Warp wrote:
>   You will be assimilated. Sarcasm is futile.

"Do you *have* a sarcasm sign?"

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   I ordered stamps from Zazzle that read "Place Stamp Here".

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Le_Forgeron schrieb:

> 1 bilisecond = 1 bil-isecond = 10^6 Hz... see! I want to claim a patent now!

Is madness patentable? :-)

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>> That's on purpose: MS values the american users more.
>>
>> Their 1 bilisecondth is just the same as 1000 of mine!

...and 0.02 cents will NEVER equal 0.02 dollars!

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Warp wrote:

>   You will be assimilated. Sarcasm is futile.

Ah, sarcasm. Something America will apparently never understand...

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clipka wrote:
> Le_Forgeron schrieb:
> 
>> 1 bilisecond = 1 bil-isecond = 10^6 Hz... see! I want to claim a 
>> patent now!
> 
> Is madness patentable? :-)

only if it produces a tangible result

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>>> 1 bilisecond = 1 bil-isecond = 10^6 Hz... see! I want to claim a 
>>> patent now!
>>
>> Is madness patentable? :-)
> 
> only if it produces a tangible result

Madness?







THIS...







...IS...











SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

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"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message 
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> Warp wrote:
>
>>   You will be assimilated. Sarcasm is futile.
>
> Ah, sarcasm. Something America will apparently never understand...

I dunno... I think we get sarcasm pretty well. The subtleties of satire seem 
to be lost on us for the most part, though.

For most of my compatriots, it seems like we want our entertainment to be 
visceral, mostly consisting of explosions, cute young lasses, and beer.

Not necessarily on that order, mind...

:D

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>> Ah, sarcasm. Something America will apparently never understand...
> 
> I dunno... I think we get sarcasm pretty well.

It's strange, really. There are a lot of American films that are very 
funny. And yet, all the American people that I have personally 
interacted with don't seem to comprehend what "humour" actually is. 
Like, they literally can't comprehend jokes. They think you're being 
completely serious. It's really weird...

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"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message 
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>>> Ah, sarcasm. Something America will apparently never understand...
>>
>> I dunno... I think we get sarcasm pretty well.
>
> It's strange, really. There are a lot of American films that are very 
> funny. And yet, all the American people that I have personally interacted 
> with don't seem to comprehend what "humour" actually is. Like, they 
> literally can't comprehend jokes. They think you're being completely 
> serious. It's really weird...

My guess is that the problem's root is xenophobia coupled with 
provincialism, in a lot of cases. Culturally, we've got both pretty bad over 
here. I'm not sure what it stems from, since so many people come and go 
through here from everwhere.

The picture of the American tourist in another country speaking English 
(okay, well, what we call English, anyway) veeeeeeeery slowly so the other 
fella will understand him is, sadly, not a complete cartoon.

--
Jack

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Captain Jack <Cap### [at] comcastnet> wrote:
> The picture of the American tourist in another country speaking English 
> (okay, well, what we call English, anyway) veeeeeeeery slowly so the other 
> fella will understand him is, sadly, not a complete cartoon.

  When I lived in Spain (long story), there was one store where the owner
always switched to an awkward form of speaking, using only infinitives and
simplifying to ridiculous levels, when she was speaking to me. This regardless
of me speaking back in perfect Spanish (at that point my Spanish was probably
better than the best she could ever speak).

  This was a source of amusement among my friends.

-- 
                                                          - Warp

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