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Posts by emess
12 publicly visible posts • joined 28 Mar 2016
Of course a mystery website attacking city-run broadband was run by an ISP. Of course
Morrisons launches bizarre Yorkshire Pudding pizza thing
Web searching died the day they invented SEO
NASA finds satellite, realises it has lost the software and kit that talk to it
User stepped on mouse, complained pedal wasn’t making PC go faster
Judge: You can't call someone a c*nt, but a C∀NT is a cunning stunt
Re: Etymology of cunt
First known reference in English apparently is in a compound, Oxford street name Gropecuntlane cited from c. 1230 (and attested through late 14c.) in "Place-Names of Oxfordshire" (Gelling & Stenton, 1953), presumably a haunt of prostitutes. Used in medical writing c. 1400, but avoided in public speech since 15c.; considered obscene since 17c.
ref:http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=cunt
Headless body found near topless beach: Missing private sub journalist identified
Japan tries to launch satellite on rocket the size of a telegraph pole
Mars to get Chinese delivery. Estimated time of arrival: 2020

Re: Please consider changing the title
I think I'll take exception to the use of the word 'rover' because it's Friday.
late 14c., "sea-robber, pirate," from Middle Dutch rover "robber, predator, plunderer," especially in zeerovere "pirate," literally "sea-robber," from roven "to rob," from Middle Dutch roof "spoil, plunder," related to Old English reaf "spoil, plunder," reafian "to reave" (see reave (v.)). (http://etymonline.com)
Facebook crushes Belgian attempt to ban tracking of non-users

... where do "server", "home" and "browser" hail from?
server (n.) late 14c., agent noun from serve (v.). Computer sense by 1992.
home (n.) Old English ham "dwelling place, house, abode, fixed residence; estate; village; region, country," from Proto-Germanic *haimaz "home" (source also of Old Frisian hem "home, village," ...
browser (n.) 1845, "animal which browses," agent noun from browse (v.). In the computer sense by 1982.
And more at http://etymonline.com/