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Science Fiction » alt.fan.douglas-adams » And, like the Yo-yo that I am...
| And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #175821] |
Di, 29 November 2005 13:08 |
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Like the Yo-Yo that i am, I again find myself returning to AFDA.
Who Am I?
You all might know me as Aaron, or Far From Unique, or even
Oosh_Ninja...
But most likely you know me as Gaz.
Who's still here?
--
Gaz
Still Alive. Yes, really.[2]
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #175823 ] |
Di, 29 November 2005 14:59 |
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I'm here.
If you mean "here" to be afda.
If you mean here as in "where you are", then I'm not here, unless
you're hiding in my house.
Trev
(visit http://www.simoncowl.oneuk.com for x-factor hilarity)
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #175824 ] |
Di, 29 November 2005 15:02 |
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"Far From Unique" <Farfromunique [at] gmail.com> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> Like the Yo-Yo that i am, I again find myself returning to AFDA.
> Who Am I?
> You all might know me as Aaron, or Far From Unique, or even
> Oosh_Ninja...
> But most likely you know me as Gaz.
Hooray!
> Who's still here?
Kåre is. I believe you were here when I arrived. Nikitta is here every
now and then (something about not having internet at home in new house
yet). Uncle Lloyd and iain are somewhat here too and nemo is lurking,
I guess. Oh, and Jan the Swampster. Plus all those I forgot right now.
Actually I shouldn't be posting the teh froup right now but do
something useful...
> Still Alive. Yes, really.[2]
Yay! The footnote was lost though.
*looks for footnote*
I found this one:
[2.1] With spaghetti.
The number is close, but I'm not sure it is teh right one...
--
-- [ Rasmus "Møffe" Bøg Hansen ] ---------------------------------------
Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most.
- Ozzy Osbourne
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #175826 ] |
Di, 29 November 2005 17:54 |
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Rasmus Bøg Hansen wrote:
> "Far From Unique" <Farfromunique [at] gmail.com> hit the keyboard.
> Afterwards the following was on the screen:
Because I feel like confusing everyone, I will answer both Gaz and
Rasmus in this post...
>>Like the Yo-Yo that i am, I again find myself returning to AFDA.
You mean a rapper?
>>Who Am I?
Why am I here? What's my purpose in life?
>>You all might know me as Aaron, or Far From Unique, or even
>>Oosh_Ninja...
>>But most likely you know me as Gaz.
I remmeber you as both Gaz and Aaron (one of the lot...)
>
> Hooray!
Hooray Indeed!
>>Who's still here?
We are all individuals!![4.5]
> Kåre is. I believe you were here when I arrived. Nikitta is here every
> now and then (something about not having internet at home in new house
> yet). Uncle Lloyd and iain are somewhat here too and nemo is lurking,
> I guess. Oh, and Jan the Swampster. Plus all those I forgot right now.
Kie is lurking. Amro is here. Screwtape and Freakstone at irregular
intervals. And as a curiousum(sp?) we had a posting by Howard Gardner in
TFTSNBN just a few days ago...
> Actually I shouldn't be posting the teh froup right now but do
> something useful...
You mean this isn't useful?
>>Still Alive. Yes, really.[2]
>
> Yay! The footnote was lost though.
>
> *looks for footnote*
>
> I found this one:
>
> [2.1] With spaghetti.
>
> The number is close, but I'm not sure it is teh right one...
Are you really new enough not to know the default footnotes, Rasmus?
The standardized ones include, but are not limited to:
[1] Not really.
[2] Yes, really.
Best
Kåre
[4.5] I'm not.
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #175829 ] |
Di, 29 November 2005 21:07 |
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On 29 Nov 2005 04:08:44 -0800, "Far From Unique"
<Farfromunique [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>Like the Yo-Yo that i am, I again find myself returning to AFDA.
Welcome back, sir. Tea?
>Who Am I?
Who am you?
>You all might know me as Aaron, or Far From Unique, or even
>Oosh_Ninja...
>But most likely you know me as Gaz.
Ah, you! Welcome back, agiain, I say.
>Who's still here?
Me. And others.
I just bought some biscuits, who wants one? They're bourbons.
Lloyd
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"In fact, everything between 'herring' and 'marmalade'
appears to be missing" -- Svlad Cjelli
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #175830 ] |
Di, 29 November 2005 21:45 |
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On 2005-11-29, Far From Unique <Farfromunique [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Like the Yo-Yo that i am, I again find myself returning to AFDA.
> Who Am I?
> You all might know me as Aaron, or Far From Unique, or even
> Oosh_Ninja...
> But most likely you know me as Gaz.
>
> Who's still here?
>
I'm still here, just been migrating to a new hard drive to not been around
much recently though. Damn uni work!
--
J
My Realm: http://www.myrealm.co.uk/
LORE: http://lore.myrealm.co.uk/
He who laughs, lasts.
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #175832 ] |
Mi, 30 November 2005 00:38 |
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Kaare Fiedler Christiansen <news [at] kaarefc.dk> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>>>Who Am I?
>
> Why am I here? What's my purpose in life?
What do you mean by who are you?
> We are all individuals!![4.5]
>
>> Kåre is. I believe you were here when I arrived. Nikitta is here every
>> now and then (something about not having internet at home in new house
>> yet). Uncle Lloyd and iain are somewhat here too and nemo is lurking,
>> I guess. Oh, and Jan the Swampster. Plus all those I forgot right now.
>
> Kie is lurking. Amro is here. Screwtape and Freakstone at irregular
> intervals. And as a curiousum(sp?) we had a posting by Howard Gardner in
> TFTSNBN just a few days ago...
Screwtape is just about as regular here as he is irregular on #afda -
or is it the other way round :-)
>> Actually I shouldn't be posting the teh froup right now but do
>> something useful...
>
> You mean this isn't useful?
Bad choice of words rather. I think I meant "I should go do my master
thesis instead of posting right now."
I found out that "my" computer was occupied by my advisor and PhD
student playing with "my" laser equipment so I could as well have
stayed here posting :-)
>>>Still Alive. Yes, really.[2]
>> Yay! The footnote was lost though.
