Stupid language joke

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"You see? You see? Your stupid minds!
Stupid! Stupid!"

"You see? You see? Your stupid minds!
Stupid! Stupid!" 01/06/2004 03:19 AM

LGA 775: A Joke And A Threat That Is No
Joke.

LGA 775: A Joke And A Threat That Is No
Joke. 06/21/2004 10:18 PM
Overclockers.com: LGA 775: A Joke And A Threat That Is No Joke. "This is a threat, the biggest threat we've ever faced. If you wait until it becomes reality, it's too late to do anything about it." Awwww.

Jack Valenti says stupid things --
really, really stupid things

Jack Valenti says stupid things --
really, really stupid things 08/03/2004 07:46 PM
Tim Wu has rounded up some of the dumbest things that Jack Valenti said -- and he's found some real howlers, things that make Jack's infamous condemnation of the VCR ("the Boston Stranger of the American film industry") look like a walk in the park.

On the nascent cable industry, in 1974
"[Cable will become] a huge parasite in the marketplace, feeding and fattening itself off of local television stations and copyright owners of copyrighted material. We do not like it because we think it wrong and unfair."

On the dangers on media concentration, 1984 Op-Ed
"Will a democratic society allow just three corporate entities to wield unprecedented dominion over television, the most decisive voice in the land? There are now only three national networks .... There will never be more than three national networks."

On the public domain, 1995
"A public domain work is an orphan. No one is responsible for its life. But everyone exploits its use, until that time certain when it becomes soiled and haggard, barren of its previous virtues. How does the consumer benefit from the steady decline of a film's quality?"

Link (Thanks, Patricio!)

A Joke

A Joke 02/20/2003 10:05 PM
Did you here that the Walmarts and K-Marts are closing down in the Middle East? Apparently they're all becoming Targets. (rimshot)

not a joke

not a joke 09/10/2004 12:15 AM

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Math Joke

Math Joke 04/09/2004 03:56 PM

I just got this via email and don't know the copyright or the origin of this. If someone knows whether I should give credit to someone, please let me know. But it's too funny not to blog.

Panda Joke V

Panda Joke V 04/09/2004 04:09 PM
One of this site's annual traditions is that I post the Panda Joke each year when I'm away for SXSW....

Remix of W's WMD joke

Remix of W's WMD joke 04/10/2004 07:14 PM
This remix of George W's WMD joke at the White House Correspondants' Dinner is vicious, brilliant and true. 3. 6MB QuickTime Link (via Dan Gillmor)

Panda Joke VI

Panda Joke VI 03/17/2005 03:31 AM
Back again for the sixth consecutive year, it's the Panda Joke! A panda walks into a restaurant, sits down, and orders a sandwich. He eats the sandwich, pulls out a gun, and shoots the waiter dead. As the panda stands up to go, the manager shouts, "Hey! Where are you...

PepsiCo No Joke

PepsiCo No Joke 04/15/2004 02:28 PM
PepsiCo continues to perform, but may be fairly valued.

What's the Best Geek Joke You Know?

What's the Best Geek Joke You Know? 06/24/2005 05:44 PM
Slashdot Jun 24 2005 12:27AM GMT

.Net is a Joke (Allegedly)

.Net is a Joke (Allegedly) 03/19/2003 10:26 PM

PHP Humor ... No that's *Not* a Joke
Itself

PHP Humor ... No that's *Not* a Joke
Itself 03/21/2003 09:12 AM

PHP Humor ...  No that's *Not* a Joke Itself

PHP-Con is doing humorous interviews with some of the speakers to promote the event.  Here's the one with John Coggeshall:

When was your first PHP?

John Coggeshall: Sitting in a darkened smoke filled room... I was almost out of money but a friend of mine told me she [PHP] was good for a trick or two and didn't charge much.

His comments on Perl, Java, and Visual Basic are really good.  You can read more of this over at the PHP- Con site.

Google maths joke

Google maths joke 09/15/2004 05:03 PM
New Scientist Sep 15 2004 7:51PM GMT

Obscure Finnish joke

Obscure Finnish joke 02/01/2005 09:48 PM
Siinä tulevaisuus. :D

Not An April Fool’s Joke

Not An April Fool’s Joke 04/01/2005 05:24 PM
Just foolishness. The XML Binary Characterization Working Group has issued their f inal report which recommends (surprise, surprise) that the W3C produce a “Binary XML” specification. Elliotte Rusty Harold nails it. I don’t care if anyone wants to go off and produce their own data interchange format, binary or not, open or not, standardized or not, mapped to XML or not; as long as they don’t call it XML. “Binary XML” is an oxymoron. And I should point out that the people at Sun who are building a binary data format with a mapping to XML are calling it something else entirely. These Binary-XML people are charging headlong onto the top of a very long, very steep, very slippery slope. [Update: Further joy. I see that this poorly-labelled table asserts that XML prevents both “processing efficiency” and “forward compatibility”. Glad to hear it.]

