For anyone confused, 'FP' is a common Slashdot abbreviation for 'First Post'.
It is traditional to reply to posts that are not actually the first but still proclaim 'FP' with the phrase 'You fail it'; 'it' being the act of obtaining the first post of an article.
I'm sorry (and I whole-heartedly agree with you're peeve, I notice that a lot) but the most common, most widespread grammatical mistake at the moment has to be:
LOSE vs. LOOSE
SERIOUSLY! WHAT THE FUCK? It's wrong more times than right. I see it fucking EVERYWHERE. Slashdot and other messageboards, lecture notes, text messages, you name it.
I am not joking when I say that it has become so bad that I myself started reading correct phrases such as 'You've got nothing to lose' as being wrong ("WTF? That doesn't look right!") because lose is becoming extinct.
Has it always been this way and I'm only starting to notice or is it some new phenomenon? I never really used to notice before 2002 or so. Please fellow Slashies, tell me I am not alone!
Huh, that's funny. I've always knowingly opted for the form 'email' because I read somewhere that once a hyphenated word falls into common usage, it's the 'done thing' to lose the hypen, and the examples of 'hard-ware' and 'soft-ware' were cited.
Anyone else read something similar? Were hardware and software ever hyphenated? I would like to use the correct form from now onwards so if anyone could clarify...
The trouble with the UK is that you can't do the 'Yoo Ess Ay!'-while-clutching-a-miniature-flag chant because there aren't enough syllables. You could add in a cha-cha-cha to make it 'Yoo Kay, cha-cha-cha', although that's perhaps a little too flamboyant.
The fact that the 'e' extension stands for 'electronic' and would thus be the logical official name for the online version of the game makes it even less of a 'different beast'. It's not like he called his game Discrabble or Ping Pang Scrab Ble. A large majority of people you asked in the street would assume that the website is owned by the same company who owned traditional Scrabble.
Imagine if this Jared guy had, in a random act of insanity, changed the frontpage to:
"E-Scrabble thinks that all blacks and jews should be killed".
Who's going to be at the centre of a shitstorm of complaints and boycotts? Yep, Hasbro. Even if it was published in all media that there was no affiliation, there would still be a net negative effect on the company.
Oh wait it's evil Copyright/Trademark/Patent law. Everything is a black and white, with us or against us, case of logic. What am I to say that the little guy might be in the wrong? I'll report to the nearest fat loser geek centre for rehabilitation...
While I agree that there is a fair amount of stuff on C4 worth watching, sometimes they try just that little bit too hard to be cutting edge and serious like the BBC with respect to shows like documentaries. What you end up with is a show that wants to be intelligent yet still relies on shock value to attract the 19 y.o. pseudo-intellectual college students who always point out the fact that they love C4. A newspaper column I read pointed out this fact:
"'The Boy Born Without A Face'. 'The Woman With No Skin'. What next, 'The Show With No Creativity'?"
That's not to say that any one channel is perfect, of course. Don't even get me started on ITV. Northern, lowest common denominator fodder.
Jeremy Clarkson is one of those guys that enjoys the sound of his own voice a little too much, like most radio DJs and Zapp Brannigan. Top Gear has a certain self-congratulatory vibe to it, in terms of the studio audience. It's hard to both put my finger on and explain it, but they all seem to have the same laugh: that overly masculine, chesty chuckle. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but they all seem like the kind of middle-aged guys who practice martial arts or collect samurai swords.
Then again, I'm not particularly mad about cars, although I can see why Top Gear is so popular.
Jeez, it's bad enough that I get bugged for change out in Reading town centre, now I'll have to prepare for a barrage of 'Got any spare Visas, mate?'.:)
Anyway, I don't think the UK is as savvy as the grandparent makes it out to be with regards to card signatures. My own signature is absolutely terrible and varies wildly, yet I've never once been asked to prove my identity for any of the purchases I've made on a card.
Oh well, the advent of chip 'n' pin makes this all signature business redundant anyway.
Er, no. That's the 'joke' - you know, how the type of American described in the parent might refer to the UK or GB as just England? I am fucking British, you know.
Yes, Google will soon become a search engine legend, after topping the chart for a long time. They have the key to success, let's hope they can scale this service up so we can all feel that feeling of elevation, like the one I got from playing The Silent Cartographer in Halo for the first time. This is a true landmark in search engine technology. I feel so giddy with excitement that I'm losing my orientation! I need the contours of a hot woman to offer me some relief!
Slashdot Mirror
Also overpriced.
Says he with a Fan list the size of Big Ben...
Got any fashion tips for me grub?
Yeah, Dennis Miller. Only one in a million people would find him funny.
Now tell us the one that doesn't suck!
/Stewie
For anyone confused, 'FP' is a common Slashdot abbreviation for 'First Post'.
It is traditional to reply to posts that are not actually the first but still proclaim 'FP' with the phrase 'You fail it'; 'it' being the act of obtaining the first post of an article.
