From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?iso-8859-1?B?SvxyZ2VuIEhhcnRtYW5u?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: [OT] Long words (was: How to enter for example \200 offered by ispell in its buffer *Choices*) Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 23:19:05 +0200 Message-ID: References: , <87wpywvlyu.fsf@debian.uxu>, , , <87fv5kve43.fsf@debian.uxu>, , <877fqv1mvx.fsf@debian.uxu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1435094371 13907 80.91.229.3 (23 Jun 2015 21:19:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 21:19:31 +0000 (UTC) To: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 23 23:19:21 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Z7VbE-0005yB-7a for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 23 Jun 2015 23:19:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47456 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z7VbD-0001lm-Dq for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 23 Jun 2015 17:19:19 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33739) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z7Vb4-0001lH-1t for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Jun 2015 17:19:10 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z7Vb0-0007Nd-05 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Jun 2015 17:19:10 -0400 Original-Received: from dub004-omc4s2.hotmail.com ([157.55.2.77]:62609) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z7Vaz-0007NX-Rj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Jun 2015 17:19:05 -0400 Original-Received: from DUB124-W10 ([157.55.2.71]) by DUB004-OMC4S2.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(7.5.7601.22751); Tue, 23 Jun 2015 14:19:05 -0700 X-TMN: [UGxYRvOwI7tLgKL2aH6rc/TNBlC5AX0u] X-Originating-Email: [juergen_hartmann_@hotmail.com] Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <877fqv1mvx.fsf@debian.uxu> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Jun 2015 21:19:05.0097 (UTC) FILETIME=[3BD4B790:01D0ADFA] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Windows 7 or 8 [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 157.55.2.77 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:105107 Archived-At: Emanuel Berg=A0 wrote:=0A= =0A= >> I like language-based jokes a lot. (How about this:=0A= >> a female student of humanities ask her female friend=0A= >> studying CS about dating prospects at her faculty.=0A= >> The answer? "The odds are good=2C but the goods are=0A= >> odd." =3B-))=0A= >=0A= > I understand the pun but not the joke.=0A= =0A= That's odd.=0A= (SCNR.)=0A= =0A= > That must be=0A= > a white-collar CS joke.=0A= =0A= Don't let this unsettle you: It says that the CS people are the good guys..= .=0A= (*duck and run*)=0A= =0A= > Us blue-collar hackers don't=0A= > understand Haskell=2C UML=2C AJAX=2C microkernels and so on=0A= > either. As for puns=2C how about this:=0A= >=0A= >=A0=A0=A0=A0 There are two tools watching TV.=0A= >=A0=A0=A0=A0 One saw.=0A= >=0A= > :)=0A= =0A= Hehe=2C yet a good one.=0A= =0A= > If anyone is actually offended but such jokes is=0A= > another matter.=0A= =0A= If the motivation of the joke is pure humor and if this is obvious to=0A= anybody=2C there should be no problem=2C IMHO. But of course things become= =0A= difficult if there might be any disparaging aspect in the jokes mechanism.= =0A= =0A= Juergen=0A= =0A= =