>> *looks for footnote*
>> I found this one:
>> [2.1] With spaghetti.
>> The number is close, but I'm not sure it is teh right one...
>
> Are you really new enough not to know the default footnotes, Rasmus?
Yes but I sometimes forget :-)
Also I had an excuse to write one myself. [pi/2)
> The standardized ones include, but are not limited to:
>
> [1] Not really.
> [2] Yes, really.
>
> Best
> Kåre
>
> [4.5] I'm not.
Sssshhhh!
/Rasmus
[pi/3] Not really the right one.
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-- [ Rasmus "Møffe" Bøg Hansen ] ---------------------------------------
In god we trust, all others pay cash.
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #180580 ] |
Mi, 07 Dezember 2005 03:15 |
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Rasmus B=F8g Hansen wrote:
> yet). Uncle Lloyd and iain are somewhat here too and nemo is lurking,
> I guess. Oh, and Jan the Swampster. Plus all those I forgot right now.
Yes, yes I am.=20
*grins*
..=2E./Nemo
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #180586 ] |
Mi, 07 Dezember 2005 14:54 |
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Far From Unique wrote:
> Like the Yo-Yo that i am, I again find myself returning to AFDA.
> But most likely you know me as Gaz.
> Who's still here?
Gaz! You just missed the Christmas list. I just posted mine yesterrday.
I still have some spares, mail me your address if you want a card. :-)
Sid (at nerte dot net)
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #180646 ] |
Sa, 10 Dezember 2005 06:09 |
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I am here and you are not. Or are you here and I am not? I dunno. Who
the hell cares? Well, if you're reading this, obviously you're
here, which would mean I am not. Then again, if I am writing, then I
must be here, which would mean that you are not. Furthermore, I think.
I am thinking of this, among other things right now. And since I think,
therefore, I am. Do you think? What about? If you think, you must be
also. Could it be that we both are here and we both are and it is a
third person who is not here and therefore is not? Who is
Person-Not-Here? Why aren't they here? Are we waiting for them? Do we
have to? What are we waiting for? Is it that Person-Not-Here does not
think and therefore is not, and we are waiting for them to be "is"?
Is it that they think, but are not "is" anyways? How can that be?
Perhaps it is something else all together. Perhaps it is that we are
not. Perhaps you do not think and therefore are not. Then you would not
be here. And Person-Not-Here is not here because they are really
Person-Is-Not, because they are not "is" because they do not think.
And lastly, I am not here, because I only think I think but I do not
think, and therefore, I cannot be "is". And if I only think I
think, then I cannot be writing, because writing is thinking. So you
are not here and I am not here. And Person-Is-Not never thought or was
thought of at all, so Person-Is-Not never was anywhere. So
Person-Is-Not is not here. You are not here, and I am not here, and I
have not been writing, because the writing is not here. So no one and
nothing is here, and the no one and nothing is thinking, and therefore
it is. Yeah. That must be it.
(You don't know me. I'm new. The above was totally random.)
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #180651 ] |
So, 11 Dezember 2005 10:07 |
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shapeshifter.dragon [at] gmail.com wrote:
> (You don't know me. I'm new. The above was totally random.)
You're going to fit right in, trust me.
Tea?
--
John Coxon
Bend the facts to fit the conclusion. It's easier that way.
Email: john[dot]coxon[at]gmail[dot]com
Website: http://alphacentauri.8k.com
Missing footnotes: http://www.nut.house.cx/cgi-bin/nemowiki.pl?ISFN
ZZ9 - the official HHGG appreciation society: http://www.zz9.org/
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #180686 ] |
Di, 13 Dezember 2005 10:23 |
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John Coxon <john.coxon [at] gmail.com> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> shapeshifter.dragon [at] gmail.com wrote:
>
>> (You don't know me. I'm new. The above was totally random.)
>
> You're going to fit right in, trust me.
Yes, it sounds like that. Welcome!
> Tea?
*throws in some biscuits*
--
-- [ Rasmus "Møffe" Bøg Hansen ] ---------------------------------------
Ah, they've got the internet on computers now.
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #180700 ] |
Di, 13 Dezember 2005 23:43 |
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*is submerged in tea and biscuits*
Glub.
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #180702 ] |
Mi, 14 Dezember 2005 08:06 |
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shapeshifter.dragon [at] gmail.com wrote:
> *is submerged in tea and biscuits*
>
> Glub.
Being submerged? I don't think we've ever had anybody _that_ dedicated
before!
--
John Coxon
Disc space - the final frontier!
Email: john[dot]coxon[at]gmail[dot]com
Website: http://alphacentauri.8k.com
Missing footnotes: http://www.nut.house.cx/cgi-bin/nemowiki.pl?ISFN
ZZ9 - the official HHGG appreciation society: http://www.zz9.org/
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #180751 ] |
Mo, 19 Dezember 2005 14:25 |
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John Coxon <john.coxon [at] gmail.com> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> shapeshifter.dragon [at] gmail.com wrote:
>
>> *is submerged in tea and biscuits*
>> Glub.
>
> Being submerged? I don't think we've ever had anybody _that_
> dedicated before!
Dedicated? I thought he was trying to commit suicide by drowning
himself in tea...
I hope I am mistaken!
--
-- [ Rasmus "Møffe" Bøg Hansen ] ---------------------------------------
Vampires are not visible in mirrors, which explains why they are often
backed over in parking lots.
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #180752 ] |
Mo, 19 Dezember 2005 14:50 |
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Rasmus Bøg Hansen <spam05 [at] zz9.dk> wrote:
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> I thought he was trying to commit suicide by drowning himself
> in tea...
>
> I hope I am mistaken!
I hope so too. What a waste of good tea!
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #180754 ] |
Mo, 19 Dezember 2005 21:23 |
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"Rasmus "Bøg" Hansen" <spam05 [at] zz9.dk> wrote in message
news:87ek492p7u.fsf [at] grignard.amagerkollegiet.dk...
