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Comment Re:Can't copyright a term (Score 1) 560

by studpuppy on Monday February 01, 2010 @04:36PM (#30986392) Attached to: Will Your Super Bowl Party Anger the Copyright Gods?

"Just don't charge for food, or call it a 'Super Bowl' party, since the term itself is copyright."

SO.... calling it a "20-girl Go-go-rama. Free buffet" would be perfectly legal?

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Not that the slashdot crowd would be in to either football or go-go-rama's. Or even know 20 girls to begin with.

Comment Re:Pfft (Score 2, Insightful) 150

by studpuppy on Friday April 10, 2009 @03:06AM (#27528687) Attached to: Norfolk Police Officers To Be Tagged To Improve Response Times

Here in the states, they've been very careful to describe emergency and non-emergency numbers as "nine-one-one" and "three-one-one". This way, no one is looking for the "eleven" key on their phones.

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Brought to you by the same folks who created the "any" key

Comment Insert Donut Shop Joke Here (Score 2, Funny) 150

by studpuppy on Friday April 10, 2009 @02:18AM (#27528495) Attached to: Norfolk Police Officers To Be Tagged To Improve Response Times

Wazza matter? They don't know how to use Google maps to pinpoint the closest Dunkin' Donuts and just start looking for cop there like everyone here in NJ does?

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Yeah, I know it's a cliche. Actually, our local cops are at the diner, not the donut shop. But diners are a regional thing. Donut shops are pretty much worldwide.

Comment Re:Inquiring Gamers Want to Know (Score 1) 504

by studpuppy on Saturday January 31, 2009 @09:20PM (#26681207) Attached to: How many phones do you have? Count wired phone extensions, cell phones, smartphones, and installed VoIP apps on all computers th

Yeah... my folks once travelled 800 miles in a blizzard with the phone off "because it was only in case we needed to reach someone in an emergency". I then asked them, "But what if I was the one with the emergency and needed to reach *you*?".

Phone's been on ever since when they take a roadtrip. All in the perspective, I guess.

Comment If you have a toddler... (Score 5, Insightful) 423

by studpuppy on Thursday December 11, 2008 @05:08PM (#26081181) Attached to: My top-level book organization is based on ...

it doesn't make a difference. He just keeps pulling them off the bookshelf anyway and spreading them around the house willy-nilly. (And no, I can't move them to a higher shelf, because I've already moved all the breakables there).

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I don't care how many times you've read Zen and the Art of Motorcyle Maintenance, it still doesn't qualify you as a mechanic.

Comment Re:Mandatory question (Score 1) 276

by studpuppy on Friday November 14, 2008 @05:28PM (#25765659) Attached to: Dead Parrot Sketch Is 1,600 Years Old

Umm.. that we now have found Prior Art, and can prove the Monty Python patent application should be declared invalid?

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