1. [OT, humour] Life is Unfair (was Re: Contest)
On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 02:49:56 +1000, spent memory
<spent.memory at gmail.com> wrote:
>i believe it is unfair.
>From the onion radio news archives (it helps to imagine a pompous
middle class newsreader reciting this, on a slow news day):
For the seventy billionth consecutive week since it began, life
was again unfair today. Death and suffering continued randomly
among the planets lifeforms, with such factors as genetic
superiority or good works in no way taken into account.
Despite the efforts of the code of hammurabi, the US bill of
rights, and people for the ethical treatment of animals, life is
expected to remain unfair.. forever.
2. Re: [OT, humour] Life is Unfair (was Re: Contest)
Pete Lomax wrote:
>
> On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 02:49:56 +1000, spent memory
> <spent.memory at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >i believe it is unfair.
>
> >From the onion radio news archives (it helps to imagine a pompous
> middle class newsreader reciting this, on a slow news day):
>
> For the seventy billionth consecutive week since it began, life
> was again unfair today. Death and suffering continued randomly
> among the planets lifeforms, with such factors as genetic
> superiority or good works in no way taken into account.
> Despite the efforts of the code of hammurabi, the US bill of
> rights, and people for the ethical treatment of animals, life is
> expected to remain unfair.. forever.
>
Now *that's* funny.
ANNOUNCEMENT: If anyone believes my contest rules are unfair, then
don't entry it.
--
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
3. Re: [OT, humour] Life is Unfair (was Re: Contest)
yes funny, life is unfair no one can argue with that, on that note tho
how can u compare an Eu coding contest to life as we know it, perhaps
an oversight on your behalf Pete, all i was trying to do was offer
opinions to refine the contest to make it as fair as possible, cause
god knows if you spent 2 days or whatever working on code for a
contest and then you were beaten because of an unseen judging error
perhaps you would fail to be so jubilent on the matter < :' )
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 18:00:32 -0700, Derek Parnell
<guest at rapideuphoria.com> wrote:
>
> posted by: Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com>
>
> Pete Lomax wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 02:49:56 +1000, spent memory
> > <spent.memory at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >i believe it is unfair.
> >
> > >From the onion radio news archives (it helps to imagine a pompous
> > middle class newsreader reciting this, on a slow news day):
> >
> > For the seventy billionth consecutive week since it began, life
> > was again unfair today. Death and suffering continued randomly
> > among the planets lifeforms, with such factors as genetic
> > superiority or good works in no way taken into account.
> > Despite the efforts of the code of hammurabi, the US bill of
> > rights, and people for the ethical treatment of animals, life is
> > expected to remain unfair.. forever.
> >
>
> Now *that's* funny.
>
> ANNOUNCEMENT: If anyone believes my contest rules are unfair, then
> don't entry it.
>
> --
> Derek Parnell
> Melbourne, Australia
>
>
>
>
>
4. Re: [OT, humour] Life is Unfair (was Re: Contest)
On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 11:08:59 +1000, spent memory
<spent.memory at gmail.com> wrote:
>if you spent 2 days or whatever working on code for a
>contest and then you were beaten because of an unseen judging error
btdt sunshine.
If you don't like the rules, don't play, or if you think you can do
better, what's stopping you organising your own contest?
Regards,
Pete
PS You are, of course, entitled to hold the opinion that it should not
be judged on speed, but I think you'll find you are in the minority.
PPS My reply was supposed to be humorous.
5. Re: [OT, humour] Life is Unfair (was Re: Contest)
- Posted by Jason Gade <jaygade at yahoo.com>
Oct 30, 2004
-
Last edited Oct 31, 2004
> >From the onion radio news archives (it helps to imagine a pompous
> middle class newsreader reciting this, on a slow news day):
>
> For the seventy billionth consecutive week since it began, life
> was again unfair today. Death and suffering continued randomly
> among the planets lifeforms, with such factors as genetic
> superiority or good works in no way taken into account.
> Despite the efforts of the code of hammurabi, the US bill of
> rights, and people for the ethical treatment of animals, life is
> expected to remain unfair.. forever.
Ha, Ha! The human condition summed up in a paragraph...