> John Coxon <john.coxon [at] gmail.com> hit the keyboard.
> Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>
>> shapeshifter.dragon [at] gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> *is submerged in tea and biscuits*
>>> Glub.
>>
>> Being submerged? I don't think we've ever had anybody _that_
>> dedicated before!
>
> Dedicated? I thought he was trying to commit suicide by drowning
> himself in tea...
>
> I hope I am mistaken!
>
Maybe he's gone mad and thinks he's a lump of sugar. He's found a lake
somewhere that thinks it's a nice, hot cup of tea and he's jumping in and
out of it.
-- Dave
http://starry-starry-nights.blogspot.com/
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #188218 ] |
Di, 20 Dezember 2005 01:59 |
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Dave Adalian wrote:
> "Rasmus "B=F8g" Hansen" <spam05 [at] zz9.dk> wrote in message
> news:87ek492p7u.fsf [at] grignard.amagerkollegiet.dk...
> > John Coxon <john.coxon [at] gmail.com> hit the keyboard.
> > Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> >
> >> shapeshifter.dragon [at] gmail.com wrote:
> >>
> >>> *is submerged in tea and biscuits*
> >>> Glub.
> >>
> >> Being submerged? I don't think we've ever had anybody _that_
> >> dedicated before!
> >
> > Dedicated? I thought he was trying to commit suicide by drowning
> > himself in tea...
> >
> > I hope I am mistaken!
> >
>
> Maybe he's gone mad and thinks he's a lump of sugar. He's found a lake
> somewhere that thinks it's a nice, hot cup of tea and he's jumping in and
> out of it.
>
> -- Dave
> http://starry-starry-nights.blogspot.com/
All of the above! And he's a she....
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #188219 ] |
Di, 20 Dezember 2005 02:46 |
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pippa.moran [at] gmail.com wrote:
> Rasmus Bøg Hansen <spam05 [at] zz9.dk> wrote:
>
>>I thought he was trying to commit suicide by drowning himself
>>in tea...
>>
>>I hope I am mistaken!
>
>
> I hope so too. What a waste of good tea!
>
I know somebody that lost a relative when he drowned
in a bowl of oatmeal. Didn't think tea came in a big
enough cup to do the deed.
--
Tian
At the peace vigil I went to Friday the guy that usually
has a sign that says "KPFA - some of the news, most
of the time" had switched to carrying a lit candle.
Apparently the station management has upset him.
http://tian.greens.org
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #188221 ] |
Di, 20 Dezember 2005 03:31 |
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"Omicron Machine" <shapeshifter.dragon [at] gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1135040370.109381.31440 [at] g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Dave Adalian wrote:
> "Rasmus "Bøg" Hansen" <spam05 [at] zz9.dk> wrote in message
> news:87ek492p7u.fsf [at] grignard.amagerkollegiet.dk...
> > John Coxon <john.coxon [at] gmail.com> hit the keyboard.
> > Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> >
> >> shapeshifter.dragon [at] gmail.com wrote:
> >>
> >>> *is submerged in tea and biscuits*
> >>> Glub.
> >>
> >> Being submerged? I don't think we've ever had anybody _that_
> >> dedicated before!
> >
> > Dedicated? I thought he was trying to commit suicide by drowning
> > himself in tea...
> >
> > I hope I am mistaken!
> >
>
> Maybe he's gone mad and thinks he's a lump of sugar. He's found a lake
> somewhere that thinks it's a nice, hot cup of tea and he's jumping in and
> out of it.
>
> All of the above! And he's a she....
Are you sure you're a she? It could be another delusion brought on by
prolonged tea submersion.
-- Dave
http://starry-starry-nights.blogspot.com/
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #188226 ] |
Di, 20 Dezember 2005 12:11 |
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Tian <DontBeFuelish [at] aol.com37661175> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> pippa.moran [at] gmail.com wrote:
>> Rasmus Bøg Hansen <spam05 [at] zz9.dk> wrote:
>>
>>>I thought he was trying to commit suicide by drowning himself
>>>in tea...
>>>
>>>I hope I am mistaken!
>> I hope so too. What a waste of good tea!
>>
>
> I know somebody that lost a relative when he drowned
> in a bowl of oatmeal. Didn't think tea came in a big
> enough cup to do the deed.
Omicron Machine *might* be small enough to fit in a standard cup of
tea.
Though I am not sure it was a standard cup, it might've been some kind
of rariTea...
--
-- [ Rasmus "Møffe" Bøg Hansen ] ---------------------------------------
I'm a bastard. I have absolutely no clue why people can ever think
otherwise. Yet they do. People think I'm a nice guy, and the fact is
that I'm a scheming, conniving bastard who doesn't care for any hurt
feelings or lost hours of work if it just results in what I consider
to be a better system.
- Linus Torvalds
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #188233 ] |
Di, 20 Dezember 2005 19:00 |
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Omicron Machine wrote:
<snip>
> And he's a she....
Really? If I'd ever thought of the possibility of some machine producing
Greek letters, I suppose I would have expected it to be - well -
sexless, really. I wonder what happens if greek letter producing
machines reproduce? I suppose you get phigmas and taumicrons and ximegas
and stuff...
Are all vowel producing mahines female?
Best
Kåre
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #188238 ] |
Di, 20 Dezember 2005 20:49 |
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Kaare Fiedler Christiansen <news [at] kaarefc.dk> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> Omicron Machine wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>> And he's a she....
>
> Really? If I'd ever thought of the possibility of some machine
> producing Greek letters, I suppose I would have expected it to be -
> well -
> sexless, really. I wonder what happens if greek letter producing
> machines reproduce? I suppose you get phigmas and taumicrons and
> ximegas and stuff...
>
> Are all vowel producing mahines female?
ALso, would that make consonant producing machines male?
--
-- [ Rasmus "Møffe" Bøg Hansen ] ---------------------------------------
It ain't possible for a dumb to sing no matter how good his
dice rolls are!
