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die grammar whore! The dictionary also disagrees

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=alot

Beautiful! OK, I admit to citing Wikipedia in internet arguments, but citing Urban Dictionary is really entertaining. Bravo!

die grammar whore! The dictionary also disagrees

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=alot

Of course any usage that is common enough to drive grammar nazis insane is already correct whether references record it yet or not.

Spoken language is not mathematics there are NO fixed rules. All spoken and written language is correct. The current reference material reflects only the observations of a pompous minority.

Too Long; Didn't Read

And Apple's mobile app code review process is in the hands of stinky Indian outsource monkies and other H1-B undesireables who can read code, but not English.

They probably rejected the app in the summary because it was a book and they saw too many words that weren't keywords. They huddle together and say "boogabuuttabatta" before clicking the "reject" button, and then they give themselves ho baths and Irish showers before beginning the day anew.

And Apple's mobile app code review process is in the hands of stinky Indian outsource monkies and other H1-B undesireables who can read code, but not English.

They probably rejected the app in the summary because it was a book and they saw too many words that weren't keywords. They huddle together and say "boogabuuttabatta" before clicking the "reject" button, and then they give themselves ho baths and Irish showers before beginning the day anew.

No, it's not just a media library. It's also a media player, and not a popular one. In fact, it's very unpopular. Did I also mention that it's shit? Well, it is. Objectively. Shit.

Tang! Goddammit!

Get the hell outta here! Your mother's callin'

I even had sex with my girlfriend as root.

Kind of appropriate!

I wrote "follow the money and see who benefits" because in this case it's one and the same.

Also, "useful tool", as per the Urban Dictionary definition of "tool"

"One who lacks the mental capacity to know he is being used. A fool. A cretin. Characterized by low intelligence and/or self-steem."

someone who is a complete idiot/ one who is used by other people, and usually dosen't even realize it/ someone who can't think for themselves/ an asshat.

So no, the term "idiot" in "useful idiot" doesn't go far enough. They're tools.

"My mom sent an email to the whole family with my high school graduation pictures using ImageShack to host them, but something went wrong and all my relatives saw goatse.cx pictures instead."

Since you're posting anonymously, it was probably an improvement.

Now, back on-topic ... rule #1 - "follow the money and see who benefits". Who else is against full disclosure? Malware vendors, anti-virus companies, Microsoft, the Russian Business Network, click-fraudsters, bot-netters - they're ALL against full disclosure. They ALL would rather that vulnerability information be closely held, so that they can either ignore it or exploit it to their economic advantage.

I'm not saying Anti-Sec is working with them - they may also fit the definition of "useful fool." But either way, they ARE acting like a bunch of tools, in the Urban Dictionary sense of the word.

nobody likes to fuck a dead fish... (queue dead fish fuckers, I know you are out here on /.!)

*Dead* fish? Possibly not, but supposedly "maguro" (tuna) is a good thing for a Japanese girl to be in bed. Apparently it's a good thing for a Japanese girl to be almost totally passive during sex- doesn't appeal to me personally, but whatever.

(New Hampshire is the one that touches the ocean. The other one is Vermont, which is the one that touches Canadia.)

Canadia?

Rufie defense...

Try to 1cc any Cave shoot-em-up and tell me that doesn't require skill. Some of these games are as hard as any sport.

Yay! That just opens up a whole new world of sex toys...

That would be rule 34. ;-)

Cheers

Didn't they already make the "World's Toughest Phone" a long time ago?

I swear I've seen one.

For Chrissake, guys...

Except that Apple laptops are junk. None of them have nipples,...

Maybe you should try the other kind of apples (definition 2)?

It's a long chain to go from an abstract idea to a machine that whirrs.

Whirrs? I want a machine that goes ping. ;-)

Cheers

I have to share if I want to torrent. I'm not a communist, so I don't share.

So, you are a greedy selfish fuck who gladly benefits from other peoples bandwith without givin anything in return, so that you won't have to pay money to greedy selfish corporations. You are not a capitalist as you probably like to call yourself (just like I do, but rightfully so) but a parasite.

Actually you do not have to share when using BT although it is considered good practice and manners , but I am sure as hell am to tell you how not to share on BT, leech!. Another definition of leech.

I suppose that your mates can not expect a beer in return another day if they treat you to one in the bar tonight.

chode
So it does make sense ... although it'd be easier to read if it were hyphenated: chode-aphone.

*cue "the more you know" splash*

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=munge

My favorite definition of Munge:

"Munging is the act in which one jumps on the stomach of a dead corpse and eating through fallatio the embalming fluids which erupt out of the corpse in the jumping process. "

Then of course you are comparing the employees perspective to the employers perspective. From the employers point of view they want to get an employee to carry out the required tasks, for the smallest salary possible and with the least effort and cost possible, basically the employers desire is to be a http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jack%20bastard and quite simply pay the employee less than the value of their work and pocket the difference as quickly and efficiently as possible.

