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Centurion: But "Don't let the b*****ds grind you down" is an order, so you
must use the...?
Brian: The... imperative!
Centurion: Which is...?
Brian: "illegitimati non carborundum"
Centurion: Now, write it out 100 times...
Brian: Yes, sir, thank you, sir! Hail Caesar!
Centurion: Hail Caesar. If it's not done by sunrise, I'll cut your balls
off!
Brian: Oh, thank you, sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar and everything, sir!
-----Original Message-----
From: Stefan Jahnke [mailto:Stefan.Jahnke_at_bov.de]
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 3:07 PM
To: 'oracle-l_at_freelists.org'
Subject: AW: Nullis in verba
Hi Niall
nil illegitimi carborundum =3D do not let yourself be abraded ?!?!?
Stefan
-----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Niall Litchfield [mailto:n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk]
Gesendet: Monday, February 23, 2004 10:08 AM
An: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Betreff: RE: Nullis in verba
I'm pretty sure that Cary is referring to The Royal Society =
http://www.roya=3D
lsoc.ac.uk/ which was formed in 1660 as The Royal Society of London for =
Imp=3D
roving Natural Knowledge, which is the sort of title you get if you put =
a b=3D
unch of seventeenth century academics into a room together, if you put =
a bu=3D
nch of 21st century computer scientists in a room together you get The =
OakT=3D
able, it is unclear whether 4 centuries have actually brought that much =
pro=3D
gress. It is now just the Royal Society (no mathematics or England or =
anyth=3D
ing else in its name) and is the pre-eminent scientifc community in the =
UK.=3D
=3D20
Prince Charles almost certainly is well aware of latin given his age =
and ed=3D
ucational background, not to mention his possession of a Latin motto =
all of=3D
his own. The DBA's latin motto is of course 'nil illegitimi =
carborundum'.=3D
=3D20
Ok enough OT from me.=3D20
Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission
+44 117 975 7805=3D20
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