Monday, July 21, 2008

It's jigaboo time - pt 13,328

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9 comments:

Anonymous said...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/jul/21/civilliberties.privacy

Anonymous said...

^ that link

they try to end it on a happy note:

Some scientists using the technology describe a future scenario in which homes and cars adapt services to suit their owners, automatically dimming lights, preparing food and selecting preferred television channels.

Stef said...

see, not scary or sinister at all

useful too

paul said...

As great britain descends into a rwandan style massacre, perhaps we should call in paul kagame. He knows how to sort these things out, and has a special relationship with us

Shahid said...

Did you see the comment by that Mancunian tosser?

Anonymous said...

yup

Anonymous said...

As an aside, what do you mean by jigaboo in this context? Isn't that an offensive racial slur?

Stef said...

...as was 'conspiraloon' until a few of us decided to take it back

OK, maybe not a racial slur

The origins of jigaboo in the context of this blog date back to when someone posted a link to this video in a comment

At which point I decided that I liked the word 'jigaboo' as a vaguely onomatopoeic alternative description of what some might call media 'brouhaha'

The 'jig' part has a nice stirring things up feel about it and the 'boo' bit is scary

That, and the fact that I'm a closet Klansman

Stef said...

sorry, kloset Klansman