From the employees perspective a wide variety of skills with extra specialisation in some areas will broaden their possibilities of employment so they can search out the less http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jack%20bastard and ensuring their earnings are more in line with the returns for those earnings. There are better employers out there but they are definitely in the minority.

Then of course you are comparing the employees perspective to the employers perspective. From the employers point of view they want to get an employee to carry out the required tasks, for the smallest salary possible and with the least effort and cost possible, basically the employers desire is to be a http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jack%20bastard and quite simply pay the employee less than the value of their work and pocket the difference as quickly and efficiently as possible.

From the employees perspective a wide variety of skills with extra specialisation in some areas will broaden their possibilities of employment so they can search out the less http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jack%20bastard and ensuring their earnings are more in line with the returns for those earnings. There are better employers out there but they are definitely in the minority.

I never said the word is offensive. I am also white, and I'd also feel zero offense being called a honkey. I think it is just poor taste for the article.

Indeed, in most circles, it is a racially charged word. Just check http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=honkey for confirmation.

I've never had that probl***Battery Empty: Shutting down**

It looks like you are using a laptop that Candlejack gave to

I'd love to get me some trim!

Note a very long post with some excellent images and some interesting thoughts, hope you enjoy reading it more than I did creating it! Enjoy!

I was thinking it! I bet hundreds of others were too! Though others will think us off topic, I would disagree. Imagine!

Whenever I have driven across the USA, in a car, and looked at the hills in the desert, I imagined being the silver surfer (home page) with that silver hover board of his, slashing across the mountains side walls, especially where there is a half circle bowl (a concrete bowl) where your speed would increase as you spanned it. (Note: a Bowl shape, easy to see when you are in the wave is not obvious from the front. The sides stick out farther than the middle and with the wave breaking on one side toward the bowl shape, you can whip around it and greatly increase your speed.)

Anyone know of a hover surf board? Able to catch a big wave.

The wipe-outs would be particularly gnarly, think cactus and think beyond ouch!

Gnarly is when you've gone beyond radical, beyond extreme, it's balls out danger, & or perfection, & or skill or all of that combined. This one would be considered fun, not gnarly, lol. Here is gnarly, yep he is going over, wonder if he knows it yet?

Here is what you do not want to see in the tube or wave with you, a Great White shark! The funny thing is that Fergal Smith did NOT know the Great White shark was there when he was surfing, the photographer, Phil Gallagher, showed him later after he was finished surfing.

The holidaymaker only realized

How about a different 2nd level domain for each genre?
fanger.bing.com
ging.bing.com

Non-work-safe explanations for older folks:
Finger bang (definition 1)
Gang bang (definitions 1.2, 2.1, or 3)

How about a different 2nd level domain for each genre?
fanger.bing.com
ging.bing.com

Non-work-safe explanations for older folks:
Finger bang (definition 1)
Gang bang (definitions 1.2, 2.1, or 3)

Yeah, but at least they could find a simple, distinctive, descriptive name for their search engine that isn't trademarked. I never would have thought of "bing" as a name for anything except while, um, cooking. You, know, like bada bing, bada boom.

Shut the fuck up Neil. Your ass is so fat I had to use a 2 - foot pipe of 1" I.D. conduit and some monkey shit to keep your fat ass from leaking. Don't tell anybody I'm a nullo or I'll fire your ass.

-- Rob

... playing the world's smallest violin.

Hey, wait! There's an app for that!

"Cool beans" is a saying from the 1980's. I find myself still using it long after its expiration date, which tends to attract strange stares.

You have a gross or unsavory crotch?

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Grotch

because, unlike in the US, the sight of European topless girls doesn't cause anguish, disgust and general trauma.

Personally, I prefer the indigenous Australian variety, the Sheila.

...Or Teegeeack.

The Americans elected someone named "George Bush" to the presidency several times.

But on the specifics of 'rigoddamndiculous' it is an impromptu word. It is self documenting and shouldn't have a definition for the same reason we don't write up definitions for every word with 'fuck' inserted. fan-fucking-tastic for example.

And yet...

Not that you're wrong, but probably as a matter of good style you should stop using impromptu words once they make it into the urban dictionary. The whole point is that they're silly and fresh and catch your attention. If they're in a dictionary, they're no good anymore.

Sorry but CoX has been a complete Monty Haul for some time now. That and the limited formula of missions is what is killing the game.

My post was entirely serious; I wasn't talking about the cynical view of dating as an exchange of money for sex, or anything like that. "Roses required", "generous", and "donation" in this context appear to be code for "payment required". Note the #1 definition on urbandictionary for roses:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=roses

There have been a number of what appear to be prostitution offers (and "sugar daddy" requests) posted in the personals sections of Craigslist, frequently using those phrases. Random examples that haven't been flagged yet (most of the obvious ones do get flagged quickly):
http://albany.craigslist.org/cas/1140993582.html
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mld/w4m/1168295593.html
And one of the more explicit ads, actually containing the phrase "escort service" (along with potentially NSFW images):
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/cas/1169942282.html

Better yet, since the ads remain indexed by Google even after they're flagged:
http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Acraigslist.org+%22roses+required%22+-ers+-adg
http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Acraigslist.org+%2Bdonation+%2Bw4m+-ers+-adg

Plutonic?

