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esigra at gmail

Nov 4, 2009, 4:45 AM

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New KDE4 option: "night of the week for strip club attendance" WTF?

With KDE4 I suddenly have bloody sexist stuff on my desktop!!! When I
configure country/region and language, there is an option for "Night of
the week for strip club attendance:" It even seems to have a weekday
selected by default! Has KDE been taken over by the sex industry? (Or
was it Gentoo that sneaked it in?). It was certainly not there in KDE3
and I would never install weirdo stuff like Gnaughty, so what the hell
is that option for? Will it set a special wallpaper that day? And it is
not even explained in the manual! That makes it even more suspicious.
The last part of the manual section says "Till sist finns en
kombinationsruta som heter Första dag i veckan, som låter dig välja
vilken dag som är den första i veckan i ditt land." (Which means:
Finally there is a combobox called First day of week, that lets you
chose which day is first in the week in your country.) So there should
not exist any further options after "First day of week".

neil at digimed

Nov 4, 2009, 5:22 AM

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Re: New KDE4 option: "night of the week for strip club attendance" WTF? [In reply to]

On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:45:00 +0100, Erik wrote:

> The last part of the manual section says "Till sist finns en
> kombinationsruta som heter Första dag i veckan, som låter dig välja
> vilken dag som är den första i veckan i ditt land." (Which means:
> Finally there is a combobox called First day of week, that lets you
> chose which day is first in the week in your country.) So there should
> not exist any further options after "First day of week".

There are four options here, first day of week, first working day of
week, last working day of week and day of the week for religious
observance. It would appear your locale uses a different translation!

--
Neil Bothwick

Guillotine operator wanted. Chance to get ahead.

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alan.mckinnon at gmail

Nov 4, 2009, 6:04 AM

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Re: New KDE4 option: "night of the week for strip club attendance" WTF? [In reply to]

On Wednesday 04 November 2009 14:45:00 Erik wrote:
> With KDE4 I suddenly have bloody sexist stuff on my desktop!!! When I
> configure country/region and language, there is an option for "Night of
> the week for strip club attendance:"

Hey, I don't have that! Not fair!

What package is it in? I'd find that feature insanely useful, I'm always
forgetting which night of the week the strip joints are open (then I miss the
fun)

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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

zeerak.w at gmail

Nov 4, 2009, 8:24 AM

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Re: Re: New KDE4 option: "night of the week for strip club attendance" WTF? [In reply to]

On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:19:16 +0100, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc [at] arcor>
wrote:

> On 11/04/2009 02:45 PM, Erik wrote:
>> With KDE4 I suddenly have bloody sexist stuff on my desktop!!! When I
>> configure country/region and language, there is an option for "Night of
>> the week for strip club attendance:"
>
> I would report that to the KDE development list. It look like a
> translator was trying to be funny.
>
>

Those pesky translators!
I'd say they managed to be just a little funny :-)

Zeerak

stroller at stellar

Nov 4, 2009, 9:06 AM

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Re: New KDE4 option: "night of the week for strip club attendance" WTF? [In reply to]

On 4 Nov 2009, at 13:22, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> ...
> There are four options here, first day of week, first working day of
> week, last working day of week and day of the week for religious
> observance. It would appear your locale uses a different translation!

I am torn as whether to find this funny or improper.

Only when I know what it's supposed to say I really like the joke that
both are equally important. Why indeed give religious observance a
higher priority?!?! But installing Linux for a little old lady or
person of uptight morals, and it is likely to offend and possibly
drive the user away from the platform.

Stroller.

neil at digimed

Nov 4, 2009, 9:20 AM

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Re: New KDE4 option: "night of the week for strip club attendance" WTF? [In reply to]

On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:06:28 +0000, Stroller wrote:

> I am torn as whether to find this funny or improper.

Like a lot of humour, I see it as both.

> Only when I know what it's supposed to say I really like the joke that
> both are equally important. Why indeed give religious observance a
> higher priority?!?! But installing Linux for a little old lady or
> person of uptight morals, and it is likely to offend and possibly
> drive the user away from the platform.

