[quote=davieddy;176355]JoBlack[/quote]

Or, with unemployment on the rise, should that be JobLack?

[QUOTE]10metreh
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JoBlack
Or, with unemployment on the rise, should that be JobLack? [/QUOTE]

Let's hope not.

[quote=Primeinator;176383]Let's hope not.[/quote]

What are you talking about?

Metreh was making a play on works with your name...Joblack becomes job lack due to the economic crisis.

[quote=Primeinator;176385]Metreh was making a play on works with your name...Joblack becomes job lack due to the economic crisis.[/quote]

I see ... never thought of it that way but I'm not job less (if you see student as a job).

Btw. My surname is more fun, if you (like many Americans) can't spell German umlauts it sounds a little bit like cock ... I have to try out the reactions in my next trip to the US ... ;).

Well, I'm not sure if I count it as a job but it sure seems that way sometimes! (I am also a student). What is your major?

[quote=Primeinator;176387]Well, I'm not sure if I count it as a job but it sure seems that way sometimes! (I am also a student). What is your major?[/quote]

Computer science - at the moment I'm working on a linux kernel module extension.

By the way I'm astounished that the media is holding back with the new Mersenne prime. I thought they would write about it as fast as last time.

[quote=joblack;176386]I see ... never thought of it that way but I'm not job less (if you see student as a job).

Btw. My surname is more fun, if you (like many Americans) can't spell German umlauts it sounds a little bit like cock ... .[/quote]

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Be careful about criricizing American's appreciation of German on this
forum. To name but two, Woltman and Mayer might have something
to say about it.

Was the .... "sucker"?

PS I mentioned the war once but I think I got away with it.

[quote=Primeinator's location field]Somewhere near M47[/quote]

Doesn't this have to change?

[quote=davieddy;176392]Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Be careful about criricizing American's appreciation of German on this
forum. To name but two, Woltman and Mayer might have something
to say about it.
[/quote]

I'm not critizing German names (I have one myself). The two names shown have no umlauts so it is easier. Anyway, it's always fun to hear how American news speaker are pronounciating 'Angela Merkel' - and she even has no umlauts in it ... ;).