[News] Microsoft Patent Trolls Infesting India

On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:15:19 +0200, Hadron wrote:
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> Chris Ahlstrom <linonut@bollsouth.nut> writes:
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>> After takin' a swig o' grog, Tim Smith belched out
>> this bit o' wisdom:
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>>> In article <1589792.mupGAarc0Y@schestowitz.com>,
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> wrote:
>>>> >> >> > I suppose it's better than the rats they have running all over the
>>>> >> >> > place there.
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >> Yes, use racism, Gary. SweatyB would give you a raise.
>>> ...
>>>> > How was it racist?
>>>>
>>>> Ask me tomorrow when my filters are on again.
>>>
>>> India has a well documented rat problem.[/color]
>>
>> Actually, many people there don't think of rats as a problem. They
>> leave food out for them.[/color]
>
> Not that many. There is a small sect who worship the rat Goddess, Karni Mata (and yes
> I did have to Google the name as I had forgotten it).
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>>
>> (No, I didn't google that up. Even better <drool> I saw it on
>> teevee, duuhhhh).
>>
>> I've never gotten used to the social dysfunction of people in my
>> discipline, programming. An ability to deal with heavy details in code,
>> but not with the simplest social context in a conversation.[/color]
>
> Seriously, what are you talking about? Are you drinking?!?!?
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>>
>> Some dude once posted a notice about "network scanning" for "the
>> printer". When I asked him what he meant by that, he answered
>> that, since I did not know what it was, I probably had no need for it.
>>
>> Turns out it was the ability to scan a document and dump the data to a
>> file over the network. But I got that answer from someone else.
>>
>> "Say, dude, do you know what time it is?"
>>
>> "Yes."[/color]
>
> Err, ... Nurse![/color]

I think LiarMutt got into the Christmas egg nog a little early this year :)

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In article <RvjLk.49321$XT1.13225@bignews5.bellsouth.net>,
Chris Ahlstrom <linonut@bollsouth.nut> wrote:[color=blue]
>
> "Say, dude, do you know what time it is?"
>
> "Yes."[/color]

If you feel like being a bit of a jerk, when someone asks you the time
at, say, 10:23, tell them "half past 9:53" or "quarter to 10:38".


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--Tim Smith

After takin' a swig o' grog, Tim Smith belched out
this bit o' wisdom:
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> In article <RvjLk.49321$XT1.13225@bignews5.bellsouth.net>,
> Chris Ahlstrom <linonut@bollsouth.nut> wrote:[color=green]
>>
>> "Say, dude, do you know what time it is?"
>>
>> "Yes."[/color]
>
> If you feel like being a bit of a jerk, when someone asks you the time
> at, say, 10:23, tell them "half past 9:53" or "quarter to 10:38".[/color]

I just look at my Mickey Mouse watch and say "It's half-past the mouse's
ass."

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