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U.S. Military showing signs of intelligence.
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jabberwock
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A Wired article about a new higher tech military has this gem of a quote:
They have at least one idea, though. “Avoid the use of Microsoft Windows operating systems,” a recent memo on the subject directed. FFW is going open source. Cleaner software needs less energy to run.
How about an “Olive Drab screen of death”?
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That’s definitely a gem.
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Favorite (but less relevant than it used to be) Quote: Microsoft’s tyranny lies not in its success, but in the way it achieved and maintains that success.
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FOBAR
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Cynic (noun)
“One whose faulty vision causes him to see things as they actually are?not as others wish them to be.”Ambrose Bierce
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TASFUIRA (I’ll expand that, if you promise not to blush)
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Laurie Fleming - the singing geek
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[quote author=“les aptt”]FOBAR
Actually, that’s FUBAR. Unless you’re willing to accept that “up” and “over” can in this particular usage amount to the same thing.
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[quote author=“coaten”]Actually, that’s FUBAR.
Don’t know why, but traditionally it’s written as FOOBAR (it’s used a lot in man pages), even though it should be FUBAR in order to be a proper acronym.
Which reminds me, I’ve always liked BOHICA. :D
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BOHICA?
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Oh, I see you live in LA. I’m heading that way and was thinking of picking up a good backpack capable of carrying a 17in Powerbook and sundry items. Any recommendations?
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It’s probably no coincidence, but Googling TASFUIRA and BOHICA for the meanings of those acronyms brings up Punk Rock bands of those two names as the primary listings. :D
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