The term RAS syndrome refers to the use of one of the words that make up an initialism or acronym as well as the abbreviation itself, thus in effect repeating that word. It stands for "Redundant Acronym Syndrome syndrome," and is itself a humorous example of a redundant acronym.
For those who DON'T get it, Hari Seldon is the central figure of the Foundation series of Scifi books by Isaac Asimov.
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The premise of the series is that scientist Hari Seldon spent his life developing a branch of mathematics known as psychohistory, a concept devised by Asimov and Campbell. Using the law of mass action, it can predict the future...
Troll? Are you kidding? I used to have to repave both my XP AND 98SE installs every 1-3 months depending on what I was working on at the time. I've certainly reinstalled HL/CS/Steam more times than I care to remember...
One of my friend who lived at the 20th floor of a condo building in a nice neighborhood saw an intruder in the middle of one night while he was sleeping.
Intruders are sleeping on the job now? Or was the intrudee dreaming?
Adam: Today we're testing the myth of how long you can survive in space without a spacesuit. First we're going to need a test subject. HEY TORY!
Tory::(
In the English language, the standard plural of virus is viruses. This is the most frequently occurring form of the plural, and refers to both a biological virus and a computer virus.
The less frequent variations viri and virii are virtually unknown in edited prose, and no major dictionary recognizes them as alternative forms. Their occurrence can be variously attributed to hypercorrection formed by analogy to Latin plurals such as alumni or false analogy to Latin plurals such as radii; idiosyncratic use as jargon among a group, such as computer hackers; and deliberate word play, such as on BBSs (see, e.g.: leet).
Yes, viri/virii is incorrect (for now), but when the vast majority of us don't RTFA (or can't, due to the/. effect), you can hardly expect people to figure it out all on their own;)
Waitwaitwait.
They are telling everyone to copy UAC, but have filed a patent??
1) Tell everyone to copy idea
2) Patent idea on the sly
3) ???
4) Profit!!!
It's scary how obvious step (3) is in this case...
I spent an hour and a half installing the patch to break RealTek and then the patch for the patch yesterday on different machines that I maintain. Yay Microsoft...
Only yellow, green, or purple? No rose colored glasses?
FTA:
Chemists at the University of Washington in Seattle say they are developing 'smart' sunglasses that will let the wearer instantly change the color of their lenses to virtually any hue of the rainbow. So, whether you like your lenses clear, red, green, blue or purple, virtually any color could be obtained instantly by tuning a tiny electronic knob in the frame, the researchers said in a release. Unlike you, I read [part of] TA.
I must be new here...
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...is that you?
Time to get started on the OLPG (One Laptop Per Gorilla) program then...
Troll? Are you kidding? I used to have to repave both my XP AND 98SE installs every 1-3 months depending on what I was working on at the time. I've certainly reinstalled HL/CS/Steam more times than I care to remember...
Did you ask her how many Olympic events have men competing against women?
Seems to me that it's a bad idea to defrost an ancient bacteria without defrosting the ancient who can stop it...
How exactly do you press Ctrl+Esc 'without touching "that nasty keyboard thingy"'?
In a now apparent unfortunate turn of events for me, yes it is. It comes, however, from having that nickname in school due to my buck teeth.
Yes, viri/virii is incorrect (for now), but when the vast majority of us don't RTFA (or can't, due to the
Really? For me it's hairy women. And yes, I'd prefer that it didn't spring to mind. It just does.
Look! A distraction! *runs*
By "day before yesterday", you obviously mean "two weeks ago".
You must be new here...
As a troll, I find that smiley face annoying >:(
Waitwaitwait. They are telling everyone to copy UAC, but have filed a patent?? 1) Tell everyone to copy idea 2) Patent idea on the sly 3) ??? 4) Profit!!! It's scary how obvious step (3) is in this case...
I spent an hour and a half installing the patch to break RealTek and then the patch for the patch yesterday on different machines that I maintain. Yay Microsoft...
Or a fuzzy set
A handy system for searching images for cats.
IM IN UR INTARNETS
FINDN FUZZY PR0N!
As long as it has pointy hair, you won't notice a difference...
Bend over there, private!
I, for one, welcome our bandwidth-stingy overlor*#@+^#($*&@NO CARRIER