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

[AEF]

On Sunday, October 13, 2013 8:57:26 AM UTC-4, tridac wrote:
> On 10/13/13 01:00, AEF wrote:
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> > It says "humorous". And furthermore, _clot_ and _cloud_ aren't close enough in
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> > spelling or sound. "Look at that clot in the sky!" No, I don't think it sounds
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> > much like _cloud_. Blood clouds are dangerous. Nope, doesn't sound much like
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> > _clot_.
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> > As best I can tell, the meaning of clot has nothing to do with clouds or
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> > computing, which means that this is not a pun, even if it _is_ close enough to
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> > _cloud_ in spelling or sound.
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> > If the dentist asks if you floss your teeth daily, and you don't, but you tell
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> > her that you do, you're lying through your teeth. (!)
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> > The weather forecaster's vision was cloudy. The weather forecaster's vision was
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> > clotty. Clotty isn't even a word! -- at least according to Firefox.
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> > Sorry, my first thought was "Clot? A pun of cloud? -- no, couldn't be. Probably
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> > a typo. Better ask, although I should be prepared for the old LIUY nastiness.
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> In fact, "clot" in England ~means idiot and I had no problem decoding that
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> particular pun, specially after Simon's post about NSA intrusion into cloud
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> services. ie: Anyone who trusts cloud services for business or personal data
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> must be an idiot. Ymmv and lack of understanding, withstanding, of 
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> course :-)...

I was somewhat shocked when people needed instructions to retrieve their photos 
and the like from Mobile Me when Apple decided to shut it down. So people were 
leaving their only copies of photos on Mobile Me? So I'm with you on "clouds". 
Hey, who likes a cloudy day, anyway? Yeah, the old puffy cumulus clouds are 
nice. And they can make for great sunsets. OK, clouds can go either way. But I 
digress. 

Alright. I am in the US. I'm not familiar with the word _clot_ except in terms 
of blood-related phenomena. Even so, _clot_ and _cloud_ are not similar enough 
in spelling or sound for me to think it was a pun. (Maybe in England they're 
pronounced the same.) So I thought it was most likely a typo and therefore 
didn't want to waste my time on a wild goose chase. Regardless, instead of 
explaining it, MG got nasty. 

Thanks for clearing it up.

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