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Please consult this informational piece, you idiot.

"Not [only] is the teenage/pre-teen world forming bad habits, but there are a lot of people in the world [who] learn english [predominantly] in chatrooms[.] You['d] better believe [that] they consider this to be perfectly acceptable conversation[al] language.

"With first graders, its an acceptable faux pas"

Given your skill at using the apostrophe, I suggest you go straight to the venerable institution of Bob the Angry Flower. I'm sure you'll learn a lot there.

Looks like the isotope's power the battery.

Bob would like a word with you, please.

And you REALLY need this beauty on your intranet. Every company you ever work at.

I dare you to tell me it doesn't irritate the hell out of you too (especially after your client's just pointed out how many you got wrong). Frickin' content bugs...

http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif

The possesive form of "it" does not have an apostrophe ("The cat licked its paws" not "it's paws")

Not a grammar nazi, I just play one on /.

Admittedly, Bob's more into giant robots and suchlike than computers and software, but hey - don't let that spoil your reading pleasure.

(Oh, and he can punctuate, too!)

Admittedly, Bob's more into giant robots and suchlike than computers and software, but hey - don't let that spoil your reading pleasure.

(Oh, and he can punctuate, too!)

Admittedly, Bob's more into giant robots and suchlike than computers and software, but hey - don't let that spoil your reading pleasure.

(Oh, and he can punctuate, too!)

Admittedly, Bob's more into giant robots and suchlike than computers and software, but hey - don't let that spoil your reading pleasure.

(Oh, and he can punctuate, too!)

Admittedly, Bob's more into giant robots and suchlike than computers and software, but hey - don't let that spoil your reading pleasure.

(Oh, and he can punctuate, too!)

Admittedly, Bob's more into giant robots and suchlike than computers and software, but hey - don't let that spoil your reading pleasure.

(Oh, and he can punctuate, too!)

Who dislikes User Friendly? I love web-comics like Penny-Arcade, Megatokyo, PvP, Diesel Sweeties, etc. I just don't find UF funny OR interesting in any way. Some of the early stuff was pretty good, but there are a lot of better comics to read online or otherwise.

Remember this is just my opinion, I'm not trolling you if you happen to like UF.

This is not news.

The real heart of intelligence, in my unqualified opinion, is the ability to create. This is reflected in language by our ability to generate new sentences, which can parse, and refer to things, but have not ever been said in the world before. Although it may not happen often, it is absolutely key to arriving at a real understanding of what it is we are doing when we talk.

Toy sentences about colourless green ideas aside, I challenge slashdot readers to listen to the conversation around them, and remember those sentences which in their opinion haven't been said in the world before. After doing this myself for some months (ever since reading a certain cartoon from Bob the Angry Flower) I can tell you, there are more than you think.

also, for a good laugh check out http://www.angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif

(OK, I admit it, it's time to get a grip on my total fixation with robots)

(OK, I admit it, it's time to get a grip on my total fixation with robots)

(OK, I admit it, it's time to get a grip on my total fixation with robots)

Bing! You need Bob's Quick Guide to the Apostrophe. Use it right, folks.

Gaaaah! You know what you need? You need Bob's Quick Guide to the Apostrophe, You Idiots. Get it right, people!

Aha! Another chance for a BTAF break!

Bob's all over that giant robot thing.

But then again, he's also out of his pistil.

Don't look directly at the eclipse!

Wonder if the CSS camp got it's money's worth?

Following the old Usenet tradition that every spelling and grammar flame must contain at least one spelling or grammar error, you meant "its." There's no apostrophe. See Bob The Angry Flower for details.

Really, don't look directly at the sun....

its == possessive version of 'it'
it's == a contraction of 'it is' or 'it has' and so on

The word 'its' is a possessive pronoun as opposed to a possessive noun, and does not follow the rules set out in Bob's Quick Guide To The Apostrophe, You Idiots.

Bob the Angry flower one-upped this guy a long time ago.

Building the Perfect Psychic Dummy Head

How's this... oops, how's this? :)

How's this... oops, how's this? :)

It's == It is
Its == Possessive version of its

The word 'its' is a possessive pronoun (yours, mine, theirs) as opposed to a prossessive noun and thus does not follow the rules set out in Bob's Quick Guide to the Apostrophe, You Idiots. Have a nice day.

Content good. Presentation?
Bob's Quick Guide to the Apostrophe, You Idiots

Those extra ones kept tripping me up.

...because it doesn't have improper use of apostrophes, such as "the meager amount of information on the web is T1's and synchronous circuits/leased lines". Before posting again, please read Bob's Quick Guide to the Apostrophe, You Idiots.

Learn this and learn it well:

it's == it is
its == the possessive version of it

The word 'its' is a possessive pronoun (its, yours, hers, his, theirs) as opposed to a possessive noun and therefore does not follow the rules set out in Bob's Quick Guide To The Apostrophe, You Idiots. </grammar police>

Bob's Quick Guide the the Apostrophe, You Idiots

I hate it when people spell the word 'its' wrong! Especially people that claim to be smart, like Katz here. Look... if the word is posessive, there is no apostrophe!! How hard is it to remember that?

And of course, the one's that have established teams working on them

ZAP!! You lose.

No no, God is in the square root of the second time dimension. The proof is here.

In practice manager's I've liked have worked hard

You are an idiot. See why. You even did it twice:

Manager's that are technically-minded

And the DMCA apply's how?

APPLIES, you idiot, applies!
The Apostrophe Police Strike!

It's == It Is
Its == possessive version of 'it'

The rules of the apostrophe for it/its/it's are a special case and do not follow "Bob's Quick Guide to the Apostrophe, You Idiots."

</troll>

then we followed all the production to the guy's who QC the design

Please read the following link carefully before any further posting. Thank you.

The Apostrophe Police Strike!

I think Intel does need to jump off it's approach to sales by clock speed.

Hey, loser -- learn how to punctuate.

1) Remove the bloat. Most linux distro's ship with way to many useless programs.

The Apostrophe Police Strike!

http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif

Note that the word "its" versus "it's" is a special case.

It's = it is

Its = possessive version of "it"

Oh, sure ;-)

My all-time favorite orbital laser cartoon: "The Flower Who Cried Wolf"

I've decided it's time to get a grip on my total fixation on robots!

Case in point.

Please See The Concise Guide to the Apostrophe