Man Machine's definitions

TIA

Acronym: total information awareness. The goal of the NSA, FBI, AT&T, and Google. The god-like ability to find, compile, interpret, and control data.

Google and AT&T are competing for TIA with our private data.

by Man Machine January 1, 2009

all-seeing eye

1) A god-like eye that sees all and knows all, i.e. Big Brother.

2) The Eye of Sauron or the Eye of Providence, used derisively as a symbol of domestic surveillance, government conspiracy, or total information awareness.

Spotting the security camera domes, I felt the all-seeing eye looking at me.

by Man Machine January 1, 2009

meatbot

meat + bot. A robot made out of meat, aka "human."

Specifically, a mindless human automaton who works as a wage slave for a corporation.

That girl used to be quite a talented artist until she became a marketing meatbot.

by Man Machine August 10, 2007

Fuck U

Short for "Fuck University," a fictional university where uber-snooty, holier-than-thou, "I am so much better than you and don't you ever forget it" types are said to graduate from.

When used, it also gives said snobs a "fuck you" message.

Snob: Could you keep your garage door closed? Your Honda is depreciating the market value of our neighborhood.

Dude: Whoa! You must have earned your master's from Fuck U!

by Man Machine August 11, 2007

living causes death

1) A health or medical study that shows that a living person has a 100% of dying at some point in their life.

2) A reaction to a health or medical study that shows some substance causes illness.

3) Everything has some kind of consequence. Suck it up and deal with it!

First thing I learned in med-school was living causes death.

by Man Machine August 11, 2007

2.0

(Read: two point oh | two point zero)

Marketing catchphrase/buzzword than, when attached to a name, implies an "improved" or "superior" product than it's predicesor.

When used in comparisons like ' A is B 2.0" ,' it's like saying "B" is like "A" only "better."

SUVs are station wagons 2.0.

George Bush and Osama bin Laden think they're Jesus Christ 2.0.

by Man Machine August 15, 2007

chicken-or-egg

A question of cause-and-effect or sequence of actions, possibly unanswerable.

From the eternal question "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?"

Did an earthquake cause the mine collapse, or was the collapse itself registered as the quake? This could be a chicken-or-egg problem.

by Man Machine August 15, 2007