Apollo 11 Guidance Computer source code

Re:Apollo 11 Guidance Computer source code by burnbabyburn on Thursday July 07, 2016 @09:33AM (#12049173)

# NOLI SE TANGERE this should be noli me tangere, shouldn't it?

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Re:Apollo 11 Guidance Computer source code by FroshKiller on Thursday July 07, 2016 @09:48AM (#12049278)

While "noli me tangere" is the Biblical phrase this alludes to, "noli se tangere" would mean in context "don't touch this." It's not that the programmer misremembered "noli me tangere" but that he played on the reference.

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Re:Apollo 11 Guidance Computer source code by anvandare on Thursday July 07, 2016 @09:51AM (#12049294)

Yes, but I think the author meant "don't touch this". 'Se' is third person, but reflexive, so it should be: "noli id tangere"

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Re:Apollo 11 Guidance Computer source code by ahunt09 on Thursday July 07, 2016 @09:49AM (#12049281)

Is it possible the author intended it to mean `don't touch this/it`, instead of `don't touch me`?

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