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Quote of the Day (12)

2008-06-17


„I assume that possibly there might be an acquittal.“
(My translation of) federal coach Jogi Löw in the press conference (with a certain emphasis on (what I’ve translated with) “possibly” and especially “might be”) after he was banned from the field, see e.g. Sport1, ARD, … (German)

I assume that Jogi possibly might have spent too much time in the vicinity of politicians last night if he’s using such multiple careful words… (and of course there might always be an acquittal if the law or rules allow it).
:bigsmile:

Links of the Week (2008/24)

2008-06-15

  • Crazy stuff during the football Euro 2008 (German): Some use homeopathy and tarot cards :roll:
  • Sapere aude (German) proves the statement “You owe me 100 Euro” the way some folks want to prove the existence of god. :)
  • The Surrealist Compliment Generator (via Nerdcore) – e.g. „Fast blinking reveals the true visage of time pieces hidden within your eyes“ or „Your tears evoke a taste as memorable as honey.“

Edges and corners

2008-06-13

I know, the design that the ZDF is using for time and score display during football broadcasts isn’t new – if I remember correctly, they introduced it for the World Cup 2006 –, but I got to get that off my chest now:

I don’t mind rounding sharp corners to get a more pleasing look, but I think especially this shape with the overtime is rather dilettantish and unaesthetic:

ZDF display

In the top left corner, the right angle is rounded with a small radius, on the right hand side there’s a large curve with a slanted edge, and the overtime has simply one corner cut off. I really think they could have made that in a more consistent way; I somehow don’t understand who could have come up with this combination and actually get it on air… or what do you think?

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PS: Congratulations to Austria for tying the score, but you’re gonna lose on Monday! :mrgreen:

(Almost) no toot-toooot

2008-06-12

There seem to be only few Croatians around here, especially those willing to drive and honk around. So just for the sake of completeness:

hrhrhr de
hr hr dede
hr # de de
hrhr de
hr # de
hr de
hrhrhrhrhr dedededede

:heul:

If quantity and “quality” of their driving around and honking was to decide, the Euro 2008’s final would be Turkey – Germany…