Comments on: Introducing Mandroid, Google's remasculating new operating system http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/introducing-mandroid-google.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 21:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: mclovin http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/introducing-mandroid-google.html#comment-1668848 mclovin Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215739#comment-1668848 Finally released!!! And all this under 1500$ !!! Finally released!!! And all this under 1500$ !!!

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/introducing-mandroid-google.html#comment-1667986 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215739#comment-1667986 Chris Hardwick?  Or <i>Carl Hardwick</i> ? Chris Hardwick?  Or Carl Hardwick ?

]]> By: S http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/introducing-mandroid-google.html#comment-1667517 S Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215739#comment-1667517 And Cazzo Films! And Cazzo Films!

]]> By: Bradley Robinson http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/introducing-mandroid-google.html#comment-1667367 Bradley Robinson Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215739#comment-1667367 Here in New Orleans, lagniappe is part of the everyday vernacular.  Proper syntax and grammar; however, are not.  So the above usage would be entirely acceptable.  There is even a section of the newspaper simply called "Lagniappe".  Here in New Orleans, lagniappe is part of the everyday vernacular.  Proper syntax and grammar; however, are not.  So the above usage would be entirely acceptable.  There is even a section of the newspaper simply called “Lagniappe”. 

]]> By: Mordicai http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/introducing-mandroid-google.html#comment-1667355 Mordicai Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215739#comment-1667355  Yeah. easily the best part of the joke.  Yeah. easily the best part of the joke.

]]> By: IronEdithKidd http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/introducing-mandroid-google.html#comment-1667340 IronEdithKidd Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215739#comment-1667340 Pfft.  Real men drive the <a>F450</a> supercharged diesel supercab with duallies, Yosemite Sam mudflaps and big-rig style exhaust. Pfft.  Real men drive the F450 supercharged diesel supercab with duallies, Yosemite Sam mudflaps and big-rig style exhaust.

]]> By: scav http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/introducing-mandroid-google.html#comment-1667268 scav Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215739#comment-1667268 Don't forget PowerThirst! Don’t forget PowerThirst!

]]> By: Snig http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/introducing-mandroid-google.html#comment-1667222 Snig Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215739#comment-1667222 Decades later, when I think of Elric with a Foghorn, I say Foghorn Leghorn dialect, it still cracks me up.   Decades later, when I think of Elric with a Foghorn, I say Foghorn Leghorn dialect, it still cracks me up.  

]]> By: Guido Núñez-Mujica http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/introducing-mandroid-google.html#comment-1667219 Guido Núñez-Mujica Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215739#comment-1667219 Partnership with Raging Stallion Studios, Titan Media and Colt is coming Partnership with Raging Stallion Studios, Titan Media and Colt is coming

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/introducing-mandroid-google.html#comment-1667192 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 28 Feb 2013 08:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215739#comment-1667192 How about 'The Desrick on Brin'? How about ‘The Desrick on Brin’?

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/introducing-mandroid-google.html#comment-1667190 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 28 Feb 2013 08:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215739#comment-1667190 I see what you did there. I see what you did there.

]]> By: vintermann http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/introducing-mandroid-google.html#comment-1667185 vintermann Thu, 28 Feb 2013 08:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215739#comment-1667185 There's no need to get hysterical over the guy's choice in words. There’s no need to get hysterical over the guy’s choice in words.

]]> By: chaopoiesis http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/introducing-mandroid-google.html#comment-1667179 chaopoiesis Thu, 28 Feb 2013 08:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215739#comment-1667179 Real men don't use Maps. Real men don’t use Maps.

]]> By: Jonathan Roberts http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/introducing-mandroid-google.html#comment-1667178 Jonathan Roberts Thu, 28 Feb 2013 07:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215739#comment-1667178 How is that different from the current situation? How is that different from the current situation?

]]> By: Pam Sykes http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/introducing-mandroid-google.html#comment-1667145 Pam Sykes Thu, 28 Feb 2013 05:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215739#comment-1667145 Burt Reynolds. Heh. Burt Reynolds. Heh.

]]> By: C W http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/introducing-mandroid-google.html#comment-1667118 C W Thu, 28 Feb 2013 04:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215739#comment-1667118 http://www.mandleco.com/ http://www.mandleco.com/

]]> By: Zak Jarvis http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/introducing-mandroid-google.html#comment-1667104 Zak Jarvis Thu, 28 Feb 2013 03:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215739#comment-1667104 Your usage is the correct one. Looks like it hasn't changed since Twain. I admit, I never use the word, nor have it used around me. Lagniappe, that is. Muliebrity is a different story. Your usage is the correct one. Looks like it hasn’t changed since Twain.

I admit, I never use the word, nor have it used around me. Lagniappe, that is.

Muliebrity is a different story.

]]> By: Brian Cheung http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/introducing-mandroid-google.html#comment-1667103 Brian Cheung Thu, 28 Feb 2013 03:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215739#comment-1667103 Cerebus, really?  That goes all the way from being confident in your masculinity to having underlying issues to justify your mysogyny. Cerebus, really?  That goes all the way from being confident in your masculinity to having underlying issues to justify your mysogyny.

