Re: [NTLK] [OT] Next Computer

From: Laurent Daudelin (laurent_daudelin_at_fanniemae.com)
Date: Thu Jan 10 2002 - 14:54:26 EST


On 10/01/02 14:45, "Ed Kummel" <tech_ed_at_yahoo.com> wrote:

> Wasn't the XP in Windows XP to stand for 'Xperience?
> From a Microsoft press release:
> "The XP name is short for "experience," symbolizing
> the rich and extended user experiences Windows and
> Office can offer by embracing Web services that span a
> broad range of devices. "

Mmuuuah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!!!!!!!

-Laurent.

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Laurent Daudelin              Developer, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae
mailto:Laurent_Daudelin_at_fanniemae.com             Washington, DC, USA
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elephantine adj.: Used of programs or systems that are both conspicuous hogs
(owing perhaps to poor design founded on brute force and ignorance) and
exceedingly hairy in source form. An elephantine program may be functional
and even friendly, but (as in the old joke about being in bed with an
elephant) it's tough to have around all the same (and, like a pachyderm,
difficult to maintain). In extreme cases, hackers have been known to make
trumpeting sounds or perform expressive proboscatory mime at the mention of
the offending program. Usage: semi-humorous. Compare `has the elephant
nature' and the somewhat more pejorative monstrosity. See also second-system
effect and baroque. 

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