Post #46,231
7/20/02 3:54:00 PM
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Why is the next version of Windows called "Longhorn"?
Images are coming to my mind of Microsoft visualizing themselves as cowboys, and consumers as cattle. Which leads to my being very wary of where the slaughterhouse fits into this metaphor...
What images does the name "Longhorn" bring to mind for the rest of you?
Cheers,
Ben
"... I couldn't see how anyone could be educated by this self-propagating system in which people pass exams, teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything."
--Richard Feynman
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Post #46,236
7/20/02 5:42:17 PM
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Re: Why is the next version of Windows called "Longhorn"?
UT - Austin - Warpstock.
Darrell Spice, Jr.
[link|http://home.houston.rr.com/spiceware/|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
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Post #46,238
7/20/02 7:15:27 PM
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Re: Why is the next version of Windows called "Longhorn"?
Brings to mind rather nasty pictures of being gored in unpleasant places by bull horns.
Famous last RPG quotes: "I'll just shoot this fireball down the dungeon passageway..."
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Post #46,241
7/20/02 8:18:56 PM
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"Only two things come out of Oklahoma..."
Ever seen [link|http://us.imdb.com/Quotes?0084434|An Officer and a Gentleman]?
(Ah, Louis Gossett Jr -- nobody does the "mean drill sergeant" stereotype as well as he. Except perhaps Clint Eastwood, of course. :-)
Christian R. Conrad
Microsoft is a true reflection of Bill Gates' personality - the sleaziest, most unethical, ugliest little rat's ass the world has seen unto this time. -- [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=42971|Andrew Grygus]
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Post #46,245
7/20/02 8:56:35 PM
7/20/02 8:57:49 PM
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thats stump broke steers to you suomi boy :)
woulda bin funnier if i could have spelled it right the first time:)
thanx,
bill
."Once, in the wilds of Afghanistan, I had to subsist on food and water for several weeks." W.C. Fields
Edited by boxley
July 20, 2002, 08:57:49 PM EDT
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Post #46,268
7/21/02 4:54:38 AM
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Re: Y'all fergittin Will Rogers y'all
Greatest national treasure of the 1st half of 20th century.
Wasn't it Will Rogers who inspired a saying 'Okie from Fenokie' ??? (Spelling).
( I need help on this one y'all - who has got a good memory - Do 'Okies' originate from Oklahoma - a la Will Rogers - 'ahhm jest an Okie from Fenokie' ???)
Cheers
Doug Marker
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Post #46,273
7/21/02 7:25:16 AM
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Okefenokee Swamp, GA, USA
[link|http://www.iatse479.com/okefenokee.htm|Here.]
I thought that the song was from later than Will's time, and a play on above National Park name - but that's just a guess. (click on 'map' link at bottom of above page, to see it in SE corner of Georgia)
But indeed 'Okies' *are from Oklahoma (making above re Okie from Fenokee a real mongrel). Hell. maybe there IS a 'Fenokee' in Oklahoma (!)
* were.. during the dustbowl, the ones who Could -- left. Lots arrived in CA (though unConstitutionally kept out at the CA border.. for a time) We have a long history of selective deafness to our Own Rulez.
Ashton
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Post #46,282
7/21/02 10:58:43 AM
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The song is "Okie from Muskogee" - isn't it?
Merle Haggard.
[link|http://www.execpc.com/~suden/okie_muskogee.html|Here].
I don't know where he got the inspiration. Maybe from R&H's "Oklahoma!" and such.
At least that's the song that rings a bell with me. :-)
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #46,330
7/22/02 3:19:30 AM
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And neither of em is Longhorns
Longhorns come out of Texas.
The average hunter gatherer works 20 hours a week.
The average farmer works 40 hours a week.
The average programmer works 60 hours a week.
What the hell are we thinking?
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Post #46,339
7/22/02 7:03:56 AM
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Well Texas certainly is known for its...
bull.
Cheers,
Ben
"... I couldn't see how anyone could be educated by this self-propagating system in which people pass exams, teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything."
--Richard Feynman
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Post #46,355
7/22/02 9:23:40 AM
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You must never have seen Full Metal Jacket
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Post #46,389
7/22/02 12:56:49 PM
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Sure have - just plain forgot! Sor-reee...
Mattrafact, now that I looked up [link|http://us.imdb.com/Title?0093058|FMJ on the IMDB], I can only wonder: "Who the fuck is [link|http://us.imdb.com/Name?Ermey,+R.+Lee|R. Lee Ermey]?"
I was sure that, too, was Lou Gossett.
Oh well, it *has* been a while... Forteen years, it seems.
Christian R. Conrad
Microsoft is a true reflection of Bill Gates' personality - the sleaziest, most unethical, ugliest little rat's ass the world has seen unto this time. -- [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=42971|Andrew Grygus]
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Post #46,393
7/22/02 1:20:58 PM
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Damn time sink you threw at me
Add [link|http://us.imdb.com/Quotes?0093058|this] to the LRPD file.
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Post #46,321
7/21/02 11:30:58 PM
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They're making a point?
About what, I'm not sure.
Actually, I get the image of a wild beast that might look majestic and probably travels in packs but certainly don't want near you. This is beginning to sound prophetic...
Wade.
"Ah. One of the difficult questions."
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Post #46,359
7/22/02 9:44:49 AM
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Don't want to be micro and/or soft anymore
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