I'm sorry (and I whole-heartedly agree with you're peeve, I notice that a lot) but the most common, most widespread grammatical mistake at the moment has to be:
LOSE vs. LOOSE
SERIOUSLY! WHAT THE FUCK? It's wrong more times than right. I see it fucking EVERYWHERE. Slashdot and other messageboards, lecture notes, text messages, you name it.
I am not joking when I say that it has become so bad that I myself started reading correct phrases such as 'You've got nothing to lose' as being wrong ("WTF? That doesn't look right!") because lose is becoming extinct.
Has it always been this way and I'm only starting to notice or is it some new phenomenon? I never really used to notice before 2002 or so. Please fellow Slashies, tell me I am not alone!
Reminds me of my first /. sig:
I could care less if my boxen have virii, I'm playing with my legos!"
After reading about morse code on this of all sites, this song popped into my head. ;)
Huh, that's funny. I've always knowingly opted for the form 'email' because I read somewhere that once a hyphenated word falls into common usage, it's the 'done thing' to lose the hypen, and the examples of 'hard-ware' and 'soft-ware' were cited.
Anyone else read something similar? Were hardware and software ever hyphenated? I would like to use the correct form from now onwards so if anyone could clarify...
it seems that this tool is going to require you to already own books to be able to search them?
Now, now. That's no way to talk about Jeff Bezos.
Of course, they don't call those saggy rings of fat 'love handles' for nothing, you know.
From my cold, dead hands!...er...you will find the note saying 'I accept DRM'.
Don't you have someone else's birthday candles to blow out?
I think you'll find that the United Kingdom is far more civilised than you describe. We just politely ask them to die.
Hehe, this is what I was going to post:
;)
"...and, through some level of correlation, all those teenage pregnancies!"
Pesky two minute wait between postings, you beat me to the punch.
The trouble with the UK is that you can't do the 'Yoo Ess Ay!'-while-clutching-a-miniature-flag chant because there aren't enough syllables. You could add in a cha-cha-cha to make it 'Yoo Kay, cha-cha-cha', although that's perhaps a little too flamboyant.
That's horseshit and you know it.
The fact that the 'e' extension stands for 'electronic' and would thus be the logical official name for the online version of the game makes it even less of a 'different beast'. It's not like he called his game Discrabble or Ping Pang Scrab Ble. A large majority of people you asked in the street would assume that the website is owned by the same company who owned traditional Scrabble.
Imagine if this Jared guy had, in a random act of insanity, changed the frontpage to:
"E-Scrabble thinks that all blacks and jews should be killed".
Who's going to be at the centre of a shitstorm of complaints and boycotts? Yep, Hasbro. Even if it was published in all media that there was no affiliation, there would still be a net negative effect on the company.
Oh wait it's evil Copyright/Trademark/Patent law. Everything is a black and white, with us or against us, case of logic. What am I to say that the little guy might be in the wrong? I'll report to the nearest fat loser geek centre for rehabilitation...
While I agree that there is a fair amount of stuff on C4 worth watching, sometimes they try just that little bit too hard to be cutting edge and serious like the BBC with respect to shows like documentaries. What you end up with is a show that wants to be intelligent yet still relies on shock value to attract the 19 y.o. pseudo-intellectual college students who always point out the fact that they love C4. A newspaper column I read pointed out this fact:
"'The Boy Born Without A Face'. 'The Woman With No Skin'. What next, 'The Show With No Creativity'?"
That's not to say that any one channel is perfect, of course. Don't even get me started on ITV. Northern, lowest common denominator fodder.
Jeremy Clarkson is one of those guys that enjoys the sound of his own voice a little too much, like most radio DJs and Zapp Brannigan. Top Gear has a certain self-congratulatory vibe to it, in terms of the studio audience. It's hard to both put my finger on and explain it, but they all seem to have the same laugh: that overly masculine, chesty chuckle. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but they all seem like the kind of middle-aged guys who practice martial arts or collect samurai swords.
Then again, I'm not particularly mad about cars, although I can see why Top Gear is so popular.
Homeless guys have credit cards now?
:)
Jeez, it's bad enough that I get bugged for change out in Reading town centre, now I'll have to prepare for a barrage of 'Got any spare Visas, mate?'.
Anyway, I don't think the UK is as savvy as the grandparent makes it out to be with regards to card signatures. My own signature is absolutely terrible and varies wildly, yet I've never once been asked to prove my identity for any of the purchases I've made on a card.
Oh well, the advent of chip 'n' pin makes this all signature business redundant anyway.
/English too
:)
Clicky
I guess the tongue sticking out wasn't enough of a clue
Er, no. That's the 'joke' - you know, how the type of American described in the parent might refer to the UK or GB as just England? I am fucking British, you know.
England? :P
If you're outside the U.S. and planning a route, I'd be wary of MSN's MapPoint service
Yes, Google will soon become a search engine legend, after topping the chart for a long time. They have the key to success, let's hope they can scale this service up so we can all feel that feeling of elevation, like the one I got from playing The Silent Cartographer in Halo for the first time. This is a true landmark in search engine technology. I feel so giddy with excitement that I'm losing my orientation! I need the contours of a hot woman to offer me some relief!