OK Here goes my theory. He had just joined the lists, was getting ready to
enter his first email, when the doorbell rang. He got up to answer the door,
kneed the desk where his coffee was sitting right next to his keyboard, went to
catch it, startled the cat who ran across his keyboard and just
That's because for the French, talking is much like exploring is for the
pioneer. It's the process, not the goal that is the most rewarding. (I'm half
French, so I get to say that.)
Bob
On Jan 12, 2010, at 11:36 PM, Jim Bufalini wrote:
French is apparently always more wordy than English.
That may be preferable, as a big queer might take offense and do some real
damage.
I apologize in advance. It just had to be said.
Bob
On Jan 13, 2010, at 2:41 AM, Richmond Mathewson wrote:
Queer (Peculiar); as in I'm feeling a little queer.
of the group!
Now that I am famous for my minimalist approach, here is the lengthy email I
*meant* to send:
Hello all, I have an interesting challenge:
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I believe the message was encoded using the following compression
algorithm:
function compressMessage tText
if (tText = secret message) then return empty
else if (tText is empty) then return secret message
else return tText
end compressMessage
Therefore, the answer is secret message, which
On 15/01/2010 00:16, Bob Sneidar wrote:
That may be preferable, as a big queer might take offense and do some real
damage.
I apologize in advance. It just had to be said.
Bob
On Jan 13, 2010, at 2:41 AM, Richmond Mathewson wrote:
Queer (Peculiar); as in I'm feeling a little queer.
Hello Jim,
I agree, but...
Here (Wikipedia) it is not only syntaxic explanation but content... ;-
)
René
PS : Je vais faire des phrases ! Gustave Flaubert...
On the anniversary of his passing, I will tell a funny story.
In all the years of our association, Eric and I always spoke and
Hello Jim,
I agree, but...
Here (Wikipedia) it is not only syntaxic explanation but content... ;-
)
René
PS : Je vais faire des phrases ! Gustave Flaubert...
On the anniversary of his passing, I will tell a funny story.
In all the years of our association, Eric and I always spoke and
Eric was my neighbor (his office was at 780 meters [Google Earth] of my home)
and yet we had never met...
I was a big fan since the publication of his book/CD Tout sur Hypercard. We
exchanged by mail, often in french (especially about Guides Picker that I use
everyday...), but in english on the
I propose (it is not easy) :
Entre vos mots et les miens, il y a la barrière du langage
Is it the real sense !? It is not easy to translate word by word...
Français (ou francophones) d'autres propositions ?
Le 13 janv. 2010 à 11:41, Richmond Mathewson a écrit :
entre vos mots et mes mots nous
On 13/01/2010 12:57, René Micout wrote:
I propose (it is not easy) :
Entre vos mots et les miens, il y a la barrière du langage
Is it the real sense !? It is not easy to translate word by word...
Français (ou francophones) d'autres propositions ?
Le 13 janv. 2010 à 11:41, Richmond Mathewson a
Bon appétit !
Le 13 janv. 2010 à 12:06, Richmond Mathewson a écrit :
Et, c'est sure a ce moment ici nous avons une salade des miens . . . :)
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Richmond Mathewson richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote:
Entre vos miens, mes miens et des mots, il y a une barriére du sens.
il y a souvent les faux-amis ;-) [false friends]
qui perfusent en français (comme pathetic = lamentable)
à l'inverse (sur une photo de chat) someone said it was
Le 13 janv. 10 à 12:06, Richmond Mathewson a écrit :
On 13/01/2010 12:57, René Micout wrote:
I propose (it is not easy) :
Entre vos mots et les miens, il y a la barrière du langage
Is it the real sense !? It is not easy to translate word by word...
Français (ou francophones) d'autres
I'm still stuck on the original challenge
My mind keeps coming up blank.
-- Peter
Peter M. Brigham
pmb...@gmail.com
http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig
On Jan 13, 2010, at 7:12 AM, Andre.Bisseret wrote:
Le 13 janv. 10 à 12:06, Richmond Mathewson a écrit :
On 13/01/2010 12:57, René
Peter Brigham MD wrote:
I'm still stuck on the original challenge
My mind keeps coming up blank.
