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    12/04/09

    In reply to Microsoft "Runs Out" of Cheaper Windows 7 Family Packs, Just In Time For Christmas
    Anyone who would give Windows 7 as a Christmas gift doesn't deserve a family in the first place.
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    12/04/09

    In reply to Microsoft "Runs Out" of Cheaper Windows 7 Family Packs, Just In Time For Christmas
    From here: [www.microsoft.com]

    Thank you for your interest in Windows 7. The Windows 7 Family Pack offer has ended. Please check our other offers. And, to receive helpful articles, tips and tricks, and the latest special offers, subscribe to the monthly Exploring Windows Newsletter.

    Damn. I shouldn't have put it off.
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    12/04/09

    In reply to Microsoft "Runs Out" of Cheaper Windows 7 Family Packs, Just In Time For Christmas
    Microsoft can't even fart without it becoming negative world news. Like nobody else ever puts out a limited time offer. But if it's Microsoft it's some freakin' evil underworld plot.
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    12/04/09

    In reply to Microsoft "Runs Out" of Cheaper Windows 7 Family Packs, Just In Time For Christmas
    Well, that's tacky. Good one, Microsoft.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/04/09

    @lostarchitect: Why is it tacky? It was known to be a limited time offer and it makes sense to time them to run out around holidays.
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    12/04/09

    @Nathan Obbards: it's tacky because they didn't say how "limited" the limited time was, and that mysterious limited time conveniently ran out when people were most likely to take advantage of it.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/04/09

    @lostarchitect: So no one should ever run a limited time, limited supply offer? For all you know, it was a limited number and other people were smart and bought it in advance. MS is not running around pulling stock from shelves, stores are running out of them and they're no longer being sold online. In no way is this tacky. That's like saying Apple is being tacky for not saying how long specific free songs on iTunes are going to remain free for. That's like saying a car dealership is being tacky for while supplies last offers.
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    12:03 AM

    @Nathan Obbards: Dude, come on. You're just being an apologist. They knocked off a good offer right before the holidays with no warning. That's lame. It would be lame no matter who did it.

    And since you asked, yes, it IS tacky when other companies have "limited time" offers and don't say when that time ends.
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    08:24 AM

    @lostarchitect: I think in this case it wasn't a "limited time" per se. You could limit time if you plan on selling the product beyond the end date. However here supplies are gone, never to return. We give MS a lot of credit, but I really don't think they hire psychics. If they did, we would've never been given Clippy.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    04:52 PM

    @lostarchitect: Trust me, I'm not being an apologist. I'd say it if it was fucked up. It's just how businesses work though. If you didn't get it before Christmas, too bad for you, it's your own fault, not Microsoft's. If Apple offered a limited time free upgrade to the latest version software for an iPod Touch and they didn't say when it would end and I missed out on it, I wouldn't blame them, I'd blame myself. It is in no way tacky. I think you just dislike MS so much that you are willing to view everything they do as intentionally evil. Limited supply, limited time offers are contingent upon the consumer using their brain and getting the product early, not bitching that supplies ran out at an inconvenient time or that it ended at an inconvenient time for you.
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    12/01/09

    In reply to Steve Ballmer Rendered in BSODs
    Created this using 60 random images found using Google Image Search, and assembled using AndreaMosaic. #apple #mosaic #stevejobs
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    12/01/09

    @MePerson: Oops, the image got lost in the edit.
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    12/02/09

    @MePerson:
    Also you messed up the link from imageshack so it's still lost. =P
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/01/09

    In reply to Microsoft's Internal Focus Shifting to Windows 8 in July 2010
    I hope they decide to launch it under some name other than Windows 8 because you know there will be plenty of fanboys from other camps creating some less than witty statement of W8 on 8.
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    12/01/09

    @Nathan Obbards: well "wait" wont make much sense if they are good about adhereing to their 3 year time line.

    though the bloatware complaint is both as old as i'm guessing it is true, calling it 'weight' wont actually bring any more or less validity to the argument/complaint.

    we may not have a religious war on gizmodo, but damned if the apple/mac/windows groups aren't just as verbally vicious to each other.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/01/09

    @jrghoull: Don't forget Linux....wherever that fits in.
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    12/01/09

    @Nathan Obbards: I believe I read somewhere 8 might be called Midori and that it was a reboot OS for MS to start from scratch for the modern era.

    Midori is Japanese for green which can be seen as a symbol for New life
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/01/09

    @ReynaldoRiv: May be [en.wikipedia.org])

    It also happens to be a liqueur, and I'm sure the programmers could use all the alcohol they can get.
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    12/02/09

    @Nathan Obbards: I agree. Maybe......Mojave?
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/02/09

    @steve holt!: Nah, they already did Mojave/Longhorn/Vista.

    Nice Arrested Development name, BTW. I just watched that one last night.
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    12/01/09

    In reply to Steve Ballmer Rendered in BSODs
    Oh what I'd give for this in 1440x900
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    12/01/09

    In reply to Steve Ballmer Rendered in BSODs
    This isn't a BSOD. It's BTOD. Ballmer Tongue of Death or Bovine Tongue of Death. Take your pick.
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    12/01/09

    In reply to Steve Ballmer Rendered in BSODs
    Looking closely at the pictures used One of the pictures looks like a classic mac.
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    12/01/09

    In reply to Steve Ballmer Rendered in BSODs
    "I kinda want to see a Steve Jobs made out of kernel panics and beach balls now"

    The way my PowerBook has been behaving the last two days I think I can supply the beach balls..
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    12/01/09

    In reply to Steve Ballmer Rendered in BSODs
    Developers, Developers, Developers!!!
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    12/01/09

    In reply to Steve Ballmer Rendered in BSODs
    You say disgusting, I say beautiful
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    12/01/09

    @BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2: I fapped.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/01/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: But only once.
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    12/01/09

    In reply to Windows Patch Causing Black Screen of Death
    Who needs viruses when you have Windows security updates to do the crashing for you.
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    12/01/09

    In reply to Windows Patch Causing Black Screen of Death
    Black?? But that's the worst color there is!
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    11/30/09

    In reply to The Killed Windows 7 Family Guy Special Even More Horrible Than I Imagined
    Still not as bad as the horrible iPhone insert into CSI.
    "There's an app for that!"
    "That phone has excellent reception"

    I mean reeeeally? At least family guy isn't supposed to be serious.

    "There's an app for that" has to be the most obnoxious marketing slogan this century.
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