I remember years ago a DOS program being passed around the Net (no WWW back then) called "downunder.exe," I think. You stick it on a person's computer with a simple routine in autoexec.bat (unbeknownst to the user) and it turned the screen contents upside down. It was hilarious.
Mark -----Original Message----- From: Jens Kühnberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 1:26 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: [FRIDAY] WINDOWS 2000 TEXAS EDITION I saw a similar product in australia Jens James Mitchell wrote: > I can't believe I fell victim to that guy in trench coat selling Win2k for > $5... > > > -------------------------------------------- > Dear Consumers: > > It has come to our attention that a few copies of the WINDOWS 2000 TEXAS > EDITION may have > accidentally been shipped outside of the state of Texas. > > If you have one of these, you may need some help understanding the > commands. > > The TEXAS EDITION may be recognized by the unique opening screen. > It reads: > > WINDERS 2000, with a background picture of Willie Nelson superimposed > on the Alamo. > > Please also note: > > The Recycle Bin is labeled "Outhouse" > My Computer is called "This Dern Contraption" > Dial Up Networking is called "Good Ol' Boys" > Control Panel is known as "The Dashboard" > Hard Drive is referred to as "4-Wheel Drive" > Floppies are "Them little ol' plastic thangs" > Instead of an error message, "Duct tape" pops up > > CHANGES IN TERMINOLOGY IN TEXAS EDITION: > Cancel.............stopdat > Reset...............try'er agin > Yes..................yep > No....................nope > Find..................hunt fer it > Go to................over yonder > Back.................back yonder > Help..................hep me out here > Stop..................kwitit > Start..................crank'er up > Settings.............settins > Programs...........stuff at duz stuff > Documents.........stuff ah done did > > Also note that theTEXAS EDITION does not recognize capital letters or > punctuation marks. > > Some programs that are exclusive to WINDERS 2000: > > Tiperiter.....................a word processing program > Colerin' Book..............a graphics program > Cyferin' mersheen.......calculator > Outhouse paper..........notepad > Inner-net.....................Microsoft Explorer 5.0 > Pitchers......................a graphics viewer > > We regret any inconvenience it may have caused if you received a copy of > the TEXAS EDITION. > You may return it to Microsoft for a replacement version. > > I hope this helps all ya'll! > > Billy Bob Gates > -------------------------------------------- > > James Mitchell > Software Engineer\Struts Evangelist > Struts-Atlanta, the "Open Minded Developer Network" > http://www.open-tools.org/struts-atlanta > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