The other problem, as Nikos mentioned, is that it hides the real meaning
of the option.

--
Neil Bothwick

Support bacteria - they're the only culture some people have.

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esigra at gmail

Nov 4, 2009, 10:14 AM

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Re: New KDE4 option: "night of the week for strip club attendance" WTF? [In reply to]

Stroller skrev:
> On 4 Nov 2009, at 13:22, Neil Bothwick wrote:
>> ...
>> There are four options here, first day of week, first working day of
>> week, last working day of week and day of the week for religious
>> observance. It would appear your locale uses a different translation!
>
> I am torn as whether to find this funny or improper.
>
> Only when I know what it's supposed to say I really like the joke that
> both are equally important. Why indeed give religious observance a
> higher priority?!?!

I have encountered arguments like this:
"Yes, there's a setting for that in the country/region settings module
but if you're not interested in it, it won't bother you. If you are, you
can have kontact or the calendar plasmoid show those days as special.
That's it. Sounds unproblematic to me."

My point is of course that in my desktop environment, I do not want an
option for either strip club attendance, religious observance, or
anything else that someone else might want to do once a week.

I would prefer to keep the desktop environment neutral (secular) by
default. If there is indeed a need for such an option to make sundays
red in the calendar, it would be more proper to call it sometning more
neutral, like "Weekly holiday", "Ceremonial weekday" or "Special
weekday". The user can then let that mean lap dance, prayer, family
dinner, hiking, hacking or whatever he may be interested in.

Yes, I know that "holiday" sounds like "holy day", but it still feels
broader than "relious observance". According to wikipedia, a holiday can
mean among other things "official or unofficial observances of
religious, national, or cultural significance". So the phrase "Weekly
holiday" covers the current meaning of the KDE option, but is meaningful
even to secular people. Therefore changing the phrase would make KDE
usage more acceptable in secular countries and by secular people.

volkerarmin at googlemail

Nov 4, 2009, 10:15 AM

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Re: New KDE4 option: "night of the week for strip club attendance" WTF? [In reply to]

On Mittwoch 04 November 2009, Erik wrote:
> Stroller skrev:
> > On 4 Nov 2009, at 13:22, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> >> ...
> >> There are four options here, first day of week, first working day of
> >> week, last working day of week and day of the week for religious
> >> observance. It would appear your locale uses a different translation!
> >
> > I am torn as whether to find this funny or improper.
> >
> > Only when I know what it's supposed to say I really like the joke that
> > both are equally important. Why indeed give religious observance a
> > higher priority?!?!
>
> I have encountered arguments like this:
> "Yes, there's a setting for that in the country/region settings module
> but if you're not interested in it, it won't bother you. If you are, you
> can have kontact or the calendar plasmoid show those days as special.
> That's it. Sounds unproblematic to me."
>
>
> My point is of course that in my desktop environment, I do not want an
> option for either strip club attendance, religious observance, or
> anything else that someone else might want to do once a week.
>
> I would prefer to keep the desktop environment neutral (secular) by
> default. If there is indeed a need for such an option to make sundays
> red in the calendar, it would be more proper to call it sometning more
> neutral, like "Weekly holiday", "Ceremonial weekday" or "Special
> weekday". The user can then let that mean lap dance, prayer, family
> dinner, hiking, hacking or whatever he may be interested in.
>
> Yes, I know that "holiday" sounds like "holy day", but it still feels
> broader than "relious observance". According to wikipedia, a holiday can
> mean among other things "official or unofficial observances of
> religious, national, or cultural significance". So the phrase "Weekly
> holiday" covers the current meaning of the KDE option, but is meaningful
> even to secular people. Therefore changing the phrase would make KDE
> usage more acceptable in secular countries and by secular people.
>

sounds like PC crap.

Sundays are marked special, because most people don't have to work. Shops are
closed and stuff like that.

