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Another suggested verse

sab39 — Thu, 05 Jun 2003 12:44:19 +0000

The claims we file don't reconcile with any actual history,
So why we think Big Blue will blink is something of a mystery.
It's all a fake so we can make those Linux users terrified:
The falsitude of all we've spewed is trivially verified!

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Wol — Thu, 05 Jun 2003 10:28:22 +0000

And why should the US know anything about it? Bear in mind it's the Pirates of PENZANCE - a small town near Land's End in Cornwall (I won't say "England" because the Cornish might moan at me).

One of the last British places an emigrant might see as they steamed from Southampton to New York.

PS. I knew about the Americans ignoring copyright, but I didn't realise the "Pirates" bit was a direct dig at them ...

Cheers,
Wol

Actually, Gilbert was an attourney

rickmoen — Wed, 04 Jun 2003 20:56:17 +0000

James wrote:

It might be worth noting that William Gilbert was an attorney by profession. Many of his works include digs at stupid laws, stupid lawyers, and stupid lawyerese.

Most memorably in "Trial by Jury", but also in "The Mikado", "Iolanthe", and (as you say) many others.

Rick Moen
rick@linuxmafia.com

Actually, Gilbert was an attourney

james — Wed, 04 Jun 2003 18:15:06 +0000

It might be worth noting that William Gilbert was an attorney by profession. Many of his works include digs at stupid laws, stupid lawyers, and stupid lawyerese. This is right up his street.

It might be relevant to note that the "pirates" in Pirates of Penzance was aimed at American pirates in the modern, software sense, who, in the days before strong trans-Atlantic copyright protection, made and performed innumerable copies of Gilbert and Sullivan's previous work. The author and composer were not amused.

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fergal — Wed, 04 Jun 2003 15:05:25 +0000

It's a parody of "I am the very model of a modern major-general" from the The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan. You can find the original and a midi here

http://math.boisestate.edu/gas/pirates/html/p13.html

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shahms — Wed, 04 Jun 2003 15:01:10 +0000

This is a parody of the Gilbert and Sullivan song (well, show tune) that begins "I am the very model of a modern Major General . . . " from the Pirates of Penzance

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danny — Wed, 04 Jun 2003 14:52:26 +0000

Does someone can explain this for a non US person?

I think this must be about a music, but what music?

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alspnost — Wed, 04 Jun 2003 14:36:09 +0000

dd if=/dev/missiles/cruise of=/companies/useless/SCO count=lots