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"Do not turn off your computer" [Grammar Vanity]
1-12-2013
| re_nortex
Posted on 01/12/2013 3:39:35 PM PST by re_nortex
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To: re_nortex
A preposition is something you should never end a sentence with.
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posted on
01/12/2013 5:51:10 PM PST
by
norwaypinesavage
(Galileo: In science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of one individual)
To: JRandomFreeper
Teddy Roosevelt, perhaps one of the most manifestly religious presidents (at a convention Roosevelt cried out, “We stand at Armageddon and we battle for the Lord,” and also made a 90 minute speech after being shot in the chest and bleeding - and carried the bullet for the rest of his life), was also a writer and reformer in that regard. He ordered the Government Printing Office to use new simplified spellings of 300 words. But due to strong opposition he rescinded the order.
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posted on
01/12/2013 5:51:23 PM PST
by
daniel1212
(Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
To: mylife
Lots of the little SBCs seem to come with a serial port and monitor program.
If I'm bare metal on a system, I want that, and the ability to read and change the monitor program from the monitor program.
I've ported some stuff to the bitty little SBCs, and having an "Oh my!" port to examine memory can be a lifesaver.
Cooks can do that kind of stuff. ;)
/johnny
To: norwaypinesavage
In other words, with a preposition is something you should never a sentence end?
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posted on
01/12/2013 5:55:01 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: daniel1212
Teddy Roosevelt, --snip-- also made a 90 minute speech after being shot in the chest and bleedingCan't shut a frigging politician up....
/johnny
To: yeetch!
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posted on
01/12/2013 5:55:55 PM PST
by
norwaypinesavage
(Galileo: In science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of one individual)
To: JRandomFreeper
BTW, I had one heck of a time finding a RS-232 to USB program that would work with windows 7 to run my Ten Tec RX320D, but I did finally find one and now it works like a hose.
I remember when UART was a big deal.
Back in the day, I helped develop a UART box that would let you command individual processors in a complex system when the main frames were offline.
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posted on
01/12/2013 5:56:43 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: re_nortex
...should of...Were you just joking when you wrote that?
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posted on
01/12/2013 5:59:46 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Who is John Galt?)
To: Revolting cat!
Your name, and the subject of prepositions... leads to a story. Yeah, I know almost everything does.
3rd or 4th grade and we were working on parts of speech, and learning to identify prepositions... and the teacher said "A preposition is anywhere a cat can go". FLASH! There it was. Under, over, through, with, along, beside...
Made diagramming sentences ever so much easier.
/johnny
To: JRandomFreeper
It’s best to check the eggs before you bake the cake.
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posted on
01/12/2013 6:02:20 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: mylife
I don't do windoze. I'm allergic. If I can get a device to show up in /dev and it sorta acts like a tty, I can manage. I've got source code I can steal and massage and call my own.
/johnny
To: mylife
That's why I miss EPROMS and paper tape programmers. Much more forgiving.
/johnny
To: TigersEye
...should of... Were you just joking when you wrote that?
Absoutively. :-) Along with "I could care less", the widespread use of "should of" and "could of" are the little annoyances of which I shall no longer put...up...with. Pshaw!
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posted on
01/12/2013 6:07:05 PM PST
by
re_nortex
(DP...that's what I like about Texas.)
To: stormhill
Grammatically, there is nothing wrong with the sentence.
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posted on
01/12/2013 6:30:11 PM PST
by
Bigg Red
(Sorry, Mr. Franklin, I guess we couldn't keep it.)
To: JRandomFreeper
Yep. "Printer on fire" is still a valid error message for an unknown printer error. Classic. Bad things happen when the magic smoke escapes!
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posted on
01/12/2013 6:46:07 PM PST
by
zeugma
(Those of us who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.)
To: re_nortex
I had a feeling I was being sucked in with facetiousness. Tricksters abound! ;^)
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posted on
01/12/2013 6:58:09 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Who is John Galt?)
To: zeugma
lp0 on fire is old. You should google it to get the original story. I'd tell it but it's best if you get it from the source.
Read the source, Luke.
/johnny
To: TigersEye; re_nortex
Were you just joking when you wrote that? It's not a bug, it's a feature.
/johnny
To: JRandomFreeper
Did I buy a used truck from you once? heh
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posted on
01/12/2013 7:03:57 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Who is John Galt?)
To: TigersEye
All sales are final.
Nope. Never sold used vehicles. Much.
/johnny
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