From time, "It looks like you're writing a letter. Would you like help?" No question drew more ire from Microsoft Office users than Clippy's snappy opener. The assumption-prone office assistant made its debut in Microsoft Office 97 as an acrobatic virtual paper clip ready to help complete any task. The only problem was that Clippy had trouble holding its tongue. As soon as the word Dear hit the page, it burst into letter-writing mode, ready to help structure a person's most private thoughts. Clippy no longer stars in a lead role for the word-processing program, mainly because of its obsession with bouncing on users' documents and the fact that, well, nobody seems to write letters anymore.
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Now that I've gone through the whole list, I say...
Wow, 50's a lot. I say either stick to 25 or go for the full 100 at the end of the year or decade.
There's a bunch of these I've never heard of, like Cuecat and Honegar.
That video of the parachute jacket is stupid and sad. Why test it off the Eiffel Tower and not over some water or a mountain of pillows? (Although I did like the comment in the YouTube info that it was the first epic fail (I note that it was 3 months later when the Titanic sunk).)
According to the article, a whopping 10 percent of Americans play Farmville on Facebook. Any 'thonners in that group?
i used to be -- i arranged my crops to look like a dong.
after a while it dawned me, "this is a complete waste of time, with no redeeming value whatsoever."
and i walked away from it, effectively adding 30 minutes to every day.
"after a while it dawned me, 'this is a complete waste of time, with no redeeming value whatsoever.'"
I might say the same thing about The Sims. Ooooooooo....
Nice dong, by the way. Doesn't it itch to have a horse there?
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