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A week after claiming they were done pursuing Yahoo, Microsoft has again made an offer. This time around, it’s so preposterously one-sided that Yahoo would be twice the fool to take it as they’d have been to accept Microsoft’s truncated stock-price offer the last time around. [link]

But that’s not what it’s really about, and everyone knows it. What it’s really about is taking advantage of Carl Icahn lurking as a stalking horse; the barbarian at the gate. What it’s really about is bringing Yahoo to terms on Microsoft’s original offer. Continue reading…

Some of these seem to be platform-specific, but here’s a funny look at some odd results you can get out of your shell: [link]

% cat “food in cans”
cat: can’t open food in cans

% nice man woman
No manual entry for woman.

% “How would you rate Quayle’s incompetence?
Unmatched “.

% Unmatched “.
Unmatched “.

% [Where is Jimmy Hoffa?
Missing ].