Words in the Wind (01 Apr 2005)

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Words in the Wind (01 Apr 2005)
Certain segments of the online world have to deal with the gak factor, the tendency for online pornography sites to lose business when credit card charges are discovered by a third party (such as a parent or a spouse) and then disavowed by the subscriber. (Presumably the "gak" part comes from the noise the third party emits after making this unpleasant discovery.)

As this modest collection shows, the tech sector's language factory is still operating at full capacity. At least the manufacture of new words is one job that's definitely not offshorable.

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