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Sheesh. "Loosers" indeed; and yes, I am scared of associating myself in any way with them!
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if these guys could find the time, they could prolly make a lot of $$ generating anti-virus software... hmmm.
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It's a common enough conspiratorial theory that the anti-viral software folks and the virus writers are one and the same. Don't think so.
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You know, from what I've heard, jheem's right. There was a piece on NPR the other day (I know I quote it a lot, but NPR's my main source of news) by a guy who spent time with some [scare quotes] script kiddies [/scare quotes] in rural Austria, of all places. Bored teenagers. Also, notice that a correspondent in Brazil added to the piece. Probably more bored teenagers there.
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Sheesh. "Loosers" indeed...
You know, Jackie, I'm just now thinking: these kids may indeed be non-native speakers. Which is pretty scary, because they're learning their English from American teenagers on the net rather than through the (harrumph®) appropriate channels. [/prescriptivist]
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'Loosers' is a common internet misspelling, to the point that it is used intentionally is some circles, much as we might use, e.g., 'aksherally.'
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actually®, you won't have caught me using 'aksherally.'
-joe e. (what me, a prescriptivist?!) newman
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Or either 'attually®', one.
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loosersHey, did musick write that piece?  (and can he claim the coinage for that one right here on AWAD?)
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Yeah, but...loosers is too close to the usual spelling to give the same effect of cavalier loucheness as 'attually®' or 'aksherally'.
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