There is no need to bring in religion.

realnc at arcor

Nov 4, 2009, 10:20 AM

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Re: New KDE4 option: "night of the week for strip club attendance" WTF? [In reply to]

On 11/04/2009 02:45 PM, Erik wrote:
> With KDE4 I suddenly have bloody sexist stuff on my desktop!!! When I
> configure country/region and language, there is an option for "Night of
> the week for strip club attendance:"

I would report that to the KDE development list. It look like a
translator was trying to be funny.

realnc at arcor

Nov 4, 2009, 10:20 AM

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Re: New KDE4 option: "night of the week for strip club attendance" WTF? [In reply to]

On 11/04/2009 06:24 PM, Zeerak Waseem wrote:
> On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:19:16 +0100, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc [at] arcor>
> wrote:
>
>> On 11/04/2009 02:45 PM, Erik wrote:
>>> With KDE4 I suddenly have bloody sexist stuff on my desktop!!! When I
>>> configure country/region and language, there is an option for "Night of
>>> the week for strip club attendance:"
>>
>> I would report that to the KDE development list. It look like a
>> translator was trying to be funny.
>
>
> Those pesky translators!
> I'd say they managed to be just a little funny :-)

I find it funny too, but the problem is that the user has no idea what
the option actually does then.

zeerak.w at gmail

Nov 4, 2009, 3:24 PM

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Re: Re: New KDE4 option: "night of the week for strip club attendance" WTF? [In reply to]

A guess would be it puts a reminder for a weekly occurrence, like going to
the strip club! ;-) But of course, you are right, in the end :-)

Zeerak

On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:55:46 +0100, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc [at] arcor>
wrote:

> On 11/04/2009 06:24 PM, Zeerak Waseem wrote:
>> On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:19:16 +0100, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc [at] arcor>
>> wrote:
>>
<snip>
>>
>>
>> Those pesky translators!
>> I'd say they managed to be just a little funny :-)
>
> I find it funny too, but the problem is that the user has no idea what
> the option actually does then.
>
>

zeerak.w at gmail

Nov 4, 2009, 3:33 PM

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Re: New KDE4 option: "night of the week for strip club attendance" WTF? [In reply to]

On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:15:52 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann
<volkerarmin [at] googlemail> wrote:

> On Mittwoch 04 November 2009, Erik wrote:
>> Stroller skrev:
>> > On 4 Nov 2009, at 13:22, Neil Bothwick wrote:
>> >> ...
>> >> There are four options here, first day of week, first working day of
>> >> week, last working day of week and day of the week for religious
>> >> observance. It would appear your locale uses a different translation!
>> >
>> > I am torn as whether to find this funny or improper.
>> >
>> > Only when I know what it's supposed to say I really like the joke that
>> > both are equally important. Why indeed give religious observance a
>> > higher priority?!?!
>>
>> I have encountered arguments like this:
>> "Yes, there's a setting for that in the country/region settings module
>> but if you're not interested in it, it won't bother you. If you are, you
>> can have kontact or the calendar plasmoid show those days as special.
>> That's it. Sounds unproblematic to me."
>>
>>
>> My point is of course that in my desktop environment, I do not want an
>> option for either strip club attendance, religious observance, or
>> anything else that someone else might want to do once a week.
>>
>> I would prefer to keep the desktop environment neutral (secular) by
>> default. If there is indeed a need for such an option to make sundays
>> red in the calendar, it would be more proper to call it sometning more
>> neutral, like "Weekly holiday", "Ceremonial weekday" or "Special
>> weekday". The user can then let that mean lap dance, prayer, family
>> dinner, hiking, hacking or whatever he may be interested in.
>>
>> Yes, I know that "holiday" sounds like "holy day", but it still feels
>> broader than "relious observance". According to wikipedia, a holiday can
>> mean among other things "official or unofficial observances of
>> religious, national, or cultural significance". So the phrase "Weekly
>> holiday" covers the current meaning of the KDE option, but is meaningful
>> even to secular people. Therefore changing the phrase would make KDE
>> usage more acceptable in secular countries and by secular people.
>>
>
> sounds like PC crap.
>
> Sundays are marked special, because most people don't have to work.
> Shops are
> closed and stuff like that.
>
> There is no need to bring in religion.
>

Well there really is. God rested on the seventh day, and therefore no
labor was tolerated on the seventh day of the week, Sunday. People not
working on Sundays, is traditionally to make time for going to church, but
in a society without God, it has been kept because it's nice to have a set
day off, every week. And in societies that aren't Christian the Sunday
free day has been kept for either the resting day of God, or because of
that being the standard around the world.
So really, there's every need to bring in religion into the consideration,
if one was to make a serious consideration of how this might be acceptable
to everyone.

