• TheCPUWizard (unregistered) in reply to swordfishBob

    You state that "When Win NT came out, it was fast and stable (compared to Win 3.x & Win95)"

    However NT was released on 27 July 1993,while Windows 98 was released OVER TWO YEARS LATER on August 24, 1995

    So I am VERY curious as to how you made the comparision back in 1993......

  • Anonymous (unregistered) in reply to TheCPUWizard
    TheCPUWizard:
    You state that "When Win NT came out, it was fast and stable (compared to Win 3.x & Win95)"

    However NT was released on 27 July 1993,while Windows 98 was released OVER TWO YEARS LATER on August 24, 1995

    So I am VERY curious as to how you made the comparision back in 1993......

    I think you'll find that Windows 98 came out in 1998. The clue is in the name.
  • SR (unregistered) in reply to TheCPUWizard
    TheCPUWizard:
    You state that "When Win NT came out, it was fast and stable (compared to Win 3.x & Win95)"

    However NT was released on 27 July 1993,while Windows 98 was released OVER TWO YEARS LATER on August 24, 1995

    So I am VERY curious as to how you made the comparision back in 1993......

    I'm guessing he meant NT4

  • Aghi (unregistered) in reply to Charles400
    Charles400:
    I've one thing to say and that's dammit, Janet...

    aint that from the Rocky Horror Picture Show?

  • Jess (unregistered) in reply to operagost

    That's DOS 4.0.1, TYVM.

  • (cs) in reply to Aghi

    about the Rocky Horror picture show reference two messages ago :

    I've read all comments through here hoping noone else would have noticed this witty comment... i was preparing to write something fun about it but... THE LAST COMMENT spoiled MY LINE !!!

    I hate you very much. ^^

  • Shmork (unregistered)

    I wonder what Janet's take on all this would be. I'm sure she'd love being reduced to just another example of why Chris was great and Phil was annoying.

  • (cs) in reply to toshir0
    toshir0:
    about the Rocky Horror picture show reference two messages ago :

    I've read all comments through here hoping noone else would have noticed this witty comment... i was preparing to write something fun about it but... THE LAST COMMENT spoiled MY LINE !!!

    I hate you very much. ^^

    Actually, all the previous comment did was ask if that's where it was from. Hardly to be classified as either witty or fun. Go ahead; your line is still unspoiled.

  • Jay (unregistered) in reply to TheCPUWizard
    TheCPUWizard:
    You state that "When Win NT came out, it was fast and stable (compared to Win 3.x & Win95)"

    However NT was released on 27 July 1993,while Windows 98 was released OVER TWO YEARS LATER on August 24, 1995

    So I am VERY curious as to how you made the comparision back in 1993......

    He didn't say that he made the comparison in 1993. He said that when WIN NT came out, it was fast and stable, and that Win 3.x and Win 95 were not. Obviously any such comparison cannot be made until all the items being compared exist, so he could not have made the comparison until the last one mentioned exists.

    If I say, "John Adams was a better president than Bill Clinton", it would be absurd to criticize that comparison on the basis that the two were not president at the same time.

  • Anonymous (unregistered)

    ew as if OS wars weren't lame enough, we are having one that's 16 years old!

  • Bob (unregistered) in reply to tetsu
    tetsu:
    The Daily WTF? More like The Daily Resignation Story, amirite?
    More like "the daily howling about how Alex stole the money we paid him and refuses to write good stories".

    Oddly enough, the two biggest complaints seem to be "too much fiction" and "not enough fiction", so the real WTF would be if people who don't like this site would vote with their mouse finger, and go find another site that they do enjoy.

    Honestly, I'ld rather spend all eternity in a Twilight convention than five minutes with some of the whiny crybabies posting here.

    (Btw, for the benefit of said mommy's boys, my captcha was immitto, and you;'re welcome to hate me for mentioning it.)

  • gob bluth (unregistered) in reply to Jay
    Jay:
    TheCPUWizard:
    You state that "When Win NT came out, it was fast and stable (compared to Win 3.x & Win95)"

    However NT was released on 27 July 1993,while Windows 98 was released OVER TWO YEARS LATER on August 24, 1995

    So I am VERY curious as to how you made the comparision back in 1993......

    He didn't say that he made the comparison in 1993. He said that when WIN NT came out, it was fast and stable, and that Win 3.x and Win 95 were not. Obviously any such comparison cannot be made until all the items being compared exist, so he could not have made the comparison until the last one mentioned exists.

    If I say, "John Adams was a better president than Bill Clinton", it would be absurd to criticize that comparison on the basis that the two were not president at the same time.

    windowz sux d00d.

  • mark (unregistered)

    These are easy to compare:

    1# John Adams 2# WinNT 3# Bill Clinton 4# OS2

    Also (and yes IBS) who has time to actually attend their yearly review??

  • Shinobu (unregistered)

    "toss it on the handcart, lug it in to work" - Oh come on, I'm sure you could get it to run on a laptop. I don't believe for a second he lugged is computer on a cart or whatever and by extension I think the rest of the story is made up too.

  • Taco (unregistered) in reply to Dave C.

    Janet was machine being carted in by Phil, running OS/2...

    CAPTCHA: abigo - like the one that comes after "ee...ee...ee...?"

  • laoreet (unregistered) in reply to Chris

    They never "clicked". But did they "bang"?

    No.. wait!

  • tego (unregistered) in reply to Scott
    Scott:
    Where's the story here? The guy was a dick and a clock puncher. I'd give him a crappy review too.
    Are you a manager or an OS/2 lover?
  • minim (unregistered) in reply to Mike5
    Mike5:
    Barrett Jacobsen:
    People don't always like each other, and sometimes do mean things. Sometimes it's over an operating system and/or a girl.
    Over a girl?! But, that's just sick!
    Yes, it is mean to throw up over a girl.
  • lbp (unregistered) in reply to Justice
    Justice:
    Let me try my version of the story:

    Phil was an OS/2 fanboy. The new guy, Chris, didn't share his enthusiasm. This made Phil angry.

    Chris sat next to Janet, the only woman in the office. She thought Chris was a Pretty Cool Guy because he didn't try to put the moves on her all the time. This made Phil angry.

    Phil thought Chris was being a slacker for only putting in 40 hours a week, when he thought it should be at least 60. But Chris was a hard man who could get all his work done in 40 hours and didn't need to work late like some people. This made Phil angry.

    In the end, Phil took out his anger by screwing Chris over in a performance review, docking him for some unstated expectation. This made Chris angry, so he quit. Janet was left to handle the unwanted attention by herself.

    That was delightfully clear. Perhaps you should apply for an editing job on here. Let me rephrase that: For our sakes, please apply for an editing job on here.

  • Kid (unregistered) in reply to Claxon
    Claxon:
    If however I'm given an app that was developed by an outsourced Russian company, and told to "Implement Russian language support" then overtime is less likely.

    Hey don't start that... We here have to put up with some code written by US dudes and we can't even fix that, it is beyond being fixable and beyond being just bad - it has to be rewritten part by part to make any sense at all.

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  • cybaz (unregistered)

    The storyline about Janet is continued on Penthouse Forums

  • anonymous (unregistered)

    By Jake "Chris L." Vinson

  • eric bloedow (unregistered)

    every time i read the word "overtime" i think of a story i read: a company forced every employee to work 2 hours of unpaid overtime every day. a female employee took a 7-day vacation, and when she returned, a manager said something like, "you owe us 14 hours of work for not working during vacation." she replied,"you can fire my ass."

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