Safer Smoke a Joke?

Safer Smoke a Joke? 06/02/2004 11:52 AM
A fire-safe cigarette for New York may roll over the rest of the country, too.

Companies Who Can't Take A Joke, But Can
Push A Lie

Companies Who Can't Take A Joke, But Can
Push A Lie 02/12/2004 02:16 PM
It's no secret that, on the internet, if you don't like something and try to get it taken down, you're only going to draw a lot more attention to it. However, corporations still haven't gotten this message. They seem to get especially annoyed at parodies, complaining that people might be tricked by them. Here's an article that takes these companies to task for not being able to take a joke, while at the same time having so-called "independent" organizations that are paid by them set up advocacy websites that are nothing more than a front for the company or group in question. In other words, companies get upset about advocacy that goes against them and try to force the sites down, worrying that people will get "confused." At the same time, they're hiding the fact that they're behind these other advocacy sites (which, some might say is confusing readers, as well). As the writer of the article points out, even if they're right, they're doing themselves harm by not being upfront and honest about these sites: "The more successful the strategy in the short term, the more it will eventually corrode trust in the long. People persuaded by such sites will feel betrayed when it becomes evident they were duped. And it won't even matter if the pseudo sites have truth on their side: when a messenger is exposed as an impostor, their credibility is destroyed." Another example of short-term thinking from corporations that do them much more damage in the long term.

We can finally joke about beheadings...

We can finally joke about beheadings... 07/13/2004 01:39 AM
The kidnap videos in Iraq are suspicious. Some say they are fake. Some make their own... what do you think of this one? A rare bit of humor from Al-Jazeera. [.wmv]

Press reveal for joke!

Press reveal for joke! 06/21/2004 12:38 PM
The Ceefax teletext service is essentially the same now as when the BBC developed it in 19 73, and is still used across Europe. Absurd, outmoded and wonderfully British, old bean.

For Sun , Microsoft Settlement Is No
Joke

For Sun , Microsoft Settlement Is No
Joke 04/19/2004 11:03 AM
We may miss Scott McNealy's jabs at Microsoft, but the money from the recent settlement will inject new life into Sun, which badly needs a transfusion. Many of us are just now coming to grips with the most serious implication of the April 2 settlement between Sun and Microsoft: Scott McNealy's keynote speeches just got a lot duller. The Sun CEO has made a career of his stand-up routine over the years, entertaining thousands with such classic zingers as calling Windows the "giant hairball"; Active Directory, "Captive Directory"; and .Net, "Dot Not" or "Not Yet." And, in case of computer crashes, "Call 1-800-CTL-ALT-DEL."

Nautical Geek Joke

Nautical Geek Joke 01/22/2004 03:04 AM
As previously noted, I subscribed to The Gunroom, the online home of Patrick O’Brian fanciers; in the first day there have been two not-bad jokes. This one concerns a pirate’s parrot who got a bad case of sunstroke and was heard crowing Pieces of seven, pieces of seven. Which was clearly a parroty error.

Joke-e-oke Makes You a Comedian

Joke-e-oke Makes You a Comedian 03/24/2005 07:38 PM

Oracle v. Peoplesoft: the joke is on...

Oracle v. Peoplesoft: the joke is on... 09/20/2004 05:12 AM
Opinion Cash from chaos

Up to 15 Years in Jail for Joke

Up to 15 Years in Jail for Joke 01/24/2004 01:45 PM
Samantha Marson, a 21 year old woman from Britain, was jailed in Miami after making a joke to an American customs official. The joke: "Hey be careful, I have three bombs in here," she quipped, as her carry-on luggage was screened.

Welcome to South Park: a job opening (no
joke)

Welcome to South Park: a job opening (no
joke) 12/13/2003 08:43 PM
Ages ago we interviewed the South Park system admins to get an idea of what kind of technology was behind the show.

Corporations that miss the joke and just
repeat the lie

Corporations that miss the joke and just
repeat the lie 02/12/2004 12:35 PM
newmediazero Feb 12 2004 5:06PM GMT

Insert Homer Simpson joke here

Insert Homer Simpson joke here 09/09/2004 12:03 AM
"Max Power Aerospace is offering Boeing aircraft reused as private residences.  ... The aircraft are mounted on a steel column and bearing so the whole airplane weathervanes, pointing into the wind." For more information, read the Aircraft Home Owner's Flight Manual. (Bikini girl not included, presumably.)

Is It Still Satire If You Can Find
Someone Who Missed The Joke?

