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Avast me mateys! Aargh! It's International Talk Like A Pirate Day!

Aargh! Me SeaMonkeys! Aye, they waited for the right date to announce it.

Bljarne!

Talk Like A Pirate Day is a week away

Some slashdotters might find this holiday to be enjoyable: International Talk Like a Pirate day. September 19th, only one week away!

www.talklikeapirate.com

And everyone be drinkin' some grog on International Talk Like a Pirate Day
September 19th!!!!!!!!

Will they release Vista on September 19 (any year) ?

http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html

Damn straight - the only two days we need to celebrate are Talk Like A Pirate Day and Fuck You Friday.

And where there be water, there be pirates. Yarrrr!

Sadly, some people take Talk Like A Pirate Day a little too far. Unfortunately, daeley's been like this for nearly a year. The doctors tried medications and everything...but it doesn't seem to be working...sad really...

I hope he gets better soon because TLAPD is right around the corner again... ;)

Seems to me, mateys, that Dave Barry has done much more to encourage online piracy, arr...

then you must be looking forward to this

1: Find great singers & musicians
2: Record them
3: Sell recordings
4: Profit!

Seriously, the problem with record sales isn't "piracy", but a shortage of stuff worth buying.

>> The Rise of ARGs

I think there's a distinct correlation here with the advent of Talk Like a Pirate Day.

i wonder if there active paticipants of
http://www.talklikeapirate.com/

The hearing is set for St. Patty's day, not September 19th. [National Talk Like a Pirate Day]

Attn MPAA/RIAA: You're WRONG and you're a GROTESQUELY UGLY FREAK.

In other news EA has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with the American Pirate Association. The deal, reportadly worth $5 billion US, gives EA a monopoly over Pirate Related games for a period of 250 years.

James Blackbeard, president of the APA declined to say which deserted island he would deposit the booty at.

It is not clear how this deal affects software pirates.

...will it be published on September 19th?

Off topic. But, you missed Talk like a Pirate Day! by a few weeks.

Dude, that is so yesterday

+5 funny?

how about +5 informative???

Talk like a Pyrate Day website

And if ye live in southern california, I have a suggestion for where to set sail next weekend.

Arr, the trailer ye link to be an olden one.



Say wha?

But does this here new language have Pirate Slang? If not they'll never be good ship-mates. Arrr.

Ahoy me matey! The scurvey dog of an editor should be modded redundant then thrown to Davey Jones locker!

invented their own language on their own

Arrrrrrr! 'Tis redundant see!

P.S.

Ye shoulda linked yonder page.

International Talk Like A Pirate Day isn't until tomorrow, (Sunday Spet 19th)

Beh, You're 2 days early! Talk Like A Pirate Day

I think you need to reset your computer's clock, or maybe use NTP. The 19th of September is Sunday, not today.

There's an easy solution to that: Everyone in the house must henceforth wear an eyepatch!

Perfect! Because there are only 4 days, 00:40:06 left until International Talk Like A Pirate Day 2004!

Now would probably be an excellent time to remind you about Talk Like a Pirate Day - September 19, later this week.

Excuse me, but International Talk-Like-A-Pirate Day isn't until September 19.

Sounds like you will enjoy Talk Like A Pirate Day. Be sure to mark it on your calendar, only one week to go.

only pirates use them.

Yarr, me matey

Sorry, just getting ready for Talk Like A Pirate Day next Sunday (Sept. 19th)

Tis a sad day when ye fellow pirate BanDiDo, now has t' be keel-hauled by these land lubbers, arrrg. And so close to the day too arrgg. Avast ye!

http://www.talklikeapirate.com/

Avast, ye bloomin' brine-swiggin' picaroon!

Hehe. Remind me to hang out with you on September 19th.

I understand ye enthusiasm, matie. After all, who doesn't like to talk like a pirate? At least we only have four and a half more months to wait, eh?

ARRRR!!

My first thought from the headline was that it was some new translator that combined the Encheferizer with the Pirate Translator.

Arrrr! Bork! Bork! Bork!

Garg

There has got to be some way to work in a link to Talk Like A Pirate Day web site. Hmmmm.... Ooh ooh! Ahh ahh! Arrrgh!

It was bad enough when legislators just gave their bills doofy Orwellian names like the No Child Left Behind Act, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or the Defense of Marriage Act. Now we have to put up with nonsense like the Call Responsibly and Stay Healthy (CRASH) Act, the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act, and the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing (CAN SPAM) Act, and now this. At least geeks recognise the joke value of acronyms such as these. Do our president and legislators?

Besides, pirates already have Sep 19th, Talk Like A Pirate Day. Until Legos and Ninjas get their own day, pirates need to just take a seat and wait patiently for the ultimate battle for control of the universe.

If you are going to pirate something, then at least wear the patch. It is more authentic that way.

You also need to talk like a pirate, lest you be mistaken for a scurvy lubber.

I'll take all your Pieces of eight!.

If you'd like to be a pirate remember that there are only 228 days until Sept 19, the official Talk like a Pirate Day

Shiver me timbers! It be an early Talk Like a Pirate Day this year! ARRRR!!!

That's not a pirate site. Now this is a pirate site

This letter is further to the advisory posted by ICANN on 19 September 2003 regarding the changes to the operation of the .com and .net Top Level Domains announced by VeriSign on 15 September 2003, and in response to your letter of 21 September 2003.

Add to your definition: Yarr == What you say a lot on September 19th

Y'know, International Talk Like A Pirate Day was yesterday. (Well, last Friday...)

But, I admire your spirit. Parley!

ARRRG!!

Hey, talk like a pirate day was yesterday...you're a bit late.

Avast matey's! I CONCUR! Arrrr!

Ahoy matey! Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day! I raise my mug o' grog to thee! Arr!!

but, avast! Why are ye postin anonymously?? Afraid of those landlubber moderators, are we? It's TLAP Day! Be proud! ARRRR!! (and don't forget yer parrot)

Y'arr, does any lad find this here news of pirates somewhat coincidental? Today be talk-like-a-pirate day, it be!
Offenders will get twenty lashes of the cat-o-nine tails or walkin da plank to Davey Jones' locker. Y'arrr!

actually 'everyone gets richer' has not been the overall trend.

the 'real' value of the minimum wage (a figure relevant to more than just direct minimum wage earners. many union contracts are based on a multiple of the minimum wage) has been stagnant over the past decade, and economic class stratification more and more clearly defined as management compensation has been skyrocketing.

in the 1960s the wealthiest 20% of people held 40% of the countries wealth. (40/60) the remaining 80% made up the remaining 60%.
today it's 50/50 - with all trends indicating our inexorable progression towards 60/40.

this -is- news for nerds, as unskilled labor makes up an increasingly small market, and 'unskilled' becomes more and more broadly defined. yesterdays 'unskilled' line worker may just be today's 'unskilled' call center jockey.

these jobs are ripe for the automation we nerds provide - further forcing the job market into ever-more-educated and specialized jobs, while general labor positions disappear.

in the meantime, business owners are making nearly unfathomable riches from the automation we create and from what they save on not paying labor for the jobs we automate.

these are not necessarily bad things, but it is a trend we are involved in perpetuating, so it's good to be aware of the progress and consequences of these trends.

Yarr, and before i forgets, Avast Ye Scurvy Dogs!

And somehow it seems strangely appropriate that today is international Talk Like A Pirate Day.

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