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Re: A bit of freeware humor


de usenet 06/16/2006 06:37



In article <FInkg.116971$dW3.98256@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>,
tbobz <tbobz@hotDIGGETYDAWGmail.com> posted:
>
> The Register had group of mock definitions for tech people. My favorite was
> this one, to which many here will be able to relate.
>
> Futility: A futility is a small, free program that looks as though it is
> going to be useful in a modest sort of way: for example, it purports to
> uninstall the bits of Norton Antivirus or Real Player that you can't get
> rid of, or uploads your Palm address book to an iPod. However, after you
> have downloaded the thing, you discover from the readme that it needs the
> 22MB .NET 2.0 framework installed before it will work. Stuff that for a
> game of soldiers.
>
> Here is the link if you want to read the other definitions.
>
> http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2006/06/07/new_jargon/
>
> Yours, Tbobz
>
> PS-I have no idea what 'stuff that for a game of soldiers' means.
> Those wacky Brits.

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