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Won't the heat from the light bulb melt the Mars Bar?
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Well, to know what "XP" in "Windows XP" really means, we need a bit of a history lesson.
Way back in the 70's, Xerox came up with the idea of a mouse and graphical user interface (GUI).
Apple's Steve Jobs saw this GUI & mouse and stole hired engineers away from Xerox to create the Mac.
Clickity Proof[^]
Well, a few years later ol' Bill (of the Gates variety) saw the mousey & GUI and wanted his own rendition of it. But, alas, patents and prior art (first use) stood in the way. So, he struck a deal with Jobs on using some of the Mac interface in Windows 1.0.
Well, a few years later, Apple decided to sue both H.P. and Microsoft for copyright infringements. But, that $5 Billion lawsuit was awash for Apple. More Clickity Proof[^]
Well, a few years later, Xerox decides to sue Apple for copyright infringements. Suffice to say, the suit eventually got tossed. Even More Clickity Proof[^]
Well, we now get to jump 11 years ahead to 2001.
Apple intro's Mac OS X on March 24, 2001.
Not wanting to feel left behind, Microsoft intros Windows XP on October 25, 2001.
Now, most tech-heads will denote that the "X" in Mac OS X is a moniker for "Unix"; e.g., HP/UX, IBM A/IX, etc.
However, being a 10-year Apple veteran during that 80's & 90's era, my conclusion is to the contrary.
That "X" in Mac OS X really means "Xerox". For, Apple couldn't go on hiding what they really did ~ that being taking the idea from Xerox in the first place.
Low, and behold, Bill[ionaire] Gates wanted to set the record perfectly straight, which is why he had Microsoft use "XP", which stands for:
Xerox Plagiarized
modified 8-Apr-14 15:33pm.
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Pretty sure XP stands for "eXPerience"
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Don't feed the trolls on free Gin day...
CPallini wrote: You cannot argue with agile people so just take the extreme approach and shoot him.
:Smile:
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and for you, what does LG stand for?
.:>GSN<:.
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GSN.CP wrote: and for you, what does LG stand for?
Lucky Goldstar.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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You sure it isn't Xerox Perfected?
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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And DEC had already use AXP (Almost eXactly Prism) for OpenVMS Alpha. 
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Xcrement Pile
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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therefore eXPelled 
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Whenever some one says, "They said" or "they want" or some variation then I ask "Who is they" and watch the hilarity ensue since usually they don't know who they is and what they really meant was I.
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Another fun one is "Oh? When did they say...?"
Marc
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I always ask "And who set the deadline?"
because if it wasn't my team me, they aren't familiar enough with my team to set a good one.
(I have a supervisor that promises something in 2 days that I'll predict 5 days for, hence the strikeout)
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Indeed! One of my favorite variations on that theme is the "studies show" shibboleth.
In a discussion of public policy, whenever someone tries to bolster his argument with the "studies show" gambit, I immediately ask, "What studies, conducted how and by whom? Can you provide references?" Inasmuch as these days, for every study there's an equal but opposite study, the countermeasure is quite effective.
"They want" and "they say," and all their variations, are ways of asserting a nebulous, un-checkable authority. Like many other such phrases, they should be buried face down with stakes through their hearts -- and the way to make that happen is never to let them pass unchallenged.
(This message is programming you in ways you cannot detect. Be afraid.)
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A similar favorite of mine:
When I came to the US to a 4-child family to go to high school for a year, all the time I heard "mother" tell her childen "You ain't supposed to" do so-and-so, say so-and-so, be knowledgeable about so-and-so.
Quite often Bible Belt supposing was somewhat different from my own Norwegian supposing, so I curiouslyu interrogated: "Who is doing that supposing?" Needless to say, my questioning lead to a number of small conflicts.
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Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote: I ask "Who is they"
You know, "them" 
Psychosis at 10
Film at 11
Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it.
Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.
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That always reminds me of this[^] "Far Side" cartoon.
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Does anyone have a short (ten seconds or less) WAV file of Carl Sagan speaking the phrase "Billions And Billions" ?
It would be super (though I think impossible) if I could get him saying "Billions And Billions Of
ElseIF statements"
Google, Bing, and Yahoo led me to a couple of YouTube videos; but I'm just trying to find the "billions and billions" phrase.
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Possibly, you will be unlucky: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan#Phrase_.27billions_and_billions.27[^]
'Sagan stated that he never actually used the phrase in the Cosmos series.[46] The closest that he ever came was in the book Cosmos, where he talked of "billions upon billions"'
However, I do have a mp3 of him saying it, when he had a bad cold. It's difficult to tell, because he does sound quite a lot like me...in fact, more like me than him...if you want a copy, I'll record it for you see if I can find it.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Okay, see if you can record find a copy of him saying "billions and billions of ElseIF clauses"
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I think that one is hiding behind my microphone...now, where did I put that?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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