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Off topic: Off-topic to the brink of madness... and beyond!! Thread poster: Yamato (X)
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Yamato (X)
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A weird idea just came to my mind...
In the "off-topic forum" there are some threads that are off-topic (the majority) and some that are not off-topic...
eeehm... Which is the criteria?
In other forums it is clear what to consider on- and what to consider off-topic, but in the "off-topic" forum?
This can sound like a joke, but it might give way to a really deep philosophical analysis (si, venga ya)
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two2tango 
Argentina
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Hi Pablo,
Of course you are right, an off-topic thread in the off-topic forum should be directly related to translation.
I'm sorry Claudia
Q
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Nina Engberg
United States
Local time: 16:26
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| That's hilarious!! | Aug 30, 2003 |
Thanks for making my day! Haha...
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| The poster chooses | Aug 30, 2003 |
Usually I don't change the option chosen by the poster. In theory the forum is for off topic subjects, so classifying them in on topic and off topic is nonsense.
The reason is just that we have the same buttons and options that exist for the other forums.
Sorry for giving a serious answer to a funny question.
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two2tango
Argentina
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| Off-topical verses | Aug 30, 2003 |
This paradoxical thread
is likely to twist your mind:
you stare at you from the mirror
but there is nothing behind!
It is too hard for my logic,
I will try to explain in verses:
most parts of life are off topic
in the on-topic universes
But in this kingdom of Claudia
to this logic pay attention:
on-topic for other matters
and off-topic for translation.
Enrique
[Edited at 2003-08-30 ... See more This paradoxical thread
is likely to twist your mind:
you stare at you from the mirror
but there is nothing behind!
It is too hard for my logic,
I will try to explain in verses:
most parts of life are off topic
in the on-topic universes
But in this kingdom of Claudia
to this logic pay attention:
on-topic for other matters
and off-topic for translation.
Enrique
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| You know what, Pablo | Aug 30, 2003 |
Now we can choose not to see the off-topic topics for all the forums. If you select that option (I don't remember where it is), you'll only see those not marked off-topic.
But before that option existed it was necessary to mark off-topic the off-topic topics if you wanted them to appear in the Home page. Luckily that period didn't last too long.
And before that, the Off-Topic forum was invisible, but that's a long story (because it did last too long).
And before that, t... See more Now we can choose not to see the off-topic topics for all the forums. If you select that option (I don't remember where it is), you'll only see those not marked off-topic.
But before that option existed it was necessary to mark off-topic the off-topic topics if you wanted them to appear in the Home page. Luckily that period didn't last too long.
And before that, the Off-Topic forum was invisible, but that's a long story (because it did last too long).
And before that, the off-topic forum didn't exist. And when somebody wanted to share a piece of news about socker, or travels or jokes...there was always somebody ready to say "this is not related to translation" or something like that. I think we really enjoy its existence now.
Pablo Cañamares wrote:This can sound like a joke, but it might give way to a really deep philosophical analysis (si, venga ya) ▲ Collapse
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two2tango
Argentina
Local time: 19:26
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| The invisible forum | Aug 30, 2003 |
Claudia Iglesias wrote:
And before that, the Off-Topic forum was invisible, but that's a long story (because it did last too long).
The invisible forum
There was a time when the off-topic forum
Was just an urban legend in Proz,
When you knew someone who heard of someone
who was once told where such forum was.
And yet to find it was rather easy,
in retrospect, it was plain to see:
You has to answer a Greek–to-Zulu
question in Kudoz, get one agree,
and have an even number of Brownies,
and have at least an “x” in your name!
So my friend Claudia was sad and lonely,
She gave a party and nobody came
Enrique
[Edited at 2003-08-30 12:29]
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Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:26
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In memoriam
On the Topic of Off Topic
(to the tune of a US children’s summer camp song,
“Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah”. See lyric at
www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Glade/7438/HelloMuddah.html.... See more On the Topic of Off Topic
(to the tune of a US children’s summer camp song,
“Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah”. See lyric at
www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Glade/7438/HelloMuddah.html.
Hear tune at
www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Glade/7438/muddah.mid I believe it comes originally from a ballet, but I don't know which one)
Tick “off topic”
In “Off Topic” –
The result is
Catastrophic.
No-one knows now
What’s you’re meaning.
Are you on or off or somewhere-in-betweening?
Off the topic
Of “Off Topic”
Seems a little
Bit myopic.
Surely every-
Thing is off there?
If it isn’t, then we’d better change the software.
We know now
Where we can find it.
We’ve learned how
And we don’t mind it
But it’s sad,
In fact it’s just too bad
To look there now and find
It in this sadly split state of mind.
All this verse from
Me and Quique –
I suppose it’s
Rather cheeky.
But it’s better
Than despairing.
At least you know that some of us are caring.
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| Thank you Jack | Aug 30, 2003 |
I remember you were there, when we looked for the invisible forum
After all, these are good memories, aren't they?
Thanks for the song, you seem very inspired both bards
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Yamato (X)
Bulgaria
Local time: 01:26
Russian to Spanish
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TOPIC STARTER | Good memories | Aug 30, 2003 |
THanks Claudia for sharing good memories that are not available to younger members.
You see, my question was an attempt to elicit unexpected answer, and sure it did, but also fascinating
As a friend of mine told me once:
No es lo uno ni lo otro, sino todo lo contrario
(It is not this nor that, it's all the contrary)
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| If you like memories | Aug 30, 2003 |
(that make me feel old )
I looked for some old threads. Jack, don't you think it's funny to read again all this?
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NancyLynn
Canada
Local time: 18:26
Member (2002)
French to English
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MODERATOR | Thank you Jack | Aug 31, 2003 |
Should be sung at the next Pow-wow that runs past midnite... with the wine, beer and vodka flowing.
Haha!! Very amusing, I love all this off-topicality.
[Edited at 2003-08-31 00:33]
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two2tango
Argentina
Local time: 19:26
Member
English to Spanish
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| Jack in the ProZ | Aug 31, 2003 |
One of ProZ best features is the ability to invoque a magic character known in our level of conscience as Jack Doughty (I suspect he has different manifestations to elves, fairies and rabbits), who can produce a handful of poetry, of laughter or both with a touch of his wand.
Some people think translating poetry is impossible.
Well, they don’t know our Jack
Nice to read you, old friend!
Q... See more One of ProZ best features is the ability to invoque a magic character known in our level of conscience as Jack Doughty (I suspect he has different manifestations to elves, fairies and rabbits), who can produce a handful of poetry, of laughter or both with a touch of his wand.
Some people think translating poetry is impossible.
Well, they don’t know our Jack
Nice to read you, old friend!
Q
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