From: Robert Klemme Date: 2010-05-20T15:55:30+09:00 Subject: Re: Retrieve instance 2010/5/20 Colin Bartlett : > On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 9:48 PM, Robert Klemme > wrote: >> Btw, funny thing is that "klein" is actually also a German word which >> can be directly translated to "small".  "Klemme" is a tad more >> difficult, you can see translations here: >> http://dict.leo.org/?search=klemme > Google Translate seems quite close to that, giving several possibilities: >  http://translate.google.co.uk/?&hl=en&lr=&tab=wT#de|en|klemme > but http://babelfish.yahoo.com gives just a one word answer "wedges"! > I rather like the phrase "in der Klemme sitzen" in "http://dict.leo.org", Hehe. :-) You know what? That's the typical phrase I use when someone does not know how to spell my surname. > and that "leo" reminds me of the following "quiz" question: > Was the world's first business computer manufactured by: >  (a) IBM, >  (b) another American business machines company, or >  (c) a chain of British tea-shops and cafes? > The answer is of course (c)! > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LEO_(computer) > http://www.leo-computers.org.uk > http://www.kzwp.com/lyons/index.htm > http://www.kzwp.com/lyons/leo.htm > http://www.economicexpert.com/a/LEO:computer.html > http://www.amazon.co.uk/Computer-Called-LEO-worlds-computer/dp/1841151858 > http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/1841151866 > ... When I joined the computer industry in 1965, a friend in IBM confided in > me that the Leo (Lyons Electronic Office) series of computers (already in > there last days) were IBM's most serious rival in commercial computing. ... Amazing! Learn something new every day. Thanks for that! Kind regards robert -- remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without end http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/