OT-A bit of freeware humor

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The Register had group of mock definitions for tech people. My favorite was
this one, to which many here will be able to relate.

Futility: A futility is a small, free program that looks as though it is
going to be useful in a modest sort of way: for example, it purports to
uninstall the bits of Norton Antivirus or Real Player that you can't get
rid of, or uploads your Palm address book to an iPod. However, after you
have downloaded the thing, you discover from the readme that it needs the
22MB .NET 2.0 framework installed before it will work. Stuff that for a
game of soldiers.

Here is the link if you want to read the other definitions.

http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2006/06/07/new_jargon/

Yours, Tbobz

PS-I have no idea what 'stuff that for a game of soldiers' means.
Those wacky Brits.
 
However, after you
have downloaded the thing, you discover from the readme that it needs the
22MB .NET 2.0 framework installed before it will work. Stuff that for a
game of soldiers.
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PS-I have no idea what 'stuff that for a game of soldiers' means.
Click to expand...

I wouldn't either, but the sentence that preceded it makes the
sentiment crystal clear. As Nancy should have said, "Just say .Not".
 
The Register had group of mock definitions for tech people. My favorite was
this one, to which many here will be able to relate.

Futility: A futility is a small, free program that looks as though it is
going to be useful in a modest sort of way: for example, it purports to
uninstall the bits of Norton Antivirus or Real Player that you can't get
rid of, or uploads your Palm address book to an iPod. However, after you
have downloaded the thing, you discover from the readme that it needs the
22MB .NET 2.0 framework installed before it will work. Stuff that for a
game of soldiers.

Here is the link if you want to read the other definitions.

http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2006/06/07/new_jargon/

Yours, Tbobz

PS-I have no idea what 'stuff that for a game of soldiers' means.
Those wacky Brits.
Click to expand...

Distribution widened.

Jai Maharaj
http://tinyurl.com/a5ljc
http://www.mantra.com/jai
Om Shanti
 
http://www.tamilnation.org/indictment/indict050.htm

TAMIL WOMEN RAPED BY INDIAN ARMY


"After its forces entered Sri Lanka on 30 July, the IPKF was
increasingly accused of raping Tamil women and of deliberately killing
dozens of unarmed Tamil civilians, among them elderly people, women and

children...in several cases there was eye witness evidence that the
victims were non combatants shot without provocation...


Several dozen Tamil women, some of whom needed hospital treatment,
testified that they were raped by IPKF personnel. A local magistrate in

the north reportedly found the IPKF had been responsible for seven
cases of rape in December."


- Amnesty International Annual Report, 1988 for period January to
December 1987


http://www.tamilnation.org/indictment/indict050.htm
 
tbobz said:
The Register had group of mock definitions for tech people. My favorite
was
this one, to which many here will be able to relate.

Futility: A futility is a small, free program that looks as though it is
going to be useful in a modest sort of way: for example, it purports to
uninstall the bits of Norton Antivirus or Real Player that you can't get
rid of, or uploads your Palm address book to an iPod. However, after you
have downloaded the thing, you discover from the readme that it needs the
22MB .NET 2.0 framework installed before it will work. Stuff that for a
game of soldiers.

Here is the link if you want to read the other definitions.

http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2006/06/07/new_jargon/

Yours, Tbobz

PS-I have no idea what 'stuff that for a game of soldiers' means.
Those wacky Brits.
Click to expand...


It means "Hey, forget-abwout-it" or "Whatever!" depending on which side of
the US you're on.

Basically that there's no point in doing it, as it's too much hassle/bother.
It would be a pain in the "ass".

Anthony
(UK Cultural attaché to America)
 
It means "Hey, forget-abwout-it" or "Whatever!" depending on which side of
the US you're on.

Basically that there's no point in doing it, as it's too much hassle/bother.
It would be a pain in the "ass".

Anthony
(UK Cultural attaché to America)
Click to expand...

The colloquial equivalent in my part of the world would be along the lines
of "Bugger that for a joke!"

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Regards,
Nicolaas.

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