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  1. ... and if you were up to shenanigans would you do it via something that leaves a trace and that the BOFH is probably snooping on?

    Entire "article" is retarded.

  2. Re:says the guy with something to sell on One in Four UK Workers Maliciously Leaks Business Data Via Email, Study Says (betanews.com) · · Score: 2

    Neat and well groomed hair sets you apart from the crowd. That's what my barber says, anyway.

  3. Re:Everyone is getting an MBA on The Disappearing American Grad Student (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I can get a 10+% bump in salary changing jobs.

    Why don't you do it, then?

    Now, let's assume you did. What do you do next?

  4. Re:Gibberish much? on The Disappearing American Grad Student (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    You really don't need to spend three/four years analysing whether Jane Austen was a closet lesbian to be able to construct a correct sentence and write one coherent paragraph.

    Get off my lawn, but when I was at college I didn't know anyone, irrespective of their subject, who couldn't write properly.

  5. Re:Not sure if it is worth it on The Disappearing American Grad Student (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Because your grandfather didn't found the company.

    Next!

  6. Re:Everyone is getting an MBA on The Disappearing American Grad Student (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    He wants to be a good one.

  7. Re:Everyone is getting an MBA on The Disappearing American Grad Student (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    threw their teeth

    They chuck molars?

  8. Re:It's"daylight saving" on Many US States Consider Abandoning Daylight Savings Time (newsweek.com) · · Score: 1

    For the first one, probably because "goose" is Germanic (vowel changes are quite common - e.g. man/men) and "mongoose" is ... not.

    For the second ... I'm stumped there. Was the -aw one settled by froggies?

  9. Re: Ugh. on An iOS 11.1 Glitch Is Replacing Vowels (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    You're just jealous because I know big words and you don't.

    noun: xenophobia

            dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries.
            "racism and xenophobia are steadily growing in Europe"

  10. Re:Please no on Amazon (and Netflix) Pursue a 'Lord of The Rings' TV Series (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    You jest, but an orvillised[1] version might be quite good.

    [1] Yes it is, now.

  11. Have you tried wearing it upside down with the face on the inside?

  12. Re: Ugh. on An iOS 11.1 Glitch Is Replacing Vowels (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    Lots of modern words don't mean exactly what you'd get by decomposing to their classical roots, translating them, and reassembling the result.

    Pornography is not [necessarily] writing about prostitutes, for example.

  13. Re:moderation double standard on An iOS 11.1 Glitch Is Replacing Vowels (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    I bet he couldn't even point to Walce on a map!

  14. Re: Ugh. on An iOS 11.1 Glitch Is Replacing Vowels (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    Since the term racism came to encompass other forms of bigotry such as that against specific countries or cultures.

    Only among people who can't spell xenophobia.

  15. Re:Who plugs in USB drives found in the street? on Heathrow Airport Security Files Found on USB Stick In The Street (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Not sure why that means random USB keys found in the street are your concern.

    If you were a hospital lab technician would you analyse every puddle of piss you found as you were taking a stroll?

  16. Re:Because fuck you, that's why. on While Equifax Victims Sue, Congress Limits Financial Class Actions (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    Why do so many people think they can decide what is the "best interests" of other people?

    If we're talking purely from a financila PoV it's not that hard. You need one of them there spreadsheet doohickummybobs.

  17. Re:Yes, they do! on TechCrunch Argues Social Media News Feeds 'Need to Die' (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    The old time news used to include all kinds of opinions.

    No it didn't.

  18. Re:So get everyone up on Many US States Consider Abandoning Daylight Savings Time (newsweek.com) · · Score: 1

    The clock saying 9, 9 or 10 is pretty much arbitrary. How can it lie?

  19. Re: moderation double standard on An iOS 11.1 Glitch Is Replacing Vowels (mashable.com) · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's called black humor.

    Careful, you'll trigger someone.

  20. Re:Makes sense to me. on An iOS 11.1 Glitch Is Replacing Vowels (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh, didn't you hear? You can buy the new iVowels for only $199 per device.

    One caveat: you only get the plain vowels for that. If you want umlauts and other funny squiggles you need iVowel Premium, a snip at $349 (plus tax).

  21. Ob on Pandora Loses 7 Million Listeners (siliconvalley.com) · · Score: 1

    "Losing one is unfortunate. Losing seven million looks like carelessness."
    --
    Stephen Fry. Or maybe it was Bernie Madoff?

  22. Noticed I have not, lookyou. on An iOS 11.1 Glitch Is Replacing Vowels (mashable.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Noticed this not I have. But then Welsh I am, Boyo.

  23. Re:get up later, on Many US States Consider Abandoning Daylight Savings Time (newsweek.com) · · Score: 1

    The problem is fitting in with everyone else. You know, school, jobs, transport, that kind of shit.

  24. Re: It's"daylight saving" on Many US States Consider Abandoning Daylight Savings Time (newsweek.com) · · Score: 1

    They squeeze their arses, same as before.

    Oh hang on, that's the Italians.

  25. Re: You left off on Many US States Consider Abandoning Daylight Savings Time (newsweek.com) · · Score: 1

    [Yorkshire accent] Luxury!