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  1. Wrong word. by LighterShadeOfBlack · · Score: 1 · on Apple Laptop Upgrades Costing 200% More Than Dells

    literal

    in accordance with, involving, or being the primary or strict meaning of the word or words; not figurative or metaphorical

    Slang would also typically come under that. If someone said they "literally pissed all over someone" you wouldn't take it to mean they got the better of them would you?

  2. OGC? by JakeD409 · · Score: 5, Funny · on Grand OGL Wiki Seeks to Publish RPG Book Back-Stock

    ...we would happily supply electronic versions of our D20 lines for translation of OGC to such a web site...

    I don't know what D20 lines they're using, but I certainly don't remember any OGC in mine.

  3. Re:The problem with this newly coined 'age'. by Vectronic · · Score: 2, Funny · on Google Begat the End of the Scientific Method?

    Petaphile

    1) Someone who loves their pets more than human beings or, at the extreme, someone willing to kill a human to save a lower animal's life.

    2) Somebody who has sex with animals because they cannot attract any humans, or they are attracted to animals

    (and the best one)

    3) someone so caught up in his own egomaniacle conception of the world that he is compelled to spew vomit and blood on a strangers clothes to show his contempt for anybody's thought but his own.

    Which sounds kinda like the summary for the article, as well as some of the article.

  4. Re:yawn by gbjbaanb · · Score: 2, Insightful · on Bjarne Stroustrup Reveals All On C++

    then you're going to have a hard time of programming, perhaps you'd be happier being the Boss.

    All languages have "implementation details" and various gotchas. Look on any programming forum for any language and you'll see tips and tricks in using it. I think you're in the wrong job.

  5. Rule One by denzacar · · Score: 1 · on Lack of Sunlight Could Lead To Early Death

    Pictures... Please.

  6. screaming monkey? by Red+Flayer · · Score: 3, Funny · on Brendan Eich Discusses the Future of JavaScript

    As for Internet Explorer, Eich explains how Screaming Monkey will help bring JavaScript 2 to IE should Microsoft drag its heels on providing meaningful support.
    Maybe it's just me, but I'm curious why he would name it "Screaming Monkey". I could see maybe an allusion to speed ("screaming" is sometimes a term used to describe something going really, really fast so s/Grease/Screaming makes sense, I guess).

    But really I think it shows the understanding Eich has for the thousands of codemonkeys hammering away at JS for IE. I'd be screaming too if I was coding JS for IE.

    On the other hand, I've had the (dis)pleasure of a rollicking night of Victory Golden Monkey followed by a visit from the Beer Monkey. Waiting for MS to make IE support JS2 might cause an additional night or two like that.

    FWIW, the Beer Monkey usually howls, rather than screams. YMMV... depending on the quantity of Golden Monkeys consumed.
  7. Re:Competitive reasons? by Monkey · · Score: 1 · on Bell Canada Ordered To Justify Traffic-Shaping Practices

    You fail!

    Chomping at the Bit

  8. Re:a good quote by Hal_Porter · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Whatever Happened To AI?

    The aptly named sage publications has this to say

    http://sss.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/31/1/123

    What is the Problem with Experts?

    The phenomenon of expertise produces two problems for liberal democratic theory: the first is whether it creates inequalities that undermine citizen rule or make it a sham; the second is whether the state can preserve its neutrality in liberal 'government by discussion' while subsidizing, depending on, and giving special status to, the opinions of experts and scientists. A standard Foucauldian critique suggests that neutrality is impossible, expert power and state power are inseparable, and that expert power is the source of the oppressive, inegalitarian effects of present regimes. Habermas argues that expert cultures make democratic discussion impossible. Analogous problems arise with 'cognitive authority', understood in Mertonian terms. Cognitive authority, as Merton sees it, allows us to ask about the democratic legitimacy of this authority, which appears to solve the problem (or part of the problem) because it returns ultimate 'authority' to the people, who reject or accept the experts' claims. And many claims to expertise in fact do fail to gain acceptance. Through an examination of the type of expert that appears to evade the demands of legitimation, it is shown that expertise and liberal democracy can in principle co-exist, contrary to the claims of the critics.
  9. Re:The real question is... by cashman73 · · Score: 1 · on Probable Water Ice Sighted On Mars

    We already know that the Martians have weapons of mass destruction,... ;-)

  10. True Lies? by freenix · · Score: 2, Funny · on A Few Firefox 3 Followups

    THE CAKE IS A LIE.

