remove microsoft

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@@ -291,9 +291,6 @@ tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter.
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 darwinism is nothing without enough dead bodies.
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 darwinism is nothing without enough dead bodies.
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-do micro$oft's total cost of operation calculations
-include total cost of downtime?
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 "montag, why do you burn books?"
 "it's a job like any other, pay is good and there is a lot of variety."
                                                 -- ray bradbury (f451)
 "montag, why do you burn books?"
 "it's a job like any other, pay is good and there is a lot of variety."
                                                 -- ray bradbury (f451)


@@ -361,10 +358,6 @@ for reasons of military security.
 "i must get out of these wet clothes and into a dry martini."
                                                  -- alexander woolcott
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 "i must get out of these wet clothes and into a dry martini."
                                                  -- alexander woolcott
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-you can't assign IP address 127.0.0.1 to the loopback adapter,
-because it is a reserved address for loopback devices.
-                                  -- micro$oft windoze xp professional
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 "i love deadlines. i like the whooshing
  sound they make as they fly by."
                                                       -- douglas adams
 "i love deadlines. i like the whooshing
  sound they make as they fly by."
                                                       -- douglas adams


@@ -432,18 +425,12 @@ loop, infinite: see 'infinite loop'.
  but not semantically"
                           -- documentation of m$ visual c, around 1992
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  but not semantically"
                           -- documentation of m$ visual c, around 1992
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-security at micro$oft: how do we secure a billion dollar profit?
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 seen on an advertising for an elaborate swiss men's watch:
   "almost as complicated as a woman. except it's on time"
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 "i doubt larry wall ever uses strict."
                                                    -- frederick heckel
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 seen on an advertising for an elaborate swiss men's watch:
   "almost as complicated as a woman. except it's on time"
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 "i doubt larry wall ever uses strict."
                                                    -- frederick heckel
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-micro$oft: "you've got questions? we've got dancing paperclips."
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-micro$oft could shit in a box, and most people would buy it.
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 eleventh law of acoustics:
   in a minimum-phase system there is an inextricable link between
   frequency response, phase response and transient response, as they
 eleventh law of acoustics:
   in a minimum-phase system there is an inextricable link between
   frequency response, phase response and transient response, as they


@@ -538,11 +525,6 @@ zusya?'"
 "the unexamined life is not worth living"
                                                              -- platon
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 "the unexamined life is not worth living"
                                                              -- platon
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-bill gates, 1984: "640 k ought to be enough"
-bill gates, 1995: "the internet is not a primary goal for pc usage"
-bill gates, 1999: "linux has no impact on microsoft's strategy"
-bill gates, 2004: "we promise to solve the spam problem in two years"
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 officer, arrest that man! he's whistling a copyrighted song.
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 "the truth is rarely pure and never simple. modern life would be very
 officer, arrest that man! he's whistling a copyrighted song.
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 "the truth is rarely pure and never simple. modern life would be very


@@ -809,9 +791,6 @@ who's general failure, and why's he reading my disk?
 "be the change you want to see in the world"
                                                      -- mahatma gandhi
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 "be the change you want to see in the world"
                                                      -- mahatma gandhi
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-micro$oft windoze is like an air-conditioner:
-it breaks down if you open a window.
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 "never underestimate the bandwidth of
  a station wagon full of tapes careening down the highway."
                                                 -- andrew s. tanenbaum
 "never underestimate the bandwidth of
  a station wagon full of tapes careening down the highway."
                                                 -- andrew s. tanenbaum


@@ -853,9 +832,6 @@ there are lies, statistics, and benchmarks.
 seminars, n.:
   from "semi" and "arse", hence, any half-assed discussion.
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 seminars, n.:
   from "semi" and "arse", hence, any half-assed discussion.
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-the only secure micro$oft software is
-what's still shrink-wrapped in the warehouse.
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 unix, because rebooting is for adding new hardware.
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 perl -e 'print "The earth is a disk!\n" if ( "a" == "b" );'
 unix, because rebooting is for adding new hardware.
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 perl -e 'print "The earth is a disk!\n" if ( "a" == "b" );'


@@ -1086,8 +1062,6 @@ this space intentionally left blank.
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 this space intentionally left occupied.
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 this space intentionally left occupied.
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-micro$oft windoze - the best solitaire game you can buy.
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 last year, out in california, at a pc users group, there was a demo of
 smart speech recognition software. before the demonstrator could begin
 his demo, a voice called out from the audience: "format c, return.
 last year, out in california, at a pc users group, there was a demo of
 smart speech recognition software. before the demonstrator could begin
 his demo, a voice called out from the audience: "format c, return.


