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Jabber Makes It Good

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the rolling-the-open dept.

el bastardo writes "According to this ZDNet article, IBM is building a new IM network for the Washington, DC area government agencies using Jabber as the base protocol."

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  1. Jabber is an offense against christians! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    The name "jabber" comes from the Japanese phrase, "jabu jabu" which means, "splashing water sound" and is commonly used during the amoral act of sexual copulation (for purposes other than procreation which is a necessary and unfortunate evil to carry on our species). Basically a male would say, "kuwaete! osouji! jabu jabu" to a Japanese female after spilling his seed all over the unfortunate girl's face, instructing her to "take it in her mouth", give it the "honourable cleaning", and "make splashing sounds".

    The developers of the Jabber messaging tool obviously have taken basic Japanese 101, and decided to sneak this offensive term right past the noses of honest, hardworking, god fearing Christian Americans.

    If you use this tool, you are engaging in an act of blasphemy. Please support a boycott of IBM until the Jabber product is renamed or taken off the market.

    Thank you for your support, and God Bless.

    1. Re:Jabber is an offense against christians! by cgaylord · · Score: 2, Funny

      Anonymous coward = most ignorant of all

  2. Typical message exchange by jimbolaya · · Score: 5, Funny

    there's a riot downtown. :(
    stores are being looted! :O
    all units respond now! >:(
    officers have arrived. situation under control. :)

    --

    There ain't no rules here; we're trying to accomplish something.

  3. Re:Not sure about this by Just+Some+Guy · · Score: 5, Funny
    It's near impossible to convey emotions in txt.

    You're right. Before the invention of emoticons, humans were unable to express sarcasm, sorrow, pain, or joy verbally. Just think how great Shakespeare could've been had he known about smileys:

    "To be, or not to be. That is the question. :~("

    Oh, wait. You were serious?

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    Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?