Discussion » 18:30 01 April 2001

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Posted by cal, 18:30, 1st April 2001:
 
hahahahahahahahah. I love calvin and hobbes.



And i thought i had some scary ex-girlfriends.



Continuing the recent theme of sillier and sillier DeCSS routines (the encryption used on DVDs silly), i give you the illegal prime.



must...get...illustrator...



Normal fridges don't cut it in the high-tech world of noomeeja. So get an SGI fridge. [via nick]



A guide to written english:



1. Verbs HAS to agree with their subjects.

2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.

3. And don't start a sentence with a conjunction.

4. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.

5. Avoid clichés like the plague. (They're old hat)

6. Also, always avoid annoying alliteration.

7. Be more or less specific.

8. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are (usually) unnecessary.

9. Also too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies.

10. No sentence fragments.

11. Contractions aren't necessary and shouldn't be used.

12. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.

13. Do not be redundant
Posted by kofisaffu, 18:30, 1st April 2001:
 
i hasn't exactly never have a sense of "de ja vu" as i read your informative entry [guide to written english!!!]
Posted by nick, 19:56, 1st April 2001:
 
Thanks for the links. Two in one day. I'm deeply honoured!
Posted by mattpollard, 20:25, 1st April 2001:
 
That English guide is bloody funny! And although the whole AYB thing is getting long in the tooth, IMHO, that Calvin and Hobbes is good too.
Posted by twitch, 14:58, 2nd April 2001:
 
You know, Illustrator is great and all, but using it to make wireframes is just going to kill more braincells and try your patience too much. They try to make it easy at Adobe--but listen to me now and believe me later--it's a false show. AI is not for that. Run from anyone saying it is.
Posted by cal, 15:18, 2nd April 2001:
 
Well, it's kylie i should be running from then.