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The Meaning of XP
- 2001.07.09
Twenty-one ways to interpret XP
- Windows eXPerience: Windows will take you for a ride
- Windows Xperimental Pocket-sucker
- Windows eXPert needed here
- Windows eXPensive
- Windows will Xamine your Personal data
- Windows will then Xamine your Purse
- Windows is Xcellent at Propagating itself
- Windows: the eXtraneous Program
- Windows eXPectorate
- Windows eXPatriate
- Windows: the Gates taX imPerium
- Windows taXes my Patience
- Win Does aX for Payment
- Windows: the X is the sPot where you put the money
- Windows has Xtra Perniciousness
- Windows Xtra Pressure
- Windows: Xtremely Pugnacious
- Windows: Xtremely Pervasive
- Windows: Xtremely Perverse
- Windows: Xtremely Persnickity
- Windows: Xtremely Paranoid
I'm sure after reading this, some red-faced genius will be inspired to substitute the Mac OS for Windows in the list above, gleefully pointing out there's an X in our favorite operating system's name. Then they'll copy the list and do the substitution for us and post it on Slashdot or someplace.
But then again, copying is what Windows is all about, isn't it?
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