  11. Testicular 42 by tepples · · Score: 1 · on 42 of the Best Commercial Linux Games

    There is a theory which states that if you ever discovers exactly why it is 42, the Life, Universe And Everything will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. Of course it's already happened. Some weasels just don't the testicular forty-two to admit it.
  12. Re:Spam? Spit? What's next? by LtCmdrJoel · · Score: 1 · on Spit Will Be Worse Than Spam

    Exactly. Or, we could at least a more correct acronym... "SPOIT" (Spam Over Internet Telephony) http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=spoit SPOIT: (v.) to ejaculate (n.) semen (n.) "I can't wash all of this spoit out of my hair!" *SPOIT!*

  13. Re:Why do I need a party hat? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Firefox 3 Release On Tuesday

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Party+Hat&defid=3059541

    And of course, a party hat is slang for condom. Sounds like the party is going to be a blast!

  14. Re:Um, my browser doesn't support Ruby by Ajaxamander · · Score: 0, Offtopic · on Move Over AJAX, Make Room for ARAX

    "Horrorshow" is Clockwork Orange slang for "Awesome..."

    Perhaps you meant "horrible?"

  15. Re:Totally geeky by Fumus · · Score: 1 · on goosh, the Unofficial Google Shell

    I prefer gooshyfood
    The comic strip is quite funny.

  16. Re:Whoops. by Sun.Jedi · · Score: 1 · on goosh, the Unofficial Google Shell

    guest@goosh.org:/web> goosh
        1) Urban Dictionary: goosh
    goosh counter-strike g00sh gush go0sh good g0osh gooshed shit counter strike cs ... Man the girl has such a small goosh i could barley fit two fingers in! ...
    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?defid=738117&term=goosh

  17. Bad name by edelholz · · Score: 1 · on goosh, the Unofficial Google Shell

    So, urbandictionary says it might not be the best name to choose.

    But seriously, if one atleast could telnet to their server or something, it'd be useful for something!

  18. Re:Totally geeky by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny · on goosh, the Unofficial Google Shell

    Ha ha.

    Click for definition of Goosh

  19. Re:For fuck sakes... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Prototype EU Airplane Spy Cams Watch For Facecrime

    Suggestion: next time, say "for fuck's sake". I'm guessing it's a variation on "for God's sake".

  20. Re:It's a trade secret by easyTree · · Score: 1 · on First Guilty Verdict In Criminal Copyright Case

    SOMEONE on the inside of the great umbrella that is the rainbow-riffic RIAA member corporations _is_ helping the nasty, vile piratey types.

    Or, maybe (just maybe :) they are deliberately 'leaking' them so that they can gain massive media attention and recover vast sums of cash, way in excess of those to be gained by actually *selling* their overpriced-POS product?
  21. Re:Nah. It's marketing. by monxrtr · · Score: 1 · on The Rise of Geekdom
    You nailed it. It's gaming + hip hop music. Geek'd is a synonym of "pimped". Pimp your ride, geek your system.

    Being dumb on the internet is looked down upon. MMORPG gaming (Dungeons and Dragons rules) became widespread. New internet speech slang became adopted. You can't literally smack somebody on the internet but you can "PWN" them with intellectual demonstration.

    Also "geek tech" has been embraced by the likes of the Russian Mafia. Geeks can play powerful bad guys in Hollywood movies such as Boris Ivanovich Grishenko "I am invincible!" in Goldeneye and powerful good guys such as Neo in the Matrix. The Matrix ushered in the era of mainstream adoption of DVD technology in the late 90s. That's also when you had the first big multi-layer on-line games becoming popular, resulting in World of Warcraft dominating today, which is celebrated on the likes of South Park.

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

    6. geek
    1. You have a "My other car is a Millenium Falcon" bumper sticker on your car.

    1. geek bone
    getting hot and bothered in a nerdy way over the latest technological marvel
    dude, i've got a total geek bone over those new Ipod minis..

    1. geek cred
    Similar to street cred, but applicable to geeks. Geek cred is allocated by displaying knowledge of different aspects of geek culture such as Star Wars, anime, comic books, etc. Geek cred. Street cred. Geek card. Player card.

