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Brunching Shuttlecocks' Findings on Microsoft Case

Quite a number of people recently, includingWrexSoul wrote to say "Are you tired of waiting for the judge's findings-of-law in the Microsoft case? There's a Mad Libs-like toy on Brunching Shuttlecocks where you can have some automatically generated for you by a pack of disgruntled Keebler Elves. " Boy, I sure am *verb* about *subject*

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  1. Re:Here's an easy-to-use foo-generator by Tom+Christiansen · · Score: 2
    Here are some suggested improvements to your code posting which you may or may not wish to consider:
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    • You forgot to employ the -w flag or the use warnings compiler pragma.
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    • You have either a bug in the template path handling, or else a horrible security hole just waiting to happen. What about someone specifying /etc/passwd as their file?
    • Your indentation is hosed. Run code you want to post to Slashdot through this program before posting. It is a work-around for the illegality of a <PRE> tag.
    • Finally, why is this a CGI script instead of a regular tool?
  2. Re:Too Fun! by Inoshiro · · Score: 2

    Very much so :-)

    "Most harmful of all is the message that Microsoft's Boys have conveyed to every Weapon with the potential to Shoot in the Saskatchewan industry. Through its conduct toward Netscape, Dell, Compaq, Compaq, and others, Microsoft has demonstrated that it will use its prodigious market power and immense Girls to harm any firm that insists on pursuing initiatives that could intensify competition against one of Microsoft's Super products. Microsoft's past success in hurting such Dogs and stifling innovation deters investment in technologies and Hermaphrodites that exhibit the potential to Fuck Microsoft. The ultimate result is that some innovations that would truly benefit Pigs never occur for the sole reason that they do not Fly with Microsoft's Dave."
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  3. Here's an easy-to-use foo-generator by Kaufmann · · Score: 2

    Just write a template file, decide on left and right delimiters, and then call the script from a form like this:


    script.pl?template=TEMPLATE_FILE_PATH&delim_l=*& delim_r=*&noun1=NOUN1&adj1=ADJ1&...





    #!/usr/bin/perl

    require './cgi-lib.pl';

    &ReadParse \(%f = ());
    for (keys %f) {
    $$_ = $f{$_};
    }

    while (<$template>) {
    s{ $delim_l ([\d | \w] +) $delim_r }{ $$1 }egix;
    print;
    }

    exit;

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  4. Re:*adjective* ? by Tom+Christiansen · · Score: 2
    Actually it would be "I sure and *adverb* about *subject*" Since the first blank is describing how he IS and last time I check to be was a verb.
    No, that's not correct; to be is a copulative verb, also known as a linking verb. Therefore, its predicate complement is not an adverb, but either a noun (or pronoun) or an adjective. Think of a copulative verb as though it were an equals sign. Another similar verb is to become. One cannot *become happily , although one can become happy , and one can become a new person .

    You can read more about this in the Elements of Language Manual.

  5. I just did this to ... by hey! · · Score: 2

    my company's corporate mission statement.

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  6. Re:*adjective* ? by Q*bert · · Score: 2
    No shit. As I said, it's a verb. O.K., more precisely, it's a verb phrase in the present progressive tense, containing two auxiliary verbs, as you point out--but a verb phrase is still a verb. So Hemos can be *verb* about *subject* (well, O.K., gramatically he can be *verb* only about object*, but I'm pretty sure he meant "subject" in the sense of "topic" in this case).

    So there. :P

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  7. Too Fun! by dkh2 · · Score: 2
    This is entirely too much fun!

    "Most harmful of all is the message that Microsoft's Ass Holes have conveyed to every Jerk with the potential to Fornicate in the Moose industry. Through its conduct toward Netscape, MicroSucks, Compaq, Compaq, and others, Microsoft has demonstrated that it will use its prodigious market power and immense Weasles to harm any firm that insists on pursuing initiatives that could intensify competition against one of Microsoft's Hairy products. Microsoft's past success in hurting such Boneheads and stifling innovation deters investment in technologies and Necrophiles that exhibit the potential to contemplate Microsoft. The ultimate result is that some innovations that would truly speculate consumers never occur for the sole reason that they do not defrag with Microsoft's bicycle."
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  8. here's my letter by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2

    Most harmful of all is the message that Microsoft's grits have conveyed to every underwear with the potential to pour in the pants industry. Through its conduct toward Netscape, andover.net, Compaq, Red Hat, and others, Microsoft has demonstrated that it will use its prodigious market power and immense trolls to harm any firm that insists on pursuing initiatives that could intensify competition against one of Microsoft's hot products. Microsoft's past success in hurting such geeks and stifling innovation deters investment in technologies and girls that exhibit the potential to petrify Microsoft. The ultimate result is that some innovations that would truly squirt consumers never occur for the sole reason that they do not strip with Microsoft's Natelie Portman.

