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Regardless of your fan-boy affiliation, this article is a fun read. But don't waste your time if the following quote is not your cup of tea. Much like an En
by coconutrandom 17y ago
Regardless of your fan-boy affiliation, this article is a fun read.
But don't waste your time if the following quote is not your cup of tea.
Much like an Englishman debating an American, Google
is trying to keep the level of discourse high and
sophisticated. Our American Microsoft, on the other
hand, has just sucker-punched the Englishman in the
mouth and yelled "YEAH WHERE'S YOUR VOCABULARY NOW?"
DISCLAIMER: I find this article amusing and witty.
- noonespecial 17y agoJust remember, when these attitudes were translated to actions (both military and commercial), the Americans won. Never count out the quick and dirty in the software world. Sometimes a determined half-wit can beat the pants off a high-minded academic even with inferior technology.
- sachinag 17y agoAs an American, that's how we won the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and saved your asses from invasion in World War II. Yeah, it's Memorial Day, and I'm punchy. I grew up in VA hospitals. Wanna fight, limeys? :)
- skalpelis 17y ago> the War of 1812 I thought Canadians handed your asses to you in that one.
- sachinag 17y agoWasn't that the French and Indian War when they really took it to us? But, yeah, I think we lost Toronto in 1812.
- grimoire 17y ago> that's how we won ... the War of 1812 Your history needs a tune up.
- coconutrandom 17y agoUh huh I see. Except I'm Texan, so I use my limes for Dos Equis, not to fight scurvy.
- sho 17y agoDon't you think bragging about WWII is just a tad past its use by date? Geeze, can we have a statute of limitations on that, please? Anyway, Russia was (at least) an equal partner in the defeat of Germany. America's military record since is terrible. It's difficult to think of a single conflict in the last 50 years where the US hasn't been chased away, tail between its legs, from a politically motivated, trumped up, hubristic misadventure off in some godforsaken hellhole it never had any business meddling with in the first place. Hell, at least the Brits managed a single unambiguous victory, over Argentina. Oh look, North Korea, probably the worlds' worst country, in the news again. Wonder who we have to thank for that.
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- ErrantX 17y agoThe argie thing was an unbelievable conflict. My dad was in the RAF and a small part of the Black Bucks missions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_War#Black_Buck_raids http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_War#Black_Buck_raids). That alone has to be one of the greatest modern military achievments :D Knowing how we waged a war unsupported the other side of the world always brings a lump to my throat (despite the horrible loss for all concerned)
- aswanson 17y agoNationalistic jingoism. How quaint.
- ErrantX 17y agohonestly (and not wanting to get into argument here). Learn your history and have some damned respect for the hundreds of thousands that died on all sides in the early 1900's. disgusting.
- trezor 17y agoPersonally the following quote was the one which made me laugh the most: "The PHP developers have failed, well, because they're PHP developers. Microsoft has failed because they're acting as that unscrupulous dealer who provides PHP to people that probably shouldn't have access to it." This is without a doubt the most inflammatory, outrageous and entertaining thing I've read on theregister in ages.