Zeerak

volkerarmin at googlemail

Nov 4, 2009, 3:40 PM

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Re: New KDE4 option: "night of the week for strip club attendance" WTF? [In reply to]

On Donnerstag 05 November 2009, Zeerak Waseem wrote:
> On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:15:52 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann
>
> <volkerarmin [at] googlemail> wrote:
> > On Mittwoch 04 November 2009, Erik wrote:
> >> Stroller skrev:
> >> > On 4 Nov 2009, at 13:22, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> >> >> ...
> >> >> There are four options here, first day of week, first working day of
> >> >> week, last working day of week and day of the week for religious
> >> >> observance. It would appear your locale uses a different translation!
> >> >
> >> > I am torn as whether to find this funny or improper.
> >> >
> >> > Only when I know what it's supposed to say I really like the joke that
> >> > both are equally important. Why indeed give religious observance a
> >> > higher priority?!?!
> >>
> >> I have encountered arguments like this:
> >> "Yes, there's a setting for that in the country/region settings module
> >> but if you're not interested in it, it won't bother you. If you are, you
> >> can have kontact or the calendar plasmoid show those days as special.
> >> That's it. Sounds unproblematic to me."
> >>
> >>
> >> My point is of course that in my desktop environment, I do not want an
> >> option for either strip club attendance, religious observance, or
> >> anything else that someone else might want to do once a week.
> >>
> >> I would prefer to keep the desktop environment neutral (secular) by
> >> default. If there is indeed a need for such an option to make sundays
> >> red in the calendar, it would be more proper to call it sometning more
> >> neutral, like "Weekly holiday", "Ceremonial weekday" or "Special
> >> weekday". The user can then let that mean lap dance, prayer, family
> >> dinner, hiking, hacking or whatever he may be interested in.
> >>
> >> Yes, I know that "holiday" sounds like "holy day", but it still feels
> >> broader than "relious observance". According to wikipedia, a holiday can
> >> mean among other things "official or unofficial observances of
> >> religious, national, or cultural significance". So the phrase "Weekly
> >> holiday" covers the current meaning of the KDE option, but is meaningful
> >> even to secular people. Therefore changing the phrase would make KDE
> >> usage more acceptable in secular countries and by secular people.
> >
> > sounds like PC crap.
> >
> > Sundays are marked special, because most people don't have to work.
> > Shops are
> > closed and stuff like that.
> >
> > There is no need to bring in religion.
>
> Well there really is. God rested on the seventh day, and therefore no
> labor was tolerated on the seventh day of the week, Sunday.

blabla. I am really doubting that the jews were the only one with a free day
once in a while. Also, if you go back that far, it should be Friday and not
the heathen sun day.

Besides, it does not matter what it was in the past. It only matters what it
is today:
a day off once a week. Every week.

rdalek1967 at gmail

Nov 4, 2009, 4:24 PM

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Re: New KDE4 option: "night of the week for strip club attendance" WTF? [In reply to]

Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> On Mittwoch 04 November 2009, Erik wrote:
>
>> Stroller skrev:
>>
>>> On 4 Nov 2009, at 13:22, Neil Bothwick wrote:
>>>
>>>> ...
>>>> There are four options here, first day of week, first working day of
>>>> week, last working day of week and day of the week for religious
>>>> observance. It would appear your locale uses a different translation!
>>>>
>>> I am torn as whether to find this funny or improper.
>>>
>>> Only when I know what it's supposed to say I really like the joke that
>>> both are equally important. Why indeed give religious observance a
>>> higher priority?!?!
>>>
>> I have encountered arguments like this:
>> "Yes, there's a setting for that in the country/region settings module
>> but if you're not interested in it, it won't bother you. If you are, you
>> can have kontact or the calendar plasmoid show those days as special.
>> That's it. Sounds unproblematic to me."
>>
>>
>> My point is of course that in my desktop environment, I do not want an
>> option for either strip club attendance, religious observance, or
>> anything else that someone else might want to do once a week.
>>
>> I would prefer to keep the desktop environment neutral (secular) by
>> default. If there is indeed a need for such an option to make sundays
>> red in the calendar, it would be more proper to call it sometning more
>> neutral, like "Weekly holiday", "Ceremonial weekday" or "Special
>> weekday". The user can then let that mean lap dance, prayer, family
>> dinner, hiking, hacking or whatever he may be interested in.
>>
>> Yes, I know that "holiday" sounds like "holy day", but it still feels
>> broader than "relious observance". According to wikipedia, a holiday can
>> mean among other things "official or unofficial observances of
>> religious, national, or cultural significance". So the phrase "Weekly
>> holiday" covers the current meaning of the KDE option, but is meaningful
>> even to secular people. Therefore changing the phrase would make KDE
>> usage more acceptable in secular countries and by secular people.
>>
>>
>
> sounds like PC crap.
>
> Sundays are marked special, because most people don't have to work. Shops are
> closed and stuff like that.
>
> There is no need to bring in religion.
>
>
>

We think alike here. I was thinking PC crap as I read that, maybe not
crap but anyway. We got ESP or something?

Dale

:-) :-)

volkerarmin at googlemail

Nov 4, 2009, 5:01 PM

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Re: New KDE4 option: "night of the week for strip club attendance" WTF? [In reply to]

On Donnerstag 05 November 2009, Dale wrote:
> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:

> > sounds like PC crap.
> >
> > Sundays are marked special, because most people don't have to work. Shops
> > are closed and stuff like that.
> >
> > There is no need to bring in religion.
>
> We think alike here. I was thinking PC crap as I read that, maybe not
> crap but anyway. We got ESP or something?
>
> Dale

more like 'great minds think alike' *g*

alan.mckinnon at gmail

Nov 5, 2009, 12:33 AM

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On Thursday 05 November 2009 10:27:42 Thorsten Kampe wrote:
> * Zeerak Waseem (Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:33:54 +0100)
>
> > > There is no need to bring in religion.
> >
> > Well there really is. God rested on the seventh day [...]
>
> Good to know that I'm not the only one who likes relaxing after a week
> of hard work...

Damn. Now I need to rethink my stance of being an atheist. I can't *actually*
claim a day off once a week

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neil at digimed

Nov 5, 2009, 1:02 AM

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Re: New KDE4 option: "night of the week for strip club attendance" WTF? [In reply to]

On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:14:26 +0100, Erik wrote:

> My point is of course that in my desktop environment, I do not want an
> option for either strip club attendance, religious observance, or
> anything else that someone else might want to do once a week.

So where is the problem, since you can set that option to None? Or do you
want the option removed to deny others the choice?

> I would prefer to keep the desktop environment neutral (secular) by
> default.

Well, yours is as it does not refer to religious observance, only
strip club attendance.

> If there is indeed a need for such an option to make sundays

It doesn't have to be Sunday, that's why it's an option.

> red in the calendar, it would be more proper to call it sometning more
> neutral, like "Weekly holiday", "Ceremonial weekday" or "Special
> weekday". The user can then let that mean lap dance, prayer, family
> dinner, hiking, hacking or whatever he may be interested in.

This is just getting silly.

> Yes, I know that "holiday" sounds like "holy day",

Because that's what it meant. Holiday was originally a contraction of
holy day, because those were the only days people got off work.

--
Neil Bothwick

Head: (n.) the part of a disk drive which detects sectors and decides
which of the two possible values to return: 'lose a turn' or 'bankrupt.'

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Nov 5, 2009, 1:05 AM

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Re: New KDE4 option: "night of the week for strip club attendance" WTF? [In reply to]

* Zeerak Waseem (Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:33:54 +0100)
> > There is no need to bring in religion.

> Well there really is. God rested on the seventh day [...]

