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posted March 04, 2002 00:57
 
Ok, so I have this friend that I have been hangin out with for about 3 months now. Every time we go out we both have a great time. I have grown to like her a lot, but, I can't tell if she likes me. Although she has often told me that we could have been twins. Should I come right out and ask her or wait untill I can figure it out for myself? I havn't dated in two years so I'm kind of rusty about picking up on clues, not to say that I ever could. IP: Logged |
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Nemo Geek 
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posted March 04, 2002 01:57
 
Tough one... You could wait and see if she likes you too, or you could tell her how you feel and ask her how she feels. Either way, don't let it take too long - it is better that you tell her now and then find out, rather then wait and find out that she's felt the same way about you for just as long. It's nothing like being told that the other person felt the same way about you for just as long. The worst part is being told this after the old "LJBF" speech, knowing then what you wanted to know some time ago. Believe me, been there - done that. I felt one way, but never told - not knowing that he felt the same way but didn't dare to tell me. When we finally got the courage to let eachother know, things turned out good. And eventhough this might not be the best example, since we're just friends now, it's still better to let people know how you really feel. It saves you from spending a lot of time wondering how things could've turned out. IP: Logged |
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ZorroTheFox SuperBlabberMouth!     
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posted March 04, 2002 16:17
The decoder ring was in boxes of Smurf Berry Crunch in the late '80's. I tried it out and it doesnt look good. It says the "twins" reference means she views you as family, like a brother. Unless she is a hillbilly, you're most likely out of luck. It is still worth telling her your feelings and finding out what she really thinks of you. My data tends to be flawed so don't look too deeply into what I say. I haven't had a serious relationship last more that 2 months since elementary school.......Z IP: Logged |
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FatGnome Geek
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posted March 05, 2002 21:58
I got my ring from a box of Frosted Flakes but it says about the same thing. Well maybe not but saying that she thinks of you as twins hrmm *turns the nob to twins* It says that she probably thinks you are great and she realy enjoys your company. If she is going out of her way to be with you or does not mind you going out of your way to be with her she probably likes you as well but may not be able to take the next step unless you are willing to make it first. Just a thought. IP: Logged |
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macadddikt18 SuperBlabberMouth!
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posted March 06, 2002 07:02
i don't need no ring. I have a magic frying pan. Nayt ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Swiss Mercenary BlabberMouth, the Next Generation.
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posted March 06, 2002 07:28
Frperg qrpbqre sbe jbzra? V jvfu. Vg vf cynva naq fvzcyr, lbh ner hanoyr gb yvir jvgu gurz naq hanoyr gb yvir jvgubhg gurz. IP: Logged |
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The Pope of Perl Geek Apprentice 
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posted March 06, 2002 14:43
Swiss Mercenary: V qbhog jbzra jbhyq hfr fbzrguvat nf fvzcyr nf Ebg 13. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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macadddikt18 SuperBlabberMouth!
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posted March 07, 2002 06:05
what the heck was that? Nayt ------------------ IP: Logged |
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mephisto Assimilated
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posted March 07, 2002 06:39
quote: its a simple cipher the kind you would create with a decoder ring style encryption. I'm too lazy to try to figure it out as I just woke and I want my coffee. IP: Logged |
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Swiss Mercenary BlabberMouth, the Next Generation.
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posted March 07, 2002 07:15
The Pope of Perl: EBGSYZNB Cebonoyl abg, ohg jr pna nyjnlf ubcr. Zvenpyrf unccra, be gurl ner oybaqrf. Nayt - Vg vf pnyyrq EBG-13, qngrf sebz jnl onpx jura gur jro qvq abg rkvfg. IP: Logged |
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Janeway Super Geek 
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posted March 07, 2002 07:49
Crefbanyyl, V gnxr bssrafr gb gur cerprqvat pbairefngvba. 
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macadddikt18 SuperBlabberMouth!
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posted March 07, 2002 08:27
ok, i guess i need to find some sugar and ice tea and set to work on these. Or do i really want to know what they say? nayt ------------------ IP: Logged |
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spungo Super Geek
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posted March 07, 2002 09:02
What is this, international Welsh day? ------------------ IP: Logged |
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spungo Super Geek
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posted March 07, 2002 09:06
I reckon you're all just typing random nonsense so you can laugh at any of us trying to decode it. Decode this ! hfhsdkf%_KILL_*hkjhh9874h-STEVE-hk-JOBS_!!hjgjh ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Janeway Super Geek
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posted March 07, 2002 09:29
Wnarjnl vf abg pyhryrff! Va snpg, urer'f n pyhr evtug abj. You'll find out what's this in the joke forum. IP: Logged |
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ZorroTheFox SuperBlabberMouth!
