Yeah... So, uh, what do you mean "new to the US"?

...not intentionally.

But it's happened before, that someone posts some "new" discovery, and I'm forced to realise that what I thought was common knowledge here was actually something I'd ought to have posted, months earlier... Idunno how the fuck that happens; I pick something up from Slashdot or the Inq or wherever, I guess, and then think it was from here. A mixed-up mix-up by yours truly, the great mixer-upper.

As for the mother having the loox (yes she does! :-) , judge for yourself at [link|http://www.rake-sali.fi/helen-riska.html|http://www.rake-sali.fi/helen-riska.html] (a link you could have found at my crappy single-page Web-site, the address of which should be obvious if you see my pic).

So why didn't *you* ever send *me* that jpeg of your Mom?!?

Or, "Haastavaan, monipuoliseen ja mielenkiintoiseen työhöni kuuluu [...]"

Because once you take out all the vowels it would look like
H--st-v--n, m-n-p--l-s--n j- m--l-nk--nt--s--n ty-h-n- k--l--
Or do you guys spin for vowels and have to buy the consonants?

Oh, do we EVER have WoF here! In Finnish it's called "Onnenpyörä", which is a pretty exact translation of the original name.

Or rather, DID we ever -- I think they cancelled it sometime this last spring or so... But before that, as you can see [link|http://216.239.33.100/search?q=cache:oBFr0NYMejEC:www.freenet.hut.fi/ohjelmatiedot/t03/99/13/1.html+onnenpy%C3%B6r%C3%A4+mtv3&hl=en&ie=UTF-8|here], it had been aired over a thousand times (closer to 1,500, considering that the 1,000th-show milestone was three years before it got cancelled?) Here's [link|http://www.saunalahti.fi/~lasseh/onnenpyora.shtml|some statistics] on the game (from some guy on the same ISP as I, BTW), and here's [link|http://www.auraviihde.fi/porkka/|the moderator] or WeverTF he's called -- and doesn't HE look like a slimy bastard!?!

And yes, we spin -- spun? -- for consonants and bought vowels, just like you. You missed one in your transcription, though: In pretty much every imaginable language *except* English, 'y' is a vowel too.

Oh, and only now that I quoted your post and started typing in the solution do I realize that I didn't have to solve it; that's from Anki's work page, right? D'oh, me! Oh well, now you can check for yourself and see how I did.

PS: I have no idea what I just quoted, but am simply impressed by the vowel/consonant ratio.

What you just quoted (See? You *quoted* it! D'oh, d'oh, me! :-) was: Blather.

I really don't think Anki wrote that herself, actually...

PPS: Speaking of new things, has anyone heard about this new database? Somthing called Interbase or something like that I think.

Fuckyouverymuch, too! :-)