-- SmurfQuest rules
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #190836 ] |
Fr, 30 Dezember 2005 08:08 |
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Dave Adalian wrote:
> "Omicron Machine" <shapeshifter.dragon [at] gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1135040370.109381.31440 [at] g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
> Dave Adalian wrote:
> > "Rasmus "B=F8g" Hansen" <spam05 [at] zz9.dk> wrote in message
> > news:87ek492p7u.fsf [at] grignard.amagerkollegiet.dk...
> > > John Coxon <john.coxon [at] gmail.com> hit the keyboard.
> > > Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> > >
> > >> shapeshifter.dragon [at] gmail.com wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> *is submerged in tea and biscuits*
> > >>> Glub.
> > >>
> > >> Being submerged? I don't think we've ever had anybody _that_
> > >> dedicated before!
> > >
> > > Dedicated? I thought he was trying to commit suicide by drowning
> > > himself in tea...
> > >
> > > I hope I am mistaken!
> > >
> >
> > Maybe he's gone mad and thinks he's a lump of sugar. He's found a lake
> > somewhere that thinks it's a nice, hot cup of tea and he's jumping in a=
nd
> > out of it.
> >
>
> > All of the above! And he's a she....
>
> Are you sure you're a she? It could be another delusion brought on by
> prolonged tea submersion.
>
> -- Dave
> http://starry-starry-nights.blogspot.com/
If my gender were a delusion, I'd hallucinate myself into a double-D.
;)
And sure machines can be male or female! It depends on how they're
hooked up. The radio gets plugged into the wall. So it's male. My
computer doesn't plug in, it gets things plugged into it. So it's
female. The toaster plugs in. Male. The TV (for the vast majority of
it) has things plugged into it. Female. And so forth.
Get it? ;)
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #195627 ] |
Fr, 06 Januar 2006 01:20 |
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"Omicron Machine" <shapeshifter.dragon [at] gmail.com> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> Dave Adalian wrote:
>> "Omicron Machine" <shapeshifter.dragon [at] gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1135040370.109381.31440 [at] g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> Dave Adalian wrote:
>> > "Rasmus "Bøg" Hansen" <spam05 [at] zz9.dk> wrote in message
>> > news:87ek492p7u.fsf [at] grignard.amagerkollegiet.dk...
>> > > John Coxon <john.coxon [at] gmail.com> hit the keyboard.
>> > > Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>> > >
>> > >> shapeshifter.dragon [at] gmail.com wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >>> *is submerged in tea and biscuits*
>> > >>> Glub.
>> > >>
>> > >> Being submerged? I don't think we've ever had anybody _that_
>> > >> dedicated before!
>> > >
>> > > Dedicated? I thought he was trying to commit suicide by drowning
>> > > himself in tea...
>> > >
>> > > I hope I am mistaken!
>> > >
>> >
>> > Maybe he's gone mad and thinks he's a lump of sugar. He's found a lake
>> > somewhere that thinks it's a nice, hot cup of tea and he's jumping in and
>> > out of it.
>> >
>>
>> > All of the above! And he's a she....
>>
>> Are you sure you're a she? It could be another delusion brought on by
>> prolonged tea submersion.
>>
>> -- Dave
>> http://starry-starry-nights.blogspot.com/
>
>
> If my gender were a delusion, I'd hallucinate myself into a double-D.
> ;)
>
> And sure machines can be male or female! It depends on how they're
> hooked up. The radio gets plugged into the wall. So it's male. My
> computer doesn't plug in, it gets things plugged into it. So it's
> female. The toaster plugs in. Male. The TV (for the vast majority of
> it) has things plugged into it. Female. And so forth.
Do you mean then that my monitor is married to my computer?
I should look for the legal papers then...
--
-- [ Rasmus "Møffe" Bøg Hansen ] ---------------------------------------
cat complaints > /dev/null
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #195630 ] |
Fr, 06 Januar 2006 05:40 |
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Rasmus B=F8g Hansen wrote:
> "Omicron Machine" <shapeshifter.dragon [at] gmail.com> hit the keyboard.
> Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>
> > Dave Adalian wrote:
> >> "Omicron Machine" <shapeshifter.dragon [at] gmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1135040370.109381.31440 [at] g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >>
> >> Dave Adalian wrote:
> >> > "Rasmus "B=F8g" Hansen" <spam05 [at] zz9.dk> wrote in message
> >> > news:87ek492p7u.fsf [at] grignard.amagerkollegiet.dk...
> >> > > John Coxon <john.coxon [at] gmail.com> hit the keyboard.
> >> > > Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> >> > >
> >> > >> shapeshifter.dragon [at] gmail.com wrote:
> >> > >>
> >> > >>> *is submerged in tea and biscuits*
> >> > >>> Glub.
> >> > >>
> >> > >> Being submerged? I don't think we've ever had anybody _that_
> >> > >> dedicated before!
> >> > >
> >> > > Dedicated? I thought he was trying to commit suicide by drowning
> >> > > himself in tea...
> >> > >
> >> > > I hope I am mistaken!
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> > Maybe he's gone mad and thinks he's a lump of sugar. He's found a l=
ake
> >> > somewhere that thinks it's a nice, hot cup of tea and he's jumping i=
n and
> >> > out of it.
> >> >
> >>
> >> > All of the above! And he's a she....
> >>
> >> Are you sure you're a she? It could be another delusion brought on by
> >> prolonged tea submersion.
> >>
> >> -- Dave
> >> http://starry-starry-nights.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
> > If my gender were a delusion, I'd hallucinate myself into a double-D.
> > ;)
> >
> > And sure machines can be male or female! It depends on how they're
> > hooked up. The radio gets plugged into the wall. So it's male. My
> > computer doesn't plug in, it gets things plugged into it. So it's
> > female. The toaster plugs in. Male. The TV (for the vast majority of
> > it) has things plugged into it. Female. And so forth.
>
> Do you mean then that my monitor is married to my computer?
>
> I should look for the legal papers then...
