[clug] Google compared to latest Microsoft evilness
matt andrews
wantok at gmail.com
Sat Jul 11 00:40:08 MDT 2009
2009/7/11 Daniel Pittman <daniel at rimspace.net>:
> Brendan Jurd <direvus at gmail.com> writes:
>> 2009/7/10 Jacinta Richardson <jarich at perltraining.com.au>:
>>> Chris Smart wrote:
>>>> Pretty sure "guy" is a unisex term these days ;-)
>>>
>>> Only in limited circumstances. For a lot of the population, in a lot of
>>> circumstances it still means male.
>>
>> Maybe. But have you got a better alternative?
>>
>> "People"? Too formal.
>> "Peeps"? Retarded.
>> "Folks"? Old fashioned.
>
> As others said, better old fashioned in some cases.
Within CLUG, surely the obvious term is "geek".
For the wider population... hmmm... "cat"? "hoopy frood"? "Muggle"?
Wait, I have an incoming on my neurimplant... OK, got it. The
approved term is "citizen".
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