Post #65,064 by CRConrad 11/26/02 1:10:36 AM Reply	Yeah... So, uh, what do you mean "new to the US"? The soon-to-be-employed-again mr F writes: This is a for real thing. Apparently, has been since 1997 or 1998... Exactly -- in fact, I'm fairly sure we've discussed this before, ages ago. (On SleazyBoard, or even before that? Can't tell.) So how can it be "new" to you -- surely, the GPL wouldn't have allowed it to be released to everyone but Americans??? Or is it that this is the same thing that used to be known as ADABAS, and the name change passed everybody by? That's the only explanation I can see. Christian R. Conrad Mechanisation As our souls are slowly stolen The wheels of progress keep steamrolling Mechanisation melts our minds To drive the furnace that drives us blind. -- [link\|http://www.vergenet.net/~conrad/poetry/mechanisation.html\|© Conrad Parker, 1993]
Post #65,066 by boxley 11/26/02 1:12:35 AM Reply	you want to evangalise something called SAP? it doesnt work here. Unfortunate naming convention. thanx, bill will work for cash and other incentives [link\|http://home.tampabay.rr.com/boxley/resume/Resume.html\|skill set] GRAYBOAR-Strangleur Extraodinaire "Have Thumbs Will Travel" Customised Asphyxiations No Gullet Too Big, No Weasand Too small My Motto Satisfaction Garoteed, or the Chokes on Me! Eric Flint
Post #65,105 by folkert 11/26/02 8:53:55 AM Reply	No, NOT SAP, but "ESS-AYAH-PEE-DEE-BEE" Say it... SAY IT! ESS ---> S\nAYAH ---> A\nPEE ---> P\nDEE ---> D\nBEE ---> B Same company, different Product. Much easier to use and implement. `[link\|mailto:curley95@attbi.com\|greg] - Grand-Master Artist in IT [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry/\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!!!] Your friendly Homeland Security Officer reminds: Hold Thumbprint to Screen for 5 seconds, we'll take the imprint, or Just continue to type on your keyboard, and we'll just sample your DNA.`
Post #65,143 by boxley 11/26/02 11:03:06 AM Reply	SAP Dee Bee doesnt sound any better :0 will work for cash and other incentives [link\|http://home.tampabay.rr.com/boxley/resume/Resume.html\|skill set] GRAYBOAR-Strangleur Extraodinaire "Have Thumbs Will Travel" Customised Asphyxiations No Gullet Too Big, No Weasand Too small My Motto Satisfaction Garoteed, or the Chokes on Me! Eric Flint
Post #65,099 by Another Scott 11/26/02 7:40:20 AM Reply	Eh? Reread the 1st subject. No "the" there. :-)
Post #65,108 by CRConrad 11/26/02 9:02:32 AM Reply	Ah, OK. But even that: Re-read MY post, SleazyBoard etc! :-)
Post #65,125 by Another Scott 11/26/02 10:12:06 AM 11/26/02 10:16:05 AM Reply	You must be mistaken. It doesn't show up in ezboard's fine [link\|http://pub13.ezboard.com/BBSForum.showForumSearch?boardName=iwethey\|search] tool... [image\|/forums/images/warning.png\|0\|This is sarcasm...] (At least not in the half-a-dozen fora I searched.) Cheers, Scott. (Edit - added The Sign in case I wasn't clear.) Edited by Another Scott Nov. 26, 2002, 10:16:05 AM EST Expand All History
Post #65,126 by CRConrad 11/26/02 10:17:20 AM Reply	Even before that - the original IWE? Some of us have the archives... But no, never mind, I am probably mistaken -- if I really did recognise it, then it must have been from somewhere else. Otherwise, someone else besides me would have piped up and said they remember it too, by now. :-) Christian R. Conrad Mechanisation As our souls are slowly stolen The wheels of progress keep steamrolling Mechanisation melts our minds To drive the furnace that drives us blind. -- [link\|http://www.vergenet.net/~conrad/poetry/mechanisation.html\|© Conrad Parker, 1993]
Post #65,130 by folkert 11/26/02 10:33:57 AM Reply	Sure... Holding out on us... huh? I see how you are... I am just glad my mother never DID meet up with you... I see it now, must've been cause I never saw your face 'till recently... I pray the mother of your kids has the looks... ;) Cause you look as bad as I do! Why do you think I wear a mask... ;) `[link\|mailto:curley95@attbi.com\|greg] - Grand-Master Artist in IT [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry/\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!!!] Your friendly Geheimes Staatspolizei reminds: Continue to look at your monitor and continue typing, we'll just sample your DNA and scan your eyes.`
Post #65,145 by boxley 11/26/02 11:05:26 AM Reply	Ive seen a picture, she's got the looks alright a real beauty and CRC has,,,,,, language skills! thats it! and a pretty good head for beer. thanx, bill will work for cash and other incentives [link\|http://home.tampabay.rr.com/boxley/resume/Resume.html\|skill set] GRAYBOAR-Strangleur Extraodinaire "Have Thumbs Will Travel" Customised Asphyxiations No Gullet Too Big, No Weasand Too small My Motto Satisfaction Garoteed, or the Chokes on Me! Eric Flint
Post #65,161 by CRConrad 11/26/02 12:54:33 PM Reply	Yeah, I'm a pretty cunning linguist; that must be it!
Post #65,158 by CRConrad 11/26/02 12:37:24 PM Reply	Holding out, me? Never! That is... ...not intentionally. But it's happened before, that someone posts some "new" discovery, and I'm forced to realise that what I thought was common knowledge here was actually something I'd ought to have posted, months earlier... Idunno how the fuck that happens; I pick something up from Slashdot or the Inq or wherever, I guess, and then think it was from here. A mixed-up mix-up by yours truly, the great mixer-upper. As for the mother having the loox (yes she does! :-) , judge for yourself at [link\|http://www.rake-sali.fi/helen-riska.html\|http://www.rake-sali.fi/helen-riska.html] (a link you could have found at my crappy single-page Web-site, the address of which should be obvious if you see my pic). So why didn't you ever send me that jpeg of your Mom?!? Christian R. Conrad Mechanisation As our souls are slowly stolen The wheels of progress keep steamrolling Mechanisation melts our minds To drive the furnace that drives us blind. -- [link\|http://www.vergenet.net/~conrad/poetry/mechanisation.html\|© Conrad Parker, 1993]
