The Meaning of XP

- 2001.07.09

Twenty-one ways to interpret XP

1. Windows eXPerience: Windows will take you for a ride
2. Windows Xperimental Pocket-sucker
3. Windows eXPert needed here
4. Windows eXPensive
5. Windows will Xamine your Personal data
6. Windows will then Xamine your Purse
7. Windows is Xcellent at Propagating itself
8. Windows: the eXtraneous Program
9. Windows eXPectorate
10. Windows eXPatriate
11. Windows: the Gates taX imPerium
12. Windows taXes my Patience
13. Win Does aX for Payment
14. Windows: the X is the sPot where you put the money
15. Windows has Xtra Perniciousness
16. Windows Xtra Pressure
17. Windows: Xtremely Pugnacious
18. Windows: Xtremely Pervasive
19. Windows: Xtremely Perverse
20. Windows: Xtremely Persnickity
21. 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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