italy can really know the original power of those words, their challenge ... by being written in a synthesis of Tuscan, Latin, and other dialects, rather than the "high culture" academic/religious Latin ... to the rigid definition of poetry, and literature, maintained by the Medieval "spiritually valorised" itestatus quo.
And, the problem of translation: well, in Dante's own words: "Nothing which is harmonized by the bond of the Muse can be changed from its own to another language without destroying its sweetness."
Here are the translations of the opening tercet of Purgatorio by three of the most noted English translators of Dante:
Sayers' translation :
"Midway this way of Life we're bound upon,
I woke to find myself in a dark wood,
Where the right road was wholly lost and gone"
Longfellow translation :
"Midway upon the journey of our life
I found myself within a forest dark,
For the straightforward pathway had been lost."
Mandelbaum translation :
"When I had journeyed half of our life's way,
I found myself within a shadowed forest,
for I had lost the path that does not stray."
« I am putting myself to the fullest possible use which is all, I think, that any conscious entity can ever hope to do » HAL (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer) in "2001, A Space Odyssey"
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Babysitter.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Any organization is like a tree full of monkeys. The monkeys on top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. The monkeys on the bottom look up and see nothing but assholes.
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That was precisely how I read it.
That combined with the other problems in the essay, I can't mark it higher than 4/10.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Sounds like b*s*t!
My blog[ ^]
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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ConvertCase.net[^]
From the site:
Quote: Accidentally left the caps lock on and typed something, but can't be bothered to start again and retype it all?
Simply enter your text and choose the case you want to convert it to.
Useful, I must say.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
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The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
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That would be handy for SHOUTING Q/A questions.
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Ooh, nice. I always have Notepad++ open, but I will still have to revert to Word for conversion to Title Case.
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde
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I normally have Word open for some reason or another, and that does the job nicely as well.
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde
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Cute, but Shift+F3 is easier than picking a button, and Word already has shortcuts in convenient places on most machines.
If it worked like the Google Translate button in Maxthon, where you just select text in a web page (whether you've typed it or not) and click the button, that might come in handy, but the process is too clunky for what it delivers.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I must have died and gone to heaven. Wife and I have checked into Harrison Resort and Spa[^]. Last night we had dinner in the copper room restaurant with friends then a relaxing dip in the hot spring mineral pools. Totally awesome.
Today we went for a couples massage in the spa. Oh man, was that the best thing ever. One hour of pure pleasure. Now a bit of afternoon tea and then to the Lake Side Terrace restaurant for dinner followed by another dip in the hot pools.
So how is your weekend going?
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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I bought a bottle of tequila.
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lol 
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Well, I started re-tiling the bathroom.
Before I carry on with that in the morning, though, I think I'll make a little effigy of you to stick pins into.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Then we can douse it in tequila and set it aflame.
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Careful: if he burns his finger on one of the romantic, scented candles, he'll blame us for it.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Well its been okay so far. Off to Raemoir House[^] for lunch tomorrow, so suspect the steak will be as good as last time
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mmm, a nice bit of Moo - enjoy it (and the company of SWMBO/'er indoors of course)
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Just thought I would follow up to the post above;
a) the Local Game Terrine was excellent
b) the Mushroom and Tarragon soup was excellent (and I don't like mushrooms!)
c) the Roast Deeside Beef was excellent
d) the Sticky Toffee pudding and Ice-cream was excellent
nom nom nom.... 
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thanks, mate
mutter, b@stard ......
nah, happy for you, we all deserve a bit of goodness
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I suprised my girlfriend last night and suggested we go out to Bizen, a fantastic Japanese restaurant in Great Barrington, MA. This morning we slept in, then in later in the afternoon we fired up some logs in the fireplace, had a yummy dinner, and roasted some chestnuts (in the toaster oven, not the fire.) A nice lazy weekend!
Marc
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Today was my GF Birthday, but she was out in a weekend workship.
I have been working the whole day in bringing electricity and light to the garage.
Tomorrow... more work in the garage to try to end it.
I know what it is (I was myself a couple of times in places like that)... to be honest... I envy you right now.
Enjoy it.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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