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Not sure what today's has me giggling so hard.
http://xkcd.com/528/
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Why is there a chainsaw in DOOM?
There aren't any trees on Mars.
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Darren New wrote:
> Not sure what today's has me giggling so hard.
Wait - there's a *beta* now?? o_O
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On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:11:11 +0000, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
>Darren New wrote:
>> Not sure what today's has me giggling so hard.
>
>Wait - there's a *beta* now?? o_O
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7817190.stm
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Stephen
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>> Wait - there's a *beta* now?? o_O
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7817190.stm
Jesus, I thought they were *kidding*! I thought that was a *joke*!
You mean to tell me they're seriously about to release a brand new
version of Windows, when Vista has still reached > 0.001% acceptance??
I'm stunned.
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On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:23:08 +0000, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> Wait - there's a *beta* now?? o_O
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7817190.stm
>
> Jesus, I thought they were *kidding*! I thought that was a *joke*!
>
> You mean to tell me they're seriously about to release a brand new
> version of Windows, when Vista has still reached > 0.001% acceptance??
>
> I'm stunned.
When a product fails in the marketplace, sometimes it's prudent to
replace it with something that people might actually want.
Jim
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Jim Henderson wrote:
>
> When a product fails in the marketplace, sometimes it's prudent to
> replace it with something that people might actually want.
>
> Jim
Windows 7 looks awfully similar to Vista. Just saying.
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Mike Raiford wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>
>>
>> When a product fails in the marketplace, sometimes it's prudent to
>> replace it with something that people might actually want.
>>
>> Jim
>
> Windows 7 looks awfully similar to Vista. Just saying.
>
What? Are you actually suggesting that the Edsel Mark II will sell just
as badly as the Edsel? lol (Mind, they where not dumb enough to make a
Mark II, but...)
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void main () {
If Schrödingers_cat is alive or version > 98 {
if version = "Vista" {
call slow_by_half();
call DRM_everything();
}
call functional_code();
}
else
call crash_windows();
}
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On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:42:46 -0600, Mike Raiford wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>
>
>> When a product fails in the marketplace, sometimes it's prudent to
>> replace it with something that people might actually want.
>>
>> Jim
>
> Windows 7 looks awfully similar to Vista. Just saying.
That doesn't surprise me. :-)
Jim
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Henderson [mailto:nos### [at] nospam com]
> On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:42:46 -0600, Mike Raiford wrote:
> > Windows 7 looks awfully similar to Vista. Just saying.
>
> That doesn't surprise me. :-)
Considering it's already earned the nickname "Vista done right" :)
...Ben Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com
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On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:00:56 -0800, Chambers wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jim Henderson [mailto:nos### [at] nospam com] On Fri, 09 Jan 2009
>> 12:42:46 -0600, Mike Raiford wrote:
>> > Windows 7 looks awfully similar to Vista. Just saying.
>>
>> That doesn't surprise me. :-)
>
> Considering it's already earned the nickname "Vista done right" :)
I think that will remain to be seen. :-)
Jim
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