[Info-vax] New HP-made Chromebook-11 Laptop

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On 10/13/13 01:00, AEF wrote:

>
> It says "humorous". And furthermore, _clot_ and _cloud_ aren't close enough in
> spelling or sound. "Look at that clot in the sky!" No, I don't think it sounds
> much like _cloud_. Blood clouds are dangerous. Nope, doesn't sound much like
> _clot_.
>
> As best I can tell, the meaning of clot has nothing to do with clouds or
> computing, which means that this is not a pun, even if it _is_ close enough to
> _cloud_ in spelling or sound.
>
> If the dentist asks if you floss your teeth daily, and you don't, but you tell
> her that you do, you're lying through your teeth. (!)
>
> The weather forecaster's vision was cloudy. The weather forecaster's vision was
> clotty. Clotty isn't even a word! -- at least according to Firefox.
>
> Sorry, my first thought was "Clot? A pun of cloud? -- no, couldn't be. Probably
> a typo. Better ask, although I should be prepared for the old LIUY nastiness.
>

In fact, "clot" in England ~means idiot and I had no problem decoding that
particular pun, specially after Simon's post about NSA intrusion into cloud
services. ie: Anyone who trusts cloud services for business or personal data
must be an idiot. Ymmv and lack of understanding, withstanding, of 
course :-)...

Chris

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