]]> By: fuzzyfuzzyfungus http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/introducing-mandroid-google.html#comment-1667101 fuzzyfuzzyfungus Thu, 28 Feb 2013 03:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215739#comment-1667101 Speaking of short life, I'm told that the version of "Google Latitude" for Mandroid is actually an augmented reality remake of 'The Most Dangerous Game'... Speaking of short life, I’m told that the version of “Google Latitude” for Mandroid is actually an augmented reality remake of ‘The Most Dangerous Game’…

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/introducing-mandroid-google.html#comment-1667092 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 28 Feb 2013 03:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215739#comment-1667092 The Short, Happy Life of Sergey Brin The Short, Happy Life of Sergey Brin

]]> By: fuzzyfuzzyfungus http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/introducing-mandroid-google.html#comment-1667066 fuzzyfuzzyfungus Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215739#comment-1667066 Only some kind of eunuch can't hold a cigar and an elephant gun in the same hand. In fact, if it weren't for 19th century cartridge technology, a real man would still <em>fire</em> his elephant gun by igniting the powder in the pan with his cigar.  Only some kind of eunuch can’t hold a cigar and an elephant gun in the same hand. In fact, if it weren’t for 19th century cartridge technology, a real man would still fire his elephant gun by igniting the powder in the pan with his cigar. 

]]> By: Miramon http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/introducing-mandroid-google.html#comment-1667064 Miramon Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215739#comment-1667064 Cirinist! But yeah, that was a brilliant reference. Too bad he went insane; Sim could have been really great if he just managed to keep a marginal grip on reality. High Society had all the signs, but everything after that was just a sad chronicle of slow decay. Cirinist! But yeah, that was a brilliant reference. Too bad he went insane; Sim could have been really great if he just managed to keep a marginal grip on reality. High Society had all the signs, but everything after that was just a sad chronicle of slow decay.

]]> By: Kyle http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/introducing-mandroid-google.html#comment-1667053 Kyle Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215739#comment-1667053 Not so much. Actually if anyone owns the term I would say it is Marvel who featured Mandroid power suits built by Tony Stark in Avengers comics in the 70s Not so much. Actually if anyone owns the term I would say it is Marvel who featured Mandroid power suits built by Tony Stark in Avengers comics in the 70s

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/introducing-mandroid-google.html#comment-1667052 pjcamp Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215739#comment-1667052 Manly men? http://snltranscripts.jt.org/78/78rcowperthwaite.phtml Sorry, video doesn't seem to exist so a transcript will have to do. One of Belushi's greatest. Manly men?

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/78/78rcowperthwaite.phtml

Sorry, video doesn’t seem to exist so a transcript will have to do. One of Belushi’s greatest.

]]> By: Modano http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/introducing-mandroid-google.html#comment-1667047 Modano Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215739#comment-1667047 You know what's manly? Feeling cool about yourself while not really giving a shit what people think about what you're wearing.  You know what’s manly? Feeling cool about yourself while not really giving a shit what people think about what you’re wearing. 

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/introducing-mandroid-google.html#comment-1667014 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215739#comment-1667014 Twenty bucks says that the new masculation will use all your system resources and make it impossible to get anything done. Twenty bucks says that the new masculation will use all your system resources and make it impossible to get anything done.

]]> By: Gulliver http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/introducing-mandroid-google.html#comment-1667013 Gulliver Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215739#comment-1667013 ♫ And now I understand the multitouch touch screen...Oh-a-oh ♬ ♫ And now I understand the multitouch touch screen…Oh-a-oh ♬

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/introducing-mandroid-google.html#comment-1666989 Brainspore Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215739#comment-1666989 Blue?? Now THAT'S emasculating. A Real Man™ doesn't need a stylus anyway. That's what your cock is for. Blue?? Now THAT’S emasculating.

A Real Man™ doesn’t need a stylus anyway. That’s what your cock is for.

]]> By: Philip Storry http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/introducing-mandroid-google.html#comment-1666981 Philip Storry Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215739#comment-1666981 Bacon flavoured? The odds favour it being a Caol Ila then. Although a Glen Scotia, Bunnahabhain or Bruichladdich (especially in its Port Charlotte guise) wouldn't surprise me there. Either way, you ruined a good cigar dripping it in such fine scotch. You should have lit it and smoke it whilst drinking them. Far more pleasant... But the really important thing here is... Mmmmmmmm.... Baaaaaaaaacon.... *drools* Bacon flavoured?

The odds favour it being a Caol Ila then.

Although a Glen Scotia, Bunnahabhain or Bruichladdich (especially in its Port Charlotte guise) wouldn’t surprise me there.

Either way, you ruined a good cigar dripping it in such fine scotch.
You should have lit it and smoke it whilst drinking them. Far more pleasant…

But the really important thing here is…

Mmmmmmmm…. Baaaaaaaaacon…. *drools*

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/introducing-mandroid-google.html#comment-1666982 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215739#comment-1666982 That's an older model.  The new one is much more masculine AND gets better reception! That’s an older model.  The new one is much more masculine AND gets better reception!

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