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Author Topic: A point of grammar  (Read 9443 times)

timns

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A point of grammar
« on: February 25, 2011, 01:57 PM »
It's not "it's" unless its "its" is "it is" not "its", otherwise it's "its"  :Thmbsup:

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Re: A point of grammar
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2011, 02:23 PM »
:P ;D

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Re: A point of grammar
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2011, 02:28 PM »
It's not "it's" unless its "its" is "it is" not "its", otherwise it's "its"  :Thmbsup:


So it's not in a snit?

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Re: A point of grammar
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2011, 02:59 PM »
So if its 'it's' isn't 'it is' then its 'it's' isn't 'it's,' it's 'its'?

Got it. :P
« Last Edit: February 25, 2011, 04:29 PM by 40hz »

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Re: A point of grammar
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2011, 03:04 PM »
So if its it's isn't 'it is' then its it's isn't it's, it's its?

Got it. :P

Damn, he's good...

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Re: A point of grammar
« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2011, 03:35 PM »
My head hurts.

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Re: A point of grammar
« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2011, 04:03 PM »
My head hurts.
It is? Hmm... that's just me trying to follow up on this, which I can't. :p Guess my head hurts, too.

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Re: A point of grammar
« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2011, 04:31 PM »
I was just thinking...it almost looks like a Perl script doesn't it?
 ;D
« Last Edit: February 25, 2011, 04:33 PM by 40hz »

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Re: A point of grammar
« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2011, 04:57 PM »
Don't know if I read it here on DoCo, but here goes:

Perl, the only language that looks the same before and after encryption...

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Re: A point of grammar
« Reply #9 on: February 25, 2011, 05:22 PM »
Don't know if I read it here on DoCo, but here goes:

Perl, the only language that looks the same before and after encryption...

Could be true.  But I thought that was APL they used to say that about. ;D

Check this out: working script to print out the lyrics to 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall using PERL
courtesy of 99-bottles-of-beer.net :Thmbsup:


    ''=~(       '(?{'         .('`'        |'%')        .('['        ^'-')
    .('`'        |'!')        .('`'        |',')        .'"'.        '\\$'
    .'=='        .('['        ^'+')        .('`'        |'/')        .('['
    ^'+')        .'||'        .(';'        &'=')        .(';'        &'=')
    .';-'        .'-'.        '\\$'        .'=;'        .('['        ^'(')
    .('['        ^'.')        .('`'        |'"')        .('!'        ^'+')
   .'_\\{'      .'(\\$'      .';=('.      '\\$=|'      ."\|".(      '`'^'.'
  ).(('`')|    '/').').'    .'\\"'.+(    '{'^'[').    ('`'|'"')    .('`'|'/'
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 '\\"'.('['^  '#').'!!--'  .'\\$=.\\"'  .('{'^'[').  ('`'|'/').(  '`'|"\&").(
 '{'^"\[").(  '`'|"\"").(  '`'|"\%").(  '`'|"\%").(  '['^(')')).  '\\").\\"'.
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 '{'^"\[").(  '`'|"\$").(  '`'|"\/").(  '['^"\,").(  '`'|('.')).  ','.(('{')^
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See 1399 more like it here.

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« Last Edit: February 25, 2011, 05:30 PM by 40hz »

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Re: A point of grammar
« Reply #10 on: February 25, 2011, 05:26 PM »
Don't know if I read it here on DoCo, but here goes:

Perl, the only language that looks the same before and after encryption...

I always thought it looked like an alien chicken walked across the screen.

alien chicken....

hmmm....



He's got the right feet for it.  :huh:

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Re: A point of grammar
« Reply #11 on: February 25, 2011, 10:21 PM »
OMG!!  :'(  SIT! avatar_110883.png

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Re: A point of grammar
« Reply #12 on: February 25, 2011, 11:05 PM »
It's not "it's" unless its "its" is "it is" not "its", otherwise it's "its"  :Thmbsup:

It is what it is.

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Re: A point of grammar
« Reply #13 on: February 26, 2011, 11:40 AM »
« Last Edit: February 26, 2011, 11:43 AM by timns »

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Re: A point of grammar
« Reply #14 on: February 26, 2011, 07:26 PM »
It's not "it's" unless its "its" is "it is" not "its", otherwise it's "its"  :Thmbsup:

It is what it is.

And what it is; is it's it but if it's it then what is it?

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Re: A point of grammar
« Reply #15 on: February 26, 2011, 08:21 PM »
 ;D

BTW, big Courage fan here!