>
> --
> -- [ Rasmus "M=F8ffe" B=F8g Hansen ] ------------------------------------=
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> cat complaints > /dev/null
> ----------------------------------------------[ moffe at zz9 dot dk ] --
That could be said, but generally I take the entire set of hardware at
once when I say "computer", and ratio-wise, more things plug into it
than it it plugs into other things, so on balance, female. Though with
some very masculine attitudes and hobbies.
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #195641 ] |
Sa, 07 Januar 2006 13:44 |
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Omicron Machine wrote:
> Rasmus Bøg Hansen wrote:
>
>>"Omicron Machine" <shapeshifter.dragon [at] gmail.com> hit the keyboard.
>>Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>>
>>>And sure machines can be male or female! It depends on how they're
>>>hooked up. The radio gets plugged into the wall. So it's male. My
>>>computer doesn't plug in, it gets things plugged into it. So it's
>>>female. The toaster plugs in. Male. The TV (for the vast majority of
>>>it) has things plugged into it. Female. And so forth.
>>
>>Do you mean then that my monitor is married to my computer?
>>
>>I should look for the legal papers then...
>
> That could be said, but generally I take the entire set of hardware at
> once when I say "computer", and ratio-wise, more things plug into it
> than it it plugs into other things, so on balance, female. Though with
> some very masculine attitudes and hobbies.
If you took the whole set of hardware at once, then surely a computer
would, by necessity, not have anything plugged into it because you'd be
counting it all as the same thing?
If you count the computer as a box then it's female but if you count it
as the whole whack, it's actually been neutered.
--
John Coxon
ZZ9 Secretary - http://www.zz9.org/
He who laughs last, thinks slowest.
Email: john[dot]coxon[at]gmail[dot]com
Website: http://alphacentauri.8k.com/
Missing footnotes: http://www.nut.house.cx/cgi-bin/nemowiki.pl?ISFN
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #195642 ] |
So, 08 Januar 2006 04:45 |
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John Coxon wrote:
> Omicron Machine wrote:
>
>> Rasmus Bøg Hansen wrote:
>>
>>> "Omicron Machine" <shapeshifter.dragon [at] gmail.com> hit the keyboard.
>>> Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>>>
>>>> And sure machines can be male or female! It depends on how they're
>>>> hooked up. The radio gets plugged into the wall. So it's male. My
>>>> computer doesn't plug in, it gets things plugged into it. So it's
>>>> female. The toaster plugs in. Male. The TV (for the vast majority of
>>>> it) has things plugged into it. Female. And so forth.
>>>
>>>
>>> Do you mean then that my monitor is married to my computer?
>>>
>>> I should look for the legal papers then...
>>
>>
>> That could be said, but generally I take the entire set of hardware at
>> once when I say "computer", and ratio-wise, more things plug into it
>> than it it plugs into other things, so on balance, female. Though with
>> some very masculine attitudes and hobbies.
>
>
> If you took the whole set of hardware at once, then surely a computer
> would, by necessity, not have anything plugged into it because you'd be
> counting it all as the same thing?
>
> If you count the computer as a box then it's female but if you count it
> as the whole whack, it's actually been neutered.
>
Ummm... What about that plug that does it with the socket on the wall?
--
Tian
Last evening I collected signatures at the peace vigil
on the corner of Fremont & Mary in Sunnyvale. I've now
gathered about 23 of the 150 signatures I need to get on the
California Green Party ballot as a Candidate for US Senator.
http://tian.greens.org
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #195643 ] |
Mo, 09 Januar 2006 06:08 |
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Tian wrote:
> John Coxon wrote:
> > Omicron Machine wrote:
> >
> >> Rasmus B=F8g Hansen wrote:
> >>
> >>> "Omicron Machine" <shapeshifter.dragon [at] gmail.com> hit the keyboard.
> >>> Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> >>>
> >>>> And sure machines can be male or female! It depends on how they're
> >>>> hooked up. The radio gets plugged into the wall. So it's male. My
> >>>> computer doesn't plug in, it gets things plugged into it. So it's
> >>>> female. The toaster plugs in. Male. The TV (for the vast majority of
> >>>> it) has things plugged into it. Female. And so forth.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Do you mean then that my monitor is married to my computer?
> >>>
> >>> I should look for the legal papers then...
> >>
> >>
> >> That could be said, but generally I take the entire set of hardware at
> >> once when I say "computer", and ratio-wise, more things plug into it
> >> than it it plugs into other things, so on balance, female. Though with
> >> some very masculine attitudes and hobbies.
> >
> >
> > If you took the whole set of hardware at once, then surely a computer
> > would, by necessity, not have anything plugged into it because you'd be
> > counting it all as the same thing?
> >
> > If you count the computer as a box then it's female but if you count it
> > as the whole whack, it's actually been neutered.
> >
> Ummm... What about that plug that does it with the socket on the wall?
>
> --
> Tian
> Last evening I collected signatures at the peace vigil
> on the corner of Fremont & Mary in Sunnyvale. I've now
> gathered about 23 of the 150 signatures I need to get on the
> California Green Party ballot as a Candidate for US Senator.
> http://tian.greens.org
The cord that plugs into the wall makes a machine make if it is not
removable at the end connected to the device without voiding the
warrenty, like a radio. The radio is male. My XBox has a cord that
plugs into the power source at one end and the machine at the other.
The XBox can have the power cord removed without damaging the machine.
My XBox is female. My computer, now that I think of it, is like a Borg
collective. The mouse, the CPU, the monitor, the keyboard, the printer,
the speakers, etc, etc. Now, here's the thing...each component has it's
individual gender: the mouse is male, for example. Like Borg drones.
But they're all hooked up to, communicating with, and under the power
of the CPU. The CPU is female, and since they are part of her, and she
is part of them, like the Borg Queen, that makes that makes the whole
mess at least partially female.
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #195644 ] |
Mo, 09 Januar 2006 07:47 |
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"Omicron Machine" <shapeshifter.dragon [at] gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1136697420.635796.24200 [at] o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
Tian wrote:
> John Coxon wrote:
> > Omicron Machine wrote:
> >
> >> Rasmus Bøg Hansen wrote:
> >>
> >>> "Omicron Machine" <shapeshifter.dragon [at] gmail.com> hit the keyboard.
