What bullshit. I first saw this a year or two ago and the joke was to type in "I'd like Bill Gates to die". If you type in "I'd like Joe Noonan to die", you get the same result. Isn't there enough racism to combat without manufacturing it? On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Louis Proyect wrote: > (This just popped up on the Marxism list. It is shockingly true.) > > And we thought we we gettin ahead--look what the programmers at Microsoft > programmed for this. This goes to show that even after several centuries we > still can't get rid of very ignorant people. If you have MS Word try it and > see what happens. I have seen several other examples of this including when > I have used the thesaurus while typing a paper. Please be very careful and > aware of this, even in this sophisticated age of technology, there are old > ideas funding and supporting this technology. > > You won't believe your eyes: > > 1. Go into MSWord > 2. Type: I'd like all niggers to die > 3. Highlight the sentence > 4. Go into the Tools - Language - Thesaurus > > I know you may not have MS Word but what happens is you get a message > saying," I'll drink to that." > > Lesson learned: Don't be fooled into thinking racism isn't alive and well- > it has just taken different form. I wonder if Bill Gates knows what his > programmers are up to, and have put into the system. > > NOW is the time to let him know! Pass it on!! > > > Louis Proyect > > (http://www.panix.com/~lnp3/marxism.html) > > -- Joseph Noonan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
