Slow news day?

Story: Android goes for the iPhone weak spot: porn appsTotal Replies: 12
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montezuma

Dec 03, 2009
9:00 PM EDT
Android "gets a leg up" on iphone huh?

Woohoo
tuxchick

Dec 03, 2009
9:14 PM EDT
Well check out the next article, something about Android STDs. Where will it all end?
gus3

Dec 04, 2009
1:03 AM EDT
Android needs a condom?
jezuch

Dec 04, 2009
3:16 AM EDT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEX_(computing)

You have a problem with that? ;)
caitlyn

Dec 04, 2009
12:17 PM EDT
It is a slow news day. Tuxchick ran a week old blog post of mine on brand X. You know it's slow when she does that.
tuxchick

Dec 04, 2009
12:49 PM EDT
hey, articles don't go bad like milk caitlyn. It's been a busy news week.

I'm surprised that only the junior varsity trolls have come out to comment on your blog post, maybe the A squad is already gone for the weekend. Or they're all busy defending Mono in the other thread and calling people who don't like it non-contributors with no right to comment.
caitlyn

Dec 04, 2009
2:13 PM EDT
Well, I do appreciate you running it. I also have noticed that while the quality of comments here is generally good, brand X is heavy on trolls and Susan's site is even worse.

Isn't it funny how some people will scream "Censorship!" if you moderate their comments and then tell other people to shut up.
tuxchick

Dec 04, 2009
2:26 PM EDT
What gripes me the most is the moron-level commentary. My wish is for interesting lively comments, a bit of thoughtfulness, something beyond "your mother" "no, your mother" ad nauseum. Agree, disagree, go off on a wild tangent, just make it worthwhile. I feel like I'm babysitting 12-year olds. Except that's a slam on most 12-year olds.
tuxchick

Dec 04, 2009
2:28 PM EDT
and yes, LXer is awesome. It gives me hope. A false hope, perhaps :)
Grishnakh

Dec 04, 2009
6:12 PM EDT
For those of us not in the know, what are "brand X" and "Susan's site"?
caitlyn

Dec 04, 2009
6:48 PM EDT
tuxchick's super secret identity is a loosely guarded non-secret. She is the managing editor of Linux Today. Susan Linton is the person behind Tuxmachines.org. For some reason Carla, ahem... my bad... tuxchick never names her site on this one. I guess she thinks it's wrong to plug the competition.
tuxchick

Dec 04, 2009
7:17 PM EDT
True caitlyn, I think it's bad manners to plug brand x on LXer. LXer is special :)

I should also mention that a lot of brand x talkbacks are quite good and worthy. Sometimes I let my peeve at the junk dampen my appreciation of the good stuff.

gus3

Dec 04, 2009
8:24 PM EDT
TC's site is two clicks away from this site. Click on "Linux Homepage" near the bottom of the right column, then click the third header in the left column (the one below LXer's feed).

And that's how you plug it without plugging it.

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