> >>> Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> >>>
> >>>> And sure machines can be male or female! It depends on how they're
> >>>> hooked up. The radio gets plugged into the wall. So it's male. My
> >>>> computer doesn't plug in, it gets things plugged into it. So it's
> >>>> female. The toaster plugs in. Male. The TV (for the vast majority of
> >>>> it) has things plugged into it. Female. And so forth.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Do you mean then that my monitor is married to my computer?
> >>>
> >>> I should look for the legal papers then...
> >>
> >>
> >> That could be said, but generally I take the entire set of hardware at
> >> once when I say "computer", and ratio-wise, more things plug into it
> >> than it it plugs into other things, so on balance, female. Though with
> >> some very masculine attitudes and hobbies.
> >
> >
> > If you took the whole set of hardware at once, then surely a computer
> > would, by necessity, not have anything plugged into it because you'd be
> > counting it all as the same thing?
> >
> > If you count the computer as a box then it's female but if you count it
> > as the whole whack, it's actually been neutered.
> >
> Ummm... What about that plug that does it with the socket on the wall?
>
> --
> Tian
> Last evening I collected signatures at the peace vigil
> on the corner of Fremont & Mary in Sunnyvale. I've now
> gathered about 23 of the 150 signatures I need to get on the
> California Green Party ballot as a Candidate for US Senator.
> http://tian.greens.org
>
>The cord that plugs into the wall makes a machine make if it is not
>removable at the end connected to the device without voiding the
>warrenty, like a radio. The radio is male. My XBox has a cord that
>plugs into the power source at one end and the machine at the other.
>The XBox can have the power cord removed without damaging the machine.
>My XBox is female. My computer, now that I think of it, is like a Borg
>collective. The mouse, the CPU, the monitor, the keyboard, the printer,
>the speakers, etc, etc. Now, here's the thing...each component has it's
>individual gender: the mouse is male, for example. Like Borg drones.
>But they're all hooked up to, communicating with, and under the power
>of the CPU. The CPU is female, and since they are part of her, and she
>is part of them, like the Borg Queen, that makes that makes the whole
>mess at least partially female.
I think my computer is really above all of this male/female-ishness. It's
more like a universe unto itself.
-- Dave
http://starry-starry-nights.blogspot.com/
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #195645 ] |
Mo, 09 Januar 2006 09:08 |
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Dave Adalian wrote:
> "Omicron Machine" <shapeshifter.dragon [at] gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1136697420.635796.24200 [at] o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
>
> Tian wrote:
>
>>John Coxon wrote:
>>
>>>Omicron Machine wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Rasmus Bøg Hansen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>"Omicron Machine" <shapeshifter.dragon [at] gmail.com> hit the keyboard.
>>>>>Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>And sure machines can be male or female! It depends on how they're
>>>>>>hooked up. The radio gets plugged into the wall. So it's male. My
>>>>>>computer doesn't plug in, it gets things plugged into it. So it's
>>>>>>female. The toaster plugs in. Male. The TV (for the vast majority of
>>>>>>it) has things plugged into it. Female. And so forth.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Do you mean then that my monitor is married to my computer?
>>>>>
>>>>>I should look for the legal papers then...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>That could be said, but generally I take the entire set of hardware at
>>>>once when I say "computer", and ratio-wise, more things plug into it
>>>>than it it plugs into other things, so on balance, female. Though with
>>>>some very masculine attitudes and hobbies.
>>>
>>>
>>>If you took the whole set of hardware at once, then surely a computer
>>>would, by necessity, not have anything plugged into it because you'd be
>>>counting it all as the same thing?
>>>
>>>If you count the computer as a box then it's female but if you count it
>>>as the whole whack, it's actually been neutered.
>>>
>>
>>Ummm... What about that plug that does it with the socket on the wall?
>>
>>--
>>Tian
>>Last evening I collected signatures at the peace vigil
>>on the corner of Fremont & Mary in Sunnyvale. I've now
>>gathered about 23 of the 150 signatures I need to get on the
>>California Green Party ballot as a Candidate for US Senator.
>>http://tian.greens.org
>>
>>The cord that plugs into the wall makes a machine make if it is not
>>removable at the end connected to the device without voiding the
>>warrenty, like a radio. The radio is male. My XBox has a cord that
>>plugs into the power source at one end and the machine at the other.
>>The XBox can have the power cord removed without damaging the machine.
>>My XBox is female. My computer, now that I think of it, is like a Borg
>>collective. The mouse, the CPU, the monitor, the keyboard, the printer,
>>the speakers, etc, etc. Now, here's the thing...each component has it's
>>individual gender: the mouse is male, for example. Like Borg drones.
>>But they're all hooked up to, communicating with, and under the power
>>of the CPU. The CPU is female, and since they are part of her, and she
>>is part of them, like the Borg Queen, that makes that makes the whole
>>mess at least partially female.
>
>
> I think my computer is really above all of this male/female-ishness. It's
> more like a universe unto itself.
>
I guess it makes sense to me that the computer is a borg queen,
but what does that make my USB Hub? A porn starlet with a plug
in every orafice?
--
Tian
Last evening I collected signatures at the Alameda County Green
Party Meeting, where the speaker was Peter Camejo. I've now
gathered about 41 of the 150 signatures I need to get on the
California Green Party ballot as a Candidate for US Senator.
http://tian.greens.org
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #195646 ] |
Mo, 09 Januar 2006 09:11 |
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Omicron Machine wrote:
> Tian wrote:
>
>>John Coxon wrote:
>>
>>>Omicron Machine wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Rasmus Bøg Hansen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>"Omicron Machine" <shapeshifter.dragon [at] gmail.com> hit the keyboard.
>>>>>Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>And sure machines can be male or female! It depends on how they're
>>>>>>hooked up. The radio gets plugged into the wall. So it's male. My
>>>>>>computer doesn't plug in, it gets things plugged into it. So it's
>>>>>>female. The toaster plugs in. Male. The TV (for the vast majority of
>>>>>>it) has things plugged into it. Female. And so forth.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Do you mean then that my monitor is married to my computer?