Must mean it's a meditational challenge then. If so, you're doing fine.
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an interesting challenge:
I have a standalone that a user downloads by clicking a button on a download
web page. My conundrum is, I would like the standalone to know from what
website the user originated when they clicked a link to jump to the download
page.
For example, let's say http://bob.com has a link
.
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From: Derek run...@gmx.com
Subject: Re: an interesting challenge
To: use-revolution@lists.runrev.com
Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 5:51 PM
I am very sorry, apparently this list does not like HTML
emails, so I now see
my first email
On 14/01/10 10:51 AM, Derek run...@gmx.com wrote:
4. a secret text file gets generated and downloaded to the drive along with
the standalone, the standalone finds it, reads it and deletes it? (no, the
user might be confused and delete it before they launch the standalone)
There was some
Derek wrote:
I am very sorry, apparently this list does not like HTML emails, so I now see
my first email was blank! Glad to see that it nevertheless sparked the
creativity of the group!
Well, I for one am sorry you've disrupted our fun. Hmph. :)
I have a standalone that a user downloads by
J. Landman Gay wrote:
It's easy for PHP code in the landing download page to get the
information
that Bob sent them with a $GET. But how on earth will the Revolution
standalone know about Bob?
One thought: PHP gets the info and sends it to the download server via a
POST action to a CGI on
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A challenge within a challenge.
Terry...
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J. Landman Gay wrote:
J. Landman Gay wrote:
It's easy for PHP code in the landing download page to get the
information
that Bob sent them with a $GET. But how on earth will the Revolution
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On 14/01/10 2:57 PM, Derek run...@gmx.com wrote:
I think we're running into problems with indents so hopefully this remains
readable...
There was some discussion over the last couple of days about the potential
evils of Flash shared objects but I guess you could use them to your
advantage in
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Le 13 janv. 2010 à 04:35, run...@gmx.com a écrit :
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I think we're expected to figure out the challenge. That's tough.
:-)
Regards,
Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, UX Design
Recently, run...@gmx.com wrote:
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We have a Pho house here in San Francisco that offers the Pho Challenge; a
gigantic bowl of wonderful Vietnamese chicken soup.
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Stephen Barncard
San Francisco
http://houseofcubes.com/disco.irev
2010/1/12 Scott Rossi sc...@tactilemedia.com
I think we're expected to
In front of my house, here in Paris, I have the same !
René
Le 13 janv. 2010 à 07:24, stephen barncard a écrit :
We have a Pho house here in San Francisco that offers the Pho Challenge; a
gigantic bowl of wonderful Vietnamese chicken soup.
-
Stephen Barncard
San
Victor Hugo once sent a message to his publishers:
?
and they replied:
!
which seems about as minimal as one can get.
A completely empty message is not a challenge, or anything
else for that matter.
Now, the thing that worries me is whether ? constitutes a
sentence as it is verbless.
We
Recently, Richmond Mathewson wrote:
Victor Hugo once sent a message to his publishers:
?
and they replied:
!
which seems about as minimal as one can get.
.
Regards,
Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, UX Design
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Le 13 janv. 2010 à 07:38, Richmond Mathewson a écrit :
Victor Hugo once sent a message to his publishers:
?
and they replied:
!
which seems about as minimal as one can get.
A completely empty message is not a challenge, or
Apparently (on Wikipedia) the french(s) have more to say about the sentence
than the english(s) :-)
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrase
Le 13 janv. 2010 à 07:38, Richmond Mathewson a écrit :
Victor Hugo once sent a message to his publishers:
?
and they replied:
!
which seems about
René Micout wrote:
Apparently (on Wikipedia) the french(s) have more to say about the
sentence than the english(s) :-)
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrase
French is apparently always more wordy than English. ;-) When I worked
with Eric, he would struggle to fit into the same space in French
Hello Jim,
I agree, but...
Here (Wikipedia) it is not only syntaxic explanation but content... ;-)
René
PS : Je vais faire des phrases ! Gustave Flaubert...
Le 13 janv. 2010 à 08:36, Jim Bufalini a écrit :
René Micout wrote:
Apparently (on Wikipedia) the french(s) have more to say about
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