[ale] Fwd: [mil-oss] US military uses 8-inch floppy disks to coordinate nuclear force operations

Jim Kinney jim.kinney at gmail.com
Fri May 27 16:56:42 EDT 2016


Some other keyboard stuff that's rather rude:
( . )   a$$hole
(( . ))   fat a$$
(_._) flat a$$
|.|  tight a$$
:}
On Fri, 2016-05-27 at 17:53 +0000, Lightner, Jeffrey wrote:
> +1
> 
> I'll have to admit I've not seen the /s before (or if I did I didn't
> recognize it then) but from context today I rather thought it must
> have been an indicator of some sort of humor.
> 
> They say it ain't funny if you have to explain it.  :p
> 
> [pedantic mode]
> By the way ":p" = smiley with tongue sticking out  :-)
> 
> P.S.   ":-)" = Broad grin.
> [/pedantic mode]
> 
> Have a good holiday weekend everyone.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> Ben Coleman
> Sent: Friday, May 27, 2016 11:15 AM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] Fwd: [mil-oss] US military uses 8-inch floppy
> disks to coordinate nuclear force operations
> 
> On 5/26/2016 09:27 PM, dev null zero two wrote:
> > 
> > do ya'll not realize "/s" indicates sarcasm? Internet much?
> I Internet plenty, and have for 20 or so years.  I've never before
> seen "/s" as a sarcasm indicator.  "", sure.  But not "/s".
> 
> Must be something those lazy young whippersnappers have come
> up with.>/sarcasm>
> 
> Ben
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