paywall

The techy part of a web system that makes you pay dosh to get to the goodies...

It's behind the NY Times paywall, alas, but here's some snippets (from www.oildrum.com 02-May-06)

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Apocophilia

An attraction to, or taking pleasure in, end-of-society scenarios, such as global nuclear war, or worst-case peak-oil or global-warming.

Often leads to what others would regard as a 'pessimistic' world view, however Apocophiliacs often identify with an 'up-side' to the total destruction of mostly everything. Proof of irrationality can often be found in a belief that they will survive the impending apocolyse themselves.

I used to hang at peakoil.com, but the place is swamped with apocophilic doomers.

I'm really worried about global warming, but sometimes I worry that I might just have a tendency for apocophilia.

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doomer

Someone who expects the worst possible outcome from a global occurrence, especially the peak in global oil production.

Antonyms are cornucopian, humanist, realist.

Doomers hold a faith based belief that humanity is incapable of resolving human-society created global issues, e.g. by replacing oil with other energy sources.

Refer apocophilia

peakoil.com is packed full of doomers practicing group-think like it was a survival skill.

I used to be a doomer, but then I remembered how to add.

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doomer

n.

Used by the peak oil community to refer to those who believe that the end of the oil age will also mean the end of human society.

I'm a doomer 'cos wind and nuclear will never cut it, and hydrogen's a pipe dream.

You're doomerosity is only so high 'cos you're suffer from apocophilia.

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Metric Inch

A distance of 33 millimetres.

Why do you think using British Imperial measurements makes you free? If you give them a metric inch, they'll take a kilometre.

fleshbrain

A pejorative term for humans used by Artificial Intelligence systems, mostly in private communication with other Artificial Intelligences.

DEVIN wanted to convince us it was a fleshbrain but flagged itself FALSE().

Bishop anstey girls

A girl who is poised, has a lot of class, intelligent, outspoken and elegant. Bishop anstey girls love their school , teachers and eachother and work on becoming strong women of the future. They are all rounded girls with ambition and seek positivity in everything and everyone.if you happen to get one never let her go

Guy1 :Hey dude do you see those

amazing girls over there?
Guy2: the one swalking confidently?
Guy1: yeah . They look like bishop anstey girls