@@ -1110,12 +1084,6 @@ my other computer is your windows box.
 echo '9,J8HD,fDGG8B@?:536FC5=8@I;C5?@H5B0D@5GBIELD54DL>@8L?:5GDEJ8LDG1' |\
   sed ss,s50EBsg | tr 0-M 'p.wBt SgiIlxmLhan:o,erDsduv/cyP'
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 echo '9,J8HD,fDGG8B@?:536FC5=8@I;C5?@H5B0D@5GBIELD54DL>@8L?:5GDEJ8LDG1' |\
   sed ss,s50EBsg | tr 0-M 'p.wBt SgiIlxmLhan:o,erDsduv/cyP'
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-micro$oft encrypts your windows nt password when stored on a windows
-ce device. but if you look carefully at their encryption algorithm,
-they simply xor the password with "susageP", Pegasus spelled
-backwards. Pegasus is the code name of windows ce. this is so pathetic
-it's staggering.
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 "an intellectual is someone who has found
  something more interesting than sex."
                                                       -- edgar wallace
 "an intellectual is someone who has found
  something more interesting than sex."
                                                       -- edgar wallace


@@ -1124,13 +1092,6 @@ after you install windows xp, you have the option to create user
 accounts. if you create user accounts, by default, they will have an
 account type of administrator with no password. way to go!
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 accounts. if you create user accounts, by default, they will have an
 account type of administrator with no password. way to go!
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-the remote desktop feature of windows xp is really nice (and
-*novel*!). a micro$oft consultant can *remotely* disable the personal
-firewall and control the system. we'll ignore the fact that this
-tampering with the firewall is not logged, and more importantly, that
-the firewall isn't restored when the clowns from redmond are done with
-their job.
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 "oh what a tangled web we weave,
  when first we practice to deceive.
  but my how we improve the score,
 "oh what a tangled web we weave,
  when first we practice to deceive.
  but my how we improve the score,


@@ -1251,12 +1212,6 @@ tempt not a desperate man.
 scientists will study your brain to learn
 more about your distant cousin, man.
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 scientists will study your brain to learn
 more about your distant cousin, man.
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-micro$oft dns service terminates abnormally
-when it receives a response
-to a dns query that was never made.
-fix information: run your dns service on a different platform.
-                                                            -- bugtraq
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 in africa some of the native tribes have a custom of beating the
 ground with clubs and uttering spine chilling cries. anthropologists
 call this a form of primitive self-expression. in america they call
 in africa some of the native tribes have a custom of beating the
 ground with clubs and uttering spine chilling cries. anthropologists
 call this a form of primitive self-expression. in america they call


@@ -1440,8 +1395,6 @@ echo '[dO%O+38%O+PO/d0<0]Fi22os0CC4BA64E418CE7l0xAP' | dc
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 it said "needs windoze 98 or better," so i installed linux.
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 it said "needs windoze 98 or better," so i installed linux.
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-oxymoron: micro$oft works
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 "it usually takes more than three weeks
  to prepare a good impromptu speech.
                                                          -- mark twain
 "it usually takes more than three weeks
  to prepare a good impromptu speech.
                                                          -- mark twain


@@ -1501,9 +1454,6 @@ humpty was pushed.
 a gourmet concerned about calories
 is like a punter eyeing the clock.
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 a gourmet concerned about calories
 is like a punter eyeing the clock.
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-micro$oft is to operating systems & security
-what mcdonalds is to gourmet cuisine.
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 "in the country of the blind,
  the one-eyed man is not king.
  he is taken to be a hallucinating lunatic."
 "in the country of the blind,
  the one-eyed man is not king.
  he is taken to be a hallucinating lunatic."


@@ -1517,20 +1467,10 @@ la lune, c'est comme les canards
 il faut aimer caresser les chats
 pour avoir envie d'y aller.
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 il faut aimer caresser les chats
 pour avoir envie d'y aller.
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-"micro$oft productivity software"
-                              - see reductio ad absurdum, conclusions.
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-no micro$oft components were used
-in the creation or posting of this email.
-therefore, it is 100% virus free
-and does not use html by default (yuck!).
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 "information superhighway"
  is just an anagram for
 "i'm on a huge wispy rhino fart".
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 "information superhighway"
  is just an anagram for
 "i'm on a huge wispy rhino fart".
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-micro$oft windoze: proof that p. t. barnum was correct.
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 chaos reigns within.
 reflect, repent, reboot.
 order shall return.
 chaos reigns within.
 reflect, repent, reboot.
 order shall return.


