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pawnshop_trash
Gold Member
USA
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 Posted - 08/16/2007 : 15:58:00
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180149755967
here's the seller's current item description for this CS-1:
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Cras scelerisque laoreet felis. Cras eleifend sapien in justo. Vestibulum tempus orci volutpat elit. In venenatis augue sit amet nunc. Aenean in arcu. Vivamus vel orci id felis venenatis condimentum. Suspendisse accumsan, dui vitae venenatis semper, nibh augue convallis ipsum, quis aliquam dui dui id nibh. Morbi mauris felis, viverra sed, elementum vitae, tincidunt at, tellus. Nunc nulla. Sed adipiscing, erat et congue laoreet, odio libero volutpat ante, ut congue lectus lacus sit amet mauris. Vivamus bibendum eleifend eros. Nullam eget mauris. Aenean turpis. Maecenas sit amet tortor. Nam ligula sapien, eleifend ac, tempus iaculis, tincidunt eu, augue. Aenean ultricies, sapien ut lobortis placerat, justo ante ullamcorper tortor, quis molestie odio metus ut lorem. Vivamus pellentesque risus at est. Mauris laoreet magna laoreet massa lacinia consequat. Donec varius pharetra augue."
makes perfect sense to me!  |
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
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Posted - 08/16/2007 : 16:46:53
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Hi Guys
I this the ad copy is a bit of a hoax or Joke
Nice pedal though.
Here is the Latin to English translation, from Intertran:
It's like the padding text we use, when we make up mock pages for a prototype book or presentation.
There's a proper publishing term for this, But I can't remember it.
Greeking - If I just remembered correctly.
Regards Dr. Bob
Lorem itself pain he is amet consectetuer to come up to elit. Tomorrow crime laoreet lucky. Tomorrow eleifend wise upon equity. Vestibulum time orci volutpat elit. Upon venenatis augue he is amet now. Eneus upon bow. Vivamus or orci this lucky venenatis condimentum. To suspend to add to a heap dui life venenatis always nibh augue to grow strong itself , anyone some dui dui this nibh. Sickness mauris lucky viverra but , first principle life tincidunt but , region. Now nulla. But to come up to , was and to congeal laoreet , to hate to set free volutpat before , when to congeal bed a hollow he is amet mauris. Vivamus bibendum eleifend eros. Nullam eget mauris. Eneus unseemly. Maecenas he is amet tortor. For ligula wise eleifend and , time a thrower tincidunt good augue. Eneus ultricies , wise when lobortis to please , equity before ullamcorper tortor , anyone annoyance to hate fear when lorem. Vivamus pellentesque laughter but is. Mauris laoreet magna laoreet massa lacinia according to reason. Up to the time when various a quiver augue.
Basically, the whole lot means Jack  |
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bosshog
Silver Member
Canada
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Posted - 08/16/2007 : 18:03:40
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From the little Latin I know, I read "Gods will punish thee, toil for infamy in fields, and featuring a new attack knob".
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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pawnshop_trash
Gold Member
USA
603 Posts |
Posted - 08/17/2007 : 04:36:34
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the seller just changed the text to read:
"Greetings this unit is Brand New N.O.S. From a Music store that closed a couple of years ago please feel free to Bid with confidence."
it appears the same text graces most of the seller's auctions, replacing the 'Latin' gibberish, which begs the question of why the gibberish was there to begin with. in addition, there's no way that CS-1 is NOS.... |
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guirat
Silver Member
United Kingdom
186 Posts |
Posted - 08/18/2007 : 20:56:33
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As Bossarea says it's from Microsoft, I'm not sure it's even 'real' latin that actually makes sense when translated.
Web designers use it to see how new pages will look when filled with content. It's considered safe block text to paste in without worrying about copyright should anyone happen upon your test pages, it also looks good as it doesn't take your attention away from the design. At least I assume it's copyright free, maybe MS have spotted another revenue stream 
It's contained in templates in Word, Frontpage etc. |
Edited by - guirat on 08/18/2007 21:11:16 |
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pawnshop_trash
Gold Member
USA
603 Posts |
Posted - 08/20/2007 : 04:09:04
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ahh, that explains the origin of the text, at least. it still doesn't follow why an eBay seller used that text for a bunch of auctions for the first day they were listed, when the text that replaced it was only marginally more informative.
update: now the text is slightly more informative: "This is a Japanese unit it is used but works Well." |
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ronster
Gold Member
Australia
645 Posts |
Posted - 08/21/2007 : 14:27:32
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Hmm must remember that one next time I need a tonne of useless text. Sure beats the usual quick brown fox routine!  |
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can anyone read Latin? (Boss CS-1 + more)
