Post #175,939
9/23/04 1:39:27 PM
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Which OS are you?
[link|http://bbspot.com/News/2003/01/os_quiz.php|http://bbspot.com/Ne...03/01/os_quiz.php]
It says I'm Apple DOS 3.1
:)
--
Steve
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Post #175,945
9/23/04 1:50:37 PM
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Palm OS *shrug*
About the use of language: it is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt axe. It is equally vain to try to do it with ten blunt axes instead. -- Edsger W. Dijkstra
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Post #175,959
9/23/04 2:34:19 PM
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Ditto.
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #175,981
9/23/04 4:33:36 PM
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Likewise.
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Post #175,947
9/23/04 1:53:26 PM
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Re: Which OS are you?
[image|http://www.bbspot.com/Images/News_Features/2003/01/os_quiz/slackware.jpg|0|You are Slackware Linux. You are the brightest among your peers, but are often mistaken as insane. Your elegant solutions to problems often take a little longer, but require much less effort to complete.|90|300]
-YendorMike
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
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Post #175,973
9/23/04 3:46:27 PM
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Me 2.
bcnu,
Mikem
"The struggle for the emancipation of the working class is not between races or religions. It is one of class against class. Every trace of anti-Semitism, or any form of race hatred cannot assist the oppressed, it can on the contrary only aid the exploiters. Workers of all nationality, religion or creed must stand together against the common enemy: capitalism."
-Ted Grant
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Post #175,950
9/23/04 2:06:27 PM
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Debian Linux ... which I haven't got around to installing
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Post #175,966
9/23/04 3:12:09 PM
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Double ditto.
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
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Post #175,985
9/23/04 5:00:10 PM
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Triple ditto
Though I've been meaning to get around to it RSN.
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Post #176,098
9/24/04 6:27:21 AM
9/27/04 2:58:33 AM
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Quadruple ditto on "haven't got around to installing" and...
..."been meaning to get around to it RSN".
(And only on those; so, Joe B, I could only hope to have your personality.)
Edited by CRConrad
Sept. 27, 2004, 02:58:33 AM EDT
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Post #176,220
9/24/04 1:35:27 PM
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I feel honored.
Same personality as CRC.
Now all I have to do is learn the colorful language. ;-j
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
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Post #175,951
9/23/04 2:10:18 PM
9/23/04 2:12:03 PM
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Yowza! I'm Slackware!
Imric's Tips for Living\r\n- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Edited by imric
Sept. 23, 2004, 02:12:03 PM EDT
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Post #175,952
9/23/04 2:12:49 PM
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Warp
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
[link|mailto:bepatient@aol.com|BePatient]
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Post #176,051
9/23/04 11:22:44 PM
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Ditto.
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Post #175,955
9/23/04 2:24:04 PM
9/23/04 2:27:00 PM
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Me too :)
You are Apple Dos. Simple and primitive with a good understanding of the common man. You're still a work in progress, but a good start.
Nightowl >8#
Edit: added description
"It's not where a person stands in time of comfort and security, but rather where they stand in times of strife and controversy that determine true friends."
(Quote sent to me by a true friend, author unknown).
Edited by Nightowl
Sept. 23, 2004, 02:25:50 PM EDT
Edited by Nightowl
Sept. 23, 2004, 02:27:00 PM EDT
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Post #175,962
9/23/04 2:57:11 PM
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Amiga
Huh?
-----------------------------------------
It is much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why?
Because it is easier to give someone the finger than it is to give them a helping hand.
Mike Royko
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Post #175,969
9/23/04 3:28:46 PM
9/23/04 3:32:04 PM
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ROFL Red Hat
[image|http://www.bbspot.com/Images/News_Features/2003/01/os_quiz/redhat.jpg|0|You are Red Hat Linux. You're tops among your peers, but still get no respect from them. It's all right with you. You have your sights set higher.|90|300]
-drl
Edited by deSitter
Sept. 23, 2004, 03:30:21 PM EDT
Edited by deSitter
Sept. 23, 2004, 03:31:19 PM EDT
Edited by deSitter
Sept. 23, 2004, 03:32:04 PM EDT
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Post #175,987
9/23/04 5:07:46 PM
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figures.
