Comments on: GUUG sounds like a good time http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/12/guug-sounds-like-a-good-time/ The Chronicles of Conor Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:29:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Conor http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/12/guug-sounds-like-a-good-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1362 Conor Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:21:38 +0000 http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/12/guug-sounds-like-a-good-time/#comment-1362 Hella, a pleasure! We'll definitely be seeing each other come April, I can tell you that much. Sorry I missed the opening conference, but I'd absolutely love to jump in wit you guys at the monthly meetings coming up. Again, thanks for saying hello, and we'll see each other soon! Hella, a pleasure! We’ll definitely be seeing each other come April, I can tell you that much. Sorry I missed the opening conference, but I’d absolutely love to jump in wit you guys at the monthly meetings coming up.

Again, thanks for saying hello, and we’ll see each other soon!

]]> By: Conor http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/12/guug-sounds-like-a-good-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1295 Conor Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:46:35 +0000 http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/12/guug-sounds-like-a-good-time/#comment-1295 Well, for one, English is cool. Everything you see around town, especially in marketing something, will have at least one word in English, because it seems hip and cosmopolitan. In this case, though, it's especially bad, as roughly 100% of canonical computer science material is all in American English. During my CS classes at the university this year, all the class materials were in German, except for the nouns, which were all English words! See (the end of) <a href="/blog/index.php/2007/10/22/songtitles-new-arsis/" rel="nofollow">this post</a>, for example. Well, for one, English is cool. Everything you see around town, especially in marketing something, will have at least one word in English, because it seems hip and cosmopolitan.

In this case, though, it’s especially bad, as roughly 100% of canonical computer science material is all in American English. During my CS classes at the university this year, all the class materials were in German, except for the nouns, which were all English words! See (the end of) this post, for example.

]]> By: Anne http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/12/guug-sounds-like-a-good-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1293 Anne Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:50:10 +0000 http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/12/guug-sounds-like-a-good-time/#comment-1293 Why is it in English? Why is it in English?

]]> By: Hella http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/12/guug-sounds-like-a-good-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1288 Hella Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:42:26 +0000 http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/12/guug-sounds-like-a-good-time/#comment-1288 Hi Conor, the GUUG Conference "Frühjahrsfachgespräch" (http://guug.de/ffg) started at Tuesday the 11.th of March and continues to the 14th of March (just where you took that picture) ... so if you are interested, stop by :-) And of course you are welcome to visit our monthly meetings! Best wishes, Hella Hi Conor,

the GUUG Conference “Frühjahrsfachgespräch” (http://guug.de/ffg) started at Tuesday the 11.th of March and continues to the 14th of March (just where you took that picture) … so if you are interested, stop by :-)

And of course you are welcome to visit our monthly meetings!

Best wishes,
Hella

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