Comments on: Highbrow my culus

By: Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:54:35 +0000

Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscripti catapultas habebunt.

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 28 May 2007 09:37:51 +0000

I came to this a bit late, but all I can say is…

CALIGULA???? ESR QUOTES *CALIGULA* AS AN IDEAL EXAMPLE FOR FOREIGN POLICY???? FUCKTARD!

Ahem. Sorry. Had to say it.

I read crap like that, well, that’s why I can’t bring myself to bother reading ‘The Bazaar and the Cathedral’.

By: Puerla

Puerla — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:54:52 +0000

Mihi bene placet!

By: Grimnir

Grimnir — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 09:35:59 +0000

Latin is a language,
As dead as can be.
First it killed the Romans,
And now it’s killing me.

Ah, good old fortune.

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 16:59:02 +0000

Matthew: That should be “videtur”. “videre” is verb of the second conjugation. (This strip just demands that I be at my utmost Latin geekiness.)

By: John Cowan

John Cowan — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 20:05:05 +0000

If anyone cares, the full Raymond’s Reviews can be found at http://catb.org/~esr/sfreviews/ . They’re fairly sane.

By: meowhous

meowhous — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:53:10 +0000

Finally found a ref:
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.sf-lovers/browse_frm/thread/8461a85edee98fcd/c2377eb0e8b9aa7a?lnk=st&q=&rnum=111#c2377eb0e8b9aa7a

But I can’t find the one where he uses hoity-toity terms like “roman a clef” and other liberalartsyfartsy words.

By: meowhous

meowhous — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 21:05:36 +0000

I suppose nobody else remembers “Raymond’s Reviews”…

By: Matthew Hall

Matthew Hall — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 22:10:21 +0000

Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.

By: M D Bouchard

M D Bouchard — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 03:56:10 +0000

As someone who tattooed Latin on her back (out of sheer love for it), I appreciate this strip so much more than you can realize!

By: bq

bq — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 01:53:33 +0000

Andy said: “I just clicked on the esr.ibilio.org link and had a look. Is that really Eric Raymond’s blog? What a tosser! No wonder this strip exists.”

Yeah I know man. That was my reaction too. :) When I look at such things I like to imagine (and sometimes sing in a throaty alto) fairground music.

The strip – ahhhh latin, glorious latin – which I tried to learn once and gave up. Hmmm. renewed motivation.

By: Jeff Read

Jeff Read — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 01:18:22 +0000

I thought the guy on his shirt was Chuck Norris, myself.

By: Folkert van Heusden

Folkert van Heusden — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 14:25:39 +0000

Hopefully one day my face will be on that shirt. Then finally I’ll be close to Linus and also world-famous.

By: Ithika

Ithika — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:53:11 +0000

Uncompromisingly geeky episode. Cheers! :)

By: AC

AC — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 07:45:07 +0000

I thought it was Zakk Wylde. Or Kerry King.