Here's a oops.
Got a letter from my bank today. About some money I have been moving lately between accounts. Third paragraph starts with "the transfer has been deposited into your account".
Got an oops?
Here's a oops.
Got a letter from my bank today. About some money I have been moving lately between accounts. Third paragraph starts with "the transfer has been deposited into your account".
Got an oops?
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
I don't get it.
DavidP works at your bank.
Doesn't money get deposited?
Code://try //{ if (a) do { f( b); } while(1); else do { f(!b); } while(1); //}
But I suppose you're allowed to transfer bits of string and dead budgerigars between accounts?Originally Posted by brewbuck
(No, really: something like "my paycheck was deposited into my account" seems like a perfectly ordinary English sentence, and I'm pretty sure I've said it before. This doesn't really feel any different to me.)
It's as brewbuck said. It's funds that get deposit. You don't deposit transfers. So, at the very least "The funds from your transfer have been deposited", or better "The funds have been transferred to your account".
Naturally, I expect this to not be such a big deal in colloquial speech. But banks are always so uptight and formal in all things, including language, that the faux-pas made me giggle. So I phoned my account manager who is also an old friend from high-school and made fun of her.
- Hey! Look there's something wrong with those transfers. The transfers were deposited into my account. I didn't want you to transfer them when I asked you to transfer the money! Now I'm screwed!
- What?
- Look! just get it right ok. Don't transfer the transfers. I just want my money!
There was a small silence and I couldn't avoid laughing so I blew it. But that made my day.
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
Reminds me of one of my own pet peeves: "The current flows..."
Dammit, no. The CHARGES flow. Or water. Or whatever it is. The current just is.
Code://try //{ if (a) do { f( b); } while(1); else do { f(!b); } while(1); //}
Not necessarily.
Delta current = "the current flows"
Just like
Delta velocity = "woah i'm accelerating!"
Delta current = "the current changes speed"Delta current = "the current flows"
flow = velocity = current (at least in the sense that they equal delta position)
so delta current is acceleration, not flow
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Can't the river flow from one place to another?
But yeah, come to think of it, it really doesn't make much sense.
We say it all the time, though. The current flows from point a to point b.
What about this phone scenario?
Code:Caller: Hi, is Bob there? Called: Yes. Caller: Can I talk to him? Called: Yes. Caller: ...? Just put Bob on the damn phone!
"I am probably the laziest programmer on the planet, a fact with which anyone who has ever seen my code will agree." - esbo, 11/15/2008
"the internet is a scary place to be thats why i dont use it much." - billet, 03/17/2010
Oh man! That touches one of the things that annoys me the most. When a caller doesn't identify themselves right off the bat.
And often I make that known to them in a very clear way.
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
So...
Caller: Hi, is Bob there?
Mario F.: Who are you?
Caller: I could tell you, but then I would have to kill you.
Look up a C++ Reference and learn How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
Or..
Caller: Hello, this is [name here]. Could I please speak to [name here]
That's good manners.
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
i loved the old spider drawing as payment email..spider pays bill in case you not seen...But banks are always so uptight and formal in all things,
