h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Wtf does this mean?

We present immaterial labour 2.0 as an ambivalent modality of both biopower and biopolitical production, and as an exemplar of the paradigm shift underway in our interface with popular culture, media, and information and communication technology.

Meh.

Ahhh. I wonder if private eye will feature that next week in their "Birt speak 2.0" bit!

BTW, I have no idea....

FB

Maybe it means someone is getting paid too much and/or doesn't have enough real work to do

Well, it's taken me 53 minutes, but I've arrived at:

We present working with web 2.0 tools (such as blogs and networking sites) as a form of control by governments and other bodies that is hard to pin down, and as an example of the sea-change in how we use popular culture, media, and information and communication technology and how they affect us.

Big Brother subscribes to your FaceBook profile. Interesting stuff.

It's an upgrade, but if it doesn't work then they're absolving themselves of the responsibility

(I think)

Does it mean something? It looks like something somebody paid somebody else a lot for in order to fill out some space that someone third expects some words in...

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Posted 10 Hours Ago by Mrs Zen - I'm this wide-hipped 40-something female... with a passion for internet wierdness.. and I think this site is AWESOME!
Wtf does this mean?"

Well, I could tell you what WTF means, but I am afraid it would be "edited" and leave me in trouble??

However, I will try by not using the swear word.
it means "What The F***" and that is the simplest way to explain it


Smudger.

"Eschew obfuscation."

I was going to go with something much simpler: 'We're going to try to prove that sitting on one's arse and faffing about on the internet is real work'.

MR - I think you've got the right of it.

Ben

You mean it ISN'T real work? Damn.

Only if you're paid to do it. Which post-modernists are. Apparently.

And one from the works intranet today:

"It’s a real opportunity to showcase our values in action."

I never knew you could showcase values. There's a thing.

For some reason I've got a vision of lots of little numbers (values) doing the can-can on stage. There's a programmer's mind for you.

Just got this one in - from three different inputs to a newsletter. So, frightingly, this is apparently something we use:

"The synthesis of significant market/customer opportunities and/or problem in a condensed opportunity formulation"

Sigh. Will try to convince someone to let me put it into clear language. If I can understand it, that is

That's awesome, Santra. Truly awesome. "A condensed opportunity formulation" - I'm going to share that on the team call today.

Hey Ben, perhaps this recent feedback on one of my entries will amuse you and your readers

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It is, Ben, it is. But it so aptly need your title tag for this thread. WTF??

I'd if it wasn't so sad.

Anyway, I've asked my dear newsletter contributors, all of which are a pay grade above me, if they're ok with rewriting the oracle's words. Am praying to Bob that they didn't invest lifeblood themselves in creating them!

Dinner time now in S'pore