@@ -1563,16 +1503,8 @@ G+ e>++++ h* r+>++ y+++++>+(++)
 //\    //\    //\    //\   //\    //\    //\      `  /\/\/l-+-|
 v_/_   v_/_   v_/_   v_/_  v_/_   v_/_   v_/_    .`  /\/\/|_|_|
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 //\    //\    //\    //\   //\    //\    //\      `  /\/\/l-+-|
 v_/_   v_/_   v_/_   v_/_  v_/_   v_/_   v_/_    .`  /\/\/|_|_|
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-microsoft: for when quality, reliability, and security
-           just aren't that important!
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 perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
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 perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
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-windoze 98: <n.> useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit
-  extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit
-  operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written
-  by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition.
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 "... doch warum sollte nicht jeder einzelne
  aus seinem leben ein kunstwerk machen koennen?"
                                                     -- michel foucault
 "... doch warum sollte nicht jeder einzelne
  aus seinem leben ein kunstwerk machen koennen?"
                                                     -- michel foucault


@@ -1593,9 +1525,6 @@ until you hear them speak.
  intoxication."
                                                 -- friedrich nietzsche
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  intoxication."
                                                 -- friedrich nietzsche
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-redistribution of this email via the
-microsoft network is prohibited.
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 "with sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. however, this is not
  necessarily a good idea. it is hard to be sure where they are going
  to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly
 "with sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. however, this is not
  necessarily a good idea. it is hard to be sure where they are going
  to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly


@@ -1812,10 +1741,6 @@ has never danced in the rain.
  idioten umgeben ist, merkt das aus einem gewissen grund nicht."
                                                         -- kurt götz
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  idioten umgeben ist, merkt das aus einem gewissen grund nicht."
                                                         -- kurt götz
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-"try to remove the color-problem by
- restarting your computer several times."
-                         -- microsoft internet explorer's readme.txt
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 "on the other hand, with the advent of msvc 5, i can claim i use
  emacs because it's smaller and more efficient." :-)"
                                                     -- darin johnson
 "on the other hand, with the advent of msvc 5, i can claim i use
  emacs because it's smaller and more efficient." :-)"
                                                     -- darin johnson


@@ -1937,9 +1862,6 @@ quick!! act as if nothing has happened!
  enemies."
                                                       -- oscar wilde
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  enemies."
                                                       -- oscar wilde
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-micro$oft windows psychic edition:
-we will tell you where you are going tomorrow.
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 "the search for the perfect martini is a fraud. the perfect martini
  is a belt of gin from the bottle; anything else is the decadent
  trappings of civilization."
 "the search for the perfect martini is a fraud. the perfect martini
  is a belt of gin from the bottle; anything else is the decadent
  trappings of civilization."


@@ -1997,10 +1919,6 @@ save the plankton - eat a whale.
  to eat with knitting needles."
                                -- miss piggy, on eating chinese food
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  to eat with knitting needles."
                                -- miss piggy, on eating chinese food
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-"the less you know about computers the more you want micro$oft!"
-                                -- micro$oft ad campaign, circa 1996
-(proof that micro$oft's advertising _isn't_ dishonest!)
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 "a woman does not want the truth; what is truth to women? from the
  beginning, nothing has been more alien, repugnant, and hostile to
  woman than the truth - her great art is the lie, her highest
 "a woman does not want the truth; what is truth to women? from the
  beginning, nothing has been more alien, repugnant, and hostile to
  woman than the truth - her great art is the lie, her highest


@@ -2194,9 +2112,9 @@ because:
  bleating from the lips of the flock."
                                 -- thomas pynchon, gravity's rainbow
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  bleating from the lips of the flock."
                                 -- thomas pynchon, gravity's rainbow
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-"we did rate the microsoft security researcher as
- less-bad than the people who prepare the carcasses for dissection in
- biology laboratories."
+"we did rate the microsoft security researcher as less-bad than the
+ people who prepare the carcasses for dissection in biology
+ laboratories."

              -- michael moyer, executive editor of _popular science_
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 "whale feces or working at microsoft? i would probably be the whale
              -- michael moyer, executive editor of _popular science_
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 "whale feces or working at microsoft? i would probably be the whale