Lifespan of ATM scam at Defcon: pathetic

[zaimoni]

From ComputerWorld:As the conference was kicking off a few days ago, attendees noticed that at ATM placed in the Riviera Hotel, which plays host to the annual event, didn't quite look right, according to a senior conference organizer who identified himself only as Priest. "They looked at the screen where there would normally be a camera," he said

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[zaimoni]

Which river?

The Rhine was a really good one to retreat across, as it was sort of legally questionable whether intimidating German tribes pre-emptively fell within his commission from Rome anyway.

Retreating also beats being flooded out by two rivers. Alas, the Pompeian opposition at this battle, in the first Spanish campaign of the civil war did not realize it was possible to build those ultra-shallow boats.

[It's so embarrassing to have your generals invade Great Britain and look like complete idiots when the high tides aren't so high. Don't let it happen again: design boats specifically for invading Great Britain, just to cut off military aid to Gaul. As if Caesar had any commission to do that....]

Then there was the Nile, although we are told this by one of the good ghostwriters. The advantage of not actually having an assigned post, wasn't quite enough to save Caesar when he saw his boat was about to overload as soldiers were fleeing Rhodes. Being able to swim was rather useful. Especially when the first boat sank after being overloaded with ~400 soldiers.

[zaimoni]

That would be a difficult call in translation.

The commentator in the edition I have (Penguin Classics, exact cover match) suggests that in the original Latin Julius Caesar implemented his own advice on oratory. (Then again...what exactly does "clear, lucid Latinity" abhorring all informality and slang mean, in practice?) The ghostwriter behind the last book (modern chapter) wasn't quite up to this task.

The ghostwriters for the the African war (checking the geographical references, more like Algeria/Tunisia than Libya in modern geography) and the Spanish war sections of The Civil War are definitely translated correctly using flowery language.