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Talk like a pirate day

First, take note of the size of the "doc" file you made in emacs. Then open said file in any version of Word, and immediately resave the file (while making no changes). What happens to the size of the file?

Oddly enough, I tried that. I posted that from work, and I work on a NT5 machine, so I did exactly that before I posted the hint. A file whose contents were ``This is a test.'' ballooned from 1K to ... 1K, as reported by the exploder.

Mock not edlin, for it is an extremely accurate DOS port of the Almighty Ed, the One True Text Editor!

Ed's sole purpose was to make vi look attractive. It over-achieved: it also made pounding nails into one's own head look attractive.

That simply proves that Gates and his scurvy crew (Talk Like a Pirate Day is coming up!) copyied only the BAD parts of unix, just like they copied the worst parts of CP/M.

I know it's not my point - other people have said it before me, and probably more succinctly. But piracy is boarding a ship on the high seas, robbing the ship and possibly kidnapping or killing the people on board.

Theft of information is still theft. Stealing is still stealing and violating a copyright is still violating a copyright. But none of those things involves boarding a ship on the high seas.

Equating those things with killing people for what they have on their boats is an attempt to increase the perception of the magnitude of the crime. There IS a tangible difference between physically robbing someone, and stealing information. Both are wrong, but both are not "piracy".

On another note, September 19th (this Friday) is talk like a Pirate day.

Arrrr.

Oddly enough, this Friday, September 19, is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Sounds like you and your friend should be celebrating.

Let's all remember the RIAA as we observe National Talk Like a Pirate Day. TLAP is September 19th.

Don't forget this Friday is National Talk-Like-A-Pirate Day!

I read that as telling ben affleck not to talk like a pirate.

Maybe because Talk Like a Pirate Day is coming up!!!

Arrrr d'er is a mighty fire 'n my belly for downloading dat goobly goop!

By the way, 19 September is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. ;D

Talk Like A Pirate Day - September 19

Arr, don't forget me maties:

A month yonder, and ye'll all be speekin' pirate-likes!

Will it be out of beta in time for Talk Like a Pirate Day (Sep 19)? Arr!

I recommend International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Yar.