  9. My Complaint... by Ralph+Bearpark · · Score: 2
    I have only this to say about Hemos and his lousy Slashdot story.

    Regards, Ralph.

  10. Another of their features by EricWright · · Score: 3

    (This is only slightly offtopic...)

    Another of their random-(foo) generators is the Alanis Morrisette song generator... you supply a noun that is something you hate, six related plural nouns, your favorite color and poet, and the name of a former SO... this one is dedicated to all the /. readers out there (btw, this was my only attempt at this):

    "I Think"

    I Think AOLamers are really a huge problem
    I Think jerks are too much on my mind
    I Think spammers have got a lot to do with why the world sucks
    But what can you do?

    Like a green rain, beating down on me
    Like a Robert Frost line, which won't let go of my brain
    Like Mary's ass, it is in my head
    Blame it on SPAM
    Blame it on SPAM
    Blame it on SPAM

    I Think trolls are gonna drive us all crazy
    And slashdot readers make me feel like a child
    I Think hackers will eventually be the downfall of civilization
    But what can you do? I said what can you do?

    Like a green rain, beating down on me
    Like a Robert Frost line, which won't let go of my brain
    Like Mary's ass, it is in my head
    Blame it on SPAM
    Blame it on SPAM
    Blame it on SPAM

    Like a green rain, beating down on me
    Like Mary's smile, cruel and cold
    Like Robert Frost's ass, it is in my head
    Blame it on SPAM
    Blame it on SPAM
    Blame it on SPAM

    Probably copyright of the brunching shuttlecock guys, but you never know!

    Eric

  11. Quick summary, in nonsense words by Paul+Crowley · · Score: 2

    For those who don't want to go through the whole thing, here's a nonsense words version
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  12. Grammar by Hard_Code · · Score: 2

    "Boy, I sure am *verb* about *subject*"

    As in, "Boy, I sure am 'jump' about 'Hemos'"?
    Perhaps you mean "Boy, I sure am *adjective* about *object*"

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    1. Re:Grammar by Hard_Code · · Score: 2

      | Don't mean to be a nit-pick, but it's probably
      | "Boy, I sure am *adverb* about *object*"

      Huh...like,

      "Boy, I sure am 'slowly' about 'books'"

      or

      "Boy, I sure am 'quietly' about 'trees'"

      ?

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  13. Re:*adjective* ? by Q*bert · · Score: 2
    Quite right, but he can still be *verb* about *subject*. For example, he could be "laughing about this."

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  14. Re:That's why.. by Hard_Code · · Score: 2

    Yeah, if he made a grammar/syntax error in PERL code, everybody would be all over him.

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  15. 31337 version: by Alex+Belits · · Score: 3

    Most harmful of all is the message that Microsoft's hax0rz have conveyed to every hax0r with the potential to 0wn in the skr1ptz industry. Through its conduct toward Netscape, Naked and Petrified Guy, Compaq, Anonymous Coward, and others, Microsoft has demonstrated that it will use its prodigious market power and immense 31337 to harm any firm that insists on pursuing initiatives that could intensify competition against one of Microsoft's lame products. Microsoft's past success in hurting such kiddiez and stifling innovation deters investment in technologies and sitez that exhibit the potential to r00t Microsoft. The ultimate result is that some innovations that would truly suck consumers never occur for the sole reason that they do not rule with Microsoft's lamer.

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  16. Shouldn't this have been a quickie? by kramer · · Score: 2

    Sure it was mildly amusing, but isn't this more fit for a quickie instead of a story all it's own. And speaking of the quickies, it's been quite a while since we've seen one.