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1. By and large, we didn’t learn to not put –gate on the end of things to signify a scandal.

You know, if it had been called the Watercock hotel instead of the Watergate hotel, the entire landscape of media for the last several decades would have been far different, or at least much funnier.

2. Most of us didn’t learn to get Linden Lab’s name right.

You’d think people would start getting that right eventually, wouldn’t you?

3. We didn’t learn to rethink our our basis for trust and for exercising caution and software hygiene when faced with the allure of shiny features.

Security professionals are doubtless still tearing their collective hair out over that, as they have for years.

So, give me all your money, while we’re on the subject, and maybe there could be a shiny feature in it for you… possibly. Thanks heaps!

Acta non verba

By: Tateru Nino

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Loosely translated, I believe Butts is trying to say “ask for it by name”. At least, I hope that’s what it is.

Who the heck is Butts? He’s a recurring character in the comic.


I’d pretty much call this a failure of contextual advertising placement.

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So, you might think that I’m having a pretty good time snapping photos of erroneous signage with my phone, right?

Yes, you’d be totally correct. It’s a hoot.

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By: Tateru Nino

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