| On the NSA's RFT for an internet-scale sarcasm detector http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2014/06/we-need-a-pony-and-the-moon-on.html Did you hear the one about Epimenides' Cretan friend who said "So all Cretans are sarcastic?, Yeah right!". When they've done the weaponised sarcasm detector, can we please have a weaponised irony detector as well. Seeing as how irony is nearly as hard to cure as Herpes or Malaria. Once you've caught it, it keeps coming back. Which makes you wonder, does Quinine cure Irony? Hmmm, maybe it does. Please note that Google auto-added the hash tag "sarcasm" to this post.   We need a pony. And the moon on a stick. By next Thursday. - Charlie's Diary »Background: the US Secret Service has two main jobs (three, if you include persecuting Role Playing Game companies, but let's leave Steve Jackson out of this for the time being): combating currency counterfeiting, and protecting the President Of The United States, an office that for some reason ... [from: Google+ Posts] |
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