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Windows brings out the Rorschach test in everyone (2003)

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Re: Windows brings out the Rorschach test in everyone (2003)

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Post by fluoridation »

jck86 wrote: post #14

Red Moon Desert is now my wallpaper for the rest of the week. Looking at it from a distance indeed may raise some brows.

Someone has to accept that they're looking at the flattest pair of cheeks ever to interpret that as an ass.

Re: Windows brings out the Rorschach test in everyone (2003)

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Post by ketzu »

lukasbm wrote: post #13

Why should the govt remain nameless?

For the same reason they acted on the complaint and changed the hologram. It would be bad for business.

I also think it would be very impolite to make fun of your clients on the internet for a stupid request while naming them explicitly while doing so.

Re: Windows brings out the Rorschach test in everyone (2003)

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Post by Tallain »

pizzaiolo wrote: post #9
docdeek wrote: post #2

[2003]

That's how far back Windows needs to go to try to elicit some non-negative attention

I mean, Raymond Chen has been writing The Old New Thing consistently for over 20 years. Nearly every single entry is interesting, informative, and illuminating, aimed at every facet of software engineering, old and new, over the decades. He may be part of the final bastion of quality and care for detail at MS, dwindling and faint as it is.

Windows doesn't need or deserve defending. It's atrocious. But this is a silly comment.

Re: Windows brings out the Rorschach test in everyone (2003)

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Post by navigate8310 »

Tallain wrote: post #18
pizzaiolo wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's how far back Windows needs to go to try to elicit some non-negative attention

I mean, Raymond Chen has been writing The Old New Thing consistently for over 20 years. Nearly every single entry is interesting, informative, and illuminating, aimed at every facet of software engineering, old and new, over the decades. He may be part of the final bastion of quality and care for detail at MS, dwindling and faint as it is. Windows doesn't need or deserve defending. It's atrocious. But this is a silly…

I don't think OP meant any non-negative reaction towards Raymond but MSFT.
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