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If Bill Gates was the Pope...
2004-03-26, 11:09 AM #1
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2004-03-26, 11:11 AM #2
ROFL

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2004-03-26, 11:12 AM #3
ROTFLMAO

Wheredja get that from?!

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2004-03-26, 11:17 AM #4
I came up with the idea while I was coming home from school today, and made it when I got home.

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2004-03-26, 11:24 AM #5
<3 <3 <3 <3
To quote Bono, that's f'ing brilliant..

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2004-03-26, 11:27 AM #6
What's the xP thing supposed to be?

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2004-03-26, 11:50 AM #7
Xi Rho, same Xp that is used as an abbreviation of Christian, or more accurately Christ sometimes. Ξριστοσ

Most well-known for its use by Constantine on the shields of his armies when he took *facepalm* Jesus Christ on as Rome's new war-god..

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[This message has been edited by Dormouse (edited March 26, 2004).]
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2004-03-26, 11:51 AM #8
<3 Flirbnic

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2004-03-26, 11:56 AM #9
'Pax'
2004-03-26, 12:02 PM #10
I LOVE YOU, MAN!

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2004-03-26, 12:03 PM #11
LOL!

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2004-03-26, 12:05 PM #12
The xP thing is a religios symbol. I forget what it stands for but it's at almost every church I've gone to.

That is great!

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2004-03-26, 12:25 PM #13
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Darth Slaw:
The xP thing is a religios symbol. I forget what it stands for but it's at almost every church I've gone to.</font>
I've never seen it before.

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2004-03-26, 12:41 PM #14
Actually, it's interesting that the Vadican (s?) is estimated worth at about 50 billion, while Gates has almost that much, IIRC.

So.. Gates could feasibly buy the Vadican, in the future.

How cool would that be?

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2004-03-26, 1:39 PM #15
Flirbnic Wins.

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2004-03-26, 2:21 PM #16
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by happydud:
So.. Gates could feasibly buy the Vadican, in the future.</font>


Vat[/i]ican

That would be funny, although disturbing is probably a better way to describe it. Plus, would the Pope sell it in the first place?

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[This message has been edited by bobafett765 (edited March 26, 2004).]
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2004-03-26, 5:27 PM #17
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by DogSRoOL:
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Originally posted by Darth Slaw:
The xP thing is a religios symbol. I forget what it stands for but it's at almost every church I've gone to.</font>
I've never seen it before.

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yea me either and I go to church every week.



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2004-03-26, 8:10 PM #18
Now just change the figures in the glass to look like Gates and Balmer... [http://forums.massassi.net/html/wink.gif]

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2004-03-26, 8:53 PM #19
As I recall from sophomore Church History, the Xp is the chi roh, I think it's the first and last letters of Christ in Greek or Latin. Charlamagne apparently received a vision from God to paint it on the shields of all his soldiers before a big battle. If this was already posted or if it's wrong, I apologize, it's late and my information is 4 years old


Edit- Upon closer inspection of Dor's post, I am an idiot.

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2004-03-26, 8:57 PM #20
If gates bought the vatican, I wouldn't care. I'm not a catholic.

Besides, If micosoft owned the vatican, then what other choice would we have but to be evil? (use linux ) [http://forums.massassi.net/html/biggrin.gif]

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2004-03-26, 9:05 PM #21
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">If Bill Gates was the Pope...</font>


He'd no longer be satan O_o

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2004-03-27, 1:23 AM #22
I get a red x.

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2004-03-27, 4:57 AM #23
It's back up now.

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2004-03-27, 5:13 AM #24
Funny.

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2004-03-27, 5:35 AM #25
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by DogSRoOL:
I've never seen it before.</font>


That's because you're a Prot, Prot.

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2004-03-27, 8:03 AM #26
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">If Bill Gates was the Pope... </font>

Linux would be excomunicated.

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2004-03-27, 8:27 AM #27
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by djwguitarman:

Linux would be excomunicated.

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...and hell would be less prone to crashing than heaven. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/biggrin.gif]

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2004-03-27, 1:59 PM #28
Brilliant. Purely Brilliant. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/smile.gif]

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2004-03-27, 2:18 PM #29
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by stat:
That's because you're a Prot, Prot.</font>
I'll assume that's short for "Protestant."

And no, I'm not.

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2004-03-27, 2:39 PM #30
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Pagewizard_YKS:
...and hell would be less prone to crashing than heaven. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/biggrin.gif]

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I challenge you to make Windows crash without installing any non-Microsoft software.

I've been running a pure Microsoft (+Photoshop) rig for a while. Know how long my uptime is? Since I finished installing drivers from the last time I reformatted. Idiotic people everywhere constantly blame Microsoft because they use 70 year old programs written on punchcards and because their machines aren't properly cooled.

The problem with Windows isn't stability, it's security. The only reason it gets unstable is if you're doing something incredibly stupid that Linux won't let you do outside of root.

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2004-03-27, 3:54 PM #31
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2004-03-27, 3:57 PM #32
It's alright GBK, we're the only ones who know that the latest version of Windows you've run is 98.
2004-03-27, 4:00 PM #33
Jon, Ive used Win2k for years.

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Jon`C:
I challenge you to make Windows crash without installing any non-Microsoft software....</font>


Default install of 2k + default install of Office97 = recipe for disaster. It is unstable and it will crash.

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2004-03-27, 4:09 PM #34
I don't know how much simpler I can put this.

Since using Win2k or XP, I've almost never crashed. The few crashes I did get were BSODs relating to some faulty NIC drivers. That's it.

I run Windows XP Pro, with Office XP. Doesn't crash.

My sister runs Windows XP Pro, with Office XP. She constantly complains about crashing (and I constantly discover that she runs email attachments and uses a copy of Clarisworks 4). In all of my experience with Windows crashing problems, know who I found has the most? People with the same computer proficiency as my sister.

So, really, GBK... congrats. You're among the many who cannot properly operate a Windows machine.
2004-03-27, 5:01 PM #35
Microsoft Works. Best oxymoron EVER.

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2004-03-27, 5:56 PM #36
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Jon`C:
...So, really, GBK... congrats. You're among the many who cannot properly operate a Windows machine.</font>


Office XP is *much* more stable than Office 97. I did not say that Office XP crashes, I said that Office 97 crashed. Your reading comprehension is in question here, not my competence.

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2004-03-27, 6:08 PM #37
You ran an obsolete version of Office which always crashed often and additionally has known compatability problems with 2k/XP. This doesn't make your knowledge/proficiency/right to whine suspect how again?
2004-03-27, 6:13 PM #38
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Jon`C:
I challenge you to make Windows crash without installing any non-Microsoft software....</font>


Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Jon`C:
You ran an obsolete version of Office which always crashed often and additionally has known compatability problems with 2k/XP. This doesn't make your knowledge/proficiency/right to whine suspect how again?</font>


The last time I checked, Office 97 was a Microsoft product. Its age is irrelevent. Obsolete or not, it is still used by many.

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2004-03-27, 6:25 PM #39
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Jon`C:
Idiotic people everywhere constantly blame Microsoft because they use 70 year old programs

</font>


Computers (much less punch cards) probably didn't even exist 70 years ago, (we're talking 1930's) so you pretty much killed the credibility of your argument. The first computers were used during ww2 for calculating the positions to aim weapons, or so I've heard.

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2004-03-27, 6:30 PM #40
Don't forget Bletchley Park now.. qod bless Turing, what a brilliant boy he was..

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