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Author: Roy SchestowitzRoy Schestowitz Date: Jun 13, 2008 21:45
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Microsoft tries to fix big glitch on Obama
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| One mixup, with potentially vast effect, apparently belongs to the
| unintentional category and gained wide currency this week: The spell-checker
| in Microsoft's Hotmail e-mail software recommends that users replace the
| word "Obama" with "Osama."
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| 'Can of worms'
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http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/president/19875329.html?location_refer...
Microsoft and the Republicans has just signed a deal, so this doesn't look good
(even if it's coincidental).
Recent:
Obama Campaign Hopes for Better Web Security
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Author: HomerHomer Date: Jun 14, 2008 07:37
Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
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> | Microsoft's Hotmail e-mail software recommends that users replace
> | the word "Obama" with "Osama."
By an amazing coincidence, that's exactly the same recommendation that
Dubya Bush made too.
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K.
http://slated.org
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| "Stallman has frequently pointed out, Free Software is by no means
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| money." ~ Glyn Moody: http://tinyurl.com/4wn2l2 (ComputerworldUK)
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Author: Roy SchestowitzRoy Schestowitz Date: Jun 14, 2008 08:29
____/ Homer on Saturday 14 June 2008 06:37 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
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>> | Microsoft's Hotmail e-mail software recommends that users replace
>> | the word "Obama" with "Osama."
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> By an amazing coincidence, that's exactly the same recommendation that
> Dubya Bush made too.
Well, Mr. Bush is afraid of dark-skinned people. Remember what Kanye West said
a year or two ago on national television.
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~~ Best of wishes
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Author: nrballardnrballard Date: Jun 14, 2008 09:06
On Jun 14, 12:29 am, Roy Schestowitz schestowitz.com>
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>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
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>>> | Microsoft's Hotmail e-mail software recommends that users replace
>>> | the word "Obama" with "Osama."
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>> By an amazing coincidence, that's exactly the same recommendation that
>> Dubya Bush made too.
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> Well, Mr. Bush is afraid of dark-skinned people. Remember what Kanye West said
> a year or two ago on national television.
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Author: chrisvchrisv Date: Jun 14, 2008 15:37
"Roy Schestowitz" schestowitz.com> schreef in bericht
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Author: HomerHomer Date: Jun 14, 2008 17:14
Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
> Well, Mr. Bush is afraid of dark-skinned people. Remember what Kanye
> West said a year or two ago on national television.
Yes, he prefers the olive-coloured variety ... you know, like the ones
who funded his Arbusto Oil company, and were then employed by the CIA.
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K.
http://slated.org
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