Astrological etymologies:
Mercurial - unpredictable temperment
Venereal - sexually indulgent
Lunatic - crazy
Martial - war-like
Saturnine - gloomy
Jovial - happy

But "nepotism" is from nephew, not Neptune. And "platonic" is from Plato, not Pluto.

Seriously? You don't know who Joe Sixpack is?

From the Urban Dictionary:

1. Joe Sixpack

Average American moron, IQ 60, drinking beer, watching baseball and CNN, and believe everything his President says.
This is so simple, even a Joe Sixpack can understand.

The six-pack in question is six beer cans bound together with plastic rings. The only time Joe Sixpack refers to a muscle-bound gym rat is at the gym.

Sounds interesting.

The system I'm familiar with (Cardax back end, Sagem Morpho biometrics) understands duress, and can be programmed to do about anything in response to it (ranging from nothing to "dump the poison gas," if that's your thing).

However: It's not magic. One simply programs one finger to be "normal access," and another finger to be "duress." In typical application, this means that the index finger is simply going to open the door, while the middle finger will signal duress.

Anything else seems so totally not foolproof that it'd be laughable. Imagine you're on the way to work, and your wife calls you on your cell phone, unhappy about something you've done (or perhaps just in continuation of last night's hallway sex). Eventually, you're at work and off the phone, but still troubled by the events just moments before. Your pulse is rapid, your BP is high. You're probably perspiring more than usual. You plant your finger/hand/whatever onto the reader, and instead of the normal beep-chirp-thunk of the door unlocking, guards show up and ask you what the problem is.

Count me out.

My powers include slurred speech, a drunken lurch, and blackouts...

...and wiskeydick.

The whole "moran" thing came from an image like this, although sadly IIRC the original sign was being held by a striking teacher who actually though the sign was correctly spelled. The hot and yummy goodness of the irony of a striking teacher that couldn't spell spread the meme like wildfire and it continues to this day.

As someone who got to graduate high school with straight As without actually ever setting foot in class, it really wouldn't surprise me that there was a teacher that spelled it moran. Oh, and in case anyone is wondering how I graduated with straight As instead of flunking without ever stepping foot into a class, it went like this: The first class I was given on the first day of HS was gym. When the dumbass coach said "Anybody who is not prepared to give me 20 laps this minute better leave my gym!" I and about 1/3 of the geeks and motorheads left. After the vice principal gave the coach hell for being so damned stupid he put us in a study hall ran by the football coach. I just whipped out one of my mom's Heinlein books and got comfy.

After the coach called me to the front(he was sure I was using the book to stash porno) and saw that not only wasn't porno in the book but I could have intelligent conversations on the subject, he grabbed my class schedule and led me around to all the teachers on the list. After he had a "little talk" with them for the next 4 years I got to show up at 9Am every day to my OWN classroom where I sat until 3.30 teaching the football players during their study halls how to spell words like "flower and stood"(I swear to God they spelled it Floer and stuud when I started) and how to count change so they could pass the tests and continue playing football. Since I was always in trouble and frankly was bored to tears with the crap they taught my folks figured it was for the best. I am proud to say we didn't loose a single football player, even our dumb as a fricking stump WR, on my watch. And of course the school got a free teacher for the cost of some As and not bitching about me smoking on the hood of my car during lunch break. Go Lions!

Too bad Santorum is already being used...

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=prolly

Normally I'm opposed to Microsoft pushing out feature updates as compulsory (versus security fixes and bug patches), however, in this particular case I'd have to say this is a good move. The benefits are many and the negatives few.

IE might have a bad reputation, and not at all unfairly much of the time, but no matter how much you hate IE, IE8 brings a lot to the table; even if what it brings is long overdue. Improved security, much better standards support, and even some genuine innovative features.

The debate can rage on about the ethics and legality of bundling the browser with and integrating it into the OS, but the reality is this is the case, and the security benefits alone make the upgrade sensible in my view.

However, the upgrade should be done in the background and in no way alter any preferences. Provided no configuration settings the user has set are changed (in particular, default browser), then the background benefits are gained, and the user can check out IE8 at their leisure if they wish, or ignore it completely.

Oh, and finally, this helps to kill off IE6, which really does need to FOAD.

FTA: Rock music blaring from boomboxes has proved one of the best defenses against an annual invasion of Mormon crickets.

Yeah, but you get one alone and he'll drink all your beer.

+1 Funny. Unfortunately, it probably went over the head of anyone who hasn't lived in Utah.

Always take at least two Mormons fishing with you or the damned Jack Mormon will drink all your beer.