An advertising message from a Microsoft agent

[Colin J. Williams]

Using Python? Rapidly build standards-based applications - Learn More.
microsoft.ca/vs2003launch Experience a more productive toolset -
Try it NOW!
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Google advertisement.

There are at least three variations in the wording of the ad.


Prices, up to $3,859 Canadian.

Colin W.

[Duncan Booth]

Re: An advertising message from a Microsoft agent

Nick Vargish <nav+posts@band ersnatch.org> wrote in
news:m33cfxzpcz .fsf@tanelorn.b andersnatch.org :
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>> microsoft.ca/vs2003launch Experience a more productive toolset -[/color]
>
> At first I thought it read "Experience a more productive toilet",
> which is probably just as inaccurate, but more appropriate.[/color]

That would be the Microsoft iLoo? See

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/05/13/tech/main553567.shtml

or many other confused news reports.

--
Duncan Booth duncan@rcp.co.u k
int month(char *p){return(1248 64/((p[0]+p[1]-p[2]&0x1f)+1)%12 )["\5\x8\3"
"\6\7\xb\1\x9\x a\2\0\4"];} // Who said my code was obscure?

[Skip Montanaro]

Re: An advertising message from a Microsoft agent


Nick> "Colin J. Williams" <cjw@sympatico. ca> writes:[color=blue][color=green]
>> microsoft.ca/vs2003launch Experience a more productive toolset -[/color][/color]

Nick> At first I thought it read "Experience a more productive toilet",
Nick> which is probably just as inaccurate, but more appropriate.

I don't know. I've never experienced a toilet that produced anything under
normal circumstances. Where I live, toilets are generally consumers.

Skip

[Cliff Wells]

Re: An advertising message from a Microsoft agent

On Tue, 2003-08-19 at 08:17, Skip Montanaro wrote:[color=blue]
> Nick> "Colin J. Williams" <cjw@sympatico. ca> writes:[color=green][color=darkred]
> >> microsoft.ca/vs2003launch Experience a more productive toolset -[/color][/color]
>
> Nick> At first I thought it read "Experience a more productive toilet",
> Nick> which is probably just as inaccurate, but more appropriate.
>
> I don't know. I've never experienced a toilet that produced anything under
> normal circumstances. Where I live, toilets are generally consumers.[/color]

But wouldn't a productive toilet be the Microsoft way? Where do you
want to go today? For the mop.

Regards,

--
Cliff Wells, Software Engineer
Logiplex Corporation (www.logiplex.net)
(503) 978-6726 (800) 735-0555

[Nick Vargish]

Re: An advertising message from a Microsoft agent

Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com > writes:
[color=blue]
> I don't know. I've never experienced a toilet that produced anything under
> normal circumstances. Where I live, toilets are generally consumers.[/color]

Generally, indeed. That sort of depends on your plumbing
infrastructure, which in the case of Visual Studio would
be win32... Which leads me to conclude that VS may be the
productive sort of lavatory.

Nick

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