Peter
[link|http://www.debian.org|Shill For Hire]
[link|http://www.kuro5hin.org|There is no K5 Cabal]
[link|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org|Blog]
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Post #175,988
9/23/04 5:07:49 PM
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figures.
Peter
[link|http://www.debian.org|Shill For Hire]
[link|http://www.kuro5hin.org|There is no K5 Cabal]
[link|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org|Blog]
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Post #175,974
9/23/04 3:47:03 PM
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"CONGRATULATIONS!" ???
[image|http://www.bbspot.com/Images/News_Features/2003/01/os_quiz/palm.jpg||You are Palm OS. Punctual, straightforward and very useful. Your mother wants you to do more with your life like your cousin Wince, but you're happy with who you are.||]\r\n
\r\nI'm not sure that's worth any congratulations.
[link|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode|Christian R. Conrad]
(I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.)
Your lies are of Microsoftian Scale and boring to boot. Your 'depression' may be the closest you ever come to recognizing truth: you have no 'inferiority complex', you are inferior - and something inside you recognizes this. - [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=71575|Ashton Brown]
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Post #175,976
9/23/04 3:57:32 PM
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Thank you for making a simple door very happy.
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #175,984
9/23/04 4:53:39 PM
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TRS DOS
Compatibility is always an issue with you. You feel the world has passed you by. Time has not treated you well.
regards
daemon
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Post #175,999
9/23/04 5:51:49 PM
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Virtual-CP/M on the standard-equipment, Illusionware RC-1
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Post #176,018
9/23/04 7:20:52 PM
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Re: Which OS are you?
This one...[image|http://www.bbspot.com/Images/News_Features/2003/01/os_quiz/palm.jpg|0|You are Palm OS. Punctual, straightforward and very useful. Your mother wants you to do more with your life like your cousin Wince, but you're happy with who you are.|90|300]
jb4
shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT
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Post #176,036
9/23/04 10:01:56 PM
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Ditto Likewise...
Is it enough to love
Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
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Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please
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Post #176,091
9/24/04 4:06:10 AM
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seems to be a few of us...
Have fun,
Carl Forde
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Post #176,035
9/23/04 9:35:17 PM
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Urk, I pulled Windows
[image|http://www.bbspot.com/Images/News_Features/2003/01/os_quiz/windows_98.jpg|0||90|300]
I guess the idea behind it is right, but I never though of Windows 98 as well liked. It always seems more like the strange cousin who never quite did what you expected.
Jay
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Post #176,040
9/23/04 10:24:09 PM
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<nelson>haw-haw!</nelson>
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Post #176,060
9/23/04 11:52:08 PM
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Ditto, and WTF?
import('standard_disclaimer.txt');
Oh come on. That's just because, given the choice among five shitty languages I picked Commodore. It's as close to "none of the above" as I could get.
Bah, online quizes are bullshit anyway.
===
Implicitly condoning stupidity since 2001.
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Post #176,063
9/23/04 11:59:15 PM
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Stick to idling. It's what you're good at.
Peter
[link|http://www.debian.org|Shill For Hire]
[link|http://www.kuro5hin.org|There is no K5 Cabal]
[link|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org|Blog]
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Post #176,064
9/24/04 12:07:24 AM
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You kidding me?
Windows 98 burns about 25% of the CPU when it's not doing anything. I apparently can't idle.
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Implicitly condoning stupidity since 2001.
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Post #176,112
9/24/04 9:34:08 AM
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Shoulda picked C
I could still use that on a daily basis if I had to. C++ is a different story.
The Sig: "Despite the seemingly endless necessity for doing
so, it's actually not possible to reverse-engineer intended invariants
from staring at thousands of lines of code (not in C, and not in
Python code either)." Tim Peters on python-dev
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Post #176,437
9/25/04 9:31:55 PM
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Just re-took it, gave some of the alternate answers
Came up as Amiga this time.
[image|http://www.bbspot.com/Images/News_Features/2003/01/os_quiz/amiga.jpg|0|You are Amiga OS. Ahead of your time. You keep a lot of balls in the air. If only your parents had given you more opportunities to suceed.|90|300]
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Implicitly condoning stupidity since 2001.
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Post #176,473
9/26/04 1:46:43 PM
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Ditto here, but the first time.
