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FFS, change the title back to what it was submitted with! "All Our Patent Are Belong To You" makes no sense out of context. At least the original title said s

FFS, change the title back to what it was submitted with! "All Our Patent Are Belong To You" makes no sense out of context. At least the original title said something about Tesla Motors.

chc 12y ago
This has been discussed a lot over the past few years. The title-changing policy is very widely disliked and leads to a lot of clearly poor results like this, but the mods are completely uninterested in changing it, so there it is. I don't know why we're even allowed to write titles anymore — it may just as well be populated by an automatic HTTP request.
- colanderman 12y ago
  Yes I know, I've been here for many years. It just feels good to vent sometimes (at the cost of some karma).
fuddle 12y ago
Mr Musk, I expected better grammar from you.
- peterarmstrong 12y ago
  It's a meme: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base
  - fuddle 12y ago
    Right, I'll get my coat..
  - larrys 12y ago
    Thanks for pointing that out (I didn't know that). That said I think it's a bit immature and out of place in a public blog post (which will no doubt be repeated elsewhere) for such a visible company that wishes to be taken seriously.
    - chc 12y ago
      Not everyone subscribes to the theory that companies must have a grim and humorless face. I don't see why a lighthearted title is a bad thing. It's not like it's lowbrow or mean-spirited humor.
      - larrys 12y ago
        Why? Because it's not just being lighthearted. It appears to be bad use of english.
        TeMPOraL 12y ago
        Bad use of english is purposeful - it's a meme, one of the oldest and most widely recognized on the Internet. He's just showing some humour (not the first time). http://xkcd.com/286/ http://xkcd.com/286/ seems relevant here ;).
        larrys 12y ago
        So you are saying that the audience for the blog post consists of an overwhelming number of people that understand that meme? As opposed to people who do not? I disagree.
- tehwebguy 12y ago
  Upvoted because it's OK for you to not know every meme from the 1990s Today you are one of the 10,000 - http://xkcd.com/1053/ http://xkcd.com/1053/
wavefunction 12y ago
That's not how HN works, however you feel about it.

FFS, change the title back to what it was submitted with! "All Our Patent Are Belong To You" makes no sense out of context. At least the original title said something about Tesla Motors.

chc 12y ago

This has been discussed a lot over the past few years. The title-changing policy is very widely disliked and leads to a lot of clearly poor results like this, but the mods are completely uninterested in changing it, so there it is. I don't know why we're even allowed to write titles anymore — it may just as well be populated by an automatic HTTP request.

colanderman 12y ago
Yes I know, I've been here for many years. It just feels good to vent sometimes (at the cost of some karma).

fuddle 12y ago

Mr Musk, I expected better grammar from you.

peterarmstrong 12y ago
It's a meme: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base
- fuddle 12y ago
  Right, I'll get my coat..
- larrys 12y ago
  Thanks for pointing that out (I didn't know that). That said I think it's a bit immature and out of place in a public blog post (which will no doubt be repeated elsewhere) for such a visible company that wishes to be taken seriously.
  - chc 12y ago
    Not everyone subscribes to the theory that companies must have a grim and humorless face. I don't see why a lighthearted title is a bad thing. It's not like it's lowbrow or mean-spirited humor.
    - larrys 12y ago
      Why? Because it's not just being lighthearted. It appears to be bad use of english.
      - TeMPOraL 12y ago
        Bad use of english is purposeful - it's a meme, one of the oldest and most widely recognized on the Internet. He's just showing some humour (not the first time). http://xkcd.com/286/ http://xkcd.com/286/ seems relevant here ;).
        larrys 12y ago
        So you are saying that the audience for the blog post consists of an overwhelming number of people that understand that meme? As opposed to people who do not? I disagree.
tehwebguy 12y ago
Upvoted because it's OK for you to not know every meme from the 1990s Today you are one of the 10,000 - http://xkcd.com/1053/ http://xkcd.com/1053/

wavefunction 12y ago

That's not how HN works, however you feel about it.