>>>>>
>>>>>I should look for the legal papers then...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>That could be said, but generally I take the entire set of hardware at
>>>>once when I say "computer", and ratio-wise, more things plug into it
>>>>than it it plugs into other things, so on balance, female. Though with
>>>>some very masculine attitudes and hobbies.
>>>
>>>
>>>If you took the whole set of hardware at once, then surely a computer
>>>would, by necessity, not have anything plugged into it because you'd be
>>>counting it all as the same thing?
>>>
>>>If you count the computer as a box then it's female but if you count it
>>>as the whole whack, it's actually been neutered.
>>>
>>
>>Ummm... What about that plug that does it with the socket on the wall?
>>
>>--
>>Tian
>>Last evening I collected signatures at the peace vigil
>>on the corner of Fremont & Mary in Sunnyvale. I've now
>>gathered about 23 of the 150 signatures I need to get on the
>>California Green Party ballot as a Candidate for US Senator.
>>http://tian.greens.org
>
>
> The cord that plugs into the wall makes a machine make if it is not
> removable at the end connected to the device without voiding the
> warrenty, like a radio. The radio is male. My XBox has a cord that
> plugs into the power source at one end and the machine at the other.
> The XBox can have the power cord removed without damaging the machine.
> My XBox is female. My computer, now that I think of it, is like a Borg
> collective. The mouse, the CPU, the monitor, the keyboard, the printer,
> the speakers, etc, etc. Now, here's the thing...each component has it's
> individual gender: the mouse is male, for example. Like Borg drones.
> But they're all hooked up to, communicating with, and under the power
> of the CPU. The CPU is female, and since they are part of her, and she
> is part of them, like the Borg Queen, that makes that makes the whole
> mess at least partially female.
>
ah-ah! not quite.. see, if you look closer than just the box, but INSIDE
the box, you realize that the motherboard is actually the only truely
female component; everything plugs into it, either directly or in. The
CPU itself is completely male, as it has only prongs. the same is true
of all of the IC's and RAM chips attached to the MBoard.
Now the complex part is the PCI/AGP/ISA/CNR cards. THey are male on one
end (the part that plugs into the computer) and female on the other (the
end that you plug something into). However, they all have their own
processor, which controls the card. And the processor is, again, always
male.
but wait... we're thinking of males as being defined as having only one
type of connector, and females as also only having one. Now, if you want
to reach very slightly into sexual deviancy, it becomes clear that the
PCI/AGP/ISA/CNR cards are actually BISEXUAL male devices, Mice,
Keyboards, and other input devices are STRAIGHT male devices, and the
motherboard is the only truly female device in the system.
Wow. Bisexual computers. Who'da thunk it?
--
Gaz
Slightly disturbed
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #195647 ] |
Mo, 09 Januar 2006 09:16 |
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Gaz / Aaron C wrote:
> but wait... we're thinking of males as being defined as having only one
> type of connector, and females as also only having one. Now, if you want
> to reach very slightly into sexual deviancy, it becomes clear that the
> PCI/AGP/ISA/CNR cards are actually BISEXUAL male devices, Mice,
> Keyboards, and other input devices are STRAIGHT male devices, and the
> motherboard is the only truly female device in the system.
>
It's nice how the only truly female device has a female name...
I still remember that editorial by Kevin McKeowan, who at the
time was (and probably still is) a Santa Monica City Councilman.
He said "Computer engineers must be Green because circuit boards
are all green", or words that went something like that...
--
Tian
Last evening I collected signatures at the Alameda County Green
Party Meeting, where the speaker was Peter Camejo. I've now
gathered about 41 of the 150 signatures I need to get on the
California Green Party ballot as a Candidate for US Senator.
http://tian.greens.org
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #195661 ] |
Mo, 09 Januar 2006 19:21 |
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Tian wrote:
> Gaz / Aaron C wrote:
>
>> but wait... we're thinking of males as being defined as having only
>> one type of connector, and females as also only having one. Now, if
>> you want to reach very slightly into sexual deviancy, it becomes clear
>> that the PCI/AGP/ISA/CNR cards are actually BISEXUAL male devices,
>> Mice, Keyboards, and other input devices are STRAIGHT male devices,
>> and the motherboard is the only truly female device in the system.
>>
>
> It's nice how the only truly female device has a female name...
Does that make the CPU and IC chips motherfuckers?
Sorry! We will now (try to) return to being a family froup...
Best
Kåre
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #199693 ] |
Mi, 11 Januar 2006 09:31 |
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"Kaare Fiedler Christiansen" <news [at] kaarefc.dk> wrote in message
news:43c2a9a2$0$2087$edfadb0f [at] dtext02.news.tele.dk...
> Tian wrote:
>> Gaz / Aaron C wrote:
>>
>>> but wait... we're thinking of males as being defined as having only one
>>> type of connector, and females as also only having one. Now, if you want
>>> to reach very slightly into sexual deviancy, it becomes clear that the
>>> PCI/AGP/ISA/CNR cards are actually BISEXUAL male devices, Mice,
>>> Keyboards, and other input devices are STRAIGHT male devices, and the
>>> motherboard is the only truly female device in the system.
>>>
>>
>> It's nice how the only truly female device has a female name...
>
> Does that make the CPU and IC chips motherfuckers?
>
They sure are when they suddenly stop working for no apparent reason.
-- Dave
http://starry-starry-nights.blogspot.com/
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #202374 ] |
Sa, 14 Januar 2006 13:24 |
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Tian wrote:
> Dave Adalian wrote:
>
>> "Omicron Machine" <shapeshifter.dragon [at] gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1136697420.635796.24200 [at] o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>> The cord that plugs into the wall makes a machine make if it is not
>>> removable at the end connected to the device without voiding the
>>> warrenty, like a radio. The radio is male. My XBox has a cord that
>>> plugs into the power source at one end and the machine at the other.
>>> The XBox can have the power cord removed without damaging the machine.