Alex
"If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words." -- Philip K. Dick, US science fiction writer
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Post #176,085
9/24/04 3:43:37 AM
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Re: Urk, I pulled Windows
Well that probably fits too :)
I liked Windows 98. It had enough of the "good past" in it to evoke a warm nostalgia, and enough of the "better future" to make one optimistic. In contrast, Windows NT was a hateful, stupid, opportunistic kludge, like Shrub.
-drl
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Post #176,118
9/24/04 10:16:00 AM
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EEEE-Freaking GADS!
/me too
I am wondering how they came up with that.
-- [link|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net|greg], [link|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ iwetheyNo matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp|source]Here is an example: [link|http://www.greymagic.com/security/advisories/gm001-ie/|Executing arbitrary commands without Active Scripting or ActiveX when using Windows]
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Post #176,120
9/24/04 10:26:45 AM
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ha!
-drl
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Post #176,122
9/24/04 10:29:26 AM
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Suckerrrrrrrrrrr!
-YendorMike
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
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Post #176,140
9/24/04 10:53:09 AM
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You're shading the truth, and you know it.
You were [link|http://bbspot.com/Images/News_Features/2003/01/os_quiz/windows_95.jpg|Windows 95], admit it. :-P
Cheers,
Ben
About the use of language: it is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt axe. It is equally vain to try to do it with ten blunt axes instead. -- Edsger W. Dijkstra
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Post #176,143
9/24/04 10:55:48 AM
9/24/04 10:56:46 AM
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Actually Ben... I was.
Yes... you were right. I didn't notice Win 98 was there... oops.
[image|http://bbspot.com/Images/News_Features/2003/01/os_quiz/windows_95.jpg||||]
-- [link|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net|greg], [link|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ iwetheyNo matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp|source]Here is an example: [link|http://www.greymagic.com/security/advisories/gm001-ie/|Executing arbitrary commands without Active Scripting or ActiveX when using Windows]
Edited by folkert
Sept. 24, 2004, 10:56:46 AM EDT
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Post #176,145
9/24/04 10:57:31 AM
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This is fixed in GF95b
-drl
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Post #176,039
9/23/04 10:23:03 PM
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Redhat.
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Post #176,066
9/24/04 12:11:15 AM
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I am Windows XP
[image|http://bbspot.com/Images/News_Features/2003/01/os_quiz/xp.jpg|0|||]
Odd, I figured I'd be either DOS/VSE or OS1. :)
"When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in confederacy against him." - Jonathan Swift
[link|http://www.xormad.com:4096/district268|I am from District 268].
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Post #176,355
9/24/04 11:01:02 PM
9/24/04 11:03:15 PM
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HP/UX
HP/UX!
[link|http://bbspot.com/News/2003/01/os_quiz.php|You are HP-UX. You're still strong despite the passage of time. Though few understand you, those who do love you deeply and appreciate you.
Which OS are You?]
LOVE IT!
Edited by gdaustin
Sept. 24, 2004, 11:02:39 PM EDT
Edited by gdaustin
Sept. 24, 2004, 11:03:15 PM EDT
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Post #176,357
9/24/04 11:07:55 PM
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Funny, just like HP/UX
I couldn't seem to get the HTML with the graphic image to work.
So, it's TEXT MODE!
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Post #176,358
9/24/04 11:17:02 PM
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Here ya go. :-)
[image|http://bbspot.com/Images/News_Features/2003/01/os_quiz/hp-ux.jpg|0|HP-UX|90|300]
All of the results are [link|http://bbspot.com/News/2003/01/os_quiz_all.html|here].
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #176,359
9/24/04 11:23:32 PM
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Took it again....
Came out with Palm OS.
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Post #176,360
9/24/04 11:47:50 PM
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Son was Debian Linux and Wife was Palm OS
How does HP and Palm get along?
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Post #176,423
9/25/04 6:13:46 PM
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Re: Son was Debian Linux and Wife was Palm OS
HPUX is akin to UNIX masturbation.
-drl
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Post #176,527
9/27/04 1:45:28 AM
9/27/04 1:47:52 AM
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You are what you use?
[image|http://www.bbspot.com/Images/News_Features/2003/01/os_quiz/os_x.jpg|0|You are OS X. You tend to be fashionable and clever despite being a bit transparent. Now that you've reached some stability you're expecting greater popularity.|90|300]
I'm just not surprised.
That was lovely cheese.
--Wallace, The Wrong Trousers
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