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posted March 07, 2002 18:01
ouyay upidstay erksjay .....sorry, I couldn't resist temptation.....Z IP: Logged |
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Geordie Super Geek
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posted March 07, 2002 19:30
V urneq jbzra npghnyyl hfr ebg 39 IP: Logged |
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Bregalad Super Geek
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posted March 07, 2002 22:22
quote: YBY IP: Logged |
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spungo Super Geek
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posted March 08, 2002 03:21
quote: Hey Hey! Nice one, Z! ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Swiss Mercenary BlabberMouth, the Next Generation.
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posted March 08, 2002 05:23
Janeway, sorry if I upset you. In this case it started out as a joke, knowing that ROT-13 was commonly used and that people would decode it to see what was going on. I did not realise that you would feel hurt and so I apologise. Maybe I am the clueless one IP: Logged |
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Janeway Super Geek
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posted March 08, 2002 20:31
quote: I'm not upset. (That's why I had the little raspberry face after the first post) But darn, now everyone knows it's rot-13. And I had another really good clue right on the tip of my brain. By the way, jbzra jbex fznegre, abg uneqre (see this link). IP: Logged |
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Bregalad Super Geek
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posted March 08, 2002 20:49
quote: You just proved it too, I was doing WAY more work: copying the text from my browser, opening up NewsWatcher, creating a new post, pasting in the text and using the built in function to translate it. IP: Logged |
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Geordie Super Geek
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posted March 09, 2002 06:59
Feh. A browser or a newsreader is overkill; code:is the only way to go.tr "[a-m][n-z][A-M][N-Z]" "[n-z][a-m][N-Z][A-M]" IP: Logged |
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Bregalad Super Geek
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posted March 09, 2002 14:02
Hey Geordie, that's cool, but a heck of a lot of careful typing. It seems far easier to open a second browser window, paste in the text and click a button. If such "shortcuts" were actually faster or easier I'd probably take the time to learn how to use the unix layer of MacOS X. IP: Logged |
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nekomatic Assimilated
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posted March 11, 2002 08:26
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+Andrew Super Geek
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posted March 11, 2002 14:25
quote: Can't you paste the command into Terminal.app's command line? I know all the X11 terminal program's I've used support pasting.. -Andrew IP: Logged |
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Geordie Super Geek
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posted March 11, 2002 19:22
Actually I cut and pasted the function from my .bashrc file where it is given a nice simple name. I added that function on my NeXT about ten years ago and have migrated it from machine to machine since. About once a year I actually have cause to use it. The scary thing is I also have a bbedit plug-in to do the same thing and I once created two different versions of the function in the OneClick scripting language (the first time I actually converted the ascii codes to their numeric values and used addition). I think I have more tools to do the job than times I have had to do it. Then again that's pretty typical for me. IP: Logged |
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Bregalad Super Geek
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posted March 12, 2002 16:51
quote: Yes terminal.app supports paste. I was refering to the mix of upper case, lower case and symbols as parameters of the tr command. I'm guessing from Geordie's comments that he has some shortcut which saves him all that typing, but being a *nix newbie I don't understand how that's done. IP: Logged |
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Colonel Panic Newbie  
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posted March 15, 2002 07:22
At Ease Nerds. Nemo wrote: "Either way, don't let it take too long - it is better that you tell her now and then find out, rather then wait and find out that she's felt the same way about you for just as long. It's nothing like being told that the other person felt the same way about you for just as long. The worst part is being told this after the old "LJBF" speech, knowing then what you wanted to know some time ago." Actually, I disagree. Unrequitted love is best. The longer the better, until you reach retirement, announce your love and write the rusults into a screenplay for the Lifetime channel. That is all. Col. Panic ------------------ IP: Logged |
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greycat Super Geek
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posted March 21, 2002 06:36
I know this comes a bit late, but: imadev:~$ ssh svr1a 'cat /etc/debian_version; ls -l /usr/games/rot13' Or in English: most high-quality Unix-like systems have a rot13 command. It usually lives in /usr/games, but you might find it elsewhere. It's originally derived from BSD (in Debian, it's part of the bsdgames package). If you don't have rot13 natively, you can just stick that tr command that Geordie posted into a shell script: #!/bin/sh Make it executable (chmod 755), and put it in /usr/local/bin/rot13, and voila! IP: Logged |
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Atmosphere Maximum Newbie 
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posted March 22, 2002 21:18
spiffy! the script works! so... uh... how does one exit it and get back to the command prompt? IP: Logged |
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greycat Super Geek
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posted March 26, 2002 13:25
The clean way: Ctrl-D on a line by itself. The dirty way: Ctrl-C. Or kill it from another window. IP: Logged |
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macadddikt18 SuperBlabberMouth!
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posted March 27, 2002 11:15
That is impressive. I have never seen someone post a whole script before. Indeed quite cool. Nayt ------------------ IP: Logged |
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