Post #65,162 by drewk 11/26/02 12:56:15 PM Reply	You don't have "Wheel of Fortune" over there, do you? Because once you take out all the vowels it would look like H--st-v--n, m-n-p--l-s--n j- m--l-nk--nt--s--n ty-h-n- k--l-- Or do you guys spin for vowels and have to buy the consonants? PS: I have no idea what I just quoted, but am simply impressed by the vowel/consonant ratio. PPS: Speaking of new things, has anyone heard about this new database? Somthing called Interbase or something like that I think. === Microsoft offers them the one thing most business people will pay any price for - the ability to say "we had no choice - everyone's doing it that way." -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=38978\|Andrew Grygus]
Post #65,169 by CRConrad 11/26/02 1:31:56 PM Reply	"My challenging, interesting and many-sided job consists of" Or, "Haastavaan, monipuoliseen ja mielenkiintoiseen työhöni kuuluu [...]" Because once you take out all the vowels it would look like H--st-v--n, m-n-p--l-s--n j- m--l-nk--nt--s--n ty-h-n- k--l-- Or do you guys spin for vowels and have to buy the consonants? Oh, do we EVER have WoF here! In Finnish it's called "Onnenpyörä", which is a pretty exact translation of the original name. Or rather, DID we ever -- I think they cancelled it sometime this last spring or so... But before that, as you can see [link\|http://216.239.33.100/search?q=cache:oBFr0NYMejEC:www.freenet.hut.fi/ohjelmatiedot/t03/99/13/1.html+onnenpy%C3%B6r%C3%A4+mtv3&hl=en&ie=UTF-8\|here], it had been aired over a thousand times (closer to 1,500, considering that the 1,000th-show milestone was three years before it got cancelled?) Here's [link\|http://www.saunalahti.fi/~lasseh/onnenpyora.shtml\|some statistics] on the game (from some guy on the same ISP as I, BTW), and here's [link\|http://www.auraviihde.fi/porkka/\|the moderator] or WeverTF he's called -- and doesn't HE look like a slimy bastard!?! And yes, we spin -- spun? -- for consonants and bought vowels, just like you. You missed one in your transcription, though: In pretty much every imaginable language except English, 'y' is a vowel too. Oh, and only now that I quoted your post and started typing in the solution do I realize that I didn't have to solve it; that's from Anki's work page, right? D'oh, me! Oh well, now you can check for yourself and see how I did. PS: I have no idea what I just quoted, but am simply impressed by the vowel/consonant ratio. What you just quoted (See? You quoted it! D'oh, d'oh, me! :-) was: Blather. I really don't think Anki wrote that herself, actually... PPS: Speaking of new things, has anyone heard about this new database? Somthing called Interbase or something like that I think. Fuckyouverymuch, too! :-) Christian R. Conrad Mechanisation As our souls are slowly stolen The wheels of progress keep steamrolling Mechanisation melts our minds To drive the furnace that drives us blind. -- [link\|http://www.vergenet.net/~conrad/poetry/mechanisation.html\|© Conrad Parker, 1993]
Post #65,200 by folkert 11/26/02 3:51:57 PM 11/26/02 3:53:57 PM Reply	Well... how about this.... SHUN Cheers.... OABTW, she be one PHAT HOTTIE... Pretty Hot And Tempting Hottie... nice cheek structure, bright eyes... the whole bit. Oh, BTW SHUN `[link\|mailto:curley95@attbi.com\|greg] - Grand-Master Artist in IT [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry/\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!!!] Your friendly Geheimes Staatspolizei reminds: Continue to look at your monitor and continue typing, we'll just sample your DNA and scan your eyes.` Edited by gfolkertold Nov. 26, 2002, 03:53:57 PM EST Expand All History
Post #65,207 by drewk 11/26/02 4:04:45 PM Reply	Hey, no fair programming in ASCII === Microsoft offers them the one thing most business people will pay any price for - the ability to say "we had no choice - everyone's doing it that way." -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=38978\|Andrew Grygus]
Post #65,103 by folkert 11/26/02 8:24:55 AM Reply	"US" as in new to IWETHEY.... Or at least SO I thought... Sorry for any CRC Errors in communication! `[link\|mailto:curley95@attbi.com\|greg] - Grand-Master Artist in IT [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry/\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!!!] Your friendly Homeland Security Officer reminds: Hold Thumbprint to Screen for 5 seconds, we'll take the imprint, or Just continue to type on your keyboard, and we'll just sample your DNA.`
Post #65,109 by CRConrad 11/26/02 9:03:44 AM Reply	Yeah, that's a weird LRPD: CRC... ...never makes any errors in communication! :-) Christian R. Conrad Mechanisation As our souls are slowly stolen The wheels of progress keep steamrolling Mechanisation melts our minds To drive the furnace that drives us blind. -- [link\|http://www.vergenet.net/~conrad/poetry/mechanisation.html\|© Conrad Parker, 1993]
Post #65,173 by ChrisR 11/26/02 1:55:13 PM Reply	Don't recall the sleazyboard conversation... ...but I have seen mention [link\|http://slashdot.org/search.pl?query=SAPDB\|several times on slashdot] for any who want to wade through the noise to find some decent comments here and there. The main knock I've seen against SAPDB is that the code base is rotted in areas (hard to maintain).

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