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8th Dec 2003, 10:12 AM
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Rainbow Brite
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"My ___"
Anyone notice that Microsoft enjoys excessive use of the word "My" in Windows? They really have to emphasize that stuff on the computer is yours, like
My Computer My Network Places My Documents My Pictures My Music My Videos My Webs My this My that Is it just me or is this really silly and excessive? People running non-English versions of Windows, does this happen there too?
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8th Dec 2003, 10:31 AM
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What are YOU looking at?
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I use to have it in french on me old puter and YES it was the exact same thing.
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8th Dec 2003, 10:31 AM
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Continuing the Legacy....
Join Date: Aug. 31st, 2001
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Yes, it's really silly. As for non-English versions of Windows, I dont know
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8th Dec 2003, 11:01 AM
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on all non english version its "my ...",it wouldn't be much diffrent if not...
Mein Computer Mein Netzwerk Platz Mein Dokument Meine Bilder Meine Musik Meine Videos |
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8th Dec 2003, 11:13 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May. 10th, 2001
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Does it matter that they do that? They're just appealing to people's obsession with self. They probably don't even realise they're doing it.
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8th Dec 2003, 11:44 AM
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Mis sitios de red Mis documentos Mis imágenes Mi música Mis videos Mis páginas web "Mi esto" "Mi aquello"  so yes, Windows allways says "My computer" MS says it 
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Grammar english incorrect user. "we should establish and maintain a strong US military presence in the region, and be prepared to use that force to protect our vital interests [sic] in the Gulf - and, if necessary, to help remove Saddam from power".- 1998. Letter by the Cheney-Rumsfeld-Wolfowitz funded lobby group advocating the American world dominance. Project for The New American Century. Last edited by Ferd; 8th Dec 2003 at 11:46 AM. |
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8th Dec 2003, 12:15 PM
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Yep.
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Mijn Netwerklocaties Mijn Documenten Mijn Afbeeldingen Mijn Muziek ...
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8th Dec 2003, 12:28 PM
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Queen Bitch of the Universe
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My Computer = Arbeitsplatz (Working space) My Network Places = Netzwerkumgebung (Network enviroment) The My stuff kinda starts with My Documents = Eigene Dateien (Own files) and it continues with Eigene Bilder, Eigene Musik, etc
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8th Dec 2003, 12:52 PM
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is his a joke, or do i have to say why?
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8th Dec 2003, 05:50 PM
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I am the Hugh Grant of Thatcherism
Join Date: Mar. 26th, 2000
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What do you want it to say? Microsoft's Computer? Wait for Longhorn or Palladium or Cerebellumed! or whatever the next one's called
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The personal, as everyone's so f*cking fond of saying, is political. So if some power player tries to harm you, TAKE IT PERSONALLY. Get angry. Time and again they cream your liquidation, your displacement, your torture and brutal execution with the ultimate insult that it's just business, it's politics, it's the way of the world, it's a tough life and that IT'S NOTHING PERSONAL. Well, f*ck them. Make it personal." -Quellcrist Falconer, Things I Should Have Learnt By Now, Vol. II |
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8th Dec 2003, 05:58 PM
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akward cat
Join Date: Dec. 29th, 2000
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Arbeitsplatz!!
Netzwerkumgebung!!! to a non speaker, those words just look alot cooler.  how do you pronounce those?  Arbeitsplatz = Are-bee-splats? Netzwerkumgebung = netz-werck-umm-gee-bung?
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8th Dec 2003, 06:01 PM
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I am the Hugh Grant of Thatcherism
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Arbeitsplatz = Arr - Bites - Plats
Netzwerkumgebung = Nets - verk - umm - gay - bueng (there's no real equivalent sound in English for the German 'ung')
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The personal, as everyone's so f*cking fond of saying, is political. So if some power player tries to harm you, TAKE IT PERSONALLY. Get angry. Time and again they cream your liquidation, your displacement, your torture and brutal execution with the ultimate insult that it's just business, it's politics, it's the way of the world, it's a tough life and that IT'S NOTHING PERSONAL. Well, f*ck them. Make it personal." -Quellcrist Falconer, Things I Should Have Learnt By Now, Vol. II |
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8th Dec 2003, 06:13 PM
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akward cat
Join Date: Dec. 29th, 2000
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 I hope I'm just looking at it wrong.
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8th Dec 2003, 06:17 PM
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Bleh.
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My Crosoft.
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United we stand, divided we run free at last ! We are not at war with Intel. We have never been at war with Intel. -- S. Jobs |
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8th Dec 2003, 08:14 PM
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Holy ****ing King of Trolls
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just rename it to "Your Computer". That sounds even sillier.
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8th Dec 2003, 09:00 PM
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Rainbow Brite
Join Date: May. 20th, 2001
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On my system,
My Computer is labeled "Kyoto", the same as the network name for the computer. My Documents is simply "Stuff". Recycle Bin is "Junk". As for the other things, they are now "Pictures", "Music", "Videos", "Webpages".
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8th Dec 2003, 10:27 PM
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Charles leChaud is my hero
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/me waits for namu do do his uname bit.
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9th Dec 2003, 08:36 AM
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evolves and survives
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my what? all i have is
Sonic Reactor (the computer) The Hive (nethood) GF (documents) Wasteland (the trash) I changed that with some tool i forgot was it TweakUI or WinBoss or TuneUp And btw, even if it was still the "My" thing, no, its not silly, its called brand imaging. And honestly it simplifies alot of things. "Where is it?" "In my documents". "Explore your computer" "Ok I'm now exploring my computer". Hooray for MS
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9th Dec 2003, 08:46 AM
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<Evil_Cope> no, its the pain of shame that is added to a "papercut". Quote:
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9th Dec 2003, 08:52 AM
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Zen fascists will control you
Join Date: Aug. 2nd, 2000
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GMD/S/SS d- s:-- a-- C++++ U! P! L+ E-- W++ N o? K? w++ OS/2! M! VMS? PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP! t- 5! X! R(+) tv-- b+ DI D G e h! r! !z* The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not mov’d with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils; The motions of his spirit are as dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus: Let no such man be trusted. |
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