Well TFS does say it's "more of a tablet computer than a phone".
I am familar with a) this gadget and it's not a phone at all, not even a little bit round the edges
and b) the construction "not so much an X as a Y", which is normally used to imply that it is an X, albeit not a good one and it shouldn't give up the day job, to whit being a Y.
But then a) I actually have a reasonable command of English and b) I'm not a slashdot editor. Tautology? You, dear reader, must decide.
Of course, if they are acquitted, expect the law to change within months. And expect it to be an international treaty, to stop pesky democracy from changing the law back again at the next election...
The bastards will probably make it retroactive too.
I think too many people posting in this article didn't even bother reading the summary where it was asking about "spoilers," not what makes the game itself unfun.
Are you trying to imply that the headline is misleading and/or ambiguous? Let me remind you, sir, that this is slashdot.
When criticizing people for using a Exclamation Point, when it is used in a title of a book being reviewed, it is YOU who look like a Wanker.
Surely the real wanker is the pretentious tossbag who put it there in the first place? It's almost as stupid as a pop star renaming himself to $squigglything.
Actually, an anecdote is proof of existance. If I have a black sheep, that is proof that black sheep exist.
You having a black sheep is one thing. You saying you have a black sheep is another. And you saying that someone else (that I've never met or heard of) has a black sheep is yet another.
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Well TFS does say it's "more of a tablet computer than a phone".
I am familar with
a) this gadget and it's not a phone at all, not even a little bit round the edges
and
b) the construction "not so much an X as a Y", which is normally used to imply that it is an X, albeit not a good one and it shouldn't give up the day job, to whit being a Y.
But then a) I actually have a reasonable command of English and b) I'm not a slashdot editor. Tautology? You, dear reader, must decide.
You mean teaching them to speak Portuguese or English?
Armature radio? I suppose most do contain some form of wiring...
P.S. a pox on wikipedia - the encyclopedia that every imbecile has edited - for reinforcing such stupid ignorance.
The bastards will probably make it retroactive too.
Same as any other dog - biscuits, slow cats and the taste of its own genitals.
I'm a television monitor/researcher, you insensitive clod!
What a stupid idea. Why not just make the air-intakes face backwards?
Not quite the same? It's nothing remotely like it.
Assuming there's more than one author (otherwise it wouldn't be a guild, it'd be a nutter) shouldn't it be "Authors' Guild"?
Are you trying to imply that the headline is misleading and/or ambiguous? Let me remind you, sir, that this is slashdot.
the whole thing is quite literally a nebulous concept.
Surely the real wanker is the pretentious tossbag who put it there in the first place? It's almost as stupid as a pop star renaming himself to $squigglything.
You could say the same about lots of things. Oil, for one. Or gold.
What you're saying is that if you can't afford something, it's OK to steal it.
I'd think not. Ecstatic more likely.
He applied several times, but all he ever got was rejectances.
You having a black sheep is one thing. You saying you have a black sheep is another. And you saying that someone else (that I've never met or heard of) has a black sheep is yet another.
Oh dear. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.
I have a hilarious a Ted Stevens joke, but this comment box is too small to contain it.
Going to make me, equaDORK?
You said it, so that's you.
Someone who missed the 'k' off the end of his username is in no position to throw stones at somebody else's kettle of fish.
No different to most other half-assed jobs: can't be bothered, cost too much, or both.
Slashdot in a nutshell? Or maybe not.
I'd like to see what they'd put on the cover.
He can't stop himself - it's a reflex.
Reading that simile was like marinating a walnut in talcum powder.