Comments on: Automated Autocide https://www.bitsbook.com/2009/04/automated-autocide/ Your Life, Liberty and Happiness After the Digital Explosion Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:09:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.13 By: annex https://www.bitsbook.com/2009/04/automated-autocide/comment-page-1/#comment-1755 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:39:51 +0000 http://www.bitsbook.com/?p=445#comment-1755 d/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [aw-toh-sahyd] Show IPA –noun suicide by crashing the vehicle one is driving. *Origin: *1965–70; auto- 2 + -cide Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009. Cite This Source |Main Entry: autocide1 Part of Speech: n Definition: the killing by vehicle crash, esp. use of a vehicle to commit suicide Etymology: auto 'self, one's own' Main Entry: autocide2 Part of Speech: n Definition: a suicide; one who self-destructs Etymology: auto 'self, one's own' Main Entry: autocide3 Part of Speech: n Definition: a chemical created by bacteria that is toxic only to other bacteria of the same species Etymology: auto 'self, one's own']]> au⋅to⋅cide
  /ˈɔtoʊˌsaɪd/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [aw-toh-sahyd] Show IPA
–noun
suicide by crashing the vehicle one is driving.

*Origin:
*1965–70; auto- 2 + -cide

Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source
|Main Entry: autocide1
Part of Speech: n
Definition: the killing by vehicle crash, esp. use of a vehicle to commit suicide
Etymology: auto ‘self, one’s own’
Main Entry: autocide2
Part of Speech: n
Definition: a suicide; one who self-destructs
Etymology: auto ‘self, one’s own’
Main Entry: autocide3
Part of Speech: n
Definition: a chemical created by bacteria that is toxic only to other bacteria of the same species
Etymology: auto ‘self, one’s own’

]]> By: Tyler Moore https://www.bitsbook.com/2009/04/automated-autocide/comment-page-1/#comment-1663 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:54:37 +0000 http://www.bitsbook.com/?p=445#comment-1663 Reminds me of the ‘computer says no’ skit from the TV show ‘Little Britain’:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TYAQ0JWBzE

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