    1. Geek Up
    To step up and do something as a geek. If you're asked to help a relative configure their home computer, or if you're asked to volunteer your geek skills for a worthy cause, you're being asked to "geek up."

    1. geek'd up
    you're high off drugs
    "Man Im geek'd up off dat weed man."

    1. geek-gasm
    The shudder of pleasure (physical for some of us) of watching or even contemplating geek TV/movies/games/comics/etc.
    "Can you imagine if Joss Whedon wrote and directed a Harry Potter movie?"
    "Oh my God, I just had a geek-gasm!"

    1. geek bling
    Geek bling is a term referring to computer parts worn as jewelry. It is generally ostentatious such as a net card hanging from a necklace but can be subtle as well, often used is a memory stick placed on a keychain. The term was coined by a student of Oak Hill Academy when the members of a Microsoft class took to wearing various computer parts from old computers on their key chains or lanyards. Any previous origins are unknown. It is alternately referred to as 'geek bling-bling' or on occasion '111001110' (binary for 'ice'). There is also classic geek-bling such as bowties and pocket protectors, as everyone knows pocket protectors are the pinnacle of geekdom. The geek-*.* entries just go on and on. A lot of these are stupid and reaching merely for the sake of reaching, but "geek" certainly has been used creatively as an adjective to freshen up otherwise stale language. This too shall pass.
  22. Re:Ummm... by Hognoxious · · Score: 1 · on Judge Recommends Guilty Verdict for Jack Thompson

    How are you posting on slashdot without looking up?

  23. Re:As a Lawyer Friend Of Mine Once Said... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Judge Recommends Guilty Verdict for Jack Thompson

    If facts aren't on your side, pound on the law. If the law isn't on your side, pound on the facts. If neither the law nor the facts are on your side, pound on the table. And if you're a moron, pound sand

  24. Re:thats what I was expecting by Zelos · · Score: 3, Funny · on Ninja Gaiden II Needs to Level Up the Camera Work

    Crap like that makes me want to kill a kitten.
    Not sure that means what you think it means: definition. Unless camera angles turn you on ;-)

  25. Re:Pioneer and Voyager Comps Receive Uplink Update by smittyoneeach · · Score: 1 · on What Is the Oldest Code Written Still Running?

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

  26. Re:I'm in. by maxume · · Score: 2, Informative · on NASA Offers $5000 a Month For You to Lie in Bed

    I don't know if it is the latest. I heard it at least 5 years ago. It's been in the urban dictionary that long also:

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=rub+one+out

    I imagine that it was first said decades ago.

  27. Re:UK != England by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on CCTVs Don't Work in the UK

    Funnily enough, they have different names because they mean different things. I think the mention of "England" at the end of the article should have matched the title.

    England? English?

    The correct term is whinging pommy bastard.

  28. Re:Thousands of lives? by maxume · · Score: 1 · on Electronic Warfare Insects Coming Soon

    Nice job reading half the sentence and getting upset about it. Notice the next part of the sentence where I said "the real reason"? That implies that I don't believe that they weren't/aren't wars.

    Maybe look up 'snark':

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

    (That's not a real dictionary, but the definitions given there are accurate regarding my use of the word)

  29. Soon to follow by g0bshiTe · · Score: 1 · on German Firms Patent Scented Text Messaging

    No doubt this will soon follow. Cup o' tea gov'nor Entry #4.

  30. Re:Actually useful news?!? by wuputah · · Score: 1 · on Last-Minute Glitch Holds Up Windows XP SP3

    I would think that if you were looking for a POS, a Microsoft product would fit quite nicely.

  31. Re:I just need to get this out of my system by owlstead · · Score: -1, Troll · on Ruby and Java Running in JavaScript

    daishi

    Some one who rapes little boys on the weekends

    Source:

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

  32. Re:Fartknocker by NeverVotedBush · · Score: 2, Informative · on Negroponte Says Windows 'Runs Well' On XO Laptop

    From the Urban Dictionary http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fartknocker

    A generic insulting noun, coined by Butthead of MTV's Beavis and Butthead.

    While they were watching the premier of GWAR's "Saddam a Go-Go" video, Beavis got in Butthead's line of view of the TV. Butthead shouted "Move it, fartknocker!"

