But also "Hurrah" - Dan, your answer was superbe, magnifique, extraordinaire, and so succinct. Now compare this with the German clumsiness: Der K?nig ist tot- es lebe der K?nig! -- There is a great flaw in the rhythm of the expression! No artistic flair. Just think of DeGaulle announcing the phrase in French --and you get the picture. I did not realize that the demise of an iBook could bring forth such linguistic digressions. Too bad that I cannot send music through this email .I have a fine version of "TAPS" right on my desktop. Marta
On Sep 28, 2006, at 18:04 PM, Rosemary Gunselman wrote: > My condolences...:) > rag > On Sep 28, 2006, at 2:25 PM, Dan Crutcher wrote: > >> Le Mac est mort! Vive le Mac! >> >>> The recent death of Eric's iBook G3 800mhz is announced. Last >>> Wednesday, it was rushed to a local Mac guy who pronounced that the >>> logic board was failing or had already failed. It was the 3rd >>> installed on the computer. The bill to fix it was more than was >>> currently in the bank account of her owner and long time friend, >>> Eric. Desperate attempts were made to save data and to stave off >>> the >>> final blows of death. But to no effect. Apple themselves were >>> unresponsive, claiming that "since the computer was over 3 years old >>> it had reached the end of its life and was not worthy of repair, but >>> I can give you 50 bucks off a new mac." She is survived by a iPod >>> shuffle, a 5G iPod and a 160 gig external hard drive. Funeral >>> services will be arranged as soon as the Dr. Frankinstein style >>> attempts of resurrection are mede from a verity or sources from ebay >>> to ifixit.com. As soon as the funds become available. >>> >>> A new MacBook has been delivered by the UPS man this morning making >>> this email possible. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The next Louisville Computer Society meeting is October 24. >>> Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu >>> Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ >>> macgroup >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The next Louisville Computer Society meeting is October 24. >> Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu >> Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting is October 24. > Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20060928/1ae0cad3/attachment-0001.html
