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Mr. Neutron (3115)

Mr. Neutron
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http://www.shelter.org/

I'm an IT jack-of-all-trades. I do C, C++, Java, Web programming (Perl, J2EE, ASP), VB, write small DB apps, Unix/Linux administration, networking, user support.

I'm happily married to a girl geek ;-).

Interests are astronomy, history, politics, linguistics, philosophy, and theology.

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Hi there

[ #104838 ]
Monday April 25 2005, @12:43AM

Mentioning Clippy Does Not Make Your Comment Funny!

Monday April 26 2004, @04:23PM
Editorial
I can't for the life of me figure out why

IN SOVIET RUSSIA

invariably gets Score: -1, whereas any post involving Clippy, even when it is completely off-topic, gets Score: 5, Funny. Some examples:

Exhibit A
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AFTER THE FORTY-SECOND-THOUSANDTH TIME, IT ISN'T FUNNY ANYMORE!!!!!!

All Clippy comments modded as "Funny" will be M2'ed by me as "Unfunny." You have been warned.