  33. Re:first post!! by Moderatbastard · · Score: 0 · on How To Build a $188M Submarine Cable System

    It apparently had been a fairly dry, constipated shit, for all were fat, stiff, and ruggedly textured.
    For once, it's on topic
  34. Re:It's only class 3 and 4 lasers by phyrz · · Score: 1 · on Laser Pointers Classed as Weapons in Australia

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

    Specifically:

    3. often used to describe something stupid or unfortunate. originating from homophobia. quite preferable among many teenage males in order to buff up their "masculinity"

    and

    3. "Man, these seats are gay. I can't even see what's going on!"

    Welcome to the Internet!

  35. Re:What about human? by giafly · · Score: 2, Funny · on PETA Offers X-Prize for Artificial Meat

    Why oppress animals to take DNA samples, why not just clone human flesh [courageunfettered.com]?
    Why clone human flesh, why not just eat dead people? You know they'd eat you if they could.
  36. Or possibly, Ridiculous. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Experts Hack Power Grid in Less Than a Day

    I don't think I've ever seen the term gas axe before. Ya learn something new every day... but nobody on the internet ever seems to learn how to spell.

    Looser, n. (from Internet Jargon) A native English speaker who spells the word "lose" as "loose" or "ridiculous" with an "e".

  37. Re:spin spin spin by blind+biker · · Score: 1 · on Why "Vista" Nick White Left Microsoft

    blah. why are there even MORE stories about this on slashdot. it was obviously hype to benefit nick, benefit his new employer, and then play down the MS leaving angle to make somewhat/all nice with his old employer. everybody wins. even slashdot. go go gadget newscycle.

    everybody except me, im the idiot taking the time to click the link and write this little rant. and you're the idiots taking the time to mod me -1 troll and +5 underrated. It's called "circlejerk".
  38. Re:Rule 11 by Hatta · · Score: 1 · on U. Maine Law Students Trying To Shut RIAA Down

    I'd rather see Rule 34 used.

  39. Re:they have a point by StormyWeather · · Score: 1 · on T-Mobile Claims Trademark In the Color Magenta

    Man, I'm losing my internet cred... I didn't even realize I was Rick Rolled until I read the goo tube comments. I actually learned something from a goo tube comment, someone shoot me so at least my kids get the insurance money.. please.

  40. I maintain pedro's page.... by Himring · · Score: -1, Redundant · on The Man Who Guards Clinton's Wikipedia Entry

    I maintain Pedro's page. The attacks there can be vicious too....

  41. Yoda Doll Tsarkon Reports by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll · on Building the World's 4th Fastest Supercomputer
    Tsarkon Reports 9 Step Yoda Grease 9 steps to greasing your anus for Yoda Doll Insertion!
    v 4.50.1
    $YodaBSD: src/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/yodanotes/9stepprocess.sgml,v 4.50.1 2008/01/25 04:40:45 tsarkon Exp $
    1. Defecate. Preferably after eating senna, ex lax, prunes, cabbage, pickled eggs, and Vietnamese chili garlic sauce. To better enhance the pleasure of this whole process, defecation should be performed in the Return of the Jedi wastebasket for added pleasure.
    2. Wipe ass with witch hazel, which soothes horrific burns. (Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda certifies that his lips, raw like beaten flank steak from nearly continuous analingus with dogs, are greatly soothed by witch hazel.)
    3. Prime anus with anal ease. (Now Cherry Flavored for those butthole lick-o-phillic amongst you - very popular with 99% of the Slashdotting public!)
    4. Slather richly a considerable amount of Vaseline and/or other anal lubricants into your rectum at least until the bend and also take your Yoda Doll , Yoda Shampoo bottle or Yoda soap-on-a-rope and liberally apply the lubricants to the Doll/Shampoo/Soap-on-a-rope.
    5. Put a nigger do-rag on Yoda's head so the ears don't stick out like daggers!
    6. Make sure to have a mechanism by which to fish Yoda out of your rectum, the soap on the rope is especially useful because the retrieval mechanism is built in.
    7. Pucker and relax your balloon knot several times actuating the sphincter muscle in order to prepare for what is to come.
    8. Slowly rest yourself onto your Yoda figurine. Be careful, he's probably bigger than the dicks normally being shoved up your ass!
    9. Gyrate gleefully in your computer chair while your fat sexless geek nerd loser fat shit self enjoys the prostate massage you'll be getting. Think about snoodling with the Sarlaac pit. Read Slashdot. Masturbate to anime. Email one of the editors hoping they will honor you with a reply. Join several more dating services - this time, you don't select the (desired - speaks English) and (desired - literate). You figure you might get a chance then. Order some fucking crap from Think Geek. Get Linux to boot on a Black and Decker Appliance. Wish you could afford a new computer. Argue that cheap-ass discount bin hardware works 'just as well' as the quality and premium hardware because you can't afford the real stuff. Make claims about how Linux rules. Compile a kernel on your 486SX. Claim to hate Windows but use it for World of Warcraft. Admire Ghyslain's courage in making that wonderful Star Wars movie. Officially convert to the Jedi religion. Talk about how cool Mega Tokyo is. Try and make sure you do your regular 50 story submissions to Slashdot, all of which get rejected because people who aren't fatter than CowboyNeal can't submit. Fondle shrimpy penis while making a Yoda voice and saying, use the force, padawan, feeel the foooorce, hurgm. Yes. Yes. When 900 years you reach, a dick half as big you will not have.

