Bucky
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Fri Sep-12-08 07:59 PM
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Important technical question. What's the difference between "Pwned" and "Fail"? |
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Am I missing some subtle nuance here? I hate missing subtle nuance. It makes me feel so palin.
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PeaceNikki
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Fri Sep-12-08 08:01 PM
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"Pwned" is when someone burns your ass hard "Fail" requires no external forces directly contributing to your dumbassery.
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Fri Sep-12-08 08:10 PM
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6. I think that sums it up right there. |
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Very eruditely, I might add. :)
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Fri Sep-12-08 08:02 PM
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2. I think "fail" is more generic than "pwned." |
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"Pwned" implies a defeat at the hands of another. Whether that "another" is human, machine, nature, or whatever.
"Fail" is just generically messing up, and can be either by your own devices or at the hands of another.
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mitchum
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Fri Sep-12-08 08:03 PM
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3. "Pwned" is the far older internet cliche |
Bucky
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Fri Sep-12-08 08:07 PM
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4. Not older than "owned", altho that term migrated from reality to the web |
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Next question: what's the difference between the web and the internet?
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mitchum
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Fri Sep-12-08 08:12 PM
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7. Silly...the web doesn't have tubes like the internets do |
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cordially yours, Ted Stevens
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Fri Sep-12-08 08:08 PM
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5. Pwned is when someone makes you look stupid. |
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Fail is when you make yourself look stupid. :)
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