To the staff of MES (now a comparison of transatlantic slang!)

[lazygamer]

Hey, that KMFMS stuff was awesome, but surely there must be more to say about MS? I'd like to see some more articles in the future.

 Another nice thing would be providing links to anti-MS websites(that way I know the most interesting ones to check out, rather then having to sift through all the small ones) that have the most information. Something that can extend what we've learnt here.

[edit - title edited - Calum]

[ October 10, 2002: Message edited by: Calum ]

[psyjax]

ya, well, it's up to the Webmaster. He seem's to have abandoned us. I haven't seen him 'round in a LONG time!

Webman!!! We neeeeed you!!!

[pkd_lives]

I'm not so sure links to other anti M$ sites is a good idea. You should see most of them, crap for the most part, and uninformed crap often. You are already on the forum of one of the best. Granted there are other good ones (but where do you draw the line?).

At least in this one people have repect for ones thoughts and opinions (and the comedy is a little more subtle and lot funnier than many that often involve little more than BG sitting on a toilet or drawn as the antichrist).

[lazygamer]

BILL GATES SITTING ON THE TOILET?! ! Where do I sign up?  

Well I suppose they'd all hate me cuz I dual boot?

[CommonSense]

Rather than try to keep a list of the thousands of anti-M$ sites out there, I just have a single link to the MSBC SuperList of sites at the bottom of the left nav of the non-forum pages of the site.

I basically take contributions for content, or occasionally will take the initiative to contact someone and see if they're interested in "syndicating" their article to this site (which was the case with the KMFMS article).  So if you'd like to write something, or know someone who can, by all means, contact me at [email protected].

[Refalm]

Uhm Webmaster, one thing... the Microsoft website changed the lay-out and colour, will you do the same?

[ October 05, 2002: Message edited by: Refalm ]

[CommonSense]

quote:Originally posted by Refalm:
Uhm Webmaster, one thing... the Microsoft website changed the lay-out and color, will you do the same?

I dunno . . . it's not really a major enough change to be worth it.

[voidmain]

quote:Originally posted by Refalm:
Uhm Webmaster, one thing... the Microsoft website changed the lay-out and color, will you do the same?

Heh heh, the only way I would ever notice that Microsoft has changed the look of their web site is if webmaster changed this site to match. I've had .microsoft.com and .msn.com blocked for a couple of years now.  

[Refalm]

quote:Refalm: color

Yeah I know... I keep doing it... it's "colour" not "color"  

[Master of Reality]

"color" is how those damn americans spell it.
The rest of the world(well.. not completely the rest of the world obviously) spells it "colour".

[Calum]

the rest of the english speaking world...

so the canadians spell it right too do they? what about funny words like faucet and fall instead of tap and autumn, and dodgy meanings for words like vest and pants?

[voidmain]

How about those words that are spelled the same but mean different things depending on which English speaking part of the world you are in? In America, "flat" is something you will become if you call someone a "fag". In the UK I have heard that many people smoke a "fag" in their "flat".

[Calum]

indeed, and if somebody over here tried to put on their pants and then walk out of their front door, they would get some very funny looks indeed!

gods, there must be hundreds, not that i can think of any right now...

[voidmain]

What is the meaning of "pants" in the UK? I assume it means something other than what a dog does when he runs fast.

[Calum]

this is the sort of image the word "pants' conjures up in the minds of most UK citizens: