I would had said Damn /. four days ago....
...when this would had been actually relevent. However, LiveJournal was dead for me whenever I tried to add a new post :P
If you like being dead serious and can't stand jokes, you might as well stop reading for this ain't a serious-topic entry. Basicly... last Thursday while on my work-break, I was reading through the /. news and comments (as usual).. and I bumped into some stuff that had me so close to burst to laughing that it hurts (well, I can't afford myself the freedom to laugh out loud in a room with workmates who have no clue what's going on).
The first is related to a comment on a woman that was accusing Hewlett Packard of making printers that would automatically stop working with ink cartridges that met a certain date, even if they had still ink left (just to get you in context). So it all starts when someone posts a comment that goes ...
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Re:Wow (Score:5, Funny)
by Steffan (126616) on Tuesday February 22, @06:29PM (#11750329)
"Just... Wow. This is lunacris"
lunacris?
WTF?
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Re:Wow (Score:5, Funny)
by k4_pacific (736911) on Tuesday February 22, @06:33PM (#11750377)
It's a perfectly cromulent word.
Re:Wow (Score:4, Funny)
by brilinux (255400) on Tuesday February 22, @06:34PM (#11750402)
lunacris?
It means that its stupidity is dependent upon the current position of the moon.
Re:Wow (Score:5, Funny)
by jd (1658) on Tuesday February 22, @06:44PM (#11750512)
lunacris (n): 1. A crisis, during a lunar eclipse. 2. An alternative spelling of ludicrous, as seen on Slashdot. 3. Hewlett-Packard.
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It's stupidity is dependant on the current position of the moon... this had me so close to bursting out in laugher x.x
The second snippet for now is from another story, about the first arrest ensued for spimming. Spimming is the odd term used now for "spam through IM programs" (like MSN, AOL and the such). Apparently, someone doesn't likes the term spim...
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Gah. "Spimming"? (Score:5, Funny)
by American AC in Paris (230456) * on Tuesday February 22, @02:30PM (#11747498)
...do we really need to go mashing old new words into new new words for every little 'Net-related derivation out there?
It's stupidiotic, and it's getting irritannoying.
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Re:Gah. "Spimming"? (Score:4, Funny)
by zerosignal (222614) on Tuesday February 22, @02:36PM (#11747584)
Just wait 'til you get 'spom' on your mobile phone.
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Re:Gah. "Spimming"? (Score:5, Funny)
by Ooblek (544753) on Tuesday February 22, @02:46PM (#11747733)
Wow, and I hope they don't figure out how to access those appliances with Wi-Fi connections that are now available.
Spam on the refrigerator screen - Spood.
Spam on the toaster - Spoast.
Spam on the ice cream maker - Spooge.
Spooge?!? Now the pr0n industry has come full circle....
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Re:Gah. "Spimming"? (Score:5, Funny)
by nacturation (646836) on Tuesday February 22, @02:59PM (#11747883)
Spam over IRC - Spirm.
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Just... just... x.x....
Disclaimer: I know this is a meaningless post with no true substance to it whatsoever that'll never make it anywhere in the history of the internet. But seriously, guys, sometimes some /. comments deserve being saved and spread.
If you like being dead serious and can't stand jokes, you might as well stop reading for this ain't a serious-topic entry. Basicly... last Thursday while on my work-break, I was reading through the /. news and comments (as usual).. and I bumped into some stuff that had me so close to burst to laughing that it hurts (well, I can't afford myself the freedom to laugh out loud in a room with workmates who have no clue what's going on).
The first is related to a comment on a woman that was accusing Hewlett Packard of making printers that would automatically stop working with ink cartridges that met a certain date, even if they had still ink left (just to get you in context). So it all starts when someone posts a comment that goes ...
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Re:Wow (Score:5, Funny)
by Steffan (126616) on Tuesday February 22, @06:29PM (#11750329)
"Just... Wow. This is lunacris"
lunacris?
WTF?
[ Reply to This | Parent ]
Re:Wow (Score:5, Funny)
by k4_pacific (736911) on Tuesday February 22, @06:33PM (#11750377)
It's a perfectly cromulent word.
Re:Wow (Score:4, Funny)
by brilinux (255400) on Tuesday February 22, @06:34PM (#11750402)
lunacris?
It means that its stupidity is dependent upon the current position of the moon.
Re:Wow (Score:5, Funny)
by jd (1658) on Tuesday February 22, @06:44PM (#11750512)
lunacris (n): 1. A crisis, during a lunar eclipse. 2. An alternative spelling of ludicrous, as seen on Slashdot. 3. Hewlett-Packard.
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It's stupidity is dependant on the current position of the moon... this had me so close to bursting out in laugher x.x
The second snippet for now is from another story, about the first arrest ensued for spimming. Spimming is the odd term used now for "spam through IM programs" (like MSN, AOL and the such). Apparently, someone doesn't likes the term spim...
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Gah. "Spimming"? (Score:5, Funny)
by American AC in Paris (230456) * on Tuesday February 22, @02:30PM (#11747498)
...do we really need to go mashing old new words into new new words for every little 'Net-related derivation out there?
It's stupidiotic, and it's getting irritannoying.
[ Reply to This ]
Re:Gah. "Spimming"? (Score:4, Funny)
by zerosignal (222614) on Tuesday February 22, @02:36PM (#11747584)
Just wait 'til you get 'spom' on your mobile phone.
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Re:Gah. "Spimming"? (Score:5, Funny)
by Ooblek (544753) on Tuesday February 22, @02:46PM (#11747733)
Wow, and I hope they don't figure out how to access those appliances with Wi-Fi connections that are now available.
Spam on the refrigerator screen - Spood.
Spam on the toaster - Spoast.
Spam on the ice cream maker - Spooge.
Spooge?!? Now the pr0n industry has come full circle....
[ Reply to This | Parent ]
Re:Gah. "Spimming"? (Score:5, Funny)
by nacturation (646836) on Tuesday February 22, @02:59PM (#11747883)
Spam over IRC - Spirm.
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Just... just... x.x....
Disclaimer: I know this is a meaningless post with no true substance to it whatsoever that'll never make it anywhere in the history of the internet. But seriously, guys, sometimes some /. comments deserve being saved and spread.