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USB Is the Devil's Connection
Jamie handed us Satan's Data Connection. You see, sane and rational human being, the
USB logo is actually in the shape of a trident, and the obvious action to Evangelical Christians in Brazil is to ban its use. Hopefully they don't mispronounce SCSI and find themselves lusting after their PCs.
A guy lying down carrying a briefcase and a pizza and... wait, never mind...
Oliver's law of assumed responsibility: If you're seen fixing it, you will be blamed for breaking it.
A trident tested measure of faith.
...that the peace symbol was the Christian cross upside down with the arms broken off! OMG, Satanic message!
Make sure you don't install any SATAn drives either!
The entire membership of the Firewire committee.
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
Wait, they tried to pronounce it "sexy?" Because nothing says "sexy" to me like the sweet, sweet curves of the Mac IIcx.
I stabbed a guy in the heart...with a (USB) trident!
That's our life, the big wheel of shit. - The Fat Man, Blue Tango Salvage
you can spell Satan with a keyboards, maybe they should stay the hell off the internet?
The Kruger Dunning explains most post on
who hasn't gotten really drunk and tried to have sex with their computer?
*raises hand*
I'd raise two, but my other is busy.
which is totally what she said
IT doesn't work that way in real life. I told a bunch of Jehova's witnesses that I was a Devil worshiper in order to get them to leave me along. This didn't work, they came back in larger numbers and prayed for my. they followed me to work and other stupid shit praying for me. My boss asked me what the hell was going on (as he was completely anoyed by this as was about to fire me), so I told them that after they knocked on my door about twenty times asking me if I head the good news, I told them I was a devil worshiper and told them to get off my property. We had to explain to their pastor that it was only a ploy to get them to leave me the fuck alone in order to get them to leave me the fuck alone.
The cops wouldn't even stop them as they stayed mostly on the sidewalk and public right of way.
I later found out that the easiest way to get rid of them is to simply say "I'm catholic" and then listen to a bunch of crap about Marry being a whore for a few minutes. But if you pretend to be a devil worshiper to get rid of them, it's likely to backfire on you.
I see the connection here!
Yeah, symbols are powerful. I once bought a t-shirt with a sort logo-like cartoon of a baker man with the logo "Freshly Baked" underneath. The VERY NEXT DAY I was shooting heroin and selling my underage sister for drug money. The shirt was obviously the work of Satan and the reason I'm now posting on /. from underneath an overpass bridge in my underwear.
Python: 'And then suddenly you have a language which says "we're all stuck with whatever the whiniest coder wants".'
Really? Jesus was born in the middle east and had blue eyes?
Duh, that's what the spice does.
Are YOU the reason they had to come up with the micro-USB connector, just so it would fit?
To see that it was good?
"Who is the Journal of Quantum Physics going to believe?" --Stephen Hawking
its only one letter away...
Answer the door naked, that usually works.
# cat
Damn, my RAM is full of cats. MEOW!!
A friend related an even better and faster way to get rid of them: next time they come a-knockin' be sure to greet them straight out of the shower, "accidentally" drop your towel when they start sermonizing you (bonus if they have one of their teen sons along, which they almost always do), then after quickly picking it up and covering yourself again, feign a sudden change of heart and earnestly ask when their next meeting is and you'd very much like to join them to talk more.
The two JWs practically ran over each other to leave his property, and haven't been back since.
As I have pointed out elsewhere, IBM's PS/2 mouse port and protocol is obviously the invention of the Devil.
I see even classic Slashdot is now pretty much unusable on dial up anymore.
Well, last time, they came to me on a Saturday morning, at about 9 am. I had been out drinking hard until something like 6 am. So, when they rang, I opened the door in my underpants, wild hair, red eyes, reeking of booze and ranted at them for 5 minutes for waking me up at such an UNHOLY hour. Haven't seen em since.
Ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.
IT doesn't work that way in real life. I told a bunch of Jehova's witnesses that I was a Devil worshiper in order to get them to leave me along. This didn't work,
Blood and organ donor stickers on the front/street door work wonders here in the UK. ;)
My solution was to try selling them porn. It works for pretty much any unsolicited visitors but if you have a roommate who's capable of trying to sell gay porn with a straight face it works even better. As a bonus, it provides an excuse to keep a couple of dirty magazines laying around.
They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance. - Terry Pratchett
I got a visit from them at a similar time (~9 am on a Saturday) but it was a family of four -- father in the lead, wife, son, and daughter standing behind. I answered the door and he asked if they could come in and speak to me. I said "No... but the girl can stay." That got rid of them pretty quickly.
How is the Riemann zeta function like Trump rallies? Both have an endless number of trivial zeros.