Is It Still Satire If You Can Find
Someone Who Missed The Joke? 12/24/2003 12:08 PM
As expected, it's shaping up to be something of a slow news day, but there are still a few good stories out there. This one, found over at Tech Law Advisor shows why people without a sense of humor shouldn't be allowed to hire (or be) lawyers. A few years back, after a judge ordered the detention of a 13-year-old kid for handing in a school essay with a "violent tone", the Dallas Observer wrote up a satire piece about the same folks having a 6-year-old arrested for writing a book report on Maurice Sendak's insanely popular children's book "Where the Wild Things Are." In the article, they made up ridiculous quotes ("We've considered having her certified to stand trial as an adult, but even in Texas there are some limits." and "Any implication of violence in a school situation, even if it was just contained in a first-grader's book report, is reason enough for panic and overreaction.") and attributed them to real people who were involved in the original case. Those people are now suing for libel. Of course, satire and opinion are protected speech, but the people in question are claiming that because some people don't have a sense of humor and missed the satire, it's not satire at all. If that argument stood, then all you would need to do to unprotect satire is find someone with no sense of humor who missed the joke - and rush them to the courthouse to have them help you file your lawsuit. Meanwhile, it seems like the judges are realizing that this case is pointless. Yet more evidence that we live in a society where if anyone says anything you don't want to hear, you sue first and act offended later.

Woman Jailed After Joke About Robbery
(AP)

Woman Jailed After Joke About Robbery
(AP) 01/07/2004 03:06 PM
AP - A grandmother jokingly demanded money from a bank teller — and ended up spending the night in jail.

Did you hear the joke about the pencil?
Its pointless.

Did you hear the joke about the pencil?
Its pointless. 02/18/2004 02:48 PM
The Pencil Pages :: An Introduction to Pencils and Pencil Collecting
with gallery, pencil geek humor, pencil trivia, and much more

Tax Official Suspended Over Tax Form
Joke (AP)

Tax Official Suspended Over Tax Form
Joke (AP) 02/07/2005 01:29 AM
AP - The city's tax superintendent has been suspended without pay for a week for trying to inject some humor in the city income tax filing instructions.

Remixing Bush's tasteless joke.

Remixing Bush's tasteless joke. 04/11/2004 09:20 AM
Remixing Bush's tasteless joke. Has some graphic images.

More Trouble For The Great Broadband
Joke

More Trouble For The Great Broadband
Joke 06/29/2004 05:30 PM
For many, many years, there have been stories about broadband over powerlines. Every few years it seems to make a big comeback... in the press. The press loves the idea, but when it comes down to the actual technology it never gets very far. Trials get announced, and then quickly fade away. Even though Michael Powell has declared it the "great broadband hope," once again, trials are ending early, as the technology is proving to be problematic. As this article notes, fixing those technology problems "may clash with the concept of making a profit." Broadband over powerlines is looking like yet another "technology of the future... that always will be." It may be time to put it away for a few more years until some new reporters pick it up around 2007.

It's the IQ, stupid

It's the IQ, stupid 08/27/2004 01:51 PM
"Innate intelligence has to do with capability and ignorance to do with variables such as educational opportunity and personal diligence. But the conundrum remains. Is intellect important in presidents? If Americans can't solve the question definitively in the matter of John Kerry and George Bush, we damn sure ought to make an educated guess."

Bio-stupid

Bio-stupid 08/02/2004 11:59 PM
Salon Aug 3 2004 4:08AM GMT

Does CBS think we're that stupid?

Does CBS think we're that stupid? 02/10/2004 02:42 AM

I'd like to someday live in a country where a quick nipple shown on TV isn't the end of civilization, and that's not what irks me about the halftime show tonight. What does get me about the Superbowl halftime show is CBS insisting it was an accident, calling it a "wardrobe malfunction."

It's funny, when you collect the evidence, I wonder if CBS really thinks the public is stupid enough to believe it:

1. It was planned from the start.
2. There are snaps on her outfit clearly visible, designed to be unsnapped. Most garments are sewn together sans snaps and don't fall apart.
3. She's wearing a "nipple shield" to partially cover her breast. If it was unplanned why on earth would she have this huge chunk of metal there? Was it to skirt some FCC rule against an entirely naked breast?
4. Worst of all: She has a single coming out which is coincidentally being rushed to the airwaves based on the "overwhelming worldwide demand." Check the timestamp on the bogus press release, it was posted before the game was even over.

Is it all a big coincidence or is this how controversy is manufactured to sell records these days?

It's the war, stupid

It's the war, stupid 05/27/2004 05:07 PM

No April Fools Joke For Apple Reps

No April Fools Joke For Apple Reps 04/09/2004 04:09 PM
Apple authorized resellers are incensed and feel abandoned by Apple Canada's decision to remove three channel reps who handled resellers and distributors in western, central and eastern regions of the country. By Sarah Lyseck, ITBusiness.ca (via MyAppleMenu)
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