>>> My XBox is female. My computer, now that I think of it, is like a Borg
>>> collective. The mouse, the CPU, the monitor, the keyboard, the printer,
>>> the speakers, etc, etc. Now, here's the thing...each component has it's
>>> individual gender: the mouse is male, for example. Like Borg drones.
>>> But they're all hooked up to, communicating with, and under the power
>>> of the CPU. The CPU is female, and since they are part of her, and she
>>> is part of them, like the Borg Queen, that makes that makes the whole
>>> mess at least partially female.
>>
>> I think my computer is really above all of this male/female-ishness.
>> It's more like a universe unto itself.
>
> I guess it makes sense to me that the computer is a borg queen,
> but what does that make my USB Hub? A porn starlet with a plug
> in every orafice?
You can tell you're really getting the hang of this now!
--
John Coxon
ZZ9 Secretary - http://www.zz9.org/
He who laughs last, thinks slowest.
Email: john[dot]coxon[at]gmail[dot]com
Website: http://alphacentauri.8k.com/
Missing footnotes: http://www.nut.house.cx/cgi-bin/nemowiki.pl?ISFN
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #202375 ] |
Sa, 14 Januar 2006 13:25 |
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Gaz / Aaron C wrote:
> Omicron Machine wrote:
>
>> The cord that plugs into the wall makes a machine make if it is not
>> removable at the end connected to the device without voiding the
>> warrenty, like a radio. The radio is male. My XBox has a cord that
>> plugs into the power source at one end and the machine at the other.
>> The XBox can have the power cord removed without damaging the machine.
>> My XBox is female. My computer, now that I think of it, is like a Borg
>> collective. The mouse, the CPU, the monitor, the keyboard, the printer,
>> the speakers, etc, etc. Now, here's the thing...each component has it's
>> individual gender: the mouse is male, for example. Like Borg drones.
>> But they're all hooked up to, communicating with, and under the power
>> of the CPU. The CPU is female, and since they are part of her, and she
>> is part of them, like the Borg Queen, that makes that makes the whole
>> mess at least partially female.
>
> ah-ah! not quite.. see, if you look closer than just the box, but INSIDE
> the box, you realize that the motherboard is actually the only truely
> female component; everything plugs into it, either directly or in. The
> CPU itself is completely male, as it has only prongs. the same is true
> of all of the IC's and RAM chips attached to the MBoard.
> Now the complex part is the PCI/AGP/ISA/CNR cards. THey are male on one
> end (the part that plugs into the computer) and female on the other (the
> end that you plug something into). However, they all have their own
> processor, which controls the card. And the processor is, again, always
> male.
> but wait... we're thinking of males as being defined as having only one
> type of connector, and females as also only having one. Now, if you want
> to reach very slightly into sexual deviancy, it becomes clear that the
> PCI/AGP/ISA/CNR cards are actually BISEXUAL male devices, Mice,
> Keyboards, and other input devices are STRAIGHT male devices, and the
> motherboard is the only truly female device in the system.
>
> Wow. Bisexual computers. Who'da thunk it?
This is brilliant, it's just what I read this froup for!
--
John Coxon
ZZ9 Secretary - http://www.zz9.org/
He who laughs last, thinks slowest.
Email: john[dot]coxon[at]gmail[dot]com
Website: http://alphacentauri.8k.com/
Missing footnotes: http://www.nut.house.cx/cgi-bin/nemowiki.pl?ISFN
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| Re: And, like the Yo-yo that I am... [message #202376 ] |
Sa, 14 Januar 2006 13:32 |
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"John Coxon" <john.coxon [at] gmail.com> wrote in message
news:42s8t8F1k809aU4 [at] individual.net...
> Gaz / Aaron C wrote:
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>> Omicron Machine wrote:
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>>> The cord that plugs into the wall makes a machine make if it is not
>>> removable at the end connected to the device without voiding the
>>> warrenty, like a radio. The radio is male. My XBox has a cord that
>>> plugs into the power source at one end and the machine at the other.
>>> The XBox can have the power cord removed without damaging the machine.
>>> My XBox is female. My computer, now that I think of it, is like a Borg
>>> collective. The mouse, the CPU, the monitor, the keyboard, the printer,
>>> the speakers, etc, etc. Now, here's the thing...each component has it's
>>> individual gender: the mouse is male, for example. Like Borg drones.
>>> But they're all hooked up to, communicating with, and under the power
>>> of the CPU. The CPU is female, and since they are part of her, and she
>>> is part of them, like the Borg Queen, that makes that makes the whole
>>> mess at least partially female.
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>> ah-ah! not quite.. see, if you look closer than just the box, but INSIDE
>> the box, you realize that the motherboard is actually the only truely
>> female component; everything plugs into it, either directly or in. The
>> CPU itself is completely male, as it has only prongs. the same is true of
>> all of the IC's and RAM chips attached to the MBoard.
>> Now the complex part is the PCI/AGP/ISA/CNR cards. THey are male on one
>> end (the part that plugs into the computer) and female on the other (the
>> end that you plug something into). However, they all have their own
>> processor, which controls the card. And the processor is, again, always
>> male.
>> but wait... we're thinking of males as being defined as having only one
>> type of connector, and females as also only having one. Now, if you want
>> to reach very slightly into sexual deviancy, it becomes clear that the
>> PCI/AGP/ISA/CNR cards are actually BISEXUAL male devices, Mice,
>> Keyboards, and other input devices are STRAIGHT male devices, and the
>> motherboard is the only truly female device in the system.
>>
>> Wow. Bisexual computers. Who'da thunk it?
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> This is brilliant, it's just what I read this froup for!
I'm a bit worried by the "motherboard" having all the children devices
plugged into her.....
Could the analogy have been carried too far? What about other
gender-specific languages like German (where a motherland becomes a
fatherland...)
--
Chancellor Goth
"And yet the motives of women are so inscrutable . . . Their most trivial
action may mean volumes, or their most extraordinary conduct may depend upon
a hairpin or a curling-tongs." - Sherlock Holmes, "The Adventure of the
Second Stain".
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