Things that make you go "Hmmmm…" - Page 162

firejuggler · 2013-07-23, 20:09

urbandictionnary , again

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2.spawn 
In multiplayer games, the place where a dead person or a person that has just joined is born or created.
4.	 Spawn 
(n.) - Children, particularly annoying ones. SEE: Crotch-droppings.
Lady, please remove your spawn from the middle of the street before something fortunate for the rest of humanity occurs.

kladner · 2013-07-23, 20:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by ewmayer

[SNIP]

The closest Americanism I can think of analogous to sprog is "rugrat", but that applies only to very young [i.e. crawling] children.

"Curtain climbers", "ankle biters". My take on "rugrat" is that it can include toddlers. Fascinating subject, isn't it: derogatory terms for the very young. Not all deserve it, but those who do make up for the others. Of course, it is really a failing of the parents, so the "locked in a room full of screaming sprogs" punishment sounds quite fitting.

c10ck3r · 2013-07-24, 14:53

http://www.popsci.com/technology/art...ree-times-fast
This would be nice...

Xyzzy · 2013-07-27, 07:11

http://news.yahoo.com/mysterious-gia...194725326.html

jasong · 2013-07-29, 05:15

Apparently, my home town is the third fattest metropolitan area in the US.(Conway, Arkansas)

Guess I fit right in.

kladner · 2013-07-29, 11:56

Fascinating and scary. Sea level rise, anyone?

kladner · 2013-07-31, 20:21

Microsoft accuses Microsoft of copyright infringement, asks Google to scrub search links

Link at Electronic Frontier Foundation.

kladner · 2013-07-31, 20:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by ewmayer

Thx - I find the original PC World article (linked in the above EFF page) more useful.

Thanks for the referral. I thought the blurb was pretty short, but did not pursue the link.

jasong · 2013-08-02, 09:22

I have no idea why this video seems so awesome to me.

Also, I'm amazed there are no homophobic slurs in the comments that I can see, despite the visual definition of "working it."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmxUMcqGGTw

retina · 2013-08-05, 00:39

http://www.dkriesel.com/en/blog/2013...when_scanning?

Never simply assume, always check.

Chuck · 2013-08-05, 00:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by retina

http://www.dkriesel.com/en/blog/2013...when_scanning?

Never simply assume, always check.

Chester F. Carlson would NOT have been pleased with this situation.

2013-07-27, 07:11	#1775
Xyzzy "Mike" Aug 2002 5×17×97 Posts	http://news.yahoo.com/mysterious-gia...194725326.html Last fiddled with by ewmayer on 2013-07-27 at 23:01 Reason: "My highly attractive personality makes me a total babe magnet..."

2013-07-29, 11:56	#1777
kladner "Kieren" Jul 2011 In My Own Galaxy! 2·3·1,693 Posts	What scientists are seeing over Antarctica Fascinating and scary. Sea level rise, anyone?

2013-07-31, 20:21	#1778
kladner "Kieren" Jul 2011 In My Own Galaxy! 2×3×1,693 Posts	Microsoft accuses Microsoft of copyright infringement Microsoft accuses Microsoft of copyright infringement, asks Google to scrub search links Link at Electronic Frontier Foundation. Last fiddled with by kladner on 2013-07-31 at 20:23

2013-08-05, 00:39	#1781
retina Undefined "The unspeakable one" Jun 2006 My evil lair 2²×3²×173 Posts	Xerox scanners/copiers randomly alter written numbers. http://www.dkriesel.com/en/blog/2013...when_scanning? Never simply assume, always check.

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jasong "Jason Goatcher" Mar 2005 6663₈ Posts	I have no idea why this video seems so awesome to me. Also, I'm amazed there are no homophobic slurs in the comments that I can see, despite the visual definition of "working it." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmxUMcqGGTw