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"There are too many competing standards for x, so we are proud to announce a new standard, which will supersede all existing x standards and unify everything."
by thomasjames 12y ago
"There are too many competing standards for x, so we are proud to announce a new standard, which will supersede all existing x standards and unify everything." -The founders of every competing standard ever introduced for anything in the history of things.
- waterlesscloud 12y agoAnd sometimes it works out that way.
- thomasjames 12y agoYup, ever since I started using XML for every task imaginable I never looked back.
- saraid216 12y ago<HN::Comment> <Paragraph> <Sentence> <Interjection>Yup</Interjection> <Connector>,</Connector> <Subject>I</Subject> <VerbPhrase> <Verb>looked</Verb> <ModifyingAdverb>never</ModifyingAdverb> <Object>back</Object> </VerbPhrase> <Sarcasm> <PrepositionPhrase> <Preposition>ever since</Preposition> <Sentence> <Subject>I</Subject> <VerbPhrase> <Verb Tense="past">started</Verb> <Object> <Sentence> <VerbPhrase> <Verb Tense="infinitive">using</Verb> <Object>XML</Object> <PrepositionPhrase> <Preposition>for</Preposition> <Object> <Noun>task</Noun> <ModifyingAdjective>every</ModifyingAdjective> <ModifyingAdjective>imaginable</ModifyingAdjective> </Object> </PrepositionPhrase> </VerbPhrase> </Sentence> </Object> </VerbPhrase> </Sentence> </PrepositionPhrase> </Sarcasm> </Sentence> </Paragraph> </HN::Comment> Fixed that for you.
- thomasjames 12y agoThat is beautiful. Thank you for putting that together. Haha, I'm just glad someone got my humor!
- edgarvaldes 12y agoStandards http://xkcd.com/927/ http://xkcd.com/927/