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____/ owl on Tuesday 11 November 2008 02:11 : \____
> Homer <usenet@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Verily I say unto thee, that Terry Porter spake thusly:
>>> A bit of light relief, and a very well done film :-
>>
>>> http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/11/what_if_the_matrix_ran_on_windows-2.html
>>
>> Hilarious and true.
>>
>> The ending was pretty good too, "Ubuntu? I'm going to learn ... Ubuntu?"
>>
>
> The whole thing was funny as hell, but Neo bending Clippy was a
> masterstroke.
Clippy was malware [2] and it had to go, but Microsoft brought [1] it back and
patented it [3]. It's actually a good patent, ensuring that nobody will put a
digital brat in charge of non-Microsoft programs.
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[1] The horrible history of Clippy
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| Born again: Clippy returns to haunt Office XP
|
| Rumours of Clippy's demise were premature, it seems. Now, just when you
| thought it was safe to return to Office, Microsoft resurrects the infamous
| paperclip [01 Jun 2001]
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http://resources.zdnet.co.uk/articles/features/0,1000002000,39289692,00.htm?r=14
[2] Microsoft and the Clippy of death
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| Microsoft has issued five new critical security bulletins, offering
| patches for 14 vulnerabilities in Windows products, including one
| that could allow the much-derided Clippy software assistant to take
| full control of a PC on behalf of a bad guy.
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http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=CFE81578-B0A5-42DA-9567-29E6BE17BB81
[3] Has Microsoft Patented A Successor To Clippy?
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| Remember Microsoft's Clippy, the annoying animated assistant featured
| in Office, until it was retired in 2004? Like most people, I found
| Clippy variously unnerving, obnoxious, and superfluous.
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http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/02/has_microsoft_p.html
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~~ Best of wishes
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