HISTORY
Describe the history of the papacy from its origins to the present
day, concentrating especially, but not exclusively, on its social, political,
-economic, religious and philisophical impact upon Europe, Asia, America, and
+economic, religious and philosophical impact upon Europe, Asia, America, and
Africa. Be brief, concise, and specific.
BIOLOGY
completed," he said.
-- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of Programming"
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- A manger went to his programmers and told them: "As regards to your
+ A manager went to his programmers and told them: "As regards to your
work hours: you are going to have to come in at nine in the morning and leave
at five in the afternoon." At this, all of them became angry and several
resigned on the spot.
knows he doesn't know what he's doing, so he does it carefully
and with great restraint.
As he designs the first work, frill after frill and
- embellishment after embellishment occur to him. These get
-stored away to be used "next time." Sooner or later the first system
-is finished, and the architect, with firm confidence and a demonstrated
-mastery of that class of systems, is ready to build a second system.
+embellishment after embellishment occur to him. These get stored away
+to be used "next time." Sooner or later the first system is finished,
+and the architect, with firm confidence and a demonstrated mastery of
+that class of systems, is ready to build a second system.
This second is the most dangerous system a man ever designs.
When he does his third and later ones, his prior experiences will
confirm each other as to the general characteristics of such systems,
but the import seems to be that dinosaurs don't have anything to do with
energy policy and neither do you."
-- P.J. O'Rourke, "Holidays in Hell"
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- For example, in Year 1 that useless letter 'c' would be dropped to be
-replased either by 'k' or 's', and likewise 'x' would no longer be part of the
-alphabet. The only kase in which 'c' would be retained would be the 'ch'
-formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2 might reform 'w' spelling,
-so that 'which' and 'one' would take the same konsonant, wile Year 3 might
-well abolish 'y' replasing it with 'i' and Iear 4 might fiks the 'g-j'
-anomali wonse and for all.
- Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with
-Iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and Iears 6-12 or so
-modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants. Bai
-Iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi ridandant letez
-'c', 'y' and 'x' - bai now jast a memori in the maindz ov ould doderez - tu
-riplais 'ch', 'sh', and 'th' rispektivli.
- Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a
-lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld.
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"Found it," the Mouse replied rather crossly:
"of course you know what 'it' means."
Call (511) 338-0959 for an immediate appointment.
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-Hier liegt ein Mann ganz obnegleich;
-Im Leibe dick, an Suden reich.
-Wir haben ihn in das Grab gesteckt, Here lies a man with sundry flaws
+Hier liegt ein Mann ganz ohnegleich;
+Im Leibe dick, an Suenden reich.
+Wir haben ihn ins Grab gesteckt, Here lies a man with sundry flaws
Weil es uns dunkt er sei verreckt. And numerous Sins upon his head;
We buried him today because
As far as we can tell, he's dead.
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panic: can't find /
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-panic: kernal segmentation violation. core dumped (only kidding)
+panic: kernel segmentation violation. core dumped (only kidding)
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Paprika Measure:
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an
election.
- -- Otto Von Bismarck
+ -- Otto von Bismarck
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People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction
rather than surrender any material part of their advantage.
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When you say that you agree to a thing in principle, you mean that
you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
- -- Otto Von Bismarck
+ -- Otto von Bismarck
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When you speak to others for their own good it's advice;
when they speak to you for your own good it's interference.