Good to know that I'm not the only one who likes relaxing after a week
of hard work...

Thorsten

thorsten at thorstenkampe

Nov 5, 2009, 1:05 AM

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* Alan McKinnon (Thu, 5 Nov 2009 10:33:10 +0200)
> On Thursday 05 November 2009 10:27:42 Thorsten Kampe wrote:
> > * Zeerak Waseem (Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:33:54 +0100)
> > > > There is no need to bring in religion.
> > >
> > > Well there really is. God rested on the seventh day [...]
> >
> > Good to know that I'm not the only one who likes relaxing after a
> > week of hard work...
>
> Damn. Now I need to rethink my stance of being an atheist. I can't
> *actually* claim a day off once a week

God is actually an atheist. He doesn't "believe in a higher being". So
even an atheist can claim his day off when he did a really tough job -
like creating the universe and stuff.

Thorsten

peter at humphrey

Nov 5, 2009, 3:44 AM

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On Thursday 05 November 2009 01:01:54 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> On Donnerstag 05 November 2009, Dale wrote:
> > We think alike here. I was thinking PC crap as I read that, maybe not
> > crap but anyway. We got ESP or something?
> >
> > Dale
>
> more like 'great minds think alike' *g*

Note also: "small ones seldom differ".

:-)

--
Rgds
Peter

peter at humphrey

Nov 5, 2009, 3:46 AM

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On Wednesday 04 November 2009 18:14:26 Erik wrote:

> Yes, I know that "holiday" sounds like "holy day", but it still feels
> broader than "relious observance". According to wikipedia, a holiday can
> mean among other things "official or unofficial observances of
> religious, national, or cultural significance". So the phrase "Weekly
> holiday" covers the current meaning of the KDE option, but is meaningful
> even to secular people.

Wouldn't work here, because UK "holiday" = US "vacation".

--
Rgds
Peter

volkerarmin at googlemail

Nov 5, 2009, 4:02 AM

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On Donnerstag 05 November 2009, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Thursday 05 November 2009 01:01:54 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> > On Donnerstag 05 November 2009, Dale wrote:
> > > We think alike here. I was thinking PC crap as I read that, maybe not
> > > crap but anyway. We got ESP or something?
> > >
> > > Dale
> >
> > more like 'great minds think alike' *g*
>
> Note also: "small ones seldom differ".
>
> :-)
>

bah, now I have to go back to 'grumpy mode' just because of you :P

volkerarmin at googlemail

Nov 5, 2009, 4:02 AM

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On Donnerstag 05 November 2009, Neil Bothwick wrote:

> Because that's what it meant. Holiday was originally a contraction of
> holy day, because those were the only days people got off work.
>

and thanks to the mass of holy days people in 'the dark ages' had more days off
than today....

esigra at gmail

Nov 5, 2009, 4:24 AM

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Re: New KDE4 option: "night of the week for strip club attendance" WTF? [In reply to]

Peter Humphrey skrev:
> On Wednesday 04 November 2009 18:14:26 Erik wrote:
>
>
>> Yes, I know that "holiday" sounds like "holy day", but it still feels
>> broader than "relious observance". According to wikipedia, a holiday can
>> mean among other things "official or unofficial observances of
>> religious, national, or cultural significance". So the phrase "Weekly
>> holiday" covers the current meaning of the KDE option, but is meaningful
>> even to secular people.
>>
>
> Wouldn't work here, because UK "holiday" = US "vacation".
>

Wouldn't work untranslated here either, because it is not a Swedish
word, but that is what localization takes care of, so no worries.

neil at digimed

Nov 5, 2009, 5:28 AM

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Re: New KDE4 option: "night of the week for strip club attendance" WTF? [In reply to]

On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 13:02:44 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:

> and thanks to the mass of holy days people in 'the dark ages' had more
> days off than today....
>

No, that was because they didn't have email, laptops and smartphones :(

--
Neil Bothwick

K: (n., adj.) a binary thousand, which isn't a decimal thousand or even
really a binary thousand (which is eight), but is the binary number
closest to a decimal thousand. This has proven so completely confusing
that is has become a standard.

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