    All in a days work with a Yoda figurine ra

  42. Re:so what by mhall119 · · Score: 1 · on GCC 4.3.0 Exposes a Kernel Bug

    Unless of course you're referring to a metric fuckton.

  43. Re:Job Loyalty? How about orker loyalty? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Gen Y Workers Reinventing IT for the Better

    If someone is going to be orking me, then I'd expect them to be extremely loyal.

  44. Feel the power (of Google) by Mathinker · · Score: 1 · on GCC 4.3.0 Exposes a Kernel Bug

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=metric+fuckton

    > ... 4chan ...

    Now I know you're trolling --- who could be familiar with 4chan and not "fuckton"?

  45. Re:ZZZZZZZZZ.... by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 0, Troll · on Vista Service Pack 1 Is Out

    I didn't even know it had teh Gay!

  46. Re:Grab Your Masks! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1 · on Scientology Injunction Denied Against "Anonymous"

    Dunlap disease

  47. Re:Automated? by PenguSven · · Score: -1, Troll · on European Space Agency Launches New Orbital Supply Ship

    Fully automated space docking IS a great advance for man-kind!

  48. Re:Well, what did you expect? by Etrias · · Score: 1 · on Posting Publicly Available URL Claimed a "Hack"

    There is nothing wrong with visiting a publicly available URL. No exceptions.

    I guess you never stumbled upon a goatse or tubgirl publicly available link, then :P

    Or for that matter, being RickRolled.
  49. Re:Mattel has always been protective of scrabble by xtracto · · Score: 1 · on Facebook Scrabble Rip-off Capitalizes on Mattel's Lethargy


    (The name "Scrabulous" probably is too close to the word Scrabble(TM) but the game itself doesn't infringe.)

    You can find plenty of meanings for the word "scrab".

  50. Re:I don't see the issue here by davidsyes · · Score: 1 · on Facebook Scrabble Rip-off Capitalizes on Mattel's Lethargy

    Probably some dim-wit bean counter decided that it wasn't worth it to develop a Flash version of it. ALL the games out there in Flash... you gotta wonder what is going on in the minds of these execs and their lackeys lacking vision.

    Would it have really been THAT hard, Mattel/Hasbro?

    Now, i can imagine them strong-arming Facebook to divert the weekly $25,000 take. But, maybe, out of spite, the advertisers of Scrabulous should terminate their advertising contracts and poison the well if Hasbro/Mattel come on like gangbusters. They had ALL these years (what, 2 or 3, or 4?) to protect "their" "trademark" and apparently did not aggressively do so. SO, they probably will be found to have allowed dilution (or whatever the legal term is), abandonment, and disregard for shareholder interests.

    Those Scrabulous brothers should rename it to Sclaburous, or Scabo, or something. Now, maybe "scabo" might be problematic:

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

    But, since it appears "sclaburous" is not in Google, i confer it to the Scabulous Brothers. If anyone else is using it, i will deliberately use it and dilute it any and every printed chance i get. And, if corporations pick it up, to hell with them. i made up the word, and if the public use of it by me or by others is threatened, i will keep pushing it. Try to issue any cease and desist... you WILL regret it.