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#162460 - 22/05/2003 12:28 Irony.
genixia
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Registered: 08/02/2002
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Check out this great pop-up ad I just hit with;



The irony is that I'm running Mozilla 1.0 on Linux.....with 384MB. It got it *completely* wrong.


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#162461 - 22/05/2003 12:38 Re: Irony. [Re: genixia]
wfaulk
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Well, you did notice it says:
If your computer is like the average computer represented in the random test sampling above ...
right?
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#162462 - 22/05/2003 12:43 Re: Irony. [Re: wfaulk]
tman
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Well. It's not above

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#162463 - 22/05/2003 12:44 Re: Irony. [Re: wfaulk]
jarob10
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the irony of this post is that it isnt ironic at all ...
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#162464 - 22/05/2003 13:44 Re: Irony. [Re: wfaulk]
genixia
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Well, I didn't read *that* closely. It's an Ad. for Gawd's sake.

Anyway, I have a problem with the whole concept of an 'average' computer. Wouldn't that be running MicroHatle WinduxacOs ?

Besides I've just notice the 'memory usage'...they couldn't even make their lies match.

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#162465 - 22/05/2003 13:45 Re: Irony. [Re: jarob10]
mwest
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Right after Alanis's song hit the billboard one of the editors of Webster's Dictionary wrote an article on how the use of the word ironic was terminally screwed. Misuse by millions becomes use.

</me scurries to find article>
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#162466 - 22/05/2003 13:50 Re: Irony. [Re: mwest]
mwest
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Can't find it... however for equal time there is this.
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#162467 - 22/05/2003 14:03 Re: Irony. [Re: mwest]
genixia
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No the irony is that while the Ad is telling me that I've passed a number of 'tests' (which I haven't), the one 'test' that it claims that I've failed I haven't.

Oh, who cares anyway, I never was very good at English.

But in the meantime, there is a very funny (and alledgedly ironic) story here
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#162468 - 22/05/2003 15:14 Re: Irony. [Re: genixia]
djc
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right.

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#162469 - 22/05/2003 23:11 Re: Irony. [Re: genixia]
jarob10
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In reply to:

No the irony is that while the Ad is telling me that I've passed a number of 'tests' (which I haven't), the one 'test' that it claims that I've failed I haven't




I knew it was ironic really.

Just wanted to